Eastland Disaster Toll Soars Over Chicago River
Chicago mourns as more than a thousand people die when the steamship Eastland capsizes near Clark Street dock. Rescue crews, divers, and volunteers work through the night to recover bodies while officials open investigations and raise relief funds. The tragedy overwhelms the city as churches conduct prayers and authorities begin inquests.
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Chicago
Easthind
Chitagoiver
Western Electric Company
Lake Michigan
Troffman
Tenmers
Federal
City and
Tale
Eastland
Wastland
Ike
Clark Street
Michigan City
Toastland
Chilcago
Take Eerie
Roosevelt
Landis
Hoyne
Hoffman
Hastland
Moorehouse
National Red Cross
Associated Charities
Municipal Health Department
Thompson
Louis Kruger
Theodore Roosevelt
Indiana Transportation Company
City of Grand Rapids
Graham & Morton Line
St. Joseph
Mich
Fastland
President Wilson Telegram Expresses Sympathy for Chicago Disaster
Acting Mayor Moore of Chicago received a telegram from President Woodrow Wilson expressing profound sympathy and sorrow over the disaster that saddened many homes across the country. The message conveys national compassion in the wake of the Chicago tragedy.
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Chicago
Moorehouse
Woodrow Wilson
Definite Instructions to Funston on Border Fire
President Wilson approved orders to Major General Funston to repel any firing into U S territory during border town clashes. Carranza forces were told not to attack Nogales, with Naco to withdraw and civil administration to remain. The border situation remains under government review as agencies blame each other for the neutralization agreement.
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Washington
Wilson
Funston
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Calles
Nogales
Naco
Villa
Hugh Scott
Mexico
German newspapers attack American note on submarine warfare
Berlin papers print the latest American note to Germany unfavorably. The Tageliche Rundschau Kreuz Zeitung Tageblatt and Tages Zeitung criticize the demand for restraint, claim pro British influence dominates President Wilson, and warn neutrals have rights but Germany fights for its life.
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Berlin
Sayville
Germany
Tageliche Rundschau
Kreuz Zeitung
Great Britain
Tageblatt
United States
Wilson
Tages Zeitung
Girl’s Plea Leads to Pardon for Former Danville Chief
A six year old girl’s appeal to Governor Harris secured a promised pardon for Thomas Jedgar Stripling. Stripling, once Danville Virginia, police chief, had been jailed for murder after escaping jail 14 years earlier while awaiting transfer to Georgia prison farm. He was arrested in 1911 and later brought to Milledgeville to serve a life sentence.
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Milledgeville
Harris
Thomas Jedgar Stripling
Danville
Georgia
Opposition to New Seaman's Law by Steamship Owner
Syracuse reports Secretary Redfield of the Department of Commerce releasing correspondence with the St. Joseph Chicago Steamship Co owners of the steamer Fastland. He argues the seaman's act could have reduced the ship's passenger capacity from 2570 to 1562, while the company opposes the bill.
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Syracuse
William Co. Redfield
Department of Commerce
St. Joseph-Chicago Steamship Company
Redfield
The
Steamship Company
Military Defenses Labeled Insufficient by National Security League
The Army committee report chaired by Henry L. Stimson calls U S defenses woefully insufficient and backs General Staff proposals for a 660,000 man reserve army plus reserves of arms ammunition and war matériel as previously urged to Congress.
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New York
Army Committee
National Security League
Henry L. Stimson
General Staff of
Army
Congress
United States Demands Respect for Neutral Rights in German Submarine War
Washington reveals the public text of the July 21 1915 American note to Germany on submarine warfare. It condemns German retaliation against neutral ships and asserts the seas must stay free and neutrals protected, urging disavowal of the Lusitania sinking and reparations while maintaining universal rules of naval warfare. The note stresses the need to adapt law to new war conditions and preserves longstanding US-Germany friendship.
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Washington
Berlin
Gerard
United States
Germany
Foreign Office
Department of State
Great Britain
Lusitania
Rendship
Lansing
President Wilson Presses Hard on Germany
A Danville Virginia note praises Wilson for a courteous yet firm stance against German subterfuge. The Washburns report says Wilson rejects quibbling and holds the U S position unchanged, resisting influence from Germany or dissenting citizens as he repeats demands.
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Danville
Lynchburg
Wilson
Berlin
Gh News and Observer
Preg Wilson
Germany
Woke
United States
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