Austria-Hungary Rejects Servian Demands and Seeks Arbitration
Vienna July 2 Austro-Hungarian foreign office releases a communication detailing Belgrade’s Servian rally to Austria and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. It accuses Servia of dishonesty and outlines why Servian concessions are insufficient, rejecting participation by Austro-Hungarian authorities in investigations and measures against hostile Servian press. Mobilization in Servia noted, with arbitration urged but deemed insufficient by Austria-Hungary.
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Vienna
Foreign Office
Austria
Saray
Eyo
Francia Ferdinand
ASA
Servia
Wien
Irbenes
Austria-Hungary
Bervign
Austrians Return Fire Near Temes Kubin On Danube
Reports from Hungary indicate Austrian troops on a Danube steamer near Temes Kubin fired on Servian forces. An engagement of some importance followed with Austria returning fire, possibly a new version of yesterday’s clash near Bamandria southeast of Belgrade. Also a German frontier alert reported by a Cossack patrol about attempts to cross into German territory.
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Vienna
Hungary
Danube
Temes
Kubin
Bamandria
Belgrade
Wydtkuhoen
Germany
Grringna
Russians End Big Strike Approve Aid for Servia
Petersburg reports Russian workers who had been on strike for a week resume work to show support for the government’s aid to Servia. They staged patriotic demonstrations, marching and singing the national anthem in the capital.
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Petersburg
Bosnia
Heavy gold exports from New York to Europe in July
Report from New York dated July 7 notes heavy outward gold engagements for Europe totaling 10.6 million dollars with 5 million to London and Paris. The Kron Prinzess, carrying out yesterday's 3 million, has an outward total since July 24 of five. The foreign exchange market shows wide fluctuations and a general delay in commitments amid war tensions.
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Specia
Washington
New York
Europe
London
Paris
Aleamshiy Kron Prinzess
Cece
Guaranty Trust Company
Goldman, Sachs & Co
Nationality Bank
Vna Heidulbach, Tekleheimer & Co
War Clouds Grow Darker as Europe Teeters
News from Berlin and Potsdam describe urgent conferences among Kaiser Wilhelm II and top military leaders to set German policy amid the Austro Serbian crisis. Britain and France press for mediation while Russia issues cautious mobilization hints. Warsaw reports precautionary troop withdrawals and interior concentration signals.
Causes of the Near East imbroglio and the war possibilities it involves
A detailed overview notes Servia’s long aspiration for an Adriatic port, Austria-Hungary’s opposition, and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand as a trigger. It maps the web of alliances among Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, France, and England, plus Bulgaria and Greece, and discusses likely moves by Turkey and pan-Slav supporters. The piece weighs who could mobilize, the pressures on treasuries, and the chance of a broader European war.
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Wilhelmshohe
Kiel
Hohenzollern
Potsdam
Russia
Frankfort
Germany
Frankfurter Zeitung
William
Europe
St. Petersburg
Austria-Hungary
Servia
Hungary
Radomir Putntkc
Sergius Sazoneff
Reapan
Roumania
Austria
Aegean Sea
Italy
France
England
Mussia
Alsace
Lorraine
Bulgaria
Turkey
Greece
Serma
Little Kingdom
Poincare Cancels Copenhagen Visit Amid European Crisis
Paris and Copenhagen report a tense European crisis with French President Poincare canceling his planned Copenhagen trip. He will head directly to Dunkirk, sending telegrams to Denmark and Norway while a French squadron proceeds to the North Sea. Antiwar demonstrations erupt in Paris with police clashing with protesters and several arrests as patriotic displays collide with disorder on the boulevards.
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Copenhagen
Laymond Folnsare
M. Poincare
Dunkirk
Denmark
France
Coun ‘Ett
Norway
Faris
Poincare
Paris
Jean Bart
Sweden
North Sea
Paul Deschanel
Chamber of Deputies
Antonia Dutost
Hennion
Beronds
Drafts A Pension Bill For Automatic Retirements
Commissioner Siddons drafts a bill to create automatic retirement for firemen and policemen after long service or injury. The plan seeks a stable pension funding source to replace fines and taxes now supporting the fund, with eligibility expanded beyond injury cases. Drafting studies include other cities as the bill goes to the full board for approval before Congress.
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Siddons
Congress
Gooda
Hla
Sladens
Fill Board of Commissioners
Therm
One Million U S Citizens Could Enter War
The article discusses a potential general European war drawing the United States into combat with estimates suggesting up to one million Americans could be mobilized. It notes Austria and Serbia mobilizations and reservist warnings, plus transportation challenges as governments summon volunteers and draftees. It also cites the Austrian Ambassador estimating about 200,000 Austrians and Hungarians of fighting age.
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America
New York
Europe
United States
Austria
Servia
Strangeh
Tony
PRESS WAR MEASURES BRITISH FLEET RECALLED
War measures spread across Europe with Greece pledging 100000 troops to aid Serbia if Austria Hungary goes to war. Belgium orders partial mobilization bringing total forces to 100000. British fleet recalled to sea, Dutch plan steps to maintain neutrality as conflicts loom. Russian mobilization prompts German caution. Berlin and Copenhagen report Baltic mining and naval coordination.
