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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1915
Page
6
Newsdescribes German forces storming a hill near Brest Litovsk and advancing in Baltics with captures of Russian prisoners and machine guns. Reports also note naval actions and bombardments, with mixed casualty figures and diplomatic notes on Denmark and Russia.
An official German report dated Berlin notes that in the western theater French forces captured a trench or fortifications along the Belgian coast with French and Belgian troops suffering minor casualties. It states no material damage and mentions Belgian civilians wounded by shellfire. Fighting around Munster area suspended, with limited mountain shelling and a few prisoners taken.
An imperial dispatch describes gains for von Hindenburg’s and Leopold of Bavaria’s forces on the eastern front. German troops advance near Kovan and northeast of Kleszexele, with 4300 enemy prisoners and nine machine guns captured, while Brest Litovsk defenses weaken with a storming at Kopytow and continued advances northeast of Viatova through marshy terrain.
Berlin reports note German papers debate the Arabic affair. They cite Joseph Tumulty, Wilkin s secretary, saying Americans stand with the president. Advertisements reference the Arabic manifest and a battleship look, claiming it was not a merchant vessel and drawing attention to unalienable rights centered on British passenger steamers.
The Navy Bureau of Navigation reports measuring North German Lloyd and Hamburg-American ships at Hong Kong and Tsingtao with surveys by Keatan’s surveyor. Three Hamburg America liners and four North German Lloyd ships were at Hong Kong as authorities assess fit for use in the Panama Canal project. A separate banker's death in Chicago is noted in an unrelated item.
New York reports Berlin instructs not to draw final conclusions on the Arabic sinking until verified by full evidence. Count Von Bernstorff telegraphs Washington asking the U S not to take a stand, noting German admiralty has no report yet and promising sympathy if Americans are shown to have lost lives. Officials say no comment while awaiting facts.
Text presents uncertain statements on an Arabic shipboard incident. It notes the need for further advices and cites possible gaps in the official British admiralty report. German testimony could rebut or clarify the unmentioned misinterpretation of the submarine commander’s actions before the fatal explosion.
Marietta Ga Aug 24 Coroner jury failed to elicit a single clue identifying any person connected with the Leo M Frank lynching. Witnesses testified efforts to uncover fuels of the crime yielded little. J A Benson a Marietta merchant said he had a suspicion but did not recognize anyone. The inquest resumes with testimony about those present at the scene and the identity of the lynching party remains unresolved.
In Port An Prince on August 4 a troubled dispatch reports a plan under the constitution and a receiver to oversee administration. It notes a proposed arrangement to avoid death and to appoint a central administrator with foreign debt ceded or settled under treaty terms.
Premier Ohima and War Minister Oka visited Niko to brief the emperor on increasing ammunition output. They reported a nationwide mobilization of all resources to boost war material production, and conferred with allied ambassadors about accelerating production at foundries and factories.
Aug 24 Villa government faces internal strife as troops loyal to General Villa arrive near Torreon. Reports claim 7,000 soldiers treated in various cities through July and 3,000 more in improvised southern hospitals. Executions of Villa officers rise amid fear of cabinet upheaval and renewed factional fighting. General Obregon and Carranza movements influence control of central Mexico while amnesty talks and foreign responses unfold.
Mak Hato, 46, of Datta, Montana, died today in Milwaukee after a printer’s error. He was general manager of the Measens Power company and directed the Rectrification of the Pago Land branch. He helped electrify the Great Northern railway's operations.
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