Allies may attack Germans before Paris
Paris, September 4 1140 a m French troops pass through Paris toward battle lines guarding the capital from Germans. Allies seek the right moment for a counter offensive while tens of thousands of civilians flee to the south or west on free government trains. The military governor offers fifteen trains for non combatants with free passage. Paris papers move to Bordeaux as Havas News agency sets up there.
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Paris
France
Hordeaux
Havas Mews Agency
Ferrata Named New Papal Secretary of State
Rome announces Cardinal Dominic Ferrata appointed papal secretary of state. Born 1847 in Montefiascone Italy, Ferrata served as papal nuncio in Paris and as prefect of the congregation of bishops in Rome. He presided over the Eucharistic congress last year at Malta and was long considered a leading diplomat.
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Rome
Dominic Ferrata
Montefiascone
Italy
Pans
Congregation of Bishops
Malta
Cardinal Rappella
Ferrara
Ernest Durham Fined For Hitting Simmons
Ernest B Durham manager of the Durham Jewelry company was fined 10 dollars and costs in the recorder court for a assault on HC Simmons in front of Simmons plating works at 125 South Pryor A heated dispute over a gold plating job led to a front pavement confrontation Durham says Simmons struck first and Charles Simmons then struck him with a sharp instrument causing a scalp wound corroborated by Maria Wagner a nearby store clerk
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Ernest B Durham
Durham Jewelry Company
Recorder’s Court
HC. Simmons
South Pryor
Acard
Simmons
1 Durham
Durham
Henry Simmons
Charles Simmons
Maria Wagner
Russians Capture Lemberg After Rapid Advance to Front
The Russian general staff reports the fall of Lemberg, capital of Galicia, after a major offensive along the Lublin Kholm front. Russian forces crossed the Dniester August 20 advancing about 147 miles by September 3, defeating Austrian concentrations and taking 200 guns, vast baggage, and tens of thousands of prisoners. Lemberg’s capture, a key railway hub, enables to push the front with greater intensity.
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Petrograd
St. Petersburg
London
Lemberg
Galicia
Lublin-Kholm
Zavichost
Tatiof
Blelgorny
Tomachoff
Belz
Landstrum
Lontik
Dubne
Proskuroff
Dniester
Russia
Kamenka
Galitch
Guilpa Lipa
Opole
Gamostie
Austrians Claim Victory Across Front In War Dispatch
Wireless dispatches from Nauen report Austrian center routing Russians and capturing 160 guns, with French forts in northern France fallen except Maubeuge. German forces push toward Paris while Aisne and Marne fronts move. 90,000 Russian prisoners cited. Louvain town hall and St Peter's saved.
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New York
Nauen
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
United States
France
Sayville, L. I
Lemberg
Maubeuge
Paris
Aisne
Marne
Verdun
Hintenburg
Rome
Russia
Russian
Poland
Louvain
St. Peter's
Germans Bombard Termonde and Berlin News Load
German forces bombard Termonde Belgium a fortified town near Ghent with about 10 000 residents. Dispatches report Uhlans killed in Ninove during patrols and Belgian routes disrupted for travelers from Brussels. Separate note from Pekin says no word received on events at Kino Chow.
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London
Reuter Telegram Company
Ostend
Termonde
Dendermonde
Belgium
Ghent
Brussels
Ninove
Alest
Denderlauw
Gottegem
Washington
State Department
John MacMurray
Girl Spy Arrested on Bridge Over Oise River
A German girl spy, about 17, arrested by English soldiers on the Oise river bridge at La Croix, carried plans of Paris roads and bridges. A second German spy in English uniform was shot for attempting to draw a weapon. Other dispatches report German attempts to envelop the Allies frustrated and Lemberg’s capture by Russian troops with war material.
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London
Reuter
Dieppe
Oise
la Croix
Paris
A&a
Reuter Telegram
Petrograd
St. Petersburg
Lemberg
Compeigne
British ships coaling off New York raise questions
New York September 4 Intercepted wireless messages near New York show British cruisers off the harbor likely provisioning and coaling from US ports. The British ambassador Count Von Bernstorff notes neutrality laws may be involved as messages detail shipments to a British cruiser and a New York man claims prior provisioning but denies handling the goods.
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New York
United States
Bas
New York Harbor
Count von Bernatorff
Geman
H. B. Hunt
No. 126
West Seventieth Street
Suffolk
Marconi
Slascenset
Mass
Hunt
Ambrose
Cunard
Olympic
Associated Press
Tally
Admiralty
Uhle
Bryan
Count von Bernstorff
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National Biscuit
Antwerp
Alfies
St. Quentin
Uttle
Lorraine
Vosges
Exchange Telegraph Company
Saga
Vienna
Anufenburg
Dankel
Lublig
Ziamohac
Tex
Europe
Velvet
Herman Riddery
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