Germans claim Warsaw fall and new Polish intrigue
Berlin and Petrograd dispatch totals recount Warsaw’s fall as German forces advance in central Poland. Reports describe fortresses at Novogeorgievsk and Ivangorod evacuated, with German plans for a Polish autonomous arrangement while Moscow weighs the political outcome.
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Lenten
Warsaw
Riga
Poland
Galicia
Keesiz
Nicholas
Petrograd
Vistula
Ivangorod
Brest-Litovsk
von Buelow
von Macken&en
Ivancorod
Berlin
Vienna
Waren Nee
Bank Robbers Sentenced Twenty Years Each
Iowa City August 6 W R Soxtth y and W C Loomis were sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary for robbing the Farmers Savings bank of North Liberty on July 16. They pled guilty and waived three days before sentence. Loomis was captured in Rock Island Illinois and Smith in Detroit Michigan. They retrieved about $1000. Sawyer Found Guilty
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Iowa
Associated
Iowa City
W. R. Soxtthy
W. C. Loomis
Farmers’ Savings Bank of
North Liberty
Loomis
Rock Island
Smith
Detroit
Mich
Sawyer
Chandler
Okla
Claude
Henry Starr
Stroud
Banks
Charles B
Wilson
Sawyers
Balkan agreement push reported in Belgrade talks
In Nish Serbia on August 6 ministers from Russia Great Britain France and Italy urged Serbian premier Nikola Pasic to join a Balkan pact. The move aims to align Bulgaria Romania and Greece with the Entente powers in the war effort.
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Nish
Serbia
Bulgaria
Romania
Greece
Russia
Great Britain
France
Italy
Nikola Pachitach
California
Assembly Rejects Resignations of Two State Officials
Madison August 6. A resolution by Assemblyman McGowan calling for the resignations of Dairy and Food Commissioner George J. Weigle and Board of Control members failed 51 to 15. The measure charged incapacity and urged replacements, while opponents urged hearings and cautioned against rushed action. The debate touched on hearings, efficiency claims, and a proposed constitutional Ninety Day Session amendment.
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Madison
Wis
Anz
Assembiswan
L. McGowan
Adams County
George J. Weigle
Pres. Jones
Joint Committee On Finance
Assemblyman McGowan
State Board of Control
Assemblyman Hambrecht
Assemblyman Humbrecht
Harrington
Assemblyman
Ellingson
Weigle
Apance
Dairy and Food Department
Dr. Allen
Axel Johnson
Carl Haswen
Diliasia
Chicago
Long Seaviews
Wisconsin Senate Deliberates on Girls Industrial School Reform
The Wisconsin Senate debates the Milwaukee Girls Industrial School funding and oversight, with Senator Albers detailing alleged abuses and poor conditions. A 16 to 11 vote reconsiders the bill, while other actions address cattle quarantines, taxation plans, rural teacher aid, and civil service appropriations.
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Northwestern
Madison
Wis
Senate
Albers
Wisconsin Industrial School
State Board of Control
Te Waupun Thas
Milwaukee
Bennett
Board of Control
Everett
Fairchild
jSchool
House
Wisconsin
Ackrey
Perry
Martin
Dickie
Assembly
Civil Service
Dithmar
Bosshard
Ski Gs & Committee On Conference
Ulscum
General Scott to Confer With Villa on Mexican Situation
A series of dispatches from Paso Texas and Washington report Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott and Lieut Col. Robert Michiel traveling to meet Gen. Francisco Villa and other Mexican leaders to discuss the border crisis. Battery D, Sixth Field Artillery ships to Nogales for border patrol duty. Villistas execute Chihuahua state official Sebastian Vargas Sr. in Chihuahua City on Villa orders.
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Associated Press
Paso
Texas
Chihueahua City
Sebastian Varges
Chihuahua
General Villa
Fort Riley
Kan
Sixth Field Artillery
Nogales
Ariz
Washington, D. C
Hugh L. Scott
United States Army
Robert EB. L. Michiel
Washington
Jiarh
Mexico City
Huerta
Carranza
Villa
Mexico
Lansing
Atiz
Aum
Sixth
United States Field Artillery
Douglas
Ariz. Toda
Sonora
Wednester
Capitalist Leader George G McAlurtry Dies in Atlantic City
George G. McAlurtry chairman of the American Sheet and Tin Plate company and a director of the American Can Company the Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railway Pittsburgh Trust and other firms died suddenly in Atlantic City New Jersey after a two month illness.
