Kronprinz Wilhelm Sinks 14 Ships During South Atlantic Raid
Newport News dispatch details the German cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm arriving in port after an eight month raiding run from New York August 3. Officers report 14 merchantmen sunk valued at 7 million dollars, 960 prisoners taken, and aboard guns looted from Karlsruhe and La Correntina. The crew, about 500, faced scarce coal and provisions as they prepared to depart unseen.
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Paul Thierfelder
South Atlantic
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Eitel
New York Harbor
Coleby
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Hardor
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Sieut
Thierfelder
Karlsruhes
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Ocean
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Great Britain
Sir Edward Grey
la Correntina
Wei
France
Woevre
Albert
Ancre
Hamel
Thiepval
Argonne
Meuse
Moselle
Les Eparges
Combres
Czar's Daughter Hoax Laughs At Exposure
A 16 year old girl, daughter of a fruit dealer, pretended to be a Russian grand duchess Yelina Romanoff. She travelled in disguise as a Sister of Mercy to Gatchina hospital to solicit funds before being exposed by an attaché. She laughed at the failure, was returned to Petrograd, then escaped custody.
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Velina
Dead Girl Findings End Murder Theory in Lakeland Case
Miss Pauline Sullivan, 17, disappeared from 1213 H Kuctd Street NW on December 13, 1914. Identification by her brother Lieut William P R Sullivan A S M C was confirmed after a body found in Lake No 5 at Lakeland Md was recovered. Doctors found no signs of violence. death deemed accidental or suicide amid unbalanced state. Inquest set for Hyattsville. body to be taken to Indianapolis. The ring, missing from the lake, had been found at the Euclid Street home.
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Francis Shipley
Prineey Georges County
J. Frederick Keefauver
W. Walter Griffith
College Park
Prince Georges County
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Duquesne
Newton Street
Detective Headquarters
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Indianapolis
Pennsylvania
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Indianapolia
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Ki. Co. Kearns
Alberta Heim
Gatlinger Hospital
Piney Branch Road Bridge
Sixteenth Street
Miss Helm
Zomomle
Hague Peace Effort Moves Forward With Allies
A three day Hague conference with about 30 delegates from the United States and major neutrals drafted a program for action toward world peace. The plan, largely American in influence, calls for a central committee and international propaganda to be launched immediately. Mrs. Fanny F. Andrews of Boston attended as the American delegate as Britain presses toward a vast 1,000,000 man army.
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the Hague
Great Britain
Officers Slain in Orgy Joy Riders Kill Girl
A Brussels hotel scandal report from Paris describes officers killed after a German general allegedly lost secret papers. The scene at Palace Hotel amid a drunken orgy involved Hanoverians Bavarians Saxons and Frussians and dueling scars. Several officers died by their own hand after the chaos broke out.
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JOY Riders
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Washington Post
Paris
The
Figaro
German Ambassador protests US neutrality breach over war munitions exports
Count von Bernstorff issued a public note to the State Department alleging United States arms and foodstuffs exports favor Allies and break neutrality. He cites British orders in council and delays in releasing American ships, urging the US to curb shipments or end exports to Allies as a matter of neutrality.
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State Department
Count von Bernstorff
Germany
United States
Paxe L-German Raider in U S Fort
In today’s issue an index lists items including a German raider’s activity near American forts, a noted dead girl, peace efforts at The Hague, and major Allied offensives. The page previews editorials, society notes, sports, and various international updates.
Germany Well Supplied, American Expert Says War News
An American expert reports from Berlin that Germany has ample food and materials to last years, with no starvation in sight. He notes strong farming, continued self sufficiency, and a belief Germany will win, amid bitter anti American sentiment. Espionage is pervasive and travel into Germany is tightly controlled. The observer describes orderly trains and heavy state monitoring as war continues elsewhere.
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Kaisser
Hest
Vilage
Essen
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