Senate War Risk Insurance for American Shipping
The Senate passed administration war risk insurance for American vessels in Europe, creating a treas ury bureau to insure ships during war. The bill, supported to push private insurers to lower rates, includes an emergency provision to suspend the program when no longer needed and bases rates on neutral risk rather than belligerent risk. The measure, likely to face some House opposition, was urged by President Wilson as essential to aid American commerce and registry.
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Senate
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Treasury Department
Lane
Lewis
Bil
Arges
Ee I
Eyne
Clarke
Jones
Europe
Sewater
John Sharp Willams
McCumber
Bombardment of Libau Kills Fifteen Women in a Single Shell
Stockholm reports from Libau describe a Sunday bombardment by German fleet that killed fifteen women seated on lumber and destroyed many buildings and bridges. The bombardment lasted two hours, with harbor works at Hango also reported damaged as authorities planned to block the harbor channel. Duke Michael leaves for St Petersburg as freight traffic between Finland and Sweden resumes.
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Libau
Stockholm
London
St. Petersburg
Hango
Finland
Bifrost
Alcor
Michael
St Petersburg
Sweden
Brussels
Trap of the Allied Armies a Boomerang Says German Paper
Special to The Washington Post New York Aug 21 The German paper The New Yorker Herald argues the so called Allied trap failed. It claims the German crescent broke, Belgians driven north, French south, and Belgian and English forces demoralized. It predicts Belgian bankruptcy and questions Antwerp campaign resolve.
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Washington Post
New York
New Yorker Herald
London
Antwerp
Times
Hague
Amsterdam
Chronicle
Belgium
Paris
Four Americans escape death at Mulhouse amid shell fire
Four Americans Edward Walker and his wife from Macon Georgia and Mr and Mrs Cade dentists, endured several days under a hail of projectiles at Mulhouse. They reached Glattenbad Black Forest after walking from Mulhausen. A letter from the group to Berlin recalls continuous artillery fire and house and garden hits. Anxious authorities in Berlin consider registration and consular action.
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Berlin
Aug
Copenhagen
London
Edward Walker
Macon
Cade
Mulhouse
Glatterbade
Black Forest
Muihausen
Artilery
W. S
Liege
Victor Ho Duras
Belgium
Brussels
Brand Wuntlock
Holland
America
Duraste
St Petersburg
Germany
Baltic
Berigen
Norway
Germans land Hyades crew after sinking British ship
The German cargo boat Prussia arrived at Rio de Janeiro from Antwerp and landed the crew of 3% of the 4 British steamship Hyades, sunk on August 15 by cruiser Dresden after taking the coal aboard. The Hyades, Capt. Morrison, was 2352 tons, built in England in 1899 and belonged to the British and South American Steam Navigation Company.
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Dresden
Hyades
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Prussia
Antwerp
Morrison
England
British and
South American Steam Navigation Company, Limited
Bolt Changes County Vote in Savage Lightning Disaster
A lightning strike at Reuters Mill in Bryan County, Georgia, killed and maimed 17 people, causing no ballots to be cast at the precinct and costing Congressman Charles G Edwards the county in the Wednesday primary. Edwards had been expected to receive 18 votes there, but the disaster left the county with a six vote loss.
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Milla
Savannah
Providence
Reuters Mil
Bryan County
Charles G Edwards
Edwards
Reuters Mill
Relief Funds Arrive For Americans Stranded In Europe
London reports relief payments begin as funds in Washington are distributed by Maj Daniel W. Ketcham and aides under Ambassador Page. Breckinridge to The Hague aids arrangements for sending money to Berlin. trains to repatriate 2000 Americans and 80 English planned via Switzerland and France.
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The
Hague
Germany
Switzerland
France
Coual
London
Walter Hines Tage
Daniel W. Ketcham
Washington
Americana
Europa
Inia
Stera Department
Europe
Treasury Department
Ambassador Page
Henry Breckinridge
Falmouth
Tennessee
Rotterdam
Berlin
Furious two day fight along Belgian front near Diest
The battle began at daybreak Tuesday as German cavalry and infantry attacked along a six mile front from Diest to Geetbetz. Belgian troops, including 44 men, held the line against 2,000 attackers before retiring. By Wednesday the front stretched toward Aerschot and Louvain as Belgian forces withdrew in good order toward Antwerp.
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Diest
Geethetz
Heelen
Loxbergen
Budingen
Geetbetz
Dursel
Lne
Aerschot
Brussels
Louvain
Malinea
Antwerp
Lipton Yacht Shamrock TV in Dry Dock at Brooklyn Yard
Shamrock TV, Lipton’s America’s Cup challenger, was dry docked in South Brooklyn. A canvas hoarding from stem to stern shielded the hull while moved from water. Col Neill, owner’s agent, will remain with crew until Monday before departing for England. Lydia M Reed, 12, who wed George C Scheller as 18, was sent to the Maryland School for Girls. Scheller held for grand jury.
