First Big Battle in the North Sea Reported
The Commercial Tribune carries an Associated Press dispatch on the first big battle in the North Sea. German cruiser action is noted as U.S. and Teuton forces clash, with World War I implications highlighted. Price observed at one cent. Cincinnati dateline January 25, 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Commercial Tribune
Associated Press
Vol Reino
Cincinnati
North Sea
New
Amsterdam
Holland
Germany
Austria
Vienna
Roumania
Berlin
Charles Francis of Austria
William
Transylvania
Wanders
France
Lord Kitchener
Irving Cobb
Neutral Stand Firmly Uphheld In World War Debate
A long Wilson Bryan Lansing letter defending neutral rights cites seventeen charges and explains export policy for contraband. It notes Britain and Germany have been rebuked, Open markets remain for all nations, and reveals that Canada asked to ship war equipment across Alaska and a French cruiser pressed German passengers to pledge neutrality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Commercial Tribune
Washington
Jan
United States
Wilson
Bryan
Robert Lansing
State Department
Senator Stone
Missouri
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Stone
Germany
Austria
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary
Austro-Hungary
Alaska
France
Columbia
Bethmann Hollweg Defends Belgium Treaty Phrase
German Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg says his remark about the Belgian neutrality treaty was misinterpreted and intended to mean the treaty became obsolete as Belgium forfeited neutrality. He cites British and French positions and points to England's own interests as motive for war. He refers to Sir Edward Grey's Parliament speech and 1870 Gladstone comments on Belgian neutrality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Berlin
London
United States
Edward Goschen
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
Gottlieb von Jagow
William
Germany
Belgium
Great Britain
William Goschen
Reichstag
Cellor
Goschen
Edward Grey
England
Gladstone
Edward
Kaiser's Ships Head to Cover After Four Hour Fight
Kaiser's ships flee for cover after a running four hour engagement that leaves seven hundred men reported killed. The clash persists as fleets maneuver under heavy fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Rebels Repulsed After Raid on Upington Buchanaland
In Pretoria on January 24 officials report 1,200 rebels led by Lt Cols Maritz and Kemp attacked Upington in Buchanaland but were repulsed. Casualties included twelve rebels dead and twenty-three wounded, ninety-six prisoners. Union forces: three killed and twenty-two wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pretoria
Maritz
Kemp
Upington
Buchanaland
Union of South Africa
Fess Hits Line Hard In Wilson Criticism
Representative Simeon D. Fess of Ohio denounces President Wilson as a spoilsman and domineering boss after the Indianapolis Jackson Day speech. He compares Wilson to a captain assembling a team, criticizes party control of the Federal Reserve, and questions democracy under current leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fess
Wilson
Indianapolis
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Jones
Republican Party
Oscar
Claude
Finis
Champ
Woodrow
Watson to speak across continent in transcontinental link
James A. Watson, associate of Alexander Bell, will talk from San Francisco to Mayor Mitchel in New York at a celebration of the completed transcontinental telephone service. Watson heard the first word over a wire in 1875, with Bell in Boston and Watson on a separate floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
James A. Watson
Alexander Bell
Mitchel
New York
Boston
Watson
Bell
Troy and Now by David Bruce Fitzgerald
A reflective essay contrasts ancient and modern warfare, arguing that both sides invoke a war god aligned with their weapons. The author warns that contemporary fighters seek victory through steel and explosions while missing the Christian message of peace. Loveland, January 28, 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Homer
Juno
Minerva
Mars
Achilles
Hector
Loveland
Stupendous plan to cut the high cost of living
New York plans a $1,000,000 market terminal to receive and distribute foodstuffs, the first of a series in the city. John J. Dillon of the new State Department of Foods and Markets says co op companies will lease terminals with profits capped at 6 percent. The first terminal spans Eleventh to Twelfth avenues and Thirty fourth to Thirty fifth streets, handling perishable farm goods directly to distributing wagons. NYC spends $600 to $700 million on food yearly, with only 35 cents of every dollar reaching farmers. the plan aims to cut costs by more than 10 percent through improved handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
New York Central Railroad Company
John J. Dillon
New State Department of Foods and Markets
Dillon
British Beattie-led squadron sinks German Bluecher in Baltic chase
A British patrolling squadron under Vice Admiral Beatty repelled a German cruiser group aiming at the English coast. The Bluecher capsized and sank after a running fight with Derflinger Seydlitz Moltke and others, while British ships suffered no losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
London
Scarborough
Hartpools
Bluecher
Admiralty
Derflinger
Germany
Seydlitz
Moltke
Goeben
Black Sea
Beatty
Sir David Beatty
Helgoland
Tiger
Lion
Princess Royal
New Zealand
Indomitable
David Beatty
Tyrwhitt
English
Steydlistz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ak At
U.s.marts Teutons
Count Tisza
Baron Burlan
Dr. N. Guenadieff
Bulgaria
Sofia
Italy
Rome
Giornale D'Italia
Europe
Dr. Guenadieff
Balkans
Russia
von Hollweg
Count von Bethmann-Hollweg
Ing Boss
David Bruce Fitzgerald
Britain
United Kingdom
Asquith
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!