World News Roundup From The War Front And Domestic Tragedies
A European war progress and aerial bombardments are reported with British and German actions over Constantinople and the Sea of Marmora. Submarine casualties include the sinking of Austrian and British vessels. Frontier mobilizations and battles near Serbia unfold as Austro German forces advance on Petrograd and Lukow. Domestic incidents include a Kokomo Indiana auto collision, a shipyard strike settlement in St Louis, and a significant Alaska Chugash forest order affecting railroad routing from Stewart to Fairbanks.
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Salonika
London
Sea of Marmora
Berlin
Lerch
Petrograd
Lukow
Chugash National Forest
Alaska
Wilson
Stewart
Fairbanks
Damage and turmoil sweep Caribbean and Europe in regional reports
A hurricane devastated Jamaica’s northeastern and northern coasts causing an estimated ten million dollars in damage as plantations were wiped out. In Cape Haitien fighting between Bobo and Zamor factions prompted Admiral Caperton to declare martial law and seize control with American marines. A Berlin dispatch reports deaths from a powder works blast near Wit tenberg Germany. Washington released the US reply to Austria-Hungary, defending arms sales as essential to avoid universal militarism. The ICC denied most rail rate hikes while approving western rate adjustments. US war industry data requests seek details on potential wartime service.
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Cape Haitien
Haiti
Bobo
Zamor
Admiral Caperton
Navy Department
United States
Austria-Hungary
Washington
Germany
Riot injures seven at Milwaukee shrapnel plant amid party clashes
In Milwaukee a riot at a shrapnel factory left seven people hurt as Italian workers clashed with Austrians seeking jobs on ammunition. Police were injured during protests against interned German ships Amerika and Cincinnati.
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Milwaukee
Boston
Amerika
Cincinnati
Attorney James A Martin's Wife Slaying Stuns Murphysboro
Personal notice reports attorney James A Martin whose wife was beaten to death at their Murphysboro home on July 30. The alleged assailant Joe De Berry, described as a negro, confessed and later dropped dead in West Baden Indiana at age sixty.
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James A. Martin
Murphysboro
Joe de Berry
West Baden
Ind
Plan of San Diego threatens wide Texas border action
Gen Frederick Funston reports from San Antonio on border troubles tied to the Plan of San Diego. The plan calls for killing all American males over 16 in Texas and neighboring states, then seizing territory to form a republic for Mexicans and other groups. Three more Mexican outlaws were added to the killed list in Mercedes Hidalgo county Texas as efforts to resist external interference continue.
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Frederick Funston
Washington
San Antonio
Tex
San Diego
Texas
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
California
Mercedes
Hidalgo County
Tron
Mob Seizes Frank From Georgia Prison Farm
A mob estimated up to 75 men overpowered guards at the Georgia State Prison Farm near Milledgeville, abducted Leo M. Frank, and fled toward Eatonton. A prisoner’s claim said the mob planned to place Frank’s body on Mary Phagan’s grave in Marietta, signaling a dramatic vigilante act.
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Milledgeville
Frank
Mary Phagan
Marietta
Georgia State Prison
Here
Leo M. Frank
J. T. Smith
J. M. Burke
Hester
Smith
Burke
Eatonton
West Indian hurricane feared as Texas towns go dark
Dallas reports that all wire communications with Houston are down after midnight, isolating Galveston and three south Texas cities. In Houston officials fear Galveston is again struck by a hurricane like the 1900 disaster, with sea walls breached and no word reaching inland authorities. Word only comes by wireless from a transport near Galveston describing ten foot water rise in the harbor.
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Dallas
Texas
Houston
South
Galveston
Brownsville
Tate
Greece Elects Zavitzanos as Deputy Chamber President
Aug 17 Athens reports M Zavitzanos, aligned with former Premier Venizelos, elected president of the Greek chamber of deputies. Bedford Serbia notes Austro Serbian artillery duel near the Danube signals a new Austrian offensive.
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Athens
M. Zavitzanos
Venizelos
Greek
Chamber of Deputies
Nish
Serbia
Danube
Lausanne
Switzerland
Bulgaria
Sofia
London
Ferdinand of
Roumania
Pachitch
German prize court to rule on Pass of Balmaha seizure
Washington reports the German prize court will decide the legality of the seizure of the American bark Pass of Balmaha by a German submarine commander. American Consul Morgan at Hamburg advised that the cargo cotton is being unloaded at Geestemunde before the ship is taken to Hamburg for prize court proceedings.
