Ishii Accepts Japanese Foreign Portfolio in Okuma Cabinet
Tokio reports Baron Kikuijuroe Ishii has joined Japan's foreign affairs ministry in the Okuma government. Washington notes Ishii's move could ease US Japan ties, especially if California alien land ownership talks resume, following past notes of disagreement. Ishii’s Pacific coast visit suggested a favorable view of Western views on trade and residents in California.
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Tokio
Baron Kikuijuroe Ishii
France
Okuma
Washington
Baron Ishii
Japanese Foreign Office
State Department
California
Japan
Commercial Bureau
Pacific
United States
Two Suspects Arrested in 1914 Spring Brook Park Murder
In South Bend Indiana Ellis N Ebersole and his son Newton Ebersole were arrested in Bristol on charges related to the 16 year old Hazel Macklin murder. The girl disappeared after answering an advertisement and was last seen leaving an electric car near Spring Brook park before her body was found in a vault in the park.
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South Bend
Ind
Hazel Macklin
Spring Brook Park
Here
Ellis N. Ebersole
Newton Ebersole
Ebersoles
Bristol
Haxel Macklin
Ebersole
British Captain Recalls India Torpedoing and Tapping Tipperary
In Christiana August 12 via London August 13 12 35 a m report recalls Captain William Kennedy of the British auxiliary cruiser India who was on the bridge when the ship was torpedoed in the North Sea August and one of the eighty aboard survived after singing Tipperary as the vessel went down.
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Christiana
London
William Kennedy
India
North Sea
Survivors and casualties amid naval disaster in India
Among the survivors were nine other officers. Some rescued were taken from a raft where they sang Tip tap tipperary. In dia's two Hfeboata held fifty two men. Eleven sailors who perished were buried today with military honors. Natives show sympathy for British sailors taken to private houses. No decision yet on internment.
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Tipperary
India
Tragic Mounds Mark Battle of the Marne
An Associated Press correspondent recalls Acy en Multien in the Isle of France near the Marne. Fields are sewn with graves marking German and French dead, crosses bearing regiment numbers dot the landscape, and families visit tombs on Bastille Day to honor fallen soldiers.
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Acy-En-Multien
Oise
France
Preas
Iith
Tuly
Isle of
Marna
Aisne
Marne
Elas
Republic
Rance
Norrow
Ihus
Acy-en-Muition
Acy
His Misfortune and Other Humorous Bits
A column of humorous snippets from The Weekly Telegraph and Life, recalling a swindled horse buyer who learns the horse is stone deaf, a painter dismissing critics and an exchange about eyesight, plus a quip on Bryan and Wilson as framed by The Nebraskan.
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Weekly Telegraph
Poplester
Hudson
Dobheter
Standard Oil Steamship Petrolite Detained by Britain
Washington reports the British seized the Standard Oil steamer Petrolite after it shifted from German to American registry following the war outbreak. The state department will likely instruct Ambassador Page to seek release, as ownership remained American and no confiscation was previously attempted in similar transfers.
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Washington
State Department
Amassador Page
Noother
Conscience and Mind Clash in One Person Says Deseret News
The Deseret News notes there is no contradiction in a person holding a clear conscience while possessing a muddled mind, illustrating a common moral paradox discussed in editorials.
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Deseret News
Japan supplies Russia and allies through wartime factories
Tokio reports detail Japan and Korea building a vast war economy for Russia and its allies. Factories in cities and coasts produce cloth, boots, ammunition cases, and gun cotton while fortifications are dismantled for Vladivostok shipments to Galicia. Korea and Abashi near Kobe shift to explosive manufacture as rifles remain limited.
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Tokio
China
Japan
Korea
Russia
Vladivostok
Galicia
France
England
Associated Press
Moscow
Papowski
Seoul
Japan Celluloid Company
Abashi
Kobe
Petrograd
Japan's War Munitions Efforts and Russia Support
An analysis notes Japan aligning its industry with modern war lines to aid Russia, despite reduced local output. It cites powder and small ammunition production, with shells made in Kusan, gun manufacture in Tokyo and Osaka, and involvement of Broraz Steel in Hokkaido, Nagasaki Matsubishi, and Kobe Kawasaki. Goods congestion at Vladivostok delayed deliveries, but once shipments arrive Russia’s defensive and offensive capacity should noticeably improve.
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Japan
Russia
Kusan
Mitzui
Okura
Better Vaudeville During Next Season
Cedar Point Ohio August 12 Hundreds of performers shift from musical comedies and burlesque to vaudeville promising stronger acts next season. National Vaudeville Managers association reports fewer road shows, ensuring a rich vaudeville supply. Fifty reading managers of variety houses attend the convention.
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Cedar Point
Ohio
National Vaudeville Managers’ Association
Skeptical Human Nature Observed in Odd Quip
Column cites human nature as highly skeptical and suspicious arguing people overestimate endurance and mileage. A playful aside notes a man on a single tire set traveling far yet portrayed as a stereotype. The piece uses informal, speculative tone.
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Columbus
Cho) Journal
Ready-to-wear Prices Announced for Summer Stock
The note urges readers to visit the ready-to-wear section today, stressing that summer stock pricing aligns with achieving the objective early in the season. It emphasizes avoiding trivial matters and acting promptly.
Dresses in voile batiste and linen group sale
A group of voile and batiste dresses with figures and embroidery plus linen dresses in pink rose blue and white offered at reduced prices from 5.75 to 2.19 dollars.
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Voile
Batiste
Dainty Dresses Offer Sale Prices In White and Color
A sale on voile crepe and batiste dresses features line stripes figured and flowered patterns many in white with colored girdles originally priced 5.75 to 875 now 2.50 each.
Dresses at Bargain Prices Hit Fall Wear Schedule
At four fifty a dress, down from twelve fifty to fifteen dollars, these linens, French and ramie garments in white, pink and blue offer smart tailor fashion for late fall wear.
Net Dresses Go On Sale At Deep Discounts
Striking white net and lace dresses drop to 8.75 from 19.50 to 35.00 with selections in net and voile, some featuring taffeta coats and colorful girdles.
Dancing Frocks Offered At Deep Discounts In Sale
Selling notes describe pink and blue taffeta frocks with lace and Dolly Varden trims. Original prices ranged from 25 to 29.50 dollars, now offered at 8.75 dollars. Comment warns good fortune here may be limited and advises readers to act quickly.
Silk and China silk dresses in varied colors offered
A small group of eighteen silk street wear dresses priced originally from 11.75 to 17.85, plus all white China silk dresses in tailored lines originally 31.75 to 34.75, with poplins in tans blues sand and a few blacks and other colors.
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RED Cross
French Red Cross Society
Shriner
Atlanta Shriners
Seattle
San Francisco
Boyden
Battle OF the Marne
Lowavize Courier-Jornal
Bryan
Wilson
Mr. Metcalfe
Standard Oil
Atlanta
Paris
New York
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co
Carlton's
Carlton Shoe & Clothing Co
Whitehall Se
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