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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1914
Page
6
Berlin and Austria report crushing advances as Petrograd sends exultant messages and Vienna acknowledges mounting disaster. Dual monarchy may seek peace as Germans rush reinforcements southward in a widening strategic crisis.
British and Russian forces push a hard line along the Vistula as Vienna and Petrograd signal major shifts. Field Marshal Sir John French recounts a heroic British stand near the Oise with Smith Dorrien's left flank. The Oceanic wreck dampens English optimism.
A White Star line notice confirms the Oceanic loss and ashore status with all officers and crew saved. Earlier reports said wreck on Scotland's north coast but lacked details. The Oceanic had recently been in government service.
President Wilson has acceded to railroad executives plea asking for nationwide cooperative support of railway credits from the public and all government authorities. He sent a letter to Chairman Frank Trimball of the Chesapeake and Ohio board noting national prosperity hinges on railroad condition.
Premier Asquith asked Parliament to authorize an additional half million men for the regular army, raising total forces to 1,186,400. The white paper notes this surpasses August 5's approved increase and covers expected needs for army service.
London dispatch cites Vienna admitting Archduke Frederick lost 120000 men in Galicia, amounting to about a quarter of his force. German units push south toward Poland to aid Austria but must cross the Vistula as Russians prepare to block them.
Washington report says J. P. Morgan officials Jacob Schiff and Benjamin Strong assured the federal reserve board a syndicate of New York banks will care for 80 million dollars in New York City obligations held by European creditors without help from banks outside New York.
Washington reports Britain will not seek peace until Germany is decisively defeated. Dispatches from Ambassador Page in London recount three attempts to open negotiations being discouraged by Allied assurances and a lack of formal message from Britain. Officials note Kaiser Wilhelm’s protest against dumdum bullets but see no signals of willing concessions.
Washington reports that the United States is negotiating three peace pacts with Britain France Spain and China to curb sudden U.S. involvement in wartime Europe. Germany Russia and Japan indicate acceptance of the principle, while Turkey and Greece near signings, with drafting advances incomplete.
Reports from the front say Captain Nesterott, famed as the first Russian to loop the loop, sacrificed his life during a recon flight. He plowed into an Austrian aeroplane hovering over Russian forces, destroying both aircraft and dying instantly, while another German pilot claimed a tense exchange with an English aircraft elsewhere.
Due to carrier error or other cause, mail should not be delivered at your home. Please phone 3330 for a will copy to be sent after 6:30 p.m. Rail No. 2.
Five American newspaper correspondents held near Beaumont after following German troops into Belgium and France are described as not prisoners but closely guarded. The group, including reporters from AP, Chicago Tribune, Evening Post and Public Ledger, endured surveillance, brief imprisonment and hard conditions before being moved to Aix La Chapelle under German guard.
London reports indicate British forces claim success on the line east of Paris. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig is said to have telegrammed that German resistance is exhausted as Allied counterattacks drive the foe back with heavy losses and prisoners taken.
News dispatches from Paris, London, and Rome describe Allied operations in progress and German naval losses. British accounts state the cruiser Pathfinder was sunk by a torpedo, while Austrian attempts to resume the Russian front face heavy losses.
A group of eight American correspondents and about two hundred prisoners were moved by train to Aix La Chapelle after a two day journey. They endured hunger and threats from German officers while Belgian snipers fired at the convoy. The prisoners, guarded by German soldiers and local police, held food and drink in short supply during the trip.
Paris dispatch reports the German battle line from Meaux to Vitry Le Francois was forced back about 25 miles after a severe two day engagement. British and French forces hold gains, with reinforcements and a turning threat along the Marne as an American observer at Parisian headquarters notes British morale remains high.
A private Petrograd fund gathers in London to prize $100000 to the soldier or officer first to enter Nerla. The fund was raised during a single flag day with Russians buying flags at up to $50 each.
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