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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1914
Page
9
American property was destroyed in the bombardment of Odessa as Turkish warships were reported firing on Crimean ports. Washington officials are greatly exercised over the latest developments, with action by the Ottoman government anticipated for some time.
The Russian ambassador in Constantinople is recalled and Turkish attacks on Russian ports prompt consuls to leave Turkey. Turkish torpedo boat destroyers entered Odessa, sinking a Russian gunboat and damaging the French liner Portugal. American property at Odessa reportedly damaged with potential claims for unrecovered losses. Secretary Lansing seeks exact damage details and notes limits on recoverable property.
Washington learns Turkey has entered the war against Russia. Officials warn the move may draw Balkan states in, disrupt food supplies, and complicate Allied plans. Morgenthau notes fluctuating Turkish war sentiment while Greece weighs joining the conflict and Britain and France eye Mediterranean routes.
Descriptions of famine risk in Brussels Liege Namur Mons and Dinant as Capt Lacey reports 3 000 000 fed by charity with only four days of flour left Food aid is urgently needed including wheat flour beans peas and rice The steamer Iris carrying 1 400 tons of essentials sails from London while Tremorvah Halifax delivers 1 000 000 in relief cargo to London and $55 000 Belgian relief fund reaches 55 000 with Larz Anderson backing two 10 000 donations
Dispatches report a German raid claim in Angola cited to justify Portugal's wartime role. Turkey reportedly acts against Russia while details remain unclear. New York backs tin trading restart on Nov 9. Honolulu orders deportation talks for Chinese crews aboard the German schooner Acoluy. A hundred German soldiers reportedly desert uniforms across Hutch to Constantinople as war spreads.
Signals of distress have been raised off the Yorkshire coast since last night. A steamship believed to be the Rotila, a 7000 ton vessel used as a hospital ship, is in trouble amid a gale that has prevented lifeboat launches.
Berlin reports that Germany has told the American ambassador James W. Gerard to warn Britain that if British civilians in England who are not charged with any crime are not expelled by November 6, German citizens in Britain will be arrested as reciprocation. Berlin sentiment on the issue runs high.
London dispatch summarizes World War I combat near Przemysl where generals Radko Dimitrieff and Dimitrieff report Russian forces unable to hold off overwhelming numbers. Dimitrieff retorts to not count the enemy but to heat him, reflecting urgent morale language.
Berlin reports fresh official German circles say the South African revolt may grow large as Generals De Wet and Beyers command respect among Boers. Doctor Richemberg, once councillor at the German embassy in Tokyo, says Japan aims to free Asia from Europe and subdue China to Japanese supremacy.
A Berlin dispatch to the Times via Copenhagen says Germany plans to publicly proclaim the Annexation of Belgium. The note refers to it as the Hap py German Neichsland under Kaiser Wevelhelm von Belgium.
The press bureau announced today the appointment of Baron Fisher to succeed Prince Louis of Battenberg as first sea lord of the Admiralty.
Chicago oct 90 testitluties between turkey and russia caused a general dash to buying on the wheat market. Prices opened higher by about 2 1 2 cents a bushel with May wheat at 1 22 and the previous close at 1 19 1 2.
Russian dispatches report all Austro German left bank of the Vistula corps in Poland in full retreat after Oct 28. They claim Radom and other towns under control and many prisoners, guns, and matériel captured. Galicia shows no change. German losses noted in East Prussia.
Russian embassy reports Turkey has declared war on Russia. The Turkish cruiser Hamdieh bombarded Theodosia Crimea damaging a cathedral Greek church pier and sheds wounding one soldier and causing a fire at the Russian Bank branch before withdrawing. The Turkish navy then demanded surrender of Novorossysk and threatened bombardment unless compliant.
Clifford Thorne argues against higher general freight rates for eastern railways noting changed accounting rules and no fair basis for comparing current statements with prior years. Geo F Brownell and Louis Brandeis present railway and commission perspectives while Ambassador Gerard’s cable is discussed. The hearing ends with adjournment as counsel for carriers concludes remarks.
Chicago officials sought an injunction to halt Empire Voting Machine Company's contract for polling devices. The suit, filed in federal court, claims the machines are fraud-prone and utterly useless, seeks return of 200 undelivered units and $188,500 paid for them, and challenges the purchase as wasteful to taxpayers.
News from Petrograd reports the German cruiser Emden disguised as an ally vessel off Penang on October 28 and torpedoing the Russian cruiser Jomtchug. She exploded near the bow and went down after a second torpedo. Eighty-five crewmen drowned. 112 of 250 saved were wounded.
A brief weather and price blurb lists daily temperatures with historical ranges for 1911 to 1913 and notes a cigar price at El Tovar. The fragment references Buchanan Optical Co and a midnight reading with unclear units and times.
Mexico City October 30 Prime Minister Fabela delivered Mexico's reply to Washington's demand for guarantees for Mexican citizens in Vera Cruz before US troops withdraw. The note sought a definite evacuation date and Carranza backed US troop withdrawal only after assurances for civilian protection and completion of conditions. The broader report notes 10,000 Carranza troops near Leon ready to block Villa forces if talks fail, with clashes reported near Aguascalientes.
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