German Ultimatum Threatens Europe Mobilization Stoppage
Kaiser reportedly demands immediate cessation of mobilization by France and Russia. All of Europe calls men to arms as stock exchanges close and ships stay in port. Telegraph and telephone service are cut off and frontiers are swarming with troops while hopes for peace fade. France and England push efforts to halt the war.
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Kaiser
Europe
World
Germany
France
England
Emperor warns of sword if peace fails in Berlin speech
In Berlin today Emperor William addressed about five thousand spectators outside the palace. He warned that if peace efforts fail he will wield the sword to defend Germany, urging citizens to pray for victory and sacrifice. Reports say German fleets and armies mobilize across Europe as American and French forces advance.
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Berlin
Germany
William
Jaures Assassinated in Paris Restaurant
French Socialist leader Jean Leon Jaures was shot dead in a Paris dining room near the Bourse. The gunman Raoul Villain, 29, was arrested and identified later as the killer, son of a Rheims Civil Court clerk.
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Jean Leon Jaures
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Raoul Villain
Rheims
Roosevelt backs fusion with Republicans, GOP bosses repudiated
Oyster Bay July 31 Theodore Roosevelt says he favors fusion with Republicans in senatorial and congressional contests in states where the GOP will repudiate their leaders described as bosses and reactionaries. Gardner of Maine Progressive and manager Cochems oppose nationwide fusion with Republicans.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Eodore Roosevelt
Halbert P. Gardner
Portland
Maine
E. B. Cochems
Gardner
Simon
Roosevelt aide Gardner predicts GOP win in Maine race
Gardner says Colonel Roosevelt’s Maine campaign indorsement for Hinman does not unite all get-together forces. He forecasts Gardner’s victory for governor on Sept. 14 against Haines and Curtis, with a Progres sive winning Congress from the fourth district. Roosevelt plans to address Maine around Aug. 18 and aims to fuse Republican and Progressive factions against party leaders.
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Oakley C. Curtis
Portland
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Gallinger
New Hampshire
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Temperature readings and averages from yesterday
The report shows yesterday’s temperatures with a Thompson's Spa notation and several scattered figures. It lists an average yesterday of 63 and an average from a year ago of 68 with fragmented accompanying numbers.
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Interior Minister orders precautions after crime
Louis Malyy, the Minister of the Interior, left a council meeting upon learning of the crime and ordered precautions to prevent demonstrations.
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Interior
Louis Malyy
Evening Sky and Historic Anniversaries
The note lists moon phases for August with full moon on the 5th and other phases, plus evening stars Venus and Mars visible, Jupiter rising in the southeast, and auto lamps timed for 7:35 and 8:05. It also marks anniversaries including Lammas day and historical events such as Nelson defeating the French fleet near Alexandria in 1797 and Colorado statehood in 1876.
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State Board of Arbitration
Governor Foss
Weather forecast for Boston and New England regions
Forecast shows fair conditions in Boston area for Saturday and Sunday with warmer temperatures on Sunday. Moderate variable winds. Northern New England expected to stay fair with rising temperatures. Southern New England to be partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday with higher temperatures and similar winds.
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Washington
New England
France Accuses Germany of War Acts Along Frontiers
Paris reports a French cabinet council declared Germany guilty of acts of war since July 25. The semi official summary cites fortified eastern fronts near Thionville and Metz, border patrol incursions, railroad destruction, machine gun deployments, and locomotives halted at Montreux Vieux and Amanvillers as evidence of escalating hostilities.
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Germany
Thionville
Diedenhofen
Metz
Eastern Railroad Company
Montreux-Vieux
Amanvillers
France
Council of Ministers
Global stock markets close as a protective measure
All world stock exchanges shut yesterday amid a protective action with metal and commodity markets largely closed. Only the Chicago Board of Trade and Liverpool Cotton Exchange stayed open, while New York Cotton Exchange opened yet cotton fell sharply, breaking $10 per bale and trading below 10 cents for the first time since 1911.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Liverpool Cotton Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
Americans Stranded by War Tension in Plymouth
Americans arriving aboard the Philadelphia from New York were landed under strict guard. Armed British sailors and marines patrolled every tender and landing stage while British warships sailed out in what officials termed routine movement.
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Plymouth
Eng
Europe
Philadelphia
New York
Nations Near War as Mobilization Expands Across Europe
A Rome report says Germany may demand immediate cessation of mobilization from Russia and France, signaling a final diplomatic step before war. Rumors say Italy may stay out but readies for mobilization while Britain and France push for peace. Kaiser's regime clamps martial law and censorship, with railways and telegraphs controlled for military use. Belgian mobilization is ordered and Denmark prepares for army mobilization amid neutrality declarations by Denmark Sweden and Norway. War vessels from Germany Britain and Russia are active in the North Sea and Baltic.
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Russia
France
Italy
Imperator
Vaterland
St. Petersburg
Great Britain
Kaiser
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
North Sea
Baltic
Europe at War Tensions Rise as Mobilizations Loom
London reports two hopeful signs toward peace, namely renewed talks between Russia and Austria and Western powers pushing for peace. Yet Russia orders general mobilization and Germany proclaims a state of siege, signaling possible wider mobilization. Continued on Page 2 First Column.
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