Allies Plan to Wear Out Kaiser's Men
A front page summary reports heavy Allied efforts to wear down German forces in northern France with significant losses claimed by attackers. News is tightly controlled with fragmented dispatches from Paris London and Rome describing battles around Lefere and other entrenched positions as 2,000,000 troops clash on the eve of Sedan’s anniversary.
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France
London
Paris
Berlin
Monz
Cambrai
Lecateau
Lefere
Rome
Roumania
Galicia
Foreign Office
Washington, D. C
Yoogee
Lorraine
Yon
Meuse
New York
Dow, Jones & Co
Wall Street Journal
Pavalia
Helzium
Belgium
Germany
Tend
Times
Belgium Held German Province Amid Heavy Battle
Reports from London and Washington describe Belgian areas under German claim as a German province while fighting rages south of Amiens. The French left wing says ground was yielded but lines not broken. Berlin notes the war may widen as Turkish entry looms and officers head to Constantinople.
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Amiens
Belgium
London
Amsterdam
Matines
Rubens
Church of Notre Dame
von Buelow
Hatlen
Paris
Washington, D. C
Constantinople
Turkey
Germany
Germans Chase Japanese Liner In Wide Sea Drama
The Japanese liner Chiye Maru reports a four hour chase by a German cruiser near San Francisco on August 29 as it fled at full speed. Passengers note travel restrictions to most ports. The incident coincides with broader war news including French and German maneuvers on the Meuse and Alpen fronts. The City of Chicago, hot on the same night, struck a government pier and burned wildly before tugs and fires fought the blaze. crew and passengers were rescued from a smoke-filled ship with people saved after a three hour fire response.
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Cal
Japan
Packey McFarland
Yokohama
R. M. Dawlings
Valdivostok
Siberia
Tain
Government Pier
City of
Chicago
Benton Harbor
Mich
Arthur Dedland
Weather map and astronomical events for Rock Island area
Unsettled weather tonight and Wednesday with probable showers and cooler conditions. Temperature at 7 am 69, yesterday high 74, low 67. Wind 15 mph, precipitation 0.66 inch, humidity 76 percent at 7 pm and 92 percent at 7 am. Stage of water 3.1, up 0.1 in 24 hours. J M Sherier, Local Forecaster. Astronomical events list evening stars Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter and morning star Saturn. constellations for September are named. Evening stars this month Jupiter Mercury Venus Mars. morning star Saturn. The enemy supply lines are reportedly broken and troops subsisting on horse meat in some areas. British transport functioning well. Times dispatch from Dieppe reports a great battle near Croisilles ongoing with French claiming success at Guise.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Cygnus
Lyra
Aquila
Ursa Minor
Cepheus
Cassiopeia
Perseus
Andromeda
Aries
Pegasus
Aquarius
Capricornus
Sagittarius
Serpens
Hercules
Bootes
Draco
Ursa Major
Auriga
Ophiuchus
Pisces
Cetus
London
Times
Dieppe
Amiens
Croisilles
Guise
Turkish Army Mobilized for 200,000 Men In First-Line Force
Telegrams from Berlin received in Rome report the mobilization of the Turkish army after Von Der Goltz. The Turkish government plans a first-line force of 200,000 Muslims, with Wilhelm sending officers to Constantinople to direct the new troops.
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Wilhelm
Constantinople
Rome
Paris
Berlin
von der Goltz
Berlin reports many victories and 70000 prisoners
A Berlin wireless dispatch to the German embassy reports a decisive Allenstein victory. Three Russian army corps were annihilated and seventy thousand prisoners were taken, including two commanding generals and 300 officers plus complete artillery. General Von Kluk advanced toward Conbles against a French ranking attempt.
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Washington, D. C
Allenstein
Berlin
von Kluk
Conbles
Von
Boat in Race with Flame Wins on Lake
Excursion boat City of Chicago caught fire 12 miles from Chicago harbor on Lake Michigan at five. Captain Oscar Bjork guided the vessel to safety as 300 passengers were saved amid smoke and flames. wireless failed to work.
