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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1914
Page
8
A chaotic jumble reports rumors of German agents and sabotage near Welland Canal and border tunnels. It claims German measures, public fear, and investigative efforts to debunk false stones while noting elevated German population fears in Canada.
Mrs Alsop plans a stage appearance after a long absence marked by personal troubles and recent tragedy. Reports note her preparations amid public interest while authorities clarify the circumstances surrounding a recent death connected to her career.
A collection of fragmentary death notices and funeral arrangements. Names include David, Ellen Bell, Caroline, Gray, and several others with scattered dates such as November 6 and 7, 1914. Interments listed at local cemeteries and multiple funeral services described in terse lines.
The dispatches name multiple German general officers killed or wounded in action. Included are Lieut. Gen Friedrich von Sachsen Meiningen, Karl Otto Count Witzthum von Eckstadt, Friedrich von Busse, Karl von Meyer, Maj. Gen Arnold von der Horst, Fritz von Trotha, von Trewinski, Paul Reichenau, Erich von Pochhammer, Mieland, August Asselmann, Rear Admiral Leberecht Maas, Florentin von Schmidt Pauli, and Lieut Gen D Elsa. Also noted is D'Elsa wounded. highest ranked wounded besides von Delmling.
British officials on the border are detained as several of their number are killed. A Decree by the Sheik-ul-Islam in Constantinople calls on Muslims to defend their faith in the Russia England and France fighting. The khedive of Egypt says British actions are temporary and Egypt will resist annexation. An explosion sinks a British warship bombarding the Dardanelles. Turkish cruisers bombard Batum as reported from Sofia and Amsterdam.
Dr Graves in New York claims Berlin plans a 1914 style invasion of England between November 1 and 2. He says 375000 to 500 barges and 500 tons vessels will ferry 375000 men from Berlin to Antwerp Ostend under Zeppelins. Landing would begin with an ultimatum to London and bombardment to burn key coastal towns. Canada and other troops would defend Dover and London.
A casualty list dated October 31 reports 16 officers killed and 22 wounded among British noblemen. Killed is Capt. the Hon. H. L. Hruce of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. wounded include Lieut. Col. E. P. Lambert of the Royal Field Artillery and Maj. the Hon. A. C. Weld-Forester of the Grenadier Guards. Capt. Bruce, heir to the Baron Aben-dure, married American actress Camille Cifford in 1906. Messages also note the deaths of Lieut. Simon Fraser, son of Baron Saltoyn, and Maj. Arthur Percival, son of the Bishop of Hereford. Dowager Duchess of Dufferin learns both her sons Lord Rast and Lord Frederick Blackwood were wounded. Earl of Dalhousie, a lieutenant in the reserve, was wounded. he formerly served in South Africa in 1901-02 and is 37.
New York, Nov. 1. Soldiers mobilizing in Syria trigger widespread plunder as Ottoman officers seize merchandise from Beirut shops and commandeer supplies. Missionaries report looting ranges from food and clothing to silk, shoes, and furniture as security for conscripts grows. Nine missionaries, including 24 women, operate under Presbyterian board guidance across Beirut Tripoli Sidon and Lebanon.
Special to The Washington Post. New York November 6. Russia prohibits vodka sales within the kingdom leaving 20,000,000 gallons unsold. Tran Narodny, supplier for the Russian army, seeks buyers in the United States and plans shipment via Vladivostok and San Francisco. He notes Russia’s winter prep with rifles, motor cars, rail and horseshoes contracts, and 3,000,000 white sheepskin coats for troops, while Archangel harbor is frozen.
Northern France Times correspondent reports Emperor William avoided his room after dinner at Thielt Belgium where he had stayed at a hotel with two aides. Twenty minutes later bombs struck the hotel destroying the emperor’s baggage room, killing two aides, and wrecking the awaiting motor car.
