German Army Faces Pressure in Flooded Trenches at Aisne
British and French advices note the right wing of the German army slowly falling back as the Battle of the Aisne continues. Both sides watch for an opportunity to drive a wedge through the opposing line while troops hold strongly entrenched positions along the Marne vicinity.
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Aisne
The
Marne
William
London
France
Paris
Nll
Gars
Galicia
Times
Bordeaux
French
Allies Realize Superhuman Strength Needed To Win
British and French leaders acknowledge victory requires extraordinary effort as Allied forces plan a possible envelopment of General Von Kluck’s German right wing along a 150 mile front. Hand to hand fighting persists, high casualties mount, and reports describe German losses while eastern fronts show Russian successes against Austria in Galicia.
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von Kluck
Jvondon
Amiens
Hye
Germany
War Report From Berlin Claims German-Austrian Successes
A German army headquarters release in Berlin proclaims victories across theatres. In France a decisive attack north of Noyon is reported with 2,500 French captured at Beaumont and allied counterattacks repulsed. East, German forces advance on Russia while Austrians halt Serbians. Official Paris notes reinforce German lines on the Aiste and from Lorraine. Tokyo says Japanese troops landed at Waoshan Bay. Casualty estimates around 130,000.
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Berlin
France
Noyon
Beaumont
Otire
Geran
Vienna
Priomyal
Lemberg
London
Paris
Aiste
Lorraine
Bordeaux
Tokio
Waoshan Bay
Waoshan
Tsing Tau
Men Fall Repeatedly in Desperate Battle Near Senlis and Chantilly
London dispatch from Sept 16 describes heavy Allied gains after a hard push across the north bank, with German reinforcements reforming lines. The report chronicles a second battle opening Monday, hailed as possibly the fiercest of the campaign with brutal assaults and heroic trench fire, including a wounded private recounting rifle fire and a comrade's death.
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London
Fimes
Senlis
Chantilly
Marne
von Kluck
Schooner Sunk Sums Up Casualties Near Columbia River
Portland reports confirm the sinking of the three masted schooner Francis H. Leggett about 60 miles south of the Columbia River with 37 passengers and about 20 crew. Two survivors rescued, two steamers standing by the wreck site. wireless message from Astoria. Dividends at United Gas and Electric suspended to conserve resources as markets react to financial strain.
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Portland
Ore
Francis H. Leggett
San Francisco
Columbian River
Astoria
New York
United Gas and Electric Corporation
Devastation on Marne Battlefield Described by Times
Telegraph from Seranne in Marne reports the Marne battle's second day left a landscape of death. German prisoners help bury the dead as trenches and roads show long burial lines with casualties stacked shoulder to shoulder and in layers. The scene conveys immense slaughter.
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London
Seranne
Department of Marne
Woernay
Times
the Marne
Battlefeld
Mexico Provisional President Seen in Calderon Pick
Washington officials discuss the October national convention in Mexico City with Gen. Carranza expected to resign as first chief and Fernando Iglesias Calderon named provisional president. Calderon would oversee a general election in which Carranza plans to run.
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Washington
D. C
Mexico City
Carranza
Fernando Iglesias Calderon
Liberal Party
Mexico
Calderon
AustRean family quarrel reported from Vienna scenes
Dispatches from Rome relay violent clashes outside the Austrian ministry of war last Thursday. Vienna newspaper Die Zeitung says the Holy Synod at Petrograd declared a religious war against Germany and Austria, with windows shattered at the ministry building.
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Austrean
London
Rome
Exchange Telegraph Company
Vienna
Ministry of War
Die Zeitung
Holy Synod
Petrograd
Germany
Austria
Japanese Capture Station at Laoshan Bay
Tokyo says September 18 actions by Imperial troops and fleet at Laoshan bay led to the capture of Kian Chau station and seizure of a twin. Among passengers was the Shan Tung railway president, taken prisoner.
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Tokio
Laoshan Bay
Kian Chau
Shan Tung
War News Wrap: Evacuations in Belgium and Global Tensions
Reports from Antwerp via London note Dandermonde and Londerzeet freed by German forces, the first time since Brussels moved to Antwerp. Other dispatches cover a British plan for a $100 million gold fund to support Europe, a France situation update, and American troop departures. A Romanian entry doubt and Bulgarian sympathy for Russia appear in neutral observer notes. Mrs Arnold Jackson wins the women’s national golf championship in Glencoe, Boston.
