Viennese letters and recall touch US German diplomatic row
Officials said Dumba and von Papen cases hinge on Vienna replies with potential action against a Hungarian newspaper editor in the United States. Archibald carried a letter to Count Bernstorff, while Lansing warned against using an American passport for belligerent communications.
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Dumba
Count von Bernstorff
Archibald
Lansing
Vienna
Dr. Dumba
von Papen
Nuber
Lord Sackville West
Department
Zeppelin Shot at by Dutch Guards Near Belgium Border
Maas code reports from Roozendaal that a Zeppelin coming from Belgium at high altitude was fired upon by Dutch frontier guards last night. The airship then veered southward.
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Amsterdam
Maascode
Roozendaal
Belgium
French and German Front Actions Across War Fronts
Reports from Paris and Berlin describe heavy fighting near Nieuwport Steenstrade Ar ras Roye Champagne and the La Harazee St Hubert road with French and German forces clashing. German air activity targeted Compiegne hospitals while a German plane was captured near Hangest en Santerre and several enemy aircraft driven from St Menehould. In Alsace and the Melchanka region German assaults yielded prisoner captures and machine guns.
Alexandra torpedoed off Spain near Murcia
The Cunard steamer Alexandra was torpedoed Thursday about 70 miles from Cape Palos near Murcia Spain. Twenty eight crew members have been landed at Mazarron Spain per the Madrid Havas Agency correspondent.
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Paris
Alexandra
Cunard Steamship Company
Cape Palos
Murcia
Spain
Madrid
Havas Agency
Mazarron
Frown on Arabic Note by Germany in Submarine Row
The article notes Germany faces a cool reaction from the United States as it nears a new note on the submarine dispute. Officials anticipate Washington will issue an ultimatum-like demand, signaling a firmer stance.
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Germany
Washington
New Haven Directors Given Bill in Sherman Law Case
The supplementary bill of particulars for William Rockefeller and 12 other past and present officers and directors of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company was filed in U S District Court. The filing follows Judge Hunt ordering the bill on August 24.
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New York
William Rockefeller
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
United States District Court
William H. Hunt
German Arabic Note Sparks Renewed Lusitania Question
Washington officials condemn Berlin’s latest note on the Arabic case as evasive and unsatisfactory. They view Germany’s self defense plea as a transparent pretense and question the meaning of the Sept. 1 promise while awaiting any new Berlin communication.
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Germany
Lusitania
Wilson
Lansing
Berlin
Washington
United States
Government Eyes October Trial Over New Haven Monopoly Claims
The government aims to try the case in the October term after defendants receive full evidence. Delays may occur due to motions by severed defendants. Supplementary particulars list over 2,200 corporate actions by New Haven directors since Sherman law. It alleges a June 1997 minute hid a purchase of 2334 New England Railroad preferred shares at or under 60 dollars per share, with attendees Clark Morgan Rockefeller Brush Choate.
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New Haven
Finance Committee
New England Railroad Company
Charles P. Clark
J. P. Morgan
William Rockefeler
George J. Brush
Charles F. Choate
New England Company
Bulgaria Aims to Take All of Macedonia
report from Sofia notes Serbia would cede territory to the Vardar river in Macedonia and seek a common border with Greece. Bulgarian officials declare Bulgaria wants all of Macedonia, with Greece likely sharing a similar stance.
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Bulgaria
Macedonia
Softa
Serbia
Vardar
Greece
Turkish War Office Says Action at Anafarta and Aii Burnu
An official Turkish war office statement reports artillery fire at Anafarta causing ammunition explosions in enemy trenches south of Hazmak Dere. At Aii Burnu the enemy dropped shells on our left wing with feeble artillery, and Seddiul Bahr saw minor activity. The overall fronts remain unchanged.
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Constantinople
London
Turkish War Office
Anafarta
Hazmak Dere
Aii Burnu
Seddiul Bahr
Janitor Hanged for Church Murder in Sacramento
David Fountain, a church janitor, was hanged at Folsom prison for the murder of 10-year-old Margaret Milling in the basement of the German Lutheran Church in Sacramento. The crime occurred December 56, 1914, with Fountain executed on September 10.
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Sacramento
Cal
David Fountain
Folsom
Margaret Milling
Germans repulsed in west as warfront shifts
German assaults in the Vosges and Artois fail to break French lines at Hartmannsweiler Kopf where ground was regained after asphyxiating gas attacks. French and Russian actions continue across the Sereth and Pripet theatres as Austro German forces push toward Riga and Vilna amid autumn rains.
