Barbarous German Atrocities Claim Belgium Protest
A Belgian commission in New York released a list of alleged German war crimes in Belgium. Details include village raids, arson, looting, bayonet killings, and executions at Boucelles and Velen, plus bombings over Antwerp. The report cites mass violence against civilians and urges U.S. support.
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New York
Belgium
Wilson
Louis de Lichtervelde
Thin City
Washington
Linsmeau
Count du Lichtervelde
Russians Winning Over the Germans Opole to Lyck Front
A cable from the Russian foreign office reports Opole and Tourbine near Lublin and the San river captured by Russian troops. Cavalry and infantry advanced twenty miles in one day. Tomaszow fell after a stubborn battle. Fighting continues along the Dneister line and near Mazur Lake. Germans claim a Russian defeat at Lyck. Austrians offensive around Lemberg. heavy Russian losses cited.
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Opole
Tourbine
Lublin
San River
Tomaszow
Fawarugska
Dneister
Mazur Lake
Mynhinetz
Horjelspur
Ortelsborg
London
Reuter
Berlin
Finland
East Prisma
Lyck
East Prussia
Lake Lyck
Gumbinnen
Marconi Wireless Company
Lemberg
Itea
Copenhagen
von Beneckendorff
von Hindenburg
Times
Petrograd
Dank
von Auffenburg
Ohenstechow
Cossacks thwart German train raids and Austro-Hungarian denial of Russian wins
Reports claim Cossack detachments attacked a German armored train near Chenstovo and destroyed guns after forcing a derailment. Separate dispatch denies Russian victories, with Consul General Der Huber refuting claims of Austro-Hungarian defeats and asserting Poland and Galicia remain contested fronts.
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Hendzin
Russian Poland
Chensto
von Herchtold
Duma
Manchester
Maas
Count von Berchtold
Austria
Lemberg
de Hubers
Galicia
Mikolajew
Nikolajew
Gracow
Lublin
Grodak
Haczaynaki
Count Sharbek
Austro-Hungary
Amstro-Hungary
Bravery Wins Legions of Honor in French Battle
Limoges dispatch tells of Palaphy a Tenth Dragoons corporal whose actions on the front earned the Legion of Honor. He aided a wounded colonel under heavy fire carried him to safety and earned promotion despite injuries. He later led a squad in a successful charge capturing a Baden guards standard. He was wounded again and promoted to sublieutenant and chevalier.
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Haclen
van Wamme
Boucelies
Limoges
France
Bordeaux
Tenth Dragoons
Palaphy
Baden Guards
Legion of Honor
Theaters Feature Dockstader and Lyric Shows
In Atlanta the For syth plans a Keith vaudeville bill headlined by Dockstader with a Teddy image, Nana the dancer, Emile Subhers and Matt HKeefe, and other strong acts. The Lyric presents The Heart Charmers with matinee and night performances as part of the Columbia Amusement Co season, plus Beauty Youth and Folly Wreck from Birmingham. The Grand shows Jack Londons Valley of the Moon with seven performances today, and Northern Lights on deck next week in a five reel western drama praised by New York papers.
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Low Dockstader
Keith
Forsyth
Teddy
Mr Dockstader
Atlanta
Bay Gac
Nana
Emile Subhers
Matt Hkeefe
Heart Charmers
The
Lyric
Columbia Amusement Company
Beauty
Birmingham
Monte Carlo
Pyramid Corpora
Beene
Sean Never
the Grand
Jack
Columbus trades board forms Buy-a-Bale Club
Columbus Georgia September 11 special item reports the Columbus Trade Board organizing a Buy-A-Bale Club under the chamber of commerce. Members pledge to buy a bale of distress cotton middling grade or better at 10 cents a pound and refrain from disposing of cotton without authorization. Committees will canvass the city to recruit members.
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Columbus
Cotton Club of Columbus
Tomnight
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Rome
D. A
Xavier
Daughters of the American Revolution
Turkey to Be Mistress in Her Own Dominion
Turkish ambassador in Washington explains that abrogation of capitulations restores national rights, not terminating 1830 and 1862 treaties. United States fate undecided. other powers expected to act. Ambassador predicts Egypt could shift British foreign privileges. stresses Turkish missions protected under Ottoman law.
