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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1916
Page
1
Norman Prince, a Boston native, earned fame and honors in France as a member of the French aviation corps. He died from injuries while serving, holding the rank of sergeant major in the army.
Washington reports that destroyers sent on rescue duty for U-53 off Nantucket Lightship were fully armed and ready for battle with warheads and ammunition on board. A linked letter from Lt. Lee Cummins Carey describes instant action if needed. El Paso notes Colonel Graves resigning command of the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment, sparking gossip among officers and guardsmen about the reasons and implications in a large camp near the city.
The Benham aided in rescuing persons from ships destroyed by the U-53 and came within proximity of the debris field. The emergency action highlighted the perilous convoy operations and the H at sea.
Police hunt the driver and occupants of a speeding car that rear ended a second vehicle in Bedford yesterday, hurling a woman from the O Connor car and pinning her husband beneath the wheel. The vehicle, numbered 86330, is registered to Samuel M Danforth of Watertown.
A Melrose three year old, Dorothy Boardman of Harvard street, reported dead of infantile paralysis in Boston papers, was alive and rapidly convalescing last night. An official of the Melrose Board of Health said she is recovering well and the cause of the death report remains a mystery.
Colonel Graves, suffering eye trouble, stayed in a darkened tent all day with few visitors. Chaplain H Boyd Edwards of the Eighth Regiment, linked to the inquiry that led to Graves’s resignation, refused to comment further saying it is best that nothing be said at this time.
A northwest gale in Buzzards Bay on Saturday caused the destroyer Nicholson to lose a torpedo valued at $8000 and its motor sailing launch to break away. The launch was found wrecked on Naushon Island. For two days the crew had been limited to canned food before limping in for fresh provisions.
Henry C. Frick purchased Rembrandt's 1649 painting An Old Woman Reflecting Over the Lecture for 250000 dollars. It marks the fourth Rembrandt in Frick's collection, bringing his art expenditures this year to about 2300000 dollars. The canvas had belonged to Jules Proges of Paris for 50 years.
The Hughes women’s campaign special, greeted by large crowds in Oregon towns, crossed into California after an hour in Ashland. Speakers from the special addressed a park audience while railroad workers with Wilson banners met the delegation at the station.
Elections for senators and deputies were held in various parts of Mexico today, with advices reaching Nuevo Laredo. The Mexican Congress is set to meet at Queretaro on November 20.
A car accident on the Kittery to York Beach road in Maine killed Erwin Moulton of Northampton and injured three other riders. Injured were his wife Harold McKone of Dover and Miss Louise Burgess of Winter Hill Somerville. They were taken to City Hospital in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The car veered off the road and overturned down a bank trapping Moulton and two women while MecKone was thrown clear. MecKone helped motorists pull others free and all were taken to Manchester Hospital. Moulton died minutes after arrival. his wife and Miss Burgess remain hospitalized with injuries.
An official statement from Petrograd reports that the submarine Tulen under Lieutenant-Commander Kitiytsin captured the Turkish armed transport Roditsto near the Bosphorus after an hour of artillery action. Despite damage, the 6000 ton ship was escorted to Sebastopol. German officers commanded the transport.
Springfield greeted its former regiment with a restrained homecoming as 100000 citizens formed a two and a half mile human line along the streets. The Second Regiment returned after nearly four months of service on the Mexican border. Citizens stood tense and choking, suppressing potential hysteria, while the war-strength companies marched past.
The crowd mirrored Sabbath reverence as troops returned after months abroad. Unlike the carefree march of four months prior, this homecoming emphasized discipline and rugged endurance. Governor McCall, defying his physician, arrived in Springfield to mark a solemn occasion of gratitude.
State police opened an inquiry into the killing of William J. Bennett of Lynn who was visiting his daughter in Fairhaven. He was struck from behind at the waiting station by a heavy instrument and died the next day. A witness saw a slender man approach, strike, then flee. No motive or clues found. Bennett was a stranger to most locals.
