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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1915
Page
1
Pathetic note from Whitlock pleads with the governor to spare Miss Cavell’s life. The request is curtly denied and Cavell is executed. Cavell is not accused as a spy but charged with aiding men to flee Belgium and serving as a nurse for German soldiers.
Cap J Chauncey Redding and Philip Bulman, famed Boston birdmen, were killed when a Burgess Wright biplane collapsed at 1000 feet above Saugus marshes, plunging to the ground in front of hundreds. Bulman had told his mother in Malden that this would be his last flight.
At about 3 pm two birdmen led by Cap Redding on a biplane completed a first hour flight then headed for a second. Circling above the Saugus race track spectators watched as the craft swooped down in a dramatic dip. The wings tilted right and the machine staggered like a wounded bird before the abrupt end, continued on Page 9-Fourth Col.
A 700 member Boston and Maine freight handlers strike started yesterday noon and may spread to New Haven and Boston and Albany lines within 24 hours. Leaders demand a 15 percent wage raise, threatening a Boston shipping shutdown. Police and detectives guard B and M terminals in Charlestown Somerville and Cambridge as strikebreakers rush in to move jammed merchandise.
If no settlement is reached today the striking freight handlers will be followed by clerks and other terminal departments in sympathy. The same demands refused by Boston and Maine officials yesterday will be presented to the managements of the New Haven and Boston and Albany today. Continued on Page 16 third col.
In a clash at Ojo de Agua three American soldiers were killed along with five Mexican attackers and one Japanese. Eight American soldiers were wounded. The Japanese fighter appears to have been shot but not proven to be part of the raiders.
Two Mexican bands used the Rio Grande to escape American soldiers in separate incidents. The first crossing occurred about 3 a.m. during the retreat from the Ojo de Agua fight, roughly 60 miles upriver. The second crossing, about 30 miles upriver, saw troops and a civilian posse pursue a small group to the river. they crossed aboard a boat.
Mrs. Finley J. Shepard formerly Miss Helen Gould and her husband filed papers with the county clerk revealing they have adopted an orphan boy nearly five years old. The child known as John Doe No. 104 alias Austin Mac Cleary was committed to St Christopher's Home in Dobbs Ferry in 1914 from the Children's Court Manhattan for lack of a home and neglect. The petition states the Shepards desire him as their lawful child.
Knees was bought off from New England B and M rivalry led to the famous Corsair. The article notes Mellen's claim of securing a position through disruptive conduct and highlights a historic regional rail competition over the Corsair vessel.
Charles S. Mellen, former NYNH&HRR president, called a frank hostile witness, yet provides key evidence. He describes early brutal rivalry with New York & New England and the Corsair agreement with Boston & Maine to avoid each other’s territory, shaping the government case under Sherman law.
The document recounts board minutes showing steps to enter agreements with the New York Central to bar competing lines from entering New York City. It explains how New Haven secured control of two connections with the New York & New England to isolate access to the city. Continued on Page 12 First Col.
President Wilson assigns names for triplets born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Woodworth near Mattoon Illinois. The children are William Woodrow and Wilson two months old weighing 18 pounds at birth. The President sent $75 total and promised $500 for their education later. He wrote a letter of blessings to the family.
Former Mayor John F. Fitzgerald testified in the criminal libel case against Dennis D. Driscoll secretary of the Trades Union Liberty League. He said he never asked Governor Eugene Noble Foss to appoint Driscoll prison commissioner. Fitzgerald avoided eye contact while Foss observed him from a nearby settee.
The case centered on alleged charges made by Mr Foss during his Republican gubernatorial campaign. The trial drew significant attention and a crowded courtroom with Judge Parmeter presiding.
Yesterday's average temperature at Thompson's Spa shows 64 degrees in the morning and 66 to 75 later, with high/low readings around 76 and 61. The note records multiple time stamps and comparisons to the previous year.
A. M. 10:43 and 11.09 entries show travel durations from Gloucester to Newport and Portland with distances and times, including 26 minutes to Gloucester, 24 minutes to Newport, and an 8 hour 88 minute reference earlier.
The report lists sunrise and sunset times, moon phase dates for the rest of the year, and celestial events. It notes Saturn as the morning star and Venus Jupiter as evening stars, with auto lamps lighting at 5 24 and 5 54 PM. The entry marks Day 205 of the year and Day 428 of the war with planetary and transportation details.
A dated note recalls the Millerite prediction of a world end on this date. It lists the 1862 Battle at Old Fort Wayne in Arkansas, and an 1944 artillery clash at Nieuwport between Allies and Germans. It also notes a U.S. protest over the seizure of the Brindilla.
Forecast for southern New England calls for fair and cooler conditions Friday and Saturday. Northern New England will also have fair skies with cooler temperatures on Friday and Saturday.
Brand Whitlock the American minister to Belgium wrote to German Brussels governor Baron von der Lancken begging mercy for Edith Cavell the English nurse sentenced to death by German authorities. He described the plea as the only favor ever asked by an American minister.
London dispatch summarizes Brand Whitlock and Hugh Gibson notes on Edith Cavell’s condemnation and execution in Brussels for helping Allied soldiers escape. The report cites attempts to save her life, alleged German bad faith, and Whitlock’s final appeal messages.
Arlington Virginia spoke with Paris France by telephone as Honolulu 8700 miles away heard the operator. John J. Carty chief engineer of American Telephone and Telegraph announced the successful projection of the human voice across the Atlantic from New York. Later Carty in Chicago confirmed the test details.
Telephone engineer B. B. Webb connected via wireless from Arlington Virginia to the Eiffel Tower in Paris after midnight, with the French government giving access to the Paris plant for a brief test. Engineers H. B. Shreeve and A. M. Curtis and French officers observed as Honolulu also listened to the transmission from Pearl Harbor naval yard.
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