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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1914
Page
8
The Board of Trade reports the German wireless station at Monrovia Liberia shows a bright nightly light. It may be mistaken for the Cape Meaurado Liberia light, posing a danger to ships.
Paris Aug 20 Belgian correspondent reports Kaiser orders shooting of all war correspondents captured by Germans without trial all, by order of the Kaiser.
Mrs Emma Arthur Collins of Providence describes two months of painful scaly skin on her child and severe hair loss. She reports using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, seeing quick relief and complete healing in weeks. The ad notes samples and a free 32-page Skin Book available on request.
Paris reports that the French government has addressed the signatory powers of the Hague conventions to protest acts by German troops. The official note cites violations of the conventions signed October 18, 1907.
The commander in chief of the Army of the East reports German forces inflicting many gunshot wounds at close range and trampling others. German units burned villages in Barras Harbene Montrigny Monteaux and Pavax. Civilians, including women and children, were forced to march and some were killed or wounded on battlefields. Government condemns these methods as dishonorable to belligerents.
The Temps explains why Belgium shifted the capital from Brussels to Antwerp. An anonymous Belgian Cabinet member says the army lacks cavalry to fend off German horsemen along the Meuse, and a sudden raid on the capital made retreat prudent.
Special Cable reports from Paris that French forces occupied Guebwiller and took part of Mulhausen after a bayonet fight. The statement notes resumed French control of Mulhausen and outlines a broader Russian offensive across Luxembourg Belgium and adjacent fronts.
British foreign office tells the American embassy that American owned automobiles will not be seized while many British cars have been taken. Sir Edward Grey notes no American bred polo ponies will be seized, but other American horses may be requisitioned. Prices are paid for horses when taken. Germany, by contrast, has seized many touring cars.
London August 21 The Paris correspondent for the Echangxe Telegraph Company reports a Christiania origin story stating Emperor William ordered German assaults on Liege and that General von Emmich bore no responsibility.
The British freighter Hostilius reports Dresden stopped her about 700 miles east of Cienfuegos and demanded crew parole not to serve against Germany. The captain refused and Dresden sailed on. The item notes an upcoming Sunday Post magazine story about a 17 year old boy's gumption.
An ad offers a freckle treatment promising a money back guarantee if no removal occurs. Buy ethine double strength by ounce from Riker Jaynes or Houghton Dut ton Co with a no cost trial unless freckles disappear. One ounce often suffices for stubborn cases.
Horace Allen of the Boston Transit Commission and an attorney with 18 Tremont street arrived in Boston with his daughter Eleanor and Miss M. P. Bailey after a perilous voyage from Austria. They left Trieste July 28 as war broke out and described chaos, railway seizures, searches aboard a steamer, and martial law at Gibraltar. They reached Nantucket yesterday and were redirected to Boston a week late, reporting constant military urgency aboard the Ivernia.
Walter Lanferzie national secretary of the Socialist party received a telegram from Secretary of State William J. Bryan stating the U S ambassador in Berlin reports no truth to the rumor that Carl Liebknecht the German Socialist has been executed.
Paris August 20 It is believed Turkey should be watched with doubt as German influence remains strong in Constantinople. A German foreign office delegation heads toward Rome but will not shift Italy from its neutral stance. French forces hold Mulhausen Alsace as allied armies prepare a decisive northern battle. Russian advance into Poland and Galicia meets no major resistance as Serbs win in Bosnia. German and Austrian ships are blocked. volunteers rise to 21 including Americans English Poles Slavs Romanians Italians Greeks Mexicans Portuguese Turks Luxembourgeois.
French gendarmes halted a 26 year old English aviatrix who dressed as a man and wore a military uniform with short hair while leaving Dijon with a Pau aviators group bound for the war. She will be sent back to her parents.
The institute markets a thorough business education beyond bookkeeping and stenography. It calls itself a laboratory of business and a city of commerce run by master teachers to prepare students for practical enterprise.
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