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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1917
Page
1
On January 27 British forces captured a strong German post on the Somme with 300 men and six officers amid frozen ground and extreme cold. British bombardment was intense and German defenses were overwhelmed. casualties were heavy and many Germans perished in dugouts.
German emperor William declares peace will be forced by the sword in a message from Berlin. He speaks of the unshakable will to victory and sacrifices of blood and treasure to preserve the Fatherland. Empress, Prince Henry, and Prince Waldemar attend birthday events at German headquarters. amnesty declared. celebrations held in schools and universities.
British wireless report says German efforts to press back Russian lines near Kalzem and Chlok west of Riga were repelled with heavy losses. Roumanian front sees two weeks of gains in Moldavia, driving Germans south of Kasino and Suchitea valleys amid severe weather. Romanian army reorganization replaces fourteen generals with younger officers.
Paris report says Premier Briand won a confidence vote in the chamber of deputies after a secret session on Grecian affairs. He accepted only M. Lenoir and colleagues' resolution, urging government action on Greece, Macedonia army safety, and Greek reparations. King Constantine to issue a decree dissolving reservist leagues.
Germany debate over ruthless submarine warfare frames the crisis with Ludendorff and Hindenburg. U S. also tensions. In Washington, Joseph Hurley cites hardship of 2528 District employees relaying live cases of starvation wages and calls for a pay increase. hearings reveal per diem and injury concerns.
Overview of anticipated changes in the U S diplomatic corps after March 4 under President Wilson. Resignations will be sent to take effect as he is sworn in, with a likely mix of retirements and replacements of ministers by more diplomatic figures. Possible returns of Ambassador Page and a suggested London posting for Col E M House are discussed, along with continued service of David R Francis in Petrograd and uncertainty about posts in Paris Berlin and Vienna. The piece notes Wilson’s aim to keep belligerent-country ambassadors through the war if feasible while replacing purely political ministers with professional diplomats.
New York January 27 a federal jury after ten hours of deliberation found Franklin D Safford guilty of perjury for swearing that James W Osborne the former assistant district attorney was Oliver Osborne who accompanied Rae Tanzer to a Plainfield New Jersey hotel Testimony by Miss Tanzer and her sisters supported Osborne as the escort Hand the presiding judge noted the contrast between James W Osborne and Wax as likely to have joined in the alleged venture and handwriting experts testified to similarities between Osborne and Oliver Osborne
Paris reports a letter from a German soldier dated December 30 stating the Dresden arsenal exploded. It claims 1,000 women and young girls fatally harmed and that all windows within a 12 mile radius were broken. The writer says authorities kept the news secret and no Dresden railroad tickets were issued except for urgent reasons.
Federal agents and local officers led by Inspector Clifford Grant and Capt. Carl Flathers arrested 19 suspects near Ninth Street and New York Avenue Northwest for violating the District of Columbia code on hand-book making for betting. Most posted bond. victims named include Stanley Johnson and Louis Roth among others. raids described as one of the largest in local police history.
Seattle Mayor Hiram C. Gill Chief of Police Charles Beckingham and former Sheriff Robert T. Hodge were indicted by a federal grand jury on liquor law violations. Thirteen defendants total charged with conspiracy. four city detectives named. Gill’s tumultuous political career noted from 1910 to 1916.
Paris January 27 official report says on January 26 French scouting planes scored several aerial victories. Five German airplanes were shot down in various regions including Verdun Gincrey Monfalcone Trossy Breulear Carlepont and one forced to land near Doullens with the crew captured. Guynemer reportedly destroyed another enemy aircraft near Guven court on January 25. Two French planes bombarded Ham station and military factories, causing heavy explosions.
Special to The Washington Post reports that Hazel D Robbins obtained a decree against Capt Alfred M Robbins USMC after a divorce raid. Herbert F Patterson, her father, traced the couple from a government garage on West Worth Street to a fashionable Cincinnati apartment where the husband and a woman were found. Detectives and Patterson confronted them, the husband dragged from a closet and the woman found in a pink silk kimono.
The U S torpedo boat destroyer Samson No 63 collided with the French bark Quevills during a trial trip in New York. The forward mast wireless gear and gun carriage were lost or damaged and the ship returned to the Brooklyn navy yard for repairs after commissioning about six months ago.
Forty persons were injured, some seriously, when the rear car of the Boston to New York express on the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad was struck by a freight engine in Waterbury Connecticut. The coach overturned and narrowly avoided a 30 foot embankment as the accident occurred while the express crossed an intersecting track.
Congress of Constructive Patriotism closes with unanimous approval of national defense schemes. Admiral Peary and others urge strong air power, while Gardner criticizes Wilson’s peace without victory and warns against universal military training and international courts. The meeting endorses a national budget, citizenship education, and a separate department of aeronautics to secure air supremacy.
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