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Associated Press
New York
George G. McAlurtry
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
United States Steel Corporation
Atlantic City
N. J
McMurtry
American Can Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Pitsburg Trust Company
Mexican Outlaws Kill Two in Sebastian Raid
Mexican outlaws raid Sebastian thirty seven miles north of Brownsville killing Al Austin and his son Charles, leaders of the Sebastian Law and Order League. United States cavalry from Harlingen respond as townsfolk arm for pursuit after a ranch raid where bandits stole horses saddles and a pistol.
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Brownsville
Texas
Sebastuan
United States Cavalry
Marlingen
Sebasnan
Sebastian
Harlingen
al Austin
Sebastian Law and Order League
Charles
Austin
Riley
Alexander
Prepared for Peace or War Says Progressive Leader at Albany
George W Werkins told twenty five up state leaders at an executive meeting in Albany that the Progressive party stands for preparedness for peace as well as war. He warned of industrial stagnation if peace and war are not both prepared and urged readiness to meet modern economic conditions. He declined to forecast future national candidates or indicate support for Roosevelt or Johnson.
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Progressive Party
George W. Werkins
Albany
Associated Press
George W.werkins
Progressive
Perkins
Roosevelt
Johnson
California
Oshkosh Yacht Club to Host Regatta Luncheons and Dinners
The Oshkosh Yacht club hosts inland and Northwestern regattas from August 12 to 21 with meals run by a committee of club women. Secretary D I Haeno praised the move noting the dining room will be run like a private concern and crews are preparing the clubhouse for eight busy gala days. Bert Brann leads a staff keeping the venue neat while kitchens and ink erasures are addressed.
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Yacht Club
Oshkosh Yacht
D. 1
Haeno
Mir
Bert Brann
New Revolution in Hayti Reaches Port-au-Prince
Washington Aug 6 A new revolutionary disturbance in Gonaives on Haïti's western coast prompted Admiral Caperton to dispatch the naval tug to protect the customs house. American forces occupied Fort Nationale in Port au Prince without resistance and Marines are quartered in the barracks under Colonel Cole from the Connecticut. Captain Peach oversees civil affairs as Haitian parliament convenes Sunday to elect a president.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gonaives
Harti
Caperton
Eola
Fort Nationale
Port
Prince
Cole
Connecticut
Peach
Midland Queen Sunk After Sydney Voyage
The British steamship Midland Queen, which sailed from Sydney, C. B. July 31, was sunk on Tuesday last near Queenstown. The crew of twenty two and the chief officer's wife and child were rescued after spending seventy two hours in boats.
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Associated Press
Queenstown
Aug
Midland Queen
Sydney
C. B
Glas- Ww
Epsn
Cause of Oklahoma fire ruled spontaneous
Officials from the New York Shipbuilding company and government inspectors concluded the fire that swept the battleship Oklahoma several weeks ago originated from spontaneous combustion. They reported no incendiary cause and said the investigation is complete. Repair work continues as delays push completion from October to January.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
New York Shipbuilding Company
Oklahoma
Stapyard
Navy Department
Washington
A Det Detour Fragments Clip Local Dispatch
A fragmentary OCR note shows garbled text about a detour or road work. No clear names, places, or dates are readable. The readable portion hints at a disrupted route or traffic advisory with unclear origin.
Lynching of Berry and manhunt near Liberty and Shawnee
A mob hanged Berry, a negro accused of assaulting white women, at the Beard street bridge after masked men seized him from officers in Shawnee. A coroner's inquest is planned and a second suspect is being hunted across Clay County Missouri after the stafford case.
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Shawnee
Okla
Ea Berrys
Berry
McAlester
Ulal
Ualh
Beard Street
Kansas City
Clay County
Missouri River
Henry Stafford
Liberty
Stafford
Wood Hills
President Wilson Loses Patience Over Delayed Mail
President Wilson, golfing with Prof. George Howe and Dr. T. Grasson at Cornish New Hampshire, grows impatient over cabinet replies. He personally checked the Windsor post office for a second time and continued work on correspondence and official business from Washington. An ante ride was planned for the afternoon.
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Wilson
White House
Associated Press
Cornish
N. H. Aus
George Howe
North Carolina University
T. Grasson
Lansing
Datex
de Gentes
United States
Alliez
William P. Frye
Windsor
Washington
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Finance Committee
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Girls’ Industrial School
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