Britain defends blockade policy against US notes
Great Britain rejects the US protest over interference with neutral commerce and argues the orders in council are legal. The two notes, issued August 3 in Washington and London, cite submarine use and supposed German atrocities as grounds for extreme measures and outline the blockade's justification to cut off enemy seaborne trade.
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Union News
Washington, D. C
Great Britain
United States
London
Nerea
Rotterdam
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Floods at Erie City Claim Twenty Five Lives
A cloudburst on August 3 caused flooding in Erie Pennsylvania after dams south of the city burst. The flood left five foot depths in main business streets and reached second story windows in some neighborhoods. Police estimate twenty five deaths and millions in property damage as the city lay in darkness.
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Erie
Russians Slow German Offensive Threatens Warsaw
London reports stubborn Russian resistance to Austro German forces as they slow in the early week, prompting belief that German ammunition may be strained. Yet experts warn a renewed sacrifice may follow once von Mackensen wraps southeast actions and Hindenburg strikes the Narew front again.
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London
Russla
von Mackenzen
Marshal von Hindenburg
Palestine Fruit Growers Face 30 Million Loss From War
Philadelphia reports fruit growers in Palestine may lose 30 million dollars due to the European war. A letter from George Kiat, general commissioner of commerce, says winter damage, drought, and lack of petroleum for spraying endanger crops. Locusts have ravaged the region, with Jaffa area losses estimated at 90 million. The Ottoman government has seized all available petroleum.
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Palestine
Philadelphia
George Kiat
Commercce
Jaffa
Wage Increase For 7000 Standard Oil Workers
George B. Gifford, general manager of Standard Oil New Jersey, announced a wage increase for more than 7,000 employees at the Bayonne and Jersey City plants. The raise affects workers in New Jersey operations and signals broader labor costs adjustments for the company.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Bayonne
Jersey City
N. J
George B. Gifford
British cruiser Seizes American schooner Laury C. Anderson
A cablegram reports the seizure of the American schooner Laury C. Anderson by a British cruiser and her detention in Gibraltar. The vessel cleared Newport News on June 20 bound for Melilla Morocco with a cargo described as bi thecinous conl. The mirage sent to the agent provided no further details.
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Philadelphia
Laury C. Anderson
Gibraltar
Newport News
Melilla
Morocco
Lakeland Captain Reports Snowstorm Run on Lake Superior
Buuit Ste Marie Michigan Captain Mc Lean of the steamer Lakeland reported running through a snowstorm on Lake Superior on August 3.
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Buuit Ste Marie, Mich
McLean
Lakeland
Lake Superior
Plans for Mexico May Unite All Factions
Washington reports outline a U S backed plan to Install a provisional president from the Madero cabinet to restore constitutional order in Mexico. Villa Zapata and Carranza would suspend claims and armistice terms would be arranged while the United States and American financiers back the new government.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Madero
Mexico
South America
Villa
Zapata
Carranza
Sach
Vasquez Tagle
Day of Mourning in Chicago
Chicago declared a public day of mourning by Mayor Thompson after the Eastland disaster claimed nearly 1500 lives. City offices and many businesses closed while funeral processions moved through rain soaked streets with hearses and bodies transported by various vehicles to burial grounds.
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Chicago
Thompson
Eastland
Murder at Martin home shocks Murphysboro Illinois
Mrs James H Martin prominent southern Illinois attorney wife was murdered with an ax Friday afternoon. A former negro servant jailed earlier for theft and released on Mrs Martins efforts was arrested. A mob gathered as deputies ferried the prisoner out of town to prevent lynching. The body was found with a fractured skull in the Martin home.
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Murphysboro
Ill
James H. Martin
Illinois
Atate Reformatory
Martina
Martin
Indictment Returned Against Wealthy Promoter Tennant
A federal grand jury returned a secret indictment against J. K. Tennant described as a wealthy promoter. He stands charged with conspiring to use the mails in a scheme to defraud involving about 1.6 million dollars, ending an extended federal investigation.
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Los Angeles
Federal
J. K. Tennant
Russian financier seeks steamship trade via Archangel
Samuel Clous hanek, a prominent Russian financier, arrived in New York to persuade American sailors to open traffic with Kusela by way of Archangel aboard the Russian Inner Kureak.
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Russia
New York
Samuel Cloushanek
Kusela
Archangel
French Submarines Hit Zeebrugge in Retaliatory Moves
Dispatches from Copenhagen Politikes report successful French submarine warfare against Germany with great damage at Zeebrugge. The Aug 2 note cites London reports of retaliatory actions that inflicted significant losses and disruption on German targets near the Belgian port.
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Zeebrugge
London
Copenhagen
Five hundred Eastland dead buried amid stark crowds
Chicago observers say five hundred victims were buried Wednesday as Eastland tragedy tolls grew. Long funeral processions stretched through city streets with vaults used due to a grave-digging shortage. Bishop Paul P. Rhode preached in Polish at Mary Queen of Heaven as rain dampened the scene.
