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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1914
Page
2
A government proclamation orders temporary transfer of government departments to Bordeaux at the insistence of military authorities to keep Paris fortified while remaining central to troop operations. Ambassador Herrick stays in Paris to protect American interests.
Petro St Petersburg reports the seven day battle in eastern Galicia ends in a Russian victory. Five Austrian army corps are routed and retreat westward abandoning arms and baggage. The Austrians suffer heavy losses with 40 000 prisoners taken and about 70 000 prisoners in all engagements, plus over 200 guns seized. Panic spreads among Austrian troops as pursuers close.
Paris remains under martial law as hundreds of thousands labor under military engineers on a vast trench network outside the city. Civil government has departed for Bordeaux and General Gallient wields supreme control, with strict curfews and gate barricades in place. An American Marital Walter Burley Griffin has returned to Paris.
Nantes reports an almost unbroken flow of Parisians and their baggage fleeing south in about every 150 yards a disabled car. Rail lines north have paused amid fears of German cavalry raids. Refugees pour into Paris while American and British ministers warn that the French army cannot guarantee communications beyond the capital. Ambassador Herrick rushes Americans to the coast for quick passage to England. warnings reach six hundred Americans in Switzerland. Concentration camps are being prepared to care for incoming refugees as German onrushing forces threaten northern France.
London reports German forces pushing toward Paris with continual fighting along the battle line. Paris dispatches claim German cavalry defeated near Compiegne with ten guns captured, while other forces reach toward Soissons Anzy Le Cateau. Emigrants claim heavy German losses near Crepy en Valois.
Belgrade dispatches report boundless Servian and Montenegrin enthusiasm after recent victories. Preparations for a sustained offensive against Bosnia Herzogovina and Dalmatia are under way as volunteers over forty-five join the ranks. An official statement details the battle of Jedar, noting the Austrians of seven million men held a favorable position before retreating.
Allied center bolstered by reinforcements after four days of brutal combat near Paris. British troops in the center hold firm while reserves secured positions behind the lines to halt the German advance. The French and British lines stretched from west of Amiens through St Quentin and Vervins toward the Vosges as Paris faces pressure from the east.
Dispatches from German sources report a brilliant decisive German win at Allenstein in east Prussia with about 190,000 Russians affected, 70,000 prisoners, and two generals captured. Russian sources dispute these claims, balancing the account as the war’s magnitude remains uncertain.
Diplomats say Bulgaria and Turkey are set to join Germany in the European war after Turkey mobilizes its army and Britain asks the United States to represent her in the Ottoman empire if war breaks out. Turkish entry could pull Italy toward Russia as Rome resists Turks gaining control of the Aegean.
Statements filed for and against proposed constitutional changes will be printed as pamphlets and mailed to Ohio’s 1,200,000 voters under the initiative and referendum law. Debates cover woman suffrage prohibition home rule taxation and one per cent tax. Arguments echo familiar campaign themes from temperance and suffrage advocates and their opponents.
In St. Clairsville Ohio the joint sub scale committee of operators and miners in the Eastern Ohio field adjourned after failing to agree. The scale committee reports disagreement at a miners and operators meeting. The five month old district strike affects seventeen thousand men.
A large gathering of warehousemen, shippers, and buyers of burley tobacco met at the Farmers' and Shippers' warehouse in Cincinnati after the burley auction. President W D Spalding of the Leaf Tobacco Exchange led the discussion on increasing local market business.
The Chautauqua marked its 40th anniversary in the city in connection with the International Lyceum association convention which opened and runs through September 11. Notable women in attendance included Maud Ballington Booth Anna A Gordon Mrs William Cummings Story Mrs Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Mrs Percy V Parkerbacker.
Bridgeport Ohio reports a warehouse and plant once owned by Crystal Glass Co burning down. The site, abandoned years ago, was recently bought by Bridgeport Auto Co as a venture to manufacture airships autos and motorboats. Fire believed accidental, started by tramps.
A brief item notes Ita envy appearing in local discourse, with residents recounting varied responses. Community voices range from curiosity to skepticism as conversations unfold around the seeming sentiment.
Marietta records reveal American Express traveler D. F. Keifaber an agent for the company has vanished. His family and company officials express grave concern as authorities conduct a determined search to locate him.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles approved plans for a new lodge on Main Street Dayton estimated at $75,000. The project aims to provide a social center and meeting space for members and the community.
A 2 year old boy and an 11 year old youth were involved as a revolver discharged in Cambridge. The younger boy was shot in the jaw and neck, with injuries reported as serious. authorities are investigating the case while the injured child receives medical care.
Dayton and Piqua will host the Miami Ohio conference in 1915 when Rev J W Young welcomed the group at First Christian church. Delegates named to the Ohio State Christian association include W J Young D J Pleasant C A Mc Daniel and others. A F Chase named conference trustee. Adjournment followed reports from education relief and resolutions.
The Hocking Valley railroad asks a state utilities panel for a rehearing in the Wellston Belt case. The commission had ordered restoration of electric train service on the Jackson to Hamden line, which the railroad halted. The railroad contends the findings are contrary to law and lack authority to enforce them.
Maumee Valley Railway of Toledo sues Fred Schuster in a bid to test the three fourths juror verdict rule. Schuster, injured August 9, 1918, in Lucas County, won $1,570 in common pleas court. appeals court upheld. The petition argues legislative power to enact the three fourths verdict requirement in civil cases.
Massillon Ohio operator at Harmon station on the Wheel ing and Lake Erie railroad was robbed of speech during a severe electrical storm. He became unconscious for about half an hour after a bolt entered via the telegraph wire and passed into the ground.
Public sale of personal property tied to Eyre Shoemaker Co of Philadelphia, owners of the double tracked Erie line between Marion and Chicago, dissolved months ago. Steam shovels, locomotives, dump cars, and bank gear appraised near 100000 dollars were sold at public outcry near Espyville in this county.
The city of Niles Ohio votes 6 to 1 to approve a bond issue tied to a $210,000 McKinley Memorial project. Construction will start before year’s end on a main square site with anticipated further donations to support the memorial.
The Labor Day parade in Cincinnati drew more than 15,000 participants and thousands of spectators. The line included natives of America and representatives of all nations of Europe marching shoulder to shoulder in a display of unity in the great army of industry.
Dayton Ohio reports John R Kirby Jr former National Manufacturers association president returning from San Francisco. He declares the European war presents the grandest opportunity yet for American trade development. He urges leveraging disrupted European markets to expand domestic industry and export capacity.
Walter Jones aged 16 from Gallon is reported to have lost both legs below the knees after falling from the Big Four. He was injured in a high fall and taken to a local hospital for treatment and possible amputation.
Paris official announces German forces forced to retreat after vigorous fighting as Allied troops halt the Kaiser's advance. French and British forces clash from Nanteuil to Verdun in a 120 mile front. about 3 million combatants engaged. Government lauds Maubeuge defense and vows renewed resistance.
The war special revenue bill ends federal prohibition for now as the European war provides liberals with ammunition. An added tax will hit beer and possibly liquor, giving brewers and distillers a shield against loss. A planned sale of Pana bonds could have funded more, but railroads oppose it due to money market effects.
Tokyo reports the house of representatives unanimously approved a war measure totaling 50,000,000 yen about 26.6 million dollars. The vote was swift and unified, reflecting broad support for the government’s wartime funding.
Night brought sudden flooding as Turkey Creek overflowed inundating thousands in Kanyas City Missouri. Estimated three thousand people flooded and several hundred families displaced as water receded amid danger of collapsing structures. Two men died after contacting a fallen wire.
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