Deaths and injuries in Des Moines 300 mile auto derby
Morris S. Keller Chandler's mechanician dies at hospital after 238th lap crash. Billy Chandler critically injured with broken hip and internal injuries. Joe Cooper killed earlier. Ralph De Palma wins as Mulford initially edged out. Cooper from Youngstown, unm arried.
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Des Moines
Morris S. Keller
Billy Chandler
Iowa
New Mile
Ralph de Palma
Ralph Mulford
Eddie O'Donnell
Joe Cooper
Cooper
Louis Peto
Morris Keeler
Chandler
Pio
Keeler
Bartr
de Palma
Mulford
O'Donnell
U S Forces in Mexico Border Search for Bandits
Aug 7 reports say US troops push north of Brownsville Texas seeking Mexican bandits linked to the deaths of two American citizens. Lieut Henry with Heningen force trails bandits east of Sebastian, toward Pass Real, as others move toward Paso Real Rio Hondo Leford and Raymondville guarding railway bridges and aiding the chase.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Brownsville
Texas
Henry
Heningen
Sebustian
Pass Real
Paso Real
Rio Hondo
Leford
Raymondville
Iferlingen
Isd
Bishop Kozlowski Dead
The Right Rev Edward Kozlowski auxiliary bishop of Milwaukee died shortly before midnight at St Joseph's hospital where he had undergone an operation He was consecrated bishop at Milwaukee on January 14 1902 the Milwaukee date appears as August 7 190?
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Kozlowski
Milwaukee
Wis
Edward Kozlowski
St. Joseph's ‘Hospital
Food Deprivation Report Edges Away on Sea Tale
The Galveston report states the crew of the Pensacola fishing smack Jose J. Eppes faced three days without food and gnawed their leather shoes for nourishment. The tale emerged as the Greek steamer Tilemachos arrived from Marseilles, with the Jose J. Eppes sighted 265 miles south of Pensacola on August 5.
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Galveston
Tex
Jose J. Eppes
Pensacola
Dracoulis
Tilemachos
Marseilles
Texas seeks recruits for border ranger force expansion
Gov. James E. Ferguson announced in Corpus Christi that ranchmen with border knowledge are being sought to augment the Texas Ranger force to combat raids on Mexican border outlaws. Twenty more men were ordered added, with potential for 160 more if needed following raids culminating in an attack on Sebastian that left two men dead.
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Corpus Christie
Tex
Texas Ranger
James E. Ferguson
Sebastian
President Wilson to Return to Washington from Cornish
Aug. 7 report that President Wilson will travel back to Washington to engage personally with Mexican, diplomatic, and global issues. Departure date not fixed but expected before end of next week with possible return to Cornish if schedules allow. Earlier this day he learned Gen. Carranza filed a brief seeking a conference and potential U.S. recognition. He spent the morning playing golf and the afternoon in automobile travel.
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Cornish
NHL
Wilson
Washington
Germany
Ain
White House
Teo
Carranza
State Department
United States
Cabinet approves 100 million franc military credit
The Bucharest correspondent reports the cabinet has approved an extraordinary credit of 100,000,000 francs for military purposes. The Romanian minister in Paris has been summoned to Bucharest for consultation.
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Paris
Bucharest
Romania
Petit Parisien
Refrigerated beef goes on sale in Paris markets
Paris reports American refrigerated beef placed on sale for the first time. The meat sold well with an average price of thirteen cents per pound. A few days of trial are expected to show if refrigerated beef is practicable for permanent use.
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Paris
Ill Health For Judge Freeman Triggers Resignation
Springfield Aug 7 Judge Henry V Freeman longtime Cook county superior court judge resigns due to ill health effective Oct 1. His term ends 1917 and a special election will fill the vacancy. Freeman presided over the McNally Kurth and Warren murder trial and later secured pardons for two men he believed innocent, which strained his health.
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Springfield
Ill
Henry V. Freeman
Chicago
Dunne
Freeman
Cook
Gov. Dunne
Thomas McNally
Charles Kurth
Edward Warren
James Prunty
Peter
Secuer
McNally
Kurth
Wireless operator walks 200 miles to San Antonio
FM Williams, a wireless operator aboard the United States gunboat Machias, arrived in San Antonio after a desert journey from Tampico. He described being starved, walking from Nuevo Laredo after a Castro renegade train explosion south of Monterey disrupted travel, missing meals aside from a small goat meat piece, and noting Mexican suffering along his route through revolutionist and bandit danger.
