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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1914
Page
3
European War News reports French troops on the left withdrew to avoid unfavorable battle as German forces shift. Berlin says 70,000 Russians were captured at Gilgenburg with 300 officers among them. Italians brace for entry into the war amid Turkey and Greece tensions.
Rupert Jones of Monterey, right hand man to Gen Pancho Villa, warned in Chicago that another Mexican revolution will erupt unless President Carranza acts promptly to settle the peon land question. In Rome the funeral rites for Pope Pius X began with a Mass by Cardinal Vannutelli, followed by absolution assisted by Cardinals Agnardi Falconio de Lai and Casnette.
James Clark McReynolds is confirmed as associate justice to succeed H H Lurton. vote 44 to 6. Thomas Watt Gregory also confirmed as attorney general. News notes include a Louisville suicide, a Bloomington accident, a Chicago steamer fire rescue, and refugee ships arriving in New York. Montana National Guard ordered to Butte after copper mining office bombing. governor seeks federal troops.
London reports the ongoing western battle near Paris as German forces press to turn the Allied left flank. French and British defenses fight back amid heavy casualties, while Allied officials claim strong organization and morale and the battle’s outcome could decide the war’s course. A Belgian delegation travels to the United States to protest alleged German atrocities, led by Carton De Wiart with Count De Lechtervelde aboard. The Holmwood, a 4222-ton vessel sunk off the American coast, was en route from Newport to Bahia Blanco with a crew aboard. the German cruiser responsible remains unnamed.
A German aeroplane at six thousand feet dropped a bomb on Paris at 1 30 o clock near L Est railway station close to a military hospital but caused no damage. The note urged surrender and claimed German troops at the gates of Paris while French officials discussed evacuation orders and ongoing military actions in the region.
Washington report describes Paris fortifications as three concentric defenses. A masonry wall eighteen feet high spans 22 miles, with 17 detached forts beyond the wall forming a 34 mile circuit, and an outer belt of forts 75 miles long overlooking the Seine valley.
A wireless message from Berlin to the German embassy here foresees Turkey joining Germany and Austria in the European struggle and hints at potential uprisings among Mohammedan subjects in British realms. It cites former minister Burns's speech against Earl Grey as influential and mentions Constantinople foreshadowing active Turkish participation against Russia and England.
Belgian Minister Havenith formally protested to the State Department over the burning of Louvain by German troops calling it a violation of international law and humanity. He stated he was deeply moved by the act.
The British foreign secretary will meet with an official statement on Belgian grievances. A major protest claims Germans capture and enslave Belgians for labor in bondage. Destruction of Louvain is labeled unwarranted. The commission plans to depart for Washington in a few days.
Official report says about 30 000 Russians were captured by German forces in East Prussia at Ortelsburg Hohenstein and Tannenburg. Many senior officers are among the prisoners. Austrian operations push toward Lubin and Zamosc as fronts run 700 kilometers.
A Belgian minister laments the attack on Louvain, noting the destruction of St Pierre and the Hotel de Ville as a blow to humanity and civilization. He recalls Louvain University’s 1423 founding and the city’s medieval prominence, while German and Belgian figures clash over damage estimates.
Reuters reports General Pau’s forces defeated about 50 000 Germans near Peronnes in Somme. Ostend dispatch notes refugees from Aerschot 23 miles northeast of Brussels say German troops burned half the town as they evacuated. Poland news mentions a position fifty miles south.
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