Titanic Armies Clash on Aisne Front Amid Conflicting Reports
As fighting rages on the Aisne line in Northeastern France, Berlin and London give contradictory official updates. German forces reportedly repulsed French attacks while Allies claim German counter moves were checked, with overall front activity spanning about 150 miles and reinforcements to 3 million men.
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London
Aisne
Berlin
Laon
Lorraine
Marne
Meuse
Stenay Gap
Toul
Mobilization of Battleships Ordered by U C
Washington reports the President and Secretary of the Navy ordered the Atlantic battleships mobilized after Navy General Board approval. The fleet will be repaired ashore, train in winter maneuvers likely near Guantanamo Bay, with aims to deter belligerents and show U S readiness following Vera Cruz events.
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Washington
Daniels
Atlantic
General Board of the Navy
Chicago Herald
United States
Vera Cruz
Funston
Carranza
General Board
Datiels
Caribbean
Guantanamo
Cuba
Austrian Army Advances into Serb Frontier Front
Paris dispatch reports the Austrians resumed the offensive crossing the Drina and advancing toward Kroupani and Valltvo. On a 60 mile front along the Bosnian frontier, battles raged for four days with Servian forces described as in a favorable position despite fierce attacks.
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Paris
Servia
Havas
Drina
Kroupani
Valltvo
Tinhovia
Svornik
Tosnitza
Lesnitza
Berlin War Bulletins Report Wide World Front
Berlin and London dispatches describe German plans to defend the Western front while launching an offensive in Hessia. Reports note fortifications around Cologne Wesel and Duisburg and a Ryndam seizure at Cork harbor. Paris cites Aisne battles. Italy may enter war.
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London
Maentzicht
Holland
Reuter Telegram Co
Maestricht
Cologne
Dusteldorf
Wesel
Duisburg
Berlin Denies Allied Victories in France Reports
German embassy telegram from Berlin rejects French and English war reports of victories in France. It says the German retreat was a maneuver, the center breach was repulsed, and confirms German successes at several points on the battlefield. The Temps cites British losses of 15 000 in the recent fighting.
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Berlin
France
Washington, D. C
West Liberty Man Dies After Coffee Suspected Poisoning
John W. Reeves, 60, a leading implement dealer in West Liberty Iowa, died after convulsions at his breakfast table. A physician reported poison symptoms as the cup of coffee he drank was tested. the stomach and the cup contents were sent to Iowa City for analysis. Reeves had no known domestic or business troubles.
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West Liberty
John WN. Reeves
Reeves
Jows City
Four Boys Escape Reform School on a Stolen Engine
Four youths escaped Boonville reform school and rode a stolen Missouri Pacific engine through the night pursued by detectives. The chase ended near Pilot Grove as the engine derailed after reaching 60 miles per hour. three of the seven escapees were recaptured. The remaining four fled into woods near Sedalia, Missouri.
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Reform School
Alo
Danger Point
Redalia
Boonville
5Sedalla
Missouri, Kansas & Texan Railway
Pilot Grave
Sedalia
Pilot Grove
French Fighting Near Paris Shows Slow Progress
An official Paris report describes indecisive fighting northeast of Paris with German resistance intact on the Aisne and Argonne fronts. It notes continued German fortification, slow Allied progress, and high French morale amid heavy artillery.
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Paris
Aisne
Derry-Au-Bac
Argonné
Argonne
Meuse
Mont Faucon
Woevre
Etant
Thisucourt
Lorraine
Vosges
River Olse
Galicia
American divorces obtainable in China
Shanghai August 15 Associated Press correspondence American citizens residing in China may now obtain divorces there. The requirement for U S residents to travel vast distances is no longer necessary as new rules allow legal separations locally.
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China
Shanghai
Associated Press
United States
Germans Erect Barriers At Dead On River Aisne
Paris dispatch reports stubborn German resistance along the Aisne front with reinforcements from Lorraine. The fiercest fighting centers near Soissons as German corpses stacked six feet high formed a barrier. French Turcos reportedly broke it after a brutal clash leaving 7,600 dead on the battlefield.
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London
Times
Paris
Aisne
Méana
Lorraine
Soissons
Marne
Red
J W Lamb Dies After 35 Years in Independence Business
J W Lamb a well known Independence entrepreneur died last evening after long illness from heart disease. He earlier sold his implement business after years in grain ventures and spent 20 years in agricultural implements. Survived by wife Mrs Lamb and daughter Mrs F T Miller.
