Britain commits to crush Prussian militarism for peace
London reports Britain will not seek peace until Prussian militarism is crushed on land and sea. The Times says Berlin must be the place of settlement and the war fleet disposed, while Washington’s compromise suggestions are deemed misread. Crown Prince Alexander’s Servian force advances toward Budapest with Russian aid, and Bosnian Austrians panic near Sarajevo.
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Washington
Times
Berlin
Germany
Nish
Servia
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Alexander
Servlin
Petterwardein
Budapest
Bosnia
Sarajevo
Henry Bratnaber Dies in Tacoma Mining Rep Incident
Henry Bratnaber, Western representative for Rothschild mining interests, is dead in Tacoma. The death prompts inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident and the status of mining operations in the region.
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Henry Bratnaber
Rothschild Mining Interests
Tacoma
Death toll of aviators in war counts by nation
Paris notes in a war casualty tally listing aeronists killed since the war began. Germans lead with eighteen, Russians sixteen, French twelve, and British four, not including dirigible disasters.
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Paris
Red Cross Sails to Aid War Victims
The steamship Ted Cross with 125 horses 30 doctors and hospital supplies plus an all American crew sailed for Europe on September 14 to care for war victims.
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Steamnahty
Ted Cross
Europe
Kennewick Woman Crowned Queen at Grape Carnival
Mies Fern Ferrel of Kennewick is chosen queen for the Columbia River Valley Grape Carnival held in Kennewick. The event crowns a local leader for the festival season and highlights regional agriculture and community pride.
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Mies Fern Ferrel
Kennewick
German Ambassador von Rex Visits Seattle on Return to Berlin
In Seattle aboard the Minnesota Count von Rex and accompanying Germans discuss the war with wary politeness. The entourage includes Baron Schoene and other diplomats as passengers mingle by nationality while war anxieties shadow conversations aboard. A Russian naval attaché complains about carrying a suitcase, creating a small social stir on the dock.
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Seattle
Berlin
Count von Rex
Minnesota
Mahomet
Vasaliieff
Washington
German Army Turns on Pursuers in Retreat
Paris dispatch says German forces retreating before Franco British allies slow their pace and resist more vigorously. Kaiser's staff may be reorganizing the campaign as Germans evacuate northern France and Belgium while concentrating more troops on the eastern front. Officials in Paris deem the worst of the German rout passed despite ongoing fighting.
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France
Belgium
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Realiesen
Kaisern
Berlin
Geographic sketches of La Ferte Sous Jouarre Epernay Vitry le Francois
The entry highlights La Ferte Sous Jouarre a valley town east of Paris with 4000 residents and ruins of a 13th century convent and a 16th century church. Epernay centers on champagne and its vast cellars with 5,000,000 bottles laid down annually. Vitry le Francois notes a fortified town founded in 1545 near Brienne le Chateau military school.
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LA Ferte-Sousjouarre
Paris
Epernay
Vitry LE Francois
Francia I
Briennele-Chateau
Berlin Still Announces Victories In World War I Dispatch
The German crown prince reportedly captured a French fortification southwest of Verdun and bombarded Verdun's southern forts as Western fighting stretched along an 80 mile front between Paris and the Marne. Austrian Germany forces under Gen. Hindenberg reportedly defeated Russians and advanced near the eczor’s border with captured prisoners and weapons. A note adds details on MIKOLAJOV fortress near Lemberg on the Dneister with steel cupolas and heavy guns guarding the valley and railroad.
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Berlin
Jesse
United Press
Sayville
Verdun
War Office
Paris
Marne
Nanteuil
Vitry
Argonne
Poleon I
Mikolajov
Dneister
Lemberg
Berlin Fights Near Paris Seen Indecisive
Berlin papers publish censor approved dispatches from France stating that fighting near Paris is severe but indecisive and could continue for several days before a decisive end is reached.
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Berlin
Paris
France
Russia Yields to German Army in East Prussia and Poland
With Gen Rennenkamp's Russian force in East Prussia pressed, fighting continues as Russian artillery blocks retreat of Austrians after a lengthy battle begun August 25 near Krasnik and Tomaszow. Austrian force around 1.6 million faced German reinforcements. pursuit follows retreat.
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War Office
Krasnik
Tomaszow
Russian Poland
Lemberg
Radom
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