Allied Offense as 250000 Russian Troops Reach France
London dispatch reports a major European war clash east of Paris with German forces pressing the Allied line from Nanteuil Le Gaudouin to Verdun. Russian troops reportedly landed in France to flank Germans in Belgium while Austrian and Russian actions unfold on the Eastern Front, with Turkish forces massing near Constantinople and other fronts developing rapidly.
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Associated Press
London
Paris
Nanteuil-Le-Gaudouin
Verdun
Compagne
Hehong
Calhes
Tuer Marne
France
Lemberg
Austran Galcia
Liptau
Kholm
Berlin
Washington
Balkans
Tehatalja
Constantinople
Ghent
Belgium
Exchange Telegraph Company
Czar Sends Quarter Million Men to Aid France
A Russian army of 250000 men is reported in France per The Rome Tribune. Reports claim German forces near Paris face strategic setbacks as Russian troops land and push toward Montargis, with Paris reports of armistice requests refused. Russian advances across the Carpathians and at Nicola left press German positions, while tensions rise between Kaiser Wilhelm and his ministers over diplomacy and Russia.
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France
Associated Press
London
Rome
Paris
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Oureg
Montara
Marne
Meaux
Sezanne
Carpathians
Carpathian Mountains
Galleia
Nicolateft
Lemberg
Nicola
Bertin
Messageéhro
von Bethmann-Hollweg
von Jagow
Germany
Repulsf
Washington, D. C
Kestranek
Dankl
Mitrovica
Bordeaux
Ourcq
Grand Morin
Hine
Meaux-Vitry
le Francois
Campine
Limburg
Ambassador Marye to sail for Russia aboard Mauretania
George J. Marye, newly appointed American ambassador to Russia, notified the State Department he will sail on the Mauretania September 9 for St Petersburg via London. The dispatch confirms his voyage plans from Washington.
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Washington, D. C
George J. Marye
Russia
State Department
Mauretania
St. Peters
President Wilson Proclaims Day of Prayer for Peace
The president signs a proclamation urging a national day of prayer on October 4 as war rages in Europe. He calls on all to seek divine guidance, heal nations, and unite in worship to urge peace and mercy, with officials pledging to support the cause.
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Associated Press
Washington
D. C
Wilson
United States
Europe
Woodgyw Wilson
United States of America
Woodrow Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
Water cut in Mexico City stirs US officials
Officials dispatch reports from Washington state that Mexico City's water supply has been cut off by Zapatista bands. Carranza and Villa may unite to form a strong central government, with U.S. recognition possibly following a strengthened military response to the Zapatista movement. Land reforms Zapata demands are seen as likely to be accepted by Carranza.
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Associates Press
Washington, D. C
Mexico City
Zapatista
Carranza
Villa
United States
Zapata
Dithmar Named Temporary Assistant Attorney General
J. T. Dithmar of Elroy was appointed temporary assistant attorney general to succeed Byron Stebbins who resigned. He becomes third assistant while W. W. Gilman is promoted to first assistant and J. E. Messerschmidt to second. Dithmar is Ed Dithmer’s brother, a Republican lieutenant governor candidate. The appointment, made without examination, marks three years as a civil service candidate for the post.
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Madison
Wis
J. T. Dithmar
Elroy
Byron Stebbins
Dithmar
W. W. Gilman
Boscobel
J. E. Messerschmidt
Ed Dithmer
Tennessees Cruiser Sails to Havre for Breckenridge Meet
The USS Tennessee sailed yesterday from Weymouth to Havre to meet Henry Breckenridge the American assistant secretary of war. Breckenridge has supervised relief distribution to Americans on the continent. Havre reports few Americans there as German forces move away from Paris.
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H. S. Breckinridge
London
Wav
Associated Press
Walter H. Page
Waa
Tennessee
Weymouth
Havre
Henry 83 Breckenridge
England
Paris
France
American Consul Ill in London Hospital
Associated Press reports Charles A. Holder American consul at Cologne is in grave condition in a London hospital after being brought from Dieppe on a stretcher. John Ray American consul at Oslo is recovering after his ship Wilton Line was sunk by a mine near the North Sea on Saturday.
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Associated Press
London
Charles A. Holder
Colorado
Cologne
Dieppe
John Ray
Odesem
Wilton
Rune
Petras Trial Set Next Monday in Hollander Case
Geneva Sept 3 The second trial of Anthony Petras for the murder of Theresa Hollander at St. Nicholas Cemetery Aurola was today postponed until Monday.
