Belgian retreat as Brussels braces for occupation
The official bulletin says Belgian field army falls back delaying the advance to allow allies to concentrate. Brussels prepares for surrender as German occupation nears, with civic guards disarmed and Belgian forces retreating toward Antwerp. French reports note re capture of Mulhausen and ongoing fighting in Alsace Lorraine.
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Antwerp
Brussels
Belgium
Official Information Bureau
London
Star
Waterloo
Sedan
Meuse
Paris
Dinant
Neufchateau
Dyle
Malines
Alsace-Lorraine
Mulhausen
Parle
Vosges Mountains
Upper
Alsace
Guebwiler
Colmar
Lorraine
Snaarburg
Pasing
Morchingen
Delme
Local Germans complain about insults amid wartime tensions
Local Germans loyal to Canada report harassment from some Canadians and English. One man said he was insulted on the street and several others faced similar treatment. The city militia heads a constant patrol in the German district and police investigated reports near Roserves where three men loitered and a gun was involved but no arrests were made.
Bank Clearings Compare Two Weeks At Local Clearing House
The local clearing house recorded total clearings of 438,434 for the current week, down from 631,837 for the same week a year earlier. The-year-ago figure shows a significant drop in activity year over year.
Finance minister outlines war appro priation and tax changes
Ottawa reports Hon. T. W. White, minister of finance, presenting the fiscal year financial statement to the House of Commons. He says $58,500,000 must be raised to cover war and capital outlays, requiring tariff and excise tax adjustments to be brought into effect.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
T. W. White
London bakers offer to bake Canada's gift free
London bakers announce a plan to bake and arrange delivery of Canada’s gift of one million bushels of flour at no charge. The offer comes from several large firms based in London, Aug. 20.
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London Bakers
Canada
London
War Fund Donation note for James Rae
A small entry records a two dollar donation from James Rae to the war fund. The note indicates 14 will be added to the theft of subscriptions to the fund already published.
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James Rae
Duke of Connaught to Stay Through War
Ottawa announces Sir Robert Borden says the Duke of Connaught will remain governor general for the war duration. His extended term ends only with the war, ensuring imperial conditions and Dominion governance through the crisis.
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Duke OF Connaught
Ottawa
Sir Robert Borden
Canada
Geo. P. Graham
Cai 1
H, R. H. Duke of Connaught
Destructive German assault on Tirlemont drives refugees
A Brussels dispatch reports German forces entering Tirlemont with heavy cavalry and artillery. Civilians flee as the town is shelled and looted, with refugees streaming away from smoke and flames in multiple quarters. A peasant woman recounts witnessing the shooting of her husband and the death of two children.
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London
Times
Brussels
Tirlemon
Tirlemont
Cadets Asked to Return Suits at Montreal Street School
Cadets who have not turned in their suits are requested to do so tomorrow Friday from 10 to 12 am at Montreal Street School.
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Montreal St. School
Phinters Meet at Los Angeles Next Year
The International Typographical Union selects Los Angeles California as 1915 convention site by a narrow vote. Washington DC was the rival bid, and the decision sets the next annual meeting location.
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Phinters
Los Angeles
Providence
Ril
International Typographieal Union
Cal
Washington
German Casualties Reported by Cologne Gazette
Rotterdam Aug 20 Refusees deny abuse by Germans and cite casualty figures from the Cologne Gazette listing about 1500 dead and 7000 wounded for German forces up to August 18. A German paper says the fleet blocks Russian ports and 2,000,000 Germans are in the field amid continued mobilization and Austrian troop movement to France.
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Coulogne
Lst
Kiel
Heligoland
France
Meeting of 42nd Company Imperial Veterans Brigade
The 42nd Company Imperial Veterans Brigade calls a muster at the Armoury Friday 21st at 8 30 p.m. Ex army or naval men with war decoration or ten years service are invited to attend and bring discharge papers if possible.
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Imperial Veterans’ Brigade
No Orders Yet For Local War Contingent Movement
The local war contingent had received no orders by 3 o clock regarding eastward movement. A dispatch claimed a general order for volunteers to move to the Quebec camp was issued, but Col Armstrong in Calgary had no transmission and Major Pott reported he had received no word.
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W.A.P
Quebec
Col. Armstrong
Calgary
Pott
British traders welcome government export capture plan
Losidon Aug 20 British traders express enthusiasm over government announcement regarding capturing German export trade.
German plan to coal at sea linked to Nurnberg case
Fire in the Mazatlan hold exposed suspected German effort to replenish coal for the cruiser Nurnberg near California. Collector Davis held the ship for full inspection and alerted Washington amid possible international tension. Coal seller Rothschild claimed delivery to Mazatlan commission house.
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Mazatlan
Nurnberg
San Francisco
J. O. Davis
Leipzig
Manzatlan
Davis
Washington
John Rothschild
Maratlan
Pope Pius X Dies At 80 After Pontificate
Rome announced the death of Pope Pius X at 1.20 this morning aged eighty, ending twelve years as pontiff. He attempted a blessing moments before passing after a period of gouty catarrh and a sudden decline this afternoon, with Cardinal Merry del Val and family nearby.
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Rome
Pius X
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