Note and defense plans to keep President busy
Windsor V I July 24 Work on the new note to Great Britain and the new plans for national defense probably will occupy President Wilsons time at the summer White House next week. The president took a complete rest today and will follow the same program tomorrow, keeping in close touch with Washington to learn what impression the new note to Germany has created in Berlin. Tonight he read to members of his family. Miss Margaret Wilson is expected at Cornish tomorrow.
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Windsor
Great Britain
Wilson
White House
Washington
Germany
Berlin
Margaret Wilson
Cornish
Washington weighs Germany moves amid warnings of war risk
United Press reports officials weigh Germany's next steps as Berlin’s response to American demands on neutral shipping and lives remains uncertain. Observers fear a second submarine incident would push the United States toward harsher action while the administration faces cautious debate. Deserted by the president and the cabinet's three leaders, Washington stays quiet as it considers options.
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United Press
Washington
Conta
Berlin
London
High Seas
Germany
America
Lansing, Garrison
Daniels
Germans See No Break With America Over Submarine Note
Berlin officials say no probability of a break with the United States over the latest American note on submarine warfare. A forthcoming German reply is expected within a fortnight and negotiations with America are anticipated.
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United Presse
Berlin
Hage
America
Germany
Lokal Anzieger
Becker seeks third trial as district attorney vows opposition
New York July 24. District Attorney Perkins will oppose Becker's bid for a third trial. All assistants with Becker case ties were summoned to a conference that adjourned late and will reconvene next morning with plans to counter his plea.
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New York
Becker
Perkins
Tomore
Jack Rose
District Aty
Old Men Directing Sacrifice of Young Men on Europe’s Fields
A wartime study notes aging military leaders directing battles in Europe. Generals Hindenburg Joffre and Pau are listed with ages from 63 to 70, alongside Kitchener French Nicholas Cadorna and other commanders many in their sixties. The piece highlights veteran leadership amid World War I tensions.
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Europe
SS Pert
Ri van’ Hindenburs
Grand Duke Nicholas
Earl Kitchener
Joffre
von Hindenburg
Germany
Pau
Kitchener
England
John French
Nicholas
Andi
Italy
Count Cadorna
Putnik
Hindenburg
Galicia
Linsingen
van Mackensen
Marshal von der Goltz
Moltke
von Tirpitz
Prolonged Oil Strike Threatens Violence At Bayonne
In Bayonne New Jersey July 24 United Press reports the Standard Oil strike escalation endangers three lives already. company officials refused arbitration while strikers led by Joseph Baly offered to return to work Monday and seek wage arbitration by a two two neutral panel. Superintendent Hennessy refused the plan prompting emotional departure and warnings of further violence.
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United Press
Bayonne
N. J
Standard Oil
Joseph Baly
Hennessy
Deputies Unearth Tiger and Capture Alleged Operators
Deputies arrested A. B. Etheridge and docketed P. T. Lover on prohibition charges after raiding a Marys Lane and Virginia Street saloon. Officers confiscated two half pints of whiskey, a half pint of gin, and many beer bottles as evidence. A tub of ice water for chilling bottles was found but emptied before arrival.
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A. B. Etheridge
Mary’s Lane
Virginia Street
Oberhaus
Soles
Bernstein
P. T. Lover
Etheridge
Alleged Misconduct With Opera Star Costs Frimi Divorce
New York July 24 affidavits alleging Rudolf Frimi's misconduct with Emma Trentini led to a referee's recommendation for divorce. One claim says Frimi refused to leave Trentini's room at 1 a m and sent word that his wife had a cold and he must leave to avoid a public scene.
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New York
Emma Trentini
Rudolf Frimi
Frimi
Trentini
Veteran thanks aid givers from Mobile group
J. W. Daley, a Confederate veteran in destitute circumstances, expresses gratitude through The Item to those who helped him. He singles out the Benevolent Association of the Mobile Light and Railway Employes for special thanks.
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J. W. Daley
Mobile Light and Railway Employ ‘Benevolen Association
Evans Defeats Standish to Retain Western Title
Chick Evans of Chicago wins the Western golf championship by defeating J. D. Standish Jr. of Detroit 7 up and 5 to go in the final round in Cleveland Ohio.
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Evans
Standish
Cleveland
Ohio
Chick Evans
Chicago
J. D. Standish, Jr
Detroit
Greek Warships Ordered to Vurl a Gulf Mission
Eight Greek destroyers were ordered to proceed at once to the Gulf of Smyrna to protect thousands of Greek residents in the port of Vurla. They were instructed to shell Turkish government buildings if needed to stop orders forcing Christians to evacuate. Athens has received no reply to a protest over mistreatment by Mussulmans as tensions rise.
