Balkan Crisis Deepens As Allied Powers Weigh War Action
Advisory reports indicate a near crisis with Greece under possible military leadership shifts. Britain France Russia Italy and Belgium reportedly agree on a unified move, while Japan's stance remains undecided amid reduced German colonial presence in the Far East and no trigger for a blockade.
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Great Britain
France
Russia
Italy
Belgium
Japan
Far East
Push Russians Further Back In World War I Update
Berlin reports advances southeast of Warsaw with Bug River crossing. Petrograd says Russians repulsed German counter attacks in Riga. German submarine shells three British towns on the Irish Sea. Balkan crisis looms as Bulgaria Romania and Greece face entry decisions impacting the war.
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London
Berlin
Warsaw
Bug River
Riga
Petrograd
Irish Sea
Balkan
Bulgaria
Roumania
Greece
British orders in council on cotton face allied push for tighter controls
Allies press Washington with concerns that American cotton shipments help Germany via neutral ports under the orders in council. They argue the policy lets Britain buy cargoes and pay blockade runners, undermining effective blockade and allowing German access through Sweden Denmark and Holland. Advices from England report growing pressure for change.
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Germany
Austria
Nelutral
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
Washington
England
World War I front reports and cotton contraband debate
Reports from the Irish Sea and Vosges describe bombardments and prisoner captures as German, French and Austrian forces clash. Separate notes discuss shifting warfare rules, cotton as contraband, and U S policy debates on freeing cotton for neutral trade amid allied plans.
Britain shifts stance on cotton contraband in wartime policy
The British government reverses its earlier position by classifying cotton from the Southern states as contraband, aligning with international law arguments. Britain had protested the American blockade during the Civil War and previously refused contraband status in the Russo-Japanese context, but now plans to defend the change amid tense wartime diplomacy.
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Entente
State Department
Lincoln
Johnson
Hay
W. W. Rockhill
China
France
Great Britain
Russian statement from Petrograd on WWI front renews push near Bausk
The British agency reports a Russian communique saying in the Bausk district Germans were driven back toward the river and counter-attacks repulsed while Jacobstadt and Dvinsk saw no major changes. Bombardment of Kovno continues with German fortifications under attack. fierce 14th and 11th battles between the Narew and Bug yielded heavy losses for Germany. Local artillery fights occur elsewhere with no major engagements.
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Petrograd
London
Bausk
Courland
Jacobstadt
Dvinsk
Kovno
Narew
The
Bug
Meyer Lowers His Old Canoe Mark on 86 Mile Course
Louis R. Meyer the canoeist lowered his old record by four minutes on an 86 mile course from Populatio Lake Medway to the Charles River canoe house with carries at Rockville Baltimore South Natick and Charles River Village.
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Louis R. Meyer
Populatio Lake
Medway
Charles River
Meyer
Rockville
Baltimore
South Natick
Charles River Village
Russian Officers Hopeful As German Push Stalls at Rivers
Petrogad reports Russian army officers optimistic about halting German advances at the Liwiec and Krana crossings east of Siedice Lukow. Germans suffer 800 prisoners and heavy casualties. Russians expect costly future fighting near Narec Narew and Bug rivers. German flank weakness cited. Austrians replacing troops from Siedice Lukow to the Baltic.
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Liwiec
Krana
Siedice-Lukow
Narec
Narew
Bug
Ossowetz
Bialystock
Brest-Litovsk
Kovel
Baltic Region
Violent Artillery Fights Across Front and Gas Attack
Paris reports intense artillery fighting at many front points. French batteries claim heavy enemy losses near Quennevières and on the Nouvron plateau, plus damaged German works north of Godat. French shells hit gas works at St Marie au Mines and a factory east of Muenster.
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Petrograd
Narew
Bug
Quennevieres
Nouvron
Paris
Godat
Berry-au-Bac
St. Marie-au-Mines
Muenster
Vienna
Venice
St. Marie Au
Loivre
St. Die
French War Office
Souchez
Aisne
Argonne
Vosges
Burnhaupt-Le-Bas
Ammertzwiller
Bicycle Crash Leaves Man Injured on Forest Street
Luizi Servante 28 of Cohasset was thrown from a bicycle on a steep Forest street decline. He sustained a compound nasal fracture and extensive facial and body bruising. He was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital and placed on the dangerous list.
German drive widens in eastern and western theatres
German official dispatch reports von Mackensen forces pursuing Russians toward Brest Litovsk and occupying Ciale and Slawatycze. Bavarian and Silesian units hold Losyce and Miedzzyrzec with pursuit from the Bug region continuing as French Alsace action repulsed north of Ammerzweiler and Dammerkirch.
