Fall of Warsaw Ends Russian Hold on Polish Capital
Reports from London and Berlin detail the capture of Warsaw by German forces under Prince Leopold of Bavaria after a prolonged assault on the outer and inner fort lines. The fall marks a major German success in the Eastern front amid a broader push to drive Russians from Poland and encircle their armies.
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Associated Press
London
Warsenhee
Prince of Bavaria
Best Might
Ressian
Wareen
Berlin
Warsaw
Prince
Bug
Vostes
Lingchopl
Poland
Galicia Wexan
Galicia
Great
von Mackenzen
Lemberg
Berler
Aouth
Ealt
von Hindenburg
Priasnyse
Teutonicem
Nicholas
Xarew
Gual Oetrelenka
Novogorievsk
Kane
Radom
Lublin
Teutons
Blomieline
Naren
Oreurvienka
Prince Leopold of
Bavaria
East Pressia
East Prussia
Cracow
Tolizh
Germany
Przemyelj
Hungary
Baltic
Warta
Vistula
Lodz
Brura-Bawka
Ten Hindenburg
Prinsmisse
Petrograd
Prussia
Kingdom of
Lomza
Ostrov
Wysokow
Incomplete Eastland Inquiry Delayed by Grand Jury
Secretary of Commerce Redfield announced no more witnesses will be called in the Eastland disaster inquiry until the federal grand jury finishes its investigation. A preliminary report will be issued later, not assigning blame, with suggestions for a final report to President Wilson and Congress. The plan is to adjourn temporarily and resume after proceeding concluded.
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aBy Associated Press
Chicago
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Eastland
Federal Grand Jury
Thes
Hater
Wilson
Congress
Washington
Landis
Feifield
United States Naval Constructor
Ackerson
Teday
Enarges
United States New Home
Bedfield
George Abler
Steamboat Inspection Service
Chier Woray
Taxation of State Banks Faces Senate Action in Wisconsin
Special to The Northern reports Wisconsin assembly passes a bank taxation bill under the state income tax law, with a Kellogg amendment raising the rate from 0.19 to 0.25. Senate debate cites revenue loss estimates, uniformity concerns, and stockholder tax implications. Other measures include cattle show reimbursements, educational tax exemptions, and jitney licensing changes. act set to take effect October 1, 1916.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
Senate
Kellogg
X. P. Haugen
The
Tax Commission
P. F
Milwaukee
United States
Office of States
Iables
Wisconsin
Chicago
House
Bennett
Council In Commission
Board of Education
Council
Bray
Railroad Commission
Ftneys
Pitt
Hope
Pever
Ohio Trains Collide In Washington D C Crash Injures Riders
An Baltimore and Ohio passenger train bound west struck a Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton freight at Washington D C. A passenger coach was thrown from the tracks, tumbling over a fifteen foot embankment. Conductor Doty of Covington Ky. suffered the only serious injury. Several passengers were hurt but none wore Pullman sleeping car staff.
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aBy Associates
Columbus
Heron
Baltimore & Ohio
Cincinnati
Fall of Warsaw Seen as Certain by London
London reported Warsaw’s fall as virtually assured with German forces pressing along the Warsaw Petrograd rail line and near Riga. Russians retreated from key fronts as Germans moved to seize Dvina junctions, Lomza fortress outer defenses, and threaten the Petrograd–Warsaw corridor while Turkish craft losses in the Black Sea were noted.
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London
Warsaw
Warsaw-Petrograd
Ekan
Mii
Riga
Germany
Warsaw -Petrograd
Kupisch
Dvinsk
Dvinak
Petrograd-Warsaw
Tre Narew Ker
Ostrolenka
Lomza
Leopold
Berlin
Ivangorod
Dai Petrograd
Ivangord
Constantinople
Suly
Thom
Bavach
Maytorena General Slain as Fighting Rages in Mexico
Reports from Washington summarize clashes near Nogales and Zacatecas between Villa and Carranza forces. General Maytorena’s staff and other leaders are reported dead or wounded. Carranza claims move of government seat to Mexico City within thirty days as conditions improve in the capital.
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Westes
Associated Press
Washington, DC
Nogales
Ceneral Selazar
Maxiorena
Ate Teporie
Gle Deathie Anga
Chiregety
Villa
Eerie Bretundy
Pachuca
Ghreson
Zacatecas
Vila
Vera Crus
Mexico City
Acusa
Catransa
Flood at Erie Takes Sixty Lives in Devastating Flood
Erie Pa Aug 5 Twenty four bodies recovered eighteen identified many foreigners believed lost after Tuesday night flood along the creeks. Police firemen and volunteers search wreckage under sun. City braces for typhoid vaccination and pestilence safeguards as relief offers come in and losses rise to about five million dollars.
