Great Battle Looms Over Belgian Territory
London dispatch reports German forces massing near Liege and across the Belgian frontier as the war expands. Austro-Hungarian advances press toward Kielce with Russian troops moving from Rovno toward Lombberg, while British and Dutch observers note diplomatic shifts and prisoner exchanges amid ongoing bombardments and sieges.
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London
Admiralty and War Office Information Bureau
Tongres
Liege
Aisne
Duchy of Lunemburg
Bel-gian
Great Britain
Netherlands
Cracow
Austrian
Galicia
Kielce
Russian
Poland
Rovno
Lemberg
Caualry
British Isles
Vienna
Amsterdam
Miechow
Servia
Legation
Nish
Austro-Hungary
England
Belgian War Office
Meuse
Allied Troops Cheerful as German Intrigue Unfolds
Reports describe Allied troops in good spirits with excellent equipment. A German spy apparatus hidden behind a statue on a Brussels store roof was found, and German officers in Belgian captures included disguises as a woman, a missionary, and a fisherman with carrier pigeons. French patrols sabred German cavalry at Houffalize. Liege area seen reorganizing, while Joffre commends Belgian aid. Russians push Austrians from Zalotche. Vilna notes German prisoners en route to Russia.
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Liege
Ourthe
Tengres
Muelhausen
Alsace
Belgium
Brussels
Vilna
Finland
Bulgaria
United States
Europe
Austria
France
Poland
Berlin
Goeben
Dressau
Mediterranean
England
London Times
Germany
Brusseisa
Houffalize
Berman Tauxemburg
Joseph Joffre
Slaln
Tauris
Baron Marsell von Bieberstein
Marschall von Hieberstein
Owas
Constantinople
Genaydle
Meurthe-Et-Aloselle
Uhlans
Cernay
Muelausen
Se Quchly
St. Petersburg
Staf
Zalotche
Austian Galicia
Radzivloft
Volhynia
Austrian Lancers
Landwehr
Radziviloff
Russia
Women defend Belgian factory against German attack
Parviz August dispatch says women workers at the Belgian national arms factory near Liege fought off German troops when men served in the army. Armed with revolvers they repulsed charges, barricaded inside, and poured boiling water from a house onto soldiers in the streets, with about 2,000 Germans wounded or scorched.
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Annailants
Associated Press
Parviz
Belgian National Arms
Herstat
Liege
War News Bottled In Europe Delays In Telegrams
Advices from London report increasing censorship and long delays on Allied and AP dispatches. Paris to Berlin and Vienna routes are jammed, with messages routed via London to avoid delays. Wireless links to Germany struggle after the wartime cable cut, leaving many reports fragmented and uncertain.
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Associated Jt
New York
Aug
Associated Press
London
Mons
Aser
Paris
Germany
Austria
England
Berlin
Wreckage and naval actions report off West Coast and New York
British Suffolk enters New York harbor and claims capture of a German oil tanker. Reports describe German reservists leaving Naples aboard the Ancona, Lusitania’s voyage, and sightings of German cruisers near the Golden Gate. Wreckage found at San Francisco hints at a British warship plan, with ships like Leipsig or Nürnberg involved.
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Ancona
Slic
Germanus
Great
Liverpool
Lusitavia
Livertinel
San Francisca
Cal
Ang
Sventh
Caimner
San Franciso
Naval Office
Golden Gate
Astgam
Leipsig
Nurnberg
Rainlow
Washington, D. C
American Pacific
Shearwater
Algerine
Rainbow
California
San Francisco
Manganilla
mid-Pacific
Midway Island
China Station
Boston
Mass
Kolh
Bremen
Allied War News Summary From Shanghai to London
Reports flag German naval actions and allied responses across Asia and Europe. It notes Japanese ships and prize capture near Shanghai, disruptions to trade, Bulgarian frontiers, and American liner arrivals in France. Dispatches describe British sugar purchases and harbor mining in the U S Gulf, with movements of Russian and German forces and frontier engagements near Longwy and Virton.
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Russian
Poland
Poswibie
Horder
Measger
Western Union Accepts Cables Under Restrictions in New York
Western Union in New York began accepting deferred cables and weekend letters for British Tilea destinations today for the first time in a week. Messages must include full addresses and senders full names and are accepted at sender's risk with possible delays.
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Western Union
New York
Associated Press
Western Union Telegraph Company
Militant suffragists released in wartime accord
London August 11 King George acting through Home Secretary Reginald McKenna ordered the release of all militant suffragists serving terms for breaches of the peace. McKenna announced in Parliament that the war led to a truce and a step toward settling internal strife.
