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Newspaper
Dermott News
Location
Dermott, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1914
Page
2
Berlin celebrated with flags as German hosts welcomed troops and crowds. The report notes a disorderly flight of offenders and claims Russian forces captured two hundred guns and tens of thousands of men.
German reports claim Austrian defeat and rapid Allied retreat. News from Naeuen via Count von Bernstorf says forts in northern France fall easily and that Berlin’s influence grows as Austrians cooperate with German artillery to weaken northern fortresses. Prince Joachim with the Kaiser’s circle rumored near the front.
Reports describe Austrian forces massed for a major offensive near Lemberg as Russian and German units respond. Text notes incomplete concentration, countermeasures by Seventh Thirteenth and Morfeenti cores, and frontier troops ordered toward Lemberg to thwart the cover movement.
A chaotic dispatch reports Austrian forces overwhelmed near Lemberg as Russian and German sources claim decisive Austrian defeats. The front lines ebb and retreat, with gains thought to favor the Russian allied positions and Austrian pressure along the Polish frontier. Prince William of Wied departs Albania for faster routes to Vienna, signaling shifting Balkan dynamics.
Washington reports Turkey refused permission for the cruiser North Carolina to pass through the Dardanelles to Constantinople with 150000 dollars in gold for Americans in the Ottoman empire. The grand vizier warns waters are mined and the ship would be unsafe. A Rubens masterpiece from Notre Dame Malines Belgium was saved by M Demont of the Antwerp Royal Museum using a motor car.
The War Office warned there has been no contact with German forces around Compiegne and Senlis. Paris guards its airspace, ready to pursue German aircraft, especially armored planes, while public nerves ease and officials guard military plans. Crowds watched for planes near Place de la Concorde but none appeared as artillery and air defenses tighten.
Rigid entry controls restrict civilian and pedestrian movement near the border as authorities announce mandatory passes for travel and access to gates. Officers oversee checkpoints while engineers report thousands of meters of roadwork and security measures amid heightened tensions.
Vienna dispatches claim Austrian naval force ridicules Allied fleet and reports German and Austrian plans amid elections in Mexico. Reports say Austria sends reinforcements to Serbia area as Russia advances, with France and Switzerland movements noted.
An Oxford undergraduate who escaped German lines arrived in London after visits to Louvain and Brussels. He says the Hotel de Ville, a 15th century building, was not set on fire and German officers aimed to preserve it. He notes the cathedral suffered damage to its towers.
Central News reports that during the German bombardment of Marines the Rubens work The Miraculous Draught of Fishes hung in Notre Dame church was destroyed. Belgium towns now under German occupation reportedly display Imperial placards proclaiming Belgium as a German province.
Western Newspaper Minion News Service reports from Gourway en Bray near Rouen that German forces drive forward while French and British armies hold, with confidence in ultimate success. French reports cite a northern wing design to check Germans as allies retreat and redeploy toward Paris.
A Copenhagen letter claims Russia will force Germany to repay all war profits with interest in East Prussia. The missive asserts Bel lum profits were owed and that repayment will be enforced through German funds.
A Belgian commission now en route to the United States plans to protest alleged German outrages. President Wilden indicated he would listen to their presentation, though the War Department noted allied armies may have only certain officers accompanying troops.
A reader lists common myths about mosquitoes. They claim mosquitoes bite only once in the same spot and live a single day, bites itch only if scratched, and holding breath can stop or kill them, adding a crude method involving a shotgun as a joke.
In a Buffalo Express snippet the school of stenography faces a question about fair hiring where the prettiest girl lands a job first. The head calls the policy best for all, noting the eventual permanent position for a plainer colleague after the employer’s marriage.
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