02 Aug 1915
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1915
Page
1
Reports indicate growing anti American feeling within German ranks as tensions mount. Observers note hostility toward Allied troops and widespread resentment over battlefield conditions and strategic setbacks.
In Berlin this week a large crowd gathered before the American Embassy, booing and shouting until dispersed by police. Authorities advise Americans to avoid Stars and Stripes badges to prevent insults. Germany seeks to pressure Washington over compensation for Lusitania victims and disputes a prize court route for the Frye and Leelanaw cases.
Prisoners at Tombs have been chewing linen collars and shirts for weeks. A chemist tested fresh laundry and found starch from relatives contained a solution of a drug used by habitual users, prompting officials to probe the unusual habit.
Seismographs at Georgetown University recorded strong earth shocks from 8:30 to 10 00 last night believed to originate about 5500 miles away. The unusual quake report notes the shocks were felt in Washington and attributed to distant seismic activity.
Sir Edward Carson, Attorney General in the Asquith government, outlines Britain's war aims and rejects peace talks. He says the war will last until the alliance's cause is vindicated and Europe is freed from Prussian aggression. Peace is banished from conversation as immoral under current circumstances.
One American muleteer named Whyley was killed when the British steamer Iberian was shelled and sunk by a German submarine after the crew were warned to stop. The incident occurred near Queenstown while the Iberian carried 600 horses and general cargo from Boston to Manchester. No other Americans were injured.
Miss Catherine Barker the 19 year old heiress of 30 900 000 dollars married Howard Spalding Jr of Chicago at her Harbor Point residence. Police guard the Barker estate after more than 100 threatening letters and several suspicious arrests.
The battleship Nebraska collided with a bark off Cape Cod and headed to Boston with the bark crew. The bark, not named, is believed to be the Mabel I Meyers of Belfast Maine. Nebraska sustained no serious damage after maneuvers off Rockport Massachusetts and fog bound for Newport Rhode Island.
Thirty five people were hurt when an Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe passenger train derailed near Crews Colorado eight miles south of Colorado Springs. Heavy rains washed out a culvert during a cloudburst and breached supports causing the baggage and chair cars to overturn while six sleepers left the track. Rescuers faced washed out roads and protracted communications delayed word until today.
A State audit report details that gambling houses speakeasies and illegal venues thrived with public officials approving and patronizing them. The probe ties to former Mayor McLeish and other city leaders and notes police court abuses sentencing offenders beyond legal maximum.
The Washington dispatch reports General Carranza ordered General Gonzales to retake Mexico City with speed and to guard the railway from Apizaco to the capital to protect food supplies. U.S. officials urged reopening shipments from Vera Cruz to feed the starving population as plans to reestablish civil government are outlined.
The July 31 display of an American flag with a white border by a world peace society in Ft. Dodge Iowa led Attorney General Cosson to order local authorities to act if repeated. G A R veterans denounced the act as desecration comparable to adding a red border.
Report from the front notes German forces have captured the city of Lublin with Warsaw expected to follow. Czarist troops are retreating as advances push into farm lands and grain fields, threatening supplies and rail links.
German air raiders strike at three varied French locations as Allied aviators respond with patrols and countermeasures. Reports describe continued aerial engagements over multiple fronts with aircraft exchanges and defensive sorties.
A traveling group of fifty preachers from a fellowship of reconciliation toured England spreading peace propaganda. In Leicester crowds raided their camp burning tents and caravan gear and beating male members. The group ended with songs “Tipperary” and “God Save the King” over ashes.
The German Emperor releases a manifesto to the nation marking the war’s anniversary. He declares his science is clear and expresses gratitude, stating that God is with Germany, according to a Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam.
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