Sympathy for Russia and Brand Duke Crisis at Warsa w
London newspapers express sympathy for Russia and hope Grand Duke Nicholas can extricate his armies. Editors weigh German gains in the east and the potential for a decisive battle that could decide the war’s course on the western front. The Daily Telegraph lauds Russian endurance while noting uncertain impact of northern developments on Russian dispositions. The Times critic foresees a difficult Russian retirement.
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London
Grand Duke Nicholas
Col. Shumsky
Bourse ‘Gazette
France
Daily Telegraph
Russia
Times
Two Women Now United by Grief in New York
Mrs Rosenthal and Mrs Charles Becker were united today by shared tragedy as ex police lieutenant Becker died for instigating the gambler husband’s murder. Rosenthal, broken in health and spirit, left for a Long Island cottage to escape the strain and says Becker caused her husband’s death, claiming guilt the day after the crime.
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New York
Herman
Rosenthal
Charles Becker
Japanese Premier Okuma Resigns. Cabinet Steps Down
Count Okuma resigns as Japanese premier and cabinet members follow. Emperor Yoshihito considers the move but has not yet accepted the resignations amid war concerns and the Home Minister Oura’s bribery charges. Elder statesmen are summoned for a conference as the crisis unfolds.
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Tokio
Count Okuma
Okuma
Yoshihito
Oura
Two Women Held on Train Suitcase Theft Charge
Mrs Florence Brooks claiming to be a New York municipal judge's wife and Miss E Fernbacker of 151 East Eighteenth Street New York are jailed at South Clark Street station on charges of stealing a suitcase from a train. They were traced to a Loop hotel and arrested on a tip from Mrs C D Barker of St Louis.
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Chicago
Florence Brooks
New York
E. Fernbacker
Eighteenth Street
South Clark Street
C.D. Barker
St. Louis
Big Loop
Naval Expert Needed for Ship Design Inspection Service
Washington July 30 Naval experts are urged to provide two naval architects for the inspection service to examine all designs for new ships. Hull experts lack naval architecture training, most have experience only in navigation, prompting this appeal to Congress.
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Washington
Last photo of Captain Delk speaks on Leelanaw sinking
The Leelanaw, the Barn Line steamship, was sunk off Scotland by German forces. Captain E. B. N. Delk, master, was American with home in Philadelphia where his wife remains. Mrs Delk, who had hoped to sail, stayed behind after Delk’s last minute ship decision.
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E. BN Delk
Leelanaw
Scotland
Philadelphia
Delk
Europe
Galveston
New York
Norfolk
British Troops Fight Beside Serbians in Serbia Lecture Reveals
Dr Crawford Price in Liverpool details for first time how British military and naval forces aided Serbia. He cites British consent to deploy assets to block Austrian monitors on the Danube and describes a river dreadnought later named the Terror to threaten Austrian forces. Kerr is credited with sinking one monitor.
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Liverpool
England
Serbia
Crawford Price
Price
Danube
Tle
Belgrade
Ranube
Kerr
Pinchot Compares Case to Becker in Colorado Speech
Amos Pinchot said Becker would have earned forty new trials if errors and unfairness matched those in John Lawson's case. Pinchot spoke in Denver before the Colorado Justice League in support of Lawson, who was convicted of conspiracy and sentenced to life for the death of a mine guard in a coal strike riot two years ago. An appeal is being prepared.
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Denver
Becker
John Lawson
Amos Pinchot
New York
Lawson
Colorado Justice League
Governor O Hare Honors Requisition for McDonald Return
Springfield reports Acting Governor O Hare honored a requisition demanding the return to New York City of Wainy McDonald. McDonald is sought for alleged embezzlement of 600 dollars from the bureau of municipal research and is reported under arrest in Chicago.
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Springfield
O'Hare
New York City
Wainy McDonald
Bureau of Municipal Research
Chicago
Eight Men Die In Mine Cable Disaster Near Elizabeth
Pittsburgh reports a Patterson mine accident near Elizabeth, Pennsylvania. A cable hauling twelve cars up a steep incline broke this afternoon, killing eight men and wounding twelve others. Authorities and rescuers respond as the United Coal Company investigates the disaster.
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Pittsburgh
Patterson
United 'S Company
Elizabeth
Here
Lost and Found Ad Urges Telephone The Whig
A brief lost item notice requests readers who have misplaced a watch parasol or similar belonging to contact The Whig by telephone to report the find or recovery information.
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the Whig
De Palma to headline Kane County road race in Elgin
The Kane County course in Elgin hosts a major national road event August 20 and 21 with Ralph De Palma piloting a Patterson Mercedes. De Palma expects a fast course and thrilling driving as record times likely fall. His mechanician may be his brother John, who drove the DeLarge at Indianapolis.
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Elgin
Ralph de Palma
Indianapolis
Kane County
White
de Palma
John
DeLarge
America
Heart bullet hunter: Bavarian infantryman survives
Berlin dispatch reports a Bavarian infantryman wounded by a French shell with a bullet lodged in the heart. X rays locate the bullet in the right ventricle after passing through the lung and near major vessels. Despite luck, doctors deem heart surgery too risky and the bullet will not be removed.
