Fifteen Million in U S Cargoes Confiscated by Prize Court
London reports a British prize court order forfeits fifteen million dollars worth of American cargoes aboard four steamers to the crown for alleged German use. Neutrals warned to be frank. judges accuse shippers of manifest fraud and destine goods to Germans. Ships named Kim Alfred Nobel Sjornstjerna Bjorngen Fridland. Rubber shipment allowed as bona fide claim.
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London
England
Germany
Kim
Alfred Nobel
Sjornstjerna Bjorngen
Fridland
Samuel Frans
Packers Fight Delayed By British Seizure Of Ships
The case centers on British seizure of American ships heading for Copenhagen early in the war. Sir Samuel Kaye ruled the ships carried goods toward Denmark and Germany and that the seizure aimed to enforce England policy, not lawful maritime capture. Neutrals must be frank and relations with Germany loomed large in the decision, with appeals allowed for Danish consignments and other claims.
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Batain
Syaate
Germany
Great Britain
Samuel
Copenhagen
Bents
Hilonat
Denmark
Iderman Sal- Nera
Helliger
Samnel
Denmaarle
Morris Armour Hammond Swift
Sulzberger
Codahyompany
Chicago
Samuel Kaye
Ois
Packere
Privy Council
Chicago Meat Confiscation Appeal Faces $15,000,000 Loss
Counsel for United States not recognizing Order in Council actions, saying British prize court seizures of American meat cargoes lack legal basis. Swift Armour Mortis teams condemn London action as violation of international law and state that shipments destined to neutrals were seized after compliance with regulations. CONTINUED ON NINTH PAGE.
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Chicago
United States
London
Henry Veeder
C J Paulkner, Jr
M W Borders
Swift & Co. Armour & Co and Mortis & Co
England
Brie
Great Britain
State Department
Council
Berlin Feels Crux of German American Crisis Deepens
Berlin reports growing confusion over the German American crisis as diplomats in Washington wrestle with contradictory dispatches. Undersecretary Zimmerman says Berlin has no word from Ambassador von Bernstorff and awaits messages, while press reports in New York and London clash over The Arabic, Hague references, and attitudes toward war with Germany. The confusion feeds public doubt and frustration with both embassy and government.
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Zimmerman
von Bernstorff
Karl H. von Wiega
Washington Post
Berlin
Magne
Germany
Washington
Gerard
Tsist
Bernstein
New York
London
Hague
Hesperian Note Says No Proof Of Sinking Cause
State Department reports German note indicating no submarine in the area when the Hesperian exploded. No evidence shows whether the liner was attacked or sunk by a mine outside the war zone. Dispatches noted torpedoing reports but explosion occurred about 100 miles from German submarine operations. Columba Theater today noon shows Mary Pickford in Esmeralda.
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State Department
United States
Lansing
Department
London
Queenstown
Columba Theater
Mary Pickford
Esmeralda
Adr
Price England Is Paying at the Dardanelles
British casualties up to August 21 total 87 630 at the Dardanelles with 17 608 killed and 18 478 wounded. Officers killed 1 130. men 84 978 wounded. 69 257 missing 573 officers 8021 men. French losses included. Ratio of dead to wounded about 1 to 4 13, similar to other fronts.
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England
Constantinople
Gallipoli Peninsula
Dardanelles
Czar Calls for Reserves in Imperial Ukase
Petrograd reports an imperial ukase ordering the rulers to summon territorial army reserves. The senate is instructed to determine reserve ages, numbers, and districts from which calls will be made.
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Senate
Petrograd
Death Fight of Adolphe Pegoud in Air Battle
Amsterdam reports the French aviator Adolphe Pegoud died in an aerial combat near Petite Croix. Firot Corps Kandulski, Pegoud's conqueror, describes the clash at about 5 000 feet, Pegoud closing to 50 meters before a sharp turn ended the duel.
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Amsterdam
Adolphe Pegoud
Petite Croix
Firot Corps Kandulski
Tagleblatt
Belfort
Lieut
Biliitz
Pegoud
Italian submarine sinks two Austrian torpedo boats
An Ancona dispatch reports the steamer Concet tina was chased by two Austrian torpedo boat destroyers off the Gargano peninsula. The Italian submarine, appearing suddenly, engaged and sank the torpedo boats, per the captain’s report.
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Turin
Italy
Ancona
Stampa
Concettina
Gargano Peninsula
Labor Men Threaten Revolt If Conscription Enacted
London report says James Henry Thomas of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants warned in the house of commons that every railway union ledge has told the executive committee workers would stop work when conscription is introduced. He said if conscriptionists want an industrial revolution they should proceed.
