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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1914
Page
1
British forces push Germans back along the Orcq river in France with 2000 prisoners and captured artillery. Soissons and Fismes are cited as observed German retreat points as Allied air and ground forces press the center and northeast wings toward Vitry le Francois.
Secretary of State Bryan, as Wilson’s representative, told the Star Spangled Warner celebration in Baltimore that Europe’s conflicts signal the death throes of militarism. He affirmed manhood’s strength is tested by noble life and courage, not perpetual war, and conveyed Wilson’s regrets at not attending.
Bordeaux and Paris dispatches report after five and six days of battle the Marne turning in favor of the French. German right and center retreat, with 2,500 prisoners and several large guns lost. German armies massed at center driven back toward the Aisne and Oise despite fierce resistance.
Paris reports show German infantry entrenched in a sunken road while artillery from three miles away pounded positions. Shell bursts left battlefield strewn with bodies and torn trees as officers directed fire from an elevated position.
A Reuters dispatch reports Belgian forces forced a German retreat after severe fighting near Grembergren and Termonde. About 1,400 houses in Termonde were mostly destroyed, 30 Germans were captured, and 200 civilians sent to Germany. Bundles of booty were gathered at Namur while Belgian troops pressed the pursuit toward France.
In Bordeaux on September 12 the War Minister ordered the editor of Petit Baupsin-Ois court martialed for printing a flare headline that Paris’s military zone had been evacuated. The piece caused a public uproar amid fears of German progress against allies.
Rev. F. A. Killmon of Grace Church returns today after visiting Fellowships and will occupy the pulpit tomorrow at 11 a.m. and 7:46 p.m. Sunday school will be at 9:45 a.m. and the Epworth League at 7:15 p.m.
Chestnuts are plentiful this year in Garrett County signaling upcoming neighborhood chestnut parties as residents anticipate bountiful harvests and festive gatherings.
President Wilson's request to Acting Secretary Lansing prompts the Turkish ambassador A Rustem Bey to explain his remark that the United States should cleanse its own hands before intervening in European affairs. Diplomatic circles see it as a hint Turkey may be recalled. Officials in Paris hope European powers unite to force Turkey to rescind treaty abrogations amid ongoing war reports from the front.
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