Russia Wins In Big Battle Amid Weather Aid
Washington reports a German note on the Arabic case unsatisfactory and a Russian victory near Tarnopol with 8,000 prisoners and 30 guns captured. Weather favors the Russian offensive as battles rage from Courland to the Romanian frontier with heavy losses on both sides.
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Russia
Petrograd
Tarnopol
War Office
Czar
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Courland
Volhynia
Podolia
Vienna
Podkamien
Radziwilow
von Hindenburg
Dvina
von Mackensen
Paris
Argonne
London
Riga
Vilna
Dvinsk
Fried- Tichstadt
Caucasus
Dardanelles
Straits
Neuville
Aisne
Paissy and
Godat
Orania Returns to Spanish Port After Submarine Warning
Corunna Spain wireless warning sent Orania back to the port after leaving when a German submarine was reported off Cape Finisterre. The steamer sighted a sailboat carrying twenty or more persons believed to be survivors from a torpedoed vessel, but Orania continued its voyage.
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Orania
Corunna
Spain
Cape Finisterre
FIGHTS ON SERBIAN BORDER DRAW AUSTRIAN FORCES
Skirmishing along the Serbia border continues as Serbians clash with new Austrian troops. An official note says principal operations targeted Austrian fortification along the left bank of the Danube and at the Pek mouth, plus sites on the Drina front and along the Save.
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Nish
Serbia
Danube
Pek
Drina
Save
Russians win in Galicia claim big victory on Sereth front
London reports a second Russian success in Eastern Galicia after Tarnopol with a swift German retreat toward the River Trypa. Official figures say since September 3 Russian forces on the Sereth front have captured 283 officers, over 17,000 men, and many guns.
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London
Galicia
Petrograd
Tarnopol
Trypa
Sereth
Pith of the War News
A sweeping war bulletin notes a Zeppelin raid on east coast England centered on London, the third in five days. It also updates on Austro Italian front actions, Champagne cannonading, Vosges terrain gains, Russian offensives on the Sereth and Galicia, and Dardanelles activity amid expected allied attacks.
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England
London
Champagne
Auberive
St. Hillaire
Dardanelles
Allied Envoys Seek World Bank Loan To Aid War Trade
The Anglo French Finance and Credit Commission, led by Lord Reading, arrived in New York aboard the Lapland to consult with U S bankers on arranging an initial loan of at least 500 million dollars. The mission aims to stabilize exchanges between New York London and Paris during wartime and may lead to several large loans.
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New York
Anglo-French Finance and Credit Commission
England
Lapland
J. Pierpont Morgan
America
Baron Reading
Bay
Lord Reading
United States
London
Paris
Lord Reading of
Erleigh
Edward Holden
Bart
Henry Babington Smith
K. G B
Basil P. Blackett
C. B
M. Octave Homberg
M. Ernest Mallet
Banque de France
Blackett
Six Hour Siege Ends in Nelson's Suicide as Police Fire
In San Francisco sixty officers hunted George Nelson, a 25 year old suspect in a Los Angeles bank robbery. A dawn confrontation ended with Nelson dead from a self-inflicted gunshot after a five thousand window to window gun battle. Policeman Peter Hammond and lodger Hugh Macbeth were wounded. Spectators watched from surrounding streets as officers stormed the rooming house.
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San Francisco
George Nelson
Los Angeles
Nelson
Edwin H. Hughes
Methodist Episcopal Church
Peter Hammond
Hugh Macbeth
Saulsbury Returns From Orient Sees Friendly Japan
Senator Saulsbury and Mrs Saulsbury of Delaware return from China and Japan via Honolulu with a Congressional investigating committee. He predicts continued friendly relations with Japan and calls for a larger navy with Congress poised to vote on preparedness.
