Pershing Family Perishes at Presidio Fire
Mrs Frances Pershing wife of Brigadier General John Pershing and their three daughters Helen Ann and Margaret died in a Presidio fire that destroyed their home. Son Warren survived. Fire likely started from an open fireplace. General Pershing was with his command on the Mexican border. Mrs Pershing was a Wyoming Senator's daughter. An investigation is opened by Presidio officers.
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United Press
San Francisco
Frances Pershing
John Pershing
Helen
Ann
Margaret
Presidio
Warren
General Pershing
Pershing
Senator Warren
Wyoming
Bulgaria Center of World War Lobby Over Constantinople
Sofia is described as the center of a global diplomatic lobby aimed at influencing Bulgaria to join the Allies or remain neutral. The piece portrays intense efforts by German Austrian Turkish agents and by France England Russia Italy and Serbia to win Bulgarian cabinet members parliament leaders army heads and Czar Ferdinand and others, with the aim of affecting the Dardanelles and supply routes to Russia.
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United Press
Sophia
Bulgaria
Mall
Balkan
Europe
Turkey
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Russia
Germany
Washington
American
Bularian
Czar
Ferdinand
Austria
France
England
Italy
Serbia
Admiralty confirms destruction of German submarines
For the first time since the war began the admiralty confirms reports that many German submarines were destroyed. The information had been kept secret to avoid aiding Germany.
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United Press
Admiralty
Germany
Cloud burst wrecks Santa Fe train near Date Creek
In Arizona a Santa Fe train plowed through a Date Creek bridge swollen by a cloud burst. Twelve passengers and crew were injured while the locomotive stayed upright and the Pullmans stayed on the track. The smok er went down into the creek.
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Arizona
United Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Santa Fe
Date Creek
Catholic Bishop Shot Twice by Mad Priest
Winona Minnesota August 27 Catholic Bishop Heffron was shot twice by Rev Father Aloysius Lesches who the bishop ruled unreliable in a hearing. Lesches is believed demented and barricaded himself in his room before being taken to jail. Attorney E A Klein has closed his local office and gone to San Francisco for the exposition. He plans a trip to Europe for a family reunion.
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United Press
Winona
Minn
Heffron
Aloysius Lesches
Lesches
E. A. Klein
San Francisco
Bulgaria Plays Sides as Powers Courteer Over Balkans
Bulgarian leaders negotiate with both sides offering neutrality in return for large territorial promises. Germany proposes Serbian Macedonia in victory terms while Allies promise Adrianople and parts of Macedonia if Bulgaria sides with them and seizes Constantinople. Bulgaria seeks solid guarantees and advance compensation to avoid postwar shortchanging.
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Bulgaria
Germany
Austria
Turkey
Serbian Macedonia
Serbia
Constantinople
Europe
Adrianople
Itta
Greece
Roumania
Germany Uneasy Over Arabic Case Promises Full Satisfaction
Secretary of State Lansing said confidential material from Ambassador Gerrard arrived assuring no further submarine encroachments. Count Bernstorff met Lansing to present Germanys assurances that if the Arabic torpedoing commander exceeded orders full satisfaction would be accorded America.
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United Press
Washington
Lansing
Gerrard
Count Bernstorff
Germany
America
Pirates Charged in Belize and British Honduras Case
British Honduras Aug 27 Joseph Belatore and Joseph Mon santo have been arrested charged with piracy and the murder of Captain Meesam a trader of Aurelia Investigators probe the fate of the ship's crew and several passengers amid the incident.
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United Press
Belize
British Honduras
Jospeh Belatore
Joseph Monsanto
Meesam
Aurelia
Miners Return to Work as Arbitration Agents Go to London
Cardiff reports ten thousand striking miners will resume work while awaiting arbitration award. A federation deputation travels to London to seek a readjustment of terms.
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United Press
Cardiff
Federation
London
Names Drawn for Grand Jury in Fourth Judicial District
Judge E J L Taber and Henry J Jones selected twenty four names for the grand jury to serve through the court term beginning in October. The list includes George W Brady John Crosson Jr Joe Currey Louis Eastman E Elliott Q D Boyd George Hunter J J Hylton H T Johnston James Jensen W A Kent Geo Hennen Frank Middleton J B McKee C B Mayer BE W Stone Frank Winchell R M Woodward J M Prunty Ben Pearson F C Rutherford W J Woolverton H Rutherford A W Sewell Norma J Davin attends Mayer event as guest in domestic science department notes.
