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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1914
Page
1
Paris reports the German center held as Allied defense strengthens. General Gallieni says German attempts to break through are checked. Paris is under siege with martial law and police changes as fronts shift near Paris and Antwerp.
Cardinal Della Chiesa archbishop of Bologna elected pope on the second ballot to succeed Pope Pius X. He will take the name Benedict XV. coronation awaits European peace. Baron Derps delivered a war related telegram to Cardinal Mercier, who wept and spoke of bitter duty.
Paris war bulletin says German cavalry is near Soissons and a 40 mile distance to Paris remains cited by Allied and German reports. It notes four German army groups advancing toward Belfort and Compiegne forest, with English forces taking 16 guns near the English front and Belgian movement eastward into Germany. The French and British wing claim gradual progress in Lorraine and Vosges as the battle intensifies.
London reports the steam drifter Eyrie struck a mine during North Sea mine sweeping and sank within three minutes. Six crew members are missing while five were saved. the incident occurred yesterday and is under rescue efforts.
Dispatch from Petrograd and the Novoe Vremya charges that during the Belgrade bombardment Austrian forces destroyed a maternity hospital with a Red Cross flag flying, killing one hundred children.
Petrograd reports the Russian war office saying after seven days of combat around Lemberg, Austrian forces retreated in disorder abandoning 31 guns. Russians pursued through artillery parks as they seized about 150 guns in total and captured prisoners and matériel.
William Barnes longtime New York Republican boss ends his bid for re election as state committee chair. He attacks the Progressives saying his action removes their only justification to exist. Ogden I Mills is widely discussed as the potential new state chairman.
Cumberland and Westernport Electric Railway files amended tariff with the Public Service Commission. Regular fare remains five cents, but reduced five cent books are challenged as speculator profits. New plan would replace 100 ticket books at four dollars with 20 ticket books at ninety cents each, raising about one half cent per ticket, while regular fare stays unchanged.
An unconfirmed Athens report claims a Turkish force is moving through a 75 mile wide Bulgarian border region toward Greece. If true, the Turks aim for the Greek lands between Kavala and Salonica, possibly Salonika itself, with an estimated 600000 soldiers under arms.
Paris reports an aerial duel as three German airplanes hovered above the city last evening. Two French aircraft intercepted them while rifle and machine gun fire from public buildings kept up the action. One German plane angled away and vanished toward Fort Romanville. The second and third German aeroplanes evaded continued fire and disappeared.
The sixty second annual Pittsburg Conference of the Evangelical Association will assemble at Bethel church at Thure and Seymour streets in this city from September 10 to 14. Bishop William Horn of Cleveland will preside and deliver the opening address at 9 a.m. on Thursday. The Conference Missionary Society meets at 2 p.m. the prior Wednesday. Junior preachers will be examined Tuesday. Rev. Lt. B. Rittenhouse of Indiana will preach Wednesday evening. Rev. J W. Richards of Blairsville is district presiding elder. Pastor M B Meimhuglin of Bethel and Calvary churches will be transferred after serving the five year limit.
Miss Bernadette B Faher is quite ill at her home on North Center street according to a local household notice.
Paris, Sept 3. The French capital moved to Bordeaux at 10 10 p m as President Poincare and cabinet depart with allied embassies. Ambassadors Herrick Bliss and other officials stay to guard archives. Kaiser's forces threaten Paris as Uhlans approach and reports say Paris may be seized to force terms.
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