Wilson Delays Trip to Cornish After Berlin Note
President Wilson will remain in Washington awaiting Berlin’s formal disavowal of the Arabic attack and assurance that American travelers on neutral ships will be safeguarded. Count von Bernstorff departs for Long Island embassies as hopes rise for a swift amicable adjustment between the United States and Germany.
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Bernstorff
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Flestijl
US Will Rescue Italians From Turkey Via Warship Aid
Washington officials press Constantinople to allow Italian women and children to depart Turkey. Ambassador in Rome discusses the issue with Baron Sonnino. Turkish reply remains evasive as the United States seeks safe passage aboard American ships from Smyrna.
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Tali- An Woren Amt
Caldren
Zeppelins Take on War Gray over Lake Constance
A Zurich telegram reports German airships repainted in leaden gray to blend with clouds during recent fights over Lake Constance. The new models, compared to fish in shape, are said to be harder to spot from below, with the familiar cigar form noticeably altered.
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All Japan to Aid Russia Mobilizes Industry Resources
Petrograd dispatch reports Japan will mobilize all industrial resources to aid Russia in the war effort. The telegram to Petrograd states Japan notified Russia of preparing to increase war munitions and supplies.
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Russia
Petrograd
Amsterdam
Brazil Declines to Publish Mexico Negotiations
In Rio de Janeiro Celso Bayama, chair of the foreign relations committee, states Brazil will not disclose diplomatic talks among the United States ABC powers Bolivia Uruguay and Guatemala with Mexico. He cites Mexico’s sovereignty and calls the ambassadorial reports to Washington state secrets that cannot be divulged.
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Morro Castle passengers attacked as bandits slain near Brownsville
Reports from New York detail bandit actions in southern Mexico attacking homes of Americans in Mexico City and a Morro Castle train raid that killed Frank Welles and two natives. Brownsville dispatches say 47 bandits were slain by posses north of Brownsville after an attack on the Norlan ranch house 65 miles north of Brownsville.
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New German Shrapnel Fires Through Incendiary Shells
London Aug 29 The Petrograd correspondent notes a new German invention using incendiary shrapnel to deliver burns and likely phosphorous in the composition. The device, akin to fire bombs, is described as causing severe, often fatal burns from shrapnel striking any burnable material.
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Rise in rear of Germans Napoleon's time report
London Aug 29 Petrograd correspondent of the London Morning Post says partisan warfare in the rear of the German advance has begun in several regions. Poles have long shown themselves effective guerrilla fighters and are again gaining distinction despite German repression.
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Zapata Backs Pan American Peace Move and Villa Talks End
Gen Emiliano Zapata favors the pan American peace plan and the offer to host a neutral convention for elections. Gen Hugh L. Scott reports back with details, while conferees await Carranza’s reply and a potential shift toward recognizing his government amid rumors of dissension and Villa forces gathering near Torreón.
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Women duel with knives over handsome Mexican in candle lit cellar
Special to The Washington Post reports a grim knife duel in a Los Angeles apartment house cellar over a beloved Mexican. Mrs Lueida Jaques, 28, and Mrs Mary Gonzales, 40, were cut by 10 inch knives and rushed to Receiving Hospital with severed arteries. Neighbors called police as the pair fought in the dim room, stripping to the walls, each stabbing the other in a desperate struggle. Both women are said to be dying. An advertising note touts a 51 route automobile tour book now on sale at The Washington Post office.
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Mary Gonzales
France Seizes Land of German Princes During War
Paris records reveal the rights of three German princes in the estate of a French king have been seized by the government for wartime. The property involves Prince Pierre Auguste, Prince Auguste Leopold, and Prince Louis Gaston of Saxe Coburg and Gotha in the Dreux forest association, tied to the heirs of Louis Philippe.
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Paris
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Auguste Leopold
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Forest of Dreux
Louis Philippe
Noted Newspaper Man With German Ambassador Linked
A veteran newspaper man noted for intimate ties with the German ambassador figures in a rebuke over a wood wreck powder mills incident. Two persons were killed in Wilmington as a president and a Texan reportedly argued over recognizing a Carranza made special trip to Europe for Wilson.
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Europe
Wilson
Bryan
Allied losses to Turks as Gallipoli fighting worsens
A Washington dispatch notes ongoing Gallipoli clashes with heavy Turkish resistance and multiple British and French onslaughts repulsed. A cruiser and transport allegedly damaged by German guns is reported, while internal U S debates spotlight Lindley M. Garrison and Oswald Villard shaping pacifist sentiment around President Wilson. The Front also describes a Du Pont powder plant blast and mass blast casualties elsewhere.
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William J Bryan
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Willard
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Echo de Paris urges Baltic submarine blockade
Paris reports the Echo de Paris calls for a Baltic submarine blockade to halt German contraband via Scandinavia. It argues the submarine line could stop German trade, reduce morale impact, and justify allied actions, citing Marmara Sea submarine exploits to prove feasibility.
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Germans chained to guns to steady weapons not to bind
A French correspondent debunks the myth that German soldiers were chained to machine guns to prevent escape. He says chains were used only to steady the guns and that soldiers could easily unfasten them, a practice reportedly common in the German army before the war.
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Roosevelt labeled irresponsible big talker by German press
Berlin reports quote Theodore Roosevelt calling German-Americans irresponsible big talkers. The wireless dispatch notes German newspapers print his remarks extensively, with a special cable to The Washington Poet.
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Battle in Deep Passes Near Isonzo Front
Desperate mountain fighting continues between Austrian and Italian forces around the Isonzo. Vienna and Rome report heavy exchanges with multiple assaults and significant losses. Italian air squads bomb Alse Viase aerodrome dropping 120 bombs. both sides claim trenches near Tolmino and Monte San Michele remain contested amid fierce hand to hand combat.
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Blaze Hits Canton Plant of E J Codd Company
A fire of uncertain origin heavily damages the Canton plant of E J Codd Company machinists in Baltimore. The blaze breaks out in the main shop triggering two alarms, near storage tanks of Standard Oil. Officials estimate the building loss at about 1500 dollars with potential greater loss to machinery. Superintendent Bentley provides no total figure.
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British detain Swedish steamers at Baltimore port
The Swedish steamer Sydic sailing from Baltimore to Malmo is released while the Anglia bound for Kalmar remains detained. Sydic departed Baltimore July 26 and reached Kirkwall August 13, with Anglia leaving Baltimore August 13. This first U S report notes the British action delaying the ships for home ports.
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Troop Ship Sinking Rumor Denied by Ottawa Officials
Berlin reports a British transport carrying 2000 Canadian troops torpedoed near the Scilly Islands on August 15. Ottawa officials flatly deny any Canadian troopship loss, noting only the Royal Edward incident in the Aegean and confirming no overdue ships or unaccounted troop transports.
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Selby Islands
Great Britain
Brazil to Issue 191 Million in Paper to Pay Debt
President Wenceslan Braz approved the issue of 191 million dollars in paper, passed by the chamber of deputies on August 24, to finance treasury debt prior to 1915. The move was reported from Rio de Janeiro on August 29.
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Treasury
Czar's Line Pierced as Army Retires in Galicia
German Austrian forces pierce Russian lines along the Zlota Lipa in east Galicia and push the front toward a triangle of Lutzk Dubno and Rovno. Brest Litovsk falls near Hindenburg's anniversary as Russian reserves crumble and pursuit continues.
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Warsaw Have Granted the Request of the Citizens Committee
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