Berlin says killing Americans contrary to Germanys intents
New York August 24 German official advices from Berlin transmitted via Count von Bernstorff to Washington deny official information on the sinking of the Arable. The German government states it would regret any American loss of life and urges hearing both sides before forming views. The ambassador offered no further comment and denied remarks attributed to him.
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New York
Washington
Count von Bernster
Court von Bernstorff
Germany
Cut
Turkish Front Is Firm Reports From Constantinople
Turkish government dispatch from Constantinople arrives with news of a Turkish line holding on the Gallipoli front near Nifarta and Av on Akike on the Euphrates. It claims heavy enemy losses and successful Afghan and Iraqi front actions. A Baltimore and Ohio travel ad announces return tickets on sale August 29 through September 7.
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Atkust
Nifarta T
Galipoli
Fat
Akike
Baltimore & Ohio
Hale Aig
German envoy regrets loss of life in Arabic sinking
Berlin forwards a note of sympathy over the Arabic disaster and asks the US to wait before taking a definite stance. Officials say no reply will be made yet while Count von Bernstorff is to confer with Secretary Lansing. A measured response follows earlier tension as German signals are parsed.
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Germany
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Lansing
Bernster
Sxuouu Gecuan
Trussia
Frente
Serbia
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Haiti Convention Plan Aims for Ten Year Control
Amid turbulence in Haiti the United States proposes a ten year convention to run Haitian customs and finances via a receiver general with American staff. Native police would serve under American officers as debts to foreigners are restructured and territory protections kept to the United States. Haiti must answer by noon Wednesday, with a delay granted for reply.
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Daffaires
Tomors
France Gets U S Loan to Cut Exchange Risk
Brown Bros & Co announce a $20,000,000 French export credit guaranteed by the Banque de France to pay American exporters in dollars and simplify settlement with French buyers. Five British financiers to represent Great Britain in arranging a joint credit for Britain, France, and Russia amid wartime trade needs.
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Brown Bros & Co
United States
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Great Britain
London
Russia
Cardinal Gibbons Urges Peace Over War Risk
Cardinal Gibbons, returning from vacation, warns against Americans traveling on belligerent nation ships. He cites the Arab boat sinking, urges relinquishing personal whims for national honor, praises calm prudence, and supports President Wilson leading the nation away from war.
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United States
Germany
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Wilson
German Officials Question Arabic Sinking Amid Quiet Confidence
Berlin reports no official word on the Arabic sinking and no hint of U S conflict. Officials and Reichstag members show calm, some doubt whether the liner was torpedoed or struck by a mine. Ambassadors and presidents posture amid submarine warfare debates.
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Huhleben
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Wilson winner in war
Governor Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania arrived in Chicago en route to the San Francisco exposition. He predicted that if the United States entered war against Mexico, the Republican party would be overthrown and the Wilson administration would receive united support in 1916.
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German Sub Sinks Russian Auxiliary Near Gulf of Finland
Berlin reports via wireless that a German submarine torpedoed and sunk a Russian auxiliary ship at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland. The notice places the event in the Volumbia Theater area and mentions Marguerite Clark and Helene of the North.
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Volumbia Theater Today
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In Herlin Regreta Arabic Sinking Headlines
Today’s issue index lists front page items including Arabic sinking tension, Haiti near conflict, and a fatality event. It notes Allied gains at Dardanelles, German troopship losses, and a 450,000 figure tied to casualties while signaling controls on munitions and inheritance limits.
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Hasier
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Haiti
Dardanelles
Europeans Near Neutrals Conference Delayed Again
The plan for a neutrals conference with Norway Sweden Denmark Holland and Switzerland sending two officials to Stockholm or The Hague stalls as belligerents’ responses remain uncertain. Belgium seeks independence restoration, discord in the Holland society appears. America’s potential joining is debated, with skepticism about the conference’s efficacy without U.S. influence.
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Washington Post
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Adventuress Rich Men Alleged Victim Ring In New York
New York reports an alleged blackmail ring targeting wealthy men across the country. A Brooklyn millionaire seeks indictment in New York County. The group includes a beautiful, globe trotting woman said to move in Navyport and Washington society under an assumed name, with records in London and Paris. The lead female is described as a striking beauty with striking eyes, and a hotel encounter in Lakewood, New Jersey, is cited where a $250,000 breach of promise demand was allegedly made.
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Washington Post
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Shirks
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Navyport
Washington Society
the Adventuress
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Atlantic City
German propaganda reports say munition sales saved U S industry
World Telegram prints Waetzoldt reports to the German chancellor on German propaganda in the United States. It notes sales of arms saved U S industry, British embargo effects, and American press access shaping war orders. Bethlehem Steel and Morgan & Co are cited as centers of war orders.
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Herr Waetzoldt
Germany
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Morgan & Co
War Making U S Independent of Foreign Supplies Alleged German Report
Imperial German Consulate New York reports that by June 15 Britain will embargo German products from the United States and Americans will own German wares. It warns the United States may not aid German trade, predicting pressure to block German markets and minimal American retaliation, with the hoped for exceptions for essential supply.
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