Denmark pays secret indemnity to Germany over neutrality
Amsterdam dated July 22 reports Denmark paid an undenounced indemnity to Germany for neutrality breaches during Baltic naval raiding. The amount rumored around 80 million kronen about $22.4 million, tied to passage of an E boat disguised as English, and linked to Denmark selling the West Indies to the United States for $25 million amid war-time base needs.
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Amsterdam
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North Sea
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Danish West Indies
Caribbean Sea
United States
Lewin
Gen. Villa
Fall
Republican Party
Pancho Villa
President Wilson visits Hampton Roads amid mine drills and naval maneuvers
At Fortress Monroe on August 5 President Wilson traveled by car with Mrs. Wilson along the Virginia peninsula while Secretary Baker observed mine laying by the General Schofield and a torpedo test in Hampton Roads. The Mayflower then steamed through Chesapeake Bay as the president prepared for his reelection speech.
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Monroe
Wilson
Hampton Roads
Virginia Peninsula
Washington
Baker
Schofield
Chesapeake Bay
Hampton and
Phoebus
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Coast Artillery School
Virginia Capes
Cape Henry
Congress
Zeppelins Raid England Reported. Britain Warned of War to Knife
Berlin reports a third aerial attack on England by a Zeppelins fleet as two giants fly at high speed over the channel. German official says England demands a war to the knife and vows retaliation, while regretting civilian loss. The piece notes Zeppelins’ enormous size and speed, and cites Karlsruhe killings as offset.
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Karlsruhe
Karl BH. von Wiegand
Washington Post
New York World
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Sayville
England
Zeppelin
Germany
America
Holland
Norway
Karlaruhs
Vienna
Sereth
Meldzygory
Tchistopady
Zalesze
Hughes Stock Rises Slavs Cross Sereth Aided by Robins
Illinois politicians split over the Hughes campaign as Raymond Robins, former Progressive convention chairman, endorses Hughes. A letter from three-fourths of Pennsylvania’s 1912 Roosevelt electors pledges support, signaling a major Progressive-Republican shift and weakening Wilson’s position.
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Pennsylvania
Wy Sumner Curtis
New York
Charles B. Hughes
Wilson
Bull Moose
Raymond Robing
Chicago
Progressve
Mr. Hughes
Theodore Roosevelt
Robins
Keystone
Theas
Battle on near Suez aided by Austro Germans
British positions near Romani east of Port Said face 14 000 Turkish attacks on a 7 to mile front. Official Cairo dispatch says Turks have been pressing since Aug 3 4 with 400 500 prisoners taken on the southern flank. Heat reached 100 in the shade as fighting continued and Royal Navy vessels aided operations.
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Suez Canal
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Verdun
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Thiaumont
Thianmont
Forta
Menes
Vauz-Le-Chapitre
Berlin
Meuse
Verdun Front
British Forces Break German Second Line North of Pozieres
British and Australian units and Kitchener's regiments pushed forward on a two mile front north of Pozieres in a major Somme advance. They captured the German main second line to a depth of 400 to 600 yards, taking hundreds of prisoners as counterattacks were repulsed. The action followed bombardments and tunneling activity near Souchez and Loos, with other actions reported elsewhere on the Somme front.
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Somme
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Paris
Berlin
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Australia
Kent
Surrey
Sussex
Taplercr Eran Sie 4
la Courcelette
Miraumont
Souchez
Hooge
St. Eloi
Haig
Loos
U-Boat Report On Deutschland Mystery Deepens
Norfolk Va Aug 5 Persistent rumors reach the British vice consulate that the German undersea merchantman Deutschland’s voyage to the Capes last Wednesday night was a ruse and that she has since submerged in a deep hole off Chesapeake Bay It is said British cruisers still guard the bay entrance while most waterfront men doubt the sensational claim The Leu la Feuerster yacht commander who accompanied an AP correspondent to the scene dismisses the reports as idle talk
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