Belgium Delivers Note on German War Demands 1914
A Belgian embassy dispatch dated August 4, 1914 summarizes a dramatic Berlin-Berlin exchange with German foreign secretary von Jagow. Germany insisted on a Belgian pass to invade France citing life and death, while Beyens pressed for neutrality and warned Europe would condemn Germany.
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Washington Post
New York
Watneaday
London
New York Times
Baron Beyens
Berlin
Hers von Jagow
Belgium
Herr von Jagow
Germany
France
Russia
Europe
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70 REFUGEES ON U S SHIP ARRIVE AT CANOA CRETE
A U S ship named Chester reaches Canea Crete with seven refugees expelled from Beirat galra by the Turks. The refugees include citizens of quad powers and other aliens. The Chester will return to Beirut for another load of Europeans ordered out of Turkey. An American warship is slated to arrive at Canta with refugees from Alexandria Turkey.
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United States
Chester
Canoa
Crete
Beiratjirla
Beirut
Turkey
Canta
Alexandretta
Aalatio
McDermott May Roving Vogelsberger Obituaries in DC Area
Obituaries dated August 31 to September 2 1915 note Mary C McDermott Mary May and August Vogelsberger died. Mary C McDermott wife of John McDermott funeral at 5329 Sixteenth St NW then Nativity Church Mount Oliver Cemetery. May Rogings daughter of Annie Rogings and William H Roving funeral at St Pauls Episcopal Church Washington DC with private Rock Creek Cemetery. August Vogelsberger youngest son of August Vogelsberger funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Mary C Mme McDermott
Neer Hoile
Johnsl McDermott
Sixteenth Street
Team
Church of the Nativity
Georgi
Mount Oliver Cemetery
Chanda
Tuessar
Northwest
May
Annie
William H Roving
St Pauls Episcopal Church
Twenty Third Street
Washington Eite
Toom
Rock Creek
Vocklsberger
Northwaat
August Vogelnberger
Strategy Behind German Push to Seize Russian Armies
A dated analysis argues the Galicia offensive aims at a sweeping Austro German drive toward the Lusk Dobno Rovno triangle guarding Volhynia from Galicia invasion. German forces in Galicia retreat to defend this key fortification as observers note a fourth major attempt in two months to capture seven Russian corps.
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Lusk-Dobno-Rovno
Volhynia
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Refugee Crisis Expands Across Russia in War Era
Western Russia swamped by refugees from Warsaw to Odessa as 1.5 million flee fighting and conscionable wages drop. Kiev Smolensk and Vitebsk host most, while crowds crowd every shelter. London reports outline German British neutrality talks and naval fears amid 1912 negotiations.
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Daily News Today
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Black Sea
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Smolensk
Vitebak
Odessa
Moscow
Patro- Trad
British Press Calls Germany’s Sub War a U S Cat’s Paw
London editors debate Germany’s prize court rulings and Washington dispatches as Berlin hints it will curb submarine warfare to press the United States for neutral- commerce guarantees. The Times and Daily Mail reject German concessions while praising American restraint and warning Britain will not bow to German blackmail. The Daily Graphic cites Hamburg prize court findings as evidence Germany acts in bad faith toward British interference with sea rights.
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Germany
France
Edward Grey
Triple Alliance
U. S
Britain
London
Foreign Office
Washington
United States
Great Britain
the Times
Presigent Wilson Wll
The
Daily Mail
von Bethmann-Hollweg
War Office
Admiralty
Wilson
Daily Graphic
Foreign Offices
Hamburg
Stepson Shot in Head in City Point World War II Era
Kenneth Mayer, six year old stepson of Harry Mayer, night desk sergeant at the Du Pont plant, was shot in the head while his mother cleaned a revolver at their home in Washington. The boy, taken to Crau alty Hospital, remained unconscious with little hope for recovery. The accident involved several public officials and a police investigation, with Mayer’s eligibility for the Metropolitan Police listed and prior Army service noted.
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Kenneth Mayer
Harry Mayer
du Pont
City Point
Craualty Hospital
Mayer
Metropoliltan
Washington
Central Office
Baur
Stringfellow
Sixth Precinct
H. R. Stewart
Third Street
Robert Vodrey
North Capitol
F Streets
C. W. Calvin
Post Office Department
Rotary
Stewart
Bia
Jez
Casualty Hospit
Peru orders two cruisers from Ferrola shipyards
The Peruvian government has ordered two cruisers to be built at the Spanish Ferrola shipyards. The contract is dated Madrid in August with delivery planned for September 1. The deal involves Faris as the intermediary and signals Peru’s naval expansion.
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Eum
Madrid
Via
Austria Checks Cholera Orders War Time Spillover
Advices from Vienna via Zurich report 929 cholera cases in Austria as of August. Austrian interior ministry notes the disease raged this summer due to wartime conditions but sanitary officials are handling it. On August 19 the tally reached 1,566 cases.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Vienne
Zurich
Austria
Germans in Beef Deal Aim to Starve Allies of Livestock
Washington dispatch reports German agents seek to corner South American livestock markets to block English and other Allies from buying steers and sheep for Europe. It cites $2,000,000 paid to Brazilians for grazing lands, a 20,000 ton barbed wire contract, and Germans in Honduras planning a cold storage plant to handle Central American stock, with efforts blocked by American buyers and beef interests already present in Argentina.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington
New York World
South America
Europe
Brazil
Sao Paulo
Honduras
Central America
Argentina
American Beef Trust
Flood Devastates Shanghai After Typhoon Strike
Shanghai reports indicate a deadly typhoon last night caused at least 500 drownings or drownings and about 5 million dollars of property loss. Four and a half inches of rain fell in seven hours undermining many houses as electric lines and tram services failed. Tel and telegraph lines were cut, leaving Chinese cities cut off for days.
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Shanghai
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