Allies Press German Right Wing in Slow French Offensive
Paris reports deepening Allied pressure at the center while hammering back the German right wing. Forces push trench by trench along the Rheims Craonne line as Kluck’s army fights to retreat or be enveloped. Paris anticipates a turning movement if the center remains impregnable.
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Paris
Rheims-Craonne
the Aisne
von Kluck
von Buelow
Manchuria
Grand Duke of
Wurtemberg
Argonne
Veges
Lorraine
Amiens
St. Quentin
Kluck
German assaults loom on allied center in WWI reports
The text describes today and tomorrow expected heavy German attacks on the allied center. It notes concern over the French ability to hold positions at Craonne Rheims and eastward to Souain and beyond.
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Craonne
Rheims
Souain
Allies Push German Right In World War I Brief
Allied forces report about ten miles gained on the German right threatening General Kluck's army. German withdrawals from Nomeny Arracourt Mouilly and Dompierre Aux Brois. Verdun bombardment continues. Russia claims advances in Galicia Cracow front. Serbian forces report Sarajevo and Srebrenica captured as Austrians retreat along the Ljubovia Losnitza line.
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France
Pen Kluck
Nomeny
Arracourt
Mouilly
Dompierre Aux Brois
Verdun
War Office
Rheims
Russia
London
Galicia
Cracow
Przemys
Jaroslav
Petrograd
Servia
Nich
Sarajevo
Srebrenica
Bosnia
Servian War Office
Ljubovia
Losnitza
Cossacks Raid South of Rail Line Near Cracow
London reports large bodies of Cossacks raiding the countryside south of the railroad between Rzeszow and Tarnow within 75 miles of Cracow. Russian cavalry signals a broader move to surround Austrian field armies as forces push toward Cracow. Jaroslav forts' capture allows westward containment of the advance. Przemyśl is bombarded and isolated, no longer a major obstacle to Silesia.
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London
Rzeszow
Tarnow
Cracow
Jaroslav
Przemsyl
Silesia
Enormous Cost of Navies in War Time White Paper
The British admiralty's White Paper compares naval expenditure in 1905 and 1914 and shows personnel totals for major powers at war this year. Britain 151000, France 69000, Russia 59427, Germany 79000, Austria 23000, Japan 50000. Non-war powers list US 7400 and Italy 40000.
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British Admiralty
Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Austrite
Japan
United States
Italy
Austria
There Goes the Village Cutup in The Cutup Note
The Baltimore American columns hint at a local figure nicknamed the village cutup described as a joker or surgeon. The brief item uses playful language to sketch a colorful personality referenced in the public eye.
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Baltimore American
Russian Victory in Baltic Sea Reassures Britain
London reports a Russian armored cruiser Bayan sank a German cruiser and two torpedo boats in the Baltic. The event follows the loss of three British cruisers off the Hook of Holland, sparking debate on naval strategy and calls for bolder British submarines and torpedo actions. It notes about 700 of 2,265 men aboard the Aboukir, Hogue, and Cressy survived, with many killed in the initial explosions. Dutch rescues aided a number of survivors near Dogger Bank.
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London
Baltic
Hook
Holland
Aboukir
Hague
Cressy
Bayan
England
Germany
Hogue
Ofhcers
the Hague
Dogger Banks
North Sea
Denmark
Survivors dispute count of submarines in naval action
Survivors from the three cruisers say there were three or five submarines involved and that the Cressy and the Hogue sank at least two of them. The German official account states only one submarine carried out the raid, the submarine US.
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Cressy
Hogue
Belgians Deserve Credit For Their Marne Help
Antwerp reports Belgians attacked German Ninth Army Corps and Sixth Cavalry Division on Sept 9 preventing their aid to the Marne. Four days of fighting showed Belgian bravery and delayed Kaiser's forces. Bordeaux notes Italy and Roumania moving toward cooperation against Austria-Hungary and potential Italian entry into Transylvania to preempt Russian moves.
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Marne
Antwerp
Zellick
Louvain
Ninth Army Corps
Sixth Cavalry Division
France
Belgium
Bordeaux
Italy
Roumania
Temps
Austro-Hungary
Servia
Austria
Giornale D
Italia
Transylvania
War's Huge Cost to Speed Peace
Analysis notes the massive financial burden of the European war as nations planned a short conflict but now face crippling expenditures. Germany France Britain and Russia have allocated billions, with daily costs estimated at tens of millions, threatening long-term debt and economic paralysis.
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Washington Post
Germany
France
Russia
Infantile paralysis cure near hints by Dr Flexner
Hope grows for a cure as Dr Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute reports growing the disease germ in test tubes after years of research. He warns no promise yet but suggests results of major importance may follow from ongoing animal experiments.
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Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Flexner
Rockefeller Institute
Cynical remark from a judge on life and hanging
The judge quips that most people facing hanging would want more lives, while a cynical critic cites Nathan Hale’s famous quote about giving all for country. The exchange contrasts heroic sacrifice with fatalistic humor.
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Nathan Hale
Girl Rescuer Bravely Carries Wounded Soldiers to Safety
Paris correspondent reports Mile. de Seiligny a prominent Frenchwoman risked her life during a bombardment at Sentis Male. She searched ruins for a donkey and cart filled it with straw and hoisted two wounded soldiers into the cart unaided. She then marched thirty miles to the nearest ambulance with the injured men.
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Sentis Male
de Seiligny
France
Paris
Equine Evolution Describes Giant Liver Pool Horses
The Liver pool docks display enormous horses described as modern marvels of breeding. One horse is claimed to pull as much as three typical horses, illustrating dramatic progress in equine size and power over time.
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Liverpool
Loudon
Roosevelt to Campaign in Western Pennsylvania Tour
Progressive leaders in Warren County report Col. Theodore Roosevelt plans a three day Pennsylvania tour October 26 to 28. He opens the campaign in Philadelphia October 1 with a speech at First Regiment Armory and travels by a special train through the state to back Gifford Pinchot McCormick and the Washington Party ticket.
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Warren County
Willis J. Hulings
Col. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Theodore Roosevelt
Dean William Draper Lewis
New York City
Washington Party State Committee
Roosevelt
Boies Penrose
Gifford Pinchot
Vance McCormick
Washington Party
Philadelphia
Broad and Callowhill Sts
Pinchot
Convention of
Temperance People
Penrose
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