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Chicago
Ill
City of
Lake Michigan
Oscar Bjork
Four Men to Pay German War Tax
London dispatch reports four of Belgium’s richest men have guaranteed payment to Germany of the war tax levied on Belgium. The correspondent notes such guarantees prevented harsher treatment seen in Louvain, where big guns stood before the palace.
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London
Hague
Belgium
Germany
Brussels
Louvain
Russia renames capital city to Petrograd
London dispatch reports by imperial decree the city of St. Petersburg, capital since 1712, will be known as Petrograd. The change drops the Teuton spelling and replaces it with a Russian form, reflecting a shift in nomenclature.
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London
Reuter
St. Petersburg
Russian Empire
Petrograd
War Bulletins and War Fund Updates Across The World
War department orders immediate mobilization of all reserve soldiers not yet called. New York markets and cost of living measures show price drops, especially potatoes. Pierre Gougon among fallen deputies at the front. Astor gifts 125000 dollars to Prince of Wales fund pushing total to ten million. Paris reports no Germans at Lille Roubaix Tourcoing. Tokyo seeks 28 million for a war fund and 5 million for destroyers. Belgian commission members meet King George. Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and her children arrive in London to stay with Lord Curzon.
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London
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
France
Lille
Roubaix
Tourcoing
United States
George
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth of
Belgium
Lord Curzon of
Kelleston
Mining firm to cut salaries in copper downturn
Boston Sept 1 The Calu met Hecla Mining company issued a circular to stock holders stating that due to the unsettled copper market and disrupted foreign trade, directors will not declare a dividend now, mine output will be cut back and salaries of all employees and officers reduced. The firm has not paid a dividend since 1884.
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Boston
Mass
Calumet & Hecla Mining Company
Belgian Queen Says She and King Will Fight at Front
London report recounts King Albert and Prime Minister Le Broqueville discussing fighting to the last in Antwerp. The king offers to take a rifle and go to the field with the prime minister, with the queen pledging to accompany them and Belgian women joining. Also notes five injured in a Grand Rapids rail incident near Kalamazoo.
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London
The
Express
Hague
Albert
le Broqueville
Antwerp
High Prices Paid by Rich for Trip
New York reports the Italian steamer Principassa Mafalda chartered by the American consul at Genoa for 84 thousand dollars arrived with 388 wealthy Americans and 200 cabins left vacant. Some passengers paid seven thousand dollars per cabin and none paid less than one hundred. The American liner Ryndam carried over a thousand Americans with Mrs. Benjamin Harrison aboard. Philadelphia reports the Mercon sailing from Liverpool with 450 passengers and most recount war zone escapes. Dr Daniel Longaker of Philadelphia confirms Chauncery Depew rode in a cattle car in France.
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New York
Genoa
Italy
Ryndam
Benjamin Harrison
Philadelphia
Mercon
Liverpool
Daniel Longaker
Chauncery Depew
France
Advances by czar's army stirs Berlin in peril
London reports alarm in Berlin over Russian movements as troops advance on the front. A German fort hit by a 14 inch Krupp gun killed 125 at Liege. In the Balkans Montenegrins under Prince Peter repulse Austrian ships at Lovchen and Budua, with 450 Austrians killed and many prisoners taken.
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London
the Express
Hague
Berlin
Liege
Krupp
Cettinje
Cattaro
Mount Lovchen
Budua
Prince Peter
Giants Purchase Martin O'Toole
Martin O'Toole of Pittsburgh National, bought from St. Paul club in 1911 for 22 500, has been sold to the New York Nationals. Mordecai Brown, former St. Louis Federals manager, signs a three year contract with the Brooklyn Federals at about 7300 per year.
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Pittsburg
Martin O'Toole
Pittsburgh National
St. Pauui Club
New York Nationals
Chicago
Mordecai Brown
St. Louis Federals
Brooklyn Federals
Belgium stands by neutrality as war expands
An Antwerp report transmits Belgium’s Aug. 29 reply to the Austro Hungarian declaration of war. The statement asserts Belgium’s neutral duty, insists Germans sought to violate it, and denies mistreatment of Austrian subjects while promising protection for all persons and property.
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Antwerp
Paris
France
Great Britain
Pott
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