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von Mackensen
Brest-Litovsk
Berlin
London
Brest- Litovsk
Ciale
Slawatycze
Leopold of
Bavaria
Losyce
Miedzyrzec
Ammerzweiler
Dammerkirch
Upper
Alsace
von Hindenberg
Kovno
Narew
Bug
Narzew
Bransk
Novogeorgievsk
Leopold of Bavaria
Bug River
Drohiczyn
Sokolow
Tocamaw
Klukowka
Beula
Silesian Landwehr
Mlodowa
Austro-Hungarians Press West Front Assaults In Italy and Russia
Vienna reports continued pursuit of Russian forces on the west of the Bug with Archduke Joseph Ferdinand's corps gaining ground near Biala and Brest-Litovsk. Italian theater sees heavy artillery duels at Tonale Pass and Lavarrone. Venice coast forts bombarded by a seaplane as Italian air combat ends with several enemy aircraft downed.
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Vienna
London
Austrian War Office
The
Bug
Biala
Klikawka
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand
Krzna
Koeyess
Klrkawka
Brest-Litovsk
Vladimir-Volynskyi
Galicia
Tonale Pass
Lavarrone
Folgaria
Tonale
Schinderbach
Dreizinnen
Krn
Doberdo
Venice
Istrian
Found black Newfoundland dog near Rose Street
A young black Newfoundland about a year and a half old was found Sunday night by Max Rabinowitz and Samuel Stromberg of Rose Street South End. The gentle pet with a curly coat and bushy tail appears well trained and has no collar. They seek the owner.
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Max Rabinowitz
Rose Street
Samuel Stromberg
South End
Rabinowitz and Stromberg
Malden Boy Dies in Pleas ure Pier Swim at Marine Park
Edward Lafreniere 11 son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Lafreniere of 68 Russell street Malden drowned yesterday while swimming with three Malden boys near the Pleasure Pier Marine Park South Boston. He was seized by cramps and disappeared without warning.
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Edward Lafreniere
Joseph Lafreniere
Russell Street
Malden
Pleasure Pier
Marine Park
Boston
Malden Boy Drowned At City Point Park
Edward, a pupil at Immaculate Conception Parochial School and altar server, drowned near City Point Park after a day trip with Ernest Donovan Joseph Donovan and Israel Hight. Lifesavers searched for an hour before recovering the body. He leaves eight siblings. body to North Grove Street morgue then to Malden today.
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Ernest
Joseph Donovan
Israel Hight
City Point
Malden
Rescue at Revere Beach Ends With Recovery
Eli Bangs aged 24 of 434 Ocean Avenue Revere sank after cramps while swimming at Revere Beach. Israel Goldberg 24 of 34 Beaver Street Revere assisted him as lifeguards Bray and Murray brought a lifeboat. Bangs revived and returned home later.
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Eli Bangs
Ocean Avenue
Revere
Israel Goldberg
Beaver Street
Goldberg
Bray
Murray
Bangs
Boston Tax Rate Rises Despite Economies in 1915
The city of Boston reports a 1915 tax rate of $9.78, 22 cents higher than last year due to increased appropriations and factors such as charities and corrections. Mayor notes other rising costs, including soldiers relief and tuberculosis care, with real estate valuation up by over $25 million and Ward 7 leading gains.
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City
Massachusetts
Springfield
Worcester
Cambridge
Brockton
Lawrence
Somerville
Boston
Brighton
Child Hit by Truck in Roxbury Minor Injuries
Ten year old Helen O'Brien of 41 Palmer Street Roxbury was struck by a heavy truck opposite 2181 Washington Street last evening and escaped with minor injuries. She was taken to City Hospital where a cheek cut and bruises were found. The truck owned by Swartz Starr of 189 Quinty Street Roxbury was driven by Hyman Starr.
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Helen O'Brien
Palmer Street
Roxbury
Washington Street
City Hospital
Swartz & Starr
Quinty Street
Hyman Starr
German Submarine Bombards English Coast Towns
The first submarine bombardment targets White Haven Parton and Harrington on the Cumberland coast with no reported deaths but some fire and damage. The bold raid aims to test coastal defenses and morale as crews consider the long voyage from base around Scotland or southern England.
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White Haven
Parton
Harrington
Irish Sea
London
Cumberland
Scotland
Railway Men to Play Second Street Railway Championship Game
The second in the eastern Massachusetts street railway diamond series is set for morning play at the New England league ball park in Lowell. Middlesex and Boston Railway faces the Bay State Street Railway in division five against the Lower division side after a previous Middlesex victory at Lexington Park.
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Street Railway
Massachusetts
New England
Ball Park
Lowell
Middlesex & Boston Strailway
Bay State Street Railway
Middlesex & Boston
Lexington Park
Home remedy for catarrhal deafness and head noises
An advertisement claims an internal home remedy can cure catarrhal deafness and head noises. It describes preparing a tonic from peppermint extract, water and sugar, to be taken four times daily, asserting hearing improvement and relief from related symptoms in many cases.
Painful Pimples Heal After Cuticura Treatment
Mrs Catherine Saunders of Bloomfield Connecticut reports a severe facial breakout that caused itching burning and sleepless nights. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for two weeks the rash broke out and healed completely with no further symptoms. Sample free by mail with skin book request to Cuticura Dept T Boston.
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Catherine Saunders
Bloomfield
Conn
Cuticura
Dept. T
Boston
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