Germans seize Warsaw as Russian defense buckles
Aug 5 report says German forces under Bavarian troops and Field Marshal Von Hindenburg captured Warsaw with outer and inner fortresses fallen. Russians fight rear guard actions to cover retreat while Austro-German armies push from the Narew and Vistula regions. Riga evacuation threatened as Germans advance northeast toward Dvinsk and along the Vilna–Petrograd railway.
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London
Warsaw
Poland
Russian Empire
Blonie
Leopold
von Hindenburg
Narew
Vistula
Archduke
Joseph Ferdinand
von Mackensen
Bug
Chel c
von Scholz
von Gallwitz
von Buelow
Dvinsk
Vilna- Petrograd
Nicholas
Moscow
Teutons
Russia
Riga
Gulf
Near East
Galicia
Carpathians
Hungary
Nave
Przemysl
Lemberg
Lublin
Chélm
Serbia
Balkan
Wilson plans nationwide defense program with congressional leaders
President Wilson seeks a unified national defense program by meeting with the chairmen of the Senate and House military and naval committees and with Secretaries Garrison and Daniels. He aims to align administration policy, avoid friction in Congress, and present the defense plan in his next message. Reports from Garrison and Daniels are due next week for personal submission upon his return to Washington.
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Congress
Garrison
Daniels
War and Navy Departments
Padgett
House Naval Committee
Washington
United States
Houses of Congress
Nationale
German Day Celebrated at San Francisco Exposition
German Americans in San Francisco marked German Day with a parade and review before Franz Bopp and others. An audience joined in singing Deutschland Ueber Alles and The Star Spangled Banner as news of Warsaw's fall was hailed. Dr Hevamer urged preserving German ideals for future generations, and the event ended with fireworks.
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San Francisco
Franz Bopp
Warsaw
Af Hevamer
Philadelphia
National
Portia Sunk by German Submarine
The British steamer Portia was sunk today by a German submarine at sea. The crew was saved.
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London
Dozen Suspects Held in Cedar Rapids Bank Robbery
Cedar Rapids Aug 5 detectives probing the $20,000 Cedar Rapids National Bank robbery say a teller and door entry system were involved. A dozen suspects are in custody but none identified by Leo Perrin. Police doubt an inside job and continue questioning bank staff.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids National Bank
Leo Perrin
Perrin
German Austro forces cross Vistula by ruse at Nowa Alexandria
Austrian headquarters reports a cunning German Austro force feigned a passage near Nowa Alexandria to lure Russians. Wagons filled with straw hid pontoons enabling bridge building across the Vistula in four spots within 36 hours. German troops then crossed to seize Domaszew and adjacent woods.
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London
Vistula
Ivangorod
Nowa Alexandria
Domastown
Domaszew
Italy and Turkey Situa tion Worsens in Cyrenaica Crisis
Aug. Paris reports Rome says relations with Turkey are growing more acute daily as Italy demands clarifications over Turkey’s failure to withdraw troops from Cyrenaica in Tripoli. Turkish stance described as procrastination while officials fear imminent hostilities following Italy’s stark ultimatum.
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Rome
Via
Paris
Italy
Turkey
Cyrenaica
Tripoli
French Fleet Demonstrates Off Anatolia Coast
In early August 5, 1926 Paris reports a French fleet drill near Sighadjik and Scala Nova on the Anatolia coast. On August 3 Sighadjik customs house and fortifications were damaged. August 4 armored cruiser bombarded Scala Nova fortifications and a western outpost while the squadron shelled Spelia, a suspected submarine supply depot.
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Paris
Sighadjik
Scala Nova
Anatolia
Spelia
France
Flood Death Toll Rises to Twenty Six in Erie
The Erie flood toll reached 26 with two more bodies found, while 15 remain missing. Debris stretches two miles along Millcreek Valley hampering searches, with city and county losses near six to seven million dollars. A state police detachment arrived to aid rescues as authorities fear the death toll may climb. Louis Jones, a prominent lawyer, died of heart disease after aiding his family during the flood. One body was found two miles offshore in Lake Erie.
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Erie
Mill’creek
Hanley
Erig County
Louis B. Jonés
Doctor Advocates All Fours Posture At Meeting
Dr H Forbes of Los Angeles told the American Osteopathic association in Portland that the human being belongs on all fours not two. He cited abdominal ills stomach troubles spinal issues heart trouble and broken arches as conditions improved by adopting the upright position over time.
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Portland
Ore
H. Forbes
Los Angeles
American. Osteopathic Association
Forbes
Trains Collide Near Ozark Injuring Fifty-One
An east bound train 103 and a west bound train 104 of the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern railway collided at Poping five miles west of Ozark Ark injuring fifty one persons. One passenger, P F Davidson of Fayetteville Ark, suffered a back injury that may prove fatal.
