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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1915
Page
7
London reports a Zeppelin raid last night with 55 killed and 114 injured, including 14 military deaths. Official notes say material damage was small and several fires were extinguished quickly. The fog likely aided the attackers as anti aircraft guns engaged. no damages to public buildings were confirmed.
Mrs Robert J Wynne 59 died suddenly in Los Angeles while walking near a hotel. Her husband Robert J Wynne of Washington DC prepared to ship her body home after they had visited the San Francisco exposition and were en route to San Diego.
New York October 14. Keel laying held at the New York navy yard for the California the first battleship to use electric propulsion. Cost about 15 million tons 32 000. She mounts twelve 14 inch rifles in four turrets. Other class ships Nertaho and the Mississippi. Electric system tested on Jupiter. One man on the bridge can start stop back and steer. Completion expected in 1927.
Indianapolis October 14. Secretary McAdoo outlined four new administration shipping measures to create a U S merchant marine and naval auxiliaries for wartime and peacetime trade. A shipping board would control a $50 million appropriation, form corporations, issue stock, and operate or lease ships, plus set navigation rules and advise Congress on development of a U S flag merchant fleet.
Paris Oct 14 Theophile Delcasse foreign minister resigns citing dissensions over French foreign policy rather than health. Premier Viviani refuses to read the resignation to the chamber while critics blame Delcasse for Balkan policy failures. The government wins a decisive confidence vote 372 to 9 amid cabinet strain.
Chicago Oct 14 Stockholders of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railway company gathered for an annual meeting. Delays in proxy arrivals postponed business until 2 p.m. Seven directors to be elected. total board thirteen. Control contested among Amster Hayden groups with federal court receiver Jacob M Dickinson noted.
Washington reports outline a national defense plan seeking a total near 400.9 million dollars for the next Congress. President Wilson approves a new army budget of 184 million, with navy requests totaling about 100 million, aiming for a combined defense appropriation around 432 million though final figures may cap at 400.9 million. James Klay and Secretary Garrison push coast defenses and field artillery expansions.
Constantinople reports Turkish forces shot down a hostile aircraft east of El Arish on the Sinai peninsula. The aviators were captured near El Arish, a Mediterranean town about 100 miles east of Port Said and 30 miles west of the Arabian border. The region had seen little recent military action.
Denver judge Don B. Lindsey of the juvenile court was ordered into detention after clashing with attorney Sullivan in District Judge Wright s court. Frank L. Rosefeon faced trial on alleged conspiracy to ruin Judge Lindsey during the heated hearing.
A Stockholm dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph reports seventeen German steamers missing in the Baltic, believed to have been sunk by British submarines. The vessels ply the Baltic sea and the report notes the events originate from Stockholm.
Judge Mullan sentences Fred Elmer Smith to up to one year in the Anamosa reformatory for joyriding by stealing an automobile from the Cedar Valley fair and abandoning it near Parkersburg. Smith, uncooperative about his residence, is the county’s first conviction under the new mischief and trespassing statute.
Nogales Ariz Oct 14 Villa authorities report Guaymas Sonora the west coast port under Villa control fallen last night. General Sosa garrison at Guayous and a Carranza force of about 1000 landed from gunboat Guerrero and moved inland to attack the town. Separately a powder shipment was halted at Ville marking the start of the embargo on munitions. General Orauta Reyes reportedly led Villa troops in a rear-guard action near Torroón, with skirmishes in the Tutuen vicinity.
Coronal A. Douglas McCombe, a famed Indian fighter and Civil War veteran, died here yesterday. He held a U S government medal for meritorious service against Native Americans in California, Oregon, and Nevada, and rose to the rank of alste r on the stati of such generals as Curris, Alger, and Shaw.
British assaults on the Belgian front repulsed as German forces bombard the coast and press direct attacks on French lines near Souchez. Von Hindenburg’s troops push toward Dvinsk while advances into Serbia persist despite stubborn resistance.
A long dispatch reports Serbian troops crossing the Bulgarian front near Belogradchensk, repulsed by Bulgarians. Premier Viviani signals Italy may join Balkan operations. British front attacks largely fail. Russian aid promised. German and Austrian advances described with mixed results across Serbia and the western front. Greek salute of Allied officers noted. General Sar arrives to command the Salonika expedition.
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