United States Intervenes in Haiti Uprising
U S marines landed at Port au Prince following orders from Secretary Lansing and Rear Admiral Caperton to protect Americans and foreigners. The 400 Marines aboard the Washington joined by the Jason collier and 100 more at Guantanamo were prepared for rapid deployment as Haiti’s capital teetered in chaos after the Haitian president’s assassination and mob violence at the French Legation. The move aims to establish order and possibly a treaty framework similar to Cuban authority, with potential U S intervention if disorder persists.
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Dominican Republic
President of Haiti Killed by Mob After Refuge
A mob in Port-au-Prince dragged President Vilbrun Guillaume from the French legation where he hid and shot him dead. The killing followed the massacre of 160 political prisoners hours earlier amid a revolutionary outbreak. M. Girard the Haitian foreign minister protested without effect.
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Haiti
Guillaume
M. Girard
Sly
Russia Lifts Embargo on U S Trade After Months of Negotiation
Special dispatch reports the Russian government agreeing to lift the embargo with a plan routed through Secretary Redfield of the Commerce Department. Russian shipments will be bonded and distributed to U S importers to avoid goods reaching war enemies, with emphasis on vetch seed, hides, skins, and mineral oil. The State Department will finalize details with Russian Ambassador George Bakhmetoff to resume trade promptly.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
United States
George Bakhmetoff
State Department
Petrograd
Russia
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Two youths shot by police after peeping in window
In Valparaiso Indiana Lloyd Schroeder is jailed and Harry Poncher is hospitalized mortally wounded by police who found the boys peeping into a window last night.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Lloyd Schroeder
Harry Poncher
Poet Henry Miller Dies at 8 After Blood Transfusions
Lexington KY July 28 an 8 year old boy Henry Miller died in a hospital from anemia after both parents underwent blood transfusion operations in an effort to save him.
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Lexington
Henry Miller
Fragmentary OCR Item Hints at Local Event
A fragmented OCR passage mentions multiple entities and locations in a vague notice. readable elements point to a community item involving unspecified names and places, with no clear dates or outcomes available from the legible text.
Becker to Die Friday New Trial Denied
Governor Whitman criticized Justice Ford for denying a new trial to Charles Becker the former police lieutenant sentenced to death for the Rosenthal murder Becker must be electrocuted Friday Ford said he denied the motion and noted it was his birthday as he explained the lengthy five page ruling and its reliance on cumulative evidence
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Whitman
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
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Michael Ford
Rosenthal
Samuel Seabury
Martin T. Manton
Bourke Cochran
Britain defends right to blockade neutral ports in Civil War issue
London notes that the added British reply to the United States will amplify the prior contraband note. Washington reports the British will argue the belligerent may blockade neutral ports to cut off enemy supplies, with other issues postponed for later talks.
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Britain
Great Britain
American Official Held for Treason in German Capital
Harry L. Wilson of Portland Oregon, formerly a clerk at the American Consulate in Berlin, is under arrest on charges deemed extremely serious by State Department officials. He allegedly aided a British subject to obtain a passport while claiming the applicant was an American citizen. If proven, the act would be treasonable.
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Harry L. Wilson
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Asquith
Detroit Merchant Named in Trial of a Dynamiter
William Lefler of Windsor was found guilty in a Sandwich justice court of dynamiting the Peabody Manufacturing plant at Walkerville and placing dynamite under Windsor Armory. Albert Kaltschmidt, a Detroit businessman, was named in counts alleging a conspiracy with Lefler to wreck the Peabody buildings and the Windsor Armory. Kaltschmidt has not been detained by government officials.
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Here
Windsor Armory
Albert Kaltschmidt
Detroit
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Kaltschmidt
Schmidt
Peabody Oulings
Submarine captain says sinking was forced after brief encounter
Washington reports a nearly complete Seelenaw torpedoing note prompts a damage claim under the 1828 Prussian American treaty. Aberdeen crew recounts Leelanaw incident with a German submarine showing courtesy, one German mess boy joined the submarine, Kirkwall detains another. Captain Delk says the ship was shelled bombed and sunk after a shot.
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State Department
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Delk
Philadelphia
Kirkwall
Dying Man Placed On Rail To Hide Crime
Special Dispatch from Lexington KY details a natural bridge Wolfe County shooting. John Patton was fatally shot by an unidentified man. Friends laid Patton across rails to hide the crime but rescuers intervened and retrieved the wounded man before a train arrived. he died later. No arrests reported.
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Natural Bridge
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Patton
German submarine warfare costs Britain and Poland
A British Telegram from Berlin reports German submarines sunk 229 English vessels and 30 hostile ships up to July 25 with 6 neutral ships lost by mistake. London notes the Iceni and Salacia trawlers sunk, crews saved. Petrograd cites mobilization plans for men born in 1896 and strategic aims near Warsaw and Brest Litovsk. Asquith hails wartime resilience and trade, praising sea safety and recruitment.
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North Sea
Asquith Praises Allies In War Endurance Note
In a Commons adjournment review Premier Asquith lauds Russian allies for seven weeks of discipline and endurance defending their possessions. He notes Italy's new involvement and signals the war may endure, with Parliament adjourned to September 14.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Italy
Arabic sails for Liverpool under sandbag protection
The White Star liner Arabic departed New York for Liverpool with sandbags around the after steering gear to guard against submarines. The 188 passengers include 12 Americans, and the ship carries 16,000 tons of war cargo, mainly aeroplanes and automobiles. All cargo and passenger baggage were inspected for bombs.
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New York
Liverpool
Blame for Massacres Placed on Germans Says Crewe
In the House of Lords, Earl of Crewe states that information from the Foreign Office shows Turks committing crimes against Christians in Armenia and on the Persian border. He blames German presence and influence as an unmitigated curse and says perpetrators will eventually face punishment.
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Earl of Crewe
Council
House of Lords
Viscount Bryce
Armenia
Foreign Office
Dutch Back America in Note to Germany
The Hague July 28 editorial argues in favor of backing the United States in its stance toward Germany. The piece frames American actions as needed support against German aggression and stresses the moral and strategic reasons for allied unity.
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