British note on blockade defenses in US dispute
London report outlines a supplemental British note defending the right to blockade neutral ports and arguing that acts of enforcement have not harmed American trade. It cites the Neches cargo dispute and references Springbok precedent while noting large increases in US exports and imports with Germany and other nations during the war.
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London
United States
Washington
Great Britain
Edward Grey
Brush
Corpleraerss
Neches
Rotterdam
New York
Germany
Belgium
Supreme Court
Austria
Norway
Ee Nolo
Denmark
America
Leelanaw torpedoing prompts Germany damages note
Washington officials prepared a note to Germany demanding damages after a nearly complete report on the US steamer Leelanaw being torpedoed by a German submarine. Consul Dennison's dispatch says the master tried to escape, was ordered to surrender, and papers were retained by the submarine.
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Washington
State Department
Germany
Dennison
Dundee
Scotland
Orkneys
Leelanaw
Lee
Lanaw
Kielee
Kirkwall
William P. Frye
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
University of Illinois Buys 32.5 Acres Near Champaign
The University of Illinois purchased thirty-two and one half acres of land adjoining Champaign on the south for fifty thousand dollars. Anton Roland is listed among the names in the fragmentary source.
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Urbana
University of Illinois Today
Alsace War Office reports two enemy blockhouses captured
Paris July 28 The official communication from the war office says in Alsace we have occupied two enemy blockhouses to the east of Lingekopf and Schratzman. The report notes strategic gains and advances on the Eastern Front.
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Paris
War Office
Alsace
Lingekopf
Schratzman
Raymond Keer Dies From Lantern Igniting Gasoline Tank
Peoria report says Raymond Keer a 33 year old railroad helper died from burns after carrying a lit lantern into a saloon while a gasoline tank was being refilled. The accident occurred today and details indicate a flare up caused by the lantern.
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Peoria
Raymond Keer
Dutch Newspaper Upholds Our Stand
The Nieuwe Courant editorial defends the American position on neutrality, urging nations to abstain from interfering with neutral sovereignty. It warns that abandoning this stance would force the Netherlands to accept Germany’s right to violate Dutch territory if deemed necessary for its survival.
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Tague
London
Germany
Nieuwe Courant
Natons
Anust ‘Atvall
America
Belgium
Netherlands
Governor Hammond Delays Return From San Francisco
In St Paul Minnesota on July 28 Gov Hammond telegraphed his San Francisco return is delayed and he will not arrive until tonight His reply to Hibbing's request for the state militia was deferred and not yet decided.
Senator Chamberlain pushes US Army reorganization plan
PORTLAND Ore July 28 Senator George E Chamberlain chairman of the senate military affairs committee announced he would go to Washington a month before Congress reconvenes to help Secretary of War Garrison prepare a program for reorganizing the army The army must be increased to about 125000 and all branches improved from lessons of the European war The trained reserve size and universal military training were among the issues discussed with War Secretary Garrison Leaders from both parties acknowledge an imperative for immediate military legislation
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Portland
Ore
George E. Chamberlain
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Washington
Congress
Chamberlain
Chicago civil engineer arrested for assault with intent to commit felony
Lewis O Connell a civil engineer was arrested at his residence in a south side district today on a charge of assault with intent to commit a felony. Dubuque Iowa sheriff says O Connell tried to kidnap his adopted daughter Clara Stumpf from her mother on a Mississippi houseboat last week. The child’s father who had custody died in 1912 and the child was later adopted by the O Connells. Clara was later taken by Phillip Lochner her grandfather from a school near Dubuque. Mrs Shierman the child’s mother was named legal guardian by Dubuque county courts. O Connell reportedly crossed the river to Dubuque in a motorboat to seize the child, resisted, and fled. He refused extradition and was released on bonds.
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Chicago
Lewis O'Connell
South Side
Dubuque
Iowa
O'Connell
Clara Stumpf
Mississippi
Missouri Republicans rally behind state campaign in Springfield
Scores of Republicans from Missouri gathered in Springfield at a rally called by State Chairman L. Babler. Delegations arrived from surrounding cities of the seventh district and Babler led a St. Louis delegation including W. Giekitchin the state secretary J. C. Dyer Congressman from Cleveland A. Newton and John Semel St. Louis Republican City Committee chair.
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Springfield
Missouri
L. Babler
Seventh
Babler
St. Louis
W. “Giekitchin
L. C. Dyer
Cleveland
A. Newton
John ¢Semel
St.Louis
Capture of Rozan area and villages reported
War office bulletin says 2,500 Russians were captured along the Narew near Rozan and nearby Gaworowo. German forces seized Piermnow west of Warsaw in Blonie. In the western theater Germany recaptured most of trenches near Lingekopf, Vosges, while French positions northwest of Souchez were partially retaken.
