Serbs Invasion Of Bosnia Reported Losses In Clash
London reports unconfirmed Berlin chatter that Serbs were defeated by Austrians at Fotcha Bosnia with about eight hundred Serbs killed and two hundred Austrian casualties. Other notes say Austrians attacked Montenegrins on Mount Lovichen as Serbs resist invaders near Belgrade and Semendria.
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London
Berlin
Fotehsk
Bosnia
Fotcha
Mount Lovichen
Rome
Austria
Nish
Servia
Saloniki
Morava
Semendria
Danube
Belgrade
Kicanicy
Servis
Losnitza
Ehell
Vienna
Isebl
Francis Joseph
Archduke Charles
Servian Legation
Mvance
Real Serb King on Retired List
King Peter, 68, nominal ruler of Servia, has placed himself on the retired list. The actual government now rests with his son, the crown prince, who rules as if fully empowered.
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Peter
Servia
Deneen Rallies Behind Mason in Sherman Fight
Former Governor Deneen backs William E Mason for the Republican nomination against Senator Sherman. Mason declares the aid from Deneen and the party machinery signals a broad, aggressive statewide effort to defeat Sherman. Deneen and his lieutenants pursue influence to shape intraparty support and local insurgent alignment.
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Sherman
Chicago
Ill
William E. Mason
United States Senate
Mason
Deneen
Republican
L. Y. Sherman
Mr. Deneen
Senator Sherman
Brundage Snow Contineent
Springfield
Emil Wentslaf
Battle between Austrians and Serbians erupts in Joliet
In Joliet Illinois a clash between Austrian and Servian residents of a large foreign settlement at a steel and wire mill left crowds fighting in the streets. After a Servian speaker denounced Austria the crowd surged, bricks and stones flew, revolvers were drawn and shots fired, prompting a rapid mob movement back to the hall and a threat to send 200 Joliet Slavonians to Europe if Serbia called.
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Joliet Joliet
Joliet
Michal Radakovitch
Austria
Austria-Hungary
Jacob Likar
Likar
Radakovitch
John Palandech
Chicago
Pinch White Woman With Colored Man In Davenport
A negro named Kimbrell was arrested with a white woman Mrs Griggsby at Eleventh and Harrison in Davenport. They were charged with immoral living. The woman hid under a bed and claimed she was visiting. Both were sentenced to 15 days in the county jail.
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Kimbrell
Eleventh
Harrison Streets
Davenport
Germany Mobilization Warned Move Begins First Army Corps
Berlin reports mobilization steps issued as Russia answers to German notes. Grand Duke Ernest of Hesse seeks peace in St Petersburg while Berlin Berlin officials debate whether mobilization will escalate to war. Japan may join if Europe goes to war. Holland declares neutrality.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Austria - Hungary
Ernest of Hesse
William
Major von Falkenhayn
Count von Moltke
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Prince Henry
Emperor
Koenigsberg
Federal Council
Germany
Foreign Office
Servia
France
Japan
Tokio
Great Britain
England
Holland
the Hague
French cabinet discusses war amid mobilization rumors
Paris officials report President Poincare presided over a cabinet meeting where the European war situation was examined. France has made every military preparation short of mobilization, and rumors of a call up of 800,000 reserves were officially denied with promises of action against disseminators.
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Paris
Poincare
France
Nations Mobilize as War Fears Rise Across Europe
July 30 reports from multiple cities note British garrisons preparing and fleet mobilization in Malta while Cape Town cancels imperial troop maneuvers. Berlin orders reserve officers to ready for colors and guards divisions to mobilize. Rome sees no mediation hope as Europe drifts toward conflict. The Hague calls all army reserves frontier guards and coast guards to the colors.
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Valetta
Malta
Cape Town
South Africa
Berlin
German War Department
Guards Army Corps
Italy
Rome
Holland
the Hague
Hollard
Frontier Guards
Coast Guards
Weather Forecast for Quad Cities Area
Unsettled tonight and Friday with likely showers and warmer temperatures. Readings show 61 at 7 am, 83 highs yesterday, 57 lows last night, and 0.83 inches of precipitation the afternoon. Wind was 7 mph, humidity 40 percent at 7 pm. Astronomical events note visible evening stars Venus Mars and morning stars Saturn Jupiter Mercury with Capella prominent near the horizon around 9:30 pm.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Venus
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
Capella
Warburg to Face Senate Banking Inquiry in Washington
Paul M. Warburg of Kuhn Loeb & Co will appear before the Senate banking and currency committee, amid questions about his ties to major financial cases. He has not fixed a date, and his stance reflects unease with the pending currency act and support for a central bank.
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Washington
Paul M. Warburg
New York
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Senate Committee On Banking and Currency
White House
Warburg
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Chicago and Alton
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Pittsburgh
Senate
Mr. Warburgs
Owen
Blast razes huge mill at Dittengen
The cement factory once the town’s pride in Dittengen Canton Bern was blown up June 27 by its owners under police supervision. A syndicate bought and closed the works and paid heavy taxes, leading to its destruction with dynamite under chimneys and walls. The plant collapsed into ruins as townspeople watched.
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Dittengen
Canton of
Bern
Switzerland
London Faces Grave War Tensions As Uproar Spreads
London reports the war’s opening stages with Austrians and Servians fighting on Servian soil. In Parliament, Grey and Asquith warned the gravity of the crisis as Bonar Law urged postponing the Irish Home Rule bill reading to unite parties. British students flee Germany while reserves and special defense units are deployed to coast defenses and rail hubs.
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London
House of Commons
Grey
Asquith
Commons
Bonar Law
Germany
Bonn
Cologne
Benjamin Tudor Buried in Aledo Funeral Services Held
Benjamin F. Tudor was buried in Aledo cemetery after funeral rites at his South Maple street home led by Rev. J M Jones with aides Revs J B Bartle and J B Pollock. The Mercer county figure died suddenly at the Merchant's hotel after luncheon, aged about 75, survived by his wife.
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Aledo
Argus
Benjamin F. Tudor
South Maple Street
J. M. Jones
J. B. Bartle
J. B. Pollock
Tudor
Mercer County
Merchant's
Bushnell
Wheat Makes Sharp Jump Then Collapses in Global Markets
In Chicago and other centers on July 30 wheat prices surged up to 7 cents at opening, then slipped with export demand dwindling. May wheat hit 1.03, December near 98, while St Louis Milwaukee and Kansas City saw similar gains before declines. New York stocks fell, trading volume surged, and analysts cited gloom in equities and currency markets. Major banks in Paris London Brussels posted higher discount rates, and London suffered a firm’s collapse as Derenburg & Co. failed.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Russia
Germany
New York
Sears
Paris
Bank of France
London
Bank of England
Brussels
Belgium
Stock Exchange
Derenburg & Co
Wilson selects McReynolds successor to Supreme Court
President Wilson plans to appoint James C. McReynolds as associate justice to fill the Kentucky seat left by the late Justice and announce the selection before the October term. Reports credit Lindley M. Garrison with a push for the attorney general post, while Joseph P. Tumulty aided the effort.
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Franklin K. Lane
Th Interior
Joseph P. Tumulty
Garrison
Friend
Supreme Court
Wilson
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