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Iswins
Hone
Berlin
National Zeitung
Brussels
International Socialist Bureau
Underground Dungeons of Torture Alleged in City Slavery Ring
The Reverend Ernest Bell of the Midnight Mission warns of gray underground dens where girls are said to be abducted into a white slavery system. Witnesses allege long imprisonments 20 to 80 feet beneath surface, with torture, starvation, and occasional fires. Authorities say rumors of these tunnels have circulated for years and describe encroachments by vice networks.
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Hundrada
Lmec
Girin
Steath
Ernest Bell
Federal Avenue
Twenty-second Street
Gila
Tate
Arthur Burrage Farwell
Chicago Law and Order League
Tig
Beng
Chicago
Farwell
Mrs Gould Accuses Husband of Conspiracy in Dower Case
Mrs Katherine Clemons Gould, seeking to defend dower rights in property valued over $900000, answers a lien foreclosure suit filed by George J Gould against Howard Gould and herself. She alleges that George J Gould conspired with his brother Howard Gould to deprive her of her dower. The case follows their 1909 separation and alimony arrangement.
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Howard Gould
George J. Gould
Katherine Clemons Gould
Tas
Supreme Court
Famous poem recalls siege of Belgrade in alphabet ode
A Workington Post feature recalls a famous English alphabet poem about the siege of Belgrade. Alleged to be by Alaric Watts, the piece uses sequential initial letters to form the alphabet and inspired many later works, with vivid references to wars and nations.
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Belgrade
Workington Post
New York
Alaric A. Watts
Belerade
Turkey
Banhen
Bernie Hardinood
Ahrabien
Islam
Ismail
Jontle John
Jarevits
Jem
Joe
Obituary Breckinridge and McKerchar Names in Obituary
Obituary details Captain Ethelbert L. D. Breckinridge died after eight illness at Asheville North Carolina. He was inspector and instructor for the National Guard of Kentucky and served in the Spanish American War and the Philippines with honors. He is survived by a wife and three children, with funeral arrangements likely at Lexington. Also noted is Alexander McKerchar longtime Glenwood Cemetery superintendent and Mason who died at his home in Glenwood. He served as gardener at the Botanic Garden and White House. survived by three daughters and two sons with services planned at Glenwood and the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Washington.
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Harry W. Lawton
Cuba
Alexander Meerichar
Alexander McKertchar
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Glenwood Reservation
O'Slock
Tis Home
Blue Lodge
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Scotland
Igi
Botanic Garden
White House
Margaret Steele McKerthar
Elizabeth Bonar
Mary Stewart Halley
Rapid City
Oak
Robert A. McKertehar
John Mac, Sregor McKerlehar
Death by self toots at local florist retiree in Hamilton
Theodors Back a 10 year old former florist of Hamilton Ohio committed death by own action by blowing out brain with a pistol in a shed behind his rooming quarters on East Dayton street Despondency said to be motive He had been assistant florist at Waive House in Washington under Hayes and Garfield and recently retired after a long florist business in the city
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Ohio
Theodors Back
East Dayton
Bock
Washington
Hayes
Garfila
Woman Seized in Taxi Robbery Near Coney Island
Edith Oehler, 56, a Brooklyn hotel worker and police wife separated from her husband, recounted being seized from behind and dragged into a taxi, where she was robbed of $15 and a pair of gloves. She escaped by leaping from the moving car near Eightteenth Avenue and Sixty-Fifth Street and was treated for shock at Island Hospital.
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Washington Poat
New York
Edith Oehler
Coney Island
Qehler
Ben
Brooklyn
Fifty-Seventh Street
Fifty-eighth Street
Eighteenth Avenue
Gohring
Bath Beach
Sixty-fifth
Eyesland Hospital
Feud Ends in Nighttime Shooting of Youths
In a neighborhood feud near Firat and M streets southwest a 13 year old colored boy Lawrence Smothers was shot in the left groin by Lawrence Raum aged 16 after a confrontation outside a moving picture show. Smothers was taken to Casualty Hospital in non serious condition Raum was arrested late last night authorities said they dispute whether misidentification spurred the attack.
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Firat
M Streets
Lawrence! Smothers
M! Second
Lawrence Raum
Smothers
Casualty
Raum
Raut
WMS
Smathers
Potomac Insurance Company Stockholders Meet August 3 1914
Annual meeting of stockholders to elect directors set for August 3 1914 between 1 and 2 pm at the company office Loanara Trust building Transfers closed July 7 through August 3 inclusive Alexander K Phillips secretary Also notice of an elderly person thrown from a car at Mount Pleasant and Lamont streets July 3 5 pm with uncertain details referenced.
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District of Calumbia
Loanara Trust Balding
Alexander K. Phillips
Secreta
Mount Pleasant
Lamont
Ramisi Blass Comprunicate Ith
West
BlGateenth Street
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