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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
7
A flotilla of United States torpedo boats patrols the North Atlantic coast guarding neutrality and protecting residents as orders from the Navy Department direct commanders to prevent damage from any naval engagement near U S shores.
Torpedo boats sweep the New England coast with vigilant wireless watch for warships. The revenue cutters Gresham Woodbury and Androscoggin halt and search foreign vessels to enforce neutrality while the Kronprinzessin Cecilie returns to Bar Harbor. The Montana cruiser undergoes rapid repairs for possible immediate service.
London reports the British government will pay about 25 million dollars for two Turkish battleships built in English yards and now taken over. The Agincourt is completed and the Osman I., to be named Erin, is nearly finished. They are first class battleships.
At Southampton the Philadelphia carried 932 Americans with 502 in second class and 430 in steerage. Many millionaires and prominent figures accepted steerage, sharing jokes about the voyage while officers and officials arranged aid and comfort. Colonel Swalm urged calm and praised Captain Mills as the ship departed for New York.
London reports a government scheme to regulate food supplies in the British Isles as stores cut hours and prices rise. Officials say wheat beef and meat stocks are ample, with foreign meat in cold storage and further consignments en route to prevent price hikes and curb public anxiety.
The Hague Aug 5 martial law has been declared in all parts of the Netherlands. Official reports state that up to now German forces have not crossed the Dutch frontier.
Lieutenant Paul Strauss of the Austrian army arrived in Boston aboard the Kronprinzessin Cecilie with eight others. He predicted Germany’s fleet would be wiped out while Germany’s army would triumph on land, noting Britain would keep troops at home rather than launch a continental invasion. They traveled from Rockland to Boston on the Camden after Cecilie stopped at Bar Harbor to avoid pursuit.
Lieutenant Strauss predicts Germany will win on land but lose at sea to England. He argues England will keep troops home while Kaiser Wilhelm gains from allies and declares a roll of major European powers. The piece notes Polack of the Kronprinzessin Cecilie and reports passengers from Boston and Chicago praising Polack as the ship turned back from New York.
The Kaiser Wilhelm II of the North German Lloyd line reached New York at 4 30 am after omitting wireless signals due to the war. The Bremen Southampton Cherbourg voyage carried about 260 cabin passengers, mariners, and cargo. The President Lincoln from Hamburg Boulogne and Southampton also arrived, likely to join interned steamers in port.
Chemist Mr D J Lane of 532 Lane Building St Marys Kansas says he discovered a simple home remedy for asthma and hay fever. He mailed samples to sufferers of forty years and claims easy cures. He offers a $1 bottle by mail and asks recipients to report effects within ten days. Send money and address for the bottle.
The German ambassador to Great Britain will not depart London before tomorrow amid reports a British cruiser may be placed at his disposal for safe passage across the channel. He met Viscount Haldane at his private residence this morning.
A Paris despatch reports British and French squadrons off Benn Algerie engaged and trapped the German cruisers Goeben Breslau and Panther. Goeben and Breslau captured by French ships while Panther was sunk.
Antwerpsian unrest erupts with mobs sacking German cafes and tearing the consulate door escutcheon. Police fail to control the disorder as the Belgian governor declares martial law and orders expulsion of all German residents.
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