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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1914
Page
1
War news reports Turkish forces fire on a United States warship at Smyrna fortress and bombardment fears prompt officials to downplay danger while Allies advance in Flanders. A Turkish defense stands against the Tennessee cruiser as tensions mount.
McAdoo announces completion of a large cotton fund aimed at protecting markets and reopening the cotton exchanges. He criticizes opponents and cites supporting subscriptions across major cities including New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago and Detroit. The plan’s success hinges on broad political backing and material recovery for cotton interests.
In New York on November 17 three women walking arm in arm along the Long Island Railroad near Laurelton were struck by a fast train. Millicent Brant 7 and Fannie Bergstron tb of Brooklyn were killed. Mabel Rankin 18 of Brooklyn was mortally injured. The high wind whistling through the area is believed to have masked the train’s roar.
The President writes to Secretary M’Adoo praising the opening of the Federal Reserve Banks as a bright prospect. He cites removal of fundamental wrongs, new currency and antitrust laws, and the goal of mobilizing resources with a spirit of patriotic cooperation.
Russian high command reports heavy fighting along the Vistula and Warta rivers with German forces falling back from positions between Guimbinnen and Angelburg. The front extends toward Plock, while Turks resist in the Caucasus and near Liman as broader operations continue.
London reports Chancellor Lloyd George presenting a £450 million annual war cost estimate and a plan to raise £350 million via a loan. He proposes doubling income tax and adding a penny per half pint on beer and 3 pence per pound on tea, with most spending to occur domestically as troops and pensions rise. He warns of a long conflict and grim postwar industrial prospects.
Carranza rejects Gutierrez successor plan and demands trigger renewed hostilities. Obregon assumes executive power in Mexico City as Aguascalientes Convention forces push toward Leon. Villa urged to renew attacks while Cuba containment cited. border attacks carry death penalty for perpetrators. Conviction and troop movements reflect destabilizing power struggle across Mexico during this period.
Petrograd reports Russia has taken over the Singer Sewing Machine plant and the American Phonograph Company factory for small arms manufacture. US smelting works are repurposed to produce billets. The move aims to remedy arms shortages after France reduced supplies.
Ambassador Jamies W Gerard defeated Senate candidate statement arrives from Berlin four days late but logged by the Secretary of State. It lists $8000 in expenditures including $4000 to the Democratic State committee and $3000 to the Democratic county committee in New York.
Bordeaux Paris dispatch reports a seven day German assault near Nieupo rt repulsed with heavy casualties. French gains at St Mihiel and River Aisne defense noted as shells rain on Rheims. Berlin and London reports differ but emphasize attrition and shifting firepower.
A chaotic report describes a dead man found near a barrel and a distraught woman at a horse track, with police pursuing a foreign suspect. The narrative shifts to war dispatches from Verdun Meuse St Mihiel and the Eastern front, detailing German and Austrian movements and Allied responses.
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