German Banker Baron von Bleichroeder Killed in War
Amsterdam dispatch reports Baron von Bleichroeder, son of a leading German banking house, killed on the war front August 1. He was once secretly engaged to Princess Sophia of Saxe Weimar, whose suicide followed her father Prince William’s refusal to approve their marriage. Grand Duke Ernest of Saxe Weimar reportedly opposed the match unless the princess relinquished her titles. The banker studied in New York in 1919 and was said to be heir to about 40 million dollars.
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London
Baron von Bleichroeder
Warsaw
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Sophia
Saxe-Weimar
Prince Willam
Haron Bieichroeder
Germany
Ernest
Fuka
Rhond
New York
Haron von Blehcnroeger
France Certain Of Victory Says Munitions Chief
In a special cable to The Washington Post Albert Thomas the French secretary of war in charge of munitions supply declared France will win despite Germanys industrial strength. He asserted French and British resources ensure victory and that Rome will be conquered. He noted Italy must obtain 1000 quintals more grain for net consumption next year much of it to be bought in America.
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Republic
Anserts Pans
Washington Post
Bert Thomas
Germany
England
Rome
Italy
America
Rites Held for Widows and Several Officers
notices report multiple obituaries and funeral notices dated August 1915 for Li Arr-On, Matilda Fagan, Charles Fagan, and Edward R Tinker. Each entry lists deceased, residence, date and time of funeral, and burial or church details in Frederick, Bethesda, and North Adams venues.
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Lla
Lamont Atreet Northwear
Rahann
Charles B Fhullara
Glenwood
Fredericksburg
BOVAR
AL Casenovia
Matilda
WA Exigar
la Fagan
Oak Place
Bethesday
German Order Predicts Major West Drive and October Peace
London August 12 A high order of the day forecasts a renewed German offensive in the west by the Teutonic armies in Flanders. An Amsterdam Telegram reports the message says work in the east is finished and we are about to begin in the west with peace deemed certain in October.
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London
Flanders
Amsterdam
Spondent
Exchange Telegraph Company
Ishii Foreign Minister Believed Favorable to Tu
A brief item notes that Ishii, the foreign minister, was believed favorable to Tu, suggesting support within the ministry for Tu’s initiatives or policies. The report emphasizes diplomatic alignment and potential policy backing.
Turkish Forces Routed on Euphrates Front in Caucasus War
Russian army headquarters reports a Turkish 90 000 strong Halil Bey army driven back after losing 16 000 to 20 000 men and 300 prisoners. Russians seize 200 wagons of pyroxylin and arms while pursuing Turks from Alaschgerd to Dutach on the Euphrates and near Merghe Mir Pass.
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Upper
Euphrates
Halil Bey
Petrograd
Caucasus
Olif
Merghe Mir
Islation
California
Transcaucasia
Mush
Erserum
Pian
Hudenitch
Halli Bay
Palantchen
Kara Kilisss
Horthesst
Daraibi
Kara Kilissa
Djamschato
Hrivan
Merghe Mtz
Kara Derbent
Alaschgerd
Dutach
Huphrates Valley
Allies' Submarines Shell Troops After Sinking BarBarossa
Special Cable from Mytilene reports that after sinking the Turkish battleship Barbarossa, Allied submarines sank a large gunboat and an empty transport near Gallipoli. Two submarines then shelled marching troops near Gallipoli town, causing heavy casualties. Foreigners in Turkey ordered to discard hats and wear fezzes as a precaution.
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Washington Post
Mytilene
Gallipoli
Gallipori
Saros
Turkey
Protest Against U S Arms Sales By German Association of Jews
Berlin reports an overseas news dispatch releasing a dramatic appeal drafted in German by Dr Eevi urging America to halt arms shipments. The appeal claims European cities burn while America, at peace, funds iron shells for the czar’s army and condemns the destruction of civilians and families.
