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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1914
Page
5
Ottawa Oct. 19 Orders from militia headquarters call for immediate recruiting for the new Canadian expeditionary force. Within a year or less about 100,000 men under arms are expected. Drafts to England will be sent as requested by the war office, likely in units of 10,000. About 20,000 men to be mobilized at once.
Paris dispatch reports British warships and torpedo boats aiding Allied defenses along the coast from Nieuport to Ypres, with heavy gun ships blocking Ostend and canals near Nieuport. German destroyers attempt westward moves but are repelled by the Undaunted, boosting Allied morale and signaling a turning phase in northern France.
The AP correspondent reports German forces reach Antwerp after a monthlong Belgian campaign. German sailors join infantry behind Fort Waelhem with heavy damage seen in the port area. The Belgian defense collapses, inner forts fall, and the city is described as a dead, deserted scene with millions in ruined merchandise.
Washington report notes the German government has agreed to admit food supplies for destitute Belgians stored in London. The State Department notified the British and American ambassadors, with Brand Whitlock set to oversee about 1500 tons destined for Belgium. A Belgian relief effort faces urgent starvation warnings from Whitlock and Havenith.
German staff officers report General von Bessler found easy success where hard fighting was expected as Antwerp fell eight days earlier than anticipated. Shelling targeted every quarter with smaller mortars, avoiding public buildings, while German artillery including two Austrian 12-gun batteries helped pierce fortifications and devastate outer defenses.
Flex-Oil promises relief from soreness and stiffness of muscles and joints. Riker Jaynes Stores list the product for sale, highlighting its use for daily comfort.
At 11 10 p m警 officers dispersed a mob in Deptford aimed at wrecking German shops. German shopkeepers feared renewed attacks and barricaded premises. In court over 30 rioters were refused bail as public prosecutor called conduct disgraceful to Englishmen in a newspaper anti enemy employment campaign.
The report states that several hotels announced today the discharge of all German and Austrian employees. It notes many large restaurants have replaced German and Austrian waiters with new staff, shifting personnel after layoffs.
The admiralty announced plans to supply swimming collars to officers and men of the fleet. Sailors must carry the collar while awake, keep it inflated, and have it near them when asleep to aid escape if ships strike mines or are torpedoed by submarines.
A casualty list dated Oct. 15, released tonight, reports 12 officers killed and 40 wounded in the recent fighting near London.
Tokyo reports the Japanese cruiser Takachiho sank after striking a mine off Tsing-tau on October 17. Of 283 aboard, 28 officers, 54 noncommissioned officers and 189 sailors perished. 12 were saved. Built 1885, refitted 1900, 3700 tons, 300 feet long, 46 feet beam, armed with eight 6 inch guns, speed about 18 knots.
London despatch reports that at a family council the Ottoman Sultan proclaimed his heir Yussef Izzedin, the army and navy generalissimo, as leader to counter Enver Pasha's dictatorship and German influence.
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