Romance of Wright and Mamah ends in brutal murder at Love's Cottage
Wild attack at Spring Green Wisconsin as Julian Carlton, a Black cook, slays Mamah Bouton Borthwick Cheney and seven others and wounds several more while officials search for him. Fire, gas and a hastily improvised escape mark the mass killing that shocks Chicago and Oak Park as details unfold.
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Wright
Spring Green
Wis
Tofax
Edwin H. Cheney
Oak Park
Frank Lloyd Wright
Chicago
Borthwick
Yews
John Bothwick Cheney
Martha Borthwick Cheney
Emil Burdell
David Lindblum
Ernest Weston
Baster
Sherrif Bauer
Carlton
Forters
Sherif
Wisconsin
Polaon
Cartter
Wrights
Wiliam Weston
Borgslow
Weston
Burdell
Frank Lioya
Roosevelt Sees Arbitration Treaties as Threat to U S Interests
Sartford Conn August 15 Colonel Roosevelt in a Progressive state convention speech denounced pending arbitration pacts as dangerous to U S interests and peace arguing they would force joint commissions and potential war if old world powers acted contrary to U S gain. He warned that Denmark Holland or Magdalena Bay could trigger coercive actions by yearlong investigations and possible war outcomes. Connecticut progressives reaffirmed national platform principles and endorsed Roosevelt while condemning Democratic administration and supporting a permanent non political tariff commission.
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Sartford
Conn
Roosevelt
Europe
United States
Africa
Equator
Western Hemisphere
Senate
Denmark
Holland
West Indies
Mexico
Magdalena
West Indian Islands
Magdalena Bay
Wilson
Connecticut
Theodore Roosevelt
Republcan
Tariff Commission
How to Find Desirable Rooms or Board
The Constitution runs a Bureau of Boarding and Rooming House Information for the public. Clerks guide findable homes at no charge and are in touch with desirable places. Those with rooms or boarding houses listed are quickly filled. telephone M. 5000 Atl 500% for assistance.
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Trent
Constitution Boarding and
Mexican Rebels Enter Capital as Carranza Loyalists Anticipated
General Obregon led constitutionalist troops into Mezico City to a cheering crowd and a peaceful handover of the capital. Federals evacuated and barracks occupied, while flags of both nations adorned the streets. Carranza expected to assume presidency promptly.
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Mezies
Obregon
Carranza
Chiapas
Vera Cruz
Tabasco
Campeche
Yucatan
Cryonc
France War Minister Describes Unprecedented Battle Form
Paris August 15. France’s war minister issued an official communique detailing a forthcoming large scale battle to extend from Basle to Maastricht with millions per side. The plan foresees a front of 400 kilometers with shifting gains and massed effort, signaling a fight unlike any prior engagement. Officials warn results will not appear for eight days or more.
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Paris
Nancy
Belgium
Hollan
Basle
Maastricht
Military Parade Through Mexico City Signals Support for New Government
General Obregon reviewed troops from the national palace balcony as cavalry led the procession. Cavalry regiments, infantry brigades, and artillery formations followed, with the army marching along the historic causeway. Twelve trains carried weapons and supplies for the investment, and General Carranza was expected to enter Mexico City the next day.
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Francisco Robles
Obregon
Juan Cabral
Firat
Sonora
Sailors Strike For Danger Pay On Minnewaska
London August 15 415 pm sailors firemen and stewards of the Atlantic transport line steamer Minnewaska bound for New York went on strike demanding danger money due to Atlantic crossing risk. The trouble was settled and the boat sailed with 260 passengers.
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London
Atlantic Transport Line
Minnewaska
New York
Atlantic
French Courts Just Even to the Germans
Paris authorities and police chief Celestin Hennion show leniency to Germans and Austrians in Paris. Many long-time residents may stay with families instead of sequestering in distant France. Public prosecutor A. Aformet asks acquittal for German Vogt amid unnamed spy suspicions. Monnet says کل Tuatica in France applies even to enemies.
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Paris
Celestin Hennion
France
A. Aformet
Criminal Court
Vogt
M. Monnet
French troops drive Bavarian corps from frontier stronghold
Front reports a major French offensive from Luneville to Sarrebourg with Blamont Cirecy Avricourt reoccupied after Bavarian forces were driven out. Thann in Alsace taken, General von Deimlihg wounded. A vast battle line 236 miles Basel to Maastricht looms as details withheld for days.
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Luneville
Sarrebourg
Blamont
Cirecy
Avricourt
Thann
Alsace
von Deimlihg
French War Ministry
Basel
Maastricht
Liege
French Advance in Great Force Drives German Retreat
Official dispatches report a large French offensive from Sarrebourg to Luneville driving the German forces back. Blamont Circy and Avricourt were stormed, with many dead wounded and prisoners left behind. Germans retreat toward Upper Alsace as Thann falls. General Von Deimling is named in prisoners’ statements.
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Paris
Sarrebourg
Luneville
Maerthe-Et-Moselle
Blamont
Circy
Avticourt
Upper Vorges
Upper
Alsace
Thann
von Deimling
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