Not a Shot Fired at Fall of Brussels
Ghent dispatch reports Brussels fallen to German forces with no shots fired. Hesitant residents flee as hussars and uhlans reach the city gates. Burgomaster urges calm, vows to protect rights and dignity, while telegraph and railway services near Brussels are shut down.
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Brussels
London
Central News
Ghent
The
Chronicle
Paris
Daily Mail
Ostend
Cithzens
Belgium
Oliver Taylor Ill as Relatives Rush to His Bedside
Richard Mittom of this village and Mrs Polly Gober of Milan have been sent to Fruitland Iowa to be with Oliver Taylor reported dying. Taylor formerly lived nearby and ran a fruit farm.
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Richard Mittom
Polly Gober
Milan
Oliver Taylor
Fruitland
Iowa
Taylor
Foreigners in Paris Enroll in French Army
Paris August 21 thousands of volunteers resident in Paris gathered under flags of many nations to be mustered. The list shows 4500 Jews, 2000 Belgians, 4500 Nat ions, 2600 Russians, 2000 Swiss, 1960 Spaniards, 600 Romanians, 925 Luxemburgians and 124 Americans seeking service in a separate command.
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Paris
Austria Calls All Reservists Amid War Crisis
London dispatch reports Vienna has issued a final call to all able bodied men between 20 and 35 for military service as Austria mobilizes in response to escalating conflict. The government ordered immediate readiness and warned of further measures.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Vienna
War Summary As German Austrian Force Converges On Belgium
French military experts warn of a decisive clash on Belgian soil as German and Austrian units advance toward Brussels and Antwerp. Belgian defense collapses with Brussels communication severed, while British and French ships attack Cattaro and German actions damage Hango harbor works. An Anglo American rough riders corps forms in Paris and is accepted by the war minister.
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Belgium
France
Britain
Brussels
Antwerp
Cattaro
Hango
Finland
Rough Riders Corps
Paris
Races at Elgin draw big crowd
Elgin Illinois August 21 De Palma won the race as Twenty drivers started for the Chicago Automobile club trophy in a clash on a track improved by rain. Wishart led after one hour then at 100 miles with De Palma second and Wiscox third. Several entrants changed machines before the start. several drivers retired because of mechanical trouble or illness.
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de Palma
Lst
Burman
Jesse Callahan
J. c. Callahan
Carlson
Orr
Henning
Luttrell
Wishart
DePalma
Pullen
Herbert
Wiscox
Grant
Tetzlaff
Tidmarsh
Joseph Elliott Callender
C. A. C. Contest Board
David Beecroft
Japan Ready to Start Siege After Ultimatum Expires
Tokio reports Japan quietly prepares for possible move on Kiaochau as Germany’s reply to the ultimatum remains pending. German embassy packing personal effects signals to the world an imminent decision amid fortified defenses. The British steamer Hostilius recounts Dresden capture and coerced signing of a nonaggression pledge, which the captain refused. Dresden released the vessel, while Lynton Granger complied.
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Tokio
Japan
Germany
War
Navy
Kiaochau
Havana
Hostilius
Buenos Ayres
Dresden
Cienfuegos
Lynton Grenger
Pope Suffered Keenly By War In Last Week Of Life
Rome reports detail how Pope Pius X suffered during the final week as war raged. Cardinal Merry del Val reorganizes Vatican leadership and contemplates a truce appeal to emperors and presidents with United States support. The pope’s will reportedly urges modest burial in St Peter’s crypt and pensions for his sisters.
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Sacred College of Cardinals
United States
Giornale D'Italia
Rome
Corriere! Phalia
Marchiafava
Pope’s Sister Not Dead An Error In Transmission
London August 21 an erroneous public statement telegraphed to New York claimed Anna Sarto sister of the late Pope Pius X had died in Rome shortly after her brother. The report resulted from a telegraphic error in Rome and the pope's sister is alive though suffering from shock.
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London
New York
Anna Sarto
Pius X
Rome
Austro Hungarian government moves offices and archives
Dispatches report that government offices and cash have been withdrawn from Lembure Galicia Czerno Hukowina Trent Au Tyrol Triest Dalmatia and Sarajevo. All official departments are being concentrated in Vienna and Budapest as Austro Hungarian authorities reorganize.
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Rome
Vienna
Lembure
Galicia
Czerno
Hukowina
Trent
Tyrol
Triest
Adriatic
Dalmatia
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Budapest
Canadian Port Held Up by Warship of Kaiser
Winnipeg August 22 2 Wr encee Trunk Pacific officials report that the German cruiser Nuernberg entered Prince Rupert harbor B C filled its bunkers with coal from the Trunk Pacific railway supply took all the gold in the banks there and quietly sailed away. A wireless message at Vancouver ordered the Rainbow and one submarine to Prince Rupert.
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Winnipeg
Ar Au
Wrencee Trunk Pacific
Nuernberg
Prince Rupert
B. C
Trand Trunk Pacific Railway
Vancouver
Price Boosters to Be Indicted in Food Price Probe
Washington officials say Attorney General McReynolds expects several indictments soon related to the wartime rise in food prices. The exact cities for the indictments were not disclosed as the investigations ordered by President Wilson continue.
