Russians and Austro Germans clash near Warsaw gates
War front dispatches from Europe report heavy fighting as Russians and Austro German forces contest areas around Warsaw and the Narew front. Turkish gains are noted with German subs active. An American steamer Leelanaw is sunk by a German submarine off the Orkney islands. investigation will follow.
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Warsaw
Poland
Petrograd
Baltic
Galicia
Amd
Narew
Gora Kalwarya
Soki
Niemen River
Lublin
Reich
Kovno
Grodno
Brest Litovsk
Russia
Narew-Vistula
Goworowo
Mitau
Niemen
von Mackenzen
Chelm
Sokpal
Rozan
Serock
Pultusk
Constantinople
Seddul Bahr
Gallipoli
Italian Adriatic
Dardanelles
Leelanan
Orkney Islands
Archangel
Belfast
Durdee
Galveston
Texas
Gothenburg
New York
Kirkwall
Admiralty
Becker Executes in Sing Sing After Prolonged Battle
Charles Becker was electrocuted at Sing Sing at sunrise Friday for the Rosenthal murder. The 3 year fight for life ended as Becker faced the chair in the same room and by the same “little green door” used by the other gangsters. Mrs Becker pleaded for commutation but Governor Whitman refused, saying no. Becker faced death calmly, declaring no fear as he met his fate.
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Sing Sing Prison
N. Y
Charles Becker
Sing Sing
Herman Rosenthal
New York
Becker
Harry Horowitz
Whitey Lewis
Lefty Louie" Rosenberg
Dago Frank’ Chrofier
Father Cashin
Whitman
Charlie
Court of Appeals
Americans land marines in Haiti to disarm forces
American marines landed at Fort au Prince, Haiti, facing slight early resistance that was overcome with no casualties. Admiral Caperton reports landing forces established in the city and advancing to disarm Haitian soldiers and civilians.
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Washington
Fort Au Prince
Haiti
Admiral Caperton
City
Mob Hangs Mexican Near San Benito
About a dozen men abducted Rodolfo Munis from City Marshal J F Carr Thursday night and hanged him to a mesquite tree two miles south of San Benito. Munis reportedly confessed involvement in the murder of an elderly merchant at Sebastian.
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San Benito
Tex
Rodolfo Munis
J. F. Carr
Munis
Sebastian
Girls Can 15 000 Quarts Canned by Texas Clubs
Reports to State Organizer Mrs. J. L. Landrum show 32 domestic economy clubs have canned 15 000 quarts of fruit and vegetables from home farms this week.
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Austin
Tex
J. L. Landrum
Typhoid Costly Affliction In Texas June Count
State health records show 169 typhoid fever cases and 54 deaths reported in June in Texas. Local authorities track monthly disease totals and fatalities.
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Austin
Tex
State Health Department
American Minister Resigns After State Dept Inquiry
James M. Sullivan, U S diplomat to the Dominican Republic, submitted his resignation to President Wilson and it was accepted. An investigation by Senator Phelan into his fitness found results unfavorable to Sullivan.
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Washington
James M. Sullivan
Dominican Republic
Wilson
Sullivan
State Department
Phelan
California
Mission Claims First New Corn Shipment
The first 1915 corn from the Magic Valley region of the lower Rio Grande was billed for shipment from Mission to Corpus Christi on Thursday July 22.
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Mission
Tex
Magic Valley
Rio Grande
Corpus Christi
Bonds Approved for Montgomery County Road District
The attorney general's department on Saturday approved a $75,000 bond issue for Montgomery County Road District No. 2 at 5 percent.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Montgomery County Road District No
Morgue In A Warehouse Amid Chicago Ship Disaster
The Kenosha towed to a pier tethered to a liner. rescuers crowd the overturn site while priests offer last rites. In the Reid Murdoch warehouse hundreds of bodies await identification as crowds watch, doctors fight to revive some, and a grieving husband seeks his wife.
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Reid-Murdoch
Second Infantry
Coliseum
Woman recounts disaster rescue on steamer upset
Chicago woman describes clinging to the boat as it listed and sinking. She was rescued through a port-hole by two rescuers while uncertain if her husband, daughter, and sister-in-law survived.
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Chicago
William Peterson
Peterson
Western Electric Company
Ruth
Emily Chellberg
Sheffield Avenue
Massacre and Revolt End Haiti Presidency in Port au Prince
A mob seized Vilbrun Guillaume and shot him at the French legation as rebels seized the capital. General Oscar and police chief were killed after a brutal mutiny that left the palace burning and government power collapsed amid mass executions.
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Port Au Prince
Vilbrun Guillaume
Haiti
Legation
Alexis
Rosalvo Bobo
Oreste Zamor
Oscar
Guillaume
Oskar
Eassrete
Man's Home Bombed in Dallas War Shock
W T Moore veteran saddlemaker and Padgitt Bros foreman and his son Frank J Moore escaped with their lives when a bomb blew up under their bed Monday night. The blast hurled the bed across the room and wrecked the chamber. Police were alerted after a call to J D Padgitt president of the Padgitt Saddlery Co claiming three men warned of the attack.
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Dallas
Tex
W. T. Moore
Padgitt Bros. Saddlery Company
Frank J. Moore
Moore
W. C. Brashear
City Hall
J. D. Padgitt
Padgitt
Railroad Bridge Destroyed Near Brownsville
A forty two foot bridge on the St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico thirty two miles north of Brownsville was set afire and burned. Telephone and telegraph wires at the crossing were cut in the early hours of Sunday.
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Brownsville
Tex
St. Louis
Mexico
Fire destroys Wootan Wells property in Bremond Texas
Wootan Wells owners J. Glover Jr Ed McCullough Geo Robinson and T A Goldstein suffered a total loss of frame and brick hotels Sanitar ium bathhouse four cottages and furnishings after a Saturday fire. The damage is estimated at 25000 dollars.
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Bremond
Tex
Pacificists Invite Texans and New Yorkers to Peace Convention
Texas is asked to send delegates to the national peace convention set to meet in Chicago on September 5 and 6, with a grand peace demonstration planned for Labor Day.
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New York
Texas
Chicago
Millionaire Iron Master Jordan Mott Dies at 86
New York reports the death of Jordan Lawrence Mott, head of J. L. Mott iron works, a millionaire industrialist who passed away on Monday at age 86. The article notes his leadership in iron manufacture and his prominence in New York society.
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New York
Jordan Lawrence Mott
J. L. Mott Iron Works
Eastland Disaster Toll Tops 800 In Chicago Tragedy
Coroner's verdict names six men linked to the Eastland steamer catastrophe as the city mourns. Funeral services held for hundreds. relief funds announced by Mayor and Western Electric. Investigations and prosecutions urged as divers search the sunken vessel.
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Chicago
Eastland
William H. Hull
Chicago-St. Louis Steamship Company
Harry Pedersen
J. M. Erickson
Robert Reid
Federal Inspector of Steamships
J. C. Eckliff
Federal
W. K. Greenbaun
Indiana Transportation Company
Hastland
William Hale Thompson
San Francisco
Ill
Western Electric Company
Lake Michigan
Hoffman
Oren
Second Regiment
Moorhouse
Texas Voters Defeat Five Of Six Amendments In Saturday Election
Returns show Texas voters rejected five of six constitutional amendments in Saturday’s election with overwhelming majorities. The sixth amendment to separate the Agricultural and Mechanical College from the University of Texas trails by a small majority in current returns.
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Texas
Agricultural and Mechanical College
University of Texas
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