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U. S
German Association of Jews
Berlin
Bayville
Association of Jews In
Germany
America
Eevi
Europe
Libau
Lemberg
Germany Must Hew and Keep Open Road to Turkey
Count Reventlow in Tage Zeitung argues Germany must carve a road to Constantinople to secure the new triple alliance. He calls for direct Hungary Turkey communications and insists permanent political, economic, and military links between Constantinople Berlin and Vienna. He says the alliance gains strength when allied powers share assured communication and that future peace hinges on building this factor now.
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Germany
Turkey
Reventlow
Amsterdam
Balkan
Tage Zeitung
Count Reventlow
Constantinople
Hungary
Berlin
Vienna
Meteor Auxiliary Sinks Ramsey Then Sails to Orkneys
German auxiliary Meteor sank the British ship Ramsey after laying mines and evading British ships. The crew saved 43 Ramsey sailors. more than 60 may have drowned. Meteor made for Orkneys, escaping in a daring maneuver before being sunk by its own mines.
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Auxiliary
Ramsey
Orkneys
Orkney Islands
Horns Reef
Jason
Ishii New Japanese Foreign Minister in Okuma Cabinet
Tokio Aug 12 Baron Kikatsuro Ishii Japanese Ambassador to France has accepted the foreign portfolio in Premier Count Okuma's cabinet Baron Jehil replaces Okuma who held the post temporarily due to Takaaki Kato's resignation. Ishii's appointment is seen as favorable to U.S. Japan ties and revival of California alien land ownership talks.
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Tokio
Baron Kikatsuro Ishii
France
Count Okuma
Baron Jehil
Takaaki Kato
Baron Ishii
Japan
United States
State of
California
Japanese Foreign Office
State Department
Commercial Bureau
Pacific
Du Pont to Expand Carneys Point Powder Plants In War Run
The Du Pont Powder Company plans a fourth addition to its Carneys Point plant near Fenton Beach, enlarging the complex to about 150 buildings. Once completed the daily powder capacity will reach about 1,000,000 pounds, roughly double the present output. The expansion follows war-time orders and will extend production across multiple plants, including Italian and Russian interest signals.
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Russla
Alwo H
Dupont
Carneys Point
Fenton Beach
Big Powder Reservation
Planta
Carners Point
Big Powder Order to Russia Reported in War Build Up
News reports a seventy million pounds explosive order with most heading to Russia and plans to erect a fourth plant. It notes initial capacity was small when the European war began and promises capacity doubling.
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Hegun
Wreck on Pennsylvania. Train derails near Tuanville
Train No. 66 of the Pennsylvania Railroad jumped the track half a mile west of the city tonight. The engine and two passenger coaches went into the ditch. A score or more of persons were injured, none fatally. The locomotive then plunged into a freight car and the combination car followed. The day coach and the diner were thrown at right angles, with passengers thrown over seats and through windows.
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Tuanville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh and Buffalo Filer
Two Die in Westinghouse Plant Explosion
Two men were killed and six injured in an explosion at Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing near Turtle Creek. The blast occurred as workers placed shells into an annealing furnace for use in the European war. The dead are Daniel McGivern, 65, and Samuel Jenick, 85. Steven Bukelic, 40, is not expected to live.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Turtle Creek
Danial McGivern
Samuel Jenick
Steven Bukelic
Poet Flies to Trieste in Naval Aeroplane Tale
Legendary daring marked by Lieut Gabriele d Annunzio as he flies over Trieste in a naval aircraft steered by Miraglia d Annunzio. He praises Italian resolve, cites early lessons from Curtiss, and vows victory with messages urging courage perseverance and national unity for Italy’s cause in Trentino, Cadore, the Carnic Alps, and Isonzo.
