Front Continues In Manchuria With Japanese Fort Ring
Reports claim Russian lines are encircled by a triple ring of Japanese forts near the Mandarin road at Gunshu Pass Manchuria. Correspondents find no flanking breakthrough and note the Russian wings are ahead of the center with the Japanese center heavily fortified and siege guns deployed along the Changtufu Nanchenze axis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunshu Pass
Manchuria
Changtufu-Nanchenze Line
Mandarin Road
Russians Retreat in Korea As Rain Delays Aid
Reports from Tokio say Russian forces in northern Korea have been pushed northward to two positions south of the Tumen river. Front dispatches put a large Vladivostok force moving south of Nokiefs ko, expected to halt north of the Tumen to field a resistance against the Japanese advance. Rainy season slows large scale operations in Manchuria.
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Tokio
Korea
Tumen River
Vladivostok
Nokiefsk
Tumen
Manchuria
Japanese drive Russian forces from Darline region in Sakhalin
Tokyo reports that the Russian center around Darline and nearby areas was attacked July 11 and resisted. An attack renewed at dawn July 12 by Japanese forces forced the Russians to retreat toward Mauka, securing continued Japanese occupation of southern Sakhalin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Darline
Mauka
Sakhalin
Meeting Place Fixed for Peace Conference Sessions
Assistant Secretary Peirce announces that the plenipotentiaries of Russia and Japan will meet in Portsmouth New Hampshire as the site for the peace conference sessions. The talks will be held in the government navy yards in the newly completed building away from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Peirce
Russia
Japan
Portsmouth
N. H
Portsmowth
Provisional Polish Governor Bans Street Gatherings
General Maxim ovich, Poland’s provorenor general, issues an order forbidding illegal assemblies and processions in all Polish streets. Government pledges to enforce strict measures against all manifestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Maximovich
Provernor
Poland
Attorney General to Probe Cotton Report Inquiry
Acting Attorney General Hoyt received from Secretary Wilson the papers in the cotton report investigation. The documents were sent to U S District Attorney Morgan H Beach to conduct a full inquiry into the compilation of the statistics and to pursue all responsible persons to trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoyt
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
United States
Morgan H. Beach
Powers Asked to Intervene in Adrianople Vilayet
Sofia July 17 Bulgarian government sends circular to powers requesting intervention for protection of Bulgarians in the Adrianople vilayet European Turkey to stop systematic Turkish persecution. The note urges European control over the vilayet to prevent Bulgarians from being forced from homes and becoming refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Bulgaria
Vilayet
Adrianople
Turkey
Equitable Directors Selected in Appointment
New York July 12 A sufficient number of directors to carry on the Equitable Life Assurance Society business were chosen by the three trustees of the majority stock resignations vacancies remain unfilled. The names will be public after presentation to the Board for formal election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equitable
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Great Meeting of Baptists In London Congress
Exeter Hall hosts a world Baptist congress with delegates from every country except Palestine and Java. The gathering reflects global Christian unity and religious outreach in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Meeting of Baptists
London
Exeter Hall
Congress of Baptists
Palestine
Java
Growth of Conscience Fund Reaches New Total
Washington reports a conscience fund contribution today pushes the total above 496000 dollars. The fund, created in 1811, continues to receive gifts to the U S treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Treasury
Conscience Fund
Proclamation Claims Death of Moscow Police Chief
The Social Revolutionists say Major General Count Shuvaloff, former Odessa prefect, was executed by one of their members for his return to repression under Trepoff. The note calls the act a signal to Russians in revolt and a death knell of autocracy.