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Antwerp
London
Telegraaf
Dandermonde
Termonde
Londerzeet
Brussels
Washington, D. C
Europe
Federal Reserve Board
German Soldiers Criticize War in Private Letters
Bordeaux reports reveal German prisoners’ letters on the Rheims fighting September 11 to 16. Officers lament strategic losses and officer casualties, noting guards retreat, exhaustion, and France’s deadly artillery. A lieutenant describes daily fighting from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. under shrapnel rain. a French aviator attack wounds horses and men.
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Bordeaux
Kroops
Rheims
Heath
Rheima
von Schack
Folunel
Meutenant
German War Advices Admit Setbacks and Prisoner Gains
Berlin official dispatch details mixed outcomes on September 19 as German forces report a decisive battle near the Noayon area with 2,600 French prisoners taken, while fronts along the battle line are repulsing Allied attacks. It notes Albanian and Serbian fronts, river crossings, and casualties, with disarray in some reports.
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Ferlin
Wireleas
Sayville
Ttia
Thirteenth
Fourth Army Corpa
Geruman
Vasgos
Hrelaad
Suwallct
Agram
Save River
Eastern Race Case Ordered Reopened
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a rehearing of the Eastern rate case. Hearings will begin October 19 in Washington. Railroads seek a uniform percent increase east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac. Western roads plan freight-rate applications to cover the Atlantic to Pacific routes.
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Washingrton
PD. C
Interature Commerce Commission
Wilson
White House
Pittenburgh
Benied
Great Lakes
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac
Atlantic
Paris Cor respondent says German guards corps annihilated
London dispatch reports in Paris that accounts agree the famed Prussian guards corps, the special pride of the German emperor, has been practically annihilated in battles along the Meuse, Marne, and Aisne rivers.
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London
Paris
Exchange Telegraph Company
Meuse
Marte
Aisne
Mrs Frank Leslie Dies Former Publisher in New York
Mrs Frank Leslie widow of Frank Leslie dies in an uptown New York hotel. She had been a prominent figure in publishing since her husband’s death in 1889, famed as a leading publisher and social figure of the era.
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New York
Frank Leslie
Baroness de Bazus
Assassination Attempt on Galician Governor
A dispatch from Vienna via Rotterdam Lan den Sept 79 reports three revolver shots fired at Count Georges Bobrinski the Russian governor of Galicia while he was at Kiev. One shot struck him in the shoulder. The assailant was arrested and later Ukrainian houses were searched for additional clues.
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Vienna
Rotterdam
Landen
Georges Bobrinski
Galicia
Kiefl
Nurse Adrienne Buket Killed On Battlefield In Paris
Paris reports Mme Adrienne Buket head of Dames du Sacre Coeurs was shot by a German machine gun while lifting a wounded soldier. The casualty list includes her among those killed on the battlefield as the war grinds on. London says Prince of Wales wished to join the front but Lord Kitchener advised against active service for now, noting unfinished military training.
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Paris
Mme
Adrienne Buket
Dames du Sacre Coeurs
London
Prince of Wales
Lord Kitchener
Filibuster Breaks in Senate Over Pork Bill Fight
Washington Sept 1 The river and harbor bill fight nears a break as President Wilson favors abandoning the measure and substituting a new resolution to fund 13 to 15.6 million for ongoing projects. Senator Burton leads a 12 hour session with Kenyon and Smoot, nine roll calls, and writs of arrest ordered for absent senators amid dense parliamentary maneuvering.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Wilson
Burton
Senate Chamber
Kenyon
Smoot
Senator Burton
Aub
Chamber
Ransdell
Washington
Kern
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Temperatures and historical max min figures
Fragmentary record lists temperatures supplied by Buchanan Optical. Contains dated entries for September 19 with midnight readings and a series of historic maximum and minimum temperatures: 1911 64 and 48, 1912 77 and 48, 1913 72 and 37.
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Buchanan Optical Company
Knapp Heir Shares In Mother's $19,000 Estate
James T. Knapp of Waterlon is allotted an equal share with a brother and sister in the estate of his mother P. Schuyler Knapp who died last December in Syracuse. The will was admitted to probate in Syracuse and the entire estate valued at $19,000 is divided among the wife and three children.
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Buffalo
James T. Knapp
Waterlon
P. Schuyler Knapp
Syracuse
Delivery error notice and will copy request form
If mail is not delivered by 6 o clock due to carrier error or other cause, telephone 3330 and a copy of the will will be sent after 6 20. Call Ne 3.
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D.C
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Roumania
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Houmsanta
Bulgaria
Russia
Glencoe
N.Y
Arnold Jackson
Boston
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Miss Mianne V
Rosenthal
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Martin Beggar
Cavion
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Hassen
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