Plot to Tie Up U S Munitions Plants Alleged Letter
The New York World reports a seized Archibald letter pack with signatures of Count von Bernstorff and Austrian envoy Dumba among others. Documents allegedly show German plans to disrupt U S munitions works, with copies sent to Berlin and Vienna, and a key Dumba letter urging strikes and disruption of Bethlehem steel and midwest plants.
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U.S
Archibald
Dumba
Man
Middle West
Bethlehem Works
Bernstorf
Lansing
Cedarhurst
von Bethmann-Hollway
Germany
America
Austria
Burian
Vienna
Bernstorff
New York
United States
Low
Burlan
Capt Archibald
Schwab
Bethleham
Ame
German Attache Admits Papers Taken For Berlin
The World reports Count von Bernstorff admits German Attache Dr Frits Edler gave papers to Archibald to convey to Berlin. Edler’s amended statement claims Archibald lied and that Bernstorff offered services but refused to act. Edler later says Archibald received curtain papers via Capt von Papen, including a report on German propaganda exposures.
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Archibald
Berlin
Count von Bernstorff
Count
Capt. von Papen
State Department
Washington Post
New York
Frits Edler
Count Johann von Bernstorff
Ritz-Carlton
London
Edler
Count Bernstorff
Lansing
Nywoy
Dr Edler
Archipald
Ritz- Carlton
World
Capt von Papen
War message calls focus on munitions and complete army equipment
A Patrograd dispatch reports Russia's conference on national defense stressing rapid munitions supply, full armament of the active army, and unity of government, parliament, institutions, and industry to drive the invasion from borders. The emphasis is on concentrating all human effort and setting aside other preoccupations to achieve victory.
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London
Patrograd
Reuter
BAYS
Ita
Hussia
Cosen
Russia
Par Uiment
Rusela
Message From the Holy Father Denied by Vatican War Front Report
A Vatican note rejects a reported papal message to President Wilson amid ongoing World War I action. The article describes Russian resistance to Austro German advances from the Pripet region toward the Dvina river area and eastern fronts, with battles near Lenieda Friedrichstadt and Vilna as forces maneuver and civilians evacuate.
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Dvina
Rigg
Marshal von Hindenburg
Friedrichstadt
Pripet
Germany
Vilna
Cardinal Gibbons to Publish Text of Message to Wilson
Cardinal Gibbons announced in Baltimore that the full text of the message conveyed to President Wilson would be released in a day or two. He awaits the Pope's reply to the report of his conference with the President.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Wilson
Vatican Says Cardinal Gibbons Had No Special Message
Rome and Baltimore Sept 4 Vatican issued a formal statement denying Cardinal Gibbons carried a special written message from Pope Benedict to President Wilson. The Vatican stressed Gibbons spoke for the Pontiff, aiding peace efforts, with the U.S. best placed to lead talks among belligerents. Gibbons declined to discuss contents of any message read at the White House.
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Mgr. Gibbons
White
The
Holy Father
Rome
Powera
America
Cardinal Gibbons
Washington
Pope Benedot
Wilson
Vatican
Gibbong
Gibbons
United States
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbong
Pope Benedict
Cardinal Upvons
White House
Zeppelins Terrorize East England in August Raid
A Washington dispatch reports zeppelin raids on London and east counties, with Liverpool Street station bombed and many killed. Eyewitness said 30 bodies lay in a London morgue while the Admiralty warned of attacks in the east.
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Liverpool
London
Admiralty
Washington
New York
England
Joe McDermott
Minneapolis
Liverpool Street
McDermott
Walthamstow
Leyton and
Leytonstone
Ums
Border clash on Rio Grande kills dozens in daylong fight
Brownsville reports a two mile battle along the Rio Grande near Old Hidalgo with more than twenty Mexicans killed and an American trooper wounded. Carranza troops likely reinforced by local Mexicans and armed civilians. US forces, rangers, and peace officers held three river crossings as fortifications and telegraph lines were disrupted.
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Carranza
Texas
Old Hidalgo
Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande River
United States
Drew
F R McCor
Mission
Pea
Nouth
Rio Grande
Here
San Benito
International Boundary
Rangera
John Sal~ Vini
Third Cavalry
Tax
Cant McCoy
Mexico
Mission Hidalgo
Garrizon
Fort Sam Houston
Southern Department
Mission District
Brownslig
Severth Pace
Sea of Flames in Wake of Russians Describe Devastation
An Austrian officer’s letter from the eastern front portrays a retreat marked by deliberate destruction. He cites burning houses and crops, organized detachments of cossacks, and torched towns like Krylow Vladimir Volynsky and Verba. Roads, railways, and convoys suffer, with soldiers laboring to free carts and repair damaged routes.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Tausanne Gazette
Mitchenko
Krylow
Vladimi-Valynskyi
Verba
Valynskyi
Hovel
James
Sokol
Vladimir-Volynsky
U boat lands men to blow up bridge
A British submarine after threading the Gulf of Ismid landed a party to dynamite a railroad bridge at Gebize near Constantinople. The operation damaged part of the bridge, killed Turkish guards, and the crew returned to the submarine.
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London
Athens
the Star
Gulf of Ismid
Gebize
Constantinople
Haidar— Pasha
Samid
Asia Minor
Bluejackets
Austro Hungarian Official Injured in Pittsfield Auto Crash
Stephen Hedry de Hedri second secretary of the Austro Hungarian embassy was brought from Lenox to Mercy Hospital in Pittsfield tonight with a broken right wrist. He was cranking the automobile of Prince Alfred von Hohenjohs Schilling when the accident occurred late this afternoon. Dr Hala of Lenox attended.
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Stephen Hedry de Hedri
Apedal
Washington Post
Pittsfield
Mass
Lenox
House of ‘Mercy Hospital
Pittafield
Princs
Alfred Xa HohenJohs
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von Papen
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Secretary of State
Capt
Archi- Daly
Vex Papen
von Bernstorff
Belleved
Luray
Belemors
Ohio
Union
Caperton
France
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Port Au Prince
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Hia
Jusserand
d’Artiguenava
Haftian Congress
Teutons
River Dvina
Pope
Rovae
Dubno
Gulf of Riga
Leniewada
Cardinal
Giants’ Hallway
Southern Railway
Rel
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York, Ic
Hide Zeppelin
Hull
U. S
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Ous
Diflomat
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