Dumba Conspiracy Probes Target European Officials
Washington reports German and Austrian officials may face recall or prosecution for conspiring with Ambassador Dumba to disrupt US war material industries. Count von Bernstorff unlikely to be affected. Potential actions affect Capt. Franz von Papen and others, with Penfield’s fate tied to Vienna’s response.
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Washington
Constantin Dumba
United States
Wil 600
Count von Bernstorff
Franz von Papen
Alexander Nuber von Pereked
Austria-Hungary
New York City
James F. J. Archibald
Durmba
Wilson
Lansing
Vienna
Ambassader Penfield
Penfeld
Dumba
Man Raises Colored Cotton in Georgia
Savannah report on A. W. Brabham’s Olar plantation colored cotton samples exhibited at the Cotton Exchange. Varying shades from white to near black, grown from white parent seed. Brabham claims five primal colors once survived. black not yet secured, but possible. Seeds sourced globally yielded several tints including a dark bronze close to black.
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Savannah
Georgia
A. W. Brabham
Olar
S&s C
Cotton Exchange
Brabham
Germans Bury Alien Airmen In Allied War Zone
Geneva report says two French aviators were killed at Deyingen Alance when their craft hit charred wire during a landing and bombs exploded aboard. The Germans buried the airmen with military honors. Georgia editor found dead in Savannah bed. Elmer N. Hancock of the Savannah Morning News was found dead in bed from acute indigestion at age 71.
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Geneva
Deyingen
Alance
Georgia
Savannah
Gay Elmer N. Hancock
Army Officer Ordered Tried for Conduct Prejudicial
Washington war department ordered Lieut. Col. L. Goodier of the advocate general's office Pacific Coast division court martialed on charges of conduct prejudicial to the service.
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Army
Washington
War Department
Col. L. Goodier
Dnder Advocate General's Office
Pacific Coast Division
Wanamaker Jr. Le Sued for $100,000 Breach of Promise
Lucile Stores filed a $100,000 suit against John Wanamaker Jr for breach of promise. Attorney H A Wise fled bond in an effort to transfer the case to the United States district court.
Centralia Faces Dry Territory Vote Next May
Centralia, Illinois debates a major financial stake as residents consider voting to make the area dry next May. The move could reshape local revenue and business prospects amid tightened budgets.
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Centralia
Carranza Refuses Offer for Internal Mexican Conference
Carranza will discuss international aspects of the Mexican situation but will not join a conference on internal affairs. He plans to appoint representatives if international talks proceed, while maintaining practical control and addressing foreign claims. Separately, Secretary Sweet notes U.S. merchant shipping ranks second globally, with 26,677 vessels totaling 10,496,000 tons on June 6, reflecting a rise in annual tonnage despite fewer ships due to larger vessels.
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Washington, D
Carranza
Carranga
Lecy
Lansing
Dhoosé
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Bolivia
Uruguay
Gustelama
Baby Flung Into Elm After Car Crash in Greenwich
In Greenwich Connecticut a car driven by Frederick Muller of New York smashed through a stone wall and into a maple tree, striking a baby carriage on the Kalzing lawn. The infant Lillian Kalzing, 16 months old, was thrown upward and lodged among elm branches. Mrs Kalzing rushed from the wrecked cart and car to assist. The carriage was damaged but the child survived the incident.
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Greenwich
Conn
Bowton Road
Frederick Muller
New York City
Menry Kalzings
Lillian Kalzing
Mre Kalzine
Exaggerated Munitions Exports Debate in German Press
Dr Karl Bachem of Cologne writes in the Cologne Volks Zeitung arguing American munitions exports have been exaggerated to provoke conflict with Germany. He cites a prominent American source who reportedly says exports never reached the levels claimed by German papers and suggests a systemic bias behind such reports.
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Berlin
Germany
Karl Bachem
Cologne
Heichstag
Cologne Volks Zeitung
United States
Bachem
Hachem
General Fisher Dies at Valley Forge Farm
Gen Benjamin Franklin Fisher former chief signal officer of the U S Army during the Civil War dies at his Valley Forge area farm near Washington's headquarters. He was 101 years old and the last survivor of the 16 Union soldiers who tunneled out of Libby Prison and returned to their lines.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin Fisher
Washington
Valley Forge
Libby
Stunted mind saves youth in murder case
Nineteen year old Hurewll Pethick, described as having the mind of a child under seven, cannot be prosecuted for murder according to his lawyer James Foo Callahan and five women physicians who examined the case. The court ruled a child of that mental capacity lacks the ability to stand trial for murder. The incident involves the death of Vere Filla Cooper Smith and her four year old baby, with examination noting mutilation of the bodies.