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Moscow
Social Revolutionists
Count Shuvaloff
Odessa
Trepoff
Saloon Blasts Shake Lola Kansas Business District
Three West street saloons in Lola Kansas the Eagle the Blue Front and the Red Light were wrecked by dynamite. Property damage and losses reach about 100000 dollars. Deputies patrol the town after the blast and letters signed CC Helvin in hiding suggest an insane individual behind the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tola
Kan
Eagle
West Street
Lola
CC. L. Helvin
Moonshiners battle federal raiders in Kentucky raid deadly
In the Elk Horn district near Mayking Kentucky a moonshine raid led by Deputy U.S. Marshal Albritton Potter ended in gunfire. Calvin Centers led the moonshiners opening fire on officers. Centers was killed, Henry Adams fatally wounded, Tucker wounded, and another officer reportedly shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayking
Elkhorn
Albritton Potter
United States
Calvin Centers
Centers
Henry Adams
Tucker
Inter-synodical Plan for Lutheran Union
Announcement from Richmond Indiana July 17 reports a large inter synodical conference of Lutherans from three American synods meeting in Fort Wayne Indiana on August 8 to seek agreement on doctrinal matters that have divided the synods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
United States
Fort Wayne
S&s
Inter-synodical Conference
Lynching Averted in Gadsden Jail Standoff
A mob gathered at the Gadsden Alabama jail to seize five Black suspects charged with raping and murdering a white woman. The sheriff, warned in time, invoked militia support and the crowd dispersed after armed authorities appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
aAla
Boy's Terrible Death at Ottawa Lumber Mill
Frank Alis aged seventeen employed at Booths lumber mill in Ottawa Ontario was killed in a sawdust burning machine incident. He was drawn into the furnace and cremated, dying before his body reached the bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Frank Alis
Booth
State of the Crops in Washington Department Report
The monthly crop report lists conditions for corn at 87.5 percent, winter wheat 82.7, spring wheat 91.0, oats 92.1, and barley 91.5. Corn acreage stands at 94,001,000 with an increase of 2,80,000 from the prior measurement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, DD. C
Department of Agriculture
Highwaymen Shot by Posse After Calhoun Killing
Two highwaymen who shot and killed J. C. Calhoun, a Kansas City railroad special agent, at Cedarville were surrounded by a posse at Hewins near the Oklahoma line and were shot and killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield
Cedarville
J. C. Calhoun
Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Hewins
Oklahoma Line
Wreck Probe Ends as Officials Abandon Mentor Inquiry
Cleveland July 17. Coroner Siegelstein and investigators halt the inquiry into the Lake Shore wreck at Mentor where twenty one people died. No cause will be pursued further by the authorities despite the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Lake Shore
Mentor
Siegelstein
Change of Jails for Caleb Powers in Newport
Caleb Powers was removed from Georgetown to Newport under United States Marshal Sharpe and placed in jail there. He will remain confined according to Judge Cochran's orders until the Supreme Court rules on his case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Caleb Powers
United States
Sharpe
Newport
Cochran
Supreme Court
Trial evidence in Oregon land fraud case
In Portland on July 13 a mass of documentary evidence was introduced in the trial of Congressman Williamson and partners Biggs and VanGessner, charged with complicity in Oregon land frauds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Williamson
Messrs. Biggs
VanGessner
Oregon
Train Collision Kills Two in Midvale Virginia
A head on collision between two freight trains near Midvale Virginia killed two trainmen and injured four others. Authorities investigated the crash as crews worked to clear wreckage and determine cause.
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Midvale
General W. W. Blackmar Dies During Boise Visit
Boise Idaho July 17 General W W Blackmar commander in chief of the G A R died Sunday of interstitial nephritis His wife was with him and the news of his critical condition was kept from the public He was born July 25 1841 in Bristol PA and served with distinction in the Civil War rising to captain after Five Forks He later served as judge advocate general of Massachusetts and was elected G A R commander in chief at the last national encampment The body will be sent to Boston after embalming and the tour planned to visit Grand Army posts in the Northwest
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Boise
Idaho
W. W. Blackmar
Boston
Grand Army
Northwest
General Blackmar
Bristol
Pennsylvania Cavalry
West Virginia
Five Forks
Custer
Long
Talcott and Hice
Massachusetts
General Blackmar Death Elevates Captain King to Senior Vice Commander
Baltimore July 17 General Blackmar dies and Captain John R King of Baltimore becomes senior vice commander in chief under G A R law. He remains in the post until the next national encampment and serves as pension agent for Maryland District of Columbia and Virginia with an office in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Blackmar
John R. King
King
Maryland
District of Columbia
Virginia
Washington
Peary Sets Sail on North Pole Quest from New York
Commander Robert E. Peary began his expedition toward the North Pole aboard the Roosevelt. The ship left the North River after weighing anchor at 3 10 yesterday afternoon signaling the start of the long voyage.
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New York
Robert EB. Peary
North Pole
Roosevelt
North River
Freight Trains Collide In Indiana Killing Four
A head on collision between two L and N freight trains near Evansville Indiana on July 7 killed four men and left three fatally injured plus five seriously hurt. The crash on a curve was blamed on a Mt Vernon operator failing to stow the westbound freight. The engines buried beneath splintered cars. three cars of sheep and mules destroyed. Names of the dead and injured include L G Coker John Spradley Erwin Weber Leonard Price Lawrence McMickle T E Choister and John Rold all connected to Evansville and nearby towns.
