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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1914
Page
1
The report notes a Turkish army of about 90 000 troops massed on the Caucasian frontier with outposts occupying villages and additional Kurd cavalry. British and Allied naval activity continues in the Dardanelles while Persia declares neutrality and political shifts unfold across the region amid wartime turmoil.
In a fragmentary dispatch from London the paper reports on alleged military movements and a covert wiretap near Air Aor ts du cepta Bear ete ke Df British and French signals. Investigations continue into the reliability of the information as it travels through correspondents.
Valparaiso Chile November 5. The British cruiser Glasgow and the transport Otranto escaped after a naval engagement with German ships off the Chilean coast. The Good Hope and the British cruiser Monmouth are believed sunk with all hands. Germans report brave British action and note weather hindered rescue attempts. Continued on second page.
Paris reports say American marines landed at Beirut Syria to protect American interests amid tensions with Turkey and German influence. British officials sought to evacuate foreign subjects while the North Carolina cruiser looms in Beirut harbor raising questions among officials.
London reports no decision in the West Flanders battle with both sides maintaining lines in the sand dunes near Ypres. Germans hammer at the allies around Ypres while the allies attempt a northward move toward Ostend, with neither side advancing far.
Petrograd reports show Austrians retreating in South Poland and Galicia while Russians push on the East Prussia front. German forces fall back along the Warthe line as Russian troops recapture Lodz Plotkow Radom Kielce and Sandomir. Road conditions hamper German efforts but Russia reinforces with large forces. Second page continuation.
Mrs Barton French, a New York Newport society leader and sister-in-law of Elsie Vanderbilt, stands on the Aisne banks amid shell fire watching the artillery duel as she prepares to send a hospital unit to a new British base in northern France. She criticizes the administration for not protesting Count von Bernstorff activities and reports for the American Ambulance Association in Paris.
In New York City a jeweler and a robber exchanged shots during a confrontation inside a gem store. No injuries reported yet, investigators secured the scene and questioned witnesses.
In New York two Brooklyn men robbed Max Ernest jewelry store. Ernest fired from a hidden pistol, wounding an armed robber. Crowd pursued the other thief, dragging him down after he forced a wagon driver at gunpoint to flee. Police later questioned the suspects, identified as Tony Rogski and Joseph Dunne.
A Rome dispatch reports the Italian cabinet completed today under Premier Salandra. The interior is Signor Salandra. foreign affairs Baron Sidney Sonnino. colonies Signor Martini. justice Vittorio E. Orlando. treasury Pacolo Carona. finance Signor Daneo. public works Signor Clufolil. public instruction Signor Grippo. agriculture Signor Cav sel a. war Gen Zupelli. marine Vice Admiral Viale. posts and telegraphs Signor Riccio.
Special to The Washington Port El Paso reports a sudden hardening of U S policy toward Mexico. All army officers and enlisted men on leave are ordered to rejoin commands on the Mexican border and at Vera Cruz. War Department figures show 22 600 troops on the Mexican border 3 800 at Vera Cruz and 1 500 at Panama available for immediate service.
A noted reader burglar is blamed for a string of two week robberies in Reading Pa. Police report a polite intruder who enters homes at night, reads at a library desk, eats bonbons, and leaves critical notes on Kipling and Shakespeare. He targeted Mrs. Nicolls and others, taking candy and leaving witty messages about literary judgment.
Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia son of Brunswick’s late Regent has been wounded in France while fighting. Lieut Gen Herthold von Deimling the German commander was slightly wounded in the thigh by shrapnel on the firing line but remains in command of his troops.
London dispatch reports that the Yser fight is nearly over due to flood barriers between armies. Farther south at Ypres and Lille the Germans launched a massive attack on the British forces, but were repulsed with heavy losses and the battle has shifted to an artillery duel. The German artillery is more numerous but not superior in quality.
Reporting on the 1912 election aftermath, the piece notes changes in leadership transfers under Underwood and the fate of many returning Republicans. It highlights that 34 representatives elected in 1912 were shut out of the next Congress due to the three party vote split and that five of fourteen Democratic Ways and Means seats will be vacated, reducing the majority to 24.
In Colorado, Nevada and Wisconsin senatorial contests remain in doubt at 2 a.m. Democrats hold a growing majority in the House with a Democratic plurality and a quorum margin of about 13 seats. Republican and independent candidates are trailing in the tally as results trickle in.
As the next Congress looms a dramatic reorganization is expected with Champ Clark and Uncle Joe Cannon again at center. A shrinking Democratic majority will force redistribution of committee seats and leadership battles, with Underwood leaving for the Senate and Kitchin poised to lead Ways and Means. The 1912 contest’s fallout reshapes influence across party lines and key panels.
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