War News Summary British Press Reports Germans Held in Upper Alsace
British official press today says German offense arrested in upper Alsace with French progress in high Alsatian valleys Vosges. French forces report entry into Saales, capturing kits of fugitives. air combat over Meuse yields downed hostile aircraft and 40 German prisoners. Belgian cavalry harassed near Hasselt. General Von Emmich killed. succession by Van der Marwitz. Austrians enter Sabac Servia. 400,000 Austrians repulsed along frontier. Russians claim victory on the Dniester. Alsace and Liege status unchanged.
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Vosges Mountains
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Sanles
Woevre
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Landwehr
Hasselt
Brussels
Exchange Telegraph Company
von Heimich
Liege
van der Marwitz
Otto von Emmich
Tenth Army Corps
Servia
Sabac
Belgrade
Reuter
Nish
Losnitza
Danube
Servian
Lne
Sahac
Dneister
Belgium
World War Era Bulletins Prompt Neutrality Talks
A series of dispatches from Washington St Petersburg Alexandria Brussels Falmouth San Sebastian and London report wartime developments. US disapproves banker loans to belligerents supports neutrality for homebound Americans ships safety and passenger vessels. Belgium denies Diest occupation and Austria halts telegraph links with France and neighbors. A Belgian pledge on Polish religious freedom amid loyalty promises and a German bomber over Namur are noted. Tennessee?
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Wilson
United States
Europe
St. Petersburg
Poland
Germany
Austria-Hungary
German General Promises Timely War News and Declares China
German promises total war news with no exaggeration or minimization. Berlin reports Stein warns Germans against believing non official statements while Bethmann Hollweg frames war as life and death against Russia. Recounted are Belgian ambushes, Austro-Hungarian counteractions, and shifting allied maneuvers across Europe with routine war updates.
Hamburg America lines weigh selling ships to US buyers
The Hamburg American Line issued a statement that it is considering bonafide offers to sell some steamships in American waters valued at over 20 million dollars. The Vaterland is among the fleet, and such sales would boost an American merchant marine if finalized. Some ships would be sold while others would not.
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Hamburg- American Line
Vaterland
Hne
Kaiser’s War Train and Liege Forts Battle Update
A Berlin dispatch notes the Kaiser's war train ready for travel to France with dining, sleeping and staff cars, plus armored escorts. Liege forts resist. Belgian command contradicts surrender claims as fighting continues. Paris reports German deserters cite hunger. French authorities offer leniency to Germans in Paris while pursuing spy charges. British Field Marshal Sir John French greets crowds in Paris and meets French leaders. An official tally says the prior day’s German forces were repulsed near Liege and on the Belgian front, with French troops advancing on Saale Pass and Tangres area. some casualties reported, but no French losses.
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Limburg
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Tongres
Rome
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Trinbuna
Austria
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Balkan League
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Liege
Paris
Liere
Belgium
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M Monnet
Britain
Sir John French
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Hasselt
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Tangres
Saale Pass
State golfers elect officials at annual golf meeting
Ned Allis of Milwaukee led Dick Cavanaugh of Kenosha by three holes at the state golf championship final play forenoon. Allis stood seven over par while Cavanaugh was eight over par. Walter P. Cavanagh of Kenosha was elected president of the state golf association. A Gilbert of Racine was named vice president and Guy F. Gregg of Milwaukee was chosen secretary. The site of next year’s tournament was left undecided.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ned Allis
Dick Cavanaugh
Kenosha
Allis
Cavanagh
Walter P Cavanagh
State Golf Association
A. Gilbert
Racine
Guy F. Grege
Athearn Yacht Out of Races in State Politics
Index of today's paper notes Athearn yacht out of races amid a list of candidates. Social news fills a large page alongside church service plans and a state survey underway. Evening story, theaters, sporting pages, markets, and reaction in politics are listed. a death notices Father Scholter is mentioned.
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Ssssee
Cecsrres
Europe
Father Scholter
Kronprinz Wilhelm Phantom Ship Light on War News
Reports from New York and Philadelphia describe the Kronprinz Wilhelm as a phantom ship seen at sea for days, with no definite knowledge of her fate or location. Amid wartime chatter, other vessels, passenger movements, and signals from British escorts color a chaotic Atlantic scene of risk and intrigue.
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Wilhelm
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Bristol
Bohemia
Hamburg
Tolemia
Alphrose Channel
Vanderpoell
S. G. Bilings
Celtic
Chill
Miss Billings
Paris
Planeta
Panama Canal Open to World War Vessels at Equal Terms
The Ancon crossed Gatun locks in seventy minutes marking the canal’s opening to vessels of all nations under lay-Pauncefote rules. Belligerents may not coal or troop, must pass uninterruptedly, and may stay only twenty four hours unless distress. Governor Goethals and Panama officials hosted a ceremonial pass as celebrations began locally with national bands and crowds along the waterway.
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United States
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Cristobal
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Tanama Canal
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Aulantic
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Repubblic
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Porras
Ikugh Roedatan
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Panama Republic
Godhals
Tenth United States Infantry
Doctors at New York and Chicago arrival telegrams
Telegrams from New York say surgeons Connell and Andrews are due in Chicago from Milwaukee and Chicago by 2 PM tomorrow via Pennsylvania Railroad. Mrs Connell and Mrs Andrews will meet husbands at the station. Other doctors aboard ship Virginian are en route from England via Allen Line.
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Vity Area
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New York
Ula
Pennsylvania Road
Connall
Milwaukee
Andrews
Pennsylvania
C. J. Combs
Big Wife
Montreal
England
Europe
Sumner
Japanese Ambassador Says No War Advices On Germany
Washington Aug 15 Ambassa dor Chinda of Japan told a state department caller he had no advices tending to confirm or deny reports that Japan was about to declare war on Germany. State department officials said they were equally ignorant of any imminent developments in the far east.
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State Department
Germany
Far East
Argentine Minister Opens New York HQ for Agent Funds
Argentine Minister Nnon arrives in New York to set up an office at the Argentine consulate to collect funds sent by Americans for agents in Argentina.
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D.C
Nnon
Argentina
New York
American Concerna Mex
British sloop safe with Algerine in harbor
The Relish sloop of war Algerine, after an adventurous chase up the California coast avoiding the German cruiser Leipzig, is now safe in Esquimalt harbor, Vancouver Island.
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B.C
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