Belgian Reports Describe Britain as Arch Plotter
Documented Belgian diplomatic reports, published abroad, present Belgian ministers portraying Britain as the lead schemer in European affairs. The wires quote ambassadors in Paris, Berlin, and London criticizing England and describing Germany’s peaceful stance while warning of English influence and plans.
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Berlin
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Overscay
Brussels
England
France
Italy
Baron Leghart
Paris
London
Delcasse
Vienna
Algeciraz
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Merlin
Edward
Carthagena
Spain
Great Britain
Madrid
Belgium
Edward VII
Gondor
Lalaing
Yellow Press
Harmsworth
Lord Northcliffe
Daily Graphic
Daily Express
The
Evening News
Disatch
Matin
Europe
Advertising pays as missing fob is recovered
City Detective Bas Rosser endorses advertising in The Constitution after AB Norwalk reported a $600 watch fob loss at Piedmont hotel. A reader saw the ad, located the fob, and returned the watch, Rosser notes the incident as proof advertising pays.
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Bas# Rosser
Rosser
Piedmont
AB Norwalk
Ihe
Duis
Detective Headquarters
Ava Ins
Turkish Territory Ceded to Bulgaria in New Protocol
A Times dispatch from Sofia reports a signed protocol between Turkey and Bulgaria on the Dedenghatch railway linking Bulgaria's stance to ongoing European war diplomacy. It claims Bulgaria would receive western Turkish lands west of the Maritza river, though final terms face obstacles as negotiations stall amid Turkish reluctance and Russian reverses.
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London
Turkey
Bulgaria
Dedenghatch
Vésa Bulgaria
Times
Sofia Bul- Borla
Maritza
Russia
Aegean Sea
Adrianople
Unanimous pledge at revival ends with paralyzed man
In a revival meeting a minister asks "Let all husbands with troubles stand up" and all men rise except one man in a chair near the door. The minister prods him and the crowd reacts as the lone man laments he cannot get up, claiming paralysis.
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Firigourg
Italy to send 930000 troops to front in three weeks
New York reports Captain Vic tor Del Franchis of the Italian army arriving aboard the Dues dAosta says Italy will deploy 930000 fresh troops to France or the Dardanelles within three weeks. He cites 500000 troops in Turin and 160000 in Taranto with 150 to 200 transports ready for deployment and mentions buying leather goods for the army.
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New York
Italy
France
Dardanelles
Victor del Franchis
Dues
d'Aosta
Turin
del Franchia
Taranto
Senate Committee Aids State Colleges Report Emerges
A Senate panel backed state college funding while trimming several appropriations. The panel rejected a $3,000 allocation for hog cholera serum, noting cheaper purchasing. It kept most house raises, with total requests near $6,000,000 and no immediate tax hike expected. Senator John D. Walker urged a state auditorship to fix revenue figure errors and warned revenue shifts if prohibition passes. The bill moves to the senate for second and third readings.
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House
Senate
Senate Committee
House Committee
John D. Walker
Walker
Fnnes
Representative Fullbright
Harris
Goethals to retire as canal governor
General George W Goethals announced his resignation as governor of the Panama Canal Zone, designating November 1 as retirement date. He will keep his army commission if resignation is accepted, and cited the canal's satisfactory operation after seven years in Panama. He traveled from Cristobal to New York to confer on national defense plans with Washington officials.
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New York
George W Goethals
Panama Canal Zone
Washington
Cristobal
Panama
Goethals Ha
Canal Zone
United States
Corruption Charges Target Virginia Judge Chichester
Fredericksburg Virginia August. Fredericksburg dispatch says WT Oliver, chairman of the legislative committee, arrived to head an inquiry into alleged political corruption and domination by Judge R Chichester of the fifteenth judicial circuit. Opening session postponed until tomorrow and the inquiry could last weeks. Charges include appointments under political influence, attorney speculation in property, dual salaries, and partisan judgments.
