War News Roundup From Front Lines Across Europe
A neutral authority cites Germany's 68 submarines and 38 Baltic warships. Reports claim a Russian submarine sank the German cruiser Augsburg near Dantzig and a Turkish coal carrier was torpedoed by Russian torpedo boats. Allied ships bombarded Dardanelles batteries. Ottoman-Bulgarian interests report a new rail link and Bulgarian neutrality pledge.
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Denmark
Germany
Baltic
Paris
London Star Bays
Augsburg
Dantzig
Explosions At Industrial Sites Claim Several Lives
Two men die and others seriously hurt when a shell explodes at Bethlehem Steel proving grounds in Hedington Pennsylvania. Other incidents include chlorine gas blast at Wyandotte Michigan and a fatal chemical plant accident. Gold shipments totaling six million dollars arrive in San Francisco from Australia as the first installment of eighteen million. Authorities report espionage arrest of Gustav Kopsch with fortification photos.
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Bethlehem Steel
Indian Point
Hedington
San Francisco
Ventura
Australia
Quarantine Tightened in Vernon Township Over Foot and Mouth Outbreak
Vernon township Lake county imposes strict quarantine with armed federal guards at crossroads. Travel banned among farmers and merchants face prohibitions on deliveries. Washington halts mail carriers from traversing roads as officials fight a virulent outbreak.
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Vernon Township
Lake County
Washington
Maryguard Sold by Giants to Toronto Club
Rube Maryguard once a hero for New York fans was sold from the Giants to the Toronto club of the International league. Evansville Indiana won the 1915 Central league baseball pennant as the season closed on Tuesday.
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Rube Maryguard
New York
The
Giants
Toronto
Evansville
Ind
Red Cross withdraws European hospital personnel
The American Red Cross plans to pull all Europe based hospital units due to financial reasons. Major Patterson, head of the Red Cross bureau in London, informed the warring nations that the entire hospital personnel will be withdrawn on October 1.
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American Red Cross Society
Europe
Major Patterson
American Red Cross Bureau
London
German torpedoing of Arabic shocks U S and prompts protest
Official advices from Berlin relayed to Washington say the German government regrets the loss of American lives and will extend sympathies. The Interstate Commerce Commission rejects Southwest railroad rate hikes on packing house goods and orders through rates via Henderson for grain to Virginia cities. The U S seeks Haiti convention terms and effective customs control with American receivership. Allies add cotton to contraband lists affecting Treasury actions and reserve banks.
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New York
Berlin
Washington
Germany
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwest
Evansville-Henderson River
Inter- Stata Commerce Commission
Henderson
Virginia
Louisville
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdea
Ins Reserve
Atl
Miss Alpine Lane Rescues Two From Lake James
Miss Alpine Lane of Ft. Wayne saved Alexander Johnson and his daughter from drowning when their canoe capsized on Lake James near Angola Indiana. She reached them in a motor boat and used a rope and hook to pull them ashore, both exhausted but alive. Her act will be referred to the Carnegie Hero Commission.
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Ft. Wayne
Alpine Lane
Alexander Johnson
Board of State Charities of
Indiana
Lake James
Angola
Miss Lane
W. H. Lane
Republican County Committee
Mr. Johnson
Johnsons
Carnegie Hero Commission
Apples Flood City Lot As Farmer Sets Free Harvest
Lewis McNutt a farmer south of Brazil devised a plan to help the city by placing barrels of apples on street corners for pedestrians to take. The scheme left gutters full of cores as the fruit overflowed and farmers offered free apples to city residents who would pick them.
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Brazil
Lewis McNutt
Evansville Adopts Liquor License Revocation Plan
The Evansville city council approved an ordinance granting the mayor power to suspend or revoke saloon licenses for liquor law violations by a seven to one vote. Councilman James R. Goodwin opposed, calling the measure unconstitutional amid concerns it grants excessive authority.
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Evansville
James R. Goodwin
Brazil Sheriff Demands Retraction Over Dismissal News
Sheriff William Garrigus of Brazil demands the Brazil Naily Times retract a report on the dismissal of deputy John Anderson. The paper claims Garrigus ensured deputies made arrests only when danger existed and vows to prove irregularities in management under his watch.
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Brazil
William Garrigus
Naily Times
John Anderson
Garrigus
The
Times
Seventeen Years Without a Bath at Jail
Marion John Dinkle, arrested for vagrancy, claimed he had not bathed in seventeen years. Sheriff C. P. Wright directed a bath. jail trustees scrubbed him with soap and brushes, leaving Dinkle with a memorable scouring.
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Marion
John Dinkle
C. P. Wright
Dinkle
Officers Elected by Two Lodges of American Mechanics and Daughters
The Junior Order United American Mechanics and Daughters of America elected and installed officers for the coming year. Names include CG Hall Newcastle as councillor and Eliza Monroe Richmond as secretary. Kokomo chosen for next session.
