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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1914
Page
6
Report from the front says fighting along the West Flanders line is stubborn with every inch contested. Allies anticipate a German evacuation of Brussels within a few days, though proof is scant. the contest along the line is fierce with many villages taken and retaken.
From the Western Front a British dispatch notes stubborn fighting in west Flanders with every village taken and retaken. Allies allegedly gain a holding habit while German reports remain evasive. rumors say Ostend sources claim rail line sabotage and Prince Maximilian may be wounded or dead.
Paris dispatch reports French war office saying allied positions in Belgium and northern France remained secure amid violent enemy assaults. It notes Germany attacking near Dixmude Warmston Armentieres Radinghem Labassee, with repulsed partial attacks elsewhere and slight progress in the Argonne and Mormare forests. Russian forward movement announced with a 15 km push near Warsaw and Ivangorod toward Przemysl.
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Paris reports a Wars a dispatch noting Russian troops defend Warsaw with courage and energy repelling heavy attacks while uniting Poles and Slavs. Intercepted documents say Germany hoped to capture Warsaw between Oct 15 and 17. Siberian regiments praised for night attacks near Motchildavsk and Praga as fighting broadens south of Przemysi. MISS BRAINARD HONORED IN IOWA LIBRARY ELECTIONS.
Washington reports British seized and released ships in a dispute over oil shipments said to fuel German air fleets. The John D. Rockefeller and Brindilla were detained near Orkney and at Halifax, with Platuria also seized. The vessels, all Standard Oil ships, carried oil not declared contraband and ownership transfers are under review by the state department.
Mineola N Y Oct 22 Mrs Morenco Franklin Carman on trial for slaying Louise Halley expected to take the stand as her own chief witness. The defense argued the crime was committed by a man whose motive is unknown and questioned Celia Coleman the Carman maid about a revolver claim. The courtroom was crowded with women as the defense opened with the assertion that Carman will testify to events the day of the murder.
In a federal anti trust suit to dissolve United States Steel, Richard Y Lindabury contends the company is not a monopoly and that its earnings are ordinary. He notes wage growth since formation, large payroll in 1912, and cites a 1904 finance committee warning against rebates.
At Blaine Washington a posse including Canadian and U.S. officers killed two robbers and wounded a third after a Cedro Woolley bank job. Officer Cliff Adams and a bandit died. four other gunmen cornered near Hazelmere, British Columbia.
London reports a disputed telegram stating Magna Bell, native chief of the German Kamerin, was executed for attempting to incite rebellion among the NALives against Germany. The claim is credited to Herr Eber jgmayer. Rome Washington update notes acting secretary Lavastiis of the state department announced today that the...
Summary of varied dispatches: the United States protests British seizure of the Brindilla now at Halifax. Venice reports Italian marines and the 47th Infantry preparing for Aviona amid Albanian telecom cuts. Japanese and American actions include a Yokohama arrival of a German governor, an American consul arranging his return, and a Tokyo cable about Japanese naval activity and attacks near Hawaii.
The yield test for the Feavin and Johnson National Bank corn contest began yesterday on ALG Larson’s Cedar Valley farm two miles west of Cedar Falls. Larson posted the highest score, 90 percent, after husking and weighing supervised by county agriculturalist AL A. Turrger. Ames experts will return next week to conduct further yield tests and moisture checks at the vacant store corner Fourth and Jefferson streets.
President Wilson endorses Congressman Connolly in a letter dated 22d to Martin Wade, Democratic National Committeeman from Iowa, calling Connolly a worthy representative and urging support for his elevation to senator.
The State Department instructs Ambassador Page in London to press Britain for the immediate release of a vessel claimed as American. Officials anticipate a British position on oil shipments to Danish ports and expect extended talks as the United States resists conceding Britain’s claim to detain neutral air ships bound for Danish areas.
House approves conference report on the net revenue bill by 158 to 62 with Republicans opposing. The measure retains a provision that new taxes take effect the day after passage and sets adjournment for 6 o'clock. Senate actions mirror House moves as debate shifts to cotton and bank amendments.
A dispatch from Altona reports Socialist Councillor Thomas elected provisional deputy in the Prussian diet, seen as unity amid war. Other notices include a Belgian seizure of 120000 bales of East Indies cotton intended for Gladbach, and Hungarian troops leaving Russian front. A Russian socialist leader Iv Malinsovsky killed in Galicia. Casualty list: about 11696 killed wounded or missing.
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