German forces retreat from near the French coast as British and Allied vessels engage along the coast. Dutch frontier reports hint at German retirement plans, yet reinforcements suggest a continued push toward Calais or Boulogne. Isolated clashes occur along the broader front while the British fleet shells Zeebrugge and Knocka with alleged German submarine bases nearby.
The report notes the cruiser leff Coronel as the day after, with Canopus and Defense possibly joining New Zealand. Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, leader of the British fleet in Mexican waters and likely lost with Good Hope, is recorded as 52, a highly decorated officer with Sudan and China service, a Taku hero, and a Knight Commander of the Victorian Order. He earned several honors for gallantry and saving life at sea amid the Delhi wreck.
London reports via The Daily Chronicle correspondent from Take Constance in Germany that airships are active over Friedrichshafen. Count Zeppelin visits the factory twice weekly as a colossal dirigible races toward completion for a raid on London before month’s end. A sister airship is under construction on shore while six more Zeppelins are being built at Trier, Potsdam, and Hamburg.
Yuan Shu Kai's nephew, once set for a London winter stay, received a telegram from his uncle the Chinese president ordering immediate travel to America. He will sail on the steamer New York tomorrow. The abrupt move lacks explanation and sparks speculation of German warnings about a Zeppelin attack on London.
London readers report West End tailoring and millinery shops busy with mourning gowns and hats as orders pile up. One millinery house displayed twenty widows bonnets kept for rapid fulfillment and said to be for twenty widows with orders to be completed in three days. Tailors said extra help was secured and other orders delayed to meet mourning demand.
Four year old Stephen Mahan died instantly when a car carrying his mother and relatives overturned near Marlboro Maryland after striking a flock of sheep. The accident occurred about 2 3 miles south of Marlboro. Chauffeur Harry Livingston of Hotel Sterling drove the vehicle. Mrs Mahan suffered a fracture. other relatives Miss Gleason Migga Gleason Miss Anna Gleason and Bra Nelle Kenney were also involved. Charles D Fowler followed in his real estate car and helped hospitalize the injured.
William Sewall Jones a longtime District of Columbia resident died yesterday at his home 117 Anacostia avenue Benning in his 92nd year. He lived in Georgetown earlier and was active in business. Survived by two daughters Mrs Robert W Fowler and Mrs William Kent Young and one son Bennett B Jones. Funeral from his home at 4 o'clock this afternoon with interment in Holy Rood Cemetery.
Austrian aeroplanes renewed attacks on Antivar i dropping bombs and firing from maxims on city structures. A large building was wrecked and a woman was among the injured. Attacks on noncombatants caused intense indignation abroad.
The case centers on Lucile Burton Frick seeking habeas corpus to regain custody of her six week old daughter from Washington Hospital for Foundlings. A violent incident outside the hospital involved George Frick and Hugh Collins as deputies pursued the child, with Frick briefly fleeing in a passing car. The judge ordered temporary custody for the mother and scheduled court action, while the infant remained at the hospital under watch.
The report details Servia promising part of Bosnia to Bulgaria in exchange for Bulgarian support, with Macedonia largely Bulgarian and potential compensation via routes to the sea. It notes two British steamers seized at Smyrna and Russian advances into Armenia, with Constantinople referred to as Teargrad by Russian press.
London Nov 7 The Daily Mail reports that after the German defeat near Dixmude Belgian forces needed four burying parties totaling about 4000 men to bury an estimated 27 000 German dead.
Fragmentary war dispatches describe Japanese advances near Tsingtau and the capture of German positions in Shantung. It notes the small Japanese force's ability to seize a railway, bombard fortifications, and the siege of Taimaatau as German defenses collapse under Allied and Japanese pressure.
The Nation prints an open letter to the U S president from Crores Keryjard Shaw urging neutral powers to press Britain France and others to withdraw from Belgian soil and stop inflicting civilian slaughter. The author argues belligerents have no right to be in Belgium and appeals to the United States as a spokesman of Western democracy.
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