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New York
Thomas Lipton
Shamrock TV
Brooklyn
Shamrock Fe
Col Neill
Shamrock
Peerrack
England
Washington Burt
Baltimore
Lydia M Reed
George C Scheller
Richmond
Maryland School For Girls
Scheller
End of relief delay aids Americans abroad to return home
National relief boards arrange transfer of funds and voyage routes for Americans in Europe to reach English ports and cross the Channel. Bank of England payments for deposits in Canada are planned as France offers to move Americans from Switzerland to French seaports. About 10,000 Americans in Switzerland and thousands others in Italy and Germany seek safe passage and cashing facilities amid cable disruptions.
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Switzerland
England
New York
National Board of Relief
State and
Treasury Departments
Cable
Bank of England
Canada
Ottawa i
U. S
State Department
McAdoo
United States
Europe
J. L. Wilmeth
The
Treasury
Wilmeth
Holland
London
Italy
Germany
Herne
France
Coburg
Dresden
American Red Cross
Irving T. Bush
Bush Terminal Company
Slocum
USA
Newman
District of Columbia Board of the Red Cross
Peace by force agreed for Dominican peace plan
The United States-backed plan to pacify the Dominican Republic mobilizes American warships and a Marine regiment to back a provisional president replacing Bordas. Commission members Fort Smith and Sullivan along with John Franklin Fort visited Santo Domingo after negotiations with revolutionaries led by Yasquez and Jiminez. Minister Soler hailed the accord as an end to bloodshed and acceptance of the plan.
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Heard
Dominican Republic
Apecial Commission
State Department
Dominican Legation
Puerto Plata
John Prankdin Fort
New Jersey
Charles Smith
Portsmouth
N. H
Sullivan
United States
Hancock
Dominican War Ers
Yasquez
Jiminez
Santo Domingo
Vidal
Soler
Enemies Quit Tangier Amid Diplomatic Evacuation
A Tangier telegram reports that German and Austrian legation staffs were surrounded by a garrison under French officers. A sultanate delegate urged the staffs to depart, and they were escorted to the French cruiser Crassard for transport to neutral ports.
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Madrid
Angh
Tangier
Crassard
Antwerp Sees City Prepare for Siege as Inhabitants Flee
London dispatches describe Antwerp fortifying for potential siege. Flags adorn windows while authorities report German cavalry circling Brussels and troops occupying city halls. Many Brussels residents flee to Ghent and Ostend as German forces establish shooting grounds and close key infrastructure.
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Brussels
Antwerp
Ghent
Belmum
Paris
Parloy
Grand Place
Market Place
Ostend
Russian War News Warns of General Battle Imminent
New York August 21 Russian consul released a dispatch from St Petersburg outlining war developments. It claims the French Mediterranean fleet sank an Austrian battleship and three destroyers in the Adriatic, with Belgian front notes saying a German offensive near Dinant resumed and could trigger a general engagement. It also cites French gains near Vonges and a Serb victory crushing Austrian forces at Schabaz with fourteen guns seized.
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New York
War Office
St Petersburg
Washington
Adriatic
Bhut
Belgium
Dinant
Meuse
Vonges
Galican
Schabaz
81 Pieces of Field Artillery Taken From Germans Says Paris Paper
Paris Match reports from August 157 in Liege Margennes Dathon Schirmeck Stallapehenen Gumbinnen and St Blaise that 81 pieces of field artillery were seized by Belgian French and Russian forces along with heavy guns aeroplanes and 19 motor wagons. Additional captures include two flags and a cavalry standard in various locations.
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Paris
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Liege
Margennes
Dthian
Department of Meurthe
Spincourt
Schirmeck
Alsace
Stallapehenen
East Prussia
Gumbinnen
Drest
St Blaise
Germans Enter Brussels Silently Seize Key Citizens as Hostages
German cavalry entered Brussels Thursday with a white flag signaling no hostility, occupying municipal buildings and signaling that civilians would be spared if order persisted. Infantry followed, encamping in front of the Metropole and other principal streets as the city quieted.
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Brussels
Washington Post
Ostend
Brugsels
German Occupation Enforces Curfew and Hostage Policy
Proclaimed tax laws tighten control over residents with a night curfew after eight. Officials report the capture of prominent citizens numbered as eighteen or twenty to serve as hostages to ensure compliance. German forces seize provisions and supply chains, setting their own prices.
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