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Petras
Associated Press
Geneva
Anthony Petras
Thersea Hollander
Nicholas Cemetery
Aurota
Taut
War Adds Auxiliary Troops and Balkan Moves
Paris reports minister of war orders unarmed auxiliaries to be incorporated as able bodied troops. Austria concentrates 70 000 troops at Sebenico. Servian invasion of Bosnia crosses Suve near Mitrovitech. Bryan wins emergency $1 million aid in House. Belgian and Russian accord allows 1914 reservists to join Russian forces. Russians capture Nicollaieff and Mikolajow forts in Galicia. Austro German front losses grow. Dutch frontier near border as Germans advance. Russian reservists not drafted. may join allied armies. Red Cross ship delayed. Berlin reports 2 273 dead, 10 714 wounded, 3 249 missing. includes Joseph Philippon of Poughkeepsie.
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Paris
Ben
London
Express
Rome
Austria
Sebenico
Dalmatia
Berlin
St Contais
Joseph Philippon
Poughkeepsie
Tennyson Poem Quoted On War Vision Night Meeting
London Sept 8 Lord Tennyson son of the poet quoted an unpublished verse from his father describing a nation ready for arms to meet threatening foes. The lines speak of England living on and resolving to crush the dead at yonder and to answer with thunder. Arm Arm Arm.
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Associated Press
London
Lord Tennyson
England
Germans Occupy Rheims After Quick Assault
A German patrol of six officers and seven privates reportedly entered Rheims on September 8. They seized the town hall, held the mayor as a hostage to secure orderly conduct, and awaited the arrival of a German brigade. The report comes via wireless from Berlin to the German embassy.
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Rheims
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Berlin
Scheuermann
Deutsche Tageszeitung
von Humbrach
President Wilson weighs saving art as international property
President Wilson considered Ambassador Herrick's Paris proposal to urge the powers to treat historic buildings monuments and works of art as international property. The move aims to protect Paris landmarks from destruction or damage if Germany bombards or captures the city, following cabled support from neutral diplomats.
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Wilson
Paris
Frear urges wartime tax plan and curtailment push
Washington Sept 3 Rep Frear of Wisconsin proposes a war revenue tax of 100 million dollars and a joint Senate House committee to audit current and proposed federal expenditures. He argues reductions could make a war tax unnecessary in peacetime and suggests trimming river and harbor appropriations by about twenty million of the fifty three million carried.
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United States
Washington, D. C
Takipe Ashinte
Wilson
Congress
Wisconsin
Senate
House
Chareh Ice Cream Party Marred by Weather
Five girls staged a humor filled ice cream social in fur coats and winter gear to a church social, causing astonished looks as guests debated if it was a joke, with the Jorgytian present spotting the fun in it.
Konrad Letter From Wartime Germany Describes Home Front
Dr Frank Konrad, son of Mr and Mrs William Konrad, writes from a Freiburg clinic in Baden near the Alsace Lorraine frontier about German conditions at the war outbreak. He notes many doctors recalled to the army, women and old men handling harvest, travel peril, and watches on English speaking foreigners as foreign papers lose value.
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William Konrad
MFE
Ank Konrad
Fresburg-in-Baden
Alsace- Lorraine
Germany
Freiburg
Oshkosh
Woenrad
Tvat
Haself
Heinrich Paulus
Konrada
Paulus
South Amerea
Konrad
Tr. Konrad
Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph Reported Dead Anew
The African World claims information from an Austrian source that Emperor Francis Joseph has died twelve times previously. The report suggests suppression in Austria Hungary due to a dangerous international situation.
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Asacchited Press
London
Francis Joseph
Appleton Golfers Win Over Algoma Country Club
Riverview club of Appleton defeated Algoma Country club in a twenty hole team match yesterday. Individual pairings favored handicaps with Appleton players taking most heads up wins led by Diekingon and Gruenewald. After the match, visiting golfers were entertained at the country club before returning home.
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Granada
Riverview Country Club
Appleton
M. A. Carroll
Labor Day
Chicago
Fyvanaton
Jackson Park
Beverly
Midlothian
Arthur Gruenewald
Jack Stevens
Diekingon
W. F. Gruenewald
Phil Diekingon
Or. Nima
Miekingon
Mac Niebal
Spencer
John Challoner
AL Burketaf
FL J Edmonds
Applyuton
J. Meyer
OT Walte
J Conkey
Luther Davies
Wy .(. Hewitt
F. T Younes
New Janesville Rate Set to Take Effect Oct 1
The railway commission fixes October 1 for reduced rates for Janesville Water Co. City seeks valuation dispute. Attorney Max Telfries to seek injunction in circuit court. Commissioners Erickson and Roemer hear cases on reduced rates for stone, gravel, logs, lumber and Sunday train service expansions.
