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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1914
Page
1
Overseas dispatches describe a shifting war mood with Allied actions in northern France and Flanders, and cautious German advances near Posen and around the Vistula. Reports note mixed progress, with German reverses and contested gains, while Berlin celebrates a Poland victory but awaits fuller details.
A Copenhagen dispatch reports a German aeroplane stranded on the Tantah Isle of Fano in the North Sea off Jutland. The two aviators, an officer and a soldier, were arrested and will be interned in Denmark.
Broad war dispatch notes Allied pressure along the western front with French claims of gains and German trenches being occupied at several points. Reports from Petrograd and Berlin show mixed progress and renewed talk of Austrian and Russian maneuvers in Galicia and Poland. In other news, the British submarine attack leveled casualties aboard the Fuwkia battleship Messadiah, with Athens confirming the loss of 400 men.
Julia Flake a 16 year old girl from North Mendelsn was sentenced to five years in a Geneva industrial home after being found guilty of plotting with her stepfather Robert Higgins to kill her mother last January. The pair claimed the mother was killed by accident while Higgins cleaned a shotgun. investigators later uncovered the plot and Flake received the life ending verdict. The attorney plans to seek to quash the indictment to possibly gain freedom in five years.
London reports King George greets Hussei Kamel, newly announced sultan of Egypt, pledging sincere friendship and unfailing support to safeguard the integrity of Egypt.
Paris in December 19 official French war office bulletin describes Allied advances from Dixtaride south of the Inn at Korteker and near Ypres, forceful repulses of German counterattacks, progress toward Carency St Laurent and Blangy, and demolition of enemy batteries by aerial action, with continued activity along the Meuse and in the Vosges. The report notes setbacks north of Maricourt and losses of trench positions. Berlin later reported Western theater clashes with repulsed Russian frontier attack and ongoing Polish pursuit of the enemy.
Associated Press report from Atlanta states a writ of habeas corpus for Leo M. Frank, sentenced to death for the murder of Mary Phagan, was denied by Federal Judge W T Newman. Franks lawyers were granted permission to appeal to the U S Supreme Court, as the judge noted appellate mercy lies in his discretion. The move aims to bring the case to review constitutional questions about Frank being barred from the courtroom during the verdict.
John D. Rockefeller files in U S district court asking for an injunction to stop Cuyahoga County from collecting taxes on his holdings valued at 1,000,000,000 plus. He asserts tax residency in New York since 1915 and says he owes only 24.64 in Ohio, with personal holdings taxed in New York. The petition notes his Cleveland Forest Hill estate and references his Standard Oil holdings and other assets.
Frederick W Stevens testifies for J P Morgan and company regarding the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton railroad affair. He claims the line faced a 24.7 million dollar debt and was placed in receivership in 1905, with Morgan interests briefly regaining stock before Baltimore and Ohio took control.
A fire in Ladora, Iowa, last night wiped out five stores a coal bin and an elevator, gutting the north side of Main street except for the panic and drug store. Damage is estimated at 36000 to 40000 dollars. The blaze started in a hotel and a barber shop.
From Southampton to Netley parallel reports describe ins1anity and nervous collapse among Allied soldiers sent back from Ypres. Wards overflow as shells and fear trigger trauma. some physically unscathed men show disability while others recover once away from front. Doctors seek quiet surroundings to aid nervous recovery amid war’s mental toll.
London dispatch reports Switzerland shoring up frontier defense as winter snows set in. Frontiers will be held by a reduced garrison while three divisions are redeployed, with more to follow before year’s end. Alpine passes, crucial for logistics, are considered passable after the first heavy snowfall.
Regional casualty lists report 92,601 dead, wounded, and missing across German regiments. Regiments 247 and 240 suffer heavy losses near Bece laere and along the Yser, with Saxon units marked and total German losses reaching 70,000 shown in published lists.
A dispatch from San Antonio reports that thousands of Villa troops revolted in San Luis Potosi, surrendering the city to General Samuel de Léa Sartos who backs General Carranza. The deserters seek enrollment with General Santos, forming a large loyal force. Carranza faction gains expected support in Tamaulipas.
In Washington the Senate lands committee heard Walter L. Fisher ex secretary of the interior testify on a water power site leasing bill. Hearings continued on the bill for Philippine independence. Secretary Redfeld sent a report on exports of war munitions in response to Senator Hitchcock. House actions included an army appropriation revision and a postal bill debate.
The Western railroad wage arbitration conference broke into sharp exchanges as William Carter of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers challenged the general managers' committee. Judge Jeter C. Pritchard urged crossing the bridges later, while W. S. Stone and A. W. Trenhalm defended their positions. Witnesses included George Crayke and O F Modenbach detailing fireman runs and elevations encountered on routes such as the Denver and Rio Grande and Rock Island lines.
Chairman Moon of the postoffice committee and Representative Heflin of Alabama clashed on the house floor as Heflin denounced Moon s claim that railroad influence defeated a rule for considering cerium postarefdrius and War Democrats who voted against it. The exchange grew heated until members intervened and halted the confrontation.
President Samuel Rea of the Pennsylvania Railroad said the Interstate Commerce Commission rate ruling marks the start of a broad constructive policy in railroad regulation. He noted the decision raises rates on about half of the freight traffic and argues it is not as far reaching as some railroads claim.
Relatives fear Isaac Matthewson who has worked for years in Mexico on railroad and engineering may be missing or imprisoned after last contact six weeks ago. His wife in Muscatine seeks state department help as Masons consider an inquiry, suspecting trouble abroad. He has long faced Mexican distrust toward foreigners and Americans.
Two electric cars collide on Strang line street route near Country Club district injuring about 30 people many seriously. Interurban plows into street car. drivers and riders scramble to escape as crowding shows. Motorman C B Williams trapped in wrecked Country Club car.
Mary E Pennington of the bureau of chemistry told a congressional hearing on cold storage regulation that properly handled poultry can be stored long enough to overcome supply scarcity without changing food value. She cited comparisons of fresh poultry and poultry frozen forty one weeks, concluding both remain equally usable as food and urged continued conservation and revenue efforts by the commission.
The Weathers forecast shows fair skies tonight with colder air in the east, with increasing clouds Sunday. Mascatine reports 13 degrees at 7 o clock. River stage is 2 feet 7 inches.
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