11 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
Lovington Leader
Location
Lovington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1914
Page
1
Reports from Poland describe a high level clash as emperors from Germany and Russia observe frontline operations. The fighting nears Warsaw and Lodz with heavy losses claimed by both sides and German advances around the Lodz region.
Kaiser Wilhelm demands Archduke Carl Franz Josef resign from the army over poor Austrian-Russian campaign results. The emperor reportedly refuses to consent to his heir’s retirement.
Petrograd reports German prisoners near Lodz endure extreme cold with frozen hands and feet. They were wrapped in blankets taken from peasants and one private wore a woman’s fur wrap. They say false reassurances about warm clothes kept morale high before capture. Monasteries and churches used as barracks explainable by belief private homes were mined. Front reports note regiments near Lodz along the Vistula River outlining new positions.
London reports experts estimate two thirds of the German force in Poland were destroyed in battles between the Warta and Vistula. News notes flight of princes Oscar and Joa chim, unsettled claims over Lodz, and Russian advances through the Carpathians. Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Egypt aboard forty transports, with the Emden cruiser destroyed by the Sydney.
The Bar Association of Denver proposes Governor Ammons appoint a successor to James H. Teller, who resigns to become supreme justice. Nominees from the elimination primary include F. W. Sanborn, William N. Vaile, Greeley W. Whitford, Frank E. Gregg, John C. Murray, and W. W. Grant Jr., selected by 395 Denver lawyers.
The Italian ambassador Count Di Cellere met with the State Department to protest Arizona’s 80 percent American citizen requirement for state employes. Britain also protested. The issue cites treaty guarantees of equal rights and employment for Italian and British citizens. The protests were referred to the department’s solicitor. similarities to California anti alien laws noted.
A diverse wire of incidents includes a Chicago theater fire crackdown by the municipal fire bureaucracy official deaths from northern Wisconsin and Michigan hunting accidents a stamp rush at the federal building in Chicago a proposal to kill all cats in Germany for soldiers fur coats a Harrisburg safe robbery a Nebraskan man shooting his wife and himself a deadly wind storm in Houston with six inches of rain ongoing Chicago police pursuit of a hat maker killer arrest a female Carranza relative buying a home in Texas quarantine lifts on Wichita stockyards foot and mouth disease a kidnapping accusation against Butte Miners union leaders officials threaten hangings and a rejected scaffold plan in Arizona.
A varied brief notes J Borden Harriman of New York dying in Washington after a lingering illness. Edouard Suarez Mujica presents credentials as first Chilean ambassador to President Wilson. George T. Weitzell named State Department special agent to assist Morgenthau in Constantinople. Public health service reports fewer drug addicts than expected. Wilson asked by Fitzgerald not to push controversial legislation. Wilson discusses Colorado strike districts with Garrison. no action now. Daniels commends Evans for forbidding It’s a Long Way to Tipperary aboard Newport station. Wilson greets 1,500 corn boys and doves in a peace gesture. Burleson orders postmasters to mail packages to Germany and Austria-Hungary under parcel post rules.
Governor McDonald enacts a sweeping quarantine against all states and Mexico due to foot and mouth disease. A disinfecting order issued November 9 by the Cattle Sanitary Board aims to halt the spread, with high altitude and dry climate expected to aid at the borders. The decision follows reports of the disease in South Africa under similar conditions.
The report notes the French parliament to convene in Paris on December 22. Aviator Marc Pourpre killed in Somme reconnaissance. Sir John Crichton died in London. Earthquake in Western Greece and Ionian islands kills 23. Cananea water blockade isolates town. Archmologist Dr Richard Nicklin Hall dies in Cape Town. Manitoba curbs liquor during war. German prisoners near Lodz show Napoleonic fatigue symptoms. American Boy Scouts receive gold badges from Walter Hines Page. Von der Goltz’s return to Constantinople linked to past promise. Villa leads about 25 000 troops into Mexico City. entry into capital awaited Gutierrez.
Frank Glick of Pittsburg is elected captain of the Princeton football team for 1915. Other sports items note Kid Williams knocking out Young Diggins in Philadelphia and Jack Warhop signing a three year contract via President Farrell at Freeport Illinois.
Fashion notes say women will abandon tight skirts next season. Vice President Marshall spoke in Rochester on national tendencies. Temple Bowdoin of J. P. Morgan & Co. died in New York. Bankruptcy petition filed against Abraham L. Kass in New York cites assets and liabilities. Amateur athletics seeks reinstatement. Notables arrive for Panama Pacific Expo work. Kidnapping in Moberly. National Council of Jewish Women meets in New Orleans. Lloyds report records 718 new ships and 2,020,185 gross tonnage last year.
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