Refugees in London Seek Details on U S Sailings
Thousands of Americans and residents crowd the Savoy Hotel relief hub in London seeking ship sailings home. Bankers, clerks, and volunteers issue letters of credit, verify credentials, and parcel aid to stranded travelers from Austria to France. Social classes collapse as rich and poor wait shoulder to shoulder for berths aboard steamers bound for the United States.
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U. S
London
Savoy Hotel
United States
Europe
Copenhagen
Rotterdam
Cherbourg
Harlin
Geneva
Rome
Austria
Switzerland
Germany
France
England
Glasgow
Liverpool
America
New York
Dusmenellke
Paris
Reilet Committee
List of Americans Reported Safe In Europe Reaches State Dept
The State Department released a new list confirming the safety of Americans in Europe after inquiries. Names span New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, and many others, with home cities and destinations including Copenhagen, Dresden, Basel, Berlin, London, and Zurich, among dozens more.
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Europe
State Department
New York City
Norman
Mitter
Hamburg
Thomas
Ellis
Miss Serena
Dresden
Simmons
Basel
Capt. Lucey
Bucharest
New York State
O. W. Jensen
New Rochelle
Axel Schmidt
Gowanda
Af Copenhagen
Boston
Edward Tolfre
Consnhagen
Burdick
Wernigeroda
Philadelphia
Emily Brace
Zurich
Passaic
Constance Penn
Leipzig
New Haven
Hubbeil
Athens
Newark
Emil Hasselbusch
Washingtonians
Washington
James Carlyasso
Heidelberg
Elsie Gerichs
Copenhagen
Chicago
Revell Numburg
Valls
Seifert
Vienna
Grace Family
Fort Wayne
O. Crang
Barmen
Detroit
Wehrly
Dreaden
Minneapolis
Hahn
Racine
Wis
Caroline Bahnson
Copenagen
San Francisco
Harry Leighton
Galata
Denver
Amy Gerard
Berlin
Evansville
Ind
Wiliam Gray
Lausanne
Pocatello
Idaho
Consultift
St. Gall
Louisville
Hllmar
Kroebenhar
Paragould
Ark
J. D. Block
Georgetown
Tex
Sanders
Atlanta
Paruckers
Geneva
Green
Augusta
A. Walton and Family
Warm Springs
Keenes
Bahamas
William F. Doty
Riga
London
F. A. Asam
John B. Schroeder
John E. May
Jester
May
Lucy Richards
Katherine Stevenson
P. C.wilson
Haskell
Albert L. Sutton
L.B. Morey
Amelia Kippen
Lelta. Montgomery
Thomas F. Walsh
Ilenry Taft
Gebhard
G. H. Anigren
George Q. Horwitz
Eva Armstrong
Eleanor Newhall
A. Greenles
Charlotte King
Jennie Jackson
Katherine Leonard
Horatio S. Howell
John J. Gibson
Charles B. McGrumphy
Gardner Lane
Ruth Gaston
W. L. Anderson
A. Vance
Kingsley
Robert W. de ¥ Forest
Robert Thornet
Lawrence F. Sands
Grace Wright
Ruth Ringsted
A. Ringsted
W. H. Schilling
Paris Mobilizes Third Reserve Army and Supplies
Paris amid urgent preparations as a third line of defense forms around the city. A large mobilization of reservists is underway with extensive provisions and materials centralized in Paris. Longchamps and Tuileries race courses hold thousands of cattle while Boulogne gates and Saint Cloud park enclosures house 27,000 oxen. Monceau and Buttes Chaumont parks to be converted into sheep pens in coming days.
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Washington Post
Paris
Longchamps
Auteuil
Death by own hand shocks Baltimore. Mrs Stilwell identified
Special to The Washington Post. In a Walbert apartment death by gas inhalation is reported as Mira Catherine W Stilwell wife of sugar importer William T Stilwell. Her death followed a note from an aunt requesting her presence. The report notes her poor health in recent months and mentions contemporaneous wartime travel and diplomatic movements across Europe.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Walbert
Mira
Catherine W. Stilwell
Wiliam ‘T. Stilwell
Harry K. Myera
Mr.Stilwell
New York
Race clash leaves sixteen dead in Arizona borders
Four Americans and twelve Mexicans were reported killed in a series of clashes in and near Ray Arizona today and tonight. The report came from Globe Arizona via a Washington desk special to The Washington Fest. Information reached late tonight.
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Washington
Globe
Aria
Ray
Greeks Anxious To Fight In Europe War Talk
Athens August 19 Greek public opinion leans toward entering war with the triple entente favored by Malll Dragoumie and Mavromichaelus. M Ball warns isolation would be fatal and Greece should side with sympathizers. Government neutral but rapid shifts threaten neutrality as German ship sales to Turkey and Austrian opposition influence Greek policy. Ocean movements note arrivals and sailings including Olymple to Liverpool and Philadelphia from New York.