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San. Antonio
Texas
Williams
Oper Eof
United’ States
Machias
San Antonio
Tampico
Willams
Monterey
Nuevo Laredo
Emperor William Replies to Wuerttemberg King on Warsaw Fall
London dispatch quotes Emperor William in replying to King of Wuerttemberg congratulations over Warsaw’s fall. He expresses gratitude and says the defeat marks a significant step toward an honorable peace, with faith in God guiding continued fighting alongside “glorious troops.”
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London
Wuerttemberg
Warsaw
William
Eugenics a Stimulus Says Yale Professor
At the national conference on race betterment in Oakland California Prof Irving Fisher of Yale argued eugenics would stimulate love rather than deter it and that broad adoption of eugenics would not inevitably lead to loveless marriages He spoke at the concluding session outlining his view on social guidance without rigid coercion
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Oakland
Calif
Irving Fisher
Yale
Kentucky Primary Nominations Lead To Governor Election
Louisville August 7 Former Congressman Al O Stanley Democrat EF Morrows Republican and Fred J Drexler Progressive were nominated for governor in Kentucky statewide primary today Stanley leading with about 20 000 Morrow faced little opposition and Drexler ran unopposed
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Kentucky
Louisville
AL O. Stanley
EF. P
Jacob P. Lindley Dies at 65 After Long Academic Career
Jacob P. Lindley, longtime faculty member at Hingis Wesleyan College of Law, died today in Bloomington HL Ange. He was 65 years old and widely known in legal education circles for his decades of teaching and scholarship.
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Bloomington
Ange
Jacob P. Lindley
Hingis Wesleyan College of Law
Storm in Bloomington Leaves Damage Across Town
Bloomington DL reports a severe wind rain and electric storm sweeping the city late today. Hail cut down considerable corn and caused damage across areas, with debris and power outages affecting residents.
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Bloomington
Prain
Russians Retreat From Polish Front Amid Stiff German Push
British dispatch reports three weeks of intense fighting along the Narew front ending with a Russian withdrawal or collapse near the Lamza and Bug river. German forces under Von Hindenburg press toward the Vistula while Von Buelow advances near Dvinsk and Kovno. Novogeorgievk fortress holds as Italians claim control of Monte San Michele, hinting at a path to Gorizia and Trieste.
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London
Lamza
Bug River
von Hindenburg
Narew
Warsaw
Nicholas
von Buelow
Riga
Dvinsk
Java River
Kovno
Jara
Vilna
Nieman
Sventa
Novogeormievk
Vistula
Monte San Michele
Gorizia
Trieste
Thirteen Victims Buried After Erie Flood
Punerals of thirteen victims of Tuesday night's flood were held today as Erie mourned. All business suspended while crews cleared debris and disinfected wreckage to curb pestilence. Wrecking forces expanded to 2000 workerscitywide
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Erie
Gov Walsh announces renomination bid for third term
Boston August 7 Gov Walsh tonight announced he would seek renomination for a third term.
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Boston
Walsh
Errors Point Out In State Suit In Springfield
In Springfield on August 7 judges paused hearings as state lawyers argued bills by John B. Fergus of Chicago against many appropriations from the recent legislative session. Andrew Russell urged the court that public welfare bills should not be tied up by technical errors. Logan Hay, counsel for State Treasurer, argued the court may deny the bill despite irregular passage. The omnibus bill’s hearing aimed to finish by noon Monday, then the deficiency appropriation law would be addressed.
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Springfield
Creighton
John B. Fergus
Chicago
Logan Hay
Andrew’ Russell
Hay
German forces breach Warsaw fortress in midnight assault
Berlin reports Warsaw fell after a midnight storm of shot and shell. Prussian reservists breached the southern forts and entered at 3 am August 6. Hindenburg had rebuilt defenses after last winter, with entanglements of wire and buried mines. Mixed Saxon Bavarian and Wurttembergian divisions captured western forts, completing a four-kingpin victory.
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Berlin
London
Warsaw
von Hindenburg
Vistula
Holyoke Street Railway Strike Halts City Trolleys
Sixty thousand Holyoke residents and five thousand Amherst citizens lacked trolley service as directors and 250 striking workers failed to agree on arbitration methods for wage and working condition disputes. No disorder reported.
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Holyoke
Mass
Amherst
Holyoke Street Railway Company
German American Catholic Federations Plan Peace Delegates
The National Federation of German American Catholic Societies executive board approved requesting state organizations to send delegates to the Friends of Peace convention in Chicago next month. The federation’s 16th annual convention opens here tomorrow and runs five days.
