War News From The Fronts In Europe And Africa
News from the war fronts reports renewed heavy fighting in northern France with both sides suffering losses and some Allied gains near Soissons Rheims and Verdun while Galicia quiets and Przemysl is invested. Russian forces advance capturing Rzeszow and two fortified positions. Galicia largely in Russian hands except Cracow western Poland fortifies for possible attack as German and Russian forces stare across borders. The Anglo French fleet patrols the Adriatic and seeks to intercept Austrian ships amid island seizures at Pelagosa and Lissa. Luederitz Bay in Southwest Africa falls to British forces as King reviews new army recruits in England.
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London
France
Oise
Somme
War Office
Galicia
Przemysl
Rzeszow
Tarnow
Cracow
Poland
East Prussia
Pelagosa
Lissa
Cattaro
South Africa
Luederitz Bay
Antra Pequena
German Southwest Africa
England
Paris
Franece
Soissons
Rheims
Verdun
Woevre
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Lorraine
Vosges
Kalicz
Aisne
Noyon
Nancy
Toul
Telegraph Subscription Price Increase Offer
The Daily Telegraph announces a price rise to $5 per year starting October 1. Old subscribers may renew by that date at the $4 rate for one more year, encouraging immediate payment.
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Daily Telegraph
Nationals in Dublin Sing God Save the King at Rally
Premier Asquith, in Ireland for recruiting meetings, joins great crowds on the piers as they sing God Save the King and Come Back to Erin. The national anthem's singing closed last night's Dublin meeting, the first time in years at a nationalist gathering.
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Asquith
Ireland
Jeff Kingston
Erin
Dublin
Obregon Returns to Mexico City Amid Carranza Meeting
General Alvaro Obregon arrived in Mexico City after being reported as a prisoner by Villa. He was welcomed by Carranza and other constitutionalist leaders as they convened to address the northern crisis with Villa claiming independence. General Trevino resigns as war minister to command infantry to oppose Villa’s southward advance.
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Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Carranza
Villa
Sonora
Trevino
Aguascalientes
Pesquira
Carden in London Reports to Foreign Office
Sir Lionel Carden the British minister to Mexico who was named minister to Brazil called at the foreign office and reported to Sir Edward Grey. He is understood to deny reports that he criticised the American administration over Mexican affairs.
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London
Lionel Carden
Mexico
Brazil
Foreign Office
Edward Grey
Japanese Denounce Statement in Washington
The Japanese embassy issued a statement from Tokio reports discrediting recent China cables as groundless. It alleges hostile campaigns to smear Japanese soldiers abroad, calling reports of ruthless conduct at Shantung a malicious canard from Liaochou.
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Washington
Tokio
China
Shantung
Liachou
Bavarian Soldiers Arrested in Brussels Case
London report from the Exchange Telegraph says Bavarian soldiers are under arrest in Brussels charged with aiding a mass escape of French prisoners from theBelgian capital. The item lacks independent confirmation.
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London
Ostend
Exchange Telegraph Company
Brussels
Belgrade
Netherlands declares martial law in eastern provinces
A Havas dispatch from Amsterdam reports the Netherlands government has declared martial law in its eastern provinces to prevent export of contraband articles to Germany.
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Netherlands
Paris
Havas
Amsterdam
American relief work nearly ended in Europe
Major Ryan and colleagues arrived in London from Berlin reporting that American relief efforts in Europe are virtually finished. Since August roughly 223 to 3000 refugees have been evacuated from Berlin while fifty to sixty Americans remain scattered in Germany. Money and aid continue for those still abroad and returnees pick up funds at the Austrian embassy.
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London
Ryan
Martin
Mellor, Benton
Cross
American Relief Committee
Berlin
Germany
Holland
Europe
Sherlin
Austria
Hill to Battle to Maytorena Again Near Naco
General Benjamin Hill mobilizes troops at Naco Sonora under Carranza orders for a renewed stand against Governor Maytorena after yesterday’s clash at Santabarbara. Hill reports 26 wounded and no fatalities. Maytorena fleet 28 killed 82 wounded. Reinforcements promised as Hill fortifies trenches awaiting Maytorena.
