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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1914
Page
23
London August reports the Home Secretary denounces false war news as unfounded while a government bill seeks power to seize provisions and tighten censorship. MPs push for censorship to curb sensational reports affecting supplies and prices.
A fragmented notice reports a marriage event involving Emass Wood on July 1 in Philadelphia and Washington. Names are partially garbled. the notice mentions individuals and locations but lacks clear dates or full details.
Obituary notices record the death of a beloved husband and funeral details. Read notices list names, addresses, and times for services on August 3, 5, 7, and 8, 1914. Interments are set at Arlington National Cemetery and nearby churches.
The term uhlan denotes a lancer type in the German army rather than a nationality. About 25 000 uhlans serve as heavy cavalry, with regiments from Prussia Saxony Bavaria and Württemberg. They function as independent screen and vanguard, armed with lance saber carbine and pistol, keen to harass flanks and outposts. Their czapka headdress marks lancer regiments in Europe. The force has a history of quick clashes and raiding, exemplified by Belgian campaigns and the Brussels attempt to seize the Belgian general staff.
Robert Bridges, the poet laureate, appeals to British patriotism in a Times poem urging England to awaken and fight for honor. He calls England to stand for God defend the right and to shield the nation from monarch ambition harnessing its slaves.
Odette Tyler stage actress known as Odette Tyier sustained a knee fracture after falling from a doorstep at her home in Shepherdstown Maryland yesterday. The incident involved Mrs R D Shepherd, her husband, a Shakespearean actor, and the fall prompted medical attention.
Berlin reports Van Buelow declares Germans will preserve their place in the sun even if the world is full of devils. He asserts Germany’s strength, notes Russia pushed Germany to war, and praises their defensive forces. Reports mention Germans in France sent to harvest duties and Russians expelling German women.
Dutch and Italian ports are described as feeding the German empire amid wartime censorship. The London report notes Berlin news moves only via Amsterdam and strict official dispatches. Belgian suspicion rises over Dutch neutrality and possible sympathy with Germany, with Belgian sources claiming Dutch life risks due to anti Dutch sentiment in Antwerp.
London notes that the kaiser in a Berlin Gazette edition warned of latent hostility to the east and west beyond the sea, an statement likely aimed at the United States. The piece reflects Britain’s concern over German public opinion, including a German bystander who mistook a reporter for a German and warned that the kaiser could topple the empire if reverses persist.
London dispatch reports Franco German frontier patrolled by rival aeroplanes flying parallel. Soldiers and antiaircraft guns watch from both sides as a French airman crosses the line and is fired upon, then escapes by climbing and gliding beyond German range. Passengers on the Berlin Amsterdam train witness the dramatic encounter.
Special to The Washington Post reports a Russian footman was found dead at the German embassy, shot in the head and stabbed, with authorities saying he had been dead for days. The cable from Petersburg questions the mystery and the servant’s true role amid European tensions.
A barn on the Jones farm near Leetown formerly owned by the Fannlow Orchard Company was struck by lightning today and burned along with two hogsheads 250 bushels of wheat and several farm implements. The total loss is estimated at about 2500 dollars.
Rabbi Theodorsc Joseph of Allentown Pa addressed a Hebrew gathering at Washington Hebrew Temple in Washington outlining that World War I will alter empires and redraw Europe. He predicted republican government replacing monarchies, wider peace, and rights for Hebrew populations in Palestine and Russia, while noting Woodrow Wilson’s death.
Bushrod Cloud, a well known Hampshire County farmer and landowner, was struck and killed by lightning during a storm. His body was found sitting under a tree shattered by the bolt in a pasture after he failed to return home at the usual hour. He leaves a widow, Miss Crouse, and several children. formerly lived in Bloomery.
British correspondent from Brussels reports night attack on six Belgian forts Barchon Evegnee Chauéfontaine Enbourg Broncheles by German forces 10 000 men against 30 000 Belgians. Moonlit front a torrent of shells and rifles as wires were cut and defenders pressed with deadly barage amid heavy losses. University disrupted but exams continue.
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