Relief ship for marooned Americans to sail tonight
The Tennessee, carrying $7.5 million and government funds, sails tonight from New York to Europe to relieve 100000 Americans abroad. A second relief cruiser, North Carolina, may follow with more funds and officials. Ambassadors, bankers, and army officers coordinate deposits and advances for travel and emergencies as the United States mobilizes a broad relief effort.
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U. S
Congress
Tennessee
Europe
Brooklin Navy Yard
Tompkinsville
United States Army
State Department
Treasury Department
Treasury of
United States
North Carolina
Abroagh
London
English Channel
Connent
Europa
Atlantic
Americans Rally to Ferry Home Stranded Countrymen
A New York led syndicate bought the British steamer Viking for 500 a berth to repatriate Americans from Liverpool. The vessel, cleared by Britain, plans frequent trips as crowds in France and across Europe seek passage home amid war. Notables including Martin Vogel and John A Wilson travel among cabin and steerage passengers as France cooperates with U S efforts to finance and organize relief and observation missions.
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Grant Hugh Browne
New York
Viking
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Charles Aldrich
Cleveland
Ohio
Martin Vogel
United States
Berlin
Paris
John A Wilson
William H. Porter
J P. Morgan & Co
Fair rulers of neutral nations invaded by Germany
Portraits show Grand Duchess Marie of Luxembourg and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands greeted at a palace window with the infant Fullana. The piece notes these neutral states have fallen under German occupation, highlighting the rights of neutral countries violated by the invasion.
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Germany
Marie of
Luxemburg
Europe
Queen
The
Netherlands
Fullana
World War Population and Armed Forces by Belligerent
The table lists global wartime population figures for the Triple Entente and Allies, with Germany and Austria-Hungary totals and their army reserves. It shows per-nation counts for population, regular army, reserves, and total strength, noting Still Neutral Italy and colonies with their numbers.
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Austria-Hungary
Russia
France
Colonies
Great Britain
Belgium
Montenegro
England calls to arms all single men 18 to 30
London August 6 a wartime advertisement urges all unmarried men between 15 and 80 to join the army immediately as the empire stands on the brink of the greatest war in history.
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England
London
Protests Recruiting In Philadelphia Urges Aid Committees
Philadelphia Charities Director Harte calls citizens to form a committee to protest foreign consuls recruiting men for foreign armies. He notes many married men, foreigners by birth, may leave the city, leaving families destitute though consuls promise care.
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Philadelphia Charities
Philadelphia
Harte
Bureau of Health and Charities
Red Cross Appeal Aims Ship Medical Relief for Europe
Joint meeting of International and War Relief Boards of the American Red Cross plans a chartered vessel to send doctors nurses and hospital supplies to Europe to aid wounded and sick in the European war effort. The action follows Spain and recalls European aid to the American Red Cross with committees formed to start preparations.
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Europe
International and War Relief Board
American Red Cross
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Navy
Red Cross
Army and Navy Relief Corps
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Uges
William Braisteed
USN
R M Watt
Bernard N Baker
Baltimore
Bralsted
Robert A Patterson
United States Medical Corps
First Aid Department
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C S A
Red Cross War Relief Board
Mabel T. Boardman
Ernest P Hicknell
Patterson
Red Cross First Aid Department
J R Holcomb
United States Navy
Jane A Delano
Red Cross General Nursing Service
Lena $ Higbee
Navy Nursing Corp
War Relief Board
Bernard N Walker
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
International Relief Board
Civic Betterment Association
Victor J Evans
Mitchell
Congress
Clark
Red Cross ship guarded under Geneva Hague treaties
The American Red Cross seeks funds and support for neutral war relief. A Navy ordered crackdown on unneutral radio messages flags a protected Red Cross hospital ship. Officials, doctors, and nurses are named, with meetings outlining relief unit designations and duties. Local civic group donates 500 dollars for Red Cross work amid war warnings.
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Hague
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Donore
Washington, DC
The
Food prices jump amid British controls plan
London reports higher food costs as beef increases from 35 to 42 cents a pound and wheat and maize rise sharply. The British government unveils a scheme to manage supply, while retail stores already face shortages.
