FIGHT TO LAST SHELL WARSAW RETREAT ORDERLY
London August 10 A Times Warsaw correspondent describes the Russian retreat from Warsaw as orderly and strategic not a panic. He credits Russia's inability to convert vast resources into war material for the fall, noting bridges blown and the city entered undefended, with Russians exiting in an orderly train and still ready to fight on.
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Married Hel en Farnshaw and Waforge Wason Swithgon wedding notice
Announced marriage of Helen Farnshaw Earnshaw daughter of John T Barnshow of Washington DC to Weforge Wason Swithgon son of Mrs Sophie A Smith of Alexandria Va. Ceremony held Saturday July 31 at All Saints VA. Also lists obituaries and funeral notices for Virginia Johnston, Joshua, Maria Catherine Pennelly, Haywood, Mandy Hatwood, and Mary Turner with service details and interment dates.
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McKinlay Street
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John R Wright
Tenth Street
William McCambridge
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LB Wilson
Bates Street
ME Turner
Thurel
Baltimore
Armenian Massacres Exile Flood Hits Van Outlet
Aug. 10 Tif ts reports 60,000 Armenian refugees reached Igdir with fears of a total 100,000 driven from the vilayet of Van. Kurds massacre 19,000 Armenians in Bitlis region, bodies cast into Tigris and Euphrates. Missionaries at Van aid survivors as Armenians defend themselves amid appeals to President Wilson.
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Konieh
Mesopotamia
England Plunged World Into War Says Berlin Organ
Berlin papers cite Belgian diplomatic reports saying England deliberately prepared the great war, accusing Britain of drawing a net around Germany to destroy peace. They claim English military talks with Belgian diplomats intensified the conflict and place sole responsibility on England for the slaughter.
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Barnardiston
Next Blow Near Riga Press Toward Vilna
Petrograd reports a major German push in the Baltic as the front line shifts toward Riga and Vilna. Germans aim to strengthen wings after Warsaw, while Russian forces resist in swampy terrain south of Riga and defend routes from Ponevyesh and Kovno. Riga faces daily air raids amid a growing civil guard contingency.
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Ponevyesh
Five Ships Sunk By U Boats Reported
London reports Danish schooner Jagon burned by a German submarine. Norwegian steamer Gelranger, Bergen, sunk. crew saved by a Dutch fishing boat. Trawlers Westminster Harbor Wiper and Bernardna sunk. two Bernardna crewmen killed, others saved.
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U S Reply Rebuffs Austro-Hungarian Neutrality Claim
The United States dispatched a Vienna note rejecting Austro-Hungarian claims that U S exports to belligerents violate neutrality. The reply, cabled to Ambassador Penfield, asserts the right of American exporters to ship war supplies under international law, citing precedents of German and Austrian arms imports in past wars and signaling possible future notes to the United States from Germany and Turkey.
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Turkey
Governor denies plans to remove Osborne and Riley
Albany reports rumor of Whitman considering removal of Warden Thomas Mott Osborne of Sing Sing and Prison Superintendent John Riley. The governor announced he has no intention of removing either official, noting Osborne’s prominence for his prison reform methods.
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Serum Cures Wounded in French Army
Paris reports remarkable cures of severely wounded French soldiers using a new polyvalent serum announced last March. Doctors Leolaliche and Vallee say up to 2,000 flasks can be produced daily, with most deliveries going to base hospitals. The serum, a blend of several serums, is aimed to be used on the firing line as a preventive antitetanic measure.
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Vallee
Parla
Bergeron
Buffen
Grandfather of Mary of Lamb Fame Dies at 104
Richard J. Kimball Powers, grandfather of Mary Had a Little Lamb fame, dies at 104 in Lancaster Massachusetts. A lifelong Sterling resident who voted in every election since 1882, he recalls Lafayette’s Worcester route and served in the Sterling Blues during the Civil War.
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Sterling Blues
Haiti Congress Debates President Election Amid Unrest
Admiral Caperton says quiet prevails in territory under American control but interior reports show unrest. Rebels pillage plantations as Marine reinforcements arrive. Port au Prince seen as tense with provisional government rumors while Bobo pledges acceptance of Congress decision. Castine departs St Marc amid reported uprising.
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Russia Tightens Passport Rules Stoking US Compliance
The United States and Australia respond to Russian demands by tightening passport regulations. A note from Russian ambassador George Bakhmeteff states applicants must include citizenship origin, former allegiances, and authenticated copies with each passport. The U S government will supply authenticated copies of passport applications for verification by Russian officials.
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Aldermen Reject Recess but Plan Two-Week Meeting
Common council members vote against a summer recess until October, insisting on a two week session to address fire and police protection in newly annexed areas. Aldermen Summers and Wilkins join councilmen Bryan and Brockett to set a return date while preparing memorials for the late Charles Marshall. Potomac Baptist Association opens in Del Ray with 300 delegates expected. services begin at 10 a.m. and continue with sermons, missions reports, and mass meetings through Friday. Funeral notices for Mrs Martha Jefferson Trist Burke and Mrs Grace Padgett reported with services and burial details.
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del Ray
Alexandria County
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EB Jackson
Warrenton
First Baptist Church
Women's Missionary Union
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James FR
Mansfield
WF. Kerrick
G. Harris Field
E 3B. Jackson
Treasury franks bank dispute over printing court records
Treasury officials debated if government expense covers printing and circulating three court record excerpts in the Riggs Bank injunction case against McAdoo Williams and Burke The Ottawa documents titled Affidavit and answer of McAdoo and Williams and the McCoy decision were sent under a government frank to banks and legislators Risks were raised that the bills would fall to McAdoo and Williams if not treated as public documents The issue follows Comptroller Downey’s stance that the government should not pay for telegrams deemed publicity material The Riggs side hints at balancing both sides to avoid unfairness and aid the case through documents in the hands of the United States attorney auditor Pickett continues bank books review
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Burke
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George E Downey
Commission On Industrial Relations
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William Gibbs McAdoo
Tressury
John Skelton Williams
Justice McCoy
Combination tickets blocked by interstate rules decision
The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected plans to prohibit through checking of baggage and sale of through sleeping and parlor car tickets on combination tickets used with joint fares from junction points. The ruling would require detrainment at gateway points like Washington for transport and recheck of baggage, a plan opposed by merchants chambers of commerce and traveling associations.
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Cotton agitation opposed by Daily Chronicle
London August 11 The Daily Chronicle today decries the agitation to press the foreign office to declare raw cotton contraband of war A public meeting to support the agitation has been announced for Wednesday The Chronicle warns that such action touches delicate international issues and could complicate U S Britain negotiations and be viewed as a Manchester maneuver for cheap cotton
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U S Making Dirigible for Navy Use
Special says the United States will test a large dirigible in Pensacola Florida next month after a year of effort by Connecticut Aircraft Company to produce airships that could rival British and Belgian war balloons. The 175 foot gas envelope is being sewn in a Connecticut loft as experts nationwide await results.
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Gordon Bruce
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Fla
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Belgium
Neugaluck
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Teach the Public the Advantages of Electricity
A call to widen the use of electric lights by educating the public on electricity benefits. The message emphasizes public understanding as a step toward broader installation and adoption of electrical lighting.
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