U S Troops May Enter Mexico Amid Starvation Crisis
United States officials pressed Mexican leaders Carranza Villa and Zapata to open railway lines to food convoys to Mexico City as famine worsened. Secretary Lansing ordered a possible US troop deployment to ensure aid, while reports detailed flag desecration and arrests of Americans near Puebla.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Polchuca
Zapata
Villa
Lansing
Torreon
United States
Mexico
Puebla
Department
Allan Mallory
Mallory
Banished for life over jail term for Alameda youth
Fred Westphal son of a pioneer miller was banished from Alameda California for life with the alternative of three months in jail. The youth has faced divorce and back wages lawsuits and has been arrested four times. The police judge warned him he may not set foot on his native soil again.
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Alameda
Cal
Fred Westphal
Pioneer Miller
Innocence Reiterated Near Grave In Letter to Governor
Former police lieutenant writes to the governor saying he knew nothing of a plot to murder Rosenthal. He insists on his innocence as authorities pursue leads. The letter emphasizes his detachment from the alleged conspiracy and seeks public clarity.
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Rosenthal
Becker Denies Rosenthal Murder and Seeks Retribution
In Ossining New York July 29 former Police Lieutenant Charles Becker, twice convicted in the Rosenthal murder case, learns his reprieve failed. He writes Governor Whitman denouncing the press and repeating his innocence while awaiting execution at Sing Sing. Becker ACed in cell. spiritual adviser visits. execution at 5:40 a.m.
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Ossining
N. Y
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Whitman
Jackson
John
Becker
Katherine Gelligher
Dr. Farr
Leon C. Weinstock
Father Curry
Three Grimes Children Die in Hammer Attack at Temple
In Temple Texas, three of W R Grimes’s children were beaten to death with a hammer last night. Grimes and his wife were beaten into unconsciousness and Mrs Grimes is not expected to live. Grimes sent his surviving children to a neighbor for help as bloodhounds were dispatched to the scene.
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the Commercial Tribune
Temple
Tex
W. R. Grimes
Grimes
German Chancellor Delays on Note Raises US Ties
Berlin dispatches say Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg returned from army headquarters and summoned Ambassador James W. Gerard for talks with potential impact on German US relations. The US Embassy in Berlin is guarded after the latest note, and Americans fear anti American demonstrations as flags are discouraged. State Department drafts a note demanding compensation for the torpedoing of the steamer Leelanaw under the 1828 Prussian American treaty.
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the Commercial Tribune
Washington
Berlin
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
William
James W. Gerard
Germany
United States
State Department
Orkney Islands
Exports Held Up by England Affect $150 Million in Goods
Goods valued at $150,000,000 destined for American citizens lie at Rotterdam docks blocked by the British order in council prohibiting trade with Germany and Austria. Much is of German origin and cannot be moved pending talks. some Belgian shipments seek safe passage with unofficial U.S. aid.
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Washington
Rotterdam
Holland
Order In Council
Germany
Austria
State Department
Four Burned to Death as Train Wreck Near Grafton Depot
Four men traveling by freight near Grafton Ohio were burned to death when a Big Four freight derailed near the depot and caught fire. A fifth man escaped as eighteen cars burned. The incident occurred tonight with the derailment and ensuing blaze.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Grafton
Cleveland
Explosion cuts Blaine water supply after dynamite raid
A dynamite blast in Blaine Washington halted the town's water supply from a reservoir. A fence placard read a threat about Japan as discontent grows over Japanese workers in local fish canneries.
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the Commercial Tribune
Bellingham
Wash
Blaine
Evacuation underway as Warsaw region withdraws
Late dispatches from Petrograd report Warsaw and the Polish region being evacuated by Russian forces to deny resources to Germany. Analysts say politics influenced the withdrawal, while battle lines shift toward East Prussia and Galicia. British forces report Turkish losses near Nasiriyeh, with 564 casualties on the British side.
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London
Petrograd
Warsaw
Nicholas
Germany
East Prussia
Galicia
Vosges
Alsace
Nasiriyeh
Asiatic
Turkey
German Airships Sent to Bombard Rome
From Friedrichshafen reports say two airships are en route to Pola for crossing the Adriatic to bombard Italian coast towns and Rome. Italians have armed suburbs of Rome and Monte Mario. Vatican art treasures moved to safety per papal orders.
