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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1915
Page
5
Russian and German reports describe heavy fighting around Warsaw, Lublin, and Riga with back-and-forth actions along the Narew and Vistula fronts. Russian officials tout success holding trenches and repulsing German assaults while German sources cite transport delays and a pause in the advance.
Berlin reports indicate German and Austro-German forces push south of Warsaw while Austrians gain west of Ivangorod. Von Munckensen breaks Russian line east of Lecza and north of Chelm. Courland advances threaten Russian rail links. Warsaw holds, 20,000 leave, 200,000 interior bound, loyalty to Russia solid, autonomy promised.
The article notes Britain can endure due to domestic coal and iron reserves and efficient organization. It claims Germany believes it can sustain the war indefinitely, while Russian lines along the Narew and beyond show strategic complexity as forces maneuver near the Bug and Bes-Litovsk areas.
A New Yorker and friend of J P Morgan told a correspondent after speaking with Morgan on the eve of sailing that the financier believed the war would end within twelve months. The report from London notes Morgan’s confidence amid ongoing hostilities.
Military observers say the danger to the Russian retreat lies with Marshal von Mackensen and his army. After fierce fighting around Ivangorod and Cholm, Russians retreat east of the Vistula while Mackensen’s forces push from Cholm in pursuit toward Brest Litovsk, with Lublin and Wieprz crossings key actions.
Constantinople reports Field Marshal von der Goltz, former Turkish army instructor, says the Dardanelles defenses are nearly invincible. He notes intact first mine line and extensive mine fields behind, praising Turkish unity and renewed vigor under the Young Turks.
Government officials who remained fled to Fort Liberte aboard Pacifique while revolutionary troops move into Port au Prince. U S Marines from the Nashville gunboat have landed to preserve order.
Washington reports that Britain's reply to the American protest maintains the orders in council as within international law. The note, issued in two parts with British correspondence on the Nachez seizure, argues new wartime conditions require reinterpretation of warfare principles. Sir Edward Grey urges Washington to accept the measures as just and necessary to counter resumed German aggression.
A devastating cloudburst flooded Erie Pennsylvania last night. The coroner raised the death toll to about fifty after surveying debris and missing lists. The city lost power and telecommunication lines, with residents stranded as Mill District suffered worst flooding. Firemen were among the missing with reports of rescuers themselves drowning in efforts to save others.
Police officials with District Attorney Francis Martin of Bronx County visited Charles Becker's widow at 2291 University Avenue before the funeral and removed the silver plate inscribed on the ex police officer's coffin.
Inspector Faurot ordered the plate sent to Police Headquarters and kept in a safe. It will be held by police until Governor Whitman decides on libel action. If civil or criminal action proceeds, the plate would be important evidence, said District Attorney Martin at his home near Becker.
A lone bandit robbed Cedar Rapids National Bank shortly after seven, taking $638 500. Teller Perrin was bound and gagged and sent to a hospital in shock. The robber escaped. no suspect found. The bank is a major Cedar Rapids institution with $6 million in deposits and $500 000 capital. Ralph Vanvechten of Chicago’s Continental and Commercial National Bank is president.
The state grand jury near conclusion expected to vote several indictments against those responsible for the Eastland disaster. Charges include manslaughter criminal carelessness and conspiracy as the federal grand jury continues its inquiry by examining witnesses.
Eugene Griffith of Marion fought a tramp during a dam swim on a nearby farm. The tramp attacked with a club then drew a knife and seized Griffiths clothing. Griffith used a whiskey bottle to strike the tramp, breaking it and escaping, leaving the tramp severely cut and Griffiths remaining in his underclothes.
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