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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1914
Page
3
Dispatches report German assault on Fort Waelhem near Antwerp with heavy siege artillery. Reinforcements, naval movements, and evacuations unfold as Russians push toward Prussia and Austrians retreat toward Cracow. The Dardanelles close. Bulgaria and Turkey tensions rise. a German war loan nears full subscription.
Vice President Marshall cites a telegram from 6000 Women’s Christian Temperance Union members opposing liquor taxation in the war tax bill. A joint resolution to honor A B C mediators is introduced. Ambassadors DaGama Naon and Suarez are praised for Mexican mediation. Gerard wins NY Democratic senatorial nomination over Roosevelt and McDonagh. Fire at Pain Fireworks building in Chicago kills four and a girl. a mother dies attempting to save her children in a house fire.
General Carranza replies to Villa generals asking him to resign in favor of Fernando Iglesias Calderon to avoid civil war. He states he will resign only if ratified by the general conference. otherwise he will fight. Calderon declined Villa’s offer of the presidency.
London dispatch cites German staff admitting renewed French advances near Verdun while the flank movement north of the Somme encircles Kluck's right wing. Paris reports a largely successful encirclement effort with British and French forces gaining positions north of the Somme and threatening Kluck's northeast retreat.
In the Woevre region heavy fighting with severe losses on both sides continues for six days. The French report occupation of Leichepray and a foothold on the slopes of the Ru de Made in Meurthe et Moselle. Allies aim to penetrate the German right wing to cut off strength and sustain the attack to neutralize the enemy on the new line.
Berlin via London reports Germany can finance the war for more than a year. Military authorities estimate daily costs at about 5 million dollars, with initial funds plus Reichsbank notes and borrowings totaling about 2 billion dollars to cover ongoing costs. The public response to a 1.26 billion dollar war fund is noted as strong.
A Petrograd telegram reported in Rome says the Austrian right wing was driven back beyond the Carpathians with all artillery lost. The Austrian left wing retreated to Cracow while Russians claim to have taken another fort at Przemyśl.
A crowded canal scene shows warships including the largest battleships. Arsenals bustle as trains deliver immense guns. German claims say the entire fleet will be ready soon and Emden has captured several British ships and a collier. Reports cite Verdun pressure, cholera in Hungary, a German Zeppelin bombing schoolchildren, and German moves around Brussels and Alsace with fortifications and evacuations.
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