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Evansville
And
UV “Pton
Ind
Mt. Vernon
L. G. Coker
McLeansboro
John Spradley
Erwin Weber
Carmi
Leonard Price
Nicholasville
Lawrence McMickle
T. E. Choisser
John Rold
Tinplate Mills Resume Repairs In Elwood Ind
Elwood Indiana July 11 workers at the tinplate mills are at work on repairs and overhaul of machinery. Every available machinist is pressed into service and employees view this as a sign the mills will resume production soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Ind
Receiver's Encouraging Report
Receiver Spencer of the People's United States bank says he can pay all depositors in full and still have enough money to pay stockholders at least 75 cents on the dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Spencer
The
People’s United States Bank
Market Report Indianapolis Grain and Livestock Overview
Market notes from Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago and New York show values for Wheat Corn Oats Hay and livestock. Prices listed include No 2 red wheat 88 to 92 cents across cities and hogs trading around 5.75 to 6.10 dollars per hundredweight with sheep and lambs in the 2 to 8 dollar range. Toledo wheat futures are cited with July and September quotes and cash price.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
Empress Opposes Peace and Libau Mutiny Condemns Men
Bribe Dispatches report the empress of Russia opposing peace terms while Libau mutiny results in twenty three men condemned to death. Elks flood Buffalo for annual meeting and the International Christian Endeavor convention closes in Baltimore. Gridley California fires destroy business district worth 100000. A Salt Lake City machinist kills his wife then commits suicide. Chicago hosts the International Stewards association annual meeting planning a national school of food service.
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Russia
Libau
Elks
Buffalo
International Christian Endeavor
Baltimore
Gridley
Cal
Edward H. Mitchell
Salt Lake City
National
School of Food Cookery and Service
Chicago
International Stewards’ Association
Mixed News From Naval Disaster To Royal Succession
A steamer collided with a yacht in New York harbor causing drownings. Commander-in-Chief Blackmar suffers nervous prostration. A mine explosion near Cardiff, Wales, kills over a hundred miners. Count Shouvaloff, Moscow police prefect, has been assassinated. Mrs Oelrichs’s Newport cottage jewelry worth 10000 dollars was stolen. The 16000 ton battleship Kansas will launch at Camden New Jersey on August 8. Prince Charles of Denmark may accept Norway’s crown if Denmark consents.
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Blackmar
Cardiff
Wales
Count Shouvaloff
Moscow
Charles M. Oelrichs
Newport
Kansas
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
Prince Charles of
Denmark
Norway
Christian
Elks Convention Heads to Denver and Other Notices
The next Elks convention will be held in Denver Colorado. The general synod of the Lutheran church is in session at St Louis. The battleship Vermont will be launched at Quincy Massachusetts on August 31. Mrs Flten Johnson aged seventy one mother of Tom Johnson mayor of Cleveland Ohio is dead. The emperor of Russia is the largest landowner with more land than peasants and over 350 palaces. News comes of the drowning of over 600 Chinese after a marina collapse near Canton. A Honduras trader’s captain and twelve crew were slain by a black sailor who scuttled the ship and fled with the strong-box contents.
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Elks
Denver
Col
General Synod of the Lutheran Church
St. Louis
Vermont
Quincy
Mass
Flten Johnson
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Russia
West River
Canton
Honduras
Salt Lake City
Collorado Springs
Royal Gorge
Canon
Grand River
Glenwood Springs
Marshal Pass
Black Canon
The
Gunnison
S. Kk. Hooper
Gp&t. A
Colorado
Conflicting wartime notes and labor actions unfold
The report notes Bishop Joyce’s poor prognosis while detailing plans for a khaki uniformed Japanese army. Havana sees a strike demanding an eight hour day. Odessa leaders’ execution follows recent unrest. Heat yields thirteen New York deaths. A German Swedish alliance is reportedly under serious consideration. Rear Admiral Higginson retires July 19.
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Joyce
Havana
New York
Kansas wheat crop seen at least eighty two and a half million
The Kansas wheat crop is estimated to reach 82,500,000 bushels or more this year. Arbogast and Bastian abattoir in Allentown Pennsylvania was destroyed by fire with about $200,000 loss. A lynching occurred near Golinda Texas after an assault on Mrs. Benjamin Roberts. Weekly business failures for the week ending July 13 totaled 166, up from 127 last week. A freight wreck on the Iowa Central near Richland Iowa killed three and injured two fatally. A collision near Steger Illinois between a southbound suburban train and a Chicago and Eastern Illinois passenger train killed three and seriously injured sixteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbogast & Bastian
Allentown
Benjamin Roberts
Golinda
Tex
Iowa Central Railroad
Richland
Chicago & Eastern
Illinois
Steger
War report and local tragedy across multiple scenes
General Linevitch's force nears 400000 troops reported. Three men die in a long standing feud near Lee City Kentucky. Senator Mitchells new trial motion is overruled. Columbus Packing plant in Columbus C destroyed by fire causing 185000 loss. Chapel roof collapse at Fermo hospital kills sixteen women and injures thirty two. Former Speaker Henderson in poor condition with little hope of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee City
United States
John H. Mitchell
Columbus Packing Company
Columbus
Women’s Hospital
Fermo
Italy
Henderson
Assets Report Filed in Hagerstown Bank Insolvency
Receiver J A Spekenheler filed the bank’s asset report with Wayne circuit court showing total assets of 77494.63 tied to Commercial bank of Hagerstown. Appraisal will reduce figures as many loans and discounts and overdrafts are expected to be largely worthless.
