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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1914
Page
7
The Star's Athens correspondent reports a American warship reached Beirut Syria on June 17 1912 as part of cabinet Mud was minister of marine to protect Christian populations amid regional tensions.
London reports from Athens via Havas that bombardment of the Dardanelles forts paused then resumed to 10 oclock with seventy shells fired. Turkish gunboat Dura and steamer Miroli reportedly sunk near Smyrna by Angelo-French forces. Boulogne says Turkish ambassador sought passports at Bordeaux. British Minerva shells Jidda and Jadah. Turkish diplomats receive passports. Laughlin to oversee embassy transfer. Russian forces cross Turkish frontier, seize several towns in the Caucasus. Berlin notes Turkish successes in other reports.
Official dispatches report Turkish forces sinking Russian transports carrying 1,700 mines intended to block Turkish waters. British warships bombarded Akabah and the Dardanelles forts with minimal damage. British cruisers fired at Jaffa. Turkish artillery repelled them. A Paris Ottoman colony disavows war policy and refuses to arm for the triple entente.
Reports describe cannonading and minor engagements between Arras and Vise, with an advance east of Lequesnoy and Parvillera heights. German attacks on the Aisne region were repulsed by French counterattacks as Russians advance on several fronts. General Joffre Telegrams Grand Duke Nicholas praising Russian progress and noting allied efforts to degrade German forces. a favorable early trend for the Allies.
Paris dispatches report German army headquarters saying attacks on Ypres Arras and Soissons are progressing slowly but successfully while French offensives elsewhere are repulsed. Allied advances near Dixmude Lys gain and losses alternate as fighting intensifies along the front.
Herbert Hoover, chairman of the American Belgian relief commission, received a statement from the American and Spanish ministers indicating the United States must supply Belgian populations monthly with 60,000 tons of grain 16,000 tons of maize and 3,000 tons of rice and peas.
A casualty list from London lists twenty British officers killed and forty five wounded. Among the fallen are Captain Lord Richard Wellesley, son of the Duke of Wellington, Grenadier Guards, and Lieutenant Colonel 1 L Anderson, Ninth Bhopal Infantry. In Washington reports Japanese warships near Honolulu signal to a Japanese civilian official. An American naval officer reportedly warned him against repeating the offense. A departure date for the Geer has been set but not announced.
Major McClure leads Fifth Cavalry from Chicago to Fort Smith to back federal court actions during the Western Arkansas Savhe-Denman mine dispute. President Wilson’s proclamation warns locals to disperse by noon Friday and signals strong action against riotous obstructions, with martial law possible.
Berlin reports urge for a neutral US commission to investigate German prisoner conditions in Russia Serbia and in France England and colonies. It cites camps at Troton Bresland Clermont Newbury as examples and calls for examining preexisting conditions and visiting all camps and state prisons.
An old advertisement touts FERRILINE as the original taste loss Quinine syrup. It claims improved Quinine that does not nauseate or cause nervousness and that children and adults who cannot take ordinary Quinine can use it. It promotes a 2-ounce package for 25 cents.
The Constitution reports 117 counties counted with 86 for Smith and Hutchens and 23 for McClure and Hardwick. Seven county results were doubtful while Greene favored Smith and Hutchens. Progressives may reach about thirty counties. Haralson shows large progressive gains as McClure leads 1,082 to 29. County-by-county results list democratic and progressive holds with several doubtfully reported and one split, Greshe, between Smith and Hutchens.
Cablegram to Red Cross reports operations performed without anaesthetic on wounded sal dists in parts of Europe. London dispatch by Thomas Whittemore of Boston notes immense suffering with etherless surgeries. Red Cross cables $10,000 to aid Belgian refugees in Holland via American Minister Van Dyke.
Bold remedy promises to restore natural hair color and health. Advertises Wryeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as ready to use, claiming it darkens gray hair, stops dandruff and itching, and smooths and thickens hair with regular use.
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