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Naco
Sonora
Mexico
Carranza
Mexico City
Benjamin Hill
Maytorena
Santabarbara
Hill
Agua Prieta
Cananea
Jesus Carranza
Tehuantepec
Mayterene
Senate Finance to Hear War Revenue Bill Next Week
Washington September 25 war revenue legislation will be taken up by the senate finance committee next Monday to move it before the senate after the Clayton anti trust bill. Administration leaders expect the report to be adopted soon and a substitute tax may be proposed on gasoline with an automobile horsepower levy.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Finance Committee
Senate approves Alaska coal land bill substitute
Senate met at 11 am and passed a substitute for the Alaska coal land leasing bill restricting leasing to American citizens. Adjourned at 3 30 pm until noon Monday. House met at noon and referred the substitute harbor and rivers bill to committee. Indefinitely deferred radium conservation bill. Adopted Jones Philippine bill rule limiting general debate to twelve hours with no amendment limit. Adjourned at 3 50 pm until noon Monday.
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Alaska
House
Jones
Philippine di
Russians Use Bridge Blast to Devastate Austrian Force
Described by Kusskoe Slavo, a small Russian detachment lured Austrian troops into a retreat, drew them onto a bridge, and blew it up. Cossack artillery and infantry then mopped up, with the riverbank filled by dead Austrians in a dramatic ruse that annihilated battalions.
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Petrograd
Jakela
British Capture Lorenzo and Thor Near West Indies
New York reports Sir Courtney Bennet says British cruisers captured the US merchant Lorenzo and the Norwegian Thor while they were in the act of coal ing the German cruiser Karlsruhe at sea. The Karlsruhe escaped. The two vessels were taken to St Lucia for prize court disposition.
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New York
Sir Courtney Bennet
Lorenzo
United States
Thor
Karlsruhen
St. Lucia
Courtney
West Indies
Servians Open Fire On Austrian Position
Reports from Belgrade state a Servian officer told a German flag bearing envoy for surrender of Belgrade to return to camp and in three hours would hear from the cannon. Three hours later the Servian battery opened fire across the Danube on the Austrian position.
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Nish
Servia
Paris
Belgrade
Danube
Germans Expected to Attack Antwerp
London dispatch quoting Central News from Amsterdam says Germany plans an early attack on Antwerp. Troops moved from Aix la Chapelle toward the east and south of the city. Heavy siege guns and Austrian howitzers with earthworks are positioned against the forts.
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London
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Aix-la-Chappelle
Cotton Seed Monopoly Charged In DC Hearing
Washington dispatch reports Representatives Hughes of Georgia and Abercrombie of Alabama charged the cotton seed monopoly with halving payments to Southern farmers. They appeared before the department of justice to press the case on September 26.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Hughes
Georgia
Abercrombie
Alabama
Fourteenth Army Routs Germans on Meuse Heights
Paris reports heavy fighting across France on two wings with German gains on the Meuse heights and Allied advances near Soissons and the Somme. Russian gains include Rzeszow and Przemysl positions as Vienna and Berlin exchange terse signals amid a broad warfront.
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Beck
Woevre
Swiss Debt Route Ties German War Loan Letter
Swiss reports from Chaux de Fonds describe German clients refusing to settle debts with Swiss manufacturers in Bordeaux. Debtors allegedly bought German war loan stock in Swiss creditors’ names to move money out of the country. The writers claim Swiss firms will only trade after the war with those accepting this arrangement.
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Bordeaux
Chaux de Fonds
Switzerland
Germany
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Forecast
Weather forecast from West Virginia calls for fair skies and warmer conditions Sunday and Monday. Virginia forecasts indicate Sunday and Monday will be fair with little temperature change.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Japanese occupy Weihsein in Shantung province
Four hundred Japanese troops seized Weihsein railway station in Weihsein, Shantung, after an advance guard arrived two weeks earlier. Chinese forces offered no resistance as the foreign office protested to the Japanese legation. The town lies outside both the original and extended fighting zones defined by China.
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Weihsein
Peking
Shantung
Foreign Office
Welhsein
Neutral steamers under close watch as naval powers seize vessels
Washington reports British and French cruisers guard neutral steamers in the West Indies. The Lorenzo and Thor have been seized by Britain, the Heina by France, with prize-court review to determine neutrality violations and possible enforcement under the Declaration of London. Officials defer comment pending court action.
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Washington
West Indies
Lorenzo
Thor
Heina
Conde
Fort de France
Martique
St. Lucia
London
State Department
British Cruiser Maintains Watch at New York Bay
The British auxiliary cruiser formerly the Cunarder Carovia remains at the door of New York bay with a strict watch, appearing anchored near the Hook as of September 26.
