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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1915
Page
8
German engineers at Krupp announce new submarines carry two 34 inch caliber rapid fire guns that drop back on a pivoting arm beneath the hull before submerging. The submerged guns allow surface combat and forcing merchant ships to heave to, vastly expanding submarine offensive power and reflecting Krupp’s ahead-of-its-time position at Essen.
Russian war dispatch reports Austrian retreat of about 30 kilometers along the front and in the Carpathians as German regiments suffer heavy losses. Authorities claim Austrian demands to renew assaults were abandoned, with German forces refraining from further attacks due to costly sacrifices. Prisoners and matériel captured include thousands, artillery, and machine guns amid renewed Austrian resistance.
Chicago April 9 A state court overruled a motion to quash the indictment charging William Lorimer Mesnimmer and other former La Salle Street Trust officials with conspiring to wreck the institution The court sustained four counts and threw out two as presented in the grand jury document
A compilation of obituaries and funeral notices listing individuals by surname across 1914 1915. Entries note survivors, funeral arrangements, residence descriptors, church services, and interment locations such as Arlington and private cemeteries with dates and times. Contains multiple names including Bailey Grady Sherman Mahler and others, with scattered location hints in Maryland Washington D C and Virginia.
Amid typhus raging in Serbia, Dr Estnest Fendleton Magruder of Washington dies in Belgrade. American medical relief teams report high casualty rates and urge rapid shipment of clothing hospital and sanitary supplies to halt the epidemic.
Maj Raoul Pontus, son of Belgium's former war minister, witnessed Garros engage a German Taube above Zurves Belgium on April ninth. Garros closed the distance, fired with a machine gun, and the German craft burst into flames and crashed near a ditch, killing both aviators. The French pilot escaped but perished in the crash, while the German machine burned. valuable documents and a thick leather case were recovered from the wreck and sent to headquarters.
In Panama on April 9 the canal reported March earnings as the highest since opening, beating January's record by about 140800. March receipts stood at 3560784, while January receipts were 419037.
Officials examine Germany note on the 1828 treaty as potentially binding, risking damages to American shippers and goods on German ships. The Frye incident highlights duties of captains to remove passengers to safety, influencing U S discussions with Berlin over the Falaba death and the war zone's impact on American vessels.
Berlin reports on March 1 a total of 5,510 captured artillery pieces including 3,300 Belgian guns, 1,500 French, 850 Russian and 60 British. On April 1 Germany held 812,808 prisoners of war with 10,175 officers and 802,623 enlisted men. Nationalities include French 3,868 officers and 238,496 men. Russian 5,140 officers and 694,219 men. Belgians 647 officers and 39,620 men. British 620 officers and 20,307 men.
London April 7 government aims to urged merchantmen to resist submarines. Captain John Richard Green of the Vosges, sunk off the Cornwall coast March 27 by German U-boat shells, is commissioned as a Royal Naval Reserve lieutenant and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Crew members receive gold watches and three pounds each. Under fire over two hours Green steered to safety, prevented torpedoing, and aided evacuation as the submarine shelled the ship until a patrol vessel appeared after the Vosges sank.
The Rev. William Ralph Hall will address Gunston Temple Murley Memorial Fourth and North Mainstre Presbyterian Sunday schools then preach at Takoma Park Church. A 3 PM joint service at Church of the Covenant, with Rev Charles Wood delivering the chief address on youth work, will feature local pastors and a Church of the Covenant quartet. Evening events include a Civic Endeavor address and a Westminster Church service.
London dispatch reports that British battleships Ocean and Irresistible were torpedoed by British forces after heavy damage from Turkish fort fire during the Dardanelles bombardment on March 18. Admiralty notes Irresistible sank after a likely mine strike, Ocean also sank, and both actions aimed to prevent capture by the Turks.
New York based J F Greenhut Company with 12 million in securities and two department stores in Smith Avenue, goes into receivership in friendly court. Three creditors file an involuntary bankruptcy petition totaling 3 thousand dollars. Receivers pledge to continue operations and preserve goodwill as liabilities exceed assets by several million.
Letters received in Sioux City Iowa reveal efforts by the southern Canadian Arctic expedition to locate Vilhjalmur Stefansson commander in chief and his party who are lost. George H Wilkins in Adelaide leads the Mary Sachs relief ship which departed from a winter base east of Dolphin and Union Strait seeking traces of the Stefansson expedition.
The dispatch notes Col Roosevelt weighing a 1916 Republican bid though still in the third party. Friends say he could rejoin the GOP for eight months before the convention, with pundits predicting a possible dark horse outcome. Root and Hughes also named as potential rivals amid murky party dynamics. Also obituary: Maj Hanson J De Pue dies at 71 in Washington, Civil War veteran formerly with the census bureau.
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