Foreign volunteers to form French Legion beginning August 21
English relief fund tops 1.25 million in a day while France prepares for foreign volunteers. Ambassadors note delays as Europe debates forming a Foreign Legion Troop to sail from Rouen Orleans Bayonne and Paris. Central districts report cattle and horse drafts on Champs Elysees amid war mobilization talks.
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War Office
Paris
Champs Elysees
Rouen
Bloly
Orleans
Lonsar
Bayonne
Am Lo
Mines in Swedish Waters
A Swedish notice warns that naval mines are laid in Swedish territorial waters and that no vessel should enter Swedish ports without clearance from authorities. The alert informs shippers to avoid renewed activity in the area and to await official guidance from Swedish port authorities.
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San Franisco
Obituary notices from a 1914 newspaper fragment
A garbled list of obituaries and death notices from August 6 1914 through August 9 1914. Items mention Collette Forte, John, Arimat, Frepheil, Dorsey, Heim, Kittredge, Tillin, and Neei among others, with locations including Alexandria and Washington DC area, funeral times and cemetery references.
Expelled German Consuls In Canada Under New Order
Vancouver reports Canada closed all German consulates and ordered German consular officers to leave within 48 hours. Ottawa notified that German presence is not desired and passports were issued for Baron Von Collenberg and staff to depart within four hours. United States consul general Du Mngham to take charge of the consulate.
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Vancouver
Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
Germany
Winnipeg
Baron Ru ‘von Collenberg
St Paul Minn
Congal General du Mngham
United States
Stranded at Genoa as liner sails then recalled
Ambassador Page arrives in Rome from Paris by car to aid the stranded travelers in Genoa where the Canopic of White Star Line was recalled. Tourists beg for funds to pay for staterooms. $2000 demanded. American Express checks only. Vancouver? No. The urgent goal is chartering a relief steamer.
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Page
Washington Pos
Rome
Naples
Genoa
Thomas Nelson Page
Taris
Prince Udine
Mas
American Express Company
Ambassadors Leave for Austria as Manchester Embassy Closes
Count Lazzie Czirsky and Konstantin von Mashevich first and second secretaries of the Austro Hungarian embassy are reported to have left for Austria to join their regiments. Ambassador Dumba plans to close the Manchester by the Sea summer embassy and return to the main embassy to keep in closer touch with the country. In New England he is hindered by lack of suitable cable service.
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Lazzie Czirsky
Konstantin von Mashevich
Austria
Dumba
Hungary
Manchester
Vasa
New England
Envo ys to report on stranded Americans raise million
Report from London shows Americans abroad forming committees to aid stranded travelers in Europe. Walter Hines Page named honorary chairman in London. funds and passes planned via the Tennessee voyage and the American society in London. Berlin consulate crowds seek help as relief measures expand.
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Henry White
France
Berlin
Queenstown
Celtic
New York
London
Walter Hines Page
Robert Skinner
Ja F C van Duzer
American Society
Europe
State Department
Paris
Rome
Obituary Rear Admiral Merrill Miller U.S.N. retired dies
Navy Department announced the death of Rear Admiral Merrill Miller U S N retired in Berkeley California He entered service in 1889 was made rear admiral in 1914 and retired for age in 194 He was a native of Ohio The funeral for Mrs Lilian R Kittredge will be held at Hines and Son Chapel and interment will be private She is survived by four minor children and her husband Dr Herman E Kittredge of 1539 Street NW</analysis>
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Collette
John
Collette Fuerte
M Dees
Erlenks
Inter
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John Reea
Lavenia
Fee
Oedeek James
Eydia Fern
Dorsey Rowle
St Paul's Church
Hlooon
Holmead
Charles
Inthia
George Washington
Ttman
Kittredge
RB Street
Fines & Sons
Turteenta Street
Wrends
Adent Intarment
Sibley Hospital
Clares IC
Morria
Ea Kyney
Wither
St Stephens Church
Pennsylvanie
North Eutiere
Hichmond
Cois
Wattam Wallace
Mra Jones
Hl Watson
Girard
Clenwood
Merrill Miller
Navy Department
Berkeley
UO SN
Naval Service
Ohio
Lilian R. Kittredge
Georgetown University Hospital
Hines & Song Chapel
Fourteenth Street Northwest
Minora
Herman E Kittredge
Street Northwest
Gerard appeals to England for relief funds in Berlin
American Ambassador to Germany James W Gerard cablets the British public to send funds for the relief of British subjects left in his charge in Berlin. He notes many are young girls without relatives and with little money and fears lodging may be hard despite funds. Some have been arrested as alleged spies. He cites Sir Edward Goschen asking him to advance up to 5900 dollars on the British government credit but says the embassy has only a title store of money due to the sudden war.
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Tennessee
North Carolina
Europe
Falmouth
England
Continental
Mediterranean
Germany
Berlin
Haig
Ines
Garrison
John Burke
United States
Treasury Department
U.S
Treasury
US 8
Department
London
James W Gerard
Iriah
Gerard
Edward Goschen
President nominates Judge Wooley to federal bench on Third Circuit
Judge Victor Wooley of Delaware State courts was nominated yesterday by the President for a federal judgeship on the Third Circuit, succeeding Judge George Gray who resigned. Other nominations included Carton City New register Sho bert Rogers, and Charles D McKay who declined after confirmation.
