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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1916
Page
7
London reports show Russia ceasing attacks against Austro Hungarians on the East Galician frontier due to heavy losses. Russians also capture Sultanabad from the Turks in Persia and Britain takes more Kamerun towns from Germany, per the latest official war brief.
Reports describe minor engagements in Russia near Pinsk and Czartorysk with artillery and mining in France and Belgium while large gains are not reported. Montenegrin resistance and Albanian defenses near Scutari are noted as Austrian efforts press toward Antivari. Official and unofficial dispatches cover consular releases, labor mobilization, and various trench actions across Europe.
The Austro-Hungarian headquarters report says after heavy losses on Jan. 19 near Toporoutz and Boyan the Russians ceased attacks. The northeast front shows general calm with intermittent artillery duels. An Italian air raid caused no damage southeast of Brzesany while Italian gunfire targeted Austro-Hungarian positions on the Tyrol and passes north of Peutelstein.
Official communication from Rome dated January 2 reports artillery actions in the Tofana mountain region. Italian detachments compelled enemy groups to retire after inflicting heavy losses, while operations on the lower and middle Isonzo were hampered by fog yet included active artillery fire aimed at hindering enemy reinforcements.
London January 21 The House of Commons passes on second reading a bill amending the trading with the enemy act to prohibit any person firm or company of hostile nationality from carrying on business in this country during the war. Sir George Cave says the move ends German firms profits benefiting after peace.
A Rome wireless dispatch says Essad Pasha, provisional Albanian president, arrived at Scutari with Albanian forces to join Montenegrin troops retreating there. The move aims to defend Scutari. Paris reports claimed he declared war on Austria and Bulgaria and had about 20,000 armed men to assist the allies.
A Rome despatch via Sofia and Bucharest reports British Vice Consul Heard was arrested by Bulgarian authorities despite protests from the American Charge dAffaires who had offered him refuge.
A London despatch reports British Mesopotamian troops facing a hurricane and rising Tigris as they march to Kut el Amara. Attacks continue amid heavy British losses and the killing of Turkish General Bekirsamy Bey.
Paris dispatch notes artillery shelling starting fires in the Belgian trenches. French forces silenced an enemy battery between Soissons and Rheims near Vregny. In Vosges bombardment damaged trenches and destroyed an enemy observatory. The rest of the front showed activity. a mine exploded under a German trench near Hill 119 in Artois.
The British official statement reports three enemy mines exploded west of Fricourt with no damage. British forces exploded a mine east of Festubert and disposed of four hostile working parties. Reciprocal shelling occurred north of Albert Loos and near Givenchy with successful bombardment of enemy gun positions and trenches southeast of Fleurbaix.
Russian columns advancing in Persia have occupied Sultanabad, 150 miles southwest of Teheran and about the same distance northwest of Ispahan. The Persian garrison and the German consul fled to Bouroudjir, 50 miles west of the town.
In Paris on January 20 the Montenegrin consul announced that negotiations between Montenegro and Austria have been broken off and that Montenegro has resolved to fight to the bitter end. The consulate’s official statement conveys the decision.
Bazare Miouchekovitch arrives in Brindisi with Queen Milena and princesses on route to France. He reports Montenegro rejects Austrian terms and will fight to the end with King Nicholas and two sons directing resistance. He awaits the diplomatic corps to join a Lyons-bound journey.
The legislative committee on agriculture recommended an appropriation of 2500 dollars for bee inspection work. The funds aim to eliminate disease among bees and promote their general welfare, contingent on endorsement by the Geneva Court and House of Representatives.
The new Orpheum Theatre in Boston opens as a handsome $2,000,000 venue occupying the former Boston Music Hall site. The 3200 seat building features ivory and white decorations, a Parisian rotunda design, and an 89 row orchestra with 1700 seats plus 1500 more in balconies. Amenities include a reading room club room and a well equipped library. A fountain runs behind the rotunda during performances.
Russian official dispatch reports heavy fighting on the Caucasus front. Turkish forces retreat toward Erzerum with over 1500 killed or captured, while Russians seize Hassan Kalah and a gun camp, and push Turks behind the Erzerum forts.
Berlin wireless dispatch says German troops engaged only in minor actions along the eastern front. The army headquarters announces the repulse of small Russian detachments between Pinsk and Czartorysk.
Upon the reassembling of the Russian Duma the finance minister proposes a bill imposing a surtax equal to five times the customs duty on goods of hostile belligerents, especially German, to prevent their entry into Russia.
The seizure of Corfu is linked to an Austro German submarine base on the island and a second base in the Corfu channel near Albania. Most eastern Mediterranean submarine raids have been launched from these two bases by a German Austrian fleet.
German U boats in the North Sea have largely ceased due to international friction and British destroyer patrols. Only two small subs reportedly remain there while cooperation with Austrian craft against Italian shipping is seen as politically significant, Italy threatening war if submarines harmed Italian vessels.
Police confiscated several hundred dollars worth of merchandize from Nathan Shapiro 433 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge. Shapiro arrested on receiving stolen goods charges and released on 5000 dollar bond. Broken boxes with addresses of shipments disappeared en route to Boston & Maine freight yards were found in his cellar along with similar items from vanished consignments.
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