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Newspaper
Corona Independent
Location
Corona, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1914
Page
1
Telegraph dispatch from Petrograd reports in Russian Poland near the East Prussian border, a swampy triangle hindering operations. Russian forces press on despite rain and heavy casualties, with six peasants found hanged and bitterness toward German troops rising among locals.
Washington reports Democrats in Congress are elated as President Wilson and his cabinet are expected to support Democratic nominees in the November election. The president will focus on writing letters to emphasize administration backing for incumbents.
Paris dispatch reports ongoing fierce fighting near Roye with strong German reinforcements and French forces repelling a German bridge attempt on the Meuse near St Michell. Allies push in Woevre between Apremont and St Meheil while critics note potential German retreat.
Berlin dispatch says heavy German artillery pounds the French lines with decisive progress. Allied attempts to break through are repulsed and Argonne losses are heavy. German gains include silencing two Belgian forts at Antwerp and capturing thirty Belgian aircraft. The Russian offense from the Niemen appears to have failed. Ossowetz fortresses are bombarded as German forces press on in the east.
London dispatch reports German wounded are being sent to Germany rather than field hospitals. German staff reportedly left Luxembourg in eighty motor cars for Metz and documents are being shipped home.
Rome reports an official statement that Emperor William travels between fronts in a special ten-Pullman train, moving from one point to another as Germany shifts positions.
London reports that all cotton mills across England face closure before Christmas, signaling a severe downturn in textile production and potential job losses nationwide.
An Antwerp dispatch reports heavy German casualties in the Antwerp assault under Belgian machine gun fire. It says German dead were counted in thousands outside the forts, with corpses heaping up in several areas as German forces were driven back at bayonet point amid fierce fighting.
Los Angeles reports say Mrs. Frankie Lang, under ether treatment for head wounds, admitted fighting with another woman and shooting. Police traced the case to a Riverside area house where the body of Fannie Curland, a motion picture actress, lay two days. Frank Garfield and George Ellis were arrested as alleged witnesses. Lang denies responsibility, claiming Curland acted alone.
In Mexico City on October 2 the general conference adjourned without a final vote on postponing to October 5 for wider accord at Aguas Calientes. A report will be submitted by General Obregon Pesquirre and Sanchez. Carranza pledges to accept the conference decision on provisional presidency elections and reform laws.
Paris says the reserve territorials and men of the auxiliary service in the north of France who were withdrawn during the German invasion have been sent home temporarily. Other units were already returned as not needed.
London reports a sharp allied retreat toward the Belgian frontier while a Paris telegraph claims the French trapped and destroyed many German troops at Sedan. Bridges were mined but left intact to lure the enemy, then blown as German regiments crossed, leading to heavy German casualties and a brief armistice to bury the dead.
Official dispatch from Antwerp via Reuters reports German artillery bombarded the first line of forts from the south. British and Allied works suffered minor damage but remained able to mount effective resistance.
The Times reports a verified text of an Aug. 19 imperial command directing German troops to concentrate on exterminating the English and General French's army, describing British forces as treacherous and contemptible.
In Vienna an official note states the Austrio German army massed at Cranow with more than 2,500 000 men gathered for operations.
Police struggle with a mid aged man found wandering in San Francisco. He cannot read or write nor speak or hear and cannot identify his home. Detectives traced him from a note by Dr Harner of Greely Colorado and suspect he may be a steam fitter based on gestures toward a radiator. He showed a wife and two children in gestures but no familiar place could be found.
A Daily Mail dispatch from Chiasso reports Austria faces a grave food shortage with corn priced double normal and rising daily. The emperor has issued a manifesto authorizing measures to relieve the crisis while German and Austrian dealers seek supplies in neutral lands and from the United States amid Adriatic blockade concerns.
A Constantinople dispatch reports that London sources say the Dardanelles are shut to traffic as English and French cruisers patrol the mouth of the straits and inspect merchant steamers. Newspapers say the waters will stay closed until the allied fleets depart.
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