Eastland Disaster Blame Intended by Wilson
A era of conflict unfolds as Wilson is urged to fix blame for the Eastland disaster amid a wartime report from London on July 26. The long dispatch details Austro German advances toward Warsaw, with Russian resistance described as heroic under heavy artillery. The piece notes strategic river crossings, fortifications, and potential siege outcomes shaping the Polish theater.
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London
Norew
Bozen
Pultusk
Warsaw
von Gallwitz
Berlin
von Renlow
Shavli
Rozan
Vistula
Bug
Zareze
Strean
Pelicy
Grtcago
Dogin
Chicago
Mya
Eastland
Constantinople Fights Besiege Walls Among World’s Most Fought Towns
With the exception of Gibraltar, Constantinople has probably experienced more fighting right up to its walls than any other important town in the world.
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Gibraltar
Constantinople
Four Investigations Into Great Tragedy Ordered by President Under Way
U S ship sunk by German submarine off Scotland. Lesland-Law torpedoed with 1377 ton capacity. Crew saved. Submarine commander asked cargo, flax declared contraband. ship sank within minutes after lifeboats dispatched. News from New York and London reports confirm the sinking and details of the encounter.
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Blow
Chicago
U. S
New York
Lesland-Law
Scotland
A. H. Bult and Company
London
Leeland Law
Archange
Belfast
Wilson
Italians Capture Gorizia After Bitter Two Months War
Rome reports a major Italian victory with Gorizia taken after intense fighting on the Isonzo front. Tolmino poised to fall as King Victor Emmanuel and the Duke of Aosta witnessed the fortress’s fall near the frontline. Cadorna’s forces pressed a siege along a twenty mile stretch between Gorizia and Tolmino, key first class strongholds.
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Rome
Gorizia
Milan
Tolmino
Victor Emmanuel
Duke of
Aosta
Count Cadorna
Trent Tyrol
Cagore
Isonzo
Chicago Disaster Sympathy Messages From Wilson Lipton
Acting Mayor Moorhouse of Chicago received a telegram from President Wilson offering universal sorrow for the disaster seen in Chicago. Sir Thomas Lipton of London sent a condolence cable and a relief fund pledge of 1060 dollars. A General Slocum survivors group in New York also sent condolences.
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Chicago
Moorhouse
Woodrow Wilson
New York
Government funds to build Alaska railroad amusement hall
Comptroller Downes rules that workers on the Alaska railroad project deserve amusement. William Ede, head of the Alaska Eneimeorne Company, may use part of the bandage appropriation to erect an amusement hall. It will include a phonograph, billiard tables, and other entertainments to keep laborers content during the march.
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Alaska
Washington
Toboida
Treasur Downey
William Ede
Alaska Eneimeorne Company
Downes
Dilhard
Pol Tales
Eastland Disaster Casts Long Shadow Over Chicago Funerals
Chicago mourns as funeral processions fill streets after the Eastland disaster. Officials order multiple investigations into the capsize while relief funds, including 200000 from city and 100000 from Western Electric, are established for survivors and families. Divers search the sunken wreck as the city confronts a vast loss.
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Eastland
Chicago
Second Regiment
Moorehouse
National Red Cross
Associated Charities
Municipal Health Department
Western Electric Company
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Myrtle Tannehill
Henry Hallan
R. R
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Vitagraph
Billie Quirk
Constance Talmage
Serrth
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Maes Pickford
Rick Nani
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Nina
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Jou
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Thos. H. Haller
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F. Columbus Knott
Jacob Rohrback
George A. Dean
Uriah A. Lough
C. Thomas Kemp
Lewis A. Rice
James E. Doll
Raymond L. Shaff, Grayson E. Bowers
Faris
Poland
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T. Engle
Frederick County
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Fhone
Atlantic
Frederick
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South Carolina Ave
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Horlick
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