Belgian capital moved to Antwerp as German push advances
London reports a large dispatch stating French and Russian ministers moved offices to Antwerp and archives to the Spanish minister. Belgian scouts say Germans plan a general advance on Brussels with movements from Huy and Jodoigne. Additional dispatches note French forces push toward Strasbourg and Muhlbach, while Russia aims to route its Black Sea fleet.
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London
Belgium
Antwerp
Brussels
Huy
Jodoigne
Paris
Alsace
Lorraine
Bonhomme
Ste. Marie
Saales Pass
Schirmeck
Strassburg
Muhlbach
German Emperor Arrives With Crown Prince in Mainz
Exchange Telegraph reports the German Emperor and three sons led by Crown Prince Frederick William arrive in Mainz. Reuters notes his departure for the front has provoked patriotic outbursts in newspapers across all parties.
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London
Mainz
Frederick William
Reuter
Berlin
French cavalry reach near Strassburg frontier
Paris reports continued Allied successes along the Alsace Lorraine frontier with cavalry penetrating to within fourteen miles of Strassburg. Paris officials note suspected higher French casualties than published, while St. Petersburg hints at a soon proclaimed grant of civil and political rights to Jews. Athens reports Turkish forces crossing into Bulgarian territory toward Greece, prompting warning of decisive Greek action if confirmed.
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Peking
China
Kiao-chau
London
Express
St. Petersburg
Athens
Greece
Paris
War Office
Alsace-Lorraine
Strass- Durg
Turkey
Britton Resolution Protests Japanese Takeover of Kiao-chow
Washington report notes Representative Britton of Illinois introduced a resolution opposing Japan’s possession of Kiao-chow. The Administration seeks U.S. neutrality and Japan assures safeguarding of American and other neutral interests.
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Washington
Britton
Illinois
United States
America
War Front Briefs Include Brussels Move and Far East Demands
The capital of Belgium reportedly moved from Brussels to Antwerp amid German cavalry advances. French squadrons defeat Austrian ships off Budua in Dalmatia with minimal French losses. China resists Japan in Kiaochow and seeks lands by own initiative while the U.S. backs China’s territorial integrity per Japanese ultimatum. Britain and France sever diplomatic ties with Austria. claims of battles along the Meuse and lines near Dinant to Strassburg. General von Stein is cited in Liege shooting at his troops.
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London
Belgium
Germany
Liege
Tongres
St. Franci
Hasselt
Brussels
Meuse
Diest
St. Trond
England
France
French War Office
War Office
Charleroi
Namur
Gembloux
Louvain
British War and Admiralty Bureau
Eghezee
Ant- Wérp
Budua
Dalmatia
Franz Josef
Pola
China
Kiaochow
British War Office
United States
White House
Japan
Far
Kiau-chau
Dinant
Luneville
Saarburg
Strassburg
Washington
Great Britain
Austria
Rome
von Stein
Extraordinary German Valor at Liege Fights and Fort Assaults
Brussels reports emphasize German forces suffering heavy casualties while Belgian troops inflict severe losses. Germans massed for assaults on Liege forts on the Meuse left bank using hand grenades mattresses sandbags and trenches to approach glacis while Belgian gunners with star shells and machine guns mowed down attackers.
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Brussels
Belgium
Liege
Meuse
Haelen
Port Arthur
Japan Demands German Quit Far East and Surrender Kiauchau
Tokyo issues a formal ultimatum to Germany demanding immediate withdrawal of German ships from Japanese and Chinese waters, disarmament of vessels, and surrender of Kiauchau by September 15. If no unconditional reply by August 23, Japan will act to protect regional peace per the alliance with Britain.
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Japan
Germany
Far East
Kiau-Chau
Tokio
Great Britain
Asia
China
Switzerland Offered as Red Cross Hospital Camp
Rome reports that Berne has informed the Federal Council proposes guaranteeing neutrality and converting all of Switzerland into a colonial Red Cross hospital camp for wounded reception regardless of nationality.
