German Drive Forces Allied Lines Back Across Front
German armies push toward Paris as Belgian and British forces retreat to fortified French border positions. News from Paris and Berlin claims a signal German victory with Namur fall and Meuse operations, while Russians threaten Prussia and Japan joins war against Germany.
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France
Paris
Berlin
Brussels
Antwerp
Ostend
Meuse
Namur
Duke of Wurtemburg
the Meuse
Moselle
Luxemburg
Albrecht
Wilhelm
Semois
Lonny
Prince Rupert
Muelhausen
Maubeuge
Donon
Alsace
Rhine
East Prussia
Czar
Nicholas
Russia
Austria
Gallicia
Kaiser
Emperor William
Frederick Wilhelm
Duke Albrecht of
Wurtemburg
Lord Kitchener
House of Lords
London
Belgium
Lille
Valenciennes
Rubaix
Prussia
St. Petersburg
Germany
Marienburg
Danzig
M. Vivani
Poincare
Viviani
National Defense
Delcasse
Millerand
Briand
Justice
Ribot
Finance
Jules Guesde
Sembat
House of Commons
High Flyer
Africa
New York
Togoland
West Africa
Gold Coast
Hague
Poles and Russia Tangle Over Autonomy Promise
The article traces Russian promises of Polish autonomy and loyal treatment amid growing tensions with Prussia and Germany. It notes Poles’ historic grievances since 1772 and the shift in Prussian policy beginning 1885 including restrictions on Polish language, land ownership, and education.
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Russia
Prussia
Poland
Russian
Germany
Europe
Austria
Francis Joseph
Baron von Stein
Posen
Landtag
Kaceneeh
Germans Fear the Bayonet and Courage in Retreat
British wounded recount German resolve under fire but a strong aversion to cavalry charges and bayonet fighting. Reports also note shelling of hospitals and ambulances, and a curious scene of a German officer with a cross and lace handkerchief found near a French regiment. London dispatches cite Berlin papers claiming German war is defensive and relying on English neutrality and possible Russo Japanese war outcomes.
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London
Red Cross
Germany
St. Petersburg
Retch
Berlin
Russia
Humane War Will Reduce Army Wounds and Disease
Army surgeons claim modern rifles and advanced surgery will cut cripples and deaths from disease in future European wars. They note bullets pass through without splintering bones, amputations are less common, and camp pestilence is controlled by vaccination and clean water.
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United States Army
New York Tribune
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Austrian
Relic of Indian mythology in New York office
A totem pole heirloom from an Alaska Haida clan is installed beside the Great Northern railway office at 1184 Broadway New York. Chief Koyakuk of the Lackshkeak clan willed it to General Agent Lounsbery. The piece recalls four major Alaska tribes and their totems and a flood legend shaping tribal origins.
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Great Northern Railway
Broadway
New York
Lounsbery
Koyakuk
Lackshkeak
Alaska
French War Reservists Called Into Territorial Army
Minister Millerand announced a call for reservists of the French territorial army in North and Northeast France. This marks a preliminary step toward calling all unsummoned reservists nationwide. The move mobilizes males aged 20 to 48 into the French ranks.
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Paris
Millerand
France
Many German Officers Killed in Recent Battles
Reports reach The Hague via London that a high share of German casualties are officers and that Russian marksmen are effective. German missionaries in Africa protest war spreading there against Congo Act provisions, claiming endangerment to white prestige and solidarity. Louvain refugees claim Yoens is safe.
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Hague
London
Africa
Congo
Louvain
Rights 25-Year-Old Wrong Man Leaves Estate to Wife and Daughter
In Asheville North Carolina George Lewis Fox known locally as George E B Lewis filed a will detailing a $40 000 estate. He leaves most to his wife Martha A Fox of Baltimore and daughter Fannie May Hammond. He also bequeaths the home and 50 acre tract to the woman known as Mrs C E Lewis for six years before transfer to the wife and daughter. He had lived under an assumed name for 25 years.
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England
France
New York
Genoa
Germany
Japan
Tokio
Kiao- Chow
China
Great Britain
Tsing Tao
Villa
Chihuahua
Mexico
Carranza
Emilio
Madero
Mexi
Asheville
N. C
George Lewis Fox
George EB. Lewis
Lewis
Mr. Fox
Martha A. Fox
Baltimore, M
Fannie May Hammond
Maryland
C. E. Lewis
Trace
Aliens May Not Be Forced Into Military Service
Secretary Bryan states the United States is not party to treaties forcing naturalized citizens and foreign residents to return for military service. He explains there is no mechanism to compel them to join armies while they stay in the United States. Canadian volunteers must supply written spousal consent to be accepted.
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Bryan
United States
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