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Daug Ter
American Mechanics
Lowing
Order United
CG. H. Hall
Newcastle
Eliza Monroe
Richmond
George W. Unger
Marion
Itha McFarland
Boundary
J. S.clear
Union City
Charles. Baker
Dixon
Inside Sentinel
Charles . E. Bee
Rising Sun
Outside Sentinel
Web Richie
Muncie
W. M. Street
Kokomo
Order, Daughters of America
Grace McVeigh
Bertha Peterson
Aurora
Anna Downie
Clinton
Winnifred Sherry
Eva Monroe
Jennie Willem
Lena Long
Jonesboro
Rose M. Unger
Clara Powell
Mary Gibbs
National Council
Minnie Young
Verda Lithe
Fiva Moray
Noblesville
Battle ‘of America
Two Year Old Babe Drinks Coal Oil
Columbia City Jesse Ma thias two year old son of Mr and Mrs William Ma thias Richland township drank coal oil from an old bottle on the porch and was ill for a time. The mother treated with home remedies and the child began to vomit as the anxious father searched for a doctor.
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Babe
Columbia City
Jesse
William Mathias
Richland Township
Alleged Deserters Captured in Jeffersonville
Jeffersonville officers capture two deserters from the coast artillery unit at Ft. Adams Rhode Island. Charles W Bowman son of Eli Bowman of Jeffersonville and Richard Marratt of Peru Ind deserted after eighteen months of a seven year term. They were picked up by Officers Donovan and Hutt.
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Jeffersonville
Charles W. Bowman
Eli Bowman
Richard Marratt
Peru
Ind
Coast Artillery
Ft. Adams
Rhode Island
Donovan and Hutt
Man Bails From Bridge After Death Plan In St Joseph River
Julius Horvath, a city employee, leaped from Sample Street Bridge into the St Joseph River but found the water icy. He swam to shore, saying loss of position and heavy debt led to the attempted self harm.
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South Bend
Julius Horvath
Sample Street
St. Joseph
Horvath
Elwood Tourists Return Home After California Exposition Trip
One hundred forty Elwood Tourist Club members returned home after a seven week journey by special train to California for the exposition. Ten members remained in the return trip. The itinerary covered more than 7 000 miles and this was the club's second annual trip.
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Elwood
Boy Drowns In Gravel Pit Near Lapel
A 13 year old boy, son of J W Johnson, a farmer near Lapel, drowned in a gravel pit. Gerald Hutton accompanied him to swim when the elder Johnson sank after entering the water. The body was recovered.
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Anderson
Llord ‘Johnson
J. W., Johnson
Lapel
Johnson
Boy
Gerald Hutton
Shelbyville Child Burns in Bonfire Ordeal
A fragmentary report from Shelbyville details a child named Frances Keney aged 2 who suffered fatal burns after a bonfire incident. Authorities and family were not clearly identified in the text, but the event centers on a deadly fire affecting a young girl.
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Shelbyville
Frances
Keney
Janine
Kearney
Waa
Alde
Lerigo
Gate openings planned for Beijing wall to ease crowding
The central Chien men gate in Beijing is crowded with traffic and crowds. Officials consider breaking two gates through the great wall to relieve congestion. The wall stands forty to fifty feet high and thick, with bricks cemented as stone. A second smaller wall may hide within, possibly the one Marco Polo noted at Kublai Khan’s capital.
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Peking
Yuan Shi-kai
Marco Polo
Kublai Khan
Berlin in sorrow as women bear silent grief across streets
Evelyn Newman reports from Berlin where mourning rules curb sobbing on streets and only widows or mothers of battle casualties may wear heavy mourning. She notes women fill public spaces and work in shops, factories, and stations while the city shows few smiles apart from children at play.
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Germany
Berlin
New York
Evelyn Newman
Hague
Ming Newman
Deutsche Lyceum
Sérran
Heron
Bona
Sorro
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Ostend
Ministry of Marine
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Turkey
Bulgaria
Secret Service Department of Jusnce
Gustav Kopsch
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William J. Calhoun
Chicago
China
McKinley
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Ilinois
Edward Martin
Herman Meek
Jacob Balle
Wyandotte
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Marva Hills
C. T. Hills
Muskegon
Harry D. Rood
Grand’ Rapids
Michigan
James Connor Roche
Dunne
Illinois
Ilinois National Guard
Murphysboro
Deberry
James H. Martin
Boston
Wilson
Edmund Kayser
Gary
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Hanover
Berrien County
Sherif Franz
O'Hara
West
Convention Bureau of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Milwaukee
Wis
Haiti
Eayes
Enid
Thomas
Fry
Dew
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