War News and Naval Moves Across Fronts and Seas
The Arabic sinking dominates headlines with feared losses and a prized cargo. French gains in Artois and Vosges. Ottoman and Russian fronts press Italian threats and a Turkish ultimatum cited. German ships menace Riga. Italian squadron readies for Turkey action. Norwegian Haakon VII mail steamer halted and mails seized by a German U-boat. protest lodged in Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Artois
Linge
Vosges
Gallipoli
Suvia Bay
Caucasus
Italy
Turkey
Riga
Petrograd
Baltic
Gulf of Riga
Christiania
Norway
Berlin
Haakon Vil
Bergen
England
France
Germany
Sinking of Arabic May Cause Breach
New York reports show six passengers and 26 crewmen lost on the Arabic. Miss Bruguiers and Timund Woods still unaccounted for among American passengers. U S officials say torpedoing without warning breaches rights and could end diplomatic relations if Americans are harmed.
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New York
Liverpool
Miss Bruguiers
Timund Woods
White Star Line
Franklin
Washington
United States
Germany
Help Homemakers Courses Start At University Extension
The University of California Extension Division with Santa Barbara Normal School launches Home Economics correspondence courses to aid women in homemaking skills. Topics include food selection and care, feeding the family, infant feeding, and home planning and furnishing. County Clerk Pilch now distributes 1915 1917 state game laws pamphlets after earlier poster deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of California Extension Division
Santa Barbara Normal School of Manual Arts
Pilch
Governor Narrow Escape in Shanghai Bomb Plot
Admiral Tseng Ju Cheng, Shanghai military governor, escaped a bomb attack at the China Merchants' wharf as his wife departed for Tien Tsin. The blast injured his rickshaw coolie. a French detective later arrested a suspect who claimed to be a former soldier from Tien Tsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tseng Ju Cheng
Shanghai
China Merchants
Tien Tsin
Lentengy Granted Young Offender
A detailed account of Arthur Turner of Corona and Riverside police shows his repeated runs from officers and a judge’s lenient handling. Judge Winder imposed suspended jail time and a $50 fine with conditions to work and repay within 60 days. Turner explains pleas of guilty for leniency, attempts to pay via his sister, and subsequent escapes to Corona and Chino before returning home.
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Arthur Turner
Riverside
Judge Winder
Corona
Winder
Turner
Ross
Eighth
Main Streets
Hast Eighth Street
Bradley
Chino
Baird
Duncan family visiting sister in city on East Seventh
Mr and Mrs Fred Duncan and their children from Redlands are spending a few days in the city visiting Mrs T H Compton on East Seventh street.
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Fred Duncan
Redlands
City
T. H. Compton
East Seventh Street
Corona Country Club to Host Open Tennis Tournament
The Corona Country Club plans a large open tennis tournament on September 9 Admission Day with entrants from Redlands San Bernardino Riverside Ontario Hemet Pomona Whittier and Santa Monica. Events include Singles and Doubles for men and women and entries must reach secretary Frank Harlow by September 4.
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Corona Country Club
Redlands
San Bernardino
Riverside
Ontario
Hemet
Pomona
Whittier
Santa Monica
Frank Harlow
Record enrollment at University of California tops early estimates
Ten thousand students expected for the new academic year at the University of California with freshmen registering August 13 and 14 and upperclassmen August 16. The Berkeley campus anticipates large enrollments across Medical School Law Hastings Dental and Pharmacy departments. At Davis Farm Campus thousands of farmers and spouses will attend practical Short Courses in Animal Husbandry Farm Management and more from October 1 to November 12.
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University of California
Paris
Berlin
Columbia University
New York
Berkeley
Medical School
School of Jurisprudence
Hastings College of the Law
Dental
Pharmacy
University Farm
Davis
Studebaker Four Arrives in City for Display
Local automobile enthusiasts will view the Studebaker "4" on display at the Crown Garage & Machine Works. W. L. Peeler and guests from Mt. Vernon and Mt. Vernon, Irc., traveled to Los Angeles to drive the car home tonight. The new model has sparked interest with a lower price and proven improvements, with full specifications in the Studebaker ad on page three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Garage
Studebaker “4
Crown Garage & Machine Works
W. L. Peeler
Jeff Crafford
Marian
H. G. Phillips
Mt. Vernon
Irc
Los Angeles
Studebaker
Riverside County
Date Display Highlights Southern California Exposition Feature
At the Panama Pacific Exposition Southern California showcases a grand date display in its California building. The piece notes Coachella and Imperial valleys leading U S date production with 40 000 imported trees in the Coachella area and more than 600 000 seedlings. Lectures and films promote date culture across the valley and international visitors praise the display for its quality.
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Coachella Valley
California
San Francisco
Southern California
United States
Imperial Valley
Palace of Trorticulture
PSSC
Strasber Farms
Japan
Berlin
Southern California Motion Picture Theater
Southern
Palace of Horticulture
County Chamber of Commerce Organized in Riverside
Officers elected include President T C Jameson Corona First vice president H S Walch Banning Second vice president C B Lewis Thermal Secretary A S Dudley Riverside Treasurer A W Stewart Elsinore. The new county chamber will seek a 2000 tax levy for countywide chamber work and plans meetings in September October.
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Chamber of Commerce of
Riverside County
Riverside
T. C. Jameson
Corona
H. 5. Walch
Banning
C. B. Lewis
Thermal
Riverside Chamber of Commerce
County Chamber
George BE. Sindecor
A. If. Warmington
Oolothe
Tf. Th Tflass
A.W. Stewart
Hisiore
Sheasgurer
Kceveral
Arlington Chamber of Commerce
A. S. Dudley
Thermal Board of Trade
J. C. Besley
Highgrove Chamber of Commerce
John L. Bishop
W. W. Ayers
San Jacinto Chamber of Commerce
J. Dutton
C. C. Overbury
Beaumont Board of Trade
Coachella Chamber of Commerce
Hemet Commercial Club
Mecca Board of Trade
Pérrin Chamber of Commerce
Beaumont
Hemet and
Perris
Also Mentioned on This Page
Russia
Port OF Riga
Taranto
Ottoman Empire
Brindisi
Apulia
State
University Bureau
Corona National Bank
F. F. Thompson, Pres
Chas. Hoss
C. B. McConnell
Ded McConnell
Cash
First National Bank
China
Kiangnan Arsenal
Lentengy
Studebaker Four
Mecca
India
Algiers
Africa
Persia
County Chamber OF Commerce
River Ride
A. W. Stewart
Elsinore
C. (. Arnold
Geo. L. Wing
Delbert Crane
New County Chamber Representatives
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