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ST. Paul
Friends of Peace
Chicago
National Federation of German- American Catholic Societies
Storms Cause Major Damage in Oklahoma Regions
Electrical storms in the Tulsa area caused an estimated 200000 dollars in damage. At Cleveland, about fifty miles northwest of Tulsa, Gulf Pipe Line oil tanks burned with an estimated loss of 180000 dollars. No fatalities reported.
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Tulsa
Okla
Cleveland
Gulfy Pipe Line Company
Rector Schlargen Illness Shocks Belleville Diocese
Rev. Joseph Schlargen rector of St. Peter's Cathedral and chancellor of the Belleville Catholic diocese is seriously ill after an operation. His condition is reported as critical.
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Belleville
Joseph
Schlargen
St. Peter's
Double Guard On International Line Ahead Of Nogales Attack
Mexico City reports Dr. Juan Ortega being expelled as persona non grata amid Carranza tensions. Nogales lines tighten with General Calles preparing for dawn assault. American soldiers guard the border and Titicomb hill while Maytorena threatens resistance. Raids and cattle theft tied to rising hostilities along the Rio Grande.
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International Line
Nogales
Mexico City
Juan Ortega
Mexico
Guatemala
Carranza
Ariz
Calles
Sonora
iIn
Titicomb
Maytorena
Cales
Rio Grande
Germans Attack Two Fortresses Kovno and Ossowetz
August reports from Petrograd say German forces attacked the fortresses of Kovno and Ossowetz. Ossowetz was stormed under a gas cover but repulsed by counter attacks. Russian declarations maintain Kovno remains under Russian control, a fortified capital of the Kovno government in Lithuania near the Baltic. Ossowetz lies about fifty miles northeast of Warsaw on the Narew river, a second fortress of first-class strength.
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Petrograd
London
Kovno
Ossowetz
Sosna
Kovno Wis
Atlantic fleet plans eastern seaboard war game
Newport Aug 7 The Atlantic fleet aimed at testing coast defense as naval war college officers map out scenarios for another war game to follow target practice in Narragansett Bay next fall.
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Newport
BR. 1
Atelantic
Frank F. Fletcher
Naval War College
Narrangansett Bay
Quiet in Haiti after American naval occupation
Quiet prevailed in Port au Prince after American naval forces occupied the port office and the national palace to maintain order and safeguard life and property. The move aimed to restore stability following upheaval in the Haitian capital.
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Haiti
Port AU Prince
National Palace
Prominent Physician Dead in Atlantic City
Horatio N. Spencer of St. Louis, a prominent west physician, died in Atlantic City today at age unknown. His wife and son were with him. death attributed to a complication of ailments.
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Atlantic City
Horatio N. Spencer
St. Lonis
West
Mexican Leader Recedes From Position To Peace Conference
Two major developments lift the Mexican crisis toward peace as Carranza asks recognition and contemplates a peace conference while Villa may respond. The United States signals that Huerta’s ouster ends the revolution aims, seeks a provisional president, and plans to discuss Villa Carranza talks at a Pan American conference in New York. Secretary Lansing heads to New York to coordinate with Treasury Secretary McAdoo. funding for a new Mexican government is debated during the conference.
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Washington
Carranza
Lansing
Villa
United “States
Huerta
Mexico
New York
McAdoo
The
Treasury
North Haven
Maine
Army Chief of Staff Scott Tours Chicago on El Paso Mission
Major General Hugh L. Scott halted in Chicago while en route from Washington to El Paso Texas. He stated confidence in his ability to help bring the warring factions of the southern republic into agreement.
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Chicago
Hugh L. Scott
U. S. Army
Washington
el Paso
Texas
Villa defers action against foreign firms pending talks
El Paso August 7 George E Carothers special agent of the state department said that until Gen Hugh L Scott arrives Monday to meet Gen Villa at Juarez, all action against foreign merchants and mining corporations would be deferred. Scott would discuss confiscation of foreign property and the August 11 meeting of mining company representatives plus Pan American conference topics on Mexican pacification. Villa has summoned military officials from across his territory for a meeting in Juarez tomorrow.
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EL Paso
Tex
George E. Carothers
State Department
Hugh L. Scott
Villa
Juarez
Scott
Mining Corporation
Mexico
Carranza
Carranza Brief Not Yet Submitted for Conference
Secretary Lansing says Carranza brief has not been formally submitted to the conference. Copies were sent to each member and to President Wilson. Gen Villa may seize the opportunity to push for a conference. Gen Scott may aid by talking with Villa to urge consideration of Carranza’s measure. Lansing and McAdoo are in New York coordinating policy on the Mexican situation.
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Washington
Lansing
Carranza
Péysidortt Wilson
Villa
Scott
Cara Ranza
War
McAdoo
Treasury Department
New York
New Yee
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