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Gaunt de Lichtervelde
Was
Antwerp
Wilson
Washington
Cornish
Clark
Prince Nicholas Engalitcheff
Chicago
America
Almon
Paris
William A Clark
United States
Montane
Jane
Germany
Raymond Poincare
A. Rustem Bey
Bryan
Turkey
Clavac
State Department
Egypt
Great Britain
Europe
Berlin
Austria
Arrogance Charged to Copper Operators
Washington September 11 the Michigan Copper miners brief to Congress accuses operators of arrogance and seeks to portray miners as pacificatory. It cites wage coercion and living-wage claims, alleges assaults by deputies and gunmen, and denounces depor tation of Chase Moyer while noting interference with postal access. No action taken by the committee yet.
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Washington
Michigan Copper
Calumet Strik
House
Milchigan
Chase Moyer
Sam Lee Dee to Speak on the Streets Tonight
itinerant speaker Sam Lee Dee will lecture on the streets tonight at 3 o clock on the subject Facts. He is the author of a book by the same name and has traveled for ten years to forty states addressing social labor and political conditions.
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Sam Lee Dee
Hoe
Alabama Crimson Tide opens fall football practice in Tuscaloosa
The Crimson players reported for the first fall workout in Tuscaloosa with 75 candidates in two hours of drill led by Coach Graves. Punter training was emphasized and Chick Hannah will assist Graves, expected to return Sunday.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Crimson
Alabama
Graves
Chick Hannah
Wine Growers Protest In San Francisco Letter To Wilson
Wine growers in San Francisco sent a telegram to President Wilson arguing that a proposed emergency tax of twenty cents a gallon on light wines would be confiscatory and threaten the sale of a ripe crop. They urged immediate action to protect their crops and livelihoods amid a broader political backdrop in Canada referenced in the report.
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San Francis
Cal
Seramparat
Wilson
State Banks Near Farmers Face Emergency Currency Strain
Officials warn emergency currency costs, banking limits, and war shocks threaten cotton regions in twelve states as lawmakers debate direct state bank loans, warehouse receipts as currency, and possible valorization to ease distressed producers amid European war demands.
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Middle West
Smith
Stata Bante
Smyth
Senate
Treasury Department
Argu
Marconi Company Opposes Navy Censorship Action
Washington September 11 Secretary Daniels hears a formal protest from Marconi wireless stations through counsel arguing no navy jurisdiction over operations. The dispute centers a Linconsett message from a British cruiser and the right of the commerce department to revoke a license. Navy officials insist censorship stands, with no suggestion of receding from the policy as stations await court action.
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Washington
Daniels
Navy
Navy Department
Suffolk
Linconsett
Department of Commerce
Daniela
Marconi Company
Siasconsett
New York
New Orleans Declares Plague Fight Victory and Quarantine Shifts
New Orleans reports no current bonic plague cases under treatment since June 27. Dr. W Rucker notes extensive work including 77 000 rats trapped and 2 000 000 Dolson pieces distributed, with 150 000 more killed. Guatemala raises quarantine, city seeks complete infection eradication alongside a cleanup campaign. Also memorial for Atlanta's elder citizen James Richards, survived by wife and children. funeral planned at 4:30 from Pryor and Auburn residence.
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New Orleans
W . Rucker
Guatemala
Rucker
Trapa
Atlanta
Richards Dies Pioneer Citizen
W. E. Richards died Friday morning at 11 20 at his home at the corner of Spring and Williams streets. He was a longtime pioneer citizen noted for his community involvement and service.
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Richards
Spring and
Williams Streets
Pope Benedict Works Toward End of Conflict
Paris dispatch to Havas reports The Tribuna says Pope Benedict seeks peace through a preliminary appeal and an encyclical to bishops. An arbitration congress is urged with governments, and the papal delegate to Washington is to convey a confidential mission to President Wilson on arbitration.
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Paris
Havas
Rome
Tribuna
Benedict
Apostolic Ddlegate
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
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