29 Jul 1915
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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1915
Page
1
A rotating digest notes the interstate commerce commission ruling on unreasonable lumber rates in the South and Southeast, a fatal crossing collision near Valparaiso, a $1,000,000 Michigan alumni drive for a University Union building, and a spectrum of international, legal, and local items from labor actions to political trials.
Washington published the latest American note accusing Germany of war zone sub warfare that endangers neutral rights. It insists on freedom of the seas, rejects immunity for ships under German flag, and offers to mediate a temporary peace plan without surrender of neutrality. Berlin silent as Chicago and New York papers hail the US stance.
Rome demands immediate reparations for the Italian gunboat Mondello seized in Marmora and used as a troop ship. A one week ultimatum is reported, with Italy prepared to coercively act if Turkey does not comply. Austro German artillery targets Ivangorod fortifications and the Ivangorod Lubin Chelm rail line, likely cutting the line in two places and hindering the southern Russian front.
Two men robbed the Niotaze State Bank of $1,000 in Wichita Kansas. They rode into town, tied horses behind the bank, entered quietly, and escaped before anyone except the cashier and a patron noticed the crime. The incident left the vault briefly locked with suspects at large.
New York widow Inez Vernon, widow of film manufacturer George L. Vernon who perished on the Lusitania, is believed to have died by suicide. Her body was found with a gunshot wound in a formd state, following grief over her husband's death.
Federal commission on industrial relations reports recommend a six hour day and a minimum wage for telephone operators in Chicago. The investigation outlines employment conditions and calls for standardized pay and hours to improve worker welfare.
Direct communication between San Francisco China Japan and the Philippine Islands has been restored. Officials of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Co announced that their cable between Guam Island and Manila has been repaired.
President Wilson settles Nebraska patronage deadlock ending the feud between former Secretary Bryan and Senator Hitchcock with an even division of positions and an overall shift in federal appointments.
Berlin dispatch reports the American bark Dunsyre, sailing from New York to Stockholm, seized by German forces and taken into Swinmunda. The seizure reflects wartime maritime actions affecting neutral shipping during the conflict.
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