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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1915
Page
1
Official Washington weighs Germanys refusal over the Lusitania sinking as President Wilson studies the German note in Cornish New Hampshire before cabinet submission. Secretary Lansing to confer with the President and discuss potential actions and risks to neutral rights at sea.
Carla Briggs, 19, bride of Richard Percival, was seized by wedding guests and hustled into a car to Boston where she was locked in a hotel room. The incident, described as a kidnapping by her family, led to a $1500 suit for false imprisonment against Burrett White, Carroll Linton, and Jease Drabble. The writs were served by Deputy Sheriff Butterfield as declarations prepare for supreme court filing.
Berlin newspapers hail Germany's June note on submarine warfare while a banker commits suicide in New York and Carranza forces claim Mexico City. Reports say Zapata’s retreat and Villa’s victory near Aguascalientes follow battles with heavy casualties and shifting fronts across Mexico.
President Wilson escaped injury after a near Newport collision in Cornish New Hampshire as his car bumped a smaller vehicle while avoiding a horse. Mrs Sayre Miss Rowen and Mrs Galt traveled with him. secret service protected them. The chauffeur was deemed blameless as the party rode about seventy five miles by Lake Sunapee watching two deer.
Special Cable to The Washington Post from London reports Home Secretary Sir John Simon warning that if England does not do more in the future than in the past she will be defeated by Germany. He voiced confidence in victory, saying an awakening in the nation is necessary to avoid defeat. He noted German concern over ammunition and cited Russian estimates of German shell production at Przemysl.
Alexandria Egypt July 10 police arrested a Turkish man who threw a bomb at the Sultan as he rode to the mosque. He confessed and named several accomplices.
The Becker case moves forward despite Justice Hughes denial of a writ of error. Warden Osborne sets Becker's execution for July 23 in Sing Sing, with two other condemned men, Haynes and Dranowicz, to die if no reprieve is granted. Becker's lawyers plan habeas corpus and then a writ of error to Justice Lurton, while Gov Whitman vows readiness to hear any appeal.
French attack crown prince as Kaisers shifts troops from Galicia. Activity around Przasnysz leads officers to expect a frontal blow on Warsaw. Instead a move on Lublin is anticipated. Bukowina fighting pressures Muscovites retreating before Austrian onslaughts.
Special Cable reports from London July 10 say Paris and Berlin confirm local artillery duels aimed at hindering attacks. Unofficial dispatches note the German line near Arras has suffered about 106000 casualties since June while French onslaughts in Champagne Argonne and Lorraine meet stiff resistance. Crown Prince line reportedly bent as French trench assault near Ailly Apremont and Fer ryman House repels night German actions. Belgian troops fend off a German night attack on the Yser.
British, Italian, and Norwegian vessels fell to German torpedoes in the week to July 7. Ellesmere from Durlans to Manchester was shelled and torpedoed off Carmel coast. one fireman killed, one sailor injured, 21 crew landed at Milford Haven, seven crew/more died or drowned. Clio and Nordaas torpedoed. Clio crew saved to Liverpool, Nordaas towed to Aberdeen. Rescue and transport details follow.
Reported gains near Wilkowcze and Ossowetz amid fractured fronts in southern Poland. Austrian and German sources clash over effectiveness while Russian attacks intensify in Bukowina and along the Dniester, with heavy artillery and stubborn defense shaping a volatile Eastern Front.
Rome reports say German dirigible balloons moved to the Austrian Adriatic coast with intent to reach Rome. The Italian government told the Vatican, and the Pope ordered lights at the apostolic palaces dimmed or extinguished early. He instructed removal of art treasures from exposed places as Rome authorities prepare to repel the air raid.
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