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London
House of Commons
James Henry Thomas
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
Russians Captured Since May 1 Reported by La Suisse
Geneva reports at least 2,571,750 Russians captured since May 1 by Austrian and German forces. Officials say 6,000 guns and 4,000 machine guns seized. The figures rely on Berlin and Vienna bulletins, with prior May 1 totals cited and Russian forces now claimed at 1,098,250 after deductions for killed and wounded.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Germany
la Suisse
Polivanoff
Duma
Senator Lewis Protests War Loan Plan in Public Letter
Senator J Hamilton Lewis published a letter opposing a billion dollar war loan. He argued the Federal Reserve Board has no supervisory power over Anglo-French financing and warned of risks mirroring the panics of 1873 and 1893. The letter, sent to Secretary McAdoo, urged public scrutiny and guardianship of people's money.
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J Hamilton Lewis
Federal Reserve Board
Gov Hamlin
McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Lewis
Counse
Europe
America
Deranged Mississippi Farmer Kills Wife and Daughters Then Himself
Monroe M Lee, 35, a farmer near Hattiesburg Mississippi, slaughtered his wife Annie 27 and two young daughters with a public safety item before fatally shooting himself. A coroner’s verdict found him mentally deranged, noting the family tragedy occurred early today. The incident also mentions train fare details for a Columbus trip and a Baltimore & Ohio return window.
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Mississipp
Hattiesburg
Miss
Annie
Monroe M Lee
Here
Lee
MORE U. S. SHIPS HELD UP IN ATLANTIC DETENTIONS
London dispatch reports British authorities detaining the American tank steamer Muskogee from New Orleans to Gothenburg and the Danish steamer Polarsternnen from Baltimore to Gothenburg. The Sir Ernest Cassel, a Swedish vessel, had been released. The Muskogee, sailing August 27 from Newport News, was rerouted 180 miles west southwest of Cape Race on September 1 and previously held by the prize court on April 16 and Kirkwall for three days in July. The Polarsternnen left Baltimore August 23 and reached Kirkwall September 11 while the Sir Ernest Cassel was released after a prior hold.
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London
Canser
New Orleans
Gothenburg
Baltimore
Sir Ernest Cassel
Muskogee
Newport Newa
Cape Race
Kirkwall
Sir Ernest Cagsel
Philadelphia
Narvik
Rare $15 Million Meat Confiscated in Packers Plan to Fight Berlin
A dated index item notes a confiscation of meat valued at $15,000,000 tied to Packers' strategy amid Europe tensions. Following the report, mentions of a $500,000,000 probable loan and anxious European outlook over Mexico appear, with a brief reference to German advances in Pinsk and other wartime finance and diplomacy items.
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Berlin
Mexico
Europe
Pinsk
Gerard
Dumbo
Bryan
Rockefeller Fund
Congress
i—Society
Seagirt
GAR
tWili
Germans Continue Northern Advance In Early War News
London dispatch reports stern eastern front battles from Riga to the Romanian border. German efforts in the north and center advance slowly while Russian forces in Galicia push back Austro German units, severing lines near the Stripa and Dvina regions as Field Marshal von Hindenburg directs fronthard operations and reconsideration of reinforcements. By week’s end Russia contemplates a large mobilization while allies seek munitions advantages.
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London
Riga
Armas
Stripa
Galicia
Rus
von Hinedenburg
Vilai Thinsk
Dvina
Dvinsk
Vilna
Germany
Pinsk
Grodno
Leopold
von Mackenasen
Pripet
Russia
Canada to Supply Field Artillery Guns to Britain
Canada to supply field artillery and howitzers to Britain in a first order of 361 000 with potential increases as Canadian factories reach required efficiency. Manufacturing cannot start immediately due to formalities but expected to begin within a short period. Includes travel ads for a Baltimore & Ohio round trip from Philadelphia to Wilmington and return on Sunday September 19.
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Canada
England
Toronto
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Baltimore & Ohio
Union Station
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Seooth
Ita Cipigre
WSPAI
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Wolf Bureau
Reuter
von Reventlow
Associated Press
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Reuters
Pabilsnin
Wall Street
John D. Rockefeller
Deal
Jacob H. Schiff
J. J. Hill
France
Commission
British Charge
Britain
Jascerand
Colville Barclay
Itag
Carranza
Villa
Torreon
Obregon
Jusserand
Czar
U-Boat Lines
Hamlin
Bolater
South America
Board of
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Navy Department
Columbus
U. S
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Alles
Iwspapi
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