Montenegrins Enter Scutari Amid War Tensions
Dispatches from Rome and London report Montenegro occupying Scutari on June 27 after negotiations with Albanian leaders, with Montenegrin troops seizing the Venetian fortress overlooking Boyana Lake. A note from Montenegrin authorities claims the move was strategic, while observers note Albania’s autonomy talks and ongoing regional claims. The city lies near the Dalmatian coast, about forty five miles from Cattaro.
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New York Times
London Morning Post
Glornale d'Italia
Scutar
Prenk Bib Doda
Montenesa
Constate
Vukovitcheh
Nicholas
Boyan
Montenegto
Secutari
Rome
Ivia
Paris
Monbana
Powere
Setar
Montenegro
Serga
Albania
Monts
Boyana
London
Scutari
André Rabovitch
Cattaro
Essad Pasha
Balkan Situation Deepens Amid Neutrality Talks
London reports say Romania will stay neutral per German view while officials cite Bulgaria as potential ally shift. Vienna and Sofia discuss concessions in Macedonian disputes. British and German dispatches note bribery and propaganda aim to split Balkan states to aid the entente.
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Romania
Herlin
Sayville
von Bethmann-Hollwes
Ate Gottlieb von Jagow
Berlin
Vienna
Hungary
London
Times Sofia
Balkan
Bulgaria
Zumania
Greece
Bucharest
Transylvania
Flee From Transylvania Describes Romanian-Tension Chaos
Special Cable reports a panic in Transylvania as Romanian authorities threaten intervention. Villages flee through forests leaving inhabitants scarce while Wallachia shows no able bodied men. Deserts surround highways as families move with scant belongings amid troop movements and siege conditions.
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New York Times
Budapest
London Morning Post
Transylvania
Romania
St Louisan Killed in War Returns in Record List
Heinrich von Heinrichshofen of St Louis was noted as killed in action on May 13 according to a London dispatch. He previously ran an insurance business in St Louis with his wife, who later ran the business after his departure for the front in October. He had served as a captain in a volunteer company after an earlier Spanish-American War effort.
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London
Heinrich von Louis
Cas- Berlin
Heinrichshofen
St. Louis
von Heinrichshofen
Germany
Chicago
War Department
Wilhelmina owners to receive first $100,000 settlement
The British Government announced it will pay $100,000 as the first installment to resolve claims of the owners of the American registered steamship Wilhelmina. The vessel, seized while carrying foodstuffs from New York to Germany, was later purchased from the Hamburg-American Line by American E. M. Breitung after the war began.
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London
New York
Germany
Hamburg-American Line
E. M. Breitung
FEAR UPRISINGS IN CONSTANTINOPLE TEMPLE OF WAR AND ARMS SHORTAGE
Special Cable reports Constantinople as beset by fear of armed uprising. Over 160 arrested with many executed or jailed, thousands wounded, and arms scarce. Second line troops in Thrace partly armed, Jews withdrawn from combat units, and German influence in Turkey described as dominant and controlling government.
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NEW ‘Y Yok Times
London
Daily Chronicle
Constantinople
Iag
Asia Minor
Gallipoli
Dardanus
Rodosto
Thrace
Italy
Turkey
Canada Open to Americans During War Efforts
Ottawa report quotes Dr. William J. Roche stating 30,000 U S settlers have taken homes in Canada since the war began. He says Canada will continue courteous treatment for bona fide travelers, and U S citizens may enter without passports for peaceful missions.
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New York Times
Ottawa
United States
Canada
William J. Roche
Interior
Dominion
Britain seeks to hire U S soldiers in San Francisco intrigue
In San Francisco a federal investigation reveals alleged British recruiting of U S soldiers and sailors with cash bonuses and transport to Europe. About 200 men shipped to New York for British service underwent medical exams at 17 State Street near the British Consulate. Witnesses link recruiting to YMCA offices and a Captain Roone or Roach.
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San Francisco
United States
Europe
California
Army
Navy
New York
State Street
Frank Cook
Roone
Roach
John W. Preston
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