05 Sep 1914
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1914
Page
1
Conflicting reports describe German forces forming a semicircle around Paris with east and west positions near LaFere Sour-Jouraie and a left wing held by British troops. Allies shed ground as the great army advances, while Russian sources claim victory in Galicia and a German clock reform joke signals centralized timing.
London reports military experts foresee a grand German assault on Paris as part of a western campaign. They doubt swift victory, noting a large Allied force outside the city would complicate a rapid breakthrough. Western front and Belgians show cautious movements while Russian victories alter regional balance.
The article reports heavy Allied and German forces clashing in northern France with Paris as the focal point. It notes Allied retreat across the Marne, German redeployment to near Paris, and tales of large casualty estimates from various dispatches while Belgian time changes are noted.
Amsterdam dispatch reports King Albert of Belgium slightly wounded by shrapnel while leading a retreat to Antwerp. Paris notes say Germans press a wide southeastward move from Paris’s entrenched camp. Rome cites five German corps reaching the Vistula to oppose Russian advances.
A Paris dispatch reports the general mobilization order for Italy was unsigned at telegraph time but expected to be signed today.
A Basel dispatch reports Swiss forces that crossed the Rhine toward Belfort have halted their advance due to an urgent need for troops in east Prussia. Only covering units remain in place before Belfort.
German lieutenant H H Weisner arrived from Puerto Colombia claiming Karlsruhe badly disabled British cruiser Bristol off Haiti and sunk Glasgow off Colombia coast. A British official in Georgetown denies Glasgow sinking while Weisner also says two British steamers were captured and sunk after crew transfers, and Bowen Castle was sunk off St Lucia.
Dispatches from Ostend and Antwerp detail a torpedo gunboat Speedy possibly lost after a mine strike and the Linsdell missing skipper and four crew. others rescued as German right wing maneuvers face difficulties while fighting continues in Belgium near Alost and Termonde.
Senator James H. Brady expresses gratitude for Idaho voters’ confidence and telegrams of congratulation after winning the nomination. He says he will campaign on the same high plane and will devote his time and ability to Idaho’s best interests if elected in November.
Mackie McDonald president of the Mine Workers Union and a fugitive since martial law began in Butte sent a letter offering surrender if bail assured and no court martial. Guards captured Alec McLean and Ed Evans with weapons after a buggy stop. Evans faces concealed weapon charges.
London reports that Russia Great Britain and France signed an agreement allowing peace moves without the full consent of all three nations. The pact signals a potential easing of wartime diplomacy and a path to settlement among the three powers.
London discusses a Times proposal for England to send a mission to the United States to present its war position. A Petrogard report notes cat o nine tails aboard the German cruiser Magdeburg. Copenhagen reports Berlin shifts troops to meet Russia, closes railroads, and withdraws from Alsace Lorraine amid typhoid cholera and Vienna meat shortages as wounded flood in.
Stockholm dispatch reports the German emperor’s name was removed from the list of nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize, announced amid the ongoing peace talks in London on September 5.
A Winnipeg dispatch reports seventy five train loads of East Indian troops will pass through Canada within two weeks en route to battlefields in France. Large numbers of British Indian troops have been moving through Winnipeg the past days. Rumors say Russian troops may pass soon, with Australian and New Zealand contingents using this shortest route to the front.
A Vienna dispatch reported Russians surrounded Austrians at Lubin in Russian Holland. German forces rushed from Belgium to reinforce but arrived too late, leaving the Austrians in danger.
Albany reports William Sulzer deposed NY governor will seek re election this fall as Progressive candidate. Petitions with over 4000 signatures filed designating him for Progressive primaries, also seeking nominations for governor of Prohibition and American parties.
London announces the German squadron has sunk fifteen British fishing boats in the North Sea sending crews to seek safer waters and raising tensions as the war at sea continues.
Copenhagen dispatch reports six hundred Japanese students from a German university were captured on the British frontier and imprisoned.
Chicago hosts 50 000 Knights of Pythias for a three day jubilee marking the order’s fiftieth birthday and Illinois branch forty fifth anniversary. The event opens with an outdoor program at American League Park featuring vaudeville drills and exhibitions by K of P units. A public meeting in Auditorium Theatre follows with Governor Ralston of Indiana among speakers. The celebration ends Monday with a 25 000 strong street parade in uniform.
Plattsburg New York marks the 100th anniversary of the 1814 battle with commemorations honoring Commodore Thomas MacDonough and General Alexander Macomb. Prominent guests from the county and Canada are expected for historical exercises and related events.
Chicago September wheat futures finished the day at 1,1914, marking a notable move as traders weighed supply and demand factors.
In Rome on Sept 5 it was reported that prior to his election Pope Benedict urged the pontiff to intervene directly with a peace appeal. He supposedly said the pope must join the combatants rather than preach from afar, combining Genoese tenacity with absolute neutrality to win election.
London reports reveal censorship delays in Davis Cup coverage from New York. Incoming tennis scores were blocked due to code numbers masking proper names and fears a German ship code. The issue arose after cable firms flagged mystery in the score listings.
Paris reports the German army appears to be avoiding direct engagement with Allied forces northwest of Paris and is conducting an extended turning movement as of September 5.
Boston news reports that Jesse Pomeroy, 52, a notorious life prisoner, will celebrate 38 years in solitary at Charlestown State Prison tomorrow. He has never seen a fellow convict or outside visitor, heard a telephone, or ridden an elevator, learning about modern life only through reading. He was sentenced at 14 for torturing and murdering children and has repeatedly attempted escapes but only reached his cell corridor.
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