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Washington
Balmaha
Morgan
Hamburg
State Department
Geestemunde
Teuton Armies Gain in Poland Across Multiple Fronts
German forces break Russian lines from the Narew to the Bug, with Novo Georgievsk invested and Brest Litovsk under pressure. Von Hindenburg and Von Buelow push forward as Russians retreat. Kovno resists while mass prisoner transports strain Germany.
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Berlin
Prince Leopold of Bavaria
von Mackensen
Brest-Litovsk
Prince Leopold
Marshal von Mackensen
Novo Georgievsk
Vistula
Narew River
von Hindenburg
von Buelow
Kovno
Bug
Brest- Litovsk
Miedzyrzce
Radzyn
Slavatyeze
Virodava
Bug River
15 Americans Reach Tiflis After Van Massacre
Fifteen Americans arrived in Tiflis from Van in eastern Armenia, nearly starving with clothes in tatters. Consul Smith notified the state department of their arrival. They left Van a month ago as Turkish forces carried out massacres and had to beg for food along the way. They are being cared for by the American consul in Tiflis.
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Washington
Tiflis
Persia
Van
Armenia
Smith Atd
State Department
Americans Near Starvation in Mexico City
Four hundred Americans in Mexico City face starvation as the state department learns. One hundred twenty are ready to leave if aid is provided while others prefer to stay to guard their property. Dispatch from Parker, former Brazilian minister aide in Mexico, notes efforts to feed the destitute Americans.
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Washington
Mexico City
State Department
Parker
Mexico
West Indian hurricane hits Haiti and Jamaica
Heavy damage reported in Haiti and Jamaica as the West Indian hurricane disrupts direct communication with Port au Prince. Land lines are out. messages are forwarded by courier and life losses remain unclear due to cut communications with the interior.
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Haiti
Jamaica
United States
Port
Au Prince
Port Au Prince
State Militia Revived Armory Promises Indiana Growth
Indianapolis, Aug 16. The Indiana National Guard revival theme centers on a new Indianapolis armory with housing, a potential athletic field, and a vast military tournament directed by Carl G. Fisher. 2,000 guardsmen plus Ft Benjamin Harrison troops and Culver Black Horse Troop attend the Sept 6 event at the Speedway, aiming to lift guard esteem statewide. Governor Ralston appointed Franklin L. Bridges adjutant general in 1914 to rebuild the force, now around 8,000 strong, with aims to double.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana National Guard
State National Guard
Carl G. Fisher
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Culver
Indianapolis Speedway
Ralston
Franklin L. Bridges
Bridges
Indiana Guard
Washington
National Guard
State Guard
Indiana wheat record at state fair grounds yields 994 bushels
Charles Downing reports Indiana's 1915 wheat crop from a twenty acre state fair field topped with 994 bushels at 49.7 bushels per acre. The machine price averaged 1.07 per bushel totaling 1000.95 dollars plus fifteen tons of clean straw valued at 6 dollars a ton. Total return reaches 1090.95 dollars. The field near the race course was reclaimed from rocky soil and improved with manure and careful rolling.
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Indianapolis
Charles Downing
State Board of Agriculture
Indiana
State Fair Ground
Downing
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Seno San Giorgio
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Dardanelles
Sea of Marmara
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Claude
Bwicier
Goldie Vaughn
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William ‘Kinney
Alfred
Kokomo
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Paul A. Andrews
Morgan Belmont
August, Belmont
George H. Knox
First Aero Squadron
R. B. Sutton
Fort Sill
Ohio
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Ohio Southwestern
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Mount Sterling
Cedar Point
Orient
Amsterdam
Reinsdorf
Wittenberg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tvestock
War Department
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Ralph M. Nelson, Jr
Charles H. Reagle
The
American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology
Salt Lake City
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Jane Addams
Chicago
Europe
National Education Association
Oakland
Cal
New York
Balkans
Greece
Kaiser
Austria
Bucharest
Belgrade
Caucasus
Reuter
Semlin
Save
Panscova
Teuton
Poland
Czar
Narew
Frederick Werner
Rafly
Vilna
Kubisko
Persian City
U. S
Speedway
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