03 Sep 1914
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1914
Page
1
The Times correspondent reports ferocious street fighting around Charleroi as French and British troops battle German forces. Charleroi changes hands multiple times while roads fill with slain and bombardment continues from railway to canal.
Paris dispatch reports from Central News detailing British officers describing remarkable calm and daring among infantry in the Mons fighting. The correspondent notes on the front line firing and the courage shown by British troops amid combat conditions.
Paris private Jean Martin recounts the capture of Altkirch in Alsace describing a brutal two day engagement. He recalls losing a comrade, advancing under fire to seize the town, bayonet charges, and heavy Austrian and German resistance including rapid fire guns before the enemy retreated. He notes the battlefield’s grim, sobering aspect.
Lieutenant Henkart of the Belgian general staff commands a monitor armored motor car used for reconnaissance. He and a small crew reportedly kill large numbers of uhlans in engagements from August 15 to 21 including 25 at Water loo and 20 of 30 scouts.
London dispatch reports a great victory with Allied forces pursuing the enemy along the front. The foe fled in haste with heavy losses, including multiple regiments wiped out and several commanders captured or killed. Tekia quay was destroyed by Austrians in the engagement.
Germany reports expansion of sugar beet cultivation with 1,342,420 acres under crop. Farmers anticipate harvest season and potential impact on production and supply in the region.
The extinguishing of this light could allow the German fleet to slip past a waiting British fleet outside Kiel harbor, potentially changing the naval balance in the region.
A Kansas City Star report notes Chile’s nitrate of soda dominance fuels global explosives and fertilizers. Chile’s peaceable image masks a monopoly supplying nitric acid for dynamite and smokeless powder, with Tarapaca’s reserves largely untapped and potential revenue per capita rising with war demand.
Secretary of Agriculture Houston issued a quarantine effective October 1 on cattle from Lake McHenry Kane Du Page and Cook counties Illinois to curb bovine tuberculosis. No dairy or breeding cattle may leave without federal inspected certificates, and private veterinary inspections are phased out.
An English refugee arriving from Belgium explains how Zeppelins drop bombs. The craft flies high to stay out of range while lowers a steel cage on a long rope carrying a single bomber who releases the bombs. The cage withstands rifle fire and is hard to hit due to its small size and constant motion.
The Interstate Commerce Commission shows 167 principal U S railroads earned net operating revenues of 65 078 624 in June 1914. Operating revenues were 224 013 750 with expenses 158 935 126. For the year to June 1914 net revenue per mile stood at 3 762, down from 4 292 in 1913.
Fifteen persons were injured in a head on collision near Oakland on the Omaha road between a passenger train from Sioux City and a light engine. Among the injured is Frank Odell.
The Bankers' Magazine reports a July decline of 940 million dollars in 387 representative London stock exchange securities from July 20 to July 30. Ira Nelson Morris and family arrive in Bergen after a voyage from England, expressing gladness to be there.
President Wilson signed a neutrality proclamation regarding the ongoing war between Japan and Germany. The text mirrors prior proclamations issued by the administration.
The American embassy in Rome warns Americans in Italy to return home while transatlantic links are open and transportation remains available. Refugees arriving in Geneva report robbery of documents and money and poor treatment of Americans in Germany, with Carlsbad cited as particularly difficult. In New York, Taormina passengers include many Americans in steerage and cabin classes alike after a stop at Gibraltar.
Rural Jackson county votes dry by about eight hundred in a countywide liquor election. Two thousand women report attempts to vote fraudulently as the nation reports a series of political and diplomatic notes from Washington Paris and Rome.
Returns indicate Gov Hiram W Johnson was renominated on the Progressive ticket. John D Fredericks and Edward White were also nominated for governor. Rumors place H Z Osborne and Nation Newby as Republican and Democrat nominees for the Tenth district congress. Reports show about half of registered women voters turned up.
Seattle reports Captain Sidmore and eleven crewmen killed when the Pacific-Alaskan steamer Admiral Sampson was rammed at Point No Point by the Canadian Pacific liner Princess Victoria. The vessel sank four minutes after impact. 56 passengers and 65 crew were aboard, and survivors were rescued by the Victoria.
Ottawa Aug 28 Colonel Hughes minister of war said that 50000 American citizens have sought roles in the Canadian contingent bound for England. Among applicants are several West Pointers and other trained personnel.
The United States naval censor and the wireless officials at the German wireless station at Sayville Long Island have been notified they will probably be kept there all winter.
Washington reports former U S senator and Republican power broker Powell Clayton died after long illness in his Highlands apartments. He was ninety years old on August 7 and had been a national political figure for fifty years.
Lafayette stock firm began securing horses for shipment to France for allied armies. The firm announced an order for 15,000 horses.
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