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Chicago
Hurewll Pethick
James Foo Callahan
Sethick
Vere Filla Cooper Smith
Santa Ana Fire Off Mid Atlantic Port Bound for Naples
The Fabre Line steamer Santa Ana carrying 1,640 to 1,700 Italian reservists and cargo of foodstuffs sailed from New York for the Mediterranean. A wireless report from Cape Race says the 5814-ton ship is in distress with a fire at sea about 60 miles southeast of Halifax. No munitions or inflammable cargo aboard contrary to some reports. crew about 100 with reservists among steerage passengers.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Sell
Marine Department
Cape Race Station
Fabre Lina
Pavy
New York
Mediterranea
Unilan
Fabre Line
Santana
Medi ‘Arminamn Porte
James W. Elwell & Co
Santa Ana
Howard F Tones
Wallan
Jones
Naples
Mediterranean
Wer
Election fraud testimony in Corpus Christi case
Matt Dunn testified in a U S district court about an altered conversation with defendant Tom Dunn his cousin regarding buying Mexican votes. He quoted asking how much Mexican notes are worth with Tom Dunn replying a little cheaper between 2 and 2 dollars.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
United States
Orther
Matt Dunn
Tom Dunn
Boston Mars summons charge in criminal libel case
A summons charge of criminal libel was issued against former Gov candidate Eugene N. Foes by the municipal criminal court at the urging of Dennia Driscoll, secretary of the Trades Union Liberty League, in Boston Mars.
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Boston
Mars
Gev
Eugene N. Foes
Municipal Criminal Court
Dennia 1 Driscoll
Trades Union Liberty League
Bankers to Meet in Kansas City and Seattle Wash
The American Bankers Association annual convention adjourned after electing James K. Lynch of San Francisco president and Peter K. Goebel of Kansas City vice president. The executive council ratified Kansas City, Mo, as the site for the 1916 convention.
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Seattle
Wash
American Bankers’ Association
Ater
James K. Lynch
San Francisco
Peter K. Goebel
Kansas City
Kan
Executive Council
Orientals Die in the Desert Calexico Cal
A broken dispatch reports a massacre in the desert where 60 of 66 party members perish for water. 30 Hindus and 57 Chinese survivors from a party landed on San Felipe island by a British vessel 14 days ago are being cared for in New cell. They were brought by soldiers sent by Governor Contu. Admits Killing Cousin Four Years Ago in Oklahoma Chickasha. Edward Stephens, a farmer, is to appear for the murder of his cousin Oscar Stephens four years ago buried in a corn field after a dispute over work.
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Calexico
Cal
San Felipe Ilaod
Mewcell
Contu
Chickasha
Edward Stephens
Oscar Stephens
Stephens Ma
Postum Co
Rattle Creek
Mich
Stanford Chancellor Urges Naturalization Reform
Cal David Starr Jordan of Stanford University told the war peace and international policy conference that naturalization should be widened to admit Chinese and Japanese to U.S. citizenship. He argued for lifting the lane restricting naturalized status and urged action to expand immigrant rights in the national policy debate.
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Stanford University
Cal
David Starr Jordan
United States
Not to Be Wrapped in Cotton in War Mail Parcels
Paris war office recalls guidance on parcels to prisoners of war in Germany. Senders were advised to pack objects in cotton for protection but are now advised to wrap parcels in paper instead.
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Paris
War Office
Department
Germany
Missing Zamenhof Couple Reported Safe in Warsaw
Washington Ambassador Gerard told the State Department that Dr L J Zamenhof author of Esperanto and his wife, missing for months, are in good health in Warsaw.
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Washington
Gerard
State Department
L. J. Zamenhof
Warsaw
Chicago Directory Largest in World
Chicago claims the 1915 directory is the world’s largest, listing 1,081,156 names and estimating a population of about 2,550,000. The publishers prepared the estimate based on the directory’s comprehensive listing.
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Chicago
Body of Mrs Davie Exhumed for Examination in Ky
In Johnson Kentucky by order of Breathitt circuit court physicians exhumed the body of Mrs Polly Davie of Portsmouth to conduct a postmortem examination for polio consequences and cause.
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Mra
Davie
Johnson, Ky
Breathitt
Polly Davie
Porthemouth
Poleon
Eight Hour Day Won at National Equipment Strike
Springfield Maine reports a two day strike at National Equipment’s plant by 250 machinists. The workers demanded the eight hour day and the company conceded the demand, ending the stoppage.
