Food Price Conspiracy Inquiry Debated in House
Washington Aug 13 The House to investigate food price increases amid claims of a squeeze by deal makers leveraging the European war The action calls on Justice to probe dealer conspiracies and on Agriculture to report current national food prices and export figures The effort cites meat price drops and stock yard trends as possible symptoms of the agitation against high prices.
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Washington
house of representatives
Howard
Georgia
department of justice
Kahn
California
department of agriculture
house ag
United States
Chiscago
amipunte
Wilson
McReynolds
America
Germany
William
Servians and Montenegrins Engage Near Vishegrad and Gorashda
Streit on the Drina frontier widens as Servian and Montenegrin armies coordinate along the Drina and Lim. Servian artillery bombards Gorashda and Belgrade amid heavy Austrian fire. Bosnian town Vardishta reportedly falls. Bulgarian government prepares for possible actions as reports flow from Nish and Sofi.
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Vishegrad
ria
aida
Herzegovina
Gorashda
rive Drina
Sarajevo
Save
Danube
Belgrade
Nish
Sofi
Servian Crown Prince Wounded by Shell Fragment
Crown Prince George of Servia was wounded while watching Austrian bombardment of Belgrade. A shell fragment struck his head on the fortress walls, rendering him unconscious though the wound was not believed dangerous. A Paris dispatch added a rumor of deaths among French nobility in Baden.
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Crown Prince
George
London
Nish
Servia
Belgrade
Paris
Maille
Baden
Ships Called From Mexico to Preserve U S Neutrality
North Atlantic reports say the Atlantic battle fleet will withdraw from Vera Cruz and sail north by September 1. Secretary Daniels states only small patrol craft remain in Mexican waters, with some possibly sent across the Gulf to Dominican or Haitian waters. Also noted are the deaths of Lt Skeen and Sgt Barrow in a Royal Air Force crash near Netheravon. The Harvester case will be appealed to the U S Supreme Court, per Cyrus H McCormick Jr., president of International Harvester.
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North Atlantic
U. S.Washington
Vera Cruz
Daniels
Mexican
Gulf
Dominican
Haitien
Supreme Court
Chicago
Harvester
suprem court of the
United States
Cyrus H. McCormick
International Harvester, company
Opposing Armies Contact as French War Office Declares Victory
Paris reports the French army has won all engagements against German forces in Alsace and along the frontier. German troops retreat from Meuse and Moselle. Austrian forces move toward Alsace. French gains include Lagarde on the Marne canal and battles near Mangiennes. A French invasion force pushes toward Muelhausen while fighting along a 100 mile front. In Brussels, 15 women die and 50 injured in a church panic caused by a candle topple during prayers for the Belgian army.
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Paris
French war office
repulse
Alsace
France
Meuse
Muerthe-Et-Moselle
Chambley
Messacre
Mangiehnes
Verdun
Nancy
Mangiennes
Lagarde
Marne canal
Lorraine
war office
Muelhausen
Breisach
KWied
Brussels
La Louviere
Pope Grieved by War During His Pontificate
Rome Aug 13 Pope Pius has cancelled virtually all engagements and spends hours in prayer. He is deeply grieved by the general European war and grave fears arise that the sorrow may undermine his health.
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Rome
Aus
Pope Pius
Old Ship Fears Capture In Hampton Roads
The steamship Volcan of the Standand OW company is at Hampton Roads seeking to escape capture and flies the German flag. The vessel is valued at $800,000. In 1912 British Columbia admitted 56,317 new settlers. Extravate Hair Brushes reduced to 5c. Advertisement.
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Old Point Comfort
Volcan
Standand OW company
Hampton Roads
British Columbia
Germans to Besiege Namur to Face Allies
German forces prepare a siege at Namur against Allied positions as bombardment from Belgrade continues to shape the broader conflict.
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NAMUR
First big war clash near Diest in Belgian front
Brussels reports a full day of fighting between Belgian and German forces near Diest, with shells still falling at dusk. Two hundred German soldiers were counted dead in a fifty yard square area as surrounding country was cleared of Germans by evening. The scene marks a major early engagement in the European war. Also noted are refugee arrivals in Berlin escorted by James W. Gerard, and Wilson ordering an inquiry into rising food prices. Rumors say German forces were repulsed at Hasselt as armies mass for a larger clash.
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Brussels
London
Diest
Haeten
Berlin
James We Gerard
Foreign Office
England
Austria
Mediterranean
Srussele
Liege
Hasselt
Siegs
Siege Tightens as German Forces Assault Liege Forts
Brussels reports a vast German advance toward Namur and Liège with 80,000 to 600,000 troops in the field. Battles erupt near Tirlemont and Tongrés as forts around Liège resist while siege guns are prepared. Reports note Belgian casualties, a bridge at Liège, and bank robberies by unions in Hasselt.
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London
Natar
Belgium
Liege
Brussels
Lwedon
Namur
tromtser
Belelan
tong
sand
Tirlemont
Maestricht
Netherlands
Tongrés
Lihe
Meuse
Engts
St. Trond
Hannut
Tirremont
Aiseffe
Hasselt
Limbert
Belcinh
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