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Rome
la Sera
Berne
Federal Council
Switzerland
Red Cross
Kaiser by wireless appeals to America
London reports from Berlin via Marconi transmit a von Bethmann-Hollweg interview urging American sympathy amid the war, arguing Germany fights for liberty against what it calls Muscovite Russia and an English-Russian alliance, and inviting the US to judge Germany’s case impartially.
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London
Berlin
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company
von Bethman-Hollweg
Great Britain
Germany
Russia
Saraetvo
Austria
France
England
Belgum
Germans surrender in Vosges, French report says
London officials relay French claims of five day resistance in the Vosges. French troops occupy the Saale Pass ruling the Bruche valley, with prisoners taken and machine guns captured. Belgian forces report 2000 German prisoners, while Germans retreat after renewed attacks.
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London
Vosges Mountains
British
War Office
Admiralty
Sainte Marie-aux-Mines
le Bonhomme
Saale
Bruche
Rhine
Havas
Vosges
la Garde
German Lorraine
Avricourt
Xures
Meurtheet-Moelle
Luneville
Liege
France
French War Office
Harvester Co declared a trade monopoly by U.S. court
In a St Paul decision the International Harvester Company was found to restrain interstate and foreign trade since 1902 and ordered dissolved into three independent concerns within ninety days unless an appeal delays. The ruling says 80 to 85 percent of farm equipment trade was controlled, with two censures: misleading independent branding for D M Osborne and the improper transfer from five original firms to the IH Company.
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St. Paul, Minn
International Harvester Company
United States District Court
Chicago
Cyrus H. McCormick
United States Supreme Court
Walter I. Smith
Iowa
William C. Hook
Kansas
Walter A. Sanborn
Minnesota
International Harvester Company of America
D. M. Osborne & Company
International Company
William C. Lane
New York
Bandits Kill Three In $10 500 Payroll Robbery
Bandits killed three men including Paymaster F. E. Johnson Deputy Sheriff Joseph Shaler and Dr. W G Amick during a robbery near Glen Alum West Virginia. The trio were shot as they rode toward the coal mine payroll with Mauser rifles and the robbers fled after a fierce exchange of fire.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Blue Ridge Mountains
Glen Alum
Here
F. E. Johnson
Glen Alum Fuel Co
Joseph Shaler
W. G. Amick
Trailway Station
Third National Bank of Cincinnati
Peaceful Entry of Constitutionalist Forces in Mexico City
Washington reports that Constitutionalist troops under General Obregon entered Mexico City without incident. Crowds cheered as Obregon proclaimed civilian and soldier brothers, Carranza became provisional president, and orders were posted to maintain order.
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Washington
State Department
Mexico City
General Obregon
Constitutionalist
Obregon
Carranza
Mexico
Strubide
Chiapas
Vera Cruz
Tabasco
Campeche
Yucatan
National Palace
Chapultepec Castle
Francisco Robles
Juan Cabral
Larreaga
Sonora
Posse Kills Mine Bandits in West Virginia Duel
In Mingo County a 200 man posse fought bandits who killed Glen Alum Fuel Co. workers and stole 12500 dollars. Five Italians died in a noon to dusk battle from a north fork fortress. Slain were Dr. W. D. Amick, Joseph Shelor, F. D. Johnson Jr., and others including a former justice, a detective, a posse member, and an unidentified Hungarian.
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Devon
W. Va
Bartfield
McCoy
Mingo County
Glen Alum Fuel Ga
Ben Creek
W. D. Amick
Glen Alum Co
Joseph Shelor
IF. D. Johnson, Jr
Glen Alum
John Belchner
Justice of the Peace
W. L. Burrell
John Teller
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Hassalt
Remilles
Brabant
Montmedy
Muese
Kaiser
Menealle Lull VE Rae AK Ahl
Great Hospital
Coal Company
West Virginia
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Rio Grandes
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