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Washington Post
Venice
Gabriele Annuzio
Rom
Trieste
Miraglo d'Annunzio
Curtiss
Briescia
D'Annunzio
Trentino
Cadore
Carnic Alps
Isonzo
Carso 7
Favors Early Session to Clear Work Before Convention
Senator J Hamilton Lewis said he hopes Congress may meet as early as October to dispatch business before next year's national convention. He noted earlier plans aimed for May, but now expects an early session due to pressing items and Europe peace prospects by next May.
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Chicago
J. Hamilton Lewis
Congress
Dea
Seaason
Lewis
Europe
Escape From Irish Camp Two German Officers Flee
Two German officers in the prisoners camp at Oldcastle County Meath Ireland escaped last night. They cut through wire entanglements and crept by sentries. No trace of them had been found.
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Washington Post
London
Oldcastle
Germany asks new credit in 1915 imperial budget
London Aug 12 Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam reports a Berlin telegram stating the federal council voted a supplementary imperial budget for 1915 seeking a new credit of 10,000,000,008 marks (about 32.5 billion). The news highlights urgent financing needs amid wartime expenditures.
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London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Berlin
Federal Council
Russia Lacking Artillery Cited as Cause of Defeats
Petrograd dispatch quotes Gen Polivanoff, Russia’s minister of war, in Russky Slovo stating Austro German victories over Russia stem from a shortage of artillery. The minister argues insufficient guns hampered Russian defenses and contributed to battlefield losses.
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Petrograd
Polivanoff
Russky Slovce
Russia
Mrs Vanderbilt Fines Chauffeur After Highway Stop
Mrs Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt paid a 25 dollar fine in West Farm court after her chauffeur George Verrando was cited for speeding on the Boston Post Road en route to Lenox Massachusetts. The driver allegedly topped 45 miles per hour as a policeman halted the car in a rush.
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Washington Post
New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
George Verrando
West Farme
Vanderbilt
Boston Post Road
Lenox
Mays
Need more room for pupils in Alexandria delays new school
Alexandria officials seek temporary quarters for public school pupils as the new high school remains unfinished. The city school board at a recent meeting referred the task to the committee on schoolhouses and furniture. Temporary spaces were needed since the Peabody building rooms had been leased, and school openings were set for September 18 with white, black, and west-of-Hoops Run pupils assigned to specific dates. The report also notes other local items including religious rally results, hospital update on Harvey Strader, dog census enforcement plans, Odd Fellows meeting, and the death of Thomas Syncox.
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Alexandria
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Nart
City School Board
Peabody
Hooffs
Russians Repel German Attacks on Two Flanks Near Warsaw
German offensives threaten Vilna Dvinsk Riga as Russians retreat along the Warsaw line. Bavarian troops seize Lukow south of Sledice while von Scholtz and Gallwitz push to gain bridgeheads and threaten the Dvina region. Russian rear guards fight to delay the advance toward Petrograd amid a vast German strategy for a deeper strike into Russia.
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Warsaw
Kovno
Petrograd
Battlefelds
Vilna
Dvinsk
Riga
Berlin
Ivangorod
Lukow
Sledice
Vigna
Lomzs
Narew
Wain
von Gallwitz
Zambrow
Warsaw- Petrograd
Lomza
Novogeorglevak
Baltic
von Hindenburg
Dvina
Russia
Germany
Two Washington cops indicted in graft probe
Grand jury returns two count indictments against Warren Grimes and Raymond Kleindienst both suspended officers. They face charges of compounding felony extortion and misprision with alleged payoffs to shield a gambling operation in the Fourth precinct. Cases hinge on sums beyond the stated $4 and could extend to two years per count.
