22 Sep 1915
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1915
Page
1
The Fredericktown bank touts 587 years of combined banking experience and careful attention to detail. It highlights strong correspondents and key connections at leading commercial centers to maintain its high standard of splendid service to business clients.
Reports from the Balkans indicate Serbia and Bulgaria are at war along the Serb Bulgarian frontier with German and Austro Hungarian forces massing. Austrian and German artillery bombards Serbian positions south of the Drina Morava line as Bulgaria orders general mobilization and the cross frontier strategy to seize a bridgehead and push toward new rail routes.
A Salenia report cites an unconfirmed claim of a Bal eos invasion of Serbia with no details or verification. In Asbury Park, millionaire Erb is reported out of danger after unforeseen complications, officials stating he remains at risk for his railroad family.
Petrograd reports a German trap failed as Russian forces retreat east of Vilna, destroying bridges and infrastructure while holding river crossings. German moves threaten Dvinsk and Minsk as siege guns bombard Dvinsk and Bavarian troops push toward the Vilna Minsk corridor with Hindenburg’s army in position. More than two million POWs in Germany and Austria are recorded, mostly Russians.
A rush hour disaster on September 22 in New York left three street cars falling into a cave between 24th and 25th Streets. Police estimates placed deaths around six to twenty six with about 100 injured as hospitals swung into emergency mode. Initial reports cited a premature explosion as the probable cause amid a pandemonium scene on Seventh Avenue.
On Guernsey island New York Sept 22 a Cornell breeder Frank Peer of Ithaca claimed British authorities found petrol on the Guernsey coast fueling German submarines. He said forty people of German origin were arrested for supplying the fuel amid rumors of a German base.
A Vienna dispatch reports Austria will appoint Constantin Dumba’s successor immediately. Kajetan Mercy von Kapos Mere, former Austro-Hungarian ambassador to Rome, is named as the chosen envoy. The move comes despite Dumba still in the United States. Budapest dispatch notes government timing and selection.
The Prankfuter Zeitung reports a large British transport of 150% tons was torpedoed by a German submarine off Crete in the Mediterranean while sailing from Egypt to the Dardanelles. The ship’s precise route is described through a special telegram.
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