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United Press
Rome
Gulf of Smyrna
Vurla
Athens
Wilson Signals Possible Action to Restore Order in Mexico
Secretary Tumulty refused to confirm that President Wilson told Miss Mabel Boardman that he would act soon to restore order in Mexico but public belief holds he may intervene.
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Wilson
Mexico
Washington
Tumulty
Mabel Boardman
Red Crosshead
Ex-Banker Grout Convicted of Perjury After 52-Hour Jury
Edward M. Grout former Brooklyn banker and politician was found guilty of perjury by a Kings county court jury in Brooklyn after a record 52 hours of deliberation. Grout once led the Union Bank which failed during the 1907 panic and faced indictment years later over a favorable report on the bank's condition. The trial spanned nearly three months and was fiercely contested.
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New York
Edward M. Grout
King’s County Court
Brooklyn
Grout
Union Bank
Weather outlook for Alabama and Mississippi a spell of fair skies
Forecast from Washington: Alabama and Mississippi can expect generally fair conditions. Sunday and Monday show little temperature change with light variable winds.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Baltic Arrives in Liverpool from New York
White Star liner Baltic reached Liverpool Saturday night after a voyage from New York. Paris reports Andre Dardeol, wounded sixty five times, is recovering and to rejoin the trenches soon. London notes Britain’s first factory making violing employs only disabled veterans. Rome says Dorando Pietri, famed marathoner, has joined the army and now drives a motor car on the front. Shultz and Cahail, newly named notaries, filed their bonds in probate court Saturday.
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Liverpool
New York
Paris
Andre Dardeol
London
Rome
Dorando Pietri
Mobile commission government act amended by Senate
In Montgomery on July 24 the Senate passed Hartwell amendments to extend Commissioner Lyons's term to May 1, 1916 and set a four year term for commissioners. Elections begin May 1916 with two elected then and one in 1918, voting places switch to school houses with voting machines and the initiative referendum and recall adopted.
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Montgomery
Ala
Hartwell
Mobile Commission
Senate
Grayson
Chamberlain
House
P. J. Lyons
Department of Public Charities
Gorgas Board of Health
Chamberlain Pushes Curbs on Justice Jurisdiction
In Mobile, Representative Chamberlain seeks to amend code section 4608 to bar suits in outlying precincts over city cases, curbing rural justices’ power amid alleged misuse by loan sharks. The same session sees a prison commission bill advancing, a health bill recommitted, and rail rate appeals by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St Louis Railroad to Montgomery chancery court over freight rate increases.
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Chamberlain
Gomery
Als
I Sie Mane
Senate
Representative Chamberlain
Mobile
Criminal Administration Committee
House
Merritt
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad
Railroad Commission
Montgomery Chancery Court
Commission
Man Killed and Two Teenagers Hurt in Cheyenne Crash
In Cheyenne Wyoming on July 24 a fatal crash occurred when an automobile from Nebraska collided with a trolley car. One man died another was dying and two young women in the car were slightly injured as police investigate homes of the travelers amid Frontier Day celebrations.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Nebraska
One Year of the Great War Series Announced
The Mobile Item will begin July 26 with a series recounting the true events of the war now engulfing nearly all Europe. Correspondents in contact with German French and English operations will write without bias, culminating in a general review of results to date.
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Europe
Erksine Leads Studebaker in Employee Life Insurance
Albert R. Erksine, newly elected president of Studebaker Corporation in Detroit, presents its employees with paid up life insurance policies.
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Albert R. Erksine
Studebaker Corporation
Detroit
Mich
Gorizia status unclear as Italian forces push on
Rome official report says Italian command repelled Austrian attacks on the Carso plateau near Gorizia and held prisoners. It notes occupation of To sad a region and fronts reaching Luznica, while unconfirmed rumors of Monfalcone capture linger.
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United. Press
Rome
Cardonna
Gorizia
Carso
Val Ampesso
Monte Nero
Luznica
Przemysl
Re Egra
Monte Sabotino
Rizgia
Monfalcones
German Victories Reported in Warsaw Drive
Berlin reports major advances as von Hindenburg's forces seize Rozan and Pulusk fortresses and cross the Narew river. German columns pursue retreating Russians toward the Bug while another army nears the Vistula near Czersk. Rumors of Ivangorod evacuation noted but not confirmed.
