Many Americans Still in War Zone Across the World
Washington bulletin estimates 10,900 Americans in war zones including Austria 1,200 Italy 6,500 and Switzerland 300 plus other European cities such as Dinard Bergen and Havre with dozens to hundreds in each location. A rough total spans roughly 1 to 11 thousand across destinations.
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Washington
Russia
Dinard
France
Bergen
Norway
Venice
Lisbon
Sweden
Italy
Geneva
St.il
Switzerland
Aix-la-Bain
The
Barcelona
Havre
Carlsbad
Frozenbad
Austria
War strikes Dame Fashion Paris models put on blink
European conflict threatens Paris fashion as American factories rush to meet demand for wearing apparel. U S imports fall while prices rise and war prices hit fall clothing. Mme Ripley of Paris and Chicago predicts Paris styles fade but American fashion will rise from ruins.
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Europe
United States
France
Mme. Ala Ripley
Chicago
Chicago Dressmakers’ Society
Mme. Ripley
Germans Using Krupp Guns on French at Longwy
Paris reports that French forces checked a German attack at Longwy amid heavy fighting. The Germans are said to wield Krupp weapons with long range as French troops defend Alsace south of Mulhouse while French artillery and cavalry are praised.
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Longwy
Paris
France
Verdun
Belgium
Lille
Alsace
Mulhayesa
War spirit curbed as London shortens school vacation
London county council ordered an accelerated opening of schools to keep children off the streets amid war excitement. The vacation was cut by two weeks and boys in paper caps with wooden guns marched through downtown streets while police could not stop them and traffic was disrupted as buses halted to save gasoline.
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London
London County Council
City Building Code Flaws Raise Fire Hazard Warned by Committee
Defects in the city building code are cited as increasing fire risk by the building and grounds committee of the Meial league. The committee is preparing a written remedy to address the issue.
Atlantic Route Open From Montreal to Liverpool
The route from Montreal to Liverpool is now clear and ships may sail at their discretion. Following the official advices from Ottawa, several cargos of wheat will depart for England without delay.
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Atlantic
Montreal
Liverpool
Ottawa
England
Public urged to report oil seepage in Clallam and Jefferson counties
An appeal requests information about any natural oil seepage in Clallam and Jefferson Counties. Citizens are urged to send details to 8728 Care Star to aid development of the region's natural resource and potential oil fields.
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Clallam
Jefferson County
Care Star
Three More Nations Facing War Turkey May Strike Roumania
Salonika August 12 Turkey shows strong public desire for war as Balkan tensions rise. Observers expect Constantinople to decide soon whether to back Germany or the Anglo Latin Slav bloc and perhaps join Bulgaria in an attack on Greece Serbia Romania and Montenegro.
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Germany
Bulgaria
Greece
Servia
Roumania
Montenegro
Kaiser Blocks Liege Assault Plan With Veto
Berlin August 12 Kaiser Wilhelm II ordered halt to any assault on Liege forts after Gen Von Stein argued for immediate storming. The Kaiser contended forts lacked military importance and that Belgian defenses and German losses were overstated. Siege guns would eventually breach fortifications, the general said.
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Liege
Berlin
von Stein
German War Office
Emmich
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British war craft didn't know of war off Cape Mendocino
The steamship Beaver reports meeting the British cruiser Algerine off Cape Mendocino at 5 30 p m Tuesday. The Algerine captain said the ship had cruised aimlessly for 10 days and did not know France and Germany were at war. A request asked the Beaver not reveal the German cruiser Laidai if encountered.
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Beaver
Portland
Algering
Cape Mendicino
Aimleasly
France
Germany
Laipai
Germany's War Machine a German War Chest of 120 Million
Collier's Weekly excerpt describes Germany's 25 army corps with key depots at Alsace Lorraine and the Rhine. It details Bezirks commandos tracking men, horses, vehicles, and fuel, plus a 120 million dollar gold stockpile to fund war for 10 months. It notes state storehouses hold 12 months of food and fodder for the army and that surplus food is sold to poorer classes.
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Alsace-Lorraine
Rhine
Julius Thurm
Reichstag
Paris Women Take Over Jobs as War Mobilizes City
Aug 12 Paris reports show women replacing men in shops selling essentials and running groceries and meat shops. Young girls operate station tickets, waiters serve in cafes, and guards man underground trains while aging motormen cannot serve. Newsroom staff join the war effort. James Gordon Bennett acts as a reporter for the New York Herald as Paris papers suspend publication due to paper shortages and the call to arms.
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Paris
Rue de la Paix
Benett
James Gordon Bennett
New York and
Paris Herald
Plan Levy to Meet Revenue Deficit
Washington Aug 12 The Ways and Means Committee seeks a treasury statement as Secretary McAdoo returns with plans for a wartime tax to cover revenue losses from declining imports. Lawmakers discuss a possible war tax of 100 million dollars.
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Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Rep. Underwood
Ways and Means
Treasury
Russian minister blames Austria for war spark
St Petersburg August 12 Russia’s foreign minister M Sazonoff told the Duma that Austria provoked the war by stirring Slavic factions and that Germany could have halted Austria with one word but did not.
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Rusesia
Austria
M. Sazonoff
Germany
German Warship Drubbed by British Cruiser
Captain Ter Jessen of the Norwegian steamer Loveland reports a German cruiser was defeated in a naval engagement about 250 miles north of San Salvador, by a British cruiser. The Loveland arrived yesterday with the news from the Atlantic theater.
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Boston
Ter- Jessen
Loveland
San Salvador
Women defend town with water in Belgian factory
Paris reports women workers at the Horstal national arms factory near Liege repelled German forces by pouring hot water on attackers after ammunition ran out. By latest accounts they still held the German soldiers at bay.
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Paris
Horstal
Liege
British freighter Colusa prepares voyage to South America
The British freighter Colusa of the W. R. Grace & Co. fleet takes on cargo at Sound ports before a voyage to the west coast of South America. The ship, which had tied up after the war began, moved to Tacoma yesterday and has its white hull painted dull gray.
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Colusa
W. R. Grace & Co
Sound Ports
South America
Tacoma
Star want ad promises quick sale
A brief want ad notes a star item is for sale and urges quick buyer action.
Denmark readies for invasion as German threat grows
Denmark masses troops along the German frontier and seeks control of the Danish islands and parts of Sweden and Norway to repel invasion. Sweden and Norway vow to defend neutrality. British and French naval forces observed off Nantucket.
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Denmark
Baltic
Sweden
Norway
Belgium
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