Arabic Sunk by German Submarine Amid Missing Passengers
London reports the White Star Line says fourteen Arabic passengers are missing and feared lost after a torpedo strike by a German submarine. Around fifty crew and others are also believed lost. Ambassador Page wires Washington eight Americans missing, with names listed. Survivors describe a hurried, orderly evacuation and courage of engineers and crew as the ship sank in minutes.
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London
White Star Line
Ambassador Page
Bram
State Department
Washington
Josephine L. Bruguiers
New York
Edmund F. Wood
Janesville
Wis
Thomas Elmore
James Houlihan
Philadelphia
F. T. Moore
J. Kellett
Fred Burgess
Herolam
Arablic
Heroleam
Finch
Joseph G. de Lorrimer
Montreal
Dunsley
Dungrey
Simi
Stella Carroll
Misa Carroll
Tipperary
Thompson
Queenstown
Liverpool
Lapland
Bovic
White Star
Manchester
Augusta
Nicosian
Leyland Line
International Mercantile Marine Company
Page
Louis Bruguiera
William Cumming
John Nolen
P. Moore
Leopold P. Moore
Edmund T. Wood
Claude Ww
Roote
Claud Roode
Efficacy of Sunlight in Tubercular Healing
Historical medical claim notes sunbathing as a cure for tubercular lesions. It reports rapid blood count increases after three days of sun exposure at Leysin, even when only feet and legs are exposed, with prior methods failing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leysin
Vague Historical Claim on Germicidal Tonic Effect
Fragmentary text asserts Sunlight fay offers a potent germicide, a tonic for the blood, and a general stimulant. The readability is limited and no verifiable facts, dates, or names are present to confirm a specific event, person, or organization.
Measuring Time in a Violet Parlor Dialog
A violet scented parlor scene unfolds as a young woman questions time and a man replies with a playful measure of waiting noting he has smoked six cigarettes. The dialogue hints at flirtation and a quiet, intimate exchange between two unnamed individuals.
Leo Frank Lynched Near Marietta After Prison Ride
The body of Leo M. Frank was found hanging from an oak tree on the Roswell road near Marietta at 8 30 am Tuesday. A mob freed him from the Milledgeville prison farm Monday night and executed him near Mary Phagan s grave. Frank s clothing was minimal, eyes bandaged, hands bound, and a crocus sack tied about his hips as the crowd gathered and identified the corpse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta, Ga
Leo M. Frank
Roswell Road
Milledgeville
Mary Phagen
Marietta
Frank
Cobb County
William Creen
J. N. Burka
Mary Phrgan
Turkish government revokes travel for Italians in Rome
Rome reports the Turkish government has barred Italians from leaving the country and notes 6000 Italian reservists stranded on Turkish soil per a Bucharest dispatch. London announces two more neutral ships sunk by German submarines Mineral and Romulus with all crew saved. Paris cites Albert Thomas warning that railroad rolling stock shortages threaten coal delivery unless ordered in advance.
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Rome
Bucharest
London
Mineral
Romulus
Paris
Albert Thomas
Interstate Commerce approves higher rail rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved increased rail rates on iron and steel moving from the Mississippi and Missouri rivers through Chicago to Utah, Colorado and Kansas. An exception was made for iron bars, steel bars, steel sheets and structural steel in carloads from St. Louis to Denver originating east of the Mississippi.
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Washington
Mississippi
Missouri
Chicago
Utah
Colorado
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis
Denver
Lava Forms Lake of Fire at Stromboli Volcano
Mesaina Sicily August 20 The chief signal officer on Stromboli reports lava erupting from the volcano forming a lake of fire between the craters and the sea. Detonations and smoke clouds accompany the emission.
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Mesaina
Sicily
Island of
Stromboli
Stromboli Volcano
Four Killed As Train Hits Auto Near Norristown
Philadelphia August 21 Four people died when their motor car was struck by an express train near Norristown. The victims were Frank Murphy and his sisters Blanche and Clars and Lena Bitzer.
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Auto
Philadelphia
Norristown
Frank Murphy
Blanche and
Clars
Lena Bitzer
Norway Protests Seizure of Mail on Haakon
The Norwegian government instructed the minister at Berlin to protest the seizure of mail on the steamer Haakon on August 7 and to demand its return. The protest was issued from Copenhagen on August 20.
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Norway
Copenhagen
Tte
Berlin
400 Die In Big Storm Hits Texas Coast Cities
San Antonio reports Galveston escaped the hurricane with a sea wall holding firm after winds 90 to 124 mph. Losses rise to about 400 lives including Texas City and Houston areas. Galveston property may reach 10 million, with external losses estimated 30 to 52 million. The sea wall’s durability contrasts with extensive boulevard and paving damage.
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San Antonio
Tex
Galveston
Virginia Point
Texas City
la Porte
Houston
Russian Fort Novo Georgievsk Falls to Forces
Berlin reports the capture of Novo Georgievsk a major fortress in Poland after stiff resistance. The fortress housed more than 40,000 troops along with large quantities of war material captured by the advancing forces. The emperor traveled to Novo Georgievsk to thank General von Baseler and his troops.
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Berlin
Novo Georgievsk
Poland
von Baseler
Sunk British transport Rayal Edward with 1000 feared dead
The British transport Rayal Edward was sunk by a submarine in the Aegean Sea while carrying troops to the Dardanelles. Official reports list 1,602 aboard and 600 saved, leaving about 1,000 missing. The Admiralty confirmed the vessel's destruction.
