Russians Check German Advantage In Russian Poland
Petrograd reports German authorities occupying parts of Russian Poland called all males ages 16 to 45 to arms. Many German subjects fled. twenty were hanged after capture. Russians claim offensive halted on eastern Prussia front. pursuit continues on Austrian front and Germans retreat toward Kielce province.
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Russian
Poland
Reuter
Petrograd
Havas
Kielce
Russian Poland
Krasnik
Moscoff
Irish Home Rule Wins Open Cheers in Westminster
In London MPs and peers applauded prorogation until October 37 as King George inspected troops. The royal speech announced Irish home rule and Welsh disestablishment suspensory bills among emergency measures, drawing cheers in both houses. Nationalists and liberals cheered the Irish home rule passage in the Commons.
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London
Westminster Palace
George
House of Lords
Viscount Haldane
House of Commons
John H. Whitley
Peace plans may fail as Britain reports no German peace proposal
Washington reports: Britain has received no peace overture from Germany or Austria. Sir Edward Grey informed Sir Cecil Spring-Rice that no proposal has been made. President Wilson has nearly dropped the informal peace push and will wait for a definite peace terms expression from the belligerents to avoid violating U.S. neutrality.
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Washington
Great Britain
Germany
Austria
Cecil Spring-Rice
Edward Grey
White House
Wilson
King George Justifies War in Prorogation Speech
In proroguing parliament King George says Britain must fight to protect public law in Europe and empire interests. He asserts war is for a worthy purpose and that arms will not be laid down until the objective is achieved.
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London
George
Europe
Great Britain
Miner survivor identified in Eureka Utah collapse
Jacob Timperella, 65, of Eureka Utah, is believed to be the sole survivor among twelve miners trapped by earth and rock at the Centennial Eureka mine deep underground near the Oklahoma slope. He is described as the father of five children.
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Eureka
Utah
Jacob Timperella
Oklahoma
Centennial Eureka
May Exchange Prisoners Between France and Germany
Paris reports the French and German governments are arranging a prisoner exchange through Washington. It is understood American ambassador James W. Gerard has cabled Germany’s adhesion to the plan.
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Paris
Washington
James W. Gerard
Germany
Train derailment near Livingston claims ten lives
Ten persons were killed and fifteen seriously injured when Alabama Great Southern passenger train No. 2 derailed one mile west of Livingston Alabama. Authorities investigated the crash and reported extensive damage to cars and track.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Great Southern Railway
Livingston
Last Wish of Mrs Weedrow Wilson Realized in Washington
Fragmentary report notes Mre Weedrow Wilson’s last wish fulfilled as benevolent act passes the House in Washington. Details are unclear due to damaged text but reference to a civic action and legislative session remains.
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Washington
Mre Weedrow Wilson
Benele
German Chancellor hints US mediation role in WWI peace
Imperial Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg told Ambassador Gerard that Germany favors U S mediation to obtain proposals for peace from Britain France and Russia if an enduring settlement can be secured. He warned that Germany must vanquish all three if war continues and that mediation could be seen as weakness by Germans. Gerard reported the remarks and suspected that a path to mediation might open.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
von Bethmann Hollwek
Gerard
Berlin
William
Count Hernstorff
Oscar Straus
Wilson
England
Asquith
Archives Transferred Marking Shift in Mexican Government
Spanish Ambassador Riano handed over to Juan F. Urquida, acting for General Carranza, the archives and records of the Mexican embassy in Washington, a move seen as strengthening the constitutionalist government as de facto power in Mexico.
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Washington
Mexico
Riano
Juan F. Urquida
General Carranza
Austria Plea for Peace Reaches London via Rome Telegraph
Rome dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says Austria seeks peace and describes internal turmoil in Hosonia Croatia and Dalmatia as disastrous, signaling a shift in wartime diplomacy and public sentiment.
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London
Austria
Rome
Daily Telegraph
Hosonia
Croatia
Dalmatia
Avestang Report Success In Petrograd Battle Lines
Avestang Report from Petrograd states Russian troops advancing toward the enemy lines achieved widespread success along the battle front. The dispatch notes concerted actions by allied units and improved positions for advancing forces amid ongoing hostilities.
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Petrograd —Lle
Auewiens
Band Canal
Belgiums Report Louvain Atrocities Details Bayonet Attacks
The Belgian commission report to the Belgian legation in London details alleged German atrocities in Louvain and surrounding Malines. It cites German requisition of goods, bank lootings, house burnings, and two claimed cases of women and children stabbed or abused. It also notes a worker doused with kerosene and burned, and claims German troops fired on civilians amid a town bombardment.
