German Forces Dash Forward in Attempt to Crush czar's Army
German forces press Russian lines in the Baltic and Galicia as von Hindenburg seeks to drive Russians back toward the Dvina. Austro Hungarian units claim gains near Brzezany while Russians retreat in orderly fashion leaving rear guards overwhelmed. Western fronts show no breakthrough despite air raids on Paris and Belgian coast. Balkan powers watch Serbia and Entente posture as Bulgaria Greece and Romania hold.
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Beseler Named Governor General of Occupied Russian Poland
Berlin reports General von Beseler, conqueror of Antwerp and Novogeorgievsk, appointed governor general of all occupied Russian territory. Civil administration moves from Kazan to Warsaw, per the Posen Tageblatt.
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Belgian count sentenced by German court martial for treason
Farls reports Count Georges de Beaufort of Onoz near Namur Belgium has been convicted by a German court martial of high treason for keeping a wounded French soldier hidden in his chateau without reporting the incident. The sentence is ten years penal servitude. Also noted is a sale promotion for The Washington Post Automobile Tour Book detailing routes near New York and other cities.
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Britain In For It Wilson Note Comical War Prolonged
London and Vienna cables show Hugo Bettaur and J. L. Garvin criticizing the American note defending arms shipments. They claim America’s exports worsened the war, delaying peace and degrading the republic to a commercial vassal while Russia’s gains and ally weaknesses shaped the conflict’s course.
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American Today
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Austria- Hungary
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America
J. I. Garvin
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France
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América
Russia
Washington
Germany
Austria
North America
Galicia
Poland
Germany Now Censors Dresses Narrow Skirts Urged
Berlin via Amsterdam August 28 A semiofficial German warning targets women dress code urging narrow skirts to conserve materials during wartime. It says avoid foreign styles and new modes that waste goods, endorsing restraint as patriotic.
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Washington Post
Berlin
Amsterdam
Germany
Balkar Pact Near as Kaiser Serbia Prepare to Yield
Semi official notes from Sofia indicate Bulgaria may press for intervention if territorial demands are met. Serbia and Greece plan a joint conference at Lausanne with Venizelos and Pasitch while Berlin follows naval and diplomatic moves.
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Venizelos
Pasitch
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Berbin
Greece
Lausanne
Agreement Sought on Submarine War and Peace Hopes
Reports from Washington say Germany aims to settle the Arabic case first and may resume talks with Secretary Lansing. Count von Bernstorff leaves for New York as liberal elements press for mediation and a broader peace effort amid hopes for a friendly settlement and suspension of attacks on passenger ships.
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Germany
Wilson
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Washington
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State Department
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Barlin
Ireland
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Count von Bernatorff
Lusitania
Lansing
Berlin Honors Hindenburg Statue Unveiling
Berlin unveils a colossal 400 foot statue of General von Hindenburg to mark the first anniversary of the Battle of Tannenberg. The ceremony commemorates East Prussia's defense as Russians were repelled in 1914. Nearby travel notices and fares appear within the same clipping.
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Quakes felt in Avezzano Italy no damage reported
Several earthquake shocks were felt in Avezzano and nearby areas over the past 24 hours. Authorities reported no damage. The dispatch mentions unrelated travel notices for Luray Virginia and Alexandria with a $2 return fare on Southern Railway, dated Sept. 6.
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Southern Railway
Revolt Rumors Rise in Constantinople Amid Turco German Tensions
Bucharest reports in Turco German circles that a revolution is imminent in Constantinople. Young Turks policy is condemned as new Gallipoli landings and allied submarine activity inflame unrest. Food prices rise as coastal shipping halts. refugees flee in thousands. German trains reach Lom Pelanka. Americans depart.
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Constantinople
Gallipoli
Lom Pelanka
Miners Strike Deepens as 10,000 More Quit in Wales and Monmouth
In a widening walkout 30,009 South Wales and Monmouthshire miners refuse to return to work, with ten thousand more quitting. Sixteen collieries shut. talks between Lloyd George and Runciman with miners’ leaders yield no resolution. A further conference is set for Monday with mine owners’ participation. Leaders oppose renewed widespread action despite scattered reports of further quits.
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Mrs Goulds Sister Weds In Quiet London Ceremony
Miss Henfrietta Kelly daughter of the late Arthur W Kelly and sister-in-law of Frank Jay Gould married Lieut Allen E Horne elder son of Edgar Horne MP at Shackelford Surrey. The wedding occurred quietly by special license due to the bridegroom s military duties and connects to Edith Kelly Gould, an English chorus girl, who wed Frank Jay Gould in 1910 after his divorce from Helen Bally.
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Edith Kelly Gould
Mr. Gould
Helen M. Bally
Warnings to Girls About American Mormon Missionaries
Berlin newspapers warn young girls not to follow American Mormon missionaries about to leave Germany for Utah. Advertisements note a $20.50 Chicago and Return fare on Baltimore and Ohio for the trip, with travel and training details to return in September.
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Roosevelt Reply Highlights Unpreparedness Critique
In New York on August 25 Colonel Roosevelt responds to Secretary Garrison, challenging him to show any call for war over unpreparedness. He notes his seven and a half years as president with no foreign-fire deaths, contrasts Wilson’s peace with losses at Vera Cruz and on US soil, and argues better Mexican actions could have prevented ship sinks and murders at sea. He blames decline in gunnery on misconduct in navy handling and cites two years with no fleet maneuvers in 1913 and 1914.
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Garrison
Col Roosevelt
Wilson
Vera Cruz
Haiti
Washington Post
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Wer
Leonard Wood
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Roosevelt
Garrison Col
United States
Mexico
Praeger Named Second Assistant Postmaster General
Washington politicians learned of a postmastership shake up with Otto Praeger promoted to Second Assistant Postmaster General and Merritt O Chance named his successor. Chance, a Democrat from Iowa, will start September 1 and had served in the Post Office and on Taft’s economy panel. The change shifts Praeger from head of the local office amid calls for a branch post office on Pennsylvania Avenue, while Stewart remains with the Justice Department.
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Court of Claims
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Texas
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Roosevelt Attacks Wilson Policies in Bitter Reply
Former President Roosevelt denounces Secretary of War Garrison over preparedness and Plattsburg remarks. He argues firmness with Mexico would have prevented outrages at sea and criticizes Wilson the War Department for unpreparedness, urging concrete action and universal military service.
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