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Washington
Warren 5
Grimes
Raymond O Kiletdienst
United States
Laskey
Mal Pullman
Hawken
Force
Kleindiener
Margaret Stout
Ontario Road Northwest
Stout
Grand Jury
Edward Branson
Bronson
Lucre
Shell
Stas
Frank Brawner
Brancon
Bolitha J Laws
Washingtonina at National Press Club Ladies Night Film Show
The roof garden gathering drew nearly 600 Washingtonians for a film program at the National Press Club. AJ Sutton filmed Brig Gen Hugh Lott at the State War and Navy building before his Mexican border departure while performers included Robert Burnett Keane, Miss Lillian Herlein, Carl Schaeffer, Miss A R Brown, J W Beal, Walter P Holt, the Hawaiian Duet, and George O Connor introducing his act The Nordica Mandolin and Guitar Club provided incidental music Byron R Newton led as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and Theodore H Tiller narrated the film explanations.
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National Press Club
Presa Club
J Sutton
Post
Hugh Lcott
State
War and Navy
Robert Bmnett Keane
Lillian Herlein
Carl Schaeffer
A R. Brown
J. W Beal
Walter P Holt
George O'Conner
Nordica Mandolin and Guitar
Byron R Newton
Columbus Country Club boosts sport schedule with boosters day
Tomorrow at Columbus Country Club features a baseball game between Bachelaza and Benedicts at 4, tennis matches, and an 8 oclock Amaker event. Benedicts lineup includes Sturdley Moriarty Merkling Sullivan Colliflower Dunn Rover Whitty Eckert Biggs Casey Kiley McCann Horne Shall. Bachelors lineup lists Colbert Powers Fegan Brand Degnan Dardy Meyera Moore Sadler Howard Lavina McCarthy Dunn Durst Stack Daly McLaughlin McGraw Cleary Kates Walah Swein hart and Fitzgerald.
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Columbus Country Club
Bachelaza
Benedicts
Amaker
Sturdley
Moriarty
Merkling
Sullivan
Colliflower
J Dunn
Rover
Whitty
Eckert
Biggs
Casey
Kiley
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Princess
Empire
Barnsybiania Venus Chapel
George F Zurhorst
Fuspart
Lincoln
Frank Geier's Sons CO
Modern Chapel
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W. Evens
J. WM Lee
Modest Vries
Thos
M. Hindle
Small & Sons
36Th
H Streets
Waldorf Astoria
Broadway
Yiowara
Amsterdam Corre
Ishii
Paris
Okuma
Sultan
Raider
Haitielects
Meteor
Dartiguenave
Sayville
Overseas
Port Au Prince
Dar- Aguenave
National Assembly
Luxembourg Cauvin
Emmanuel Thezan
Resolvo Bobo
Halti
Caperton
Reselvo Bobo
Ana
Foratgy
Ocean Gift
Hsperance
George Borrow
Baltimore
Los Angeles
Cal
Inter Rational Typographical Union
Elst
Wilmington
Del
Dua
Pont Powder Company
Tlon the
Dupont Company
Allies
Pennsylvania
Westinghouse Furnace
D’annunzio
Miraglia
D’annunsio
Glenn Curtiss
Dropa Pastic
San Giusto
L Gabrielé d’Annunsio
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
Seventh and
D Streets
Tokalon Co., Inc
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Haled
First Baptist Church
Potomac Baptist Association
del Ray
Woman's Missionary Union
Convention
Alexandria Hospital
Harvey Strader
Potomac
Alexandria County
Struder
M D Delaney
Tio
BF. Price
Odd Fellows
Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows Hall
Thomas Syncox
Farmer
Occoquan
Brent- Litovak
Gan
von Scholts
Gidding & Co
H Street
N. W
Shoreham Hotel
Kleindienst
Engl
South Africa
District Court of Appeals
Covington
George Ray
District Attorneys Office
Justice Gould
C W Fowler
James O Holmes
Australia
Halifax
Bank of England
Caps Town
New Zealand
San Francisco
SP Morgan & Co
Faria
Italumn Exchange
Paria
Brand
Samuel L. Brown
Joseph Bishop
Clarence Nichols
Thomas W Martin
Fred Hebron
Mary A. Daily
Percy T. Jonneon
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