Eastland Victims Remembered in Chicago Funerals
Funeral processions to line Chicago streets and nearby villages as Eastland disaster victims receive rites in every west and southwest church. Undertakers report a dire shortage of hearses and vehicles, urging early services and intervals every two hours to care for five or six funerals daily. Crowds followed corteges. burials continue in Calvary and Oakwoods cemeteries as Cook County backs Eastland survivors with county office closings under study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cicero
Hawthorne
P. J. Cummings
Chicago Undertakers’ Association
Mr. Cummings
Eastland
Leares
Mary Kane
Warren Avenue
Patrick O'Reilly
South
California Avenue
Our Lady of Sorrows’ Church
Calvary ‘Cemetery
James Harries
Park Avenue
Philip L. Ginsberg
West Grenshaw Street
Oakwoods
Cook County
Kasperski
Austrians Prepare for Great Retreat Across Front
Geneva dispatch reports Austria begins evacuation of Gorizia and Podgora amid orders to halt fortification work. Carso plateau fell largely to Italian forces with Austrian losses around 2000 over two days as retreat plans proceed.
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Geneva
London
Laibach
Fribune
Gorizia
Podgora
Carso
Double Breasted Sack Coats Coming
Cedar Point reports members of the International Custom Cutters association in session adopted a report from the style committee favoring double breasted sack coats and fancy waistcoats for the upcoming fall and winter. The committee included P. C. Scott of Toledo L. A. Danner of Springfield and C. W. Enia of Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Point
International ‘Custom Cutters’ ‘Association
Toledo, O
L. A. Danner
Springfield
C. W. Enia
Milwaukee
War Front Bulletins From Petrograd And Paris
Official reports issued tonight describe unchanged conditions on the Disna and Niemen fronts with cavalry actions near Kovno and intensified fighting along the Narew Dobrolenka to Novogeorgievsk. Russian forces claim gains on both banks of the Narew and a captured Zeppelin and prisoners, while French dispatches cite intensified artillery from Souchez to the Somme and Alsace gains on Lingekopf and nearby heights. A Turkish note mentions a reconnoitering detachment near Seddul Bahr on July 25.
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Petrograd
London
Disna
Niemen
Kovno
Vesia
Narew
Dobrolenka
Novogeorgievsk
Vistula
Nadarzyn-Piaseczno
Blonie
Wieprz
Bug
Geoubie
Sokal
Potourzhista
Dniester
Pruth
Paris
Artois
Souchez
Arras
Somme
Aisne
Argonne
Alsace
Lingekopf
Schratzmannele
Barrenkopf
Fecht
Notre Dame Des Troispyes
Constantinople
Turkish War ‘Department
Seddul
Bahr
War Office bulletin from Vienna on Eastern and Italian fronts
The latest dispatch reports after the Sokal siege that our troops stormed the height southeast of the town and captured twenty officers and 3,000 men along with five machine guns. Fighting north of Grubechow continues. Italian forces attacked the Doberdo plateau under heavy artillery fire but failed, with greater losses, while our troops held their positions on the plateau’s border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
London
War Office
Sokal
Galicia
Grubechow
Poland
Doberdo
American consulate clerk jailed over passport fraud in Berlin
Berlin July 27. Charles Wilson an American clerk at the American consulate in Berlin is jailed pending probe into how a British resident obtained a fraudulent American passport. Wilson allegedly certified the applicant as an American citizen and disappeared when the scheme was uncovered. He was arrested at the Swiss frontier and brought back to Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Charles Wilson
Wilson
Frisco Lines Earned More Under 2 Cent Rates
In Oklahoma City on July 27 1914 evidence in the U S district court showed the St Louis and San Francisco railway earned more in Oklahoma with two cent rates than in 1913 under two and three cent rates. Efficiency expert T A Hamilton testified as the sole witness today and will return tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
St. Louis and
San Francisco Railway
Oklahoma
T. A. Hamilton
United States District Court
Hamilton
U.S Officials Seek Light on Conditions In Leelanaw Case
U.S officials pursue details on the ship Leelanaw asking whether its captain was questioned about contraband. The inquiry centers on safety and compliance in maritime handling and whether authorities obtained relevant responses.
