British Army Rested And Reinforced For Next Battle
London August 30. After four days of desperate fighting the British army in France is rested refitted and reinforced for the next great battle. Lord Kitchener bases his statement on Sir John French reports and notes the army’s lines have not been molested since Thursday with casualties between five and six thousand. The French have halted the German drive on both flanks as the British line withdraws to new defensive positions following a four day engagement from August 22 to 26. The dispatch details heavy losses to both sides, including German casualties of hundreds in Landrecies and a dramatic cavalry clash.
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London
France
Lord Kitchener
John French
Official Information Bureau
Sir John French
Mons
Maubeuge
Cambrai
Landrecies
Lecateau
Cambrat
Department of the North
Lille
Beheldt
Lecareaur
Landreches
Srown
Fwelfth
News reassures British public after four days battle
London reports Field Marshal Sir John French declared the British army in the field is in good condition and reinforced, ready to meet the enemy again. Officials balance reported losses, while newspapers warned of disaster stories behind the lines. Cavalry charges and machine guns marked four days of fighting as morale remained high. (Continued on Page Three.)
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London
Sir John French
The Simple Way to Hire Help via Constitution Ads
If you need domestic or business help, write the exact help you require and publish it in The Constitution Help Wanted column. Bring it to the office or call Main 5060 or Atlanta 6001 to dictate your message to a courteous clerk, Martin 5000, Atlanta 001.
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Constitution Office
Help Wanted
Atlanta
Pottle Drops Out as Felder Forces Clash at Macon Convention
In Macon Georgia August 1 special report Joseph E Pottie withdraws from consideration for temporary convention chairman and backs Frank Jenkins leaving Slaton Felder factions to push their picks. Governor Slaton is welcomed amid hotel crowds while Senator Hoke Smith arrival looms as tensions mount among Hardwick Jenkins and Pottle factions. The scene centers on preparations for the convention with reporters and delegates converging on the Dempsey and Lanier hotels.
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Stiney Ormond
Macon
Joseph E. Pottie
Ifilledzeville
Friends
Hardwick
Frank Jenkins
Putrim County
Pottie
Jenkins
Robert Pottle
Albany
Joe Pottie
Fulton County
John M. Slaton
Alfred C. Newell
A. Hi
Ulm
Almo Massengale
John §. Cohen
Clayton Robson
Gus Morrow
T. W. Hardwick
Sim Blalock
Atlanta
Slaton
Dempsey
Hoke Smith
Thomas
Felder
Dempssey
Rufe Hutchens
Jim Nevin
The
Georgian
Harries Branch
Journal
Sidney Ormond
Constitution
Weather Prophecy Local Thundershowers Report
Local forecast notes a mix of fair and warmer conditions across states from Georgia to Mississippi. Mon and Tue bring generally fair weather with isolated thundershowers in the southeast and parts of the south, while West Texas and Tennessee show warmer trends. Northeast and mid-Atlantic areas expect fair to rising temperatures.
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Georgia
Elsudy
West Texas
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Macey Girl Believed Found Dead In Piedmont Ravine
The body of 22 year old Ollie Vera Macey was found Saturday night at a sewer mouth in Piedmont park. Her mother Mrs. C Perkins of Louisville wired a foster mother to come to Atlanta to investigate. Detectives pursue the theory the slain woman is the vanished Miss Macey while other disappearances surface.
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Ollie Vera Macey
Piedmont Park
Bedford Place
C. Perkins
Louisville
Atlanta
Miss Macey
Macey
Sallie Myers
Lillie Garner
Hampton Street
Alabama
Lb. M. Macey
Butler Street
Piedmont Lake
Apia Surrenders to British Force in Samoa
The official report states Apia, capital of the German Samoa, surrendered on August 29 to a British force from New Zealand. The piece notes Samoa’s strategic importance, the 1889 partition treaty, and US and German control of different islands, with Pago Pago hosting an American naval base.
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Samoan Islands
New Zealand
Official Information Bureau
Apia
Unola
Germany
Pacific
United States
Great Britain
Washington
Upola
Savail
Tutuila
Pago
The
London Missionary Society
Robert Louis Stevanson
Upolu
Japan
China Sea
German Samoa
Hawaii
German guard trawler Gerda blown up near Langeland
London reports the German armed trawler Gerda of Hamburg was destroyed Saturday after striking a mine off Langeland in the Great Belt. The vessel served as a guard ship to warn neutral ships of mines.
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London
Hamburg
Langeland
Danigh Igland
Great Belt
Konigsberg Taken By Forces of Czar Says Russian Report
A Russian report claims Konigsberg fell to German forces while French lines retreat under German pressure. British war secretary Earl Kitchener details British actions in Belgium and France from Aug 23 to 26 with about 6000 British losses. Paris fears siege, with food stocks stored and livestock moved. A German aviator bombed Paris injuring two women, while Helgoland ship losses see 339 of 1200 crew saved. German assault continues near Allenstein on the East Prussian front.
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Konigsberg
Czar
French War Office
Earl Kitchener
Belgium
France
Paris
Bois de Boulogne
Helgoland
Berlin
Allenstein
East Prussia
Bombs Over Paris Mark German Advance Invasion
A Paris dispatch reports a German aviator dropped five bombs on central Paris, wounding two women and damaging shops and a night refuge. Two bombs exploded in Rue Albuy and Rue des Vinaigriers area. others fell on Quai de Valmy and Rue des Recollets. one did not explode. The flyer, Lieutenant Von Heissen, also dropped manifestos announcing German forces at Paris gates and urging surrender.
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London
Paris
Exchange Telegraph Company
Rue Albuy
Rue Des Vinaigriers
Quai de Valmy
St. Martin’s Hospital
Rue Des Recollets
Rue Marcin
Lieutenant von Heissen
Konigsberg Taken in East Prussia by Russian Forces
London reports Russian pursuit of German troops led to the capture of Konigsberg East Prussia with the town fortress under Russian control. Dispatches also note Japanese landings near Kiao Chow and Paris announcing conscription of 1914 class and reserves for wartime mobilization.
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London
Chronicle
St. Petersburg
Germany
Konigsberg
East Prussia
Paris
Ministry of War
Turkey Expected to Join War in Europe Conflict
The Daily Telegraph reports Turkey may declare war at any moment, with a dominant military faction in Constantinople seeking Macedonia and the Aegean Islands. German troops are said to be pouring into Constantinople as powers in the triple entente fail to avert the grave situation and Balkan tensions rise amid expected quarrels among the Balkan states.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Turkey
Constantinople
Macedonia
Aegian Islands
Balkan States
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