08 Mar 1915
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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1915
Page
1
British ships Atlanta Fingal torpedoed. Fingal's crew losses reported. A British mine sweeper blown up. Neuve Chapelle, Przemysla, and Przasnysz battles cited as pivotal fronts. Reports from Constantinople and Petrograd describe limited Dardanelles actions and the onset of a Russian spring campaign on multiple fronts.
London reports rising Allied activity on the western front as British French and Belgian forces increase operations near the Belgian coast. Allied warships appear offshore and Belgians, aided by naval support, consolidate positions ahead of a major forthcoming offensive.
Reports from Valparaiso detail Allied and German naval activity in neutral waters near Cumberland Bay. The German cruiser Dresden is said to have been attacked by British forces near Juan Fernandez, with casualties reported and the ship scuttled after protest. London and Paris sources note further ground operations on Arras Champagne Argonne and Vosges as the Allies and Germans claim gains ahead of a broad offensive.
In an interview with Eleutherios Venizelos, the former Greek prime minister, he says the Allies asked Greece to send troops to aid Serbia twice since World War I began but Bulgaria’s stance blocked it. He recalls the Dardanelles actions and that Greece could deploy 50,000 soldiers if Smyrna were gained for Greece.
London dispatch reports the British cruiser Amethyst struck by field artillery from an unseen location. Seventeen to nineteen crew killed and several injured, with the vessel damaged but fighting efficiency intact. Athens report cites twenty two deaths and two wounded.
Edgar Cammond argues in a Royal Statistical Society paper that exhaustion of belligerents could end the war by July. He puts total wartime costs to July at 6.298 billion pounds and indirect losses at 9.149 billion, with Britain alone needing 708 million pounds.
The German embassy says the cruiser Dresden was blown up by its own crew after a British attack in Chilean neutral waters. The report claims the ship was sunk off the Chilean coast Sunday following the engagement with British warships.
Reports from Philadelphia show envelopes and cash totaling hundreds of thousands poured into the weeklong revival collections. Organizers expect the total to exceed 100000 with additional checks and mailed gifts, while business firms are urged to contribute to the evangelist's fund.
President Wilson appeared at the executive offices wearing a sprig of Shamrock and a green necktie signaling the St Patrick's Day observance in Washington D C.
Henry A. Morganthau, American ambassador at Constantinople, is depicted at his desk as the city faces a siege by the allied army. The photograph captures the ambassador in the American embassy in the Turkish capital.
Armers fights Litt and Strebel in a dramatic clash as authorities report a former hired fighter slain. The incident outlines a lethal altercation involving local figures and raises questions about the motive and aftermath.
J Z Sledge, tenant on Nels Jensen farm, killed Charles Strebel after Strebel allegedly shot at Sledge and his family in their Mitchell home. Sledge and his daughter Chloe were wounded. Strebel died at the scene. Sheriff and doctors assisted, with testimony later from Mer Sledge and others.
A fire threatened Champaign's business area forcing intervention by local and neighboring fire crews. Blazing wreckage destroyed property valued at about £500,000 while high winds spread embers, demanding extensive firefighting and protection of adjacent structures.
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