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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1914
Page
6
The report describes ten days of fierce fighting among three nations marked by constant artillery and infantry charges. Soldiers face extreme fatigue as the human machine weakens under brutal demands, with naval operations attributed to overwhelming weariness and continuous combat conditions.
Military experts foresee a break soon as ten days of brutal fighting on the Assun and Aisne fronts drain troops. Cold rain floods the Aisne valley hindering movement while both sides claim slight advantages. Reims cathedral bombardment prompts French protest amid shifting center fortunes.
Washington D C September 21 In production of the emergency bill to raise 105000000 by taxing beer wines gasoline bankers brokers amusement proprietors and commercial instruments featured the program for today s session of the house. The bill assigns collection of telegraph and telephone taxes to the companies through start returns. In 1898 the public was required to affix a stamp to each telegram. It taxes life insurance policies eight and a half cents for each 100 the bill provides that policies issued in Industrial or weekly payment plan the tax will be 40 percent of the first weekly premium the company to pay the tax. The tax does not apply to fraternal beneficiary societies and associations conducted by the members for their exclusive benefit and not for profit. The 100 theatre tax in cities of 15000 population includes moving picture shows.
Bordeaux dispatch reports French soldiers near Verdun found a valise of a Prussian officer containing iron crosses on black and white ribbons with inscription 1894 1914. The crosses were presumably to be distributed to German soldiers after France entered the war.
New York, Sept. 21. The Zacapa, United Fruit liner, hoisted the Stars and Stripes amid cheers as the American flag replaced the British ensign. Minor C. Keith, VP of United Fruit, caused the flag to be ruined in the ceremony. The Zacapa then sailed for South America, becoming the first United Fruit vessel registered under amended navigation laws aimed at building the American merchant marine. The company plans many more ships to follow.
Paris dispatch reports Allied advances on the left wing with gains at Lasigny west of Noyon and Mesnil-les-Hurlus. German activity noted east of the Oise and north of the Aisne, with bayonet charges near Craonne and artillery exchanges around Rheims. Also mentions Austrian rear-guard actions near Baranow and Rzeszow and fighting at Przemysl.
Postal deposits totaled 48 million dollars in 9 653 postal savings banks on August 21 last. The August rise of about 4.2 million marks the largest increase since the system began. The figures come from a preliminary examination of reports to the post office department. Washington, Sept 24. TD.
San Francisco dispatch notes that when the battleship Oregon leads the fleet through the Panama Canal to San Francisco and the Panama Pacific Exposition next spring, she will likely be manned by as many of her wartime crew as remain able to serve.
New York news item reports military attaché Cal. Goles Zewski of the Russian embassy issuing a statement on the Przemysl fight as tensions rise. Details are sparse in the fragment, but the note signals official Russian commentary on ongoing engagements near Przemysl.
Twenty month old Ralph Wagner of 426 Cottage street wandered onto the tracks as a Cottage Street car approached. The car passed over him but he was uninjured despite bruises. he cried out with strong lungs when rescued, and a physician found no internal injuries.
Bordeaux date Sept 21 official naval communique reviews fleet operations since hostilities began. It notes French and Virgin frets safeguarded troop returns from Africa, British forces aiding in the channel and North Sea, and success against Goeben and Breslau. The enemy remains at base while allied squadrons control the sea, signaling potential victory if the war lasts.
Kedrling California reports Lassen Peak erupting with a sharp thunderclap that shook Macomber Flat nine miles away. It is the forty eighth eruption since May 30 and the first tied to an earthquake. A vast ash laden plume issued from fissures below the vent as four craters including the ancient sealed one and a new main crater contended with smoky activity.
Bordeaux and Washington report the destruction of the cathedral of Reims and major historic buildings in the city during German bombardment. The minister of the Interior notes the cathedral’s ruin, along with St. Remy and the city hall, as France protests the act of vandalism. The loss is described as the greatest historical and artistic blow of the war.
England waits for confirmation on a major German withdrawal with the Aisne battle entering its tenth day. British officials see signals of German pressure easing while Vienna reports Galicia and the Serbians as a separate theater, and Lloyd George pushes a Welsh army corps drive.
A Vladivostok dispatch via Petrograd says Japanese aviators destroyed two key forts at Tsingtao Nish. Servian officials deny Vienna’s claim of 6,000 prisoners and artillery losses during Semlin retirement. Transport units move to aid the Japanese attack on Tsingtao. German bombardment details from Bordeaix describe protracted shelling and widespread fires.
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