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Sayn the
Hallway Commission
Northwestern
Madison
Wis
Sept
Railway Commission
Janesvilla Water Company
Max Teffries
Erickson
Roemer
H. S. Hughson
Larry Brennan
Superior
Duluth South Shore and Atlantic Railway
Lake Nebagamion
Donald Leads In Wisconsin Secretary of State Race
Madison Sept 8 Special to The Northwestern unofficial returns show John S. Donald leading by just over 100 votes in the bid for the Republican nomination for secretary of state. First official returns arrived but await tabulation. Assistant Secretary Nagler warned many results may not reach canvassing before the Sept 15 party convention, delaying certificates for some candidates.
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Northwestern
Madison
Wis
John S. Donald
Nagler
Increase in Income Taxes Discussed by Ways and Means
Washington on September 8 the Ways and Means committee Democrats conferred on war revenue measures proposing income tax rises to one and a half percent and exemptions cut from four thousand dollars to two thousand or twenty five hundred. The plan aims to raise at least twenty five million dollars toward the one hundred million goal. Chairman Underwood said no agreement was reached on the final form of the bill.
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Washington, D. C
Ways and
Means Committee Democrata
Underwood
Robbed in Daylight at Home on Washington Street
A sneak thief broke into the home of Mr and Mrs Arthur Allen at 130 Washington Street Friday afternoon stealing several dollars while other occupants were away on a trip. Police had not been notified by 2 PM. Earlier Friday night the basement of Bene Memorial Manual Training School was broken into with tools worth about a. The entry was through an unfastened window with broken glass.
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Howe
Arthur TH Allen
Washington Street
Adley
Rive
Mies
Bene Memorial Manual Training
Wisconsin State Automobile Tour Passes Oshkosh
The annual Wisconsin State Automobile Association tour entered Oshkosh just before noon with a pilot car arriving at 10:30 and the lead car 30 minutes later. Drivers rested at local hotels or garages as Oshkosh hosted tourists overnight last year. The route from Milwaukee to Green Bay began yesterday and continued via Oshkosh Fond du Lac to Madison today, Fond du Lac serving as noon stop. The official press car carried J S Smith editor The Wisconsin Motorist Leonard E Meyer Motor Age Alf Harvey Milwaukee Free Press and Manning Vaughn Milwaukee Sentinel sports editors.
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Wisconsin State Automobile Association
Oshkosh
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Fond du Lac
Madison
Plot to Stir Mohammedans Claims Italian Plot Unveiled
Milan dispatch reports Italian authorities discovered a German plot to incite Mohammedans in Tripoli to holy war. The aim was to distract Italy and preserve neutrality by stirring internal troubles abroad. Dr and Mrs G M Steele travel to Cleveland for the American Roentgen Ray society meeting.
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Haly
Associated Presa
Milan
Sevolo
Tripoli
Italy
G. M. Steele
Cleveland
Wisconsin Methodist Conference Sees Merger Debate
The sixty-eighth Wisconsin annual conference opens in Fond du Lac with examinations and a public lecture by Dr. John P. D. John on socialism. A merger of the Wisconsin and west Wisconsin conferences looms, supported by the board of examiners as key to unity.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Wisconsin Methodist Conference
M. E. Church
John P. D. John
John
Forner
Depauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Wisconsin
Yond du Lar
Bishop Ames
Bishop Baker
Bishop Haven
Bishop Wiley
Wisconsin Conference
West Wisconsin
Celebration at Baltimore Unveils Tablet on Frigate Constellation
The Star Spangled Banner Centennial events open with unveiling on the frigate Constellation in Baltimore Maryland where a restoration tablet is presented and a Key memorial buoys de dation is held. Francis Scott Key wrote the anthem aboard the Minden the night Fort McHenry was bombarded, linking the shipyard visit to the famed lyrics.
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Baltimore
Constellation
Associated Press
United States
Francis Scott Key Buey
Carter Minden
Fort McHenry
Key
Minden
Germans Leave Termonde After Burning and Blowing Bridges
Dispatch from Antwerp reports German evacuation of Termonde sixteen miles from Ghent. They fired several buildings, blew up a bridge over the River Escaut, and then attacked the Antwerp army’s southwest front, suffering heavy losses in the repulse.
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Amre
Encant
Associated Press
Parla
Antwerp
Havas
Termonde
Ghent
Escaut
Waes
German Artillery Weak In Three Day Fight At Compiegne
An English cavalry officer wounded at Compiegne recounts three days of fighting with German artillery. He says shells targeted trenches from all sides and the Germans finally found the range as Allied positions held.
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Associated Fress
Paris
Compiegne
Weather forecast for Wisconsin fall warmth and night cooling
The report notes warmer conditions for the state with a warm day ahead and a drop in temperature tonight into Wednesday. It mentions a shift toward cooler air and unsettled conditions in parts, with potential showers and breezy winds observed across several regions.
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