Leelanaw contraband issue eyed for Berlin note
Washington reports government seeks details on whether the American steamer Leelanaw captain agreed to surrender contraband. The dispute touches the 1828 treaty allowing release of contraband during wartime. Consul Skinner at London quotes Captain Desk of the Leelanaw describing the torpedoing near Orkney and crew evacuation by the submarine. The question may lead to arbitration if treaty interpretation deadlocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Skinner
London
Lelanaw
Dundee
Archangel
Belfast
Eugene Desk
Kirkwall
Orkney
Leelanaw
Swedish Army Doubled Since War, Copenhagen Report
Copenhagen dispatch reports the Swedish army is now the largest and most efficient in the country’s history. Since the outbreak of the war, it has nearly doubled to 540000 trained men with 360000 on the first line and the rest landsturm. New training schools added 60000 noncommissioned officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
London
Landsturm
Pioneer Resident Evelyn Orr Dies at 89 in Kinderhook
Mrs. Evelyn Orr, one of Kinderhook's oldest residents, died this afternoon at age eighty nine. She had lived in the community for many years. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinderhook
Evelyn. Orr
Alaskan Heat Wave Intensifies Across Regions
Seward Alaska July 27 temperature rose to 90 degrees in the shade and reached 103 at Kenai Lake. Fires are burning in the forests as heat persists across the area.
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Seward
Alaska
Kenai Lake
Orduna Attack Inquiry Stirs Berlin Notes July 27
Berlin notes inquiry into the attack on the Cunard liner Orduna with 227 on board including 21 Americans. The ship was torpedoed south of Queenstown July 9 and then shelled but escaped due to Captain Taylor and Chief Engineer Gowans. Carpathia chase near Irish coast and Mavisbrook pursuit near Biscayne Bay are reported. no fatalities confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
WV Ia
London
Foreign Office
Orduna
Cunard
Queenstown
Taylor
Gowans
New York
Savannah
Bay of Biscayne
Brown
Newport
England
Carpathia
Liverpool
Joseph ‘Thompson
Canton
Ohio
Andrew Motherwell
Glasgow
Cann
Turkish Justice Minister Niembles Ill in Lausanne Hospital
Nedjemiden Effendi, Turkey's justice minister, underwent appendicitis surgery at Hospital Roux in Lausanne after arriving in Switzerland. An Associated Press effort for an interview yielded a note stating illness and inability to discuss Turkey affairs. Fassam Effendi denied rumors of separate peace talks with the triple entente powers, saying Turkey does not desire war and seeks peace, with rumors to the contrary untrue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Paris
Nedjemiden Effendi
Switzerland
Dr. Roux
Lausanne
Associated Press
Turkey
Nedjemkden
Fassam Effendi
Fassum Effendi
Grove City Dedicates Federal Creamery First of Its Kind
In Grove City on July 27 dedicatory exercises were held for a government experimental creamery. The facility operates under the federal Bureau of Animal Industry and is described as the first such project in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove City
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
United, States
Storm of tropical intensity hits northern Montana
In Livingston Montana on July 27 a tropical storm swept northern Montana causing tempestous winds. The gale struck Great Falls early in the evening destroying a section of the electric power plant.
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Livingston
Mont
Northern
Montana
Great Falls
Child’s Face Breakout Healed by Utiura Soap Ad
A mother from La Crosse Wisconsin writes that her two year old suffered a blistering facial breakout causing itching and bleeding at night. After using Utiura Soap and Ointment for a couple of weeks the rash fully cleared with no scar or mark remaining. Signed Mrs AL My Gotlnicky 827 Caledonia St La Crosse Wis March 26 15.