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London
Rayal Hdward
Aegean Sea
Dardanelles
Admiralty
Education leader elected NA A president in national vote
Dr. David B. Johnson president of Winthrop Normal and Industrial College was chosen president of the National Education Association by 478 votes to 184 for Grace C. Strachan. Elihu Root of New York was elected president of the American Bar Association. Martial law declared in St. Marc Haiti. U.S. Marines now control a third Haitian city.
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Oakland
Cal
David B. Johnson
Winthrop Normal and Industrial College of
Rock Hill
8. C
National Education Association
Grace C. Strachan
Brooklyn
N.Y
Root Heade Bar Association
Salt Lake City
Elihu Root
New York
American Bar Association
St. Maro
Washington
St. Marc
Haiti
Caperton
Navy Department
United States Marines
War Veterans Elect Chief in Encampment Vote
Detroit August 21 The Association of Veterans of Foreign Wars elected Gus H Hartung of Denver as commander in chief and Chicago named for the 1916 encampment in a decisive organizational vote.
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Detroit
Mich
Association of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gus H. Hartung
Denver
Chicago
700 Mexicans Use General Villa Accepts Plan for Peace
Laredo Tex Aug 21 Seven hundred dead and a large number wounded was the result of a battle Tuesday between Carranza and Villa forces near Monterey. Villa and Carranza forces suffered heavy losses as Villistas retreated westward. Villa lost 600 and Carranza 200. The official Villa reply to the Pan American peace appeal reaches El Paso and is addressed to Secretary Lansing and Latin American diplomats. The note says the convention government can continue the fight but accepts good offices to convene delegates to seek a satisfactory agreement and preserve national honor.
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Laredo
Tex
Carranza
Villa
Monterey
Nuevo Laredo
Villistas
San Benito
Mercedes
Windhouss
el Faso
Chihuahua
United States of America
Mexico
Robert Lansing
Consuls Accused in U S Neutrality Violations Links Germany and Carnegie Ross
Indictments released by U S district attorney allege Imperial German consulate and British consul A Carnegie Ross in San Francisco funneled a quarter of a million dollars to defendants charged with violating U S neutrality. Attorney General Gregory told President Wilson that no general Justice Department inquiry has been ordered, but any charges of neutrality violations would be investigated.
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San Francisco
A. Carnegie Ross
United States
John W. Preston
Washington
Gregory
Wilson
Department of Justice
Cardinal Vannutelli Dies in Rome at 81
Rome and Aug 21 Cardinal Serafina Vannutelli dean of the Sacred College has died at eighty one He was one of six cardinal bishops taking title from Rome suburbs and served as bishop of Porto Santa Rufina and Ostia He was created cardinal by Pope Leo XIII on March 14 1887 Born November 26 1834 at Genazzano his career included secretary to the papal nuncio in Bavaria and apostolic delegate to Herlador and Peru later nuncio at Brussels and Vienna
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Rome
Serafina Vannutelli
Sacred College
Cardinal Vannutelli
Porto
Santa Rufina
Ostia
Leo XIII
Genazzano
Bavaria
Herlador
Peru
Brussels
Vienna
TWO BRITISH WARSHIPS SUNK
Berlin reports German torpedo boat destroyers sank a small British cruiser and a British destroyer off the west coast of Jutland in a contact with small craft. Dispatches from Salonik note Italians in Smyrna face travel bans and a heavy foreign war tax. Washington warns of two new counterfeit notes a five dollar Omaha bank note and a two dollar silver certificate.
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Berlin
Jutland
Rome
Salonik
Glornale d'Italia
Tribuna
Smyrna
Washington
Secret Service
First’ National Bank of
Omaha
Fort Kovno Falls as Germans Capture Novogeorgievsk
Berlin announces Kovno fortress falls to German storming after heavy bombardment. Russian lines retreat toward Vilna as Nazidom reports two more forts captured at Novo georgievsk with 600 prisoners and 20 guns. Brevity notes looming evacuation at Brest Litovsk and Vilna bombardments.
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Vilna
Brest
Litovsk
Novogeorgievek
London
Kovno
Sprest-Litovsk
Warsaw
Berlin
Poland
Brest-Litovek
Russia
von Hindenburg
von Schola
von Gullwitz
Bislystok-Bielsk
Novogeorgievsk
Prince Leopold
Bavaria
Kamionka
Siemiatycze
Bug
von Mackensen
Brest-Litovsk
Wlodawa
Chelm-Brest-Litovsk
Mazurian
Ality
Germany
Mackengen
Brest-Litovak
Viodava
von Scholtz
von Gallwitz
Bialystok
Brest- Litovak
Bielsk
Koyno
Petrograd
Blalyatuk
Zeppelins Strike London Raid Kills Ten and Wounds Thirty Six
London reports a Zeppelin bombing raid Tuesday night causing ten deaths and 36 injuries. The government press bureau confirmed damage, noting one airship was hit amid the assault.
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Zeppelina
London
England
Four Die in Swiss Train Wreck Near Zurich
Four killed and forty eight injured when the Zurich Geneva express collided with a local train at Dietikon near Zurich on Tuesday night. Geneva dispatch says four deaths were reported and the casualty list may rise.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Dietikon
Zurich
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Leo Frank
Georgia
Mary Phagon
Chicago Pointa
Texas Cozet
Rula
DR. Johnson
South Carolina College
Willistas
U. S
Fort Kovno Falls
Kaiser
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