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Newspaper
Westville Indicator
Location
Westville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1914
Page
1
Berlin dispatches say the three weeks of fighting near the Aisne remain undecided with no decisive victory for either side. German reports claim heavy losses at the Argonne and a draw, while Allied lines push toward Arras and Antwerp reports note forts Waelhem St Catherine and Dorpweld taken.
Berlin reports from Sayville that the great battle in France remains undecided. German artillery is hammering French positions at many points and allied attempts to break German lines are repulsed. Heaviest losses occur in the Argonne as German forces press forward. News also notes ongoing sieges and eastern offensives under General von Hindenberg.
London reports the great battle line between Russia and Germany now renewing with Austrian units aiding Germany. The combat stretches from the Baltic north to Cracow in the south. German and Austrian forces mass 800000 on the Polish frontier to halt Russian advances and defend Berlin.
Berlin reports a German victory as battles rage along the Prussian frontier with fighting near Augustowo and Cracow developing more slowly than expected. Dispatches from Amsterdam relay the Telegram service news.
A New York physician cites a French source stating six weeks of fighting up to and including the Marne cost about 310000 French killed wounded and prisoners. British losses are said to be large relative to their small army, with German losses near 500000 in the western theater.
Paris dispatch reports Vienna is overwhelmed as hospitals and makeshift asylums fill with sick and wounded soldiers. The city council plans new wooden barrack hospitals with 10,000 beds as destitute and unemployed masses risk starvation.
Berlin reports The Throne Gazette refutes Petrograd claims the Zeppelin was captured after bombing Warsaw. The aircraft reportedly returned to its home port intact.
Private J. J. Rousseau of the Fourth regiment of Belgian chasseurs cheval is hailed as a war hero for capturing Count von Buelow son of the German chancellor. A photograph shows him wearing the Military Cross and the Order of Leopold. He was reportedly kicked and injured by von Buelow.
German forces have occupied Roye Lassigny and St Quentin as part of renewed offensives reported from London on October 7. British and French lines face heavy assaults along the Oise with strategic points claimed by Berlin while Allied positions retreat to fortified lines amid ongoing combat near Douai Valenciennes and Belgium.
London dispatches report Russian Cossacks sweeping across Hungarian plains crossing the Theiss River. They seize Hoszumezoee about 150 miles south of the Austrian frontier and take the Lemberg Budapest railway line at Umegehvar. Russians press toward Cracow and Breslau as German forces retreat from Suwalki and Lomsha.
Berlin reports via wireless that three Antwerp forts at Lierre Waelhem and Koenigshoucht along with their immediate redoubts and about thirty guns have been captured according to an official announcement from Antwerp.
Paris reports from a war correspondent who describes chaotic scenes behind the Marne and Aisne lines. He recalls shell bursts, a church struck during bombardment, civilians looting, arrests as spies, and a dramatic encounter with German fire while traveling with French troops.
Warsaw physician Dr H F E Bennett aged about fifty is found dead in Mentone of heart disease leaving a widow and two sons. In Muncie Isaac Hamilton’s eight year old son Burton is injured after a dog attack causes him to sprint into a Union Traction train. In Winchester George Carson eighteen is accidentally shot in the right arm while a shotgun falls. no serious injury expected. In Union City sixteen year old Dewey Conrad dies after a 30 foot elevator shaft fall at J A Long company. prior injuries noted. In Madison the eighty second Indiana Regimental association holds a reunion ending with a campfire at city hall. In Kokomo jail break attempts surface after nine saws are found in a cell window. another inmate escaped recently. In Scottsburg a coroner exonerates the train crew in the Austin auto-train crash verdict. In Peru Mr and Mrs Lloyd Smith have a son with six living great-grandparents. banker William Smith of Peru is the baby's grandfather. Indianapolis state board of pardons ends quarterly session with decisions to be sent to the governor later. several petitions listed. Anderson officers elected for Indiana Retail Merchants Mutual Fire Insurance. secretary reports two million dollars in force. Fort Wayne Anthony Trentman pleads guilty to manslaughter in the Howard Bruce case and faces two to twenty one years. venue change previously. Indianapolis Central Baptist meeting closes with talks on Christian education and Baptist work. Shelbyville Bert Thurston, 39, shoots left leg when a door shuts on a windy day. Fort Wayne notes continued electric service.
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