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Associated Press
Eric
Mimnox
Hood
Corrace Manley
Ninth Street
Erie
Ain Creek
Stern
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania) Health Department
Eri- Health Bureau
Hami
Sterns
State Street
Haaley
Ruling as to the Dacia Seizure Sparks US Protest
Washington Aug 4 the American protest against the French prize court ruling confirming the seizure of the American cotton steamer Dacia will be argued on the grounds that a misinterpretation of international law has denied justice. The dispute centers on the right of the United States to a registry claim for a vessel sold to an American citizen by Hamburg American Steamship Company and the legality of a transfer made thirty days before hostilities began.
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Eysecrated
Washington, D. C
Dacia
Carrig
United States
Hamburg-American “Steamship Company
France
Rokda
Wisconsin Funeral Directors Elect Officers at Green Bay
A. Lesage of Superior was elected president of the Wisconsin Funeral Directors and Embalmers association at the thirty fourth annual convention. Officers named include First Vice President Peter Sibenai and Second Vice President Gte Eltertaon of La Crosse, with RL H. Frauiseni of Maison as secretary. Delegates to the San Francisco national convention were named, La Crosse designated next convention city.
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B. Levenge
Superior
Green Bay
Northwestern
Wis
Lesage
Wisconsin Funeral Directors and Embalmers’ Association
Peter Sibenai
Menominee
Mich
Gte Eltertaon
la Crosse
RL H . Fra
Bicycle Recovered After Theft Report
Arthur Davis reported his bicycle stolen from in front of a Main Street business. The wheel was found behind a bulletin board at the First Presbyterian Church and brought to the station by Patrolman Pfeil before 11 o'clock this morning.
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Arthur Davis
Mr. Davis
First Presbyterian Church
Pfeil
Widow of Capt Henry A Jacobson speaks on death at Fox River
Mrs. Jacobson widow of Capt Henry A Jacobson traveled from Green Bay to Oshkosh after the body was found near the Chicago and Northwestern bridge over the Fox River. She denies family distress or drinking caused his death and says the family life was pleasant. A daughter and the captain’s son-in-law from Milwaukee provide context amid reports of suicide and an expected inquest.
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Mta
Jacobson
Henry A. Jacobson
Green Hay
Chicago & Northwestern
Milwaukee
Ele
Emperor William Delivers Prussian Baton to Archduke Frederik
Emperor William I personally presented a Prussian field marshal baton to Archduke Frederik of Austria at a Galician town serving as Austrian HQ. Rainy greeting by locals followed by brief address. The emperor noted elevations in titles for Reichstag speaker and other high officials.
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St Tetental
Associated Press
Emperor Wiliam
Frederik
Austria
Mage
Theobasido von Hethmann
Harvard seeks to transfer McKay bequest to MIT
Harvard University proposes transferring a 357400 fund from Gordon McKay’s will to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The bequest, intended for an industrial art and sciences school, is under review by Attorney General Atwell. Cambridge officials favor MIT as the better custodian.
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Harvard
Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Harvard Universitry
Maeschusetts Institute of Technology
Gordon McKay
Temerat Atwell
McKay
Institute of Technology Ie
Cambridge
British Steamship Sunk in Atlantic by Disaster
London reports the British steamship Costello of SS tonseet sunk with heavy loss. All crew saved except one sailor who drowned. Details unclear due to fragmented telegraph wording but confirms maritime disaster and salvage of remaining crew.
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Associated Preas
London
Costello
Pan American talks drift over Mexico peace plans
Washington August conference seeks Pan American help to restore constitutional government in Mexico. Delegates from Villa and Carranza camps press claims while Latin American mediators prepare to push disarmament, civil restoration, and elections under a Pan American commission or policing force.
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Washington, D. C
A. S
Wilcom
United States
Mexico
Lansing
Hio Grande
Naoa
Wilson
Fces
Villa
Carranza
Cartansa
Carranxa
Answer to Austria Readies Embargo Reply Warns Neutrality Stance
The United States has nearly finished a formal reply to Austria Hungary regarding an embargo on war exports. The note rejects Austria’s insistence that neutral trade in contraband could be allowed, reaffirming U S neutrality and stating that Congress could not empower limits that would breach neutrality or violate international law.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Austria-Hungary
State Department
Vienna
United States
Vor Bernsforze
Austria
Congress
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