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Victor Wooley
Delaware
Third Circuit
George Gray
Register
Carton City
New
Shobert Rogers
Charles D McKay
Chronology of European Warfare Kindled by Slayer's Revolver
Timeline covers June to August events triggering World War I. Assassination at Sarajevo prompts Austria's ultimatum and declarations of war. Key figures include Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and Sir Edward Grey. Nations move from punishment requests to mobilizations as Britain contemplates intervention and Belgium faces German pressure.
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Slayer
Archduke Franas Ferdinand of
Austr
Duchess of
Hohenberg
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Austria
Serva
Russia
Si Edward Grey
Germany
Luxemburg
Belgium
England
Balti
Aland Islands
Edward Grey
France
Kronprinzess
Cedhe
Bar Harbor
Wilson
United States
Inege
Koenigin Luise
Liege
Lght Cruser
North Sea
British Admiralty warns of mines endangering neutral ships
Winston Churchill told the House of Commons that only two ships were lost beyond already reported incidents. A British flotilla sank the Koenigen Luise after it laid mines. Amphion was lost to a mine on return. The admiralty condemned indiscriminate mining that risks neutral and merchant vessels and called for global attention.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
British Admiralty
House of Commons
Amphion
Koenigen Lukse
Amphon
Flotila
Why
Penl
Mauretania to be fitted as warship for German shipping destruction
Halifax reports Mauretania arrived with 2400 passengers fleeing Europe and is to be fitted out by the British Admiralty as a warship. She will receive quick fire rifles and a gray paint scheme with white ensign, designed for naval use in case of emergency.
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Mauretania
Germany
British Admiralty
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Tha Cunard
Europe
Liverpool
Admiralty
Lusitania
Naval
Serbs Destroy Austrian Regiment Near Belgrade
Aug 7 Belgrade Servia reports Sixth Austrian artillery opened on Serbs near Obrenovatz on the Save River west of Belgrade. Serbian guns drove the Austrians from two damaged guns as reports say an Austrian regiment was annihilated and Austrians retreat toward the Danube. Bulgarian volunteers are forming along the southwest frontier to replace withdrawn Austrian troops. Belgrade bombardment by Austria continues since July 29, city crowded with women and children, many seeking safety but returning as supplies concentrate. The royal palace and legations have been hit. neutral flags hoped to protect nationals at legations and consulates.
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Friedrich Wilhelm
Hls
Liege
Meuse
Belgrade
Obrenovatz
Save
Londor
Tribuna
Danube
Athens
Nish
London
Royal Palace
Germans Fight for Southeast Empire, Writer States
Cyril Conde argues the German emperor aims to expand into southeastern Europe, uniting Austria Greece and Bulgaria as kingdoms within a new empire. He envisions German control of the Mediterranean through Asiatic Turkey and Mesopotamia, relying on large military reserves to hold France and Russia.
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Europe
Balkan
Austria
Greece
Bulgaria
Saxony
Mediterranean Sea
Turkey
Babylonia
Mesopotamia
Germany
Russia
Cyril Conde
Washington
Carabajal Fights to Keep Mexico City in War Struggle
Provisional President backed Carvajal demands surrender of the capital as federals brace for a major battle. Carranza’s position unclear amid proclamations urging peaceful resistance and threats of troops to quell demonstrations. Banks and militia plots flagged in Arizona as unrest spreads toward a broader revolutionary conflict.
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Carranza
Acton
Mexico City
Anés Beng
Arbstal
Unisss
Medina Barron
Rush Named Port of New York Supervisor by Tammany Ties
Senator Ogorman yesterday recommended Thomas F. Rush for supervisor of the port of New York and Secretary McAdon approved. Rush, an independent but within the Tammany organization, would be paid 800 dollars. The move signals the President’s tolerance of Tammany members not aligned with current officials. Also mentioned are Vir Bush a former transfer tax attorney and Dudley Field Malone’s son in law John Eastmond of Brooklyn, with Robert Fuller of Brooklyn named as Redfield’s preferred candidate.
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Ogorman
John Eastmond
Brooklyn
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Broni ¥ Iin
Robert Fuller
Prosecution Prepares Indictments in New Haven Railroad Case
Justice officials said indictments will be sought in a traffic monopoly case against directors of the New Lark New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company. The action will begin near month as a new grand jury is convened in the Southern District of New York. Thomas W Gregory leads the inquiry with a team of assistants before the grand jury.
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New Lark New Haven
Hartford Rairoad
New England
Department of Justice
Lnited States District Court
Southern District of
New York
Vna
Thomas W Gregory
Grand Jury
May End For President Urges Rest And Adjournment
Democratic leaders held talks on adjourning soon as possible with the President seeking rest after weeks of strain and sorrow. Officials and Republicans favor allowing the President to leave Washington for brief rests while Congress remains in session, aiming to reconvene if an emergency arises, with plans possibly shaped for next week.
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Washington
Congress
Kern
Capitol
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Jules Cambon
Copenhagen
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Sardo & CO
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FAST
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Lieverth
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WM Lee
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Small & Sons
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Bronx
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Katherine Peck
Minneapolis
Alexander McKay
James Byrne Quincy Hoesa
Edward Coyne
Charles Farrell
Samuel Untermyer
Americans Charity Fund
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Massachusetts
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Normandy
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Bank of England
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Alexandra
Red Cross Society
Paget Lowther
Churchill
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British Isles
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Port of New York
New Haven
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