Bankers Report Better Conditions For Reserve Board
Reports from bankers nationwide indicate improved conditions and renewed confidence as ocean traffic resumes. J P Morgan and W Porter conveyed assurances to Treasury and Federal Reserve officials that the general outlook is reassuring, with gold reserves favored for domestic needs and efforts to aid tankers and grain shipments to Europe.
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William Porver
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Porter
Treasury
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Federal Reserve Board
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New York
Refugees Struggle as Aid Funds Delayed and Routes Chosen
Refugees face cash shortages as funds for aid are delayed while officials urge use of the northern exit route due to congestion. A US naval cruiser may move to northern Europe. An Italian government mention notes reinforcements and American evacuees traveling via Germany to Halland.
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Tennessee
Alumi
Fal Dam
United States Naval Whee
Europe
United States
Department of State
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Anatolan
Penfeld
Vienna
Uarisbad
Germany
Halland
Richmond Man Describes Wlad Plight of Americans Marooned in Scandinavia
London Avenue 201 Vaughn of Richmond Va and his wife arrived in London from Stockholm aboard the Sterling. He said about 30 Americans are stranded on the Scandinavian peninsula with limited daily sailings to England. Passage costs are high and news from home is hard to obtain. Americans in Norway Sweden and at Christiania Stockholm face pennilessness and isolation.
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Scandinavia
London
Ave
Vaughn
Riehmeck Va
Stockholm
Sterling
Newcastla
Vaughan
Scandinavian Peninsula
England
Scandina- Vid
America
Norway
Sweden
Christiania
Dougrasman Gardner
American Reef Corminates
Transporta
Hergen
Noreny
Peninsula
Frederick Bruchholz
Aiz-la- Chapelle
Mastricht
Fred
Holland
Aurand
Rizer
Herbesthal
John Bryant
Boston
Hamburg
$250,000 in Gold Taken to Paris by U S Officers
American officers transporting relief funds for war refugees arrived by special train from Cherbourg today. They brought five sealed casks each holding 530,000 in gold and weighing 198 pounds, transferred to automobiles at the American embassy under guard of four bicycle policemen.
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Paris
U. S
Maria Aig
Amerfans
France
Cherbourg
French Note Blames Germans for Prisoner Murders and Women on Battlefield
Paris reports a French note to The Hague signatories cites German violations on August 10 11 and 12. It claims Bavarian troops fired on villages massacred inhabitants drove women and children to battlefields and murdered prisoners and wounded. The note asks powers to consider these acts as criminal and dishonorable.
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Montigny
Montreux
Belgians Fight Until They Collapse In War Dramas
London reports from Brussels describe Belgian soldiers collapsing from exhaustion while fighting and marching during the recent surge. Many were wounded in the legs, some rendered nearly unconscious then revived, and a few preferred to return to duty. German troops reportedly fired low to disable legs, while Belgian doctors expanded hospitals including an improvised operating theater. Chloroform shortages hindered Liege surgical work.
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London
Belgium
Brussels
Liege
Russians Capture 12 German Guns and Miechow Falls
A Russian official report says Russian troops occupied Gumbinnen in East Prussia, seizing twelve German guns and many prisoners. Austrian forces captured Miechow in Russian Poland after a night clash with Cossacks, with about 140 Austrian casualties and 40 Cossacks killed or wounded. Russian dispatches claim success on frontiers from August 15 to 19, noting Austrian forces driven back and Russian captures of 250 prisoners and eight German guns near Windhallen, with other German guns taken.
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East Prussia
Exchange Telegraph Company
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Miechow
Russian Poland
Star
Poland
Kielce
Ribniza
Kraanik
Windhallen
Lyk
French Aviator Pegoud Bombs German Convoys 186 Miles Into Germany
Adolphe Pegoud, famed French airman, returned from the war zone to Paris for a new plane after his old machine was hit by 97 bullets and two shells during a 185 mile raid into German territory. He and a military observer wrecked two convoys and recrossed the Rhine. Capt. Finck aided by destroying a hangar near Metz and a Zeppelin, while three tubes at the hangar were also ruined. Aeroplanes now replace pigeons for war messages, with new orders urging England to watch for airborne missives and their distinctive wrappings.
