Oceanic Sinks After Mine While Allied Forces React
The Oceanic of the White Star line was wrecked by a floating mine off Scotland’s north coast and declared a total loss. All officers and crew were saved. Built in 1899 at Belfast, she served as an armed cruiser after a 1900 refit, measuring 685 feet and 17,274 tons.
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Oceanic
White Star Line
Scotland
New York
Southampton
Belfast
Harland & Wolff, Ltd
Aviator Nesteroff Killed In Loop The Loop Duel
Captain Nesteroff, famed Russian aviator and first to loop the loop, died in a heroic collision with an Austrian plane during a reconnaissance flight. He steered his craft into the enemy machine to prevent bombardment, both aircraft plunging to earth in a fatal end.
Allies Claim The Advantage In Skirmish Retellings
Allied reports say enemy forces are driven back at each assault, but acknowledge battles are still limited skirmishes with small gains and no decisive breakthrough.
German Reinforcements Move Into France Three Columns
Ostend dispatch reports German reinforcements estimated at 60 000 men advancing into France in three columns. Paris note says President Poincare signs decree to summon previously exempted men for medical reexamination. fit individuals will be drafted immediately.
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London
France
Reuter Telegram Company
Bordeaux
Poincare
Kaiser Sees First Battle as War Rages in France
Special Cable reports the Kaiser watching a first battle from a hill near Nancy as German forces attack. Allied lines hold firm from Meaux to Verdun with French and British forces gaining ground, while Germans reinforce and push along the Morins and toward Paris. Military observers caution the public amid ongoing preliminaries of a large-scale engagement.
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Sezanne
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Argonne
Grand Couronne
Vosges
Alsace
Netherlands Remains Neutral Amid German Propaganda Efforts
The Hague reports that a German news campaign aims to sway Dutch opinion toward Germany under a neutral guise. Officials deny food exports to Germany and British claims of dum dum bullets, while stressing Dutch impartiality and countermeasures against biased reporting.
Britain Opens Doors to Belgian Refugees in War Crisis
Sixty thousand Belgians are expected to arrive in England within ten days as the British Government invites homeless Belgians to seek refuge. The War Refugees Committee, under Duchess of Vendome, will supervise care with government support, establishing depots in London and arranging homes across fifty two towns. The plan also covers refugees from Russia and France, with women and children given priority.
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England
Duchess of Vendome
Folkestone
Sailaakchs
Liverpool
Antwerp
Ostend
War Peace Conference Meeting Proposed By Hobson
Representative Hobson introduced a resolution urging President Wilson to summon a special assembly of delegates to the third international peace conference in The Hague then Washington as soon as practicable to end the European war and to meet in San Francisco in 1915 with an appropriation of 150000 for expenses.
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Wilson
Hague
San Francisco
Red Cross Detained in Harbor Over German Crew
The question of neutrality and German crew on the steamship Red Cross, loaned by Hamburg America to the American Red Cross, delays its departure from New York. Captain Armisted Rust seeks guidance from Secretary Bryan as officials weigh replacing Germans with Americans or Spaniards.
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Armisted Rust
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Bryan
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American Red Cross
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Hamburg-American Line
Red Cross Society
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United States Shipping Office
Wholesale violations by city school board charged by examiners
State examiners report thirty two criticisms of the city school board for 1912 and 1913 actions. Allegations include improper timely appropriations, excess spending, improper augmentations by certifications and transfers, bond balance handling, unapproved plan changes, unlawful extras and contracts, and bidders not separately specifying labor and material.
Navy Sets Rules for Tuckerton Wireless Station Use
The Navy Department issued strict neutrality rules for the Tuckerton New Jersey wireless station opening to relay neutral messages for European belligerents. Censors will paraphrase and translate, enforce no cipher use, require countersignature, and limit messages to Europe and the United Kingdom with a 17 cent per word rate and ten word minimum.
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United Kingdom
United States
Tuckerton
Radio Service
Radio
WGG
Europe
Liner Philadelphia Sails With Very Small Passenger List
The American liner Philadelphia left New York for Liverpool with twenty four cabin passengers and twelve in steerage, one of its smallest lists ever. The only other ship leaving for Europe that day was the Italian liner Principessa Mafalda bound for Naples and Genoa, carrying under fifty cabin passengers including Garrett Droppers of Williamstown Massachusetts, newly appointed United States Minister to Greece, and his family.
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Principessa Mafalda
Naples
Genoa
Prince Albert Undergoes Surgery in Aberdeen
Prince Albert second son of King George underwent an appendectomy in Aberdeen Scotland. The prince an officer in the British navy is reported in satisfactory condition after the operation.
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Scotland
Prince Albert
King George
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