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E. J. L. Taber
Henry J. Jones
Fourth Judicial District
George W. Brady
Midas
John Crosson
Starr Valley
Joe Currey
Elko
Louis
Eastman
Mountain City
E. Elliott
Bullion
Q. D. Boyd
Haleck
George Hunter
J. J. Hylton
Hylton
H. T. Johnston
James Jensen
Lamoille
W. A. Kent
Contact
Geo. Hennen
Frank Middleton
Jarbidge
J. B. McKee
North Fork
C. B. Mayer
Zeppelins Garry Shells 10 Turks
Amsterdam dispatch reports Zeppelins used to relieve shell shortages of Turkish armies. The air ships allegedly carry three to four tons of machinery for making shells on each trip near Constantinople.
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United Press
Amsterdam
Zeppelin
Kaiser Now Makes Complete Disavowal
The State Department reports Germany never intended to sink passenger ships without warning. Commanders were instructed to allow passengers to disembark first, and acts contrary to orders occurred. Berlin’s latest representations address why greater destruction of unarmed vessels did not occur if its attitude differed.
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United Press
Washington
State Department
Germany
Berlin
German forces threaten as they close on key rail hub
Berlin reports Von Hindenburg’s detachments advancing toward Ossowetz and Kovno, with battles near Litovsk and Kamenez Litovsk. Enemy positions are described as heavily pressed as German units approach twenty miles from important railway access.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Simultane Kovno
of Ossowetz
Kamenez Litovsk
Coroner inquest finds Otero drowned in river incident
Judge Castle ruled Juaquin Otero died by accidental drowning after wading across a river with a nets in depth hole. Witnesses include J H Kennedy and others. Otero 23, native of Spain, was found by Sheriff Harris and Deputy McMullen after dynamiting the stream all night. burial at Keyser parlors.
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Harris
McMullen
Olero
Spain
Keyser
Twin Falls Couple Married in Elko
A Twin Falls Idaho couple James E. Boyd 28 and Annie L. Bates obtained a marriage license and wed in the county clerk's office with Judge Castle performing the ceremony. The pair rushed to reach home by six this morning after a record 170 mile drive from Nevada.
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Robert Hunter
Wells
Idaho
Hunter
Judge Castle
Wogerson
Twin Falls
the Falls
Nevada
Chas. M. Moody
Robert H. Hunter
French Air Raids Hit Rail Stations and Factories
Paris August 27 aviators raided six railway stations and factories in the Woëvre region. Targets included St Bausant Essey Divoiry and the Dormach electric gas plant. Bombardments also struck Mulheim as supply lines were disrupted.
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United Press
Paris
Woevre
Statons
St. Bausant
Essey
Divoiry
Dormach Electric Plant
Mulheim
War update reports heavy British losses and German actions
Premier Asquith cites heavy British losses in operations along the Belgian border. German cruisers and torpedo boats reported sunk by British forces. German scouting parties reach Arran and Calais while Russians push in East Prussia. Lemberg defenses fall back to fortifications as Lo uvaine is destroyed in reprisals. German torpedo boat 990 sunk off Chefoo by Welland.
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Prem
Asquith
Arran
Calais
East Prussia
Lemberg
Louvain
Germany
Acta
Chefoo
Tor
Welland
Germany Counts Up Her Spoils of War After Warsaw Fall
Berlin reports the Austro German armies have captured two hundred thousand prisoners and thousands of cannons since Warsaw fell. Slavs have been driven back over 100 miles in the center as Olita fortress falls. Germans advance toward the Warsaw Petrograd railway with their left near the Russian forces heading toward Vilna.
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United Press
Berlin
Warsaw
Olita
Warsaw-Petrograd
Vilna
Eastland Owners Indicted by Grand Jury
Chicago August 27 General Manager W K Greenbau of the Indiana Transportation company, charterers of the steamer Eastland, was indicted by the county grand jury for manslaughter. Three counts accuse overloading and using an unseaworthy boat. Jurisdiction prevented indicting federal inspectors and two checkmen.
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Chicago
W. K. Greenbau
Indiana Transportation Company
Eastland
Cabinet weighs coal mine conscription to push shirkers
London reports the English cabinet is considering nationalizing Wales coal miners or adopting a conscription measure to compel shirkers into military service. The plan aims to mobilize reluctant workers for the army.
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United Press
London
Wales
Frank Creeks Hanged at Folsom Prison
Frank Creeks was executed by hanging at Folsom Prison in Sacramento California this morning. The trap was sprung at 10 09 and Creeks died within six minutes after the drop. He had murdered a prison guard last year and had been imprisoned ten years prior. No one spoke for him despite pleas to the governor. George Hennen of Lamoille sought 1.2 cubic feet of water from Dry Creek in a separate notice.
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Sacramento
Cal
Frank Creeks
Folsom
Creeks
George Hennen
Lamoille
Kearney
Dry Creek
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