A morning blast at 4 o clock in East Machias Maine shook the village and stirred rumors of a hidden submarine warfare explosives cache. Investigations point to spite dynamiting of an alewife pen in the East Machias River as the likely cause.
Examination finds no storage of explosives as the wrecked pen shows only a blown wooden roof. walls remain solid and flooding at high tide argues against cache. Carroll Dennison suspects spite, while others doubt deliberate hiding, noting limited damage and unconfirmed river noise.
A resolution praising the Boston Post for fair reporting of the Friends of Irish Freedom convention at Faneuil Hall was adopted by the Roger Casement branch at Franklin Hall. Delegates reported on the convention and its actions were enthusiastically endorsed.
Report from London says Romanian forces in northeast Transylvania and along the Danube front are resisting and striking back against Austro-German advances with counter attacks. Trenches at Volhynia are cited as captured by Russians in the broader theater.
Bucharest admits retirement of Romanian troops in the Kalimani Mountains while reporting Teutonic allied infantry repulsed by artillery fire farther south. Rumanian successes in the Oituz and Jiul valleys followed by heavy casualties. Romanians push at Szurduk Pass as Berlin says attacks were repelled.
Giatano Cugino, 26, of 29 Mount Vernon street Brighton, was arrested after 9 p m by Patrolmen Montgomery and Berry on charges of assault and battery with a sharp instrument. The victim, Dominico Andonellis, 32, of 299 Mount Vernon street, and his brother Antonio Andonellis, 26, of 73 Union street, Brighton, were attacked in the cellar of the younger Andonellis boarding house on Union street.
Mr and Mrs George A Taylor of 722 Commonwealth avenue narrowly escaped serious injury when their car returning to Boston from Natick plunged into a ditch on Newton street Weston The driver lost control near a bend both were thrown from the roadster Mrs Taylor was treated by Dr Kenneth Abbe and later taken home by friends Mr Taylor suffered only minor cuts and bruises The car a new model was completely destroyed
Arthur and Charles, 12 and 10, sons of David Adam of Union Street Weymouth, to face Quincy Municipal Court on larceny charges. They confessed to multiple depredations including horse thefts, burglary, truck field raiding, and joy riding in a Concord buggy later switching to a Democrat wagon. Loot found includes groceries, a motorcycle lamp, harness and more.
The destroyer McDougal recalled liberty party from Eastport and sped away for neutrality patrol off the Maine coast. Four whistles summoned sailors back to the ship just as she lifted anchor and departed, amid rumors of hidden wireless stations and submarine bases along the rugged coast.
A brief note recalls Marie Antoinette's execution and France's 1915 declaration of war on Bulgaria, reflecting early 20th century upheavals.
Norman Prince of Beverly Farms, sergeant major in the Franco American Aviation Corps, died in a French field hospital from injuries suffered last week when his aeroplane fell and broke both legs behind the lines. His father Frederick H Prince lies ill at Princemere Beverly Farms with typhoid fever. The uncle Dr Morton Prince in Paris cabled the news at 2 20 yesterday. Mrs Prince bears up under strain and declines visitors.
Frederick Prince Jr and Charles Prince are connected to the fallen aviator Norman Prince of the Franco American corps. Norman suffered two broken legs and injuries in an off front line accident with first reports surfacing Saturday. Charles left Paris for the front to arrange the funeral. The family has not set plans yet.
The Oxford exchanges of the New England Telephone Company ceased at midnight and all future calls on that exchange will use Beach. The change aimed to prevent misrouting as operators confused Oxford with Roxbury.
Showers Monday in Boston and vicinity with a cooler Tuesday forecast. Moderate southwest to west winds. In southern New England the forecast calls for rain Monday with cooler and probably fair Tuesday. northern New England may have local rain Monday night with cooler conditions Tuesday.
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