14 Aug 1915
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1915
Page
1
General von Hindenburg takes command of a large German force with the aim of seizing the Russian capital Moscow. The move signals a major shift in operational planning and strategic resolve amid ongoing campaign pressures.
Berlin reports German forces under Field Marshal von Hindenburg have taken command of the Kovno assault as Russians resist. Petrograd claims Russians repulse most German attacks with one heavy artillery engagement. News also notes evacuation of Kovno Vilna and shifting fronts near Dvinsk Ponewesch and Riga.
The article notes prominent business leaders, including New York City Mayor Mitchel, training as soldiers at the Plattsburg training camp to foster patriotism and readiness for national defense in emergencies.
The Laredo Carranza newspaper prints a fiery editorial calling Mexicans to defend sovereignty and take up arms if necessary. Translations arrive in Washington as Wilson orders troops ready and Funston monitoring on the Mexican border.
Washington dispatch reports the Pan American plan to urge Mexico to halt fighting and restore constitutional government. Carranza is expected to resist while Villa may join a peace conference. Aimed at Mexican generals and governors, the move seeks broad backing and to deter armed intervention.
Berlin says Russian attacks remained unsuccessful while German forces in the Dvina region and between the Narew and Bug made progress. German corps claimed 900 prisoners and three cannon plus two machine guns taken. later reports claim 6 550 Russians captured with eighteen officers and nine machine guns. Troops under Prince Leopold of Bavaria reach the Sokowlo district amid ongoing fighting.
Harry Coapman, 48, died after being attacked by a large numbers of rats while trying to sleep in a cellar under a Philadelphia restaurant at Tenth and Winter streets. He fought back but could not escape in the darkness and collapsed. Coapman had once been in good circumstances.
An official statement reports two Zeppelins attacking the east coast last night between 9 30 and 11 45. Four men and two women were killed. nine children and eleven women plus three men injured. Fourteen houses were seriously damaged.
Divers fasten four powerful cranes to the Eastland to begin righting the grounded steamship. Nets are stretched across the Chicago River to catch any bodies carried downstream when the vessel is hoisted to an even keel.
Mrs. I. C. Secors of the Lockwood Hotel Atlantic Highlands N J and Manhattan staged an automobile funeral for her English bulldog in a coffin costing 150. Burial followed at Hartdale dog cemetery. The canine was not a championship dog but was beloved by his owner.
Rome Aug 13 Bulgaria's minister to Italy D Rizov says negotiations with the quadruple entente fail to address Bulgaria’s demand for nationality based reparations and warns Bucharest 1913 treaty remains decisive. Sofia press notes no Balkan understanding likely as Romania leans toward concessions.
A captioned upper photo shows Don Ignacio Calderon Don Eduardo and others with Senor Romulo Naon. The conference in New York included Robert Lansing and Latin American representatives. Lansing said the United States and Central and South American powers favor a third party provisional government and elections until a constitutional Mexican president is chosen.
Testimony at a Baltimore & Ohio investigation into a freight and passenger collision near Orient cites trainmen breaking road rules and running orders. Faults include the flagman failing to drop lights and the freight engine following too close in a stormy night, with six killed and many injured.
Navy reports Cape Haitien unrest from Bobo and Zamor factions led Admiral Caperton to impose military rule. Commander Olmstead of the Nashville commands a bluejackets battalion ashore to maintain order while civil officials are used where possible. French Ambassador Jusserand met with Secretary Lansing on Haiti, praising American actions since Guillaume’s overthrow.
London reports the execution of George Joseph Smith at Maidstone for murdering three wives to gain life insurance. He was convicted on July 1 after the three drownings in bathtubs following weddings.
Marion Carringer district attorney of Forest County was shot in his Tionesta office and gravely wounded. Bereno Schectino, accused of firing, was overpowered after menacing a crowd with a revolver. Police jailed him amid lynching threats as Carringer was rushed to hospital. Schectino linked to a sensational past case involving his daughter.
Governor Hammond issued a warning to aviators to stop crossing the international boundary into Canada. The governor's office indicated no further complaints are anticipated about the matter.
A committee of supervising inspectors of the steamboat inspection service was named by Inspector General Uhler to study the Great Lakes system for passenger safety. The panel includes John K. Bulger Boston O'Donnell Detroit Westcott Cleveland Nelson Cleveland and John A. Potter New Orleans. They will convene in Cleveland on September 10.
Secretary Daniels reports overwhelming national support for large increases in submarines and aircraft as the navy drafts a program. He also aims for more powerful dreadnaughts and torpedo defenses. The Naval Advisory Board, to be led by Thomas A. Edison, will meet next month with twenty leading scientists and inventors.
A search for about thirty Mexicans, some from Mexico, took place in mesquite brush fifty miles north of Brownsville. Simultaneously 1,600 cavalry and 1,000 infantry patrolled between Brownsville and Laredo while rangers and officers pursued fugitive raiders with swift border justice.
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