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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
11
Associated Press report from Lodz Russia Poland details the German success in surrounding and forcing Russian retreat from Lodz. It notes 12000 German prisoners captured in one operation near Grkow and Describes brutal Russian defense at Beschki churchyard and the rapid, silent German advance likened to waves.
Reports from Paris and Berlin indicate fighting remains intense on multiple fronts in France Belgium and Poland with no decisive gains for either side. East Prussia Russian advances have been checked while Austro German efforts into Poland meet stiff Russian resistance. In the West a trench near France was won recaptured and abandoned amid fierce artillery. A French cruiser in the Strait of Otranto sustained slight damage from an Austrian torpedo but no casualties. Major actions around Lodz and Grodno areas continue with heavy shelling and urban devastation as patrol tactics shift and civilian sanitation measures are introduced in occupied zones.
The Muscatine Poultry Fanciers Association will reconvene on Tuesday evening December 29 per Secretary J C Collins announcement. Officers may be elected and the financial report on the recent show presented. Members with bills against the association should file them at George Lindle’s office before the 29th. The meeting will be at Mr Lindle’s office.
Berlin reports offensive in East Prussia with Mlawa gains and 1,000+ prisoners as Germans and Austro German forces press Russians at Rawka and Bzura. Petrograd notes heavy German losses near Skirniewice and uphill battles around Tomaszow while claiming Russian progress on Pilica and near Opoczno. London dispatches describe intensified German push toward Warsaw and broader Galicia actions, with siege guns readied and war wear in eastern theaters.
London reports a hostile aeroplane dropped a bomb over Dover this morning, then vanished. The blast caused garden damage at St James rectory but no injuries. A Dover castle target was suspected and weather was foggy. Paris says German raid aimed at Paris was brought down near Pontoise by French patrols.
At the French front Christmas will be cheerful despite strain. Families send packages of woolen goods delicacies and campaign items to soldiers, with field glasses wrist watches sleeping bags and champagne for four men. The government and societies supply many gifts and entertainments for troops. In Paris hospitals concerts and shows brighten convalescents. Madame Poincare sent toys candy and clothing for Alsace Lorraine children. John Muir naturalist dies at 76 in Los Angeles hospital from pneumonia.
Paris reports the French war office announcing progress from sea to Lys with sapping in the dunes and repulsed attacks near Lombartzyde and Yser defenses. Zouaves held near Puislipine on the Aisne while Verdun operations were limited by fog. German counterattacks were repulsed in several sectors.
Paris and London reports say an Austrian submarine fired two torpedoes at a French armored cruiser in the Strait of Otranto. One torpedo exploded forward. damage deemed unim portant and no injuries reported to the crew. The Gulf of Otranto lies in the Adriatic Sea at Italy’s southern end.
President Wilson distributes gifts to White House staff and children, spends Christmas Day in recreation. Government offices suspend routine, Congress slows, Capitol hosts community celebration with a grande fir tree and Peace On Earth slogan. Wilson plans a Christmas golf outing amid snowfall and nonstop gift exchanges with cabinet members.
Lone Tree Iowa will lose its key industry as Zimmerman Steel plans to move to Davenport after new plants rise on a ten acre site. Buildings valued at 75000 will be built, increasing company capitalization to 200000. Senator Henry A. Dupont of Delaware underwent abdominal surgery at St Marys Hospital in Rochester Minnesota. Condition described as satisfactory by the attending surgeon.
State Department reports a long talks between provisional President Gutierrez and General Villa in Mexico City with no street fighting or prisoner claims. Carranza intends to stay. Villa to remain in change at a Mazatlan post. Fleet and border maneuvers progress as reactions to Pacific coast unrest ease.
John A. Vogue of Salida Colorado visited his son George Vogue at 1113 Isett Avenue for several days then left for Grandview to see his daughter Mrs. Joseph Toland. Vogue had not been in town for nine years due to successful prospecting in Colorado mountains where he owns two profitable mining investments.
The forecast covers Iowa with partly cloudy skies tonight turning colder in the east and likely snow Friday, and Illinois with mostly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday with light snow and colder temperatures. Temperature at Muscatine at 7 am is 26 degrees.
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