Russians Fight to Escape German Net Near Vilna
London dispatch reports heavy fighting on the eastern front as von Hindenburg attempts to cut off Russian forces retreating from Vilna. Petrograd remains confident, while British ships bombard the Belgian coast and artillery shells blur the trenches. News of Vilna’s fall is unconfirmed, with German advances and Bulgarian diplomatic moves shaping the landscape.
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England
Vilna
Kaiser
Belgian
Flanders
London
von Hindenburg
Petrograd
Vina
Warsaw
Petrofrand
Von
Pripet
Rovno
Volhynia
Cealtel
Germana
Turkey
Bulgaria
Berlin
War Office
Balkans
Semendris
Semendriala
Belgrade
Nish
Germany
Serbia
Danube
Archibald
Zeppelin
Wilson
Dumbria
Villa
Blanco
Murdock
Columbus Theater
G. A. R. Vanguard
Builds faces anew nurse reports on Dr Blake’s work
A Bryn Mawr head nurse touring New York and Paris says facial surgery by Dr Blake and his team at the American Hospital in Paris is highly remarkable. She describes cases where lower faces were shot away yet patients return weeks later with only light facial scars.
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Blake
Washington Post
New York
Ethel B Davin
Bryn Mawr Hosp Pital
Philadelphia
Paris
Orduna
Seteters
Missing British Army funds run to millions say American businessman
An American businessman returning from England claims the British paymaster system has led to missing funds totaling around 16 million dollars, with 10 million cited as part of front line pay. Investigations reportedly resulted in dismissals and one arrest for related charges.
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Washington Post
New York
Hingland
Rotterdam
War Office
Dumba Issue Sparks European Diplomatic Drama
State Department guards Vienna message on Ambassador Dumba. If Vienna disavows him, Dumba may skip Vienna for Rotterdam or Berlin, delaying return and signaling recall. The envoy, aware of his precarious position, plans to sail on the 28th and may seek months in Europe.
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State Department
Austria
Holland
Germany
Europe
Archibald Denies Conspiracy In Dumba Dispatch Debacle
New York correspondent James F. J. Archibald issued a formal statement denying any conspiracy or violation of U.S. neutrality in carrying Dr Constantin Dumba’s letter. He said the contents were unknown to him, delivered openly on the ship, and carried as a courtesy for diplomats and his hosts, after consulting a lawyer. Archibald described his letters of introduction and prior travels, and noted secret service questions about a 金head cane were routine.
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America
Gerard
Europe
New York
James F. J. Archibald
Constantin T. Dumba
Washington
Baron von Burian
United States
Dumba
Archibald
Falmouth
Rotterdam
Ocean
Germany
State Department
Ambassador Gerard
Ambassador
Princes Hatzfeldt
Prince Hatzfeldt
Count von Bernstorff
Capt
von Papen
Secret Service
Calumet
Marbridge
Dumba to Sail Sept 28 on Rotterdam from New York
Austrian Ambassador Constantin Dumba has reserved passage on the steamer Rotterdam, sailing from New York on September 28. Destination Rotterdam, Holland, with possible travel via neutral territory to Vienna. Ambassadors fate tied to U.S. assurances of safe passage amid recall by President Wilson.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington Dispatch
New York World
State Department
Vienna
Ambassador Dumba
United States
Dr. Dumba
Foreign Office
Wilson
Rotterdam
Constantin T. Dumba
Holland
Germany
Falmouth
England
Dumba
Lenox
Mase Pittsfield
Mass
Baron von Bissing Spirited Away From Kensington Home
London dispatch reports Baron von Bissing half brother to Gen von Bissing and German wartime governor of Belgium was secretly interned and spirited away from his Kensington residence by detectives. The Long agitation for internment continued in Parliament as calls rose to deprive him of liberty in retaliation for Pinchot’s treatment.
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Belgium
Pinchot
London
Baron von Bissing
von Biasing
Kensington
Islington
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Admiralty
Edgar Speyer
United States
Baroh von Bissing
Hove
Sussex
Harold J. Tennant
Germany
House of Commons
Gifford Pinchot
United States Bureau of Forestry
Swedish Loan to Germany for Coal and Goods Aid
London dispatch says Sweden will loan Germany 40 000 000 kroner about 10 million dollars in return for Germany allowing coal and other specified exports to Sweden. Five Swedish banks will provide the loan to be used to pay for Swedish goods purchased by Germany.
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London
Germany
Sweden
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Nuns jailed for letters in Germany seizure
Paris date Sept 20 Geneva dispatch says German military authorities tightened controls to stop uncensored correspondence. A Metz slater superior of the Order of Sainte Christians was searched on departure to Switzerland. letters intended for outside Germany were found and she received fifteen days in prison. A sister who wrote one letter was sentenced to a month.
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Germany
Paris
Hawan
Geneva
Order of Sainte Christians Gt
Metz
Switzerland
Russian Fight to Escape Net
An early 1900s style brief notes various war era items including a report on a Russian figure attempting to escape capture and elude authorities, with accompanying headlines about Allied and Axis standings and related international tensions.
British Steamer Horden Sunk By Torpedo Attack
London dispatch reports the British steamer Horden of 1,434 tons was torpedoed and sunk. The crew reached shore safely, and the vessel built in 1806 was owned by Burnatt Steamship Company of Newcastle.
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Horden
London
The
Burnatt Steamship Company of
Newcastle
Robbers plunder Patterson estate grave vault for valuables
Thorough raid on the Majerle Patterson estate north of Florida avenue reports ten coffins torn open in the burial vault. Ashes and bones scattered as two bands of robbers searched for heirlooms. A caretaker, Cephas Johnson, and a surviving descendant in Europe are noted as key figures. Police, led by Sergeant Walsh and Lieut. Hodges, investigate with no arrests.
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Majerle Patterson
Hiram Patterson
Patterson
Florida Avenue
Second
Twelfth
Cephas Johnson
Europe
American Security and Trust Company
Johnson
Walsh
U S Delegation Presses Intervention on Senator Sheppard
A San Antonio area delegation of mining and business leaders and Mexican investment interests urged United States intervention in Mexico at a conference with Senator Morris Sheppard in El Pano Texas. The refugees, who fled Mexico following State Department advice, argued for US action for the best interests of Mexico and foreign investors.
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Sheppard
el Pano
Tex
Mexico
United States
Morris Sheppard
State Department
British Blacklist Targets U S Cotton Rubber and Metals
Special to The Washington Post from New York describes Britain’s control over American supplies of cotton rubber and metals. A Liverpool Cotton Association plan lists US merchants who refuse trade with countries Britain designates, placing others on a blacklist and cutting future business.
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Washington Post
New York
Liverpool Cotton Association
Great Britain
British Pressure on Wool and Rubber Trade Revealed
A World article shows British controls over U S rubber and wool markets and notes similar tactics across tin, steel, and cotton sectors. It cites the Rubber Club of America as an agent for Britain, plus Otis Steel Company and other firms pressured to refuse shipments to Germany and its allies.
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Great Britain
United States
Germany
Rubber Club of America, Inc
Sn American Organiza
Tion
Austria
Turkey
Cleveland
Frms
Grotgh
Otis Steel Company
Benkers
England
Board of Trade and War Trade’ Department
Britain to tax broadly as budget plans loom
Special dispatch from London reports Chancellor Reginald McKenna will present a high revenue plan to Parliament. It would rely on heavy new levies on tea and other consumables, increased tobacco and alcohol taxes, and possible war profits tax, aiming to cover war spending without new borrowing.
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Washington Post
London
Reginald McKenna
Wagga
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