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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1914
Page
2
Washington on December 19 representative Hobson said a house canvass showed a majority in favor of nation wide prohibition but the exact two thirds needed for adoption was still uncertain. He noted the rule for a vote on the resolution would require a majority while adoption needs two thirds.
Georgia may appeal to the U S Supreme Court over a freight rate dispute involving the Louisville and Nashville lease and the Western and Atlantic line. The Georgia railroad commission seeks to fix rates from Atlanta to Chattanooga, with state authority challenged as interstate commerce. Both houses of Congress have passed the bill enabling such appeals.
Scandinavian kings meet with foreign affairs ministers and secretaries to discuss wartime consequences and coordinated measures to aid the regional economy. The high level talks aim to align policy on trade energy and finances to stabilize the Nordic states amid ongoing conflicts.
Berlin reports a black collie dog belonging to an ambulance corps has saved more than twenty lives on the East Prussian battlefield. At Halle in peacetime the dog is a railway station watchdog. At night the dogs are sent across snowy fields with red cross collars to locate wounded soldiers. They bring back equipment as clues and guide ambulance teams to survivors, learning to ignore the dead as they search.
The Vienna dispatches report heavy Russian losses and many captured by Austro Hungarians in Galicia over the past several days, according to The Hague despatches received via London.
Reported fighting at Lima nowa yields 26,000 Russians captured and 1,200 killed at Limanowa alone. The figure, described as large, reflects heavy casualties in the engagement and follows claims of substantial enemy losses.
London story reports Colonel Valacke of the Gordon Highlanders detailing fatal blunders in warfare. He says a misissued order to charge led the Gordons into heavy shell and shrapnel fire with unclear command origin. He cites other regiments suffering similar hopeless attacks and stresses orders must be properly authenticated before use. Also notes US trade figures for prunes and raisins.
Paris December 12. A French soldier describes trench digging under heavy fire as the army struggles to gain 200 yards on the German line. Night assaults follow a daytime bombardment with rifles and shovels used in darkness. The letter notes deaths, injuries, and the grueling method of linking individual trenches into a connected system.
The narrator explains deepening trenches and building gun posts to front lines, plus burrowing sleep caves and tunnel communication with the rear. They detail laying barbed wire entanglements, timber roofing, and moving heavy timbers through mud while enduring rain and cold. He notes warm sleep in ground hollows eases home comforts.
The 1914 crop statement puts US crop value at 5 068 742 000 with gains over last year despite cotton losses. Wheat, corn, and apples set production records while potatoes near the all time high. An industrial school for Liberia, modeled on Hampton and Tuskegee, is to be funded by 45 000 from the American Colonization Society.
Berlin December 19 American Christmas gifts for German children arrived from Naples carried by German foreign office representatives. A formal presentation at the town hall featured the lord mayor, Baron Mumm von Schwarzenstein, Prince Hatzfeldt and James W. Gerard. Five hundred boys and girls watched a choir sing as the crown prince’s three eldest sons attended. The lord mayor praised the gesture as a pledge that worldly quarrels are overcome by peace on earth and goodwill.
London reports a delayed account of a August 31 battle in the Cameroons near Gorua. British mounted infantry under Lt Col P MacLear attacked a German fort. German machine gun fire decimated the British ranks, with 11 of 21 officers killed or captured and 40 percent of the native troops lost. Col MacLear was among the dead.
Washington December 19 Special Judge Hmary Speer replies to Senator Root urging his views on the Webb bill asking for until January 1 to respond At Monday meeting the committee will press for a favorable answer The bill likely passes the senate early in January Representative Gal Vinson says his White House visit was not to endorse Charles L Bartlett for U S judge If an additional judge is provided for the southern district it will require resignations and Joseph F Pottle of Milledgeville
Washington December 19 The army appropriation bill totaling 101 million dollars with a 15 thousand dollar fund for U.S. military observers in Europe was approved by the house military committee. It mirrors the war department estimates and backs ammunition and defense materiel. The measure also proposes adding twenty five regiments to the regular army and would permit creating five regiments of artillery, cavalry, and fifteen infantry, while repealing the 100000-man cap. Provisions include 400 thousand for aviation and 59 thousand for armored automobiles reflecting wartime needs.
Cincinnati detectives recovered most of the stolen funds linked to Frank G. Hohl the automobile bandit. About 1160 cars of the $12660 taken were recovered with the remaining $4500 believed to have been sent to Louisville. Police traced the money to a rented room and recovered it hidden in several places.
Ottawa December 19 a royal gift of maple sugar has been sent to every Canadian under arms ashore and afloat. Fifty thousand half pound pieces were distributed as a Christmas present from the Duchess of Connaught ensuring troops receive a festive token of support during wartime.
London dispatch notes a Warsaw letter describing marching Russians as informal units with officers at the front and dispersed troops trailing along. The column stretches unseen from above, hindering German estimates, while soldiers appear good-natured and contented in fair weather but dismal in rain.
Amsterdam dated dispatch reports an armored train from Lemberg to the Carpathians blown up en route to the Russians. The supply train carried ammunition and food, suggesting a successful disruption of Russian-linked lines of communication with forces in the Carpathians amid ongoing hostilities.
Geneva reports French troops along Verdun to Belfort line cry We Want Alsace as they press to advance. Snow storms hindered battle near Seppois and Bresel while skis aid regiments including Chasseurs Alpine. Artillery from Belfort nears Altkirch. gains in Alsace and recent German positions noted.
English coast bombardment feared as German cruisers shell Scarborough Whitby and Hartlepool. British warships pursue the raiders as a naval battle unfolds across the North Sea, with map showing attacked towns opposite the Kiel Canal.
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