30 Sep 1911
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1911
Page
1
Italian troops landing at Tripoli are attacked by Turkish warships. two barges are sunk. The Italian Ionian Fleet clashes with Turks off Epirus forcing their retreat. Turkish governor refuses surrender as Europe roars over Italy's declaration of war.
Nathan Jacobs of 529 Newbury Street is robbed and accused, with Gordon H. Randall of New York, while Miss Vivian Jacobs, 19, daughter of the victim, is implicated. The two youths give frightened, contradictory accounts as Pinkerton detectives and local police question them. The boy admits guilt only in disposing of the stolen goods.
The statement recalls a lunch at the Touraine with Vivian during which she discussed stealing money and jewelry from her father's house. He says he discouraged her as much as possible and that she later planned to go to the house and scatter items, with further details continued on page three.
More than 1000 Boston Italians stand ready to enlist if called to service Dr Luigi Verdi a prominent Italian physician says Italians here love their homeland and will support Italy He compares Italian Turkish naval and land forces noting Italy’s superior navy and disciplined army Verdi served as a surgeon aboard ships including Regina Margherita and Victor Pisani and aided during the Russo Japanese war indicating emphasis on naval strength and potential Italian volunteer response.
Rumor spreads from Malta through Tunis to Paris that the British cruiser Medea has departed to occupy Bombah, a natural harbor between Darna and Alexandria, though unconfirmed.
Toulon reports the armored cruiser Ernest Renan departed this evening for Tripoli, signaling wartime naval movement from the port.
The first clash in the Italy Turkey war saw an Ottoman destroyer sunk by an Italian cruiser in Epirus and a landing force on Turkish soil. Turkish commanders refused to surrender Tripoli as Italians began disembarking and Turkish forces sank two barges. A naval battle off Prevesa damaged Turkish destroyers as Italian Ionian squadron engaged them.
A Constantinople despatch says the Turkish navy sank two barges carrying Italian troops near Tripoli in the Aegean. A Times dispatch from Constantinople adds the Ottoman fleet, with two Italian cruisers in pursuit, is en route to the Dardanelles, expected by tomorrow morning.
Constantinople reports Italy declared war on Turkey and began disembarking at Tripoli with Turkish forces sinking two barges. Rumors say Italian landings occurred at Tripoli and Benghazi as the Turkish cabinet resigns and new leaders take over.
Italy moves to war by occupying Tripoli and Benghazi after signing a formal ultimatum. Turkish representatives in Italy receive passports while Turkish forces resist minimally at Tripoli. The Turkish cabinet resigns and a new ministry forms under Said Pasha as Italy presses for broader intervention.
Burdett College invites new students to enroll with weekly Monday admissions. The notice lists 18 Boylston Street, Boston, for inquiries and catalog requests.
Winthrop Ames, former New Theatre managing director, wed Mrs Lucy Fuller Cabot in London on Thursday. The bride, grandniece of Margaret Fuller and Radcliffe alumna, had been divorced from Philip Cabot in Suffolk Superior Court on March 13. She had earlier sought a South Dakota divorce that proved invalid and is mother to two children.
Hanover N H September 29 The first snow fall here in September in five years was recorded today. Snow fell intermittently for three hours.
Cyrus Northrup educator is listed with a birth year 18384 while Franklin Carter president of Williams College is shown as born 1887. Wilton Lackaye actor is noted with a birth year 1862.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Saturday fair and cooler. Sunday will be fair and warmer with moderate north and northwest winds. The Washington forecast notes similar conditions for New England with cooler south portions and rising temperatures.
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