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London
Vosges Mountains
Artois
Argonne Forest
Hartmannsweiler Kopf
Sereth
Galicia
Dubno
Rovno
Pripet
Vilna
Brest-Vilna
Riga
Dyinsk
Wida
Rovna
Lemburg
Thas
Ruzsky
Evert
Tivanoff
Dardanelles
Sofia
Associated Press
Serbia
Macedonia
Vardar
Bulgaria
Greece
Monastir
German Statement Claims French Trenches in Vosges Captured
Berlin reports French trenches near Schratzmannle Hartmansweiler Kopf and west of Souchez seized by German troops. Two officers and 109 men taken prisoner. six machine guns captured. most occupants killed or bayoneted.
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St. Menehould
Paris
Souchez
Berlin
Alsatian
London
Schratzmannele
Hartmansweiler Kopf
Vosges
Violent German Offensive and Allied Counteractions
Paris reports heavy cannonade in Belgium and France from Nieuwport to Arras and Roye with fighting in the Argonne. German bombardment at Hartmanns-Weilerkopf repulsed and German planes harassed by French batteries near St Menehould. One German biplane forced to land. aviators captured. A bombing of Compiegne hospitals caused no casualties.
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Nieuwport
Steenstrade
Belgium
Arras
Roye
Champagne
France
Paris
la Harazee
St. Hubert
Argonne
Hartsmanns-Weilerkopf
Alsatian
Compiegne
Hangest-en-Santerre
Steenstraete
Auberive
Souain
Fontaine-Aux-Charmes
Flirey
St. Die
Hartmanns-Weilerkopf
Hangest- En Santerre
St. Menehould
Austrian War Bulletin Reports Russian Setbacks West of Rovno
The Austrian statement says Russian forces west of Rovno were repulsed across the Stadel lowlands. Austro German troops repelled attacks near Tarnopol and near Sbarasz, with Germans capturing Bucniew. Italians attacked Tolmino bridgehead with losses. Do Berdo sector sees repulsed actions. Austro-Hungarian forces in Lithuania advanced toward Bozany. Topedo boat No 51 torpedoed and damaged by a hostile torpedo boat but reached port.
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Vienna
London
Rovno
Stadel
Zalesce
Sbarasz
Tarnopol
Bucniew
Sereth
Bessarabian
Lithuania
Basiolda
Orla
Bozany
Tolmino
Doberdo
Belgian Army Statement on Yser Front Actions
The Belgian military authorities issued a statement noting light German artillery activity on Rams capelle Pervyse Oudstuyvekenckerke Oudecapelle Reningthe Pypegaete and other advance posts. Belgian artillery answered with heavy bombardment along the Yser Canal trenches dispersing several enemy detachments.
Skirmishing Continues Along Serbia Austro border
Serbian officials report ongoing clashes with Austrian forces along the Danube river left bank Pek mouth and Drina front. The Sept 7 and 8 actions targeted Austrian fortification efforts along the Save front and surrounding positions.
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Nish
Serbia
Paris
Danube
Pek
Drina
Save
Russians Turn On German Pursuers In Galicia
Petrograd reports the Sereth front where Russian forces repulsed enemy assaults and conducted counter-offensives above Trembowla and near Tchortkoff. About 5000 prisoners were taken, including 16 officers, with the situation described as calm and confident as initiative shifts to the Russians.
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War Office
Sereth
Galicia
Trembowla
Tchortkoff
German airmen shell Russian naval base in Baltic raid
Berlin reports a German naval airship attacked a Russian naval base at a Baltic port on Thursday night. The airship dropped bombs on the railway works and returned unharmed after being fired upon.
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Berlin
London
Baltic
Allies Seek One Billion Dollar Loan For War Aid
The Anglo French Commission on the steam ship Lapland signals its intent to borrow about a billion dollars to finance American purchases for Britain France and possibly Russia Italy. The plan hinges on American collateral and the uncertain exchange market as Britain France and Italy face struck payment challenges.
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Lapland
Russia
Italy
France
Great Britain
Argentina
South America
Egypt
United States
Commission
America
Financial stalemate delays seizing vault assets abroad
The article explains that England and France face a key financial problem in reclaiming vault assets for government control. Despite high premiums from sales, they must overcome the hurdle of transferring these assets while exchange rates for spirits remain unusually low, complicating the process.
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England
France
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Shepard Norwell Company
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Kobrin
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Don
Brazil
LOEST
United Shirt & Collar CO
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Commercial Department
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