Mellen Immunity and Grand Jury Quizzing New Haven Row
Charles S. Mellen testifies before a federal grand jury amid calls for immunity while New Haven directors face questions. The probe centers on past and present officials as Grand Jury evidence hints at a shifting board and possible reductions in directors.
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Charles F. Brooker
James Elton
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Washington Dispatches
Postotie
Mellen
New Haven
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Sendity & Co
Stock Exchange
Henry Clay Frick
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Ders
Worst Gale Sweeps North Sea Destroys German Coasts
Copenhagen dispatch reports the heaviest gale on record sweeping Denmark and the North Sea. German coast damage noted with air manwavers around Kiel abandoned. Coastal wrecks and rising peril as bodies wash ashore near Esbjerg and telegraph links fail northward.
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Tribune
Copenhagen
Denmark
North Sea
Kiel
Jutland
Esbjerg
Zeppelins Invade Lands Of Two Foes
London reports from Amsterdam that Zeppelin airships carried out additional raids. Bombs fell on Deynze near Ghent and Thielt near Bruges, damaging the Convent of St. Vincent. A separate raid near Bialystok caused consternation inside the Russian frontier, while one Zeppelin was shot down near Warsaw. A Royal Flying Corps officer describes a massive battlefield aerial view from September 4, noting vast shell bursts and heavy fighting as German and Allied forces clash along a broad front.
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Amsterdam
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Ghent
Thielt
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Convent of St. Vincent
Bialystok
Grodno
Ita
Warsaw
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Compiegne
Belfort
Laon
Soissone
Jnly
Fying Corps
Russians Press Deep Into Galicia As Przemysl Falls
A Rome telegraph dispatch reports fierce battles from Grodno to the Niemen and says four Russian army corps press the German front while reinforcements arrive. Przemysl is invested and Austrians retreat toward Hungary as Galician fronts crumble and Cracow looms in danger.
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Grodno
Druskewhi
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Vilna
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Carpat
Hungary
Cracow
Kalisz
Russian Poland
Thorn
West Pi
Reuter
Galicia
Carpathian Mountains
Clemenceau Too Fiery For Censor In Toulouse
Georges Clemenceau’s newspaper in Toulouse was suspended for eight days by General Axilloud after the governor asked removal of seven passages deemed too violent. Clemenceau refused to censor, prompting the suspension of the paper.
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Georges Clemenceau
E/Homone Libre
Paris
Axilloud
Clemenceau
M. Clemenceau
Ncue
Servians Again Capture Semlin in Slavonia
Paris note that Servians retook Semlin in Slavonia strengthening their offensive stance. Initial reports claimed evacuation by the Serbians but later actions show renewed control over the fortress and surrounding area.
War robS 2,000,000 in Germany of work
A Munich report suppressed by police cites German postwar unemployment reaching 1.6 million in manufacturing towns as the war skywrecks labor. The figure reflects men and women displaced by the disruption of industry and the wartime collapse of output.
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Germany
Catto
Geneva
Munich
Xmas in Berlin says Rennenkampf
Fragmentary OCR text references Xmas in Berlin and a figure named Rennenkampf. It mentions a judgment or report in Berlin and a Russian connection, with a general offering help from his office to soldiers. The readable portion is garbled and uncertain.
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Rennenkampf
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Kaiser’s Nephew Makes Vain Dash for Liberty
LiOrient France Sept 1 Count Von Schwerin the German Emperor's nephew, once a prisoner at the Marne, tried to escape from Belle Isle. He is now transferred to the citadel at Port Louis under guard in a fortified town near L'Orient.
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Paris
Count von Schwerin
Marne
Belle Isle
Port Louis
L'Orient
Attack Begins on Forts of Antwerp
Antwerp reports heavy siege bombardment on Waelham St Catherine and St Wavre as German artillery targets fortifications. Refugees at Duffel station were killed in a bombardment, while armored trains and Belgian artillery contest German positions. Amsterdam dispatches note Lierre and Fort Wache under fire as siege of Antwerp looms depending on Northern France battle outcomes.
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Waelham
St. Catherine
St. Wavre
Duffel
Grmane
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Moll
Louvain
Malinos
Lierre
Fort Wache
St Catherine
Lilerre
Handelsblad
France
Germany
Scheldt
Brialmont
Hydroaeroplanes Make Bow in War
Cable report from Grimsby describes seven German hydroaeroplanes halting the Swedish steamer Bodel and forcing the Swedish captain to alter course toward Heligoland. The Dutch skipper says six planes later returned, one boarding the vessel as if capturing a prisoner before departing.
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Tribune
London
Grimsby
Heligoland
Victory News From Paris Amid Heavy Censorship
A cable dispatch from Paris reports the Allies resisting German attempts along the north and south fronts. Cuaulnes lies between Albert and Combles while Lassigny sits between Roye and Ribecourt, with hopes rising that the worst is over and better news may come.
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Albert
Combles
Roy
Lassigny
Roye
Ribecourt
Belgians Evacuate Alost in Response to Termonde Atrocity
Ghent Sept 22. Belgian authorities ordered the total evacuation of Alost and surrounding villages to avoid a Termonde-like massacre. Civilians, including 40,000 people, fled toward Ghent as German forces approached. The exodus began Sunday night and continued under bombardment with homes left open and belongings ready to be seized. An elderly Englishman on a bicycle was forced into an armored car by Belgian officers.
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Poland
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Przemysl
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Thrance
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Alost
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Termonde
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Prudens van Duyse
Germans in rout on right in Somme district Paris reports
A Paris dispatch describes the German right broken with Allied pursuit using armored cars and buses. It claims German forces surrounded in Somme department, Peroans recaptured, while Allies hold and press in northern France amid heavy fighting near Meuse and Argonne.
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France
Somme
Peroans
Roitlaight
War Office
Pont-a-Mousson
Meuse
St. Mihiel
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