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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1914
Page
7
A ten day struggle in the Aisne region continues as neither German forces nor the Allies secure a decisive victory. Both sides hold heavily fortified positions along nearly a hundred miles of entrenched lines with continuous day and night artillery fire.
London experts note German and Allied forces fail to secure a breakthrough on the Aisne with both sides entrenched. Reims center battles, Craonne hills captured by Germans per Berlin, Verdun forts attacked, and Russian forces press along the Drina while Servian claims victories. Paris reports limited German gains on multiple wings with heavy artillery and ongoing bombardment.
Col Roosevelt left Kansas City for Lincoln to speak for the Progressive party tonight in Nebraska and tomorrow in Des Moines. In Missouri he called whisky a friend of crooked politics and aligned with dry Kansas advocacy led by Henry J. Allen. In Kansas City the Progressive platform centers on enforcing liquor laws as a showdown with liquor interests ahead of November. Roosevelt’s remarks drew loud applause at the Shubert Theater after similar receptions on the Kansas side.
Paris dispatch reports Servians break through near Kroupani, 32 miles from Bosnian border, with 350000 Austrian troops engaged and defeated. Austrians flee toward Drina as Servians advance toward Syrmia. An Austrian detachment at Shabatz near Belgrade is repelled with heavy losses.
A Waterloo delegation of 254 business leaders toured the new W C F N interurban line to Cedar Rapids. Mayor Roth welcomed them in Waterloo, luncheon followed at the Commercial club, and speakers included Mayor Thompson and Ben Howrey. The train featured Waterloo boosters, bands, and newly built concrete stations along La Porte City Brandon Urbana Center Point Lafayette.
The report notes Democrats back a measure with Republicans opposed. A 2 cent per gallon tax in Basel ing for motor spirits is extended. Casualties aboard the Carman after sinking a German steamer are listed. Pope telegraph notes protest to German leaders. Petrograd reports Austrian defeats. offensive inCadileia unlikely before spring.
Paris reports a bull killed 18 German soldiers near Seganne as peasants opened cattle pens to seek safety. The beast reportedly charged the invaders after a tannery fire caused chaos, goring six at first then injuring a dozen more before dying.
President Wilson sharply rebuked peace advocates and said mediation depends on developments in the eastern struggle. He warned against pursuing a universal peace congress while hostilities continue and urged belligerents to request U.S. mediation if they seek an end to the bloodshed. He stressed maintaining US prestige and avoiding entanglement.
Washington, TD. C Sept. 23 President Wilson left here at velock today for Princeton where he will vote at the primary election. He will return to Washington at 6 o'clock.
A partial notice notes a delay in delivery by 6 o'clock and requests payment of $430. It mentions a copy will be sent and advises calling Ne after 6:20 if not received. The fragment suggests service disruption and a payment instruction linked to the delivery.
London dispatch reports German military experts believe Reims may be razed as German forces push near the city. The piece notes the central role of Reims in the strategic landscape, with French batteries active to the south and German attacks increasingly concentrated near Elms and Noyon. The cathedral spared is cited in Berlin’s wire.
A British steamer Belgian King sank near Cape Kurell yesterday after a mine is suspected. Twenty two heroons drowned. 120 passengers and crew were aboard. Ninety eight were saved by a Russian steamer. The exact cause remains unrevealed.
Chisago September 22. The white mushrooms picked in the woods caused the death of one person and illness in four members of Dr. Frank Hessler’s family of Chicago Heights. The mushrooms looked identical to edible field mushrooms, but the woods’ variety proved deadly. The dentist did not eat them. The family and others had bought them from the same farmer for years. Dr Hessler said he learned about the mushrooms’ dangers from a textbook after illness struck.
London dispatch reports a new French corps, the sextons, working by lantern light in villages around Senlis. Old men trudge through fields to mark graves with willow crosses as women carry bundles of willow wands and wire. They bury the dead under night’s quiet, cycle after cycle.
Western Front near the Marne witnesses a major push as Allied forces on the German right wing prepare a decisive engagement. Reports indicate strengthened lines and heavy pressure aimed at breaking German defense.
Ten days of furious fighting leave German and Allied forces in a stalemate on the Marne and Aisne sectors. Reinforcements and誰 strategic moves will likely determine the outcome as Von Kluck presses Hussar assaults to stem the encircling Allied advance near St. Quentin while French and British forces maneuver to outflank the German center. A separate clash looms in Galicia as Austro German lines brace for a renewed bombardment of Przemysl with millions reportedly engaged.
Washington, Sept. 22 04 The yesterday's official report indicated friction between Generals Obregon and Villa was insignificant. There is fear that Villa may move to quell Sonora troubles independently of Carranza. All eyes on the national convention October 1 and the Carranza WilJn contest for control. Corina queen of Havana cigars.
Philadelphia Sept 22 the embezzlement trial of John J Dallas a bookkeeper charged with siphoning fifty thousand dollars from a wholesale jewelry firm ended abruptly as Dallas was struck and killed by an elevated train while en route to court. He earned twenty dollars weekly owned a home in Ardmore and enjoyed a lavish lifestyle with bank funds also reported.
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