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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1915
Page
5
Reports from the front describe ongoing Allied and German offensives across Western, Eastern, and Gallipoli theaters. British, French, and Russian actions are cited with prisoner and loss tallies, while German counterattacks and air actions claim several British ships and numerous enemy captures.
Belgians bombarded German cantonments at Clercken Exsen Beyem and at Trac Bosch while Ramecapelle Oortkerko and Dixmude posts faced bombardments. Italians repulse Austrian attacks at Dosse Cassino Monte Baldo Monte Rombon and Prezzo basins, taking prisoners. Russians retreat claimed in Volhynia fortress region. Dubno and Lutsk positions fall back eastward.
Berlin dispatch notes German officials and press claiming strong reserves in place and no danger of Anglo French breakthrough. Officials expect continued violent attacks for days, but deny any real reach of the enemy and insist the German position remains solid.
Ocean Grove N J September 27 Plans were nearly complete for a nationwide laymen campaign to unite churches and spread Christianity under the Laymen Missionary Movement. A conference of the Methodist board of foreign missions set preparations for meetings in seventy five major cities with a Chicago kickoff October 14 to 27 and a final Washington congress on April 26. Preachers from many denominations will speak. leading missionary bishops have been recalled from abroad for the effort.
Baltimore September 7 The American Can company's answer to the government antitrust suit filed in federal court asserts it followed published prices while rivals cut rates and benefited from emergencies. The case will be heard here beginning October 6.
Petrograd reports German offensives weakening as Russian resistance strengthens with fresh supplies. Bayonet assaults continue near Dvinsk and Vilna area. Russians claim successful feints and encirclements, with German flanking moves around Lida and Novo Brodek. London dispatch notes violent fighting near Dvinsk and Austrian retreat from Brody with large supply losses.
Boston reports a German ambassador letter denying Ottoman atrocities as inventions. Von Bernstorff states official reports do not confirm Armenian extermination claims and cites Church officials under pressure from censorship. Washington orders inquiry into Armenian outrages. no American victims confirmed yet.
Werner Horn, a German army reservist who tried to blow up the bridge at Vanceboro Maine, filed an appeal from a federal court decision denying habeas corpus release. He challenges extradition proceedings and the court’s denial of invoking the law of nations in his defense. The appeal will be heard next Monday by the federal circuit court of appeals. Horn awaits trial on illegal transportation of dynamite from New York to Vanceboro.
London authorities carried out a roundup of roughly 1,000 men of military age from Germany Austria and Turkey in the city. Police expect completion by tomorrow as the operation proceeds.
Washington reports orders to all American officials on the Mexican border to seize ammunition shipments when destination is unclear. No embargo on commercial war munitions, but aim to stop supplies reaching bandits. From Laredo Chihuahua conditions worsen with bread shortages death and mob attacks on bread wagons. Progreso frontier sightings of Private Richard J. Johnson believed prisoner on Mexican side. General Bringas and son executed in Mexico City per Carranza HQ. Fifty Villa soldiers killed near Palmillas after a three hour clash with Carranza troops led by Torres.
Chicago September 27 Union officials say 4000 to 6000 clothing workers obeyed a strike call and over 450 locked out, with a midnight peaceparley deadline. Sidney Millman, head of the Amalgamated Association, said the move shows union power and could trigger a national wave if no settlement is reached.
A Sofia dispatch reports Bulgaria has sent an ultimatum to Serbia with Entente diplomats preparing to depart, though unconfirmed. Greece requisitions twenty merchant ships including Themistocles and Patris for troop transport, while Romania plans no change in policy and keeps troops along national frontiers. martial law not discussed.
Ipwich Mass September 27 Cable Stickney Cutten of Washington former secretary of commerce under Taft died in a collision between two automobiles on the Newburyport Turnpike five miles from here. His companion Richard J. Crane Jr of Chicago escaped with slight injuries. Mrs David L. Edsall of Weston suffered a broken leg in the crash. The automobiles met at a dangerous corner near the Crane North Shore summer home. Cable was prominent in legal circles in Chicago and Washington.
Governor Burris announced Cobb county representative Fred Moris will speak for Georgia at the Georgia Florida Dixie Highway conference in Jacksonville, with Rep Blortis delivering an address on the highway project and Georgia’s strong interests. A stray line notes flesh eating animals with poorly developed senses.
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