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Fredericksburg
WT Oliver
Legislative Committee
R Chichester
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit
New Japanese Cabinet Formed With Okuma as Premier
Tokio reports a new cabinet formed on Sunday with Count Shigenobu Okuma as premier. The cabinet will remain unchanged if announced, with Katsunde Minoura definitively chosen as minister of communications.
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Tokio
Shigenobu Okuma
Katsunde Minoura
Mortuary Notices for Callaway Webb and Cunningham
Charles M Callaway of Ellenwood Ga died Monday morning at home. Survived by wife Lula and siblings J A W G R N Callaway Mire A G Suttles Mrs J C Young Mrs J H Heflin. George W Webb 69 a Confederate veteran of Ownley Chapel near Decatur died Saturday. Survived by wife and two nephews Guy and Gelotte. Ruth C Cunningham 18 months daughter of Mr and Mrs GV Cunningham of Tifton Ga died Monday at a private hospital. Body removed to Pools chapel.
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Charles M. Callaway
Charles M Callaway
Atlanta
Ellenwood
Lula Callaway
J A. W G
R. N Callaway
A. G Suttles
J.C Young
J H Heflin
George W. Webb
George W Webb
Ownley Chapel
Decatur
Guy and
Gelotte Webb
Ruth C. Cunningham
Ruth C Cunningham
GV. Cunningham
Tifton
Poole S Chapel
Peace talks speculated in the Netherlands amid war
Rotterdam reports online talk of opening peace discussions between belligerents. The Courant reprints an anonymous diplomatic note urging immediate peace and neutral mediation. The Hague Anti War League calls for a neutral powers conference, noting shifting German and British positions and rising European appetite to end the war.
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Rotterdam
London
Holland
Courant
Jast
Hague
Nole
Razon
Europe
Furm an John Condon Dies in Chicago at 60
John Condon race track owner died in Chicago at age sixty from paralysis. He had been blind for years and owned multiple tracks including Oak Lawn at Hot Springs and interests in Jakland Cal New Orleans Louisville Cincinnati Montreal. He began as a barber in Logansport then ran a Chicago gambling house and became a noted figure in gambling rings. His leisure included art collecting and a notable gallery at his home.
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Chicago
John Condon
Condon
Jakland
Cal New Orleans
Louisville
Sincinnati
Montreal
Dan Stewart
Oak Lawn
Hot Springs
Logansport
80 000 Canadians On The Firing Line
Ottawa August 5 Canada has sent about 80 000 soldiers to Europe for war service figures released tonight show 60 000 to 64 000 are in training in the Vorfnion and corps are dispatched to Europe at frequent intervals many men still offer themselves for various service in large numbers
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Ottawa
No Enlistment Veto For Canada Women
Ottawa announces repeal of the woman’s vote privilege on enlistment matters and bars husbands or sons from being prevented by a wife’s consent. The militia department also ends the policy of allowing enlisted men to purchase discharges for fifteen dollars.
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Ottawa
Militia Department
Drunk Acting Gamblers Napped in Forsyth Street Room Raid
Officer H L Turner in plain clothes infiltrated a craps game at 143 South Forsyth street and alerted detectives Burnett and team. A raid yielded cards and chips while five men were arrested for disorderly conduct and gaming. bonds set at 1007 each for C G L Daniel HH W Lotz FR D Blackwell ToBe Woods and P J Chanty.
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H L Turner
South Forsyth Street
Burnett
CG L Daniel
W Lotz
West Cliff Street
D Blackwell
South Pryor Street
Tobe Woods
Monroe County
P J Chanty
Will Gace
Johnson
Jeslack
Ideal Movie House Destroyed by Fire at Columbus
The Ideal theater on Second Avenue in North Highlands near Columbus burned tonight just before 11 o'clock. The building, closed for the night with no occupants, is owned by J E K Orr of Atlanta and insured for about $3,000 coverage. C M Thornton served as theater manager.
