War Decided On by the Kaiser July 5 1914
The article reports a German decision to wage war after a July 5 Potsdam meeting involving the Kaiser and top leaders to approve the Austrian ultimatum to Serbia. It notes Allies see delays in U.S. war declaration and discuss Russia, Japan, and Balkan moves while preparing steel price adjustments and mobilization.
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Tapan
United States
Viscount Eshi
Saloniki
London Times
Washington Post
Public Leger Company
London
Timea
Germany
Herr Haase
Reichstag
Potsdam
Kaiser
von Bethmann Hollweg
Admiral von Tirpitz
Falkenhayn Baron von Steumm
Archduke Frederick
Holtzendorf
von Jagow
Moltke
Russia
Norway
England
Bethmann Hollweg
Haase
Cohn
Allies to Withdraw Troops in Old Greece War Council Votes To Fight Until Victory Is Won
Paris July 27 The allied powers ended their conference with a pledge to continue the war until their objectives are achieved and to withdraw troops from old Greece Thessaly and Epirus as soon as possible The agreement covers Greek territory under occupation and maintains a naval base on Corfu while keeping the Macedonian front and Epirus security in view The disputes between Italy and Greece are noted as resolved by the Corfu accord and the front remains in Greek Macedonia and southern Serbia considerations.
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Europe
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Germany
Tures
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Greece
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Indictment of Gov Ferguson of Texas in Nine Counts
Austin July 27 Gov Ferguson indicted by Travis county grand jury on nine counts including misapplication and embezzlement of public funds. Secretary Bartlett and others also charged. Speaker plans special session August 1 to weigh impeachment. Ferguson declares candidacy for a third Texas term.
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Travis County Grand Jury
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Stowe
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Texas House of Representatives
University of Texas
West Texas A, and M College
Abilene
House
Temple State Bank
Gov Ferguson
Texas
Allies Forming Latin Alliance Across Europe
Paris hosts a secret allied council where France Italy Spain and Roumania are to form what officials call a Latin alliance. Rome dispatches to the Italian embassy noted Spain, previously neutral, showing interest in the council as a forerunner of a broader Anglo-Saxon peace pact in the future.
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Italy
Spain
Roumania
Allied Council
Paris
Rome
Counel
Three Hundred British Merchant Ships Armed Increase Report
London July 27 The government reports progress arming merchant vessels with 300 already armed and many more each week. Financial Secretary TJ MacNamara told the House of Commons the aim is to arm as many merchantmen as possible as soon as feasible.
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London
T J MacNamara
Admiralty
House of Commons
Railroads face potential shutdown as men threaten strike
Chicago firms seek city protection amid threat of a 2500 switchmen walkout by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen over closed shop demands. Embargoes on live stock and perishable freight would begin tonight and last until peace is signed, with mediation offered but rejected by the union.
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Murdock
Brotherhood
Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
Frank Hasler
Committee of
Railroad General Managers
Hasler
William H Thompson
George F Hanover
Roads’ Conference Committee
Chicago Terminalis
Switchmen's
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Board
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
James Murdock
The
Cholera Epidemic Rumors Reach Copenhagen From Hamburg
Persistent rumors spread to Copenhagen on July 27 about a cholera epidemic raging in several German cities, with Hamburg singled out as heavily affected. Authorities warned residents to remain vigilant as the outbreak prompted travel advisories and health measures.
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Copenhagen
Hamburg
No British Sacrifice Too Great in War Effort Says Cecil
London reports Lord Robert Cecil, the blockade minister, told the Associated Press the shipping position shows Britain has sacrificed heavily for war needs. He noted prewar oceangoing British registry totaled about 17.9 to 18 million tons, now just over 15 million including prizes and new ships. He added about 6.5 million tons of merchant shipping are allotted to navy and army use, with another million dedicated to outward journeys and lost from export trade.