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New York
New York Bay
German troops cross the Meuse at St Mihiel
A Copenhagen dispatch to Central News reports the German general staff states renewed engagements on the extreme right wing and no change in the center. Fort Camp de Romins near St Mihiel has fallen and the German flag is raised there. The Meuse has been crossed with no other battlefield changes noted.
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London
Copenhagen
Central News
France
Camp de Romins
St. Mihiel
Verdun
Meuse
Erst
Hospital staff left behind by Germans
Paris reports that retreating Germans from Peronne abandoned a hospital staff of twenty five surgeons, seventy women nurses, a hundred fifty male nurses, a Protestant pastor, a Dominican priest and several deaconesses. Women nurses carried repeating pistols to ensure their safety.
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Paris
Peronne
Red Cross
Villa Ready to Strike Carranza Forces in Mexico
El Paso Texas September 26 Troop movements in northern Mexico indicate General Villa will attack Carranza forces. Ten trains of soldiers depart Chihuahua for Saltillo with more troops moving toward Torreon. Villa plans to leave Governor Maytorena to conduct the Sonora campaign and Obregon is permitted to return to Mexico City.
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el Paso
Texas
Mexico
Villa
Carranza
Chihuahua
Saltillo
Torreon
Maytorena
Sonora
Alvaro Obregon
Mexico City
French Gunboats Seize Coca Beach in Kamerun
September 26 report from the marine ministry states nine French gunboats surprised German forces and captured Coca Beach in the German colony of Kamerun in West Equatorial Africa.
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German Africa
Bordeaux
Ministry of the Marine
Coca Beach
Kamarun
West Equatorial Africa
Zapata Villa in Harmony Against Carranza Reported
General Carranza told diplomats that Zapata and Villa have aligned against him and that further fighting in Mexico is likely. The United States has not acted yet to mend the situation as Fleet moves reinforce Vera Cruz and troops await orders. An upbeat note from Carranza aide Mireles hopes a peaceful convention will unite Villa and Carranza factions.
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Vera Cruz
Washington
Mexico
Carranza
State Department
Zapata
Villa
Funston
Juerta
National Army
Madero
Carbajal
Ituerta
Felix Diaz
Fletcher
Tennessee
Minnesota
Rhode Island
Arkansas
Delaware
North Dakota
Kansas
Virginia
Texas
Vermont
Gustavo Mireles
Mexico City
Davis Livingston Wedding in New York Society Notebook
Miss Laura Suffern Livingston daughter of Mrs. Robert Livingston of New York married Howland Shippen Davis son of Mr. and Mrs. Howland Davis of New York and Plymouth Mass. The ceremony was at St Pauls church Trivola on Hudson with a reception and breakfast at Northwood Livingston's country estate on the manor granted by Queen Anne.
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Trivola-on-Hudson
N. Y
St. Paul's Church
Laura Suffern Livingston
Robert Livingston
New York
Howland Shippen Davis
Howland Davis
Plymouth
Mass
Northwood
Livingston Country Place
Livingston
Young Hebrews to Meet in Trenton Tomorrow
In Trenton New Jersey the annual conventions of the Young Men's Hebrew Association and the Young Women's Hebrew Association will be held tomorrow. Mayor Donnelly will deliver the welcome address with other speakers including Doctor Goldwasser of New York and A M Klurbak president of the New England association along with M Kimblestein of the Pennsylvania association.
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Young Hebrews
Trenton
N. J
Young Men’s Hebrew Association
Young Women's Hebrew Association
Donnelly
Doctor Goldwasser
New York
Board of Experts of the Nations
A. M. Klubrak
New England Association
M. Kimblestein
Pennsylvania Association
Difficulties of Aviators Reported from the Front
An aviator returning from the front describes reconnaissance challenges in Paris on September 26. He says flights must stay about a mile and a quarter high to observe, while lower altitudes invite rifle fire more effective than artillery.
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Paris
Ostend Protest Against Bombs Reported in Times
Ostend's burgomaster, via the American consul, sent an energetic protest to President Wilson condemning Germany's bombing of Ostend as an unjustified violation of rights. The Times Ostend correspondent notes the protest as strong and timely.
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Ostend
London
the Times
Wilson
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