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Hagerstown Ind
Commercial Bank of
Auditor to file suits against noncompliant bankers
Indianapolis July 14 Prosecuting attorneys will receive letters from Auditor of State Sherrick directing them to file suits against private bankers who failed to comply with a semi state supervision law enacted recently. About twenty banks refused to obey. Fines of 1000 dollars for successive offenses and possible penitentiary terms are cited.
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Indianapolis
Sherrick
Alford
Freight wreck rocks Lake Erie & Western near Frankfort
A disastrous freight wreck occurred on the Lake Erie & Western railroad one mile east of Frankfort. An eastbound fast freight and four westbound extras collided on a bridge, both engines telescoped and demolished. Twenty freight cars demolished and one carload of corn streamed into the water. Engine crews escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Und
Lake Ers & Western Railroad
Western Writers Meet Opens at Winona Lake
Warsaw Indiana July 11 The Western Association of Writers led by president Charles Eugene Banks opened its second annual meeting at Winona Lake with an informal reception. Banks delivered remarks alongside others. The session will close Friday when the Chicago Press Club arrives by special train to spend the day at Winona.
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Warsaw
Ind
Western Association of Writers
Charles Eugene Banks
Winona Lake
Banks
Chicago Press Club
Winona
Drowning in Wabash River Mill Race Near Logansport
In Logansport Indiana on July 17 Earl Reynolds aged seventeen drowned while swimming in the Wabash river mill race. Twenty other men and boys were present and searched for Reynolds for half an hour before his body was recovered after they found an extra suit of clothes while dressing.
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Logansport
Ind
Earl Reynolds
Reynolds
Local Resident Is Committed for Cigarette‑Related Illness
Dallas Carr of Ligonier Noble county aged 34 has been removed to Longcliffe hospital for treatment as doctors attempt to counteract the effects of heavy cigarette use. He has suffered mental decline for about a year and is from a prominent local family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ligonier
Ind
Dallas Carr
Noble County
Longcliffe Hospital
Frog skin graft experiment shows signs of healing in Shelbyville
Shelbyville Indiana July 14 Mrs William Hardy who underwent a week ago a graft of forty pieces of frog skin on her arm is recovering The first bandage is removed and doctors report the skin growing on the burned area Indianapolis July 14 Edward Cory who was shot by Patrolman Henry Christ Wednesday night died at the city hospital The board of safety will review the case and Chief Kruger has filed an affidavit charging Christ with murder
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Shelbyville
Ind
William Hardy
Indianapolis
Edward Cory
Henry Christ
Board of Safety
Kruger
Christ
Result of Old Feud in Bloomfield Feud Shooting
In Bloomfield Indiana on July 15 a feud ending in a shooting left James Hollers dead at his home and Austin F Harrah fatally wounded. The clash arose from a long standing family feud and occurred near Hollers residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Ind
James Hollers
Nes
Austin F. Harrah
Mr. Hollers
Murderer Sentenced in Ayreshire Killing Case
Petersburg Indiana the murderer John Mason was convicted of second degree murder for killing Virgil Grider during a December brawl at Ayreshire and committed to prison under the indeterminate sentence act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ind
John Mason
Virgil Grider
Ayreshire
Victim of His Own Gun in Weston Incident
Weston Massachusetts July 17 Thomas L Hagar cousin of Major General Leonard Wood was killed last night by the discharge of a shotgun he had loaded to shoot stray cats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
Mass
Thomas L. Hagar
Leonard Wood
Judyville Postoffice Robbed of Stamps and Cash
Robbers broke into the Judyville Indiana post office and took stamps valued at 200 dollars and 75 dollars in currency. Authorities suspect the involvement of a band of Gypsies in the daytime break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judyville
Ind
Man Kills Self After Attempted Wife Shooting
In Lagrange Indiana on July 13 VIn Lei pberenz a merchant from Elmira New York area killed himself after a failed attempt to shoot his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagrange, Ind
Lake Superior and Georgia Bay Summer Resort Region
A promotional description extols Lake Superior and Georgia Bay as a premier summer resort with trout streams, deep water fishing, hotels, great climate, and virgin woods. It advertises access via Chicago & North Western Railway and steamer routes through Duluth to Sault Ste. Marie, offering a 2 cent stamp for a summer folder.
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Chicago & North-Western
B.y
Duluth
Superior
Hancock
Houghton
Marquette
Munising
Sault Ste. Marie
W. B. Kniskern
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
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