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Ozark
Ark
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Poping
Here
P. F. Davdson
Fayetteville
General Salazar Reported Killed Near Nogales
Washington reports Gen Salazar a Villista supporter killed in a Nogales battle with Carranzista forces repulsed by Villa commander Gen Maytorena. Forty other fatalities noted in the dispatch received by the state department.
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Salazar
Washington
Villista
Nogales
Mexico
State Department
Simpich
Calles
Carranzista
Villa
Maytorena
Two More Ships Sunk Off London Coast
London reports two vessels, the trawler Grimbarian and the steamer Portia of Liverpool, sunk today possibly by a submarine. Grimbarian crew members are believed drowned, Portia survivors were rescued.
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London
Portia
Liverpool
Sis
Charges Refuted by Former Chicago Detective Captain
John J. Halpin former captain of police and chief of the detective bureau testified for the defense in the O'Brien Egan bribery trial denying all charges. He claimed no dealings with C P Bertsche or Frank Ryan and said he never received money from them. Halpin acknowledged past police discharge in 1889 and later reappointment and promotion. The defense aims to close its case soon.
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Chicago
John J. Halpin
Detective Bureau
C. P
Barney) Lbertsche
Clairvoyant Trust
Walter O’brien
William Egan
Bertsche
Frank Ryan
Ryan
Russians Retreat Pressed by German Austrian Forces
Austrian Army Headquarters reported Russians facing difficulties retreating beyond the Vieprz swamp area where few roads exist. German and Austrian units pressed hard, with prisoners increasing daily and heavy baggage movement hampered by swamp conditions. Von Mackensen's troops crossed the Swinta into the Wieprz near Lenczna as western front forts yielded after ten hours of combat.
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London
Vieprz River
Von
Mackensen
Swinta
Wieprz
Lenczna
Ivangorod
Special Courier Delivers Second Issue On German Atrocities
From Petrograd Aug 5 a special courier carries the documents of the extraordinary commission led by Senator Smutzoff to Washington for President Wilson and the American administration. The issue includes photographs and texts about Scout Makoona said to have her tongue cut out, four wounded men, a claim of Prussian arson, and alleged gas poisoning of Per golis, plus statements by seven Lusitania survivors.
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Petrograd
Smutzoff
Washington
Wilson
Makoona
Pergolis
Cmmission
Lusitania
Continued Attacks Reported On Western Front
Paris Aug 5 The war office issued an official note reporting ongoing artillery activity on the western front. In the Argonne fighting with bombs continues, a violent bombardment hit the forest of Apremont, and engagements occurred on the Fecht heights in the Vosgés. Our fire inflicted very heavy German losses.
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Paris
War Office
Argonne
Apremont
Vosgés
Fecht
Peaceful Haiti settlement eyed as Bobo forces move
Rear Admiral Caperton reported Bobo's troops would disarm on arrival in Port au Prince within six days. Cape Haitien remained quiet though protests flared at Petit-Goave Miragoane and Jacmel. The Haitian committee urged authorities to maintain order as Gen Blot’s forces left the country.
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Washington
Blot
Cape Haitien
Santo Domingo
Bobo
Haiti
Port Au Prince
Port
National Assembly
Pan American diplomats seek peaceful resolve in Mexican crisis
Washington Aug 5 six Pan American legation diplomats and Secretary Lansing discuss a concerted appeal to Mexico’s leaders for peace and restoration of constitutional government. The plan targets Carranza and adherents while avoiding prolonged exchanges. Future steps may include an embargo and formation of a provisional government with U.S. and Latin American support.
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Washington
Mexico
North
South America
State Department
Pan- American Legation Corps
Lansing
Wilson
Carranza
Paul Fuller, Sr
New York
Naon
Argentina
de Gama
Brazil
Suarez
Chile
Mendez
Guatemala
Calderon
Bolivia
de Penay
Uruguay
Madero
Villa
Herberto. Barron
United States
Carcassza
Latin-America
Movement to form Jewish Congress gains citywide support
In New York on August 5 a mass meeting endorsed creating a Jewish congress to improve world Jewry conditions and seek political and national freedom in Europe after the war. Telegrams of support arrived from many U S cities and from Toronto with Chicago Rochester and Boston already taking steps to join.
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York
Europe
Chicago
Rochester
Boston
Toronto
Knights of Columbus choose Davenport for next year's convention
In Seattle on August 5 the thirty-second annual Knights of Columbus convention ended with Davenport Iowa named as the next meeting city. The final sessions focused on the committee on laws report.
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Seattle
Knights of Columbus
Davenport
Iowa
Committee On Laws
Suffrage Bill Is Beaten in Alabama House
In Montgomery on August 5 the house committee on privileges and elections voted by one vote to report adversely the bill submitting an amendment granting woman suffrage in Alabama. The vote helps block woman suffrage legislation for the time being in the state.
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Montgomery
Ala
House Committee On Privileges, and Elections
Alabama
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