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AL My Gotlnicky
Caledonia St
la Cross
Wis
American Proposal On Goods From Russia Delayed
United States seeks quick word on conditions for lifting embargo as talks proceed. American proposal would consign Russian goods to the secretary of commerce under a guarantee they not be re exported to belligerents. Commercial Attache Baker to report shipping conditions from Archangel and Sweden routes via Bergen Narvik Christiania for private commerce.
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Washington
State Department
Petrograd
United States
Russia
Secretary of Commerce
Baker
Archangel
Europe
Ernest L. Harris
Stockholm
Sweden
Bergen
Narvik
Christiania
Oil King's Brother Defendant in Suit
Mrs. Bertha M. Leland of Montreal widow and former Cleveland restaurant cashier files $100,000 suit against Frank Rockefeller brother of John D Rockefeller. She accuses defrauding her of 10000 in a stock deal and claims he beat injur ed her and caused her arrest on a false charge when she sought repayment. Rockefeller vows to fight the suit to a finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Bertha ‘M. Leland
Montreal
Invisible Wings On New German Plane Reported
Amsterdam reports in the Cologne Gazette that Germany possesses two planes whose wings use a clear transparent material called cellon. Invented by German engineer Knaubel, cellon is made from cellulose and acetic acid, described as tough pliable and non inflammable. Initial experiments with the material were conducted two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Germany
Cologne
Knaubel
Flerr Kaubel
President Wilson studies conditions in Mexico
Cornish New Hampshire July 27 reports say President Wilson studied Mexican conditions here and will shape the next step in New Mexican policy. He has read reports carefully and is convinced the United States should not wait to see whether different factions can compose their differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornish
N. H
Mexico
Wilson
United States
Auto Interurban Crash Kills Cigar Salesman in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids Iowa on July 27 a speeding interurban collision with a city car injured and killed King a cigar salesman from Dubuque. W Ellis of Des Moines escaped with minor bruises. No fault was found with the interurban crew as it ran slowly and under control.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
LD YY King
Twenty Four Hour War Review Summary in Brief
A twenty four hour review of Europe’s great war summarizes rapid Allied and Central Power actions on eastern, southern and western fronts. Teutons report progress in northwest Russia and Poland near Warsaw. Italians claim gains on the Isonzo front. French take trenches north of Mainz in Alsace. Russians launch offensives. Constantinople notes Turkish gains at Seddul Bahr.
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Teutons
Russia
Poland
Warsaw
Isonzo
Berlin
Alsace
Muenster
Narew
Goworowo
Rozan
Serock
Pultusk
Constantinople
Dardanelles
The Great European War Pictures at Family Theater Today
Newsreel advertisement shows Mobilization of all nations as Antwerp besieged and the Marne battles depicted. Sieges guns in action and shell explosions. Louvain burning. German cavalry trapped. Four reels of The Great European War Pictures plus Shattered Memories and a comedy reel.
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Antwerp
Marne
Louvain
Trevino Meets Ricaut at Neuvo Laredo Confers with Carranza Leader
General Trevino and his forces, having just joined Torreon attackers, confer with General Ricaut, Carranza commander, at Nuevo Laredo, Texas.
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Trevino
Neuvo. Laredo
Laredo
Tex
Neuvo Laredo
Ricaut
Carranza
Hero of Eastland rescue hailed for lifesaving aid
J F Northrup, tender of the Dearborn street bridge, stood by as the Eastland capsized and swamped his life boat. He reached victims first, ferried them to the dock, and aided in revival efforts while bystanders helped secure others for hospitals or homes. Several named survivors and witnesses credited his swift actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eastland
J. F. Northrup
Dearborn ‘Street
Anna Lusk
Bessié
Nepras
Northrup
Mr. Northrup
J. H. Green
H. J. Dexter
Lawndale Avénué
E Peter Son
Louise Shhiff
Fifer
J. Feith
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