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London
Louvain
Malines
Kitchener Sets Out War Plan For Britain in France
In the House of Lords on Thursday Field Marshal Earl Kitchener outlined British strength in France and the steps needed for a successful outcome. He noted more than six divisions of British troops and two divisions of cavalry already in France, with further divisions and cavalry to be formed from overseas garrisons. Territorial units and volunteers were occupying these garrisons, with a division of territorials bound for Egypt, a brigade to Malta, and a garrison to Gibraltar.
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London
House of Lords
Earl Kitchener
France
Egypt
Malta
Gbbraltar
London Suffragists Pay Taxes to Support War Effort
The Women’s Tax Resistance League, mainly suffragists, drops their anti tax stance to pay taxes this year to aid the war effort, arguing the government should be funded for national needs.
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London
Women's Tax Resistance League
Londos Members of the Austrian landstrum called
A fragment notes that members of the Austrian landstrum born in 1694 are to be called.
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Londos
Landstrum
German communications line cut says Loyde dispatch
A Bordeaux dispatch to Loyde Weekly News reports the German line of communication has been cut, preventing use of lines east of a GaRrnEd area. The report notes disrupted traffic and potential impact on supply and coordination.
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Leadon
Bordeaux
Loyde Weekly News
Tip
Germans claim victory in East Prussia and Vilna defeat
Berlin reports General von Hindenberg telegraphed Emperor William that the Russian army of Vilna and its corps and divisions were defeated. Russian casualties are heavy with increasing prisoners and large spoils. Grodno’s force also defeated at Lyck. fighting in France continues without a decisive result. A Constantinople dispatch notes British naval instructors in Turkey stopped from further depredations.
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Berlin
von Hindenberg
Emperor William
Vilna
Grodno
Lyck
France
Eold
Constantinople
Turkey
General Smith-Dorrien in active service record
General Bir Horace Smith-Dorrien commands the Second corps of the British army in Europe and has seen extensive action. He fought in the Zulu war and in the Egyptian campaign, earning recognition for his military service.
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Smith-Dorrien
Bir
Horace Smith-Dorrien
Governor George W. Hays Leads Reelection Bid
Little Rock reports early returns show Governor George W. Hays, Democratic candidate for reelection, leading with a substantial margin across a majority of Arkansas counties by about 30,000 votes.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
George W. Hays
Desperate Allied Battle Presses German Advance in France
Desperate fighting rages along a broad front from Noyon to Rheims as French and British forces clash with entrenched German troops. Reports say about three million men are engaged with heavy hand to hand combat and widespread artillery use.
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Marne
River
Aisne
Rheims
Noyon
River Aisne
Acy-Puiseux
British War Office
Berlin
Londor
Uganda
Galicia
East Prussia
Protests Against Turkey Abrogation of Capitulations
Washington sent Ambassador Margenthau to Constantinople to protest to the Turkish government against abrogation of the capitulations.
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Turkey
Washington
Margenthau
Constantinople
Turk Tuh
Telease of national defense bonds approved by Poimcare
President Poimcare signs a decree authorizing the issue of treasury bonds redeemable in three months to one year at six percent. The bonds will be issued under the title national defense bonds.
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Bordeaux
Poimcare
Treasury
Villa requests U S troop withdrawal from Vera Cruz
Mexico City dispatch reports General Villa sent a telegram to President Carranza via Alvaro Obregon urging Washington to remove United States troops from Vera Cruz. The note signals continued constitutionalist tension and calls for US troop withdrawal.
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Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Gesersi Carransa 9
General Villa
Convitutionelist
Ceiel
Washington
United States
Vere Crva
Troops Recalled From Vera Cruz in Mexico War Ends
President Wilson ordered the evacuation of Vera Cruz as the second U S Mexico war moves toward withdrawal. About 7 200 troops and marines under General Funston will sail home in two weeks with fleet ships to follow. Transports Sumner Kilpatrick City of Denver Cristobal prepare to move.
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Washington
Vera Cruz
Wilson
Funston
Mexico
White House
United States
Mexico City
Paul Fuller
Wisson
Carranza
Americas
Villa
Obregon
Vera Crus
Funste
Newport News
Ol»véeston
Vire
North Dakota
Arkansas
Delaware
Kansas
Vermont
New York
Des Moines
Gale
Patuxent
Solace
Vestal
Ouark
Train Plunges in Cloudburst West of Lebas Mo
A Louis and San Francisco bound passenger train was swept into a swollen gulf two miles west of Lebas Missouri during a cloudburst early Tuesday. Seventy dead or drowned, sixty identified, about sixty injured with ten in serious condition among roughly ninety aboard.
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St. Louis
Louis
San Francisco
Lebas
Treia
Forces at Maeson Move Thirteen Miles Northeast
A fragment states forces at Maeson shift thirteen miles northeast of Jaredau and thirty miles north of Premysl, situating a military movement in a contested area. No dates or additional entities are provided.
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Maeson
Jaredau
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