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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1914
Page
7
Spectators packed the arena as German forces were said to damage the English Channel fleet and the crowd sang marching songs. Secretary Daniels barred the Navy from certain tunes, stirring debate on neutrality while union bands played amid the day’s varied events.
A Washington Telegraph correspondent reports a censor circulated summary of President Wilson's message to Congress. The summary reflects the major declarative aims and policy directions described in the addressed communication.
Dr Sanders of Garfield Hospital reports from East Prussia where a theater has been converted into a hospital. He notes 70,000 people in the town, about 1500 wounded but only the serious cases reach them, and describes equipment shipped from America and daily work amid social duties with Count von Tallayrand-Perigord.
Cable from Rotterdam reports a German claim that British channels losses are shown by corpses washed up on Belgian and Dutch coasts. Antwerp sources say 109 British marines found buried, trains of 18 to 20 year olds sent to Flanders, wounded and prisoners arriving at Louvain, with German forces redeploying to recover the front.
German lines show gains near Le Quesnoy and Andechy, 200 to 600 yards, while French artillery repels counter attacks near Perthes and drives trenches from Rheims. In Argonne, new trenches are occupied and ground won is consolidated as heavy fighting plus artillery exchanges continue along the front.
Advices say a British squadron under Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee cornered German cruisers in the Straits of Magellan and sank a fourth unit. The British force includes Lion and Indefatigable battle cruisers. German losses are believed light. Argentine forces reportedly sent to Patagonia amid German cruiser activity in the South Atlantic.
Harold Penn Upderraff Alsop died after a ten day illness at George Washington University Hospital following an appendicitis operation. The Harvard graduate and Columbia law student, 22 years old, was visiting Pittsburgh for a cousin's funeral when he died. He is survived by his father RB Alsop and brother Howard S. Alsop of Atlanta. Interment will be in Pittsburgh at a cousin’s residence.
Hackensack New Jersey December 19 Reverend Charles L Morrigan pastor of Auburn Street Congregational Church Paterson was killed instantly and his wife likely fatally injured when their car was struck by a train at a street crossing Both Reverend David Stuart Hamilton rector of St Pauls Episcopal Church Paterson and Mrs Hamilton and the car chauffeur were badly injured They were all taken to no hospital
Amsterdam dispatch notes Dr Karl Liebknecht, lone Reichstag war credit dissenter, argues in a Berlin article that the war sprang from German and Austrian war parties and secret diplomacy to outpace rivals. He says the conflict harmed peoples and aimed to crush the rising labor movement, a Napoleonic effort to unnerve workers.
Amid chaotic maneuvers a large German Austrian force fan spreads from Lowicz to Skierniewice threatening Warsaw from the west and southwest while Russians assail Cracow to relieve its siege. Reports describe heavy fighting near Ciechanow Prajnysz Mlawa and Lodz with German gains cited and Cracow remains under pressure as Przemsyl prisoners report city desertion and looming uninhabitability.
Austrian bulletin reports Austro-German forces repulsing Russian attacks southwest of Plotkow as they push north from Novo Hadomsk. West Galicia sees progress with 1,500 prisoners taken. No official word on Emperor Wilhelm’s status. embassy notes a winter cold may be keeping him from public view after field hardships.
Special to The Washington from St Louis Missouri describes Virginia Boyer mother of nine after delivering twins, making her the mother of seven previously and nine children now at age 29. Her husband CP Boyer formerly worked as omeaster, and relatives Corinne Moorehead and Marce Boyer are noted. The 1904 birth Thelma, 1908 Anthony and Gregory twins, 1910 Bernice, and 1911 Leonard and Leonora twins are listed.
Col Robert Williams deputy commissioner of Internal Revenue since 1998 died yesterday at 3114 Mount Pleasant Street Northwest of pneumonia connected to a wound from the Civil War. Funeral services will be Monday afternoon at the residence conducted by Reverend Joseph J Kelly of the Fourth Presbyterian Church. Interment in Arlington Cemetery. Williams born January 4, 1841 in Franklin County served as private, captain, then colonel of the 54th Ohio Volunteers. He saw action at Shiloh, Wilson’s Creek, Chickasauga, Bayou and other battles with distinction and was a Loyal Legion member.
The dispatch from Wentington notes the disgrace of General von Maltke at the head of the army and the appointment of General von Falkemhaya to replace him. No praise is given for the former chief, making the disgrace an official record.
An assortment of canned fruits and dried goods lists prices and labels such as Best Citron Best Lemon Peel and Best Cleaned Raisins. It notes varieties and pack sizes like 3-lb Crock and No 2 Cans with fruits including peaches pears apricots plums and berries. The ad emphasizes stable wartime pricing and various citrus and grape products available.
Stockholders of the Panama Mining Company will hold their annual meeting in Room 10 at the Fourteenth Street NW building in Washington DC on Saturday December 15 1914 at 3 30 pm Secretary Moyer announces.
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