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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1914
Page
1
Five Hundred Towns in Poland Are Ruined, and Country Is Becoming Second Belgium-Civilians' Flight From Lodé a Tragedy-English Submarine Enters Dardanelles to Torpedo Battle Craft-French Make Garns.
London reports Serbians recaptured Belgrade after a fierce battle and claim gains in Serbia. The Turkish battleship Messudiyeh was torpedoed and sunk in the Dardanelles by the British submarine B-11, which passed under mine rows and escaped amid gunfire.
In New York a baby was born today after its mother died on uptown street. The mother collapsed in front of a courthouse as medics rushed to save her. Despite doctors efforts the mother died minutes later. The newborn initially appeared lifeless, then showed signs of life after resuscitation attempts including water therapy before passing again.
British forces capture the German armed cruiser Loin Daford and the armed merchantman Oxford. Reports state the Cur eoat, an armed cruiser, has reached the harbor area near Guam in the Pacific theater. The captured vessels reflect Allied momentum in the central and western Pacific operations.
Real estate operator Muruay L. Dryden, 35, of 1331 Tenth Street NW, remains in critical condition at George Washington University Hospital after his car struck a southbound streetcar at Fourteenth Street and Thomas Circle. Passenger Fred Cruner, 28, son of Col John W. Conner, is badly hurt at Emergency Hospital. Dryden suffered multiple fractures and severe shock, while Conner has a deep scalp wound and shock but not in serious condition. Both men were returning from a Mount Pleasant business trip in a touring car following a Capital Traction streetcar.
A vast war dispatch outlines Russian withdrawal from West Galicia and German Austro offensive gains north of Lowicz and across the Carpathians. It reports a cautious Polish front, bold claims of prisoner captures, and anticipated decisive action on the Vistula as Austro-German forces press the Russians while western fronts see repulsed French attacks and ongoing artillery duels in Alsace.
A German Gaelic scholar Dr Kune Meyer attended a New York meeting of the American Society of the Irish Women’s Council of Ireland. He spoke of Germany and claimed Germany would win the war after dining with Theodore Roosevelt. Members were startled as he shifted from Ireland to war topics. The auxiliary decided to boycott the song It’s a Long Way to Tipperary.
A Punta Arenas dispatch quotes the German cruiser Dresden commander stating a large clash occurred near the Falkland Islands. He cites two British dreadnoughts of the Invincible class and five cruisers Carnarvon Cornwall Essex Bristol Glasgow, with Glasgow later escaping Rio de Janeiro for repairs. He claims British ships total about 100,000 tons with 36 20‑cm guns versus German 34,000 tons and 16 guns.
A large gray rat was killed in a hundredth of a second in a test of the Western Penitentiary electric chair near Bellefonte Pa. The lid of the chamber was described as a tomb like structure. The chief electrician said the rate of death is five times faster than thought and fifty times faster than feeling. Six rodents were executed in tests to tune the device for January 7 use.
Mme. ERiano wife of the Spanish ambassador and other Washington society women now wear gowns to match the colors of their pet dogs. Her four tiny Spanish dogs sleep in beds with rose silk hangings and have bureaus for their collars and brushes.
Paris reports France has refused Pope Benedict XVs proposal for a Christmas truce among belligerents, joining Russia and Turkey in declining to suspend hostilities during the holiday season.
A Washington dispatch reports the Interstate Commerce Commission will deny New Haven Railroad’s effort to retain its steamship lines. The commission has gathered facts suggesting a verdict against the railroad in the ongoing dissolution case. The decision is anticipated but not yet issued.
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