28 Jan 1915
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1915
Page
1
Aged monarch reportedly ready to abdicate to give successor a free hand in the major conflict. The report notes a rift between the German rulers over war strategy and broader conduct, signaling possible leadership changes as the crisis expands.
Moslems attacking British outposts at El Kantara near the Suez Canal are reported to have suffered heavy losses from machine gun fire. The clash marks a significant early engagement in the region with intensified hostilities between British forces and local fighters.
London reports England backs Roumania as Germany and Austria demand halt to mobilization. A £5 million loan from the Bank of England to the Bank of Roumania funds treasury bills for war material purchases, following a Roumanian Finance Commission visit. Roumania watches Austro German troop concentration in Transylvania.
reports from Vienna say Emperor Franz Joseph plans abdication in favor of Archduke Charles Francis amid Austrian German tensions over war policy. He has long sought peace and opposed Balkan conflict, aiming to leave a free hand to his heir and end a 66 year reign.
Berlin official confirms three English ships were sunk in a three hour North Sea action. Bleacher cruiser, one British cruiser and two destroyers were lost, with damage to other vessels. Casualties included Engineer Captain Charles G. Taylor and several stokers and seamen aboard Tiger Meteor and Lion.
London officials announced that the German cruiser Kolberg is reported sunk after Sunday's North Sea engagement. The 4,350 ton vessel carried 362 crew, was 402 feet long, and pursued 24 knot speeds armed with twelve 4.1 inch guns and four torpedo tubes. its cost was about 1.907 million dollars.
A man will step off the Munsey Building roof in Washington at 12 30 to land on the pavement eleven stories below. He will use a six inch diameter six pound device with two life belts and a cable to lower him at five feet per second. District officials will witness the feat as a test of a claimed panic proof fire escape.
A tiny regulation boxing glove weighing about half an ounce was sent to Master Francis Sayre at the White House labeled the young White Hope. The donor, Mike Donovan, once boxing trainer for Theodore Roosevelt, hopes the child uses his to become a credit to his grandfather. The gaggle of infant fists amused a nurse when shown the gift.
Postmaster General Burleson passed the Bowdle suffrage speech case to the Department of Justice after receiving a letter from Antoinette Funk with the unexpurgated edition. Lawyers split on whether the speech’s rich paragraphs are mailable via the mails.
The Itasca reported the Italian steamer Angelo Parodi had likely sunk about 300 miles off Cape Henry with all 27 crew missing after four days afloat in thick weather. The Parodi lacked coal and food, and rough seas prevented rescue lines. Mohawk was sent from Newport to help tow to port.
The newest and fastest Zeppelin dirigible, fully equipped for war, is said to have Count Zeppelin aboard as it left Friedrichshafen for Göy to salute Emperor William on his birthday. The airship will join the North Sea aerial fleet.
The Board of Education voted to reinstate Mrs Bridget Peixotto a teacher dismissed for absencing to become a mother. All charges against other teacher mothers under suspension were dropped. The State Courts upheld the board but State Commissioner John H Finley ordered reinstatement.
An order takes effect January 29 lifting quarantine from twenty Ohio counties and declaring previously closed areas exposed. Ohio counties freed include Ashland and Stark among others. additional counties shift to exposed or modified status in Ohio, with small changes in Michigan Indiana and Iowa.
London January 27 reports fierce German assaults on French positions at Ypres and on British lines at La Bassée on Emperor William's birthday. French communique says Germans repulsed with heavy losses. Germans claim British positions not recaptured. Details cite Craonne, Perthes, St Mihiel fights with opposing claims of success.
Montreal January 27 Dominion Minister George E. Foster says Parliament will be asked to approve 100 million dollars for European war expenses at the session starting next month. The Dominion has already voted 50 million dollars.
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