Great Battle Rages Amid Fog On The Aisne
Reported furious clash on the Aisne with heavy losses and dense fog. Zeppelins seen widespread as German attacks claim to be repelled. Hungarian frontier tensions rise with French official statement.
29 Sep 1914
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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1914
Page
1
Reported furious clash on the Aisne with heavy losses and dense fog. Zeppelins seen widespread as German attacks claim to be repelled. Hungarian frontier tensions rise with French official statement.
Amid reports of open navigation lift and German actions in the Atlantic theater, the day brings no decisive turn in the Aisne battle. British and French lines hold, with heavy losses and aerial activity over Sialystok and Ghent, while Emden sinks several British ships and pressure shifts in China and Antwerp region.
Civil service employees of the postoffice inspector’s office in Chicago were perplexed by circular letters from Washington directing them to report their party affiliations. The questions puzzled many who had been out of politics for years and did not know how to answer.
New York returns show Wadsworth leading Calder for the Republican U S Senate nomination with Davenport challenging Sulzer for governor on the Progressive ticket. Early upstate gains threaten final results as upstate and downstate totals shift. Glynn leads in Democratic governor race. Whitman powers to a GOP gubernatorial bid. Gerard defeats Roosevelt for Democratic senatorial nomination. President Wilson remains neutral in the New York races.
London reports English officials reassured by President Ison’s remarks that peace talks may come later. They express confidence the United States will press for a treaty under which belligerents submit future offenses to U S arbitration, preventing a future war.
Washington September 28. Three of Secretary Bryan's peace commission treaties are on the way for consummation. One with Greece will be slowed soon. The Russian ambassador will confer with Mr Ryan tomorrow over details of another and still another between the United States and Sweden is being prepared.
Two police officers Amos Vernzan and Rolof Peterson were sentenced to nine and seven years respectively at Sing Sing prison for robbing stores and residences in Rockeville Center while on night duty. The report adds a quip about scolding women being less ridiculous than swearing men.
On the eighteenth day of battle the Aisne district near Paris rages with heavy losses for both sides. German and Allied forces clash along the center and left wing with repulsed assaults, while gas and artillery bombardments target Belgian forts near Antwerp. Japanese actions widen the war as they tighten around Kiauchan, and German asserts deny French gains. Carpathian offensives press Austria as Galicia nears collapse. rumors place 130,000 Germans preparing for a key fortress fight amid shifting fronts from Rotterdam to the Amiavery area.
An officer of the royal dying corps reports from September 4 describing a view from an aeroplane of the battle east of Paris. He recalls flying at dusk as shells burst below and German artillery replied, noting heavy fighting from Compiegne to Trefort and hopeful words that Allied forces would prevail. He also mentions airplanes being shot and shelled, pilots carrying bullet marks, and the corps losing only one pilot and passenger by September 1.
Aged 21 and Vale graduate Philip Armour II, grandson of Armour & Co founder, starts as a trainee in the family business. Under the house rule he will learn from the ground up as a buyer, with a future aim of becoming president, per plans by his uncle Ogden Armour.
Special to The Northwestern reports George Wier a 67 year old farmer of Durand shot himself in a Beloit Grand Hotel room last night. He died instantly and was found by the night clerk this morning. No motive is known. Wier owned 90 acres of Tillens farm and was in good health. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
In Chicago on September 29 eight women volunteered to patrol country highways into the city and persuade farmers to sell their produce at the municipal market. The effort aims to direct farm goods to urban markets and regulate urban supply.
Washington reports growing hope in official circles that removing both Carranza and Villa as presidential candidates could heal the rift in Mexico. Villa says he will not run for president or vice president, while Carranza signals possible resignation or abstention if Villa follows suit. The United States readies ships and arms for potential relief as Mexican tensions persist.
New Hampshire Democrats at a state platform convention endorsed President Wilson with unqualified support. The platform pledged unwavering party devotion and backed aid to referendums and rail reform, calling for reasonable refunds on operating expenses and rejection of improvident contracts.
Berlin reports the sinking in the North Sea of British cruisers Aburthir Ore anal Woke by the German submarine U 9. The engagement lasted an hour, British destroyers failed to catch the submarine before darkness. Berlin also notes Britain's actions in the Bengal trade and Poland's political shifts amid naval news.
In Menasha a $2,000 damages case, Willim Fr. Streets v William ZoImer Inger, nears verdict as counsel finished closing arguments. Trial began yesterday. jurors seated today with Judge Burnell to charge the jury. Plaintiffs recount injuries from a motorcycle collision while walking along a street. witnesses testified including Stroetz and Willman Zelinger. Guardian ad litem appointed for a minor defendant. next case is estate action for death damages arising from a shooting in Winneconne May 12, 1914.
Fragmented report notes Congress faced election pressures with plans for party alignment. Underwood hinted at a plan to allow members to their districts if a broader understanding could be reached on administration policies. Debate targeted a shipping bill and potential special rules, with a recess contemplated in October.
Punta Arenas Chile September 24 The British cruiser Goodhope Monmouth and Glasgow under Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock arrived there after sailing from Montevideo between September 5 and 11. The strait of Magellan is a key Pacific route and signals a British naval move into the Pacific theater.
Dr Solon Marks, long a leading Wisconsin physician, died at an early hour this morning. He served as president of the Wisconsin Medical Society for many years and held top medical posts on the Illinois Central route. He fought in the Civil War from 1861 to 1864, serving as surgeon in the Tenth Wisconsin and later as brigade and division surgeon with General Rousseau.
Washington dispatch reports President Whaoatefay nominated Dorothea Devlin as postmaster at Loyal P. W. C. The piece notes a city man tries to extract a fortune from chicken farming, but cautions hens are not mathematicians.
An official English press dispatch from London outlines Allied airship use against German forces, noting high aviation activity and wounded pilots. It describes intense bombing, artillery interplay near Passy, and a growing resemblance of siege warfare, while comparing current maneuvers to Russo-Japanese War dynamics.
Two hunters, Jenkins and Slassow, escaped unharmed after their auto dubbed Jenkins Special crashed on a turnpike near Lake des Morts marshes. The machine veered off to avoid a speeding car, struck the Oshkosh Omrec Interurban right of way, and broke apart as rescuers and workmen near the damaged track helped. The incident ends with a cautionary note about trusting boastful honesty.
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