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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1914
Page
1
Tokyo reports the German fortress at Tsing Tao fallen after a three month siege by Anglo Japanese forces. Casualty lists show British losses of two killed and eight wounded. Japanese losses total 200 killed and 878 wounded. The surrender ends Germanys last Asiatic mainland foothold.
The article reports rapid Russian movements across the Polish front toward Warsaw after a first attack near Warsaw, with forces extending 134 miles from Warsaw into German territory. It notes 3,000,000 German and Austro-Hungarian troops poised from Thorn to Cracow to crush the Russians, per Copenhagen Times dispatch.
A fragment reports German officers killed in an automobile wreck involving reservists living in China and detachment troops in the East at the war’s outbreak. Losses within the garrison are not disclosed.
London dispatch says the German effort to break the Allied line at Ypres failed after a week of desperate attack. Belgian troops hold the river banks as German forces retreat eastward toward Bruges. The British fleet bombards the Belgian coast while Allies strike near Passchendaele and Ghent. An air sortie dropped bombs near Bruges killing eight marines. 150,000 fresh German troops are massed in Munster for redeployment into Belgium.
Dispatches from Washington confirm France declares war on the Ottoman Empire as Epirus is reported seized by Greece. Balkans tensions rise with Russia Britain and France aligned against Turkey and rumors of Bulgaria gaining Macedonia. A Moslem call to arms echoes from Constantinople.
Official dispatches describe German forces in northwestern Poland driven back while Ottoman Armenian actions and Turkish coastal bombardments near the Dardanelles persist. Russian, French, and British fleets exploit the straits as landings are anticipated on the Trojan plain.
Vague readable fragments describe a local event or notice with names and places partially visible. The text hints at a community occurrence but lacks complete details or clear outcomes.
Reports from Indianapolis and surrounding towns describe a mine injury settlement, a high-profile breach of promise case with venue change, corporate leadership updates at M Rumely, a farm fire destroying buildings and a milk station, a theft of a steam roller near Kokomo, a murder in the canal area, and a call by Gov. Ralston for Indians to go to Europe as conflict news dominates.
The congress delegation list names Lieber, Cullop, Cox, Dixon, Moss, Gray, Moores, Adair, Morrison, Wood, Rauch, Cline, Barn, and other figures. It notes unofficial results showing Shively and Cook trailing, with constitutional and centennial votes tallied. Indiana women form the Legislative Council led by Grace Julian Clarke to coordinate policy ahead of the legislature session.
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