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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1914
Page
9
Berlin and Vienna report the invaders gain advantage as Petrograd resists. German and Austrian fronts rise from the Baltic to the Carpathians while Russians retreat along the entire line. Claim battles in Galicia were inconsequential as fleets and flags wave anew.
British and German fronts remain fluid as the conflict shifts in the east. Berlin and Vienna claim Russian withdrawal along the Baltic to the Carpathians while Austro German forces push Russians back near Prussia. In the west Allies steadily press trenches from the sea to Switzerland as Britain reports Egypt and Sudan annexation and Turkish forts on the Dardanelles endure bombardment.
Paris dispatch reports Servian forces reestablished near Pedrimie after Austrian troops surrendered. Prisoners claim Austrian losses in recent engagements were heavy, with more deaths than captives. Many unburied Austrian soldiers line the retreat as Loznitza sees no relief.
Paris dispatch reports that Germany prepared plans to annex Switzerland. The Matin publishes photographs of German stamps marked Schweiz 10 centimes and Schweiz 25 centimes. The editor asserts possession of similar stamps as proof of the plan.
Telegraaf reports Emperor William, detained in Berlin by illness, will rejoin the front this week. He has just conferred the Iron Cross first class on Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg, as the dispatch notes from Amsterdam via London dated December 18.
British warships have captured members of the Emden crew who escaped at Cocos Island when the German cruiser was destroyed on November 10 by the Australian cruiser Sydney. The sailors reached sea aboard the schooner Aysha after their escape voyage.
Capetown via London December 18 General Louis Botha premier of the Union of South Africa says the rebellion, apart from a few army bands, is at an end. He has taken a short vacation on his farm before campaigning against German southwest Africa after Gen DeWet was captured and Gen Beyers died. Most followers of DeWet and Beyers have been captured or dispersed.
Cincinnati reports police hunting for thirteen thousand one hundred dollars taken by Frank G Hohl from two banks robbed yesterday before he was mortally wounded in a pistol duel with three officers Patrolman Howard Knaul was badly wounded and Drs fear for his recovery Hohls body lay unclaimed at the city hospital His wife Bertha Hohl refuses to claim the body and says she knew nothing of his crimes or his being in Cincinnati
The San Martin's commandant said in port that in Golfo Nuevo he met the British cruiser Carnarvon and discussed the December engagement that harmed the German squadron. He reported four British killed and 56 wounded, with all wounded aboard. German ships opened fire at 13,000 yards while the British waited until 8,000 yards.
Washington reports Brig. Gen. Tasker Bliss met Gen. Maytorena to push U S views on cross border firing at Naco Arizona while Ramirez relayed the message. Maryterena reportedly not firing, Hill forces still skirmishing, and Carrancista troops abandoned Puebla leaving ammunition and a burning railway station.
Joseph Cameron supreme recorder of the Catholic Mutual Benefit association of the United States and Canada died at his Hornell home today. He headed the national fraternal society until his passing in December. The organization serves Catholic mutual aid and benefit programs across the United States and Canada.
Paris reports a French success with gains in Arras, Aisne, and Champagne regions. French artillery dominated in several sectors while German assaults near Four de Paris and St Hubert were driven back. Meuse Vosges fronts show no new reports. Parliament losses include Raymond Gougon Nortier Prouet amid wartime closures.
Terre Haute Ind Dec 18 Two persons died and several were injured in an early morning fire that destroyed a large rooming house. A lantern in a hallway, either dropped or knocked over, is believed to have started the blaze. The dead include Lucius Alexander a cripple smothered to death in bed and Chester Rawrey 18, son of the rooming house keeper.
In a late night federal house session in Melbourne via London the speaker cited Joseph Hume Cook Liberal leader and former cabinet minister for gross insults. Cook and his party refused to sit amid cheering, opposition members left the chamber as a motion suspended Cook until he apologized, tied to a debate on the Commonwealth Bank bill.
An 18 month old child of Mr and Mrs Will Mc Glade of 617 Mullan Ave West nearly died after receiving glycerine instead of castor oil. The bottle was labeled castor oil and sold at a local drug store. The mix up was discovered by a physician after the child grew very ill and treatment began.
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted a 5 percent advance in freight rates for Eastern transport except certain commodities, with dissent from Harlin and Clements. The decision allows increases on cement, brick, tile, clay, plaster, and joint and interstate routes up to 6 percent, aiming to offset wartime business disruption. Officials estimate the boost could raise annual railroad income by about 39 million dollars amid war-driven demand and supply pressures. The majority stressed that war creates unprecedented conditions requiring updated public transport support.
A Good Fellow committee will meet at the plare building on Park Avenue and Commercial Street at 6 o clock Saturday afternoon. All are welcome but no notices will be mailed.
A fragmented page notes charitable appeals and local notices. It mentions a Dollar Christmas Fund, clothing gifts from Lime Springs and Cedars Falls, and a time deadline for Girl shoelace accounts to be settled. Also touched are pension-style classifications and a carrier revenue discussion from a distant report, with various ads and incomplete items.
London dispatch reports Lord Wimborne and Earl Granard contending for the upcoming vacancy as Viceroy of Ireland. Irish nationalists rally behind Granard, citing his qualifications and Irish ties. The Countess of Granard is Beatrice Mills of New York.
Washington December 18 Representative Gardner pressed for full ship funding as he warned the navy is under strength with 18 000 men short and a looming shortage of 40 000. He cited 12 of 30 battleships in cold storage and only three modern cruisers or destroyers ready for war, urging immediate construction and aviation funding.
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