Empire in Reeling After Servian Blow
Franz Josef's empire reels under Servian blow as German forces bombard Namur forts. Large troop movements westward continue with contact to be joined with main Allied forces. A great battle looms with enormous future wartime impact. expect ebb and flow for several days.
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Namaut
France
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Alsace
Strassburg
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Landstrum
War Office says neither side has gained a victory in war fronts
London war office statement notes no side has achieved a decisive victory. German and Austrian reserves mobilized. battles loom as fronts widen toward France and Alsace. French advances open Colmar approach. Austrian defense bolstered at Strassburg. News from neutral channels limited. claims of successes abroad viewed skeptically.
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Germany
Austria
Alsace
Antwerp
Germans Levy 540000000 War Tax on Brussels
Washington experts doubt the legality of a 40 million dollar tax by Brussels’ German occupier. The practice, once common in wars up to Napoleon, has largely fallen into desuetude as international law debates continue amid occupied Brussels.
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Washington, D. C
Brussels
Belgian General Leman Taken Prisoner En Route to Cologne
Official sources report Austria suffered 20 000 casualties in three days near the River Drina and that General Leman the Belgian commander of Liege forts is a prisoner bound for Cologne. Lemau, once head of the Belgian military school, is a noted expert in military engineering and a determined commander at 62.
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London
Austria
Drina
Leman
Liege
Cologne
General Lemau
Tle
German Press on Brusels Occupation and Peace Efforts
Berlin dispatches recount seven word note announcing German entry into Brussels as sole Belgian news. Berlin papers praise rapid German advance but avoid tactics, stressing correspondence among Prince Henry, King George and Emperor William. They claim Germany sought peace with Russia and France, blaming England for war. Japanese chargé d affaires remains in Berlin.
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Copenhagen
London
Brussels
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Henry
Prussia
George
William
Germany
Czar J
Russia
France
England
Censorship and War Dispatches Across Allied Fronts
San Francisco reports Japan enforces strict censorship on all messages, requiring sender and recipient details. A German dispatch claims a “magnificent victory” between Metz and the Vosges. British army reservists in the U.S. are ordered to report to consular officers. A Belgian town execution by Germans is announced as without provocation. Mazatlan clearance papers refused by Washington. ship German owned, coal supplier tied to German interests.
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Japan
Empire
Washington, D. C
United States
Mazatlan
Treasury Department
Washington
Leipzg
War Field Now Seems Certain of Embracing Japan
Germany must surrender Kiauchau to Japan before the ultimatum expires or fight. Japan is prepared for war and may also confront Austria. Baron Chinda warns the U S and President Wilson backs a cautious course. Japan rejects US transfer of Kiauchau and vows no scheme to aid Germany.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
Kian-Chau
Baron Chinda
United States
Austria
Nippon
Kiaw Chau
Wilson
Bryan
Kian Chan
China
Kaiser's China requests Japan on Kiangchau return
China asked Germany to restore Kiang-Chau to China. Japan replied negatively and warned that China accepting the Kaiser's plan would be an unfriendly act. The Chinese government told Germany the proposal could not be accepted, then Kaiser suggested transferring Kiang-Chau to the United States. Japanese officials say no equivocal reply will be tolerated.
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Japan
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Kian-Chan
United States
Great Britain
China
Peking
Berlin
Yuan Shih Kai
Kaiser
FO OU
Washington
Germans Will Not Stop in Brussels
Central News dispatch from Antwerp, forwarded today, reports from Brussels that Germans assure they will not continue to occupy the capital and will content themselves with having marched through the town.
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Brussels
London
Central News Disputch Fron
Brogselg
Great Britain to Loan $50,000,000 to Belgium
Great Britain plans a $50,000,000 loan to Belgium. The funds will be raised via treasury bills after bids were called, as reported from London in August. The Economist notes U.S. opposition to a French loan floated in New York.
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Great Britain
Belgium
London
Vel Klum
German-Lloyd Steamship Brandenburg sails to Bergen for war relief
The North German Lloyd steamship Brandenburg sailed from Philadelphia down the Delaware bound for Bergen Norway with 5,500 tons of coal and 2,800 tons of foodstuffs and 1,400 tons of bunkers. Captain Dietrich, a navy auxiliary officer, commanded after a change ordered by a German official. Local authorities raised protests abroad that the vessel is an auxiliary cruiser and may seek safe harbor in Bergen amid high coal prices and wartime profit motives.
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Saar
Washington
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Schimetz
Dietrich
Tertin
Vladivostok
Brandensburg
Keokuk Deputy Marshals Named in New Appointment
Edwin G. Moon of Ottumwa has been sworn in as first assistant U S marshal for the district, succeeding Frad 8. Halsteeny of Burlington. Moon will serve Davenport and Keokuk, where deputies count eight, with Peterson handling grocery work in Keokuk and Crowler formerly a Burlington railroad conductor. El Trovat cigar advertisement noted.
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Crowler
Burlington Railroad l
Reed
Davenport
United States Marshal
Edwin G. Moon
Ottumwa
Claude R. Porter
Des Moines
Moon
Frad
Halsteeny
Burlington
Nick Reed Granted Two More Deputies in Iowa District
Due to rising workload in the southern district of Iowa the Department of Justice has allowed Nick Reed United States material to appoint two additional deputies. Yesterday Reed named A. W. Peterson as a deputy at Davenport and C. Crowley as a deputy elsewhere.
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Iowa
Department of Justice
N. PL Reed
United States
Cardinals Meet to Arrange for papal succession in Rome
Twenty three cardinals gathered in the first congregation to map a temporary church government and prepare for the conclave in September to elect a successor to Pope Pius X. The ring breaking ritual was scratched as no one could break it, and 400 orphans were provided for by the late pope's testament amid burial preparations at St Peter's.
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Vatican
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de Petro
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Pompili
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Pape Pius X
Blessed Sacrament
St. Peter’s
St. Peter's
Germans Move Toward Dutch Frontier
A Daily Mail dispatch from Armsterd reports that Belgian frontier observers say German Uhlans were sighted engaging near Esschen, about 18 miles north of Antwerp, three miles from the Dutch border, shortly after noon.
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London
Armsterd
Daily Mail
Thom Rosendaal
Esschen
Ante
Will delivery note prompts call for redelivery
A fragment indicates a will and a newspaper copy to be sent if delivery fails by 6 o clock. It requests residents to phone a number and call again after 6 20 to arrange a new copy. Names or exact addresses are incomplete.
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Chile
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