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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1914
Page
7
Reports from Nish claim Belgrade is retaken by Servian forces after a rapid series of victories over Austrian troops. Montenegro’s army reportedly routed Austrians on the Bosnian frontier as Russian and Allied actions press German positions in Poland and France.
Official reports Detail French advances along the Ypres canal and near Hollebeke in Belgium, plus bombardments at Commercy Meuse and near Soupir Aisne. French contest German positions in Woevre Mortmare. Alsace moves toward Steinbach Pont d Ashach Brinigheufen. Montenegrins seize Vishnegrad. Austrians retreat. British submarine torpedoed Turkish battleship Messadieh in the Dardanelles. Belgrade retaken by Serbs. Austria admits defeat on the Drina.
Vienna admits defeat after a southeastward Austrian offensive from the Drina was halted by a stronger Serbian force near Valjevo. The statement promises new measures to repel the enemy and notes Belgrade occupation as a related outcome. The dispatch also reports Russian pursuit in Galicia with Dukla retaken and 9000 prisoners plus 10 machine guns seized.
Voters face a structured slate favored by a strong Good Government Association campaign. Coulthurst Ballantyne and Hagan vie for council seats with Luomasney backing Brennan and a split in Ward 5. Dr. Fred L. Bogan leads school committee support with Fitzgerald and Curley allies backing him.
Boston Equal Suffrage Association leaders Mrs Mary Hutcheson Page and Mrs Eileen Sullivan Coughlin assign women to precincts to distribute literature and collect signatures at polling booths. A list of participating women includes Mrs Thomas Pelham Curtis Miss Mabel Willard Miss Mary Frances Bolles and others across the city.
Paris streets extinguished at midnight after report that two Zeppelin dirigibles were sighted at Amiens and moving toward the city.
Paris December 14 France has refused to adhere to Pope Benedicts proposal for a Christmas truce among belligerent powers, joining Russia and Turkey in declining the offer.
The official bureau says Turkish battleship Messadieh was torpedoed in the Dardanelles by submarine B-11 under Lieutenant-Commander Norman B. Holbrook. The vessel of about 10 000 tons, built 1874 and reconstructed 1908, carried 600 crew and 17 12 knots.
Berlin reports state Emperor William II remains feverish delaying a throat operation. Munich telegrams say the procedure was decided but postponed due to his feverish condition. Earlier rumors linked influenza and throat issues to his health and return from the front before Christmas.
The French official war communiqué reports progress along the Ypres Canal and near Hollebeke and in Alsace. Allied mines yield slight Argonne gains while Somme front positions endure cannonading and enemy counterattacks are repulsed. Serbia reports 20 000 prisoners and 74 cannons as Austrians retreat. Montenegro seizes Vishnegrad after two days of fighting.
It is reported that the German converted cruiser Cormorant has entered the harbor of Guam in the Ladrone Archipelago after the British captured the German armed merchantman Oxford in the Indian Ocean.
Fleecy Angora caps priced 1.25 to 2.50. Pink or blue ribbon bands and rosettes 0.50 to 1.25. White coats of imported corduroy 2.95 to 5. Baby white coats with embroidery 3.95 to 12.50. Belted hooded white eider down coats 5. Knitted play toques 0.50 to 1.00. Third Floor Filene’s Mail Orders Filled.
Berlin wireless dispatch states light French attacks on positions between the Meuse and Vosges were easily repulsed. No other significant western theatre events reported. No news from East Prussia or southern Poland. Northern Poland operations described as normal.
American Consul Latham at Punta Arenas reports the German cruiser Dresden arrived safely and uninjured, cabling the State Department on December 14.
German embassy confirms eight British and German cruisers fought off Falkland Islands. Dresden arrived damaged at Punta Arenas and may intern or depart after repairs. Gneisenau Scharnhorst Leipzig Nurnberg sunk while Dresden escaped and is pursued.
Berlin reports the Staatsburger Zeitung, an anti-Semite newspaper, has been suppressed for the duration of the war by military authorities for failing to stop anti Semitic propaganda. The order follows a Hague and London transmission dated December 12.
The notice lists Filene military boots at 1.75 and 2.25 dollars, suede puttee loggins at 2.50, beaded moccasins 1 and 1.50, Panta Leg gins in stock despite a shortfall, and cotton wool and velvet goods 1 to 3.50. It also notes fur robes for babies from 3 to 10.95, fur sets from 1.50 to 10, with motherly appeals for purchases.
The notice catalogs toys for girls such as dolls and a range of mechanical sets and moving picture machines. It mentions items like Meccano circuits, steam engines, magic trick boxes, telegraphs, lanterns, paints, plasticine, and moving picture devices among the offerings.
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