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Paria
Paris
Exchange Telegraph Company
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Rhine
Finck
Pegondald
Metz
England
Alsat
French Capture First German Flag in All-Day Artillery Duel
Paris reports details of a fierce battle with the Ninety-ninth uhlan brigade lasting from morning until night. French forces using 75mm and heavy guns decimated German gunners, captured positions, and seized a German flag with eight guns, 90 horses, and 637 prisoners including ten officers.
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Petit Troyen
Women and Children of Prague Shot In Reprisals on Czechs and Poles
A Kiel dispatch cited by the Daily Mall reports Czech and Polish troops mutinied in Kiel, shouting anti Austrian slogans as Austrian forces retook the city. Women and children were said to be shut in while Czechs were hunted, monuments destroyed, shops looted, and a new uprising followed with further reprisals. The report also mentions a Russian consul execution.
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Bohemia
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Austria
Tnasta” Vrague
Germans Rout, Cavalry Fire Refugees at Tirlemont
London dispatch reports German forces entered Tirlemont with cavalry and artillery, shelling the town and attacking fleeing residents. Refugees number about forty thousand, with many killed or injured as a peasant woman watched soldiers shoot her husband and trample two children amid smoke and flames.
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Timea
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Tirlemont
All Austrian Government Offices Moved to Vienna and Budapest
Dispatches from Rome report the Austro-Hungarian government has withdrawn its archives and cash and relocated all official departments to Vienna and Budapest. Incoming news lists cities including Bakowina Trent Tyrol Spalato Dalmatia Sarajevo and Czernowicz as part of the central move.
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Budapest
War News Reports German Gains and Allied Advances in Alsace Lorraine
British Foreign Office summary outlines naval safety since war declaration. Allied forces completed disembarkation in France August 18 with no casualties. German fleet confined to Baltic. English commerce near normal. German advance slow from Liege toward Meuse while French push into Alsace and Lorraine. Belgian army falls back from Brussels to Antwerp to cover communications, government moved to Antwerp.
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Lloyds
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Lght
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Most Tenacious Will Triumph Say Experts
Paris Aug 20 The Temps discusses war length citing M Pichon former foreign minister and Gen von Bernhard who say victory goes to those who endure longest Gen Langlois adds the war will be long and victory belongs to the most tenacious The piece presents cautious opinions on an extended conflict with heavy losses and shifting fortunes.
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M. Pichon
Foreign Affairs
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The
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Langlois
Second Son of Kaiser Commanding at Liege
Rotterdam Times telegram from Maastricht reports Prince Bitelfriedrich second son of Emperor William is quartered in Liege as commandant of the first guards regiments. Prince August Wilhelm the emperor's fourth son arrived at Liege and left for the front by motor car. General von Kotowetz named new governor of Liege.
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Rotterdam
the Times
Maastricht
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Liege
August Wiliam
Grand Hotel
von Kotowe
Clark says France can get its food from U S
Paris reports former Senator W A Clark visiting Chenonceaux turned hospital for wounded. He told a correspondent the United States can supply France with all provisions needed, even if war lasts long, and he plans to return to America with his wife in October.
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France
U. S
Paris
Chenonceaus
Ganton Menier
W. A. Clark
New York
Petit Bourg
Evereux
United States
America
Herrick Reprimands Rich Americans In Paris for Special Favors
In Paris Ambassdor Herrick rebukes wealthy, jobless Americans seeking travel priority on a flatboat to sail. He says preference goes to professionals who must earn their living. The American committee under Herrick’s direction has replied to thousands of letters, aiding about 600 Americans ferried from Aix-les-Bains.
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Paris
Parie
Ambassador Herrick
Modlimer Schirt
Mr. Herrick
Aix-les-Hains
de Lancey Nicoll
New York
Europe
Tesla claims war will cost 70 billion dollars
Nikola Tesla argues the overall war expense will likely exceed 70 billion dollars. He breaks losses into wealth shrinkage, disrupted industry, property destruction, casualties, and ongoing military costs. He estimates total waste around 370 billion, about 26 percent of world wealth, with 40 to 50 years to repair.
