German push toward Paris dominates war reports
War briefs from Paris to London describe German forces advancing toward the capital with cavalry raids and heavy numerical superiority. Conflicting dispatches claim Paris defenses, with estimates of Allied losses around 40 000 and German losses near 200 000.
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Paris
Chantilly
Weriwike Touchise Lafere
Bous Jouarre
Department
Seine
Marne
London
Daily Mail
Beauvais
France
Tle
Belgium
Vienna
Lemberg
Haliex
Petrograd
Germany
War Office
Bordeaux
Conde
Paria
Lafere
Maubeuge
Weather Forecast for Rock Island Davenport Moline Area
Unsettled weather with probable showers tonight and Sunday. Cooler Sunday. At 7 a m the temperature was 64. Yesterday high 77 and low 63. Wind 8 mph. 24 hour precipitation .02 inches. Humidity 56 at 7 p m and 92 at rac in. Stage of water 3.7 feet, down 4 feet in 24 hours. J M Sherier Local Forecaster.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
Evening stars and war dispatches from Paris to London
Astronomical notes list Venus Mercury Mars Jupiter and Saturn with Aldebaran rising NE around 10 pm. War reports say German forces disengage lines near Verdun, threaten Antwerp, and conduct a turning movement southeast of Paris as reports from Ferrieres and Brussels describe retreats and continued battles.
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Venus
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Aldebaran
Paris
Verdun
Antwerp
London
Reuter
Ferrieres
Amsterdam
Brussels
Mons
Ghent
Copenhagen
Berlin
Russia
Alsace
Lorraine
Sweden's Aid in the War Sought Against Russia
A Star dispatch from Stockholm reports Germany pressing Sweden to abandon neutrality and join the war as its ally. The aim is to strike Finland and blunt Russia's East Prussia offensive, intensifying anxiety in the Swedish capital over possible entry into the conflict.
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Sweden
Russia
London
Germany
Stockholm
the Star
East
Prussia
Finland
Volunteering Surges in Ulster For Foreign Service
Within an hour of Ulster volunteer recruitment opening in North Belfast, 700 men enrolled for foreign service. Sir Edward Carson addressed the volunteers promising Ulster protection until their return. Separately, Copenhagen reports 600 Japanese students from German universities captured on the Dutch German frontier and imprisoned.
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Belfast
Ulster Volunteers
North Belfast Regiment
Edward Carson
Ulster Unionists
Ulster
Copenhagen
Germans Change Time in Belgium
Ampeterdan reports the Germans changed the time of Belgian clocks by one hour to align with German clocks. Citizens protested and General Von Der Goltz stated in Germany there should be only one time.
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London
Ampeterdan
von der Goltz
Germany
Jadar Scene of Big Loss for Austria
An official Austrian report from Jadar details massive Allied gains including 92 field guns eight siege guns 2500 horses 37000 Mauser rifles 4600 prisoners and one aeroplane with many officers among the dead. The overall Austrian casualties are placed between thirty and thirty-two thousand.
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Nish
Servia
London
Jadar
German Cruiser Karlsruhe Sinks British Vessels Near Haiti
A German lieutenant arriving in New York claims the Karlsruhe engaged and badly damaged the British cruiser Bristol off Haiti. He says Karlsruhe also captured two British steamships, sunk the Glasgow near the Colombian coast, and sank the Bonaccale freighter near St Louis, though British officials dispute some details.
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New York
Karlsruhe
Bristol
Hayti
Leutenant
Karlsrruhe
Glasgow
Columbian
Georgetown
Liverpool
Karlsrhue
St Louis
Will Strip Armed Ship Merion Before Return Trip
The American liner Merion, docked with four six inch guns, will be stripped of its armament before sailing back to Liverpool. The weapons will be landed and held at the Philadelphia navy yard under Commandant Benson until they can be returned to England, following the British ambassador's guidance.
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Merion
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Washington
Benson
Philadelphia Navy Yard
England
Eleven miners trapped in Oklahoma mine collapse
McAlester Oklahoma September 5 eleven miners are entombed in the Union Coal company mine at Adamson after a cavern blocked the entrance Rescuers are digging through the wall into an adjoining mine and believe the men will be rescued
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McAlester
Okla
Union Coal Company
Adamson
Explorer 10 Be Gone Two Years
Nome reports Stefansson expedition news as Vilhjalmur Stefansson and two companies head north from Martin Point on March 22 with six dogs a sled two rifles and ample ammunition a supporting party of three follows sixteen days later and returns Stefansson aims to establish a camp on Banks Land while Polar Bear fails to locate them Andrey Norman dies after a two day disappearance with demented state noted Sprague Brooks aboard Bear and Archangel survivors from 1912 Arctic voyage reported via Reuter Telegraph.
