Hunger Drives Despair in China Flood Crisis
Chinese famine follows the worst flood in six decades as families face starvation. The American Minister Roelnsch urges the American Red Cross to press bankers for a 5 million dollar loan to fund Huai river reclamation, offering employment to flood victims. Some spouses, even entire families, killed themselves to escape starvation, and parents floated children on doors hoping for rescue.
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China
Roelnsch
Red Cross
Huai River
Attorney General Gregory Urges Amendments to Laws
Attorney General Gregory delivered his first report to Congress as head of the Department of Justice. He proposed several legal amendments and reviewed the department's work for the fiscal year, highlighting a key fix to the commodities clause of the interstate commerce act to bar any common carrier from transporting products in which it has any interest. He cited the department’s struggle to dismantle the hard coal combination dominating eastern Pennsylvania anthracite fields.
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Gregory
Congress
Department of Justice
Department
Pennsylvania
Servians Retake Belgrade From Austrian Retreat
An official Vienna army headquarters statement confirms Austrians abandoned Belgrade and Serbians retook the city. The report records the breakthrough and emphasizes strategic shift in the Balkans.
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Belgrade
Vienna
Beer and Temperance Joke: Editorial On Prohibition
A city editorial argues for beer rights criticizing prohibition. It claims beer support fuels prosperity and tax revenue while prohibition raises enforcement costs, depresses property values, causes unemployment, and deters investment. The piece frames prohibition as ineffective and burdensome to citizens.
Frontline war reports shift as Serbians regain Belgrade
Belgrade is reoccupied by Servians after a long bombardment by Austrians. German efforts focus on Ypres and Alsace fail to advance. French government returns to Paris with air patrols over the capital. Mutinies rise in Constantinople and Bavarian garrisons. Russian fronts show mixed gains and heavy losses. Berlin reports mixed health of Emperor William and Japanese and Italian actions in region.
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Belgium
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le Petrie
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Drina
Berlin
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Germany
London News
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Great Britain
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Sheik-ul-Islam
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Italy
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Bosphorus
William
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Antwerp
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Bodrog
Berne
Bethmann-Hollweg
Piot
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