Demands Germans Evacuate Base in China and Dismantle Warships
The article reports Britain and Japan treaty terms as a surprise and outlines demands for German evacuation of the Kian-Chau naval base in China, removal of warships, and mutual aid in case of attack. Washington warns the defiant entry of Japan signals a gravest menace of war so far.
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Kian-Chau
China
Far East
Germany
Great Britain
Japan
Washington
Japan Ultimatum Demands German Warships Withdraw
Japan issues an ultimatum to Germany demanding the withdrawal of German warships from the Orient and the evacuation of Kiaochow. Germany is given until Sunday August 23 to comply or Japan will take action.
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Tokio
Japan
Germany
Orient
Kiau-Chau
Germans Fail to Take Dinant as Allies Hold City
German forces failed to seize Dinant with strong Allied resistance. Fighting continues near Namur as French forces claim another victory in Lorraine, underscoring stalled German advances and Allied perseverance on the Western Front.
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Dinant
Namur
Lorraine
Roosevelt Visits Fenway Park for Progressive Field Day
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Boston for a 2 PM Progressive field day at Fenway Park. It marks his first Massachusetts political speech since 1912 and is expected to cover national issues and the merger of Progressive and Republican efforts in state and local races.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Boston
Progressive Party
Fenway Park
Massachusetts
Night Sky and Calendar Facts From August
The notice lists celestial events and times for Portland Gloucester and Newport Sh, noting moon phases from Aug 5 to Sept 4 and evening star positions. It also marks light auto lamp times, a 229th day of the year with 35 days of moon, and anniversaries including the 1863 Fort Sumter bombardment and Julia Marlowe's birth.
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Fort Sumpter
Julia Marlowe
Sothern
Hary Thaw
Matteawan Hospital
Ingane
Weather Watch Mentions Boston Outlook
Forecast for Boston and vicinity on Monday unsettled with possible showers and cooler temperatures. Moderate south winds expected. Also notes Washington forecast of England unsettled with showers on Monday and Tuesday.
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Boston
Vicini
Washington
England
Bostonians Reach Port on Canopic
Passengers from the White Star steamship Canopic tell harrowing stories of women and children stranded in Italy and elsewhere as war raged in Europe. The Naples depart Aug 4 carried 270 first cabin refugees while canvas blocked port holes and the ship dodged warships and gunfire. A Gibraltar fort exchange of signals halted the voyage for hours before two British gunboats escorted the Canopic out of the Mediterranean.
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Italy
Boston
White Star Line
Canopic
Naples
Gilbraltar
Mediterranean
Getting After Price Boosters in Boston Probe
A Suffolk county grand jury may be asked to investigate wholesale storage of foodstuffs as part of the state's war prices probe. If called, the panel would review all phases under Massachusetts law and seek indictments for unlawful conspiracies or price gouging. The triple probe by federal, state and city officials continues with renewed vigor.
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Suffolk County
Boston
Boynton
Massachusetts
French Fleet Sinks 2 Austrian Warships
A Reuters despatch from Nish reports a naval battle off Budua in the Adriatic. The French squadron attacked Austrian ironclads, sinking two and setting one on fire, while a fourth fled toward Cattaro. the fight lasted just over an hour.
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London
Reuters Telegram Company
Nish
Budua
Austria
Adriatic
Cattaro
Ultimatum to Germany and Meuse Front Contact Report
Japan demands German warships withdraw from far eastern waters and the Kian Chau port ceded, with an August 23 deadline. The Anglo Japanese pact text surprises by adding mutual defense in a defensive war. French Belgian cavalry defeat German troopers at Dinant with hundreds of German horses captured. Russian troops mass for Galicia crossing. Servians repulse Austrian river crossing with many prisoners. Wolff Bureau denounces attacks on German troops on the Russian frontier. Socialists rising in revolt in Germany. Belgrade bombarded by Austrian shells at a rapid pace. Allied armies reach the Meuse as French and Belgian forces drive back a German cavalry division at Dinant.
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Japan
Germany
Kian Chau
China
Washington
Dinant
Belgium
St. Petersburg
Rome
Burg
Galicia
Austria
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Belgrade
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