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Associated Press
London
King George
Reginald McKenna
Home Secretary
McKenna
House of Commons
Federals Leave Capital Reported Evacuating Mexico City
Consul Silliman in Saltillo said Carranza was informed that Federal troops evacuated Mexico City today. Officials expect shifts in administration and note a teacher role tied to the Women’s Freedom League correspondence school.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Silliman
Saltillo
Carranza
Mexico City
Women's Freedom League
E-Ivnm
Many Belgians Slain and Wounded in War
London reports from John Clarkson of Chicago describe enormous Belgian casualties and widespread hospital evacuations. He witnessed a train of wounded soldiers arriving in Brussels as crowds observed in silence while German troops were paraded and appeared exhausted and defiant in Antwerp.
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Hy Associated Press
London
John Clarkson
Chicago
Antwerp
Ostend
Brussels
Ghent
Clarkson
Xohiltecs
Local Leaders Target Senate Candidates in Primary Talk
Chicago voters may see bulletins before the primaries naming Senator Lawrence Sherman Republican renomination candidate and Lawrence L Stringer and Secretary of State Harry Woods Democratic hopefuls as targets. A J Cermak says no direct endorsements will be made though Democratic side may feel effect. Stringer backed by Hearst-Garrison county committee, Woods accused of dry campaign in southern Illinois.
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Awrence VY. Sherman
Chicago
Lawrence Vo Sherman
Lawrence L. Stringer
Hharry Woods
United Socities
A J Cermak
Personal Liberty Organization
Mr. Cermak
Roker GC. Sullivan
Sherman
Washington
Springfeld
Stringer
Webb- Kenyon
Morrison
Heritorian Aght
County Seeks Bids for Sanatorium Construction
The county board announces sealed proposals to furnish all labor and materials for a county tuberculosis sanatorium at the county poor farm site. Separate bids will be taken for general, plumbing, heating, wiring, and painting. Bids due at the county clerk’s office by 12 p.m. October 31, with a certified check equal to 5 percent of the bid.
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Dermdance
County Tuberculoss Building Committee
County Board of Supervisors
Ti Ja
Ates
Architeet
Henry Auler
Foral Miliding
Oghkowh
Milwaukee
Oychange
Fish
Atror
Drug firm fined record amount for prescriptionless sales
Chicago firm Max Greene and Co at 171 North Wabash Avenue faced a 900 dollar fine for selling drugs without physician prescriptions. Judge La Bay called it the largest penalty on the charge, following eight prior purchases by Dr. Thomas Roberts, former Kankakee asylum inmate. Attorneys plan a new trial for August 15. Federal officers detained Lin Jack, a Chinese national, under a 10 thousand dollar bond after an arrest tied to a separate sale incident at 22 Archer Avenue.
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Big 3
Max, Greene & Co
Wabash Avenue
la Bay
Thomas 8. Roberts
Kankakee State Hospital For
Unite States
Lewis F. Mason
Federal
Lin Jack
Jarek
Anl
W. P. Smith
Internal Revenue
Benjamin Po Egetein
United States
Jack
Archer Avenue
Cheaper to Buy Up Ships Advised by Admiral to House
Rear Admiral Blue told a House committee in Washington on August 11 that it would be cheaper for the United States to buy ships now laid up due to the European war than to use warships for naval mail and passenger service to South America and Europe, as provided in the Works bill passed by the Senate and awaiting House action.
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Bluue
House
Vierrs
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Blue
United States
Naval Mall
South America
Europe
Senate
Typographical Union Opens Annual Convention
Providence Rhode Island August 11 delegates from the International Typographical Union attended the opening session with nearly 300 in attendance. In a vote of 205 to 71 anti administration forces were defeated on the proposal that delegates rather than International President James M Duncan appoint the committee on appeals.
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Providence
International Typographical Union
James M. Duncan
Committee On Appeals
Last Sad Rites for President's Wife Held in Georgia
Simplicity marked the funeral of Mrs Woodrow Wilson in Augusta Ga as a brief service at First Presbyterian Church followed by interment at Myrtle Hill cemetery. The train carried the president and relatives from Washington to Rome Ga with crowds along the route paying silent tribute.
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Associated Press
Home
Woodrow Wilson
Lrst Presbyterian Church
Wilson
Edward T. Brown
Atlanta
Robert Most
Waile Lloyt
Nathan Hoyt
Gas
Palmer Axson
Savannah
Randolph Avson
Washington
Greenville
Rome
Gatalay
Culpepper
Confederaty
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Jamey Woodrow
Spartanburg
Vplanta
Gia
Aug
Here
Council of Athiote
Go by Auto on Jaunt to Oconomowoc for Wegener Event
An automobile party led by R. R. Meyer A. H. Meyer F. A. Meyer and Henry Pfandschmidt left for Oconomowoc to hear William Wegener sing this evening. Wegener, famed in Germany and England, has had marked success in opera. Several younger guests accompanied the trip by train.
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R. Meyer
A. H. Meyer
F. A. Meyer
Henry Pfandschmidt
Oconomowoc
William
Kaiser
Mr. Wegener
Baden
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