Belgium Prepared to Cooperate With Britain, Says Documents
A German Gazette report on a British-Belgian neutrality dispute cites documents showing Belgium allegedly prepared to cooperate with British forces in case of a German invasion. It notes British plans discussed with Belgian officers and claims Belgium did not protest a British violation of neutrality, while Berlin argues such actions negated Belgium neutrality.
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Sayville
Edward Grey
Von
Bethmann-Hollweg
Today
Edward ‘Grey
Germany
Belgium
England
Brussels
Great ‘Britain
Europe
Morocco
von Bethmann- ‘Hollweg
de Gazette
Edward
Grey
Reichstag
Russia
Prince Lichnowsky
London
Foreign ‘Affairs
Wis
Sir Edward Grey
Pound Sterling Declines Pushes New Lows in Exchange Markets
The New York foreign exchange market shows further decline as the pound sterling sinks to 4.61 dollars, a new daily low amid heavy involvement from English gold and American securities totaling 45 million dollars. Francs and marks also slump while bankers hedge against further volatility awaiting Paris and London financiers to restore normal credit conditions.
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Continental Exchange
Imean
Paris
London
New York
Diplomacy Won’t Be Used In Dacia Case
Washington Aug 30 The United States will not resort to diplomacy over the Hamburg American liner Dacia condemned with its cotton cargo by a French prize court. Officials say the transfer of Dacia from German to American ownership was illegal due to erroneous facts, notably that a new cotton cargo was loaded after the handover, not purchased with the ship.
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Washington
United States
France
Greman
Ilegal
State Department
Financing Pacific Chinese American steam line
SAN FRANCISCO Aug 30 Contracts for financing a 5 million dollar Chinese American trans Pacific steamship line have been signed by American and Chinese capitalists. Dr V K Welling ton Koo, China's first minister to Mexico, said backers include most of China's great banks. The line would fly the Chinese flag, but ship purchases face delays. Dr Koo noted this is the fruit of Chinese industrial commissioners' visit. he also discussed China's political plans and US educational exchanges with scholars from Tsing Hua.
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San Francisco
Pacific Steamship Company
V.K. Wellington Koo
China
Mexico
Persia
Koo
Dr. Koo
America
Frank J. Goodnow
Yuan Shi-Kai
Yuan
Tsing Hua College
Peking
United States
Fires Sweep Three Illinois Plants Amid Wildrose Blaze
Authorities probe three recent fires in St Charles Illinois over 72 hours causing losses over 300000 The last blaze damaged Wildrose stock farm one of state's largest facilities owned by Herbert Crane with horses destroyed The other fires hit Malleable Iron Works and Doorg Fire Company's plant amid rumors of munitions production and war horse shipments being investigated.
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ST. Charles
Til
Wildrose Stock Farm
Herbert Crane
Illinois
New York
Malleable Iron Works
Doorg Fire Company
Tron
Europe
Germany
Wildrose
National Association of Retail Druggists Convention Opens
In Minneapolis on August 30 the seventeenth annual convention focuses on patent laws that inflate medicine prices and shift costs to the public. The meeting will address how druggists must pay and pass along higher prices through to consumers.
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Minneapolis
Minn
National Association of Retail
Flood District Widens After Black River Break
LITTLE ROCK Arkansas August 30 a levee on Black river a tributary of the White broke near Pocahontas late today adding thousands of acres to the flood districts of North Arkansas. The break was not unexpected and residents of the overflowed area escaped but much livestock was lost and crop damage was heavy.
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Little Rock
Ark
Black River
Pocahontas
North
Arkansas
Indicted man pleads guilty killed benefactress in Murdressboro
Joe Deberry, a black man, killed Mrs. J. H. Martin in her home on July 30. He pleaded guilty in court, was sentenced to death, to be hanged October 16 between 6 am and 6 pm. Crowds filled the courthouse as National Guard troops guarded the scene to avert mob violence. He said he killed her after she refused to give fifty cents, and after a first demand was refused he struck with a poker.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Joe Deberry
J. H. Martin
Deberry
Companies
Illinois
National Guard
Martin
Derailed train injures three and leaves eighteen hurt
Three persons were dangerously injured and eighteen others cut or bruised when Chicago and Alton train No. 16 derailed ten miles east of Mexico Mo late this afternoon. The most seriously injured are C. G. Daniel Vandalia Mo president of the Vandalia Bankers association cut in the back of the head Bert Steels Laddonia Mo leg broken internal injuries Edward S Wilson Mexico Mo head cut Only the chair car and smoker left the track The cause of the derailment is unknown.
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Mexico
Chicago and Alton
Here
C. G. Daniel
Vandalia
Bankers'association
Bert Steels
Laddonia
Edward S. Wilson
MODIFY RUSSIAN EXPORT EMBARGO
Washington slicing through trade war details, Russia accepts the agreement to modify the export embargo on U S goods. All imports from Russia go to the secretary of commerce for controlled distribution to importers only if not re exported to Russia enemies. The pact could free millions in merchandise including hides skins furs vetch seed and mineral oil.
