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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1914
Page
1
A Berlin dispatch reports Ostend bombardment by the British fleet and a vigorous Allied defense along the coast. Russian front updates claim Germans retreating near Warsaw while Prussian forces strike and counterattack against French lines near La Bassee. The Russian statement describes advances along the front from the Pilitza region to the Vistula.
Reported from October 21 says 18,000 Allied troops maintain lines along the French coast amid heavy fighting from Nieuport to La Bassee. French war office notes violent actions along left wing with Allied forces holding ground. Russian pursuit of retreating German forces near Warsaw also reported.
Congress abandons Henry bill plan to create 2900000 in government funds for cotton relief. Vote 1 to 31 against its passage. two Republican yes votes. With cotton relief dead, the House quorum disperses and the war tax bill becomes the focus for conference action and likely end of session. A jet of ads and travel lines appear amid the clutter of the day.
German military headquarters report severe fighting along the Yser Canal near Nieuport and Lille as German troops repel Allied assaults. Kreutz Zeitung foresees 750,000 Allied fatalities or captives. Berlin accuses French francs tireurs of violations. Sweden’s Sven Hedin cites humane German treatment of prisoners.
The President told Federal Reserve Bank directors at the White House that confidence is the key to business recovery. He urged banks to reopen promptly and warned against national nervousness, praising bankers and stressing collective effort to stabilize the economy.
In Mineola New York testimony linked Florence Carman to the June murder of Louise Hailey at Freeport. Celia Coleman maid described Carman saying I have shot him after a revolver was seen. Frank Farrell, a stationary engineer, testified he saw a woman near the Carman home and heard a shot. The defense cross will continue tomorrow.
Special to The Washington Post. South Bethlehem Pa Oct 21 The Bethlehem Steel Company reportedly won a France contract to supply 960 -inch field guns for the French army to be delivered in 18 months. The price per gun ranges from 2 000 to 30,000 dollars, totaling about 2,000,000 dollars. President Charles M Schwab sailed for Europe to finalize further contracts as understood.
Rome dispatch via Havas reports Udine that Austrian Gen Bruderman, defender of Lemberg, has been deprived of command and ordered court-martialed. The report cites Udine Staty as the source of the military action.
Special cable dispatch from the battlefront reports near Lille that every house in the village was destroyed by shellfire. A family perished in one home and a three year old boy was bayoneted. German forces claim 300 dead as the town was shelled.
London and Brussels agree to feed starving Belgians via an American commission led by Herbert Hoover. About 700,000 Belgians in need will receive bread and staples from specially chartered ships, with $1,000,000 monthly required and cooperation with German and British relief efforts to ensure neutral handling.
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