Fate of Russian Armies Hangs in Balance in Poland
Petrograd reports Russian forces retreating eastward after evacuating Lublin and key railway segments. Austrian cavalry reach Lublin signaling a barred southern retreat. many routes remain open to Minsk, Ivanforod, Lokow, and Vilna. German pursuit and the looming Warsaw fall threaten a decisive setback for Russia as Western fronts prepare for a major German-led offensive.
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Minsk
Oden
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Lokow
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Peace Not Sighted Says Russian Gzar on War Anniversary
Emperor Nicholas I declares no peace until the last enemy soldier leaves Russia. The Petrograd press marks the war’s anniversary with messages in many languages praising allies France Britain Belgium Serbia Montenegro Japan and Italy for steadfast loyalty and aid in the global struggle.
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Nicholas of
Russia
Winter Palace
Petrograd
Bourse Gazette
Sila
Kansit
France
Britain
Belgium
Serbia
Montenegro
Japan
Italy
Eastland Disaster Probes Focus on Grand Juries and Redfield
In Chicago on July 21 federal and county grand juries pressed inquiries into the Eastland disaster as Secretary Redfield defended his steamboat inspection inquiry. Judge Landis seized SBI materials, one body was recovered raising dead to 836 with 158 still missing, totaling about 954 potential fatalities.
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Winessy
Chicago
Eastland
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Landis
Sbi
Western Electric Company
Holy War Rumors Spread as Revolt Spreads
Dispatches from Berlin quote Constantinople reports that India’s revolutionary movement advances. Arab and Afghan priests call for holy war. British authorities executed natives. Singapore sees new outbreak. rioters freed German, Austrian and Hungarian POWs and interned civilians aiding escape from Ingria.
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Jer Nescciayer
Berlin
Constantinople
India
Singapore
Ingria
Wilson receives Haiti update as marines land at Port au Prince
President Wilson reviewed dispatches from Secretary Daniels and Rear Admiral Caperton on Haiti developments. The battleship Connecticut with 500 marines was sent, two American sailors were killed, and reports of the Iberian sinking by a German sub were noted. Wilson kept in close touch but offered no comment, spending the afternoon with family.
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Haiti
Port Au Prince
Wilson
Daniels
Connecticut
Caperton
White House
Washington
Navy
State Departments
Flag desecration in Fort Dodge prompts action order
Grand Army of Republic veterans report a desecration display of an American flag in Fort Dodge, Des Moines area, with a white border around it. Attorney General Gossop instructs Fort Dodge authorities to act if the display recurs as veterans call it a flag desecration and a symbol against world peace efforts.
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Moines
Fort Dodge
Gossop
Grand Army Republic Veterans of
Eastland missing list narrows to 142 with 36 bodies found
Chicago July 31 Sixteen more names were added to the missing list of the Eastland disaster leaving 142 unaccounted for The death toll rises as 36 bodies received bring the possible total dead to 973 across the incident follow up reports from Chicago authorities and rescuers continue searches for survivors and verification of survivors and fatalities
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PaEae
Chicago
Fatherly cry for peace and wage increase at Bethlehem Works
Bethlehem Steel Works announces a general wage