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Nome
King and Winge
Point Barrow
Alaska
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Martin Point
Barter River
Stefansson
Rudolph M. Anderson
Banks Land
Andrey Norman
Ernest de Koven Leffingwell
Otto Nuhems
Flaxmansland
Arctic
Jeanette
San Francisco
Sprague Brooks
Harvard University
Bear
London
St. Petersburg
Reuter Telegraph Company
Lieut
Sedoff
North
Archangel
North Pole
Missionaries Called to Front in World War I Action
New York dispatch reports that 250 Protestant clergymen are bearing arms in the French army. Nearly all German Methodist ministers engaged in missionary work in south Germany have been summoned to service, per the secretary of the Methodist Episcopal foreign missions board.
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New York
South Germany
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
All Three Nations Sign Agreement on Peace Consent
London dispatch: Russia Great Britain and France signed a pact stating that none would seek peace without mutual consent. The accord emphasizes united approval among the three powers before any end to the war.
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London
Russia
Great Britain
France
Mobilization Order Eyed for Italy Amid War Tensions
Paris reports an expected general mobilization of Italian forces with summons to individuals. London notes Christabel Pankhurst has returned to England to lead patriotic propaganda. Athens says Bulgaria remains neutral to war's end. Chicago reports Hoyne jailed for contempt after criticizing Judge Cooper. Copenhagen cites Russian emperor promising Belgium’s payments to Germany will be repaid with interest. Scottish cities see motor vans replacing horse drawn carriage fleets in parcel delivery.
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Rome
Lemberg
Austria
Tomaszow
Paris
London
Vistula River
Belgium
France
Petrograd
Germany
Russia
Christabel Pankhurst
England
Hoyne
Chicago
States
William Fennimore Cooper
Cooper
Bond Men's Club
Copenhagen
East Prussia
Iowan Is Chosen Veterans Chief
David J. Palmer of Washington Iowa was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the forty eighth national encampment in Washington. D C next year will host the event with other officers named and staff appointments announced. A committee was named to seek a congressional bill to retain civil war veterans in public employment and a resolution opposed changing the national flag. A Dexter Michigan veteran died and a Lima Ohio man fell ill. British ships to the United States will carry no guns on transatlantic passages.
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Detroit
Mich
David J. Palmer
Washington
Iowa
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington, D. C
Palmer
J. R. Griswold
Grand Rapids
F. W. Conners
Dallas
Tex
L. 8. Pilcher
Brooklyn
N. Y
Orville J. Nave
California
George A. Newman
Des Moines
D. E. Stowits
Buffalo
J. H. Holcomb
Philadelphia
William Weston
Dexter
John Marshall
Lima
Japanese Foreign Minister Hints at War Causes
Tokio Sept 5 Foreign Minister Kato in the diet opening reviewed events leading to the war with Germany. He said England asked Japan for assistance in August and Japan necessarily complied. He closed his speech with a tribute to the United States government.
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Tokio
Kato
Diet
Germany
Kate
England
Japan
United States
Belgian King Albert Struck by Shrapnel in Retreat
A dispatch from Amsterdam reports King Albert of Belgium slightly injured by a shrapnel splinter as his automobile was struck during a retreat of Belgian troops toward Antwerp. The rear wheel was damaged but the king survived. General Samsonoff dies a hero in East Prussia after five days of fighting, and a German commander claims 5,000 Germans were mowed down by French artillery near Lunéville.
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London
Amsterdam
Albert
Belgium
Antwerp
Samsonoff
Petrograd
East Prussia
American Girl Views Liege Battle Horror
An American nurse aboard the Ryndam describes Liege battlefields with grisly detail. Miss Anna Laing recalls blood soaked ground, trenches filled with dead, and Belgian cross fires against German troops as fear and hardship affected refugees aboard the voyage.
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Liege
New York
Anna Laing
Bridgeport, Conn
Rotterdam
Ryndam
Miss Laing
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
Germany
Marty H. Love
Cornell University
Carl D. Fehr
Lafayette College
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