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Saulsbury
Orient
Wilmington
Delaware
China
Japan
Far East
Honolulu
Congressional
Congress
New York Man Sails 12-Foot Dinghy to Boston
Captain Charles Flemming Day of New York reached Boston Yacht Club at City Point in Sea Pup a twelve foot dinghy accompanied by Oakley Fisher of Milwaukee and Harris Mickelsen of New York. The reliability run demonstrated the seaworthiness of this small boat from New York to Boston.
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New York
Boston
Charles Flemming Day
Boston Yacht Club
City Point
Oakley Fisher
Milwaukee
Harris Mickelsen
Sunk Arabic in Self-Defense Report Notes German Justification
A German note to the United States argues the sinking of the Arabic by a U boat was self defense. It states orders to warship commanders on attacking passenger liners and claims the liner showed intent to attack. The note mentions reparations discussions and Hague arbitration.
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Washington
Germany
Lansing
Amphassadohk Bérnstorff
Lusitania
Bernsterff
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Berlin
London
White Star Line
James W. Gerard
Hague
Admiralty
Murder Plot Revealed In Nichols Tragedy
In New York Mrs. Elizabeth Nichols millionaire widow dies at 4 East Seventy-ninth Street after an attack by three robbers. Servant Onni Talas confessed to Inspector Faurot after an all night interrogation. Talas and the would be bandits face homicide charges while Nichols’ death is linked to the assault though caused by Brights disease and heart trouble.
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New York
Elizabeth Nichols
East Seventy-ninth Street
Onni Talas
Joseph Faurot
Talas
Nichols
Bright
Wilson Demands Recall of Dumba for Illegal Strike Plot
Washington reports President Wilson has asked Austria-Hungary to recall Ambassador Constantin Dumba after he admitted conspiring to incite U S strikes to disrupt munition production and using an American to ferry dispatches. The note cites diplomatic propriety violations and questions possible German complicity through Archibald.
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Austria-Hungary
State Department
Dr. Dumba
Dumba
Frederic C. Penfield
Vienna
Lansing
Constantin Dumba
United States
Washington
Penfield
Archibald
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
Wilson
Recall of Ambassador Dumba Sours U S Relations
Secretary Lansing announced that Austria Hungary ambassador Constantine Dumba will be recalled for proposing to incite strikes on American munitions plants and using an American bearer. The note presses Vienna to accept recall, citing diplomatic propriety and interference with U S domestic affairs.
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Washington
Lansing
Dumba
Department
Penfield
Vienna
Constantine Dumba
Archibald
Qumba
United States
Austria-Hungary
Dr. Dumba
Wilson
Dumpa
Burian
World News In Condensed Form Headlines
Ship St Paul arrives from Liverpool with 705 aboard after suspected plotters delay. Skirmish reports near Fa tomada between Greek and Bulgarian patrols confirmed. investigation ordered. Helen Lynch Becker resumes teaching at Public School No. 90 in New York. Carranza declines peace invitation. Mexico unity talks urged. Inter-collegiate Socialist Society pushes world peace agitation. One sailor killed and nine injured when Decatur torpedo boat destroyed interior by explosion. Submarine F-4 dead placed aboard Supply for return home. Spain to New York steamship line announced. direct service between Vigo and New York planned.
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New York
St. Paul
Liverpool
Kavala
Greece
Paris
Fatoma
Helen Lynch Becker
West 148Th Street
Vera Cruz
Venustiano Carranza
United States
Mexico
The
Inter-collegiate Socialist Society
Manila
Decatur
Honolulu
Madrid
Spain
U. S
Vico
Other Conspirators Indicated in Note
Washington reports an intercepted note from Dr. Dumba to Count Burian detailing alleged conspirators. It mentions Austro-Hungarian Consul General in New York von Nuber receiving proposals to arrange strikes and suggests plans to disrupt munition manufacture in Bethlehem and the Middle West, aiming to cripple U.S. industry.
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Archibald
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Kaiser
Bernstorff
Wireless
Auculne
Euan
Gerard
Bares
Foreign Office
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