Twenty Corps to Invade Germany in Russia's Rising Campaign
London dispatches report Russian forces, 700,000 strong at Lublin to Lemberg, defeating Austrians near Lublin and Kholm with 5,000 Austrian prisoners. Czernowitz falls. Germans rush troops east while rail lines shift to support the eastward drive.
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Plans for War Tax Levy Debated by Ways and Means
Washington Sept 5 Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee wrangled over a bill to raise 100 million dollars in emergency revenue. Debates focused on taxing railroad tickets gasoline wines and tobacco with potential levies on magazines and motion pictures. The committee aims to complete a bill next week while avoiding political harm from unpopular taxes.
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Allies Sign Pact to Fight to End the War
London reports Britain France and Russia signed a mutual pledge to stand together until victory. They vow not to negotiate peace separately, ensuring any peace terms are agreed by all allies first and warning against German overtures. The pact signals united resolve to deter separate interests and present a united front.
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Slaughter Fails to Stop Germans
Special Correspondent reports on German forces advancing through Belgium and northern France, noting the rapid movement and repeated actions by German troops as they occupy Brussels and push through recently contested areas. The account, written as a neutral observer, describes the mobility of German units and ongoing railway repairs amid the conflict.
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Belgium
France
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Czar rewards heroic Jews with army and navy commissions
Petrograd reports Jews to be admitted as officers in both branches of the Russian armed forces for the first time. The decree cites gallantry of Jewish soldiers in actions prior to the capture of Lemberg. Civil law restrictions on Jews to be removed, granting full citizenship rights. public sentiment shifts toward acceptance and praise.
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Antwerp Forts Rake Foe Trapped in Flood
Amsterdam correspondent reports a strong German force moving from Brussels toward Antwerp, attempting to cut coastal communications. Belgians flood areas southwest of Malines, forcing Germans back as guns bog in mud. Termonde flooded out, German retreat followed. Heavy fighting continues near Capelle-au-Bois with many enemy casualties and limited Belgian losses.
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Austria Forcing War Upon Italy Headlines Stir Rage
Dispatches from Rome and London report rising intervention sentiment in Italy as Italians arrested in Goers and Istria are executed without trial. Public opinion shifts toward abandoning neutrality and joining Britain with Garibaldi veterans supporting action against Germany.
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Foreign Legion
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Spain recalls envoy to France amid cabinet dispute
Madrid reports the recall of Senior Villa y Urrutia as Spain's ambassador to France and the naming of Marquis de Vallierra as successor. Urrutia favored leaving Paris for Bordeaux, while the government insisted he stay in Paris.
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Bordeaux
Allies deny use of dum dum bullets
London September 5 the British government denied German charges that dum dum bullets were found on ten English and French prisoners. The statement said neither the British nor the French army possesses or has issued any bullets except approved rifle and revolver ammunition that comply with the Hague convention.
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Day Wanted for Prayers for Peace
Washington Sept 5 Many requests have been received at the White House that President Wilson designate a day of prayer for peace in Europe.
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Passengers From New York Seized At Brest
Paris reports 400 Germans and 250 Austrians found aboard the Holland-America liner Nieuw Amsterdam. The ship detained by the French liner Savoie now in government service. Prisoners sent to Cruzon Finistere. Nieuw Amsterdam left New York August 25 bound for Boulogne and Rotterdam.
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Finistere
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Rotterdan
Germans ship badges show 62000 dead identified
London report from Antwerp via Brussels says 62000 aluminum identification plates for Germans killed in combat have reached Brussels from France. The plates are destined for Berlin.
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Antwerp
Brussels
France
Berlin
Invaders Press Toward Southeast of Paris
Official Madrid dispatches report Maubeuge forts fallen and bombardment extreme. German forces move southeast away from Paris, evacuating Compiegne and Senlis. Allied positions around Paris hardening with entrenched works. observers note pause after Compiegne and Zillis fighting.
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Vosges
Rheims Fallen Say Germans Say Rheims Fallen
A German dispatch released in Washington states Rheims has fallen into German hands with no resistance. Army Bu low reports 12,000 German captive soldiers, 260 heavy guns and 160 light guns. The message, telegraphed via Sayville, comes from German Ambassador Count von Bernstorff and is transcribed by F D Edler.
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