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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1915
Page
6
Rome dispatches report Odilla Van Walderson daughter of the Dutch minister to Italy and Count Gaetani Del Aquila Argana of Naples were found dead in the count's villa near Naples. A note said death before separation, detailing the count's passion and his wife's threats.
Washington Connecticut September 8 In the little white Congregational church on the green at noon Jean Webater author of Daddy Long Legs Just Patty Dear Enemy and other stories became the bride of Glenn Ford Mc Kinney of New York Mr and Mrs McKinney motored to New Haven where they boarded a night train for Canada to spend the honeymoon in a camp of the bridegroom Mr Mc Kinney is a New York lawyer.
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Petrograd reports Emperor Nicholas I declares he has assumed supreme command of all Russian sea and land forces. He pledges faith in God, vows final victory, and will defend the country to the last. Grand Duke Nicholas moves to the Caucasus front in a major shift of command.
Five prisoners escaped from a Winton jail during a heavy thunderstorm between 11 and 12 last night. They used a water pipe to batter through the ceiling and wall, fashioned a rope from curtain shades, and lowered themselves to the ground without alerting other inmates. The escapees are Anderson 34, Shelton 19, Haines 20, Hallick 25, and Smith 34, all arrested on various charges and awaiting the September grand jury term.
The French steamship Guatemala, 5,913 tons and 357 feet long, owned by Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, was torpedoed and sunk about fifty miles off Belle Isle. Crew escaped in two boats and were picked up by a British steamer and taken to Natare. The Guatemala last reported at St Nazaire on July 24 from Buenos Aires.
London dispatch reports the British steamship Duro sunk by gunfire presumed from a submarine. All crew were saved. The 1603 ton Douro belonged to Bilerman lines of London. No recent mergers noted. Advertisement for Havana 10c cigar follows.
Brownsville Tex Sept The United States army issued an order giving officers command over civilians on the river bank if shooting resumes across the boundary. Peace officers had previously acted from the Texas side, but the army will handle all situations along the Rio Grande. The move aims to deter bandits and improve cooperation with Carranza authorities by removing divided authority on the river bank and leverages 4000 troops to patrol the border more effectively.
In a rare move President Wilson walked from the White House to the State Department to discuss Ambassador Dumba and the Austrian case. Officials note no advance plan, and the president described the matter as routine with the secretary handling it. The incident underscores tensions over Austrian actions and munitions concerns amid wartime diplomacy.
New York officials announced Great Britain's third shipment of gold to the United States in five weeks arrived today at the subtreasury with a value of 19,465,000 dollars. The consignees J P Morgan & Company did not disclose the value of accompanying American securities, but reports place them near 20,000,000 dollars, totaling about 56,000,000 dollars.
Charlie Chaplin and two companions were buffeted by rough seas near Santa Monica last night aboard the launch Vaquero. The skiff overturned as they tried to reach shore,efeared exhaustion after spending hours in the surf. Chaplin clung to the launch until land, then traveled to a Japanese fishing village for provisions before resuming course to Channelsland.
London reports ten killed and forty eight wounded in a German air raid on England’s eastern coast last night. Dutch news notes three airships traveling from the east near Dordrecht and another over Amsterdam suburb. Paris says artillery fighting continues in northern France with bombardments by German and Allied airmen and raids on Ostend.
Petrograd reports the emperor relieves the grand duke and names him viceroy of the Caucasus and commander in chief of the Caucasian army. The message thanks the grand duke for wartime leadership and states the emperor will assume supreme command to defend Russian soil. The note emphasizes unification of command and calls for the grand duke’s continued counsel on the southern front.
A famed military commander is replaced by the emperor after defeat by German forces. The article notes the upheaval as the greatest since von Moltke's retirement, with northern fronts under strain and a shifted center line challenging German defense. The Kaiser faces a critical problem as swamps hinder reserves and operations in the center.
London reports Emperor Nicholas assumes supreme command of Russia's military and naval forces. Grand Duke Nicholas is shifted to the Caucasus as viceroy and southern front commander. Transfers, reorganization, and concerns over munition shortages dominate war news with Courland seen as a critical sector.
William Teisinger, a Dunkerton farmer, shot himself in his garage mid Saturday and died. He was to be married today in Waterloo to a Wester township woman. coroner’s inquest found death by his own hand. Two letters left reveal planned wedding and distress. a widow formerly, he had lived alone since a death about a year prior.
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