18 Jan 1915
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1915
Page
1
Reports from the Italian provincial authority indicate a growing casualty toll. Officials tally fatalities and injuries across affected areas, detailing initial numbers and ongoing search efforts. Affected communities brace for further updates as the provincial office coordinates relief.
Earth tremor near Avezzano at 2 10 a m leaves survivors in the ruins. Italy’s disaster toll climbs with reports of 80 000 dead and many injured in Abruzzi and surrounding districts. The Duke of Abruzzi coordinates relief while the government allocates 1 000 000.
Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre becomes mother to a healthy newborn boy confirming the anticipated birth. The event adds a new member to the Sayre family with coverage noting the family’s public standing and the baby’s secure arrival.
A son born to Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre at the White House at 4:30 pm weighed seven and a half pounds. President Wilson expressed evident joy as this marked his first grandchild. Baby expected to be named after his grandfather with Christening planned before Mrs. Sayre returns to Williams Town.
Berlin reports the Tanga battle as the greatest in German East Africa with British forces landing off Tonga on November 3 4 and 5. German Governor cites 9000 English troops against 2000 German defenders with heavy gunfire and a three day fight ending in British retreat. Morgen Post lists British casualties at 3600 killed or wounded.
Russian and German actions dominate reports from the Eastern front. Russian forces seize Kirlibaba Pass toward Transylvania as German assaults on the Vistula front yield limited gains while Austrian guns are silenced. Officials cite potential Romanian entry and strategic troop shifts in Eastern Hungary.
Four members of the Fritz Skubinsky family die in a Philadelphia blaze that starts on a store below and traps occupants on the upper floors. Skubinsky dies trying to rescue younger children. the mother and two daughters survive with injuries after leaping to rescuers. Financial loss declared slight.
Emperor William decorated on the field General von Lochow with the Order of Merit and Lieutenant General Wishura with a House of Hohenzollern order for victory near Soissons. German accounts say French trenches on the Aisne right bank were breached after heavy bombardment and relentless fighting, the Germans taking the plateau’s border and gaining control of the Aisne Valley.
General Raquel Gonzales Garza is named Provisional President by the session of the convention in Mexico City. Martial law is declared and the city is patrolled by mounted police as the convention assumes full powers until a new president is elected. The former Provisional President Gutierrez and other generals have left for Pachuca.
In Loveland Ohio on January 10 1916 a writer portrays the silent man who endures mockery and crucifixion as a force that topples empires. He foresees future nations repeating the crucifixion motif on a larger stage with grim inevitability.
In Chicago on January 17 a riot at Hull House followed a meeting of unemployed. Mounted police dispersed the crowd and arrested about twenty, including Lucy Parsons widow of the Haymarket defendant and Irwin Tucker who claimed to be a preacher. Detective Michael Devito fired into the air to quell the crowd. Jane Addams helped arrange releases from police custody.
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