Kaiser Embassy Staff Flees St Petersburg As War Looms
The Morning Journal reports Germany presses Russia to halt mobilization and declares war as German Emperor signs mobilization order. In St Petersburg the Kaiser embassy staff evacuates while Europe teeters toward a general conflict. American travelers in London rush home as banking fails and Italy declares neutrality amid rising tension.
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Morning Journal
London
Russia
St. Petersburg
Count von Pourtales
Berlin
George
Europe
Germany
France
New York
Boston
Canadian
Continent
West End
Walter H. Page
Crowds Sing Marseillaise on Paris Boulevards
Paris berichten reports crowds singing the Marseillaise on city streets amid celebrations as diplomatic events unfold. The mood is festive with display of national colors and public gatherings across key avenues.
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Paris
Seventeen Million Men Involved in Gigantic War Struggle
The article notes 17,670,000 men in the European war effort with total naval strength listed at 1,208 ships among Austria Germany Russia France Great Britain. Italy is excluded as neutral. It claims this as the largest earlier war mobilization in history.
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Prostken
Yiles
Whenigshere
Europe
Italy
Great Britain
Asquith
France
Russia
Servia
Austria- Hungary
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Austria
Geermany
German Army Invades Luxembourg Duchy
German forces invade the Duchy of Luxembourg and seize government offices and telephones. Luxembourg lies 117 miles southeast of Brussels near the German and French borders.
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Duchy OF Luxembourg
London
Duchy of
Luxembourg
Brussels
Germany
France
Practical Eugenics Put to Test in The Netherlands
London dispatch reports Dutch experiments in public hygiene with a Hague office where a medical man advises marriages to prevent unfit unions. The effort aims to curb race death. a crematorium also opened despite religious opposition.
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Morning Journal
London
E. B. Maxse
Netherlands
Committee For the Study of Public Hygiene
Hague
Only Two Transatlantic Steamers Reach New York Harbor
Only two passenger steamers reached New York as hostilities rose in Europe. La Lorraine from Havre and St Paul from the United States lines arrived, while five vessels remained in the fleet. Departures included Oceanic for Southampton and Zeeland for Antwerp.
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Morning Journal
New York
Europe
la Lorraine
Havre
St. Paul
White Star
Oceanic
Southampton
Minnewaska
Atlantic Transport Line
London
Santa Ana
Marseilles
San Hughielmo
Naples
Zeeland
Antwerp
Carranza denies priests were killed in Zacatecas
Official dispatches from General Carranza state that no French priests were killed or imprisoned at Zacatecas. The Christian Brothers group, a lay order, has no priests among its members. The report may not answer the complaints raised by the Christian Brothers transmitted by the United States to the constitutionalists.
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Morning Journal
Washington
State Department
Carranza
Zacatecas
Christian Brothers
United States
Chicago Bankers to Confer With Treasury On War Impact
Three members of the Chicago clearing house committee will depart for Washington to discuss with the secretary of the treasury and other bankers how the war affects American finances. James B. Forgan of First National, George M. Reynolds of Continental and Commercial, and Ernest A. Hammill of Corn Exchange National will leave tomorrow afternoon. John J. Mitchell of Timpers Trust will follow on Monday.
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Y Morning Journal
Chicago
Chicago Clearing House Committee
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
James BR. Forgan
First National Bank
George M. Reynolds
Continental and Commercial Bank
Ernest A. Hammill
Corn Exchange National Bank
John J. Mitchell
Timpers Trust Company
Weather Forecast for New Mexico Draws Quiet and Showers
Weather forecast for Washington area notes New Mexico: fair in the south with local thunder showers in the north on Sunday. Monday will be fair except for showers in the southeast and extreme south portions.
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Washington
New Mexico
President Wilson Seeks Peace in Railroad Strike Crisis
President Wilson appeals to railroad managers and workers to accept the mediation board plan to avert a strike by 55 600 firemen and engineers on 98 western railroads. Both sides promise to decide by Monday as mediation aims to restore pre October 1913 schedules with wage arbitration.
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SY Morning Journal
Washington
Western Railroads
Wilson
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
W. 8. Carter
Warren S&s Stone
Mediation Board
Carranza Forces Move Toward Mexico City
Railroad telegraphers report the constitutionalist advance under Jesus Carranza is eighty miles north of Mexico City along the Mexican Central line. Officials expect a peaceful entry rather than an attack on the capital.
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Mexico City
Jesus Carranza
Mexican Central Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission Allows Some 5 Percent Rail Rate Increases
The Interstate Commerce Commission split over freight rate rises with the majority approving limited 5 percent increases west of Buffalo and Pittsburgh, and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers, while denying eastward increases to the Atlantic seaboard. Commissioners Daniels and McChord dissented, urging broader hikes to cover living costs, and the panel urged financial reorganization over rate hikes, warning against propaganda and a general rise.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern
Ohio and Potomac Rivers
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Mississippi River
Atlantic Seaboard
Daniels
McChord
Harlan
New England
Central Freight Association
Boss Romero Baca Chadwick Accused Of County Delegate Fraud
A Palmered protest accuses Jesus Romero Elfego Baca and Charley Chadwick of rigging Bernalillo county delegates in a 25 voter per delegate scheme and of improper primary timing. The letter urges a public fight to overthrow the alleged boss gang and defend self government.
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Jesus Romero
Elfego Baca
Charley Chadwick
Hernalillo County
PRACD
Albuquerque
Romero
Bernalillo County
Romero-Raca-Chadwick
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