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Springfield
Maine
National Equipment Company
Fall Out of Bed Fatal to Lawyer
Hoboken New Jersey Dr George Hazeltine long known patent lawyer died at home from injuries after falling out of bed last week causing his death this week authoritative sources report his long career in intellectual property law and his demise.
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Hoboken
N. J
George Hazeltine
Damaged Oak Marks Historic Republican Origin Site
In Jackson Michigan one of the historic oaks under which the Republican party formed in 1854 was seriously damaged by a recent regional storm. The event highlights a legendarily tied landmark in local political history.
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Jackson
Mich
Michigan
World War I Fronts Shift Across Europe and Africa
Sept 13 1914 reports large scale fighting across multiple fronts. Germans repulsed at Nancy and Luneville and driven from Amiens Revigny and Grabant le Roi while British and Franco Belgian forces gain at Alost and Ronsbrugge. Russians advance near Lemberg and Grodek as Italy presses in Africa and Asia theaters.
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Nancy
Luneville
Amiens
Revigny
Grabant-le-Roi
la Ferte
Alost
Ronsbrugge
Grodek
Belgian atrocities list shown to president sparks new war push
Belgian commission briefed President Wileen on alleged German atrocities in Belgium as new fighting erupts from Noyon to Verdun. French forces from Rouen encircle Von Mirck's corps while Germans press toward Antwerp. Montenegrins defeat Austrians near Koullone as John Redmond urges Irish resistance. German government ratifies treaty granting it rights in China amid breach claims. Italian action hints at broader conflict uncertainties.
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Wileen
Belgium
Noyon
Verdun
War skirmishes and naval actions across Europe
German army strengthens between Berry au Bac and Argonne while French push in the Weevre district. Belgrane repels a Ter monde assault. Austrians retreat before Russian forces toward Cracow as General Rennenkampf checks a German flanking move. Austrian warships shell Semiin and Belgrade but are repelled by Serb guns. German Baltic fleets fire on each other by mistake. Prize courts are established in England.
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Semiin
Belgrade
Baltic
German Advances and Destruction Reported in War Fronts
Germans destroyed Termonde and bombarded Reima with cathedral damage. Battle of the Aisne continues as forces advance and German center gains. Germans intrench on Gam bre while Russians seize Biniava Sambor and Kazeshow. Nakop garrison of seven British defeats Germans. Antwerp bombed by German aircraft. Wilson receives appeals from women worldwide and the Friends conference.
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Reima
the Aisne
Suwalk
Nakop
Africa
Antwerp
Father and Son Killed in Iowa Auto Wreck
Mason City reports an automobile accident near Whittemore claiming the lives of Beach and his son August. Their vehicle plunged over an embankment and became trapped beneath debris before Beat Funeral in Frced Region. Ottawa, Kan., notes the Marais Des Cygnes River floodwaters receded from bottom lands, prompting a boat funeral 16 miles from Ottawa due to high water.
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Mason City
John Bi. Beach and Son
Whittemore
Ottawa
Kan
Marais Des Cygnes Hiver
One on the Wife
A humorous dialogue fragment shows a man asked about a cord tied to his finger, claiming his wife placed it to remind him to post a letter. He admits he forgot to give it to his wife, highlighting domestic forgetfulness.
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Abe
Decoration for John D. Miah Servia The Grand Cross Awarded
The Grand Cross of the Order of St. Sava was conferred on John D. Rockefeller in Servia in recognition of relief work by the Rockefeller Foundation in Servis and the relief effort conducted there.
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Miah, Servia
The
Order of St. Sava
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller Peumdetion
Servis
Ruth Recovers After Doctor’s Castor Oil Dose
A family recalls that Ruth had been unwell for several days and a doctor prescribed castor oil. Ruth protests that castor oil is her favorite thing but takes the remedy, hoping for relief.
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Ruth
Daily Thought on Disenchantment and a Turning Wheel
An aphoristic reflection notes that no one is wholly disenchanted or disgusted with the world, for when the weariness grows the wheel of fate may turn, bringing a smile and a softened view as life offers a renewed glimpse of possibility.
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Ftoo
Virginia farmer and cow crossroad confusion
A Virginia farmer driving a recalcitrant cow at a crossroads encounters a local scene with a colored man directing the animal and a driver shouting. The cow chooses the crossroad while the man waves, and the driver laments his misreading of the animal’s intent. The bystanders respond with a friendly exchange about speaking to the cow.
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Virginia
One Way to Economie Beef Shortage Debate Satire
The Westminster Gazette laments meat scarcity and mocks economic plans calling for reduced meat intake. It notes a siege era memory of 1870 and imagines a grand but grim burial feast, suggesting a crude, satirical view of food policy and cooking revive in dire times.
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Marte
Westminster Gazette
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