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Warsaw
War Office
Narew
Rozan
Gaworowo
Blonie
Piermnow
Amull
Souchez
Lingekopf
Vosges
Becker loses bid for new trial in Becker murder case
Justice Ford denies a new trial to Charles Becker, the former police lieutenant sentenced to death for instigating the murder of gambler Herman Rosenthal. The ruling, issued from Ford's chamber, holds the evidence insufficient for a new trial and states the court lacks inherent power to grant one. Becker awaits execution in Sing Sing. Albany reports note Gov Whitman declined to comment.
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New York
John Ford
Supreme Court
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Becker
Ford
Department
Government
R. C. Benham
Cochran
Benham
Howard C. Benham
Batavia
N.Y
Court of Appeals
Supreme
Hooker
Tostake
Tostake’ the Stand But His Lawyers Could Not Permit Him To Do So. Justice Ford
Fords
Albany
Novy
Whitman
Eexcuetive
Plan Attack on Redfield Plan for Eastland Inquiry
Chicago leaders John H. Walker and John Fitzpatrick denounce Secretary Redfield's Eastland disaster probe. They protest a civilian panel inclining toward business interests, urge an impartial commission, and criticize a union of steamboat workers and the traveling public being excluded from the investigation.
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Chicago
John H. Walker
Illinois Federation of Labor
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Eastland
Steamboat Inspection Service
Wilson
Inspection Board
Thurman
Department of Commerce
Rockefeller
Harry ‘A. Wheeler
Union Trust Company
Mr. Redfield
Federal
Industrial, Trade~ Relations Commission
Washington
Portland clerk in Berlin faces treason charges
Harry L Wilson of Portland Oregon a former clerk to the U S senate military affairs committee now detained in Berlin under charges described as extremely serious by U S State Department officials He allegedly aided a British subject in obtaining a passport while knowing the applicant was American and the case could amount to treason The German government may seek leniency at Washington's request Secretary Lansing would not discuss beyond an inquiry being conducted Wilson went to Germany early in the summer of 1914.
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Washington
Harry L Wilson
Portland
Ore
Berlin
State’ Department
Wilson
Germany
Lansing
United States Senate
Cotton Price Advances on Weather and Crop News
New York July 28 cotton futures rose over 1.40 per bale as shorts covered on weather and crop prospects. Wall Street buying supported futures amid favorable steel reports seen as a barometer of improving times nationwide.
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New York
Wall Street
Ten Persons Drowned In British Steamer Sinkings Off Suffolk
London July 28 dispatches report ten men drowned when a British freight steamer was torpedoed off the Suffolk coast by a German submarine. The vessel sank in three minutes. Eight crew members were rescued and are being brought to shore.
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London
Suffolk
Marines Land in Port Au Prince Haiti to Protect Americans
Washington reports that American marines landed at Port Au Prince, Haiti to shield lives and property of Americans and foreigners as unrest continues. Rear Admiral Caperton ordered forces ashore. 400 marines aboard the Washington with a hundred more on the Jason due tomorrow. Guard posts are established at key foreign legations amid an absence of a stable government.
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Washington
Port’ Au
Price
Haiti
Caperton
Navy Department
Craser
Benson
Secretary of the Navy
Guantanamo
Lansing
Port Au Prince
United States
Haitien Republic
Port Aux Prince
Cape Haitien
Au. Prince
Jyas
State Department
Change
Davis
Guillaume
Legation
Chifé
Eastland verdict names six inquest figures
A coroner's jury in Chicago on July 28 found six men including William Hull Captain Harry Pedersen and engineer J M Erickson responsible for possible manslaughter in the Eastland disaster. It urged grand jury indictment while noting passengers bore no blame and called for further investigation into construction loading operation and management of the ship and related carriers.
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Chicago
Coronet
Eastland
Chicago Rive
William Hull
Chicago- St. Joseph
J. @. Echliff
Federal Inspector’ of Steamships
W.K. Greenebaum
Indiana Transportation Company
Evans
Greenebaum
Capt. Pedersen
Ericksen
Coron
Peter Hoffman
W. A Evans
Henry A. Allen
Harry Moir
J. S. Keogh
Eugene Beifeld
W. F. Bode
Attor
Grand Jury
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Justice Ford
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Sing Sing
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Johnson
Gaperton
Paul Fuller, Jr
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