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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1915
Page
1
Dispatches report hurried artillery and cavalry moves to the Serbian frontier where Serbs await. Bulgaria rushes Black Sea fort construction as Greece and Roumania mobilize. about 1.6 million more men under arms amid rising Balkan tension with Anatolia. London monitors expect clashes within days.
Parliament to meet as Greece signs a mobilization decree under King Constantine. About 300,000 Greek troops are to be mobilized in days. War measures include railway seizure, requisition of all Greek steamers, and a general martial law readiness. Prime Minister Venizelos says mobilization is defensive after Bulgaria’s actions.
The Washington Post cites a police report from Friedrichshafen noting 38 Zeppelins and nine paras are missing since the war began up to August 1910. Most were shot down by air guns. the rest failed in landings. Total airship losses exceed 9,000,000 with larger models costing about double.
A partial mobilization is now general as 700000 Bulgars are called up, including Macedonians, nearing age limits. Bulgaria plans to push reserves to frontier with 706000 total likely. Paris dispatch notes troops sent toward the Serbian border with cavalry regiments and frontier infantry reinforced from interior regiments.
A report from Field Marshal Sir John French dated September 24 details renewed fighting along the British front. Heavy German reinforcements, estimated at 30,000 to 40,000, are sent to the Crown Prince in the Argonne where a week of artillery duels continues, with German attacks checked and an English aircraft shot down.
Queenstown reports German U boats sank the British liners Chancellor Hesione and Anglo-Columbian with crew rescues at Kinsale and Queenstown. The Anglo-Columbian carried 900 cavalry horses for Britain and had six Americans aboard. further details describe crew losses, rescue efforts, and the sinking’s impact on wartime shipping and finance.
Captain Von Papen, German Embassy attaché in San Francisco, refuses to discuss letters. Archibald Carrisg-All Utterances must come from Bernstorff, delaying sailing and prompting diplomatic phrasing.
The former president hunted on the preserves north of Quebec, staying with Arch Laurie. He declined to discuss war or speak before the Canadian Club, and gave no official statements to the press amid the Wilson administration crisis.
Berlin reports Belgrade Serbia has been newly fortified and equipped with heavy British guns manned by British artillerymen. In San Francisco Capt Franz von Papen, the German military attache, arrived on leave with a companion claimed as Prince von Hatzfeldt. Papen declined to discuss letters found with James F Archibald, calling the matter ungentlemanly.
Newport news reports two German submarines captured in the Firth of the Forth near Edinburgh and Glasgow. A charged electric wire trapped one vessel, a lowering chain held the other, and its commander scuttled the craft after surfacing with the periscope.
President Watson, accompanied by Col E House, shopped in the business district and golf goods store yesterday and walked the streets with secret service nearby while recognizing a few onlookers. Kingston dispatch notes Jamaica's legislature voting 75000 for a 500 man European war contingent and keeping a similar force, plus buying American locomotives after English engines failed locally. At Columbia Theater Lou Tellegen performed The Explorer at noon today.
American surgeons and nurses en route to Siberia to tend wounded prisoners in Russian detention camps are recalled by the German crown princess. The return trip to Harpers Ferry and back on the Baltimore & Ohio from Union Station departs tomorrow.
A Mexican band of about 80 attacked Progreso Texas looting a store and post office. Private Henry W. Stubblefield of Troop B Twelfth Cavalry was killed. Captain V. Anderson was wounded. Private Johnson is missing. Roughly 2,000 shots fired over a two hour siege with Mexicans crossing the Rio Grande under cover of darkness. Reinforcements rushed to Progreso as cavalry pursued across the river.
British action frees U S goods while hype surrounds a German loan placed. Mexicans and U S soldiers endure fortifications at Dvinsk. Two Bulgar leaders warned. king seized by French. John D. Kr visits steel mill as loan not to exceed 500000.000 and £50000 Armenians slain. Ford bans banks in loan. Editorial comments and society notes follow with GAR officials in charge.
New York and Philadelphia dispatches report William E Corey former U S Steel president to lead a reorganized Midvale Steel Company after an approximate 19 million dollar sale. The deal places Cambria Steel in play with rumors of Schwab and du Pont involvement and Baldwin Locomotive Works potential inclusion.
New Orleans dispatch reports Gen Horacio Ducharme chief of the field forces of the Venezuelan revolutionists was captured at Maturin on August 2 and publicly executed by order of President Jose Vincente Gomez. Ducharme reportedly held a lieutenant general’s commission under El Mocha Hernandez and was killed without trial as government forces were ordered to take no prisoners.
London reports say Hindenburg captured Semlina and outer Dvinsk fortifications, with parts of his force penetrating southeast of the river and advancing toward Petrograd. Berlin notes a likely fall of Dvinsk soon, while Russians recapture Lutsk in Volhynia and resist east of Vilna, as Mackensen withdraws north of Pripat marshes.
London dispatch reports that all eligible Russians in China have been called to the colors under a newer ukase. Harbin and Vladivostok are expected to be stripped of men of military age as Petrograd issues ukase to mobilize territorial army reserves. ages, numbers, and districts to be determined by the senate.
The army committee of the chamber of deputies recommends raising French soldiers pay from 1 cent to 5 cents daily starting July 1, 2015. The measure would raise expenditure by about $25,009,000.
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