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Chicago
Mount Carmel
Mount Olivet
Calvary
Bohemian National
St. Adalbert
Forest Home
Church of Mary Queen of Heaven
Paul P. Rhode
California alien land law upheld by judge Works
Telegraphic notes report Judge Lewis R. Works in California upholding the alien land ownership law, ruling the state alone may challenge an alien’s right to hold land. Also notes four men burned when a freight train derailed near Grafton, South Africa leaders sentenced for treason, and Adirondack squatters facing eviction including Robert Collier from Lake George island residence.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
Lewis R. Works
Grafton
Cleveland
Pretoria
South Africa
Denoral Muller
Albany
N. Y
The
Conservation Department
Adirondacks
Robert Collier
Lake George
Steel Workers Get Raise at Bethlehem Steel Plant
In South Bethlehem Pennsylvania AUG 17 000 Bethlehem Steel employees totaling 17 000 received a voluntary wage increase averaging about ten percent announced by President Grace.
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Hethlehem
Bethlehem Steel Company
Grace
J P Morgan Returns to New York After Cruise
J P Morgan, apparently fully recovered from a bullet wound inflicted by Erich Muenter, returned to New York aboard his steam yacht after a cruise, resuming duties at his Glogeave offices.
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New York
Aug
Erich Muenter
J. P. Morgan
Glogeave, LL
Becker Dies in Chair After All Legal Avenues Exhausted
Ossining N Y July 31 Charles Becker former New York police lieutenant was executed in Sing Sing electric chair shortly before six. He was the fifth death demanded for the Rosenthal murder conspiracy after four gunmen were executed in 1914. Becker was convicted in 1912 and again in 1914 after a retrial.
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Ossining
N. Y
Charrles Becker
New York
Sing Sing
Herman Rosenthal
Metropole
Becher
Rosenthal
New York City
Tenderloin
Dago Frank
Lefty
Louis
Whitey” Lewis
Gyp
Becker
Militia Deployed to Quell New York Strike
Governor Whitman orders three militia companies to Massena to control a strike at Aluminum Company of America after reported rioting between foreign workers and missing Sheriff Day. Wires to Massena cut, details scarce as wage disputes and labor faction feuds drive unrest.
TWO SAILORS DIE IN HAITI
Two American seamen were killed during the fighting after Admiral Caperton landed forces at Port au Prince. A 600 man marine regiment was ordered aboard the battleship Connecticut in Philadelphia to sail to Port au Prince.
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Port Au Prince
Washington
Admiral Caperton
Maui
Daniela
Germans Announce Capture of 95,023 Prisoners in July
London reports Warsaw evac completed and a large trap forming in the triangle of Ivangorod Novo Georgievak Brest Litovsk as German forces advance. The German statement lists 95,029 Russians captured in July between the Mare and Pilca with 260 machine guns and 4 guns seized.
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London
Warsaw
Nicholas
Ivangorod
Novo Georgievak
Brest-Litovak
Poland
Lublin
Chelm
Teutona
Brest-Litovsk
Maltle
Pilkca
Cholm
Lublin-Cholm
Bug
Berlin
Sayville
Siednes
Russia
England
France
Geneva Tribune
Woyisch
von Mackensen
Przasnyss
U S Man Slain by Shell in Iberian Sinking
A German submarine sank the Leyland Line steamship Iberian off the south coast of Ireland, killing seven including an American named White. A trawler rescued 62 survivors as the Iberian, a British steamer of 6 223 tons, was torpedoed after shell fire for refusing to halt. The vessel was en route to Boston from Liverpool carrying American horses and mules. White was said to reside in Boston.
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London
Leyland Line
White
Ireland
T. FB. Jago
Washington
Wesley Front
Queenstown
Boston
Liverpool
France Lands Marines to Protect Haiti Legation
Washington reports France has U S permission to land marines at Port au Prince Haiti to guard the French legation under Admiral Caperton. Navy officers warn the situation could become critical for about 400 Marines there as the city population is around 60 000 with roughly 12 000 armed residents. In Michigan Calumet reports Wolvering and Mohawk Copper Mining companies paid their 1 200 employees an extra five percent bonus on June wag.
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Washington
France
United States
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Caperton
Calumet
Mich
Wolvering
Mohawk
Teutons Offensive Expected to Press Austrian Lines
Tribune correspondent reports a broad Italian offensive planned to push Austrian positions back from the Tyrol Trentino and Cordova fronts while heavy loason via Geneva and Paris supports the movement against Austrian defenses.
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Teutons
Geneva
Paris
Tyrol
Trentino
Corda
the Tribune
Germans In Turk Plant Arrive to Run Shell Factory
In Constantinople the arrival of six hundred German medical and dental experts to oversee the shell production plant for the Turkish army is reported.
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Turk
Constantinople
Aug
Munt Tong
Shell
Turkiab
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