War Updates and Diplomatic Moves Abroad
Worldwide dispatches note German summons to James W. Gerard for talks at Berlin, allied actions in Bukovina and Alsace Lorraine, air raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend, and U S responses on sea war zones. Reports also cover Panama policing, bank crimes, and political shifts in the United States and Spain.
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James W. Gerard
United States
Mr. Gerard
Doctor von Bethmann-Hollweg
Italy
Germany
Gottlieb von Jagow
Berlin
Henry van Dyke
the Hague
Grand Duchy of Luxemburg
Washington
Luxemburg
Great Britain
England
Ireland
War-time naval pressure and German food shipments
The State Department forwards a note urging immediate release of the American ship Wilhelmina with contraband cargo unless grounds to detain are shown. Churchill signals allies will widen naval pressure while Germany offers to curb attacks if Britain ends food interference.
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Washington
British Foreign Office
State Department
Walter Hines Page
London
Great Britain
House of Commons
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
Germany
Churchill
Foreign Office
Belgium
United States
Bernstorff
Russian Defeat Deepens East Front Setbacks
Berlin reports say the battle of the Mazurian lakes will be more disastrous for Russia than Tannenberg. About 40,000 Russians captured. Meanwhile Austro German forces entered Czernowitz Bukowina after a Russian withdrawal across the Tuth river.
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Berlin
Sayville
East Prussia
Estern
Bukowina
von Hindenburg
Mazurian Lakes
Tannenberg
Allenstein
Budapest
Czernowitz
Tuth
One Weakness Dialog Unfolds with Humorous Reflections
The exchange centers on Filbers fishing without a catch and his behavior at home. His wife questions his late nights and he replies he has been drinking and playing poker. The salary question prompts a revealing answer about balancing the figure.
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Filbers
Two Sides to It Quote From Uncle Eben
An elderly voice in dialect asserts a bridge between knowledge and action. The remark frames a character analysis of those who claim superior insight and those who fail to prove it, reflecting local social wit.
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Uncle Eben
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Arest
Rundautz
Alsace-Lorraine
Zeebrugge
Ostend
Middelkerke
Blankenburgh
Claude Grahame-White
Nieuport
Torquay
Dartmouth
Scarborough
Paris War Office
Poland
Panama
Clarence R Howards
Wood
Clyde Stover
Osprooks
Elizabethtown
Alonzo
Horace Gardner
Welaka
Fla
Hand
New York
Max F. Kleist
Edward W. Breitung
Tenth Infantry
Canal Zone
Japan
Jacob Vogel
Citizens’ Bank of
Fruitvale
Cal
Oakland
Farmers’ State Bank
Medicine Lake
Mont
City of Lincoln
Senate
South Dakota
Roswell C. F. Smith
Chicago
Hazel Weinstein
Dime Savings Bank
Brooklyn
Madrid
Mexico
Jose Caro
Spain
Delaware
Vera Cruz
Carranza
Rome
No Man’s Island
British Admiralty
Mauna Islands
Sun Yat Sen
China
Republic
Felipe Angeles
Monterey
Senor Olivares
Olivares
Havana
Mann
House
Gregory
Cooper
Wisconsin
War Department
Regular Army
Department
Pacific Coast
Burleson
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Los Angeles
General Carranza
Canada
U. G
Bryan
Britain
Wilhelmina
Kaiser
He Centaur Company
Castoria
Russ
Czar
Pratemi
Spohn Medical CO
eGuesvetssist
Goshen
Ind
U. S. Ae
PhiloHay Specialties Co
Newark
Adv
Carter
Speci
Blackleg
Blackley
Cutter
Ordottery
Berkeley
Ww. N. U
Sloan
V. J. Brown
Route 1
Box 121
Halls
Tenn
Thaveu
John Newcomb
R. R. No
Keokuk
Iowa
Sloan Liniment
Norubbing
U.S
Earl S. Sloan, Inc
Dept.b
Philadelphia
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