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Malll
M. Dragoumie
M. Mavromichaelus
M. Ball
Greece
Turkey
Germany
Suffrage Black List Their Defeat to Be Sought
The Newport conference of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage will meet August 29 30 at Mrs C H P Belmonts home to plan political campaigns in key congressional districts The program includes forming a black list of candidates and advancing suffrage through practical politics with Miss Alice Paul as chairwoman and a Maritime House visit by the executive committee.
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The
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Newport
Mra. C. H. P. Belmont
Union
Council of War
Congress
Alice Paul
Congressional Union
Washington
Jen
Marble House
Lucy Burna
New York
C. H. P. Belmont
Donald R. Hooker
Baltimore
Elsie Hill
Connecticut
Lawrence Lewis, Jr
Philadelphia
Crystal Bastian Benedict
Mary Beard
Gilaon Gardner
Washington, D. C
Bellevue Avenue
Advisory Council
Channing
Mra
Lawrence Lewis
Belmont
Casino
Bishop
Dartington
Pennsylvania
Hill Tap
J. K. Sullivan
Senate
House
House Naval Affairs Committee
Representative Edmonds
Newlands
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Watt
Maryland Steel Company
Gun Fight Near Mulberry Street Station Leaves Three Wounded
In a block from police headquarters near Mulberry street station a man was killed another mortally wounded and a boy shot in the arm after a failed hold up at 7 pm. Granaldo and two unknown companions accused of snatching a diamond stud sparked a volley of 15 shots. Fernando Denforte died from a throat wound. Granaldo was wounded in the head and Pasquale Anadile injured in the elbow. Police found three bodies at Grand and Mulberry streets. the gunmen escaped while crowds fled into alleys and basements.
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Washington Post
New York
Fred
Raffaldo Granaldo
Grand Street
Grunaldo
Granaldo
Grand
Mulberry Streets
Fernando Denforte
Grunalde
E. R. Weeks, Jr
A. L. Weeks
Spokane
Wash
Brussels
Belgium
Republicans Draft Banker to Oppose Speaker Clark in Missouri
Montgomery Mo August 19 Republicans of Ninth Missouri district nominate banker John Brown of Wentzville to oppose Speaker Champ Clark in the November congressional race. Brown reportedly does not expect victory and neither candidate is likely to campaign actively.
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Missouri
Congress
Montgomery
Champ Clark
Republican Congressional Committee
John Brown
Wentzville
Here
Clark
Brown
Americans Aid Escape and Peril in Belgian Front
Patten and others flee through Belgium as bridges are blown and trains halted. He guides two New York youths and a Dayton teacher to safety, twice risking capture. Others recount Brussels violence, spy executions, and American aid networks amid German advance.
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Jack Yates
Morris Rosenfelt
New York
Herbestahal
Negley
Dayton
Ohio
Boulogne
Finland
F. C. Blast
Germantown
Kans
Liege
Red Cross
L. F. Redwood
War Risk Plan Cash To Buy Ships Meet Treasury Conferees
The plan aims to raise funds by selling Panama Canal bonds to finance the merchant marine expansion. Industry leaders expect potential profitability though gains were not the focus. A special committee will study foreign exchange and war risk insurance as the Chamber of Commerce moves to organize support nationwide.
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United
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Treasury
Merchants Marine
Ambassadors Discuss War News Amid Censorship Delays
U S officials report limited dispatches from far east as censorship blocks details. Diplomatic talks with Baron Chinda and Kai Fu Shah yield little new. relief efforts for Americans abroad touted, while the search for exit routes for Americans in Germany and Austria continues.
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Far East
Gerard
Germany
Kiauchen
Baron Chinda
Kai Fu Shah
George Foster Peabody
Hamilton Holt
William E. Short
George E. Roberts
Ernest Richard
United States
Sweden Eyes on Finland amid postwar readjustment hopes
Copenhagen dispatch notes a quiet Scandinavian scene with Norway and Sweden united against attack. Sweden believes a territorial readjustment after the war could allow regaining former Finnish provinces.
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Finland
Worrington
Copenhagen
London
Scandinavian Peninsula
Norway
Russians Glorify War as Soldiers Kiss Dust at Cathedral
A Washington Post dispatch from London describes Russia’s wartime atmosphere with refugees arriving in Carlton, Moscow’s unrest, and foreign nationals feeling probed. It notes intense religious fervor, chaotic streets, and crowds hailing the czar as thousands of soldiers vow devotion at a cathedral before heading to the front.
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Washington Post
London
Mr. and Bite
Colgate Hoyt
Russia
Carlton
Hoyt
St Petersburg
Caf
Pope Pius Dead and War Shock the World
Pope Pius XII dies amid war clouds as the Vatican faced a new crisis. The pontiff, stricken and near death, urged universal peace in an allocution and appealed to Catholics worldwide to supplicate for an end to the fighting, calling on rulers to seek peace and for clergy to lead prayer in every parish. The tragedy follows the entry of Germany and Russia into a conflict that the Pope feared would devastate nations and peoples.
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Carnegie Peace Union
Andrew Carnegie
United States
Canada
Gibbons, Farley
O'Connelly
Universal Peace
Tod
Christ
Germany
Russia
Austria
Europe
Prince
God
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