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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1915
Page
6
French and German forces clash in the Vosges heights with heavy losses on both sides. Reports say Hartmanns-Wellerkopf changed hands briefly as German and French lines trade gains and setbacks. Austrian and Bulgarian fronts show halted advances while Greece faces martial law rumors and ongoing Balkan tensions.
Vancouver dispatch reports that Canadian Pacific liner Gmpresa of Japan returning from seventeen months in the British service recounts its most notable action as the recapture of the British collier Fztord of 7600 tons coal seized earlier by the German raider Emden.
In a fogbound chase across the Indian Ocean the Empress halted the German vessel with shots across her bow and took command. Three officers and sixteen men from the German crew were captured, while the prize crew assumed control.
Chicago reports spring gown trends with skirts dominating, featuring gowns and street dresses by Anchea models. Washington notes post colors will be major, with fuller draped silhouettes for women and misses, across the United States, with plans moving quickly.
New York March 22 A plan by which members of the aviation corps of the United States army and navy would receive three months training in automobile shops to handle motors was announced by H F Coffin head of the committee on production organization manufacture and standardization at a naval advisory board meeting The plan involves automakers offering their plants as laboratories and would enable training of thousands of aviators in motor operation within three months to meet wartime needs The committee also seeks uniform airplane standards to speed repairs by standardizing parts amid diverse aircraft designs
An official Turkish report says Turkish forces sank two enemy monitors near the Golden Horn after an air strike caused a dynamite magazine to explode. In the Caucasus area Turkish losses were light while the enemy suffered eight officers and 300 men killed. Five soldiers and ten civilians died in the Golden Horn blast and a house burned.
Sir Robert Borden spoke to the Pilgrims Society of New York on Canada United States ties and Britain relations. He praised the long unguarded boundary, the 1910 joint commission, and the shared sacrifice of wartime patriotism amid the Great War.
Congressman James F Byrnes of South Carolina urged a congressional inquiry into the suffrage lobby as a hobby and questioned the use of $40,000 raised by women. He criticized visits to the Capitol as shoppy and distracting while urging action on the Susan Anthony amendment. The piece reflects wartime rhetoric on democracy and mobilization against a powerful foe, praising righteous cause and will to prevail.
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission ruled switching charges of 7.50 per car unlawful and retroactive, denying San Francisco and Los Angeles shippers full recovery for charges paid before August 12 1914. The commission set potential refunds near 600 000 dollars with railroads having collected charges until April 1 1915. The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Traffic Bureau filed the original petition in June 1908.
The Rotterdam arrived in New York harbor after detentions at Falmouth. Drill authorities seized 39 sacks of mail ashore from Besilo Constantinople and Sofa. Captain Daron protested the seizure but received a receipt. Mail guaranteed to be sent later by another steamer.
The International Harvester Co. unveiled a plan to make 35,000 employees stockholders and profit sharers. Employees can buy profit sharing certificates via monthly salary deductions, convertible to stock below market value. Interest at 5 percent and annual extra dividends are provided, with a 1931 termination date.
Indictments returned charging Paul Koenig chief detective of the Hamburg Amerika Line and Richard Leyendecker antique dealer with conspiring to dynamite the Welland Canal. Edmund Justice of Hamburg Amerika Line was named in the same charges for seeking military information for Germany. The scheme allegedly planned to destroy the canal by dynamite or other means and to recruit agents in nearby factories and mills to support the operation.
Portland, Ore Dec 32 Jamen D Farrell president of the Oregon Washington Railroad Navigation company issued a double rule of Good Samaritan and car waiter on a stranded 14d train from Portland to Seattle due to washouts. With the private car attached Farrell’s team served breakfast after the delay, Farrell wearing a large apron to deliver hot cakes and coffee to waiting passengers.
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