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Independence
J. W. Lamb
Aplington
S. L. Kemmerer
Survivors of Old 21st Iowa Gather in Reunion
Sixty veterans of the Twenty-List Iowa infantry met at noon in Dubuque to mark 52 years since leaving the Key City. The 1,200 strong regiment gathered at the G A R hall on Commercial Street for reminiscences and registration led by secretary Robert Brown.
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Old 21St Iowa
Dubuque
G. A. R. Hall
Commercial Street
Iowa Infantry Volunteers
Key City
G A. R. Hall
Robert Brown
Regimental Association
Nice
Aaron Moga
Greens
Thomas W. Wheeler
DeWitt
Charles TL
Gibeaut
Osage
Samuel B
Pick
Germans at Night Destroy Own Regiment by Mistake
A Saxon officer held in Troyes reports German night fighting errors since the war began. He says near Malines German artillery destroyed a Prussian regiment believed to be French infantry and two German battalions near a frontier village fired on each other, wiping out both units.
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Berlin
Sayville
L. I
von Hausen
von Einem
Vienna
London
Paris
Reuter Telegram Company
Troyes
France
Malines
Heavy Rain Floods Des Moines Lowlands
Des Moines is hit by 4.87 inches of rain in an hour driving families from lowland homes. Two Gypsy children drown near Walnut Creek as creosote block paving is ripped up and rail traffic is disrupted. The Des Moines River rises sharply and records show this month as the wettest September on record.
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Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Walnut Creek
John B. Griffen
Alble
Kepetugta
Boone
Russian losses intensify as Huassians outnumber them in Galicia
Vienna reports from Galicia emphasize Russian defeats and Austrian gains. Huassian divisions field 16 infantry battalions with cavalry and artillery and ample ammunition. Russians suffer higher casualties per day as 80 000 wounded arrive Sunday and 10 000 wounded are treated at the Prater exhibition rotundas.
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Vienna
Galicia
Prater
Russians Use Prison Labor In War Efforts
Gazette reports from Petrograd via London that about 200000 Russian prisoners are being distributed across distant districts. They are assigned to labor such as railway work harvest plowing and road building with others sent to Turkestan for drainage projects.
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Petrograd
London
Turkestan
Lightning Strikes Man in City Storm Incident
William Witt, driver for H. Krenaky, was thrown from a delivery wagon at Twenty fourth street and the Rock Island tracks during a electric storm. He was assisted to the Krensky store and is report ed to suffer a badly injured left limb and severe nervous shock today.
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William Witt
H. Krenaky
Commercial Street
Twenty-fourth Street
Rock Island
Witt
Krensky
Roosevelt to Speak at Ames Iowa State College Gym
Col. Theodore Roosevelt will address a morning speech in the gymnasium at Iowa State College in Ames on September 23. The announcement came from the Story County Progressive Committee.
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Roosevelt
Ames
Col
Pheodore Roosevelt
Iowa State College
Story County Progressive Committee
World War Theatre Shows Armies Moving Across Fronts
Hundred miles chain stretches from Noyon to the Swiss frontier as German retreat becomes stubborn resistance and battles at equal weight to Marne unfold. Russian gains in Galicia persist while Austrians and Germans fall back toward Przemysl. Japanese forces face floods as Turkish units assemble.
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Galicia
Przemysl
Far East
The
Aisne
Noyon
Paris
Poutheist
Nancy
Marns
Ger
Hainee Cape
Annles
Stlons
Ehormots
Sowress
Nis
Poland
Praemysl
Vianna
Nish
Austria
Shan Tung Peninsula
Kian Chau
Petrograd
Italy
Rome
Albania
William of
Wied
Avlona
Kenyon Anger Flare Over Pork Barrel Debate
Washington dispatch details a sharp Senate exchange between Senator Kenyon and Senator Simmons over river and harbor pork items. Simmons cited an Army Engineers list as vicious. Kenyon called it partial and pressed for broader cuts amid flood control debate.
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Washington, D. C
Army Engineers
Calia
Kenyon
Simmons
Mississippi
Senator Simmons
North Carolina
Kenyon Sain
Crystal River
Florida
Sabine River
Texas
Goard of
Railroad officials deny culvert washout near Dewar
Great Western railroad officials denied a morning paper report that a culvert near Dewar washed out after a passenger train passed. They said only riverbank erosion occurred, the culvert remained intact, and train operations were not delayed.
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Great Western Railroad
Dewar
Postal reminder for undelivered paper and will copy request
If the paper is not delivered to your home by 6, call 3330 for a copy of the will. After 6 30, call Ne 3 for assistance.
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East Prussia
Stockholm
London Stock Exchange Committee Today
West Liberty Man
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Biddle Va
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