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London
Lord Robert Cecil
Associated Press
Great Britain
Lord Robert
Alles
Dominions
Russians Press Advance Across Bukovina Fronts to Ten Villages
Reports from Vienna and Berlin say Russian forces captured ten villages near Jassy while Austro German troops retreated in disorder. German and Russian official statements describe reinforcements at the Sereth bridgehead and ongoing westward advances as Russians, Romanians, and Austro German forces clash along the Dniester and Suchitza valleys.
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Archduke Joseph
German War Department
Suchitza
Putna
Tarnopol
Galicia
William
Sereth
Dniester
Kolomsa
Stanislaus
Oszernowitz
Carpathians
Pruth
Petrograd
Monasterzyska
Redmond Sees Hope After Irish Convention
Dublin July 27 John Redmond Irish leader who left Dublin after the adjournment of the convention telegraphed regrets to American journalists that he could not meet them The auspicious inauguration of the convention raises the hope that its deliberations may lead to an early realization of a united and self governing Ireland.
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John Redmond
Redmond
Ireland
Congress Faces 7 Billion Dollar Tax and 16 Billion War Bill
Secretary McAdoo informed Congress that new revenues of 7.0 billion dollars are needed to cover a projected 16.0 billion dollars in war expenditures for the year. Lawmakers expect about 2.0 billion from taxes, with the rest from bond sales and treasury certificates. Expenditures include 7.864 billion for War, 1.2 billion Navy, and large shipping board outlays, while receipts are forecast at 1.334 billion.
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McAdoo
Congress
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Treasury
House Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committee
War Department
Navy Department
Wage tensions rise as Japan strikes eyed after war decision
War talk dominates the issue with references to war prep and a federal draft list. Talks on financing, military planning, and international alerts appear alongside local briefs and society notes. The index hints at rising concern over imminent conflict and policy moves amid global tension.
Capt Braxton Bigelow Missing in British Forces
Highland Falls NY July 27 Maj John Bigelow USA retired reports a cable stating his son Capt Braxton Bigelow of the Royal Engineers 170th Field Company is missing. He is grandson of the late John Bigelow former Minister to France and New York Secretary of State. He graduated Harvard 1909 and studied at MIT. He was with a London banking firm previously.
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John Bigelow
US A
Braxton Bigelow
Royal Engineers
170Th Field Company
Bigelow
France
Lincoln
New York
Samuel Tiltflen
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
London
U. S. Flag Raised Over Waterland After War Action
The Navy Department announced the flag hoisted over Waterland yesterday marking a first. The vessel is ready for sea with an estimated capacity of 14 080 troops. Work on restoring fifteen other interned German liners seized after war declaration is rapidly progressing under Shipping Board contract, with the Navy now in charge.
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Navy Department
Shipping Board
Navy
Race riot starts anew at Chester
In Chester Pennsylvania a mob of several thousand white men rioted in the central city as armed guards, police, and volunteers patrolled the streets. A Black man, Frank Meadows, was shot and near death. two others were seriously wounded. Sheriff Heyburn issued a curfew and ordered indoors after 9 pm. saloons and amusements closed.
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Chester
Frank Meadows
Heyburn
Emperor Charles Narrowly Escapes Shelling at Front
The Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung reports Emperor Charles of Austria survived a near miss at Galicia while dining at a castle near the front. He initially refused cover, then, after staff protests, left the balcony amid ongoing Russian artillery fire. Also reported is a blast at a German factory injuring 120 workers.
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Amsterdam
Charles of Austria
Galicia
Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung
Draft lists confuse only one list complete
Division No 7 at Western High shows registrants status and order for next calls. local boards handle exemptions not the national plan. Provost marshal Crowder warns industrial exemptions are decided by district boards. no general class of workers exempt. First man called for physicals is James H Connolly. last in first batch is Marcellus A Fisher.
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National Army
United States
Focal Selection Board
District of Columbia
Western High School
Sidney Roach
James H. Connolly
James H Connolly
Thirty-first Street
Henry E Jackson
Marcellus A Fisher
Thirty-third Street
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Georgetown University
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Gen Crowder
Coal Production Committee
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Wilson
Upner Board
Daniel Donovan
Washington
Board of Commissioners
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