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Columbus
Ideal Theater
Moving Picture House
Second Avenue
North Highlands
J EK Orr
Atlanta
C M Thornton
Many Kinds of Rheumatism One Sure Mode of Treatment
Advertising copy claims rheumatism can be cured by a blood purifying tonic from S S S Co Atlanta. It asserts the blood purification relieves sciatica lumbago and articular rheumatism by removing impurities uric acid and poisons. It urges readers to obtain S S S and seek guidance from the company.
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Atlanta
S. S&s
German Fleet Dashes at the Gulf of Riga
Petrograd reports a German fleet of nine battleships and twelve cruisers with torpedo boat destroyers attacked the entrance to the Gulf of Riga. The defense repelled the assault. three German ships were damaged by mines near Dirben, none of our ships were lost.
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Petrograd
London
Gulf of Riga
Riga
Gulf
Dirben
Urges building of American merchant marine in Seattle
Judge Thomas Burke of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce told the federal trade commission that building up the American merchant marine is an imperative need. He warned that without ships the United States cannot leverage open world markets and that only one American-flag vessel remains in Seattle, soon to be hauled down. Moritz Thomson called for better banking and shipping facilities in Pan American countries before a large U S business expansion can occur.
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Seattle
Wash
Thomas Burke
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Federal Trade Commission
Burke
Moritz Thomson
Tere
French Drive Germans in the Kamerun Colony
Paris reports French operations against German forces in Kamerun West Africa. Encirclement advances by southern and eastern columns continued with Bitam captured after German evacuation. Mocpa post stormed, Neanela Nyasai area probed, German forces active around Gudji and Gadil amid violent combat.
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Paris
Kamerun
West Africa
Bitam
Cnge
Germany
Mocpa
Mombi
Neanela Nyasai
Ger
Gudji Heri Bimharang Gadil
Four Bodies Recovered After Tragic River Incident
In Wilmington on August, authorities recovered the last of four bodies from yesterday's tragedy. The victim list includes Chief Engineer Warbel and several named individuals. All four bodies surfaced as searchers dragged the river this afternoon.
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Wilmington
Warbel
My M \Caldwell
J Honnermann
Ciel Caldwell
Yost Ther Ives
Golden Rule to Solve Immigration Problem
San Francisco august speakers at the International Immigration congress urged applying the golden rule as the only solution. Assistant professor Ira Cross of the University of California called for a constructive immigration policy and a push to forge an American identity to unite the nation in peace and war.
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San Francisco
International Immigration Congress
Ira 8 Cross
Essistant
University of California
America
Swedish Steamer Mai Sunk by German Submarine
Copenhagen reports the Swedish steamer Mai was sunk by a German submarine. One lifeboat with seven men and a woman was rescued and landed. another lifeboat carrying the captain and nine men is missing. The exchange at the end is a child’s remark about not wanting to die young.
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Copenhagen
London
Wilson Indorsed by Printers Union in August Convention
International Typographical Union convention in Los Angeles endorses President Wilson and urges a peaceful end to European conflict. The session reports total union earnings for the year ending May 31, 1915 at 61,338,285, up 101,493 from 1914.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Nnions
Wilson x
International Typographical Union
Grose
Refugees Flood Riga As Courland Evacuations Continue
Refugees from Courland pour into Riga as thousands arrive from Petrograd while fields near the town fill with cattle. Norse refugees rescued from German lines add to the crowd. Authorities provide tarpaulin huts and tents though many endure in woods. A bread shortage grows due to machinery removal from mills.
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Petrograd
London
Courland
Rusa
Georgia Rose Brand Lard At Rogers Stores In Pure Lard Push
Ad reads Ola fashion Pure Lard No 3 Pull No 18 pulse highlighting a Rogers store display. It promotes the lard product with a call to help you live and purchase at local outlets.
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Rogers
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