Lemberg Taken by Russian Army Amid East Prussia Battle
A dispatch reports Russian forces advancing around Lemberg and threatening Lublin communications. Austrian troops shift corps to counter and earlier disasters include the Sixth army corps destroyed near Tomaszow. A Vilna medical student Osnas earns the St. George cross for saving regimental colors in East Prussia.
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Lemberg
Lublin
Vistula
Ruzsky
Sixth Army
Laschoff
Tomaszow
London
Attempts to Break Russian Center Reported in War Dispatch
Petrograd dispatch says Austrian troops tried to breach the Russian center between Lublin and Kholm on Sept 1 but were repulsed. Russians captured one ensign eight Maxims and 1000 prisoners. On Sept 2 heavy fighting continued with renewed energy and additional prisoners reported.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Petrograd
St. Petersburg
Lublin
Kholm
Governor Appoints Florence Commission
The governor appointed C. E. Jordan T. J. Phillips and M. M. Striplin to Florence city commission in Montgomery on September 4. Florence will form its first commission after the recent referendum decision and the appointees were notified with credentials and selection letters.
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Montgomery
C. E. Jordan
T. J. Phillips
M. M. Striplin
Florence
Russians Push East Of Lemberg As Guns Captured Rise
The second Austrian army guarding the area east of Lemberg is panic-stricken. Around Sept 220 nearby, 170 Russian guns have been captured, and the Russian advance on that front continues without interruption.
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Lemberg
Russians report victories in Galicia and south front
The government statement says Russian forces in Galicia are driving the enemy back after fierce fighting near Kalicz with 4,500 reported dead. Russians captured 32 cannon and railway material. In the War saw front the Austrian attack was repulsed and the Russian offensive continued.
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Petrograd
St. Petersburg
Galicia
Kalicz
Warsaw
Enemy Retires Precipitately From War Front
A Reuters dispatch from Petrograd cites an official Moscow communication stating that according to latest reports, the enemy is retreating abruptly in the current theater of operations. The report conveys a strategic withdrawal and shifts in frontline positions as of early September.
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London
Reuter Telegram Company
Petrograd
St. Petersburg
House committee recommends against impeachment of Judge Emory Speer
The House Judiciary Committee adopted a sub committee report on charges against Federal Judge Emory Speer of Georgia, criticizing his conduct but endorsing no impeachment proceedings. The action is expected to win House approval.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Emory Speer
Georgia
German Sailors Ordered Turned Over By Justice Court
Five German sailors who left the British steamer Egyptiana at Savannah on the consul's advice to avoid possible imprisonment reached England were desertion charges. The court ruled the seamen on a British vessel under contract cannot be prisoners of war, so they will sail again on the British ship. The report notes Russian victories and Austrian countermeasures with trophies cited.
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Associated Press
Savannah
England
Great Britain
Retreating Austrians Defeated. Russian Poland Battles
Petrograd reports the Fifteenth Austrian division was defeated near aschoff east of Tomaszow on August 28. A division commander brigade commander and a staff chief were killed. About 100 officers and 4000 soldiers wounded. Twenty guns and the flag of the Sixty fifth Austrian regiment captured. The battlefield was described as covered with enemy corpses.
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Paris
Havas Agency
Petrograd
Aschoff
Tomaszow
Russian
Poland
Russians Enclose Austrians in Iron Like Circle
Times dispatch from Petrograd describes Russian forces forming an iron semicircle around the Austrian army, forcing fierce resistance as Austrians rely on scarce reinforcements. German and Austrian operations shift with battles near the Vistula and Lemberg, while Russian gains threaten Warsaw and Budapest.
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Times
Petrograd
St. Petersburg
Frank
Budapest
Vistula
Archdue
Frederick
Warsaw
Prussia
Poland
Gumbinnen
Lemberg
Tomas
Allied Resistance and German Push Toward Paris
War dispatches from London and Rome detail Allied valiant resistance as German forces push toward Paris. Reports describe an orderly retreat, a wedge-shaped German advance, and hopes Paris can remain the base of a broader army line.
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London
Telegraph
Forges-les-Eaux
Rouen
Paris
Criel
Senlis
Department of
Oise
Copiegne
St. Quentin
Pau
Guise
Mobile Children Celebrate September Birthdays at Empire Theatre
The Mobile Item notes birthday anniversaries for Thomas Walton and others born in September from 1900 to 1913. It invites each child to host five guests at a birthday picture party this afternoon at the Empire Theatre, with tickets mailed. Readers born in September are urged to send full names addresses and birthdates to the Children’s Editor at the Mobile Item at least two days before their birthday.
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Empire Theatre
Americans Supplying Cruisers Mystery Led to Hunt
A radiogram addressed to H. B. Hunt at 128 West Seventieth Street New York directed him to deliver provisions and newspapers to a point near Ambrose lightship. Hunt denied receiving the message at first, then admitted he had received it but said he did not deliver supplies and questioned the radiogram’s use of his name. He claimed prior British service and wartime provisioning for British ships in American waters.
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H. B. Hunt
West Seventieth Street
New York
Suffolk
Marconi
Sinseconsett
Mass
Hunt
Ambrose
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