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London
Socialist Leader Vandervelde Joins Belgian Cabinet
Premier Charles de Broqueville announced in parliament that Emile Vandervelde, a top socialist opponent of the clerical ministry, has joined the cabinet as minister of state. He said many trained men have been mobilized, and he read Belgium’s reply to Germany noting force would be used if Belgium obstructed troop passage.
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James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
France
U. S
Switzerland
Church Peace Union
Constance
Paris
Bescancon
Fred Lynch
Charles Millington
New York
Potter Palmer
Carrott
Copenhagen
Hamburg
America
Imperator
Germany
England
United States
Brunselé
Augus
Charles de Broqueville
Gay
Emile Vandervelde
Belgium
German Diplomats to Sail for Europe
Baron Kurt von Lersner second secretary at the German embassy and his brother Baron Horat von Leisner both preparing to return to Germany with Wilhelm vom Rath an attaches. They have gone to New York to arrange passage for departure on Saturday as ordered to report to their regiments.
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Newport
H.I. Augu
Baron Kurt von Lersner
United States
New York
Europe
Horat von Leisner
Wilhelm Vom Rath
Germany
Doctor Orders Resinol for Ringworm Case
New York on March 2 a reader reports a persistent ringworm rash on the forehead that caused four months of itching and social avoidance. After trying home remedies with no success, two jars of Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment brought quick relief and complete clearance, with a note that Resinol also treats eczema pimples blackheads dandruff sores and piles.
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New York
Mia Ross
Dept. 4-R
Resinol
Baltimore
Treasury Officials Meet Over Contraband Neutrality Question
Treasury Secretary McAdoo and Counselor Lancing led a long session with Assistant Secretaries from Commerce the Navy and the Treasury to tackle the complex issue of neutrality amidst Europe’s war. They weighed what goods like the Wheat Crop and possibly gold might be deemed contraband and how American neutrality would handle shipments to belligerents as tensions rise and definitions remain unclear.
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Herrick
Marzan Harges & Co
State Department
Ambassador Page
London
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Treasury Department
the Treasury
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Roosevelt
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A. C Miller
Federal Reserve Board
Iesistant
Department
Naval
Tt Wag
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Sayville
Long Island
Tuckerton
Europe
Treasury
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Navy
Malburn and Newton
Warships Leave Tsingtau As German Fleet Advances
Guns were mounted today on the Prinz Eitel Friedrich at Tsingtau. The Far Eastern squadron of the German fleet, with several merchantmen, left Tsingtau and reportedly moved northward. Large numbers of Chinese coolies were compelled to work on the defenses under armed guards.
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Shanghai
Prinz Eitel Friedrich Ot
Canada to Send an Army Contingents to Abroad
Ottawa announces Canada will raise two contingents of 20 000 men for service abroad. Men to report to district officers. Col Hughes reports over 100 000 offers already received.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Samuel Hughes
Hughes
Austrians Shoot Russian Plane Near Lemberg Frontier
The Neue Presse reports a Russian aeroplane with a pilot and two officers landed on the Russo German frontier near Lemberg, was fired on by Austrians, and crashed. The two Russian officers were killed.
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Vienna
Neuer de Presse
Lemberg
Austria-Hungary
Servian Chief of Staff III Reported Killed in Battle
A Ser via dispatch reports General Radomir Putnik, Servian chief of the general staff, killed in action with his son wounded in a recent battle. The casualty note reflects a high command loss in the ongoing conflict.
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London
Servia
Radomir Putnik
Start
Canada to halt vessel traffic on St Lawrence River east of Montreal
Ogdensburg Aug 5 A paper manufacturer in the United States importing pulp wood from lower Canada by shipload has been notified that unless special concessions are granted vessel movement on the St Lawrence River east of Montreal will be stopped.
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United States
Cosat
Boulogne
England
James T. Harahan
Ilinois Central Railroad
Martha Harris
Memphis
Tennessee
Ambassador Herrick
War Department
Washington
Spencer Cosby
Morton J. Henry
Frank Parker
Francis H. Pope
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Mra
Anna Wilson Howe
Philadelphia
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Elbert H Gary
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