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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
9
A chaotic wartime dispatch reports Japanese forces landing near Laoche harbor Tsintsane and engaging German defenders. Bombs fall from aircraft. battleships claim anti ship actions with several machines shot down.
Mnie Poincare, wife of the French president, spends four hours daily serving as a Red Cross nurse in Bordeaux hospitals. Reports describe her efforts amid ongoing tensions with Chinese and Japanese forces and a strained rail and bridge project near Nesferdus in Shantunag province as foreign officials seek mediation.
Archduke Frederick, Austrian army commander, states the Russian offensive is breaking down. He claims German troops will beat the enemy again after Krasnik and invasions in Polish towns, noting victories in France and ongoing battles in Batkawa theater. He warns of dissatisfaction and insurrections threatening the enemy as the dual alliance tightens.
Copenhagen reports German forces remove troops from Schleswig Holstein to bolster fronts in Trane and Belanua. Landsturm units are sent to Schleswig Holstein near the coast to replace advancing troops and reinforce defense.
A devastating blast at the Pain Wireworks Company plant near the business district left five killed, including stenographer Florence Hill and electrician Johnson. The vault containing fireworks was destroyed, debris blocked an alley, and firemen worried others were trapped. May Die, an office boy, was blown through a door as sparks possibly ignited by faulty wiring triggered multiple explosions and a 500 foot smoke pillar. The president, Chauage Sheule, and several club members were named among the victims.
George W Washington University began its ninety fourth year yesterday with registrations in all departments and anticipated enrollment exceeding 2000 as classes resume next Monday. The law school opened its fiftieth year yesterday afternoon at 430 o clock in the New Missouri Temple. On Dan Gregory’s resignation, Prof Freerett Fraser was elevated to the presidency. Three new fund members were Archibald Kine EO lewis Perks ar and bo oO Schreiber.
Havre via Paria September 30 Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht Erin has been converted into a hospital ship and arrived here today. On board were the Duchess of Westminster and a number of nurses.
M’adoo follows through on a threat to restrict credit and withdraw government funds. Secretary Michoo orders $3,000,000 withdrawn and redeposited in agricultural centers to aid crop movement. Banks from which deposits were removed are unnamed.
The Federal Reserve announced class seven directors for the banks of Boston New York Chicago St Louis and Minneapolis. Appointees include Boston chairman Curtiss and Walter Hackney Providence deputy agent and vice chairman New York city reserve agent Jay New York and Charles Sturck. St Louis William Mee Martin and Walter Woolworth. Minneapolis John Boehne Evans Rich Red Wing. Baltimore Tahmend Willam Ingle. Richmond MF H Tou. The board will set up a national banking system with directors representing member banks.
Great Britain announces it will confiscate goods regarded as conditional contraband even when carried in American ships to neutral ports. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice said two cargoes of copper sent from the United States to the Krupp works in Germany via Holland were seized and diverted to Langland. Copper purchase value refunded to shippers. similar action expected on future shipments. Senate resolution seeks State Department stance on British interference with neutral copper shipments. no department statement yet.
A rapid-fire stream of World War I dispatches reports German acknowledgment of French advances and British actions. The Netherlands reports a British aircraft bombed Maastricht, raising neutrality tensions. Berlin is cited with claims about German and Allied moves, while Belgian and Belgian city defenses and hospital attacks add to a chaotic picture of the eastern front.
Ignacio Iglesias Calderon urges that Senor Tomas Julestis Calderon be named provisional president of Mexico as Carranza faces turmoil and the country edges toward another revolution.
Dispatches report Gen HIII forces entrenching from Agua Prieta toward Sonora while Dnspatches note a potential end to the Villa revolt with a formal conference near the capital. President-elects expectations center on a transition to private life as the constitutional army reorganizes.
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