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Washington
Russia
United States
States Department
Secretary of Commerce
Spreckles Son Weds Miss Wirt After Divorce Decree
John D. Spreckles Jr., son of the California capitalist, obtained a license in San Francisco to marry Miss Sidi Wirt of Garden City Kansas. Spreckles, 83, will wed 22 year old Wirt after a court divorce decree was granted the former wife, who wed Frank W. Wakefield here last week.
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German prize court rulings on Maria and Batavier V
London reports state the British foreign office released a statement detailing German prize court judgments at Hamburg. The Maria a Dutch ship carrying Portland Oregon wheat to Belfast and Dublin was sunk by Karlsruhe in the Atlantic. the Batavier V bound for London was captured in the North Sea and taken to Zeebrugge on suspicion of contraband. The decisions narrow the distinction between absolute and conditional contraband and hinge on ports deemed fortified or bases for Allied operations.
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British Foreign Office
Hamburg
Maria
Batavier
Portland
Oregon
Belfast
Dublin
Karlsruhe
Navy
Great Britain
Supreme Command
Ipswich
Poole
Barrow-In-Furness
Grangemouth
Civil engineers may aid nation in war plans
Secretary Garrison received proposals from engineers led by William Barclay Parsons and Elmer L. Cothrell to mobilize civil life experts in time of war. The Army War College is crafting a formal plan and will present a detailed report likely to be included in the secretary's congressional report this winter.
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Washington
Army War College
Garrison
Army
William Barclay Parsons
New York
Elmer L. Cothrell
Massachusetts
Alr. Garrison
War College
Congress
Witter
No Truth in Report on McCombs Chairmanship Rumor
Washington dispatch says persistent reports of efforts within the administration to displace William F McCombs as chairman of the Democratic National Committee prompted Secretary Tumulty to issue a White House statement denying the movement and denouncing the report as mischief.
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Washington
William Fmccombs
Democratic, National Committee
Tumulty
White House
Louisiana to vote on constitutional convention tomorrow
Baton Rouge Aug 30 voters will decide whether to hold a constitutional convention in a special election set for tomorrow. Delegates to the proposed convention will also be elected and, if the measure passes by majority, the convention would assemble in New Orleans next month.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
New Orleans
European War Fronts Show Shifting Pressures and Autumn Looms
Aug 30 dispatch notes Germans and Austrians pressing Russians in the eastern theatre from Courtland to Galicia while observers expect autumn storms to slow Teuton advances. Von Hindenburg’s forces along the Dvina renew activity near Riga as Lipsk is captured west of Grodno. Desperate Dardanelles fighting continues after a British landing with Turkish claims of trench recapture not yet confirmed. Western trench warfare persists and Italians report slow advances on the Austro Italian frontier.
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Courtland
Galicia
Berlin
Vienna
Von.Hindenburg
Dvina
Courland
Riga
von Hindenburg
Lipsk
Grodno
Napoleon
Dardanelles
Great Britain
Veterinarians Discuss Plague At National Meet
At the American Veterinary Medical association’s fifty first annual convention in Oakland California Dr John R Mohler warned against letting criticism derail efforts to stamp out foot and mouth disease noting it would otherwise spread like tuberculosis He cited that one in six infections come from virus carried on people’s shoes clothing or bodies He urged control as achievable Henry Wenning began constructing a new Theme on State street near Eleventh.
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Oakland
Cal
American Veterinary Medical Association
John R. Mohler
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau
Pan American plan moves ahead despite Carranza reply
Washington reports the next step in restoring peace in Mexico will be taken soon by Pan American conferees regardless of Carranza’s anticipated reply. Zapata and Villa factions signaled acceptance, while Villa forces pressed toward Monterey with reports of heavy fighting and disrupted rail links. Americans in Sonora fled inland amid fears of Indian attacks as Carranza troops mobilized in Sonora and Sonora’s frontlines.
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Mexico
Carranza
Lansing
Zapata
State Department
Villa
Mexico’ City
Eliseo
Arredondo
State ’Department
Torreon
Monterey
Neuvo ‘Leon
Trevino
Carranea
Tampico
Piedras Negras
Red Cross
Monclova
Saltillo
Department
Villa-ig
Madero
Guaymas
Sonora
Mex
San Diego
Cal
Hermosillo
Colorado River
Gulf of California
Magdalena
Mazatlan
Sinola
Dieguez
Manzanillo
Colima
Interest In Gibson Trial To Proceed In Indiana Court
Annapolis Ind August 30 The trial of James H Gibson and Frederick Cochran on charges of violating primary election laws will proceed in the criminal court this week unless defense counsel secures a postponement. The case is expected to draw attention for potential bearing on other prominent political figures including Mayor Bell and Thomas Taggart who face similar charges.
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Annapolis
Ind
James H. Gibson
Frederick Cochran
Bell
Thomas Taggart
Britain prohibits coal exports to non possessions
London August 30 The order in council barring the shipment of British coal to all countries except British possessions and protectorates takes effect at midnight tonight The new rule ends export to allies and other nations previously allowed under prior restrictions The move expands control over coal trade and strengthens imperial supply lines
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Great Britain
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