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Washington, D. C
McReynolds
Wilson
Wilson Hopes to Avoid War Tax Burden
President Wilson said no war taxes will be levied until an investigation shows which tax would burden the people least. He expressed hope taxes might be avoided entirely but offered little concrete information to support that aim.
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Wilson
Washington
United States
Antwerp Prepares Ten Resist Foes As Wires Are Cut
London dispatch reports Antwerp gearing for defense amid German cavalry patrols severing telegraphic links to Brussels and central Belgium. Officials say Antwerp remains orderly and ready to cooperate with the Allies.
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London
Times
Hague
Antwerp
Paris
Brussels
Tion
Germany's Navy Driven to Port
Washington August 21 The British embassy quoted a foreign office summary saying all German warships outside the Baltic are seeking safety in other ports. The report notes the German fleet is confined to harbors while English commerce remains near normal and German seaborne commerce is paralyzed. It records one casualty the light cruiser Amphion sunk by a mine after sinking the Koenigin Luise and one German submarine sunk in the North Sea.
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Washington
Foreign Office
Baltic
British Foreign Office
Colville Barclay
Bryan
France
Atlantic
Lloyds
United States
Amphion
North Sea
Bryan instructs diplomats to act with impartiality abroad
Secretary Bryan issued instructions to U S diplomatic and consular agents serving in war zones urging candid impartiality in unofficial good offices. The guidance emphasizes exercising no official function and stresses neutrality in their conduct amid European conflict.
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Bryan
Washington
United States
Weather and Astronomical Events Summary
Generally fair tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Highest yesterday 59, overnight 66, 7 am 69, 3 pm 85. Wind 4 mph, no precipitation, humidity 55 yesterday, 78 today, river at 3 feet. Evening stars Jupiter Venus Mars. morning Saturn Mercury. Partial solar eclipse visible in northeastern US. totality in Russia. Eclipse begins New York 5 54 26 am, Boston 5 41 am, Portland 8 23 am.
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J. M. Sherier
Jupiter
Venus
Mars
Saturn
Mercury
United States
Russia
New York
Boston
Portland
Ohio
Michigan
Aviator Albert Fileaux Survives One Thousand Foot Fall
In Minneola New York on August 21 Albert Fileaux’s mono plane plunged about a thousand feet during a loop. He was badly bruised and lacerated but doctors think he will live. The engine failed while he was looping the loop.
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Minneola
N. Y
Albert Fileaux
Fileaux
German Bombardment Damages Liege Report
Stockholm reports a Swedish steamer captain who arrived from Libau describing a German bombardment of Liege. He recalls a Sunday evening rain of shells that caused panic as houses burned and collapsed. Fifteen women among lumber piles were killed by a single shell. the bombardment lasted two hours destroying buildings and bridges.
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Liege
Stockholm
Libau
Senate Passes War Risk Insurance Bill
The Senate today passed a five million dollar emergency war risk bill to insure American vessels and cargoes against hazards of war. The measure, reported from Washington D C, advances U S preparedness and defense funding.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
Liebknecht Safe in Berlin Says Cable Telegram
A Chicago report that German socialist leader Liebknecht was executed by order of the Kaiser is contradicted by a cablegram from Secretary Bryan to Walter Lanfersieg. The American ambassador in Berlin states Liebknecht has left and there is no ground for rumors of his death.
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Berlin
Chicago
Herr Liebknecht
Reichstag
Bryan
Walter Lanfersieg
Socialist Organisation
Foes Gather Forces for Big Blow in Meuse Push
Paris reports a great battle looms as Belgium becomes the theatre for a formidable shock. German forces push across the Meuse near Huy with a major concentration under way in Belgium on Friday morning. Only small French-occupied land remains in Audun le Ronan. A French dirigible bombarded two German cavalry camps in Belgium, drawing fire but returning safely. In Paris, a Basel engagement sees the French defeat a German cavalry detachment with 500 Germans wounded and horses lost.
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Paris
Petit Parisian
Belgium
Meuse
Huy
Audun-le- Ronan
Meurthe-et-Moselte
War Office
Basel
London
French Aviator Pegoud Returns After Daring Bomb Run
Adolph Pegoud, famed French aviator, flew 200 kilometers into German territory with a military observer. His wings were riddled by 97 bullets and two shells but he and the observer survived. Pegoud crossed the Rhine and blew up two German convoys. Captain Finck reportedly destroyed a Metz hangar and a Zeppelin. Aeroplanes emerge as key war tools, surpassing pigeons. England is warned to watch for messages dropped from aircraft, with instructions on returning them to their addresses.
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London
Adolph Pegoud
Paris
Exchange Telegraph Company
Pegoud
Rhine
Finck
Metz
England
Alsace
Emperor Nicholas
Earthquake Strikes Northern Italy Alarms Rome Prison
A strong quake shaken Rome today causing panic among inmates at San Donnino prison as the ancient structure collapsed. Among the prisoners listed is Porter Chariton, an American awaiting trial for his wife’s murder.
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Italy
San Donnino
Porter Chariton
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