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Berlin
Vorwarts
Munich
Rontgenologischen ‘Zentril
Red Cross
New York Exchange Ends Uneven With Weaker Close
The New York stock market opened unsettled and remained unstable most of the day. Speculation faded and many stocks finished notably weak at the close, signaling cautious trading in the late July session.
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New York Exchange
New York
China's First Parliament Considers Defense and Reform
An extensive forecast from the Far Eastern Bureau outlines China’s planned 1916 defense program including conscription and navy expansion. Proposals cover railways, frontier colonization, tax reform, mining development, a government labor bureau, and naval bases with coast defenses.
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New York
China
Far Eastern Bureau
General Defense Board
Army
Navy
Yuan Shi-kai
Yuan
Shi-kai
Manchuria
Mongolia
Turkestan
Kokonor
Tibet
Secret 10 Darken Gray Hair with Sage Sulphur Tonic
A home brew of garden sage tea with sulphur and alcohol is touted to darken gray hair, stop dandruff and itching, and restore luster. The article promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use tonic costing about 60 cents a bottle, claiming it makes gray hairs vanish after a few applications.
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Wyeth
Official War Reports From Front Lines July 30
Berlin and allied capitals publish coordinated bulletins detailing Western and Eastern theater actions. The statements report mine warfare near Pere thes, French trench attacks repelled, Polish and Russian front activity, Austro German advances, prisoner captures, and bombardments at Hooge. Italian and Austrian forces describe renewed operations on the Italian front with limited gains and repulsed assaults across multiple valleys and fronts.
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Berlin
London
Perethes
Champagne
le Pretre
Vosges
Lingenkopf
Barrenkopf
Woyrsch
Vistula
Pilica
Kozienice
Sandomierz
Vienna
War Office
Bug
Chmiel
Kowala
Belzyce
Krasnostny
Wojslawice
Tvangorod
Radomka
Sokal
Gorizia
Sagrado
Redipuglia
Monte Scibusi
Cormons
Pelagosa
Rome
Paris
Tyrol
Trentino
Pegasina
Lake Garda
Marco
Adige
Cadére
Travenantes
Lhboito
San Pellegrino
Costabella
Fella
Lusnitz
Russian Front Pierced at Important Points
Petrograd dispatch says official general staff statement reports Russian front pierced at important posts after Austro German assaults were repulsed at several places. The report comes from headquarters and notes tactical gains by the attacking forces.
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Petrograd
London
Expelled From England Rev Gertrude Von Petzold Is Expelled
London July 81 The Rev Gertrude Von Petzold pastor of a Unitarian church in Birmingham and known in the United States, was expelled from England today by order of the British home office. She had lived here eighteen years.
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London
Gertrude von Petzold
Birmingham
United States
England
France's Panama Pacific Pavilion A Masterpiece Of Art
The French pavilion at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco earns high praise for artistry and cultural merit. Despite war pressures, France presents a precise reproduction of the Legion of Honor building, a major collective work reflecting French ties to the United States and Champlain's canal idea.
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San’ Francisco
France
San Francisco
United States
Lafayette
Rochambeau
America
Champlain
Panama Canal
Legion of Honor
Rousseau
Prince de Salm
Paris
University of California
Eastland case gag order issued by Judge Landis
Chicago July 30 Federal Judge Landis ordered that any discussion of the Eastland case with grand jury witnesses would bring contempt of court. The order implies the state investigation by State's Attorney Layne must stop as all state witnesses have been called before the federal grand jury.
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Chicago
Landis
Eastland
Layne
Kaiser's Prediction On War On Foreign Soil A Year From Now
The Nieuwe Courant reports Kaiser Wilhelm predicts Germans will still be fighting abroad a year hence. In a letter, the Kaiser reportedly visited a corps, and after a soldier song he rose to say comrades should not expect a quick return, suggesting roses will bloom in the enemy’s country.
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Hague
Nieuwe Courant
Redfield Is Scored At Hearing In Marine Disaster
Chicago officials and Assistant Corporation Counsel Max M Korshak condemned Secretary of Commerce Redfield for an alleged attempt to exonerate federal officials in the greatest marine disaster in history. Korshak spoke as he left a hearing conducted by Redfield, held in the department’s building, in the city’s interest.
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Chicago
Redfield
Max M.korshak
Commerce Department
Korshak
Sheriff Carries His Automatic Through Broad Street Station
Philadelphia dispatch reports Sheriff W. M. Ellison of Lockport Texas wearing his .44 automatic named Betsy at Broad Street Station. He and accomplice Marty Heye walked calmly toward trial for robbery and stealing as onlookers noted the sheriff’s approving smile at the idea of using nippers.
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Philadelphia
Betsy
Wi. M. Ellison
Lockport
Texas
Marty Heye
Ellison
Powder Company Announces 200 Percent Wage Increase
Wilmington July 30 Hereules Powder company announced a 200 percent wage increase for all employees with prior service. The firm operates several plants and employs a large workforce, signaling broad relief and upheaval amid its busy operations.
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Wilmington
Del
Hereules Powder Company
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Quincy
Bison
Hassan
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Broadway
Wm. Garwood
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