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Friedrichshafen
Pola
Adriatic
Rome
Monte ‘Marlo
Vatican
Belgian Steamship Princess Marie Jose Sunk by Submarine
The Belgian steamship Princess Marie Jose of 1 953 tons gross burden was torpedoed and sunk today by a German submarine off London. Twenty one crew members of twenty five were saved. A Swedish brig Fortuna, 303 tons, built in 1873, was also torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by another German submarine. the crew was saved.
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Marie Jose
Fortuna
North Sea
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Louisville Chosen for 1917 NA Gymnasium Convention
Louisville Kentucky was selected for the 1917 convention by the North American Gymnasium Union. Brooklyn New York was named for the next national turnfest with date to be fixed. For the seventeenth consecutive year the National Board ofctors will be chosen from the Indianapolis society.
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San Francisco
Louisville
North American Gymnasium Union
Brooklyn
N. Y
National Board of Ctors
Indianapolis Society
Marines Land in Port au Prince Haiti After Brief Resistance
American marines landed at Port au Prince Haiti and met slight early resistance that was quickly overcome with no casualties. Admiral Caperton reported forces established in the city and proceeding to disarm Haitian soldiers and civilians. Additional Marines arrived from Guantanamo, bringing total shore forces to about 400 to 500 with naval support as French and American commanders plan protection for foreigners amid the unsettled government after President Guillaume's assassination.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Admiral Caperton
Navy Department
City
Caperton
Legation
Guantanamo
Jason
Descartes
Cape Haitien
Eagle
Guillaume
Fine levied on Brussels by German government for Zeppelin loss
Paris dispatch reports Brussels fined one million dollars by the German government for the destruction of a Zeppelin at Evere by Entente aviators. The Havre correspondent of The Petit Parisien cites the action as a consequence of the incident.
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Paris
Brussels
Evere
Havre
Petit Parisien
What is Marriage Today? Tribune contest ends tomorrow
The Commercial Tribune invites a fifty word or less definition of marriage for its “In the Wedding Ring” series. Thousands of replies have been received and tomorrow is the final day to submit entries. The winning definition and contestant name will be printed August 8.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Commer Tribune
Huge sunspot observed by Christian Brothers College team
A massive sunspot six times Earth's diameter was recorded by astronomers at Christian Brothers College. The spot appeared today and will remain visible until August 40, marking its seventh solar rotation since its initial February discovery.
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ST. Louis
Christian Brothers’ College
Four Mexicans face execution after denial of habeas corpus
Florence judge denies writs for four condemned Mexicans set to hang tomorrow. Anticapital Punishment Society plans to appeal to the Supreme Court. A state board reprieve request may be considered. Governor Hunt notes letters from cabinet members but reveals nothing.
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the Commercial Tribune
Phoenix
Ariz
McAllester
Florence
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Lansing
Villa
Mexico
Wiley Jones
Hunt Said
Paris War Costs Over Five Months Reach 1.28 Billion Francs
The Paris Budget Committee report on Supplementary Military and Naval Credits shows five months of the great war costing exactly 1,280,600,000 francs. The figure highlights early fiscal strains as Paris mobilizes for ongoing hostilities.
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Paris
Ambassador Hancock Gerard Seeks German Passport Forgeries Explanation
Washington reports Ambassador Gerard directed to press Germany for explanations on sworn testimony from English arrests alleging forged American passports issued by German officials. Officials cite the Kupferle case and the Bruckow trial as evidence strengthening investigations into false passports. A young American businessman's passport was temporarily held by Berlin police.
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Washington
Gerard
England
Kupferle
State Department
Bruckow
London
Germany
Berlin
Must Have Coal To Win Mass Meeting In London
London July 29 a national conference at the London Opera House drew 2500 coal operators and Miners Union reps to urge increased coal supply. David Lloyd George declared coal means life and victory, blaming German rivals and Westphalian miners for losses, and urged Britain to bear the burden to win.
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London
the Commercial Tribune
Miners’ Union
London Opera House
Wales
John A. Simon
Home Affairs
David Lloyd George
East
Great Britain
Mr. de George
Bad light on life of Becker revealed in Albany dispatch
The New York Times published a dispatch noting Becker’s private life would be explored if he testified. He has suffered three marriages ending in death or divorce and is alleged to have offered five New York men for clemency, including a former high police official, an offer Whitman rejected.
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New York Times Today
Albany
Becker
Whitman
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