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Berlin
London
Warsaw
War Office
Von
Hindenberg
Rozan
Pultusk
Narew
Bug
Vistula
Czersk
Pilica
Ivangorod
S’s
Radom
von Buelow
Shavil
Great Battle Rages Along Narew River and Fronts
July 24 report from Petrograd notes a large battle along the Narew north of Warsaw as German forces press across in multiple spots. The enemy advances northward and attacks Russian lines near Ivangorod Novo Georgiewisk and along the Bug as Austrian reinforcements strike north of Sokal.
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Narew
Petrograd
Warsaw
War Office
Ivangorod
Novo Georgiewisk
Bug
Sokal
Eastland Disaster Toll Grows Amid Rescue Efforts
United Press reports Chicago July 24 details the Eastland disaster with estimates of 1,329 to 1,621 dead, 1,079 rescued, and 700 bodies at the main morgue. Divers and volunteers search the river while officials work to tally victims and establish responsibility.
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United Press
Chicago
Eastland
North Clark Street
Chicago River
Information Bureau
Greenbaum
J. J. McMahon
Police Schuettler
Ee Vogue
Aifa
Vivlannee
Sayie
Western
Second Regiment Armory
Hoffman
Ps m
Wen
Fees
Acote Age Canal
Partial Roster of Identified Deads in Chicago July
A partial list of identified deceased individuals appears, with names including Adams, Mise K., Mary Cullen, Caroline Mary Detadia, Carrie Dobberman, Emma Fitzgerald, William Figman, Chester Fostle, Carrie Gaeskowiak, R. G. Grinley, Eddie Gunderson, Carrie Hill, Ignatius Jakabowski, Ida Johnson, Judge Morris, Nellie Kasper, Margaret Krahanick, Mamie Lomlewez, Rose Moldt, Lillian Neumann, Eleanor Orbest, Anna Pesch, Martha Posensky, Walter Praznick, Chas. Peterson, Mary Riedle, Tom Robinson, Minnie Roser, H. A. Sage, John Sollwasser, George Schmidt, Julius Schroll, Sabina Schultz, E. Schaef fer, Catherine Sheridan, Frank Shriezyn, William Siegman, Roman Slawinsky, Polly Staker, Annie Stalker, Adolph Salzmann, Rose Thompson, and others. Continued on Page Three.
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Chicago
Din Patified
Fred
Fitzgerald
Emma
John
Figman
William
Fliedz
Emil
Fostle
Chester
Garner
Gaeskowiak
Miss C
Grinley
R. G
Gunderson
Eddie
Hanson
Carrie
Hill
Mra
Harry
Hoffman
Martha
Holco
Moldt
Rose
Murphy
Neumann
Lillian
Oblinska
Carla
Olsen
Orbest
Eleanor
O'Reilly
Patrick
Otto
Mares
Pesch
Anna
Pierce
Poleta
Posensky
Praznick
Walter
Peterson
Chas
Riedle
Mary
Robinson
Tom
Roser
Minnie
Sage
H. A
Sollwasser
Schmidt
George E
Schroll
Julius
Schultz
Joseph
Sabina
Schaeffer
Mabel
Chwartz Lari
Sheridan
Catherine
Shriezyn
Frank
Siegman
Slawinsky
Roman
Sileck
M. D
Slawinska
Romano
Staker
Miss Polly
Stalker
Miss Annie
Salzmann
Adolph
Swanson
Et. Thomas
Miss Rose
Thompson
Canucks Invade Cleveland In Annual Insect War
Cleveland, July 24. Canadians have invaded the city in what is described as a deadly war. The invasion is part of an annual unpleasantry the city never reconciles with. Thousands rush in as residents fight the insect threat.
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Cleveland, CO
Cleveland
Lost and Found and Stolen Items Notice
Lost and found notices describe a white pointer female dog with spots, a small white terrier with a spot over the right eye, a large white horse taken up owner to claim, and a gray Harley Davidson motorcycle stolen July 7 1916 with engine number 6181 K. A black sow with cropped ears is listed as strayed or stolen with weight and locating details.
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Coat St
Gladys Ave
Jett
L. C. Walker
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Charles P. Stewart
Carl W.ackerman
Greece
Turkey
R. T. Shultz
James E. Cahail
Gordon
Snate
Henderson
Bulger
Ahearn
Rodel
Young Ahearn
Beer Rodel
Silent Martin
Soldier
Bartfield
Isonzo
Cadorna
Bosphorus
Constantinople
Admiralty
Alsace
Souchez
German War Office
Vosges
Bethancourt
Victor O’lander
Great Lakes Seamen's Union
Ce Anthony
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