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New York
Nikola Tesla
Belglum
British Army Of Invasion Prepared For Hard Fighting
Boulogne France August reports describe British regulars marching from Britain to France with faces set for hard fighting and rough living. Troops, fit and disciplined, rest briefly in hills above Boulogne before long marches and trench duty. The scene draws warm reaction from a French woman who praises the soldiers bravery and vitality.
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France
Great Britain
Hfe
American Woman and Infant Reunited With Relief Aid
Mrs H Z Martin of Red Bank New Jersey and her six month old child arrived at American relief headquarters in London after a harrowing journey from Magdeburg Germany. Separated from her husband Mr Martin amid crowds and mobilization, she traveled via Berl Augusta to Halland and London almost penniless. Mrs Herbert C Hoover aided her and the baby, while Mr Martin remains presumed in Germany.
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H. Z. Martin
Red Bank
American Relief Committee
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Germany
Martin
Berl
Augusta
Halland
Mr. Martin
Herbert C. Hoover
Woman's Relief Committee
Mrs. Martin
Germans Raising Amazon Corps in Berlin Guards by Boys
Times correspondent in Rotterdam cites Chinese medical men reporting Berlin now ruled by old men and boys with bridges guarded by youths aged about 14. They say a corps of Amazons is being raised, and leaflets call women to arms amid recent bridge damage and spy secrecy.
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Times
Rotterdam
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Friedricnstrasse
Zoologische Bahnet
Sword Will Not Be Sheathed Again Without Victory
A Marconi wireless from Berlin reports Emperor Wilhelm II addressing the First regiment of Foot Guards. He vowed the sword drawn must decide the war, urging victory and honor to keep the Fatherland’s flag flying, while the commander renewed loyalty and the regiment proclaimed its unquenchable thirst for victory.
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London
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Berin
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6000 Germans Dead at Charleroi Reported by Belgians
Brussels reports a battle near Charleroi with Belgians claiming 6000 German casualties. Hospitals are filled, German aeroplanes scouted Charleroi after sunset, and cavalry activity continues near the forest of Soignes. Censorship tightens as news exits by courier.
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Soignes
American doctors with Kaiser army report from Belgium
Minneapolis doctors Bruchholz and Donoghue with Kaiser troops describe German forces in Belgium and Aachen area. They report 1.5 million German soldiers in new equipment, harsh marching, hospital wear, looted baggage, and civilians affected. they note German intent to enter Belgium peacefully but with reprisals if attacked.
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Lilzer
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Verviers
Aix-la-Chapelle
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Carranza In Capital Reviews Army From Balcony
Gen Venustiano Carranza, supreme chief and provisional president, entered Mexico City at noon amid enthusiastic crowds. He rode with staff from Atzcapotzalco to the national palace, receiving the city keys, salutes, and a flower shower, promising real constitutional government.
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Mexico City
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Atzcaral-zalco
Carranza
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Atzeapolzelco
Sonora
Averiga Amn Frankisen
Wistorie
Maza de la Constitution
Castellot Denies Carbajal Aided Troop Request
Senator Castellot denies any overtures to the United States offering a Mexican troops request or bases in Magdalena Bay in exchange for U S troop deployments. He says the reports are unfounded and attributed to unnamed individuals within President Carbajal's circle.
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Mexico
Castellot
Secretary of State
Fures
Carhafa
Carbagal
Carbajal Sails for U S to Seek Bar Admission
Francisco Carbajal former Provisional President of Mexico sails from Vera Cruz to Galveston aboard the Mexico for a lengthy stay in the United States He plans to study English and pursue admission to the American bar.
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Mexico
Vera Cruz
Francisco Carbajal
Mlexco
Galveston
Sefor
Carbajal
United States
Liebknecht Rumor of Execution Denied by Berlin Report
Chicago August 20 Walter Lanfersie national secretary of the Socialist party receives a telegram from the Secretary of State stating the United States Ambassador in Berlin reports there is no truth to the rumor that Karl Liebknecht has been executed.
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Chicago
Walter Lanfersie
Socialist Party
United States
Berlin
Carl Liebknecht
President Appeals for Neutrality in War Debate
China appeals to the United States to seek immediate peace in the Far East under the Anglo Japanese alliance terms. The President commends the neutral stance and says he will not disapprove a planned New York peace meeting, but urges speakers to omit references to specific countries.
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Japan
Far East
Asia
Ward
Presiden
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