Red Cross-chartered Hamburg ship to sail for Europe
The American Red Cross chartered the Hamburg America liner Hamburg to become the Red Cross and sail Saturday for Europe. Rear Admiral Aaron Ward will command. 150 to 275 doctors and nurses will accompany, with hospital supplies for a transatlantic relief mission.
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American Red Cross
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Hamburg-American Line
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France
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Aaron Ward
U. N
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National Relief Board
Amercan Red Cross
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Sewanee
Tenn
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Baltimore
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Robert W. Hinds
Buffalo
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Washington, D. C
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Cary A. Snoddy
Knoxville
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Armistead Rust
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J. H. Delaney
Gilford Durst
M. Weagan
S. S. Sullivan
Deserters Shot After Being Told to Leave Train
Special correspondent reports three well dressed German deserters were ordered off a train near the Dutch frontier and immediately shot. A Leiden professor notes they were attempting to reach Holland and had returned to Germany after the war began.
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Maestricht
Leyden
Holland
German Losses Run 20 to 1 in Big Fight
Paris reports an officer wounded in northern engagements states German casualties outnumber Allied losses by 20 to 1. He cites massed infantry charges and three inch guns delivering unprecedented slaughter as a decisive factor in the field filled with dead and wounded.
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Paris
German Casualty Totals Update From War Losses List
Berlin reported the 12th list of German losses with 1006 names. The total casualties announced to date are 1143 dead, 3326 wounded, and 1761 missing.
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Berlin
Copenhagen
London
France to muster 609000 more men for active service
Paris August 31 2 10 PM Additional French forces totaling 609000 men will be ready for active service in about six weeks after the decision to call out the 1914 young men and the elder classes of the reservists was announced yesterday.
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Paris
Canadian Cruiser Niobe Begins Atlantic Patrol
Ottawa Ont August 31 The Canadian cruiser Niobe goes into active service tomorrow sailing from Halifax on a short trial voyage to test and tune her machinery after overhaul following three years of idleness. The cruiser will soon join the squadron of British cruisers patrolling the Atlantic coast.
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Ont
Niobe
Halifax
Atlantic
German Ambassador Declares War Already Won and Justified
The German ambassador contends the war is a German victory forthcoming, insisting the conflict is a national effort not a government matter. He defends bombing policy, Laval Louvain burning, and urges non-belligerents to evacuate threatened cities while condemning Allied reports as lies.
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Russia
Belgium
East Prussia
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Antwerp
France
Poland
St. Helena
United States
Paris
Louvain
France reports harvests favorable in all regions
Paris reports the government commission overseeing agriculture says harvests are complete nationwide under favorable conditions. Wheat is near average and other crops including wine show promise, with overall prospects positive.
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Paris
France
Wild chase of stolen Massachusetts car across border
McWilliams couple injured when a stolen car driven by O'Brien and Stone crashed through Gard ner & Co. and damaged a Murchie carriage. They fled to St Stephen NB then were stopped by a customs officer. Car confiscated. The pair later stole a horse and wagon at Bonney River before arrest. They await extradition to Boston to face auto theft charges.
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Stone
D. M. Gardner & Co
Merton Gardner
Gardner
Massachusetts
W. A. Murchie
Calais
Union Bridge
St. Stephen
N. B
St. George
Lynott
Ontario
William Matheson
Bonney River
St. Andrews
Boston
Japanese Destroyer Abandoned on Rocks at Tsingtau
A Japanese torpedo destroyer ran ashore on Lieu Tau island during fog near Tsingtau. German gunboat Jaguar fired eight hits into the stranded ship and returned without incident. The crew reportedly abandoned the destroyer as four Japanese destroyers and a cruiser maintained the blockade.
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Lieu Tau
Jaguar
Tsingtao
FLEE RUSSIAN PERIL IN EAST PRUSSIA
Refugees arriving in Berlin and Frankfurt report growing terror among evacuees along the rail line and a large-scale exodus expected. Danzig and Eastern Prussia refugees claim scouts of the Russian Cossacks have been seen nearby.
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East Prussia
Geneva
Switzerland
Paris
Berlin
Frankfort
Danzig
Prussia
Eight Thousand Reservists Detained in South Africa
From Cape Town via London Aug 31 Midnight the roundup of Austrian and German reservists in the Union of South Africa continues. About 8000 are held in a Johannesburg camp. Prince Salm Salm and other officers occupy special quarters in Bloemfontein. Salm-Salm serves as a Prussian cavalry captain.
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London
Union of South Africa
Johannesburg
Prince Salm-Salm
Bloemfontein
Biplane Bomb Drops Over Paris Fail to Explode
A German biplane flew over Paris at 4 30 this afternoon and dropped a projectile that failed to explode.
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Paris
Chicago Women Plan Anti War Parade
Chicago women announce a monster mass meeting on September 8 to protest the European war. The Women’s Trade Union League with 10 000 members issued the call for the gathering in the city.
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Chicago
Women’s ‘Trade Union League
Troops Rush to Paris as Residents Flee in Mass
Paris awoke to a flood of soldiers arriving from the south and west while the city braces for defense. Municipal authorities step up plans as queues form outside train offices with all departures sold and families camped in lines awaiting future tickets. President Poincare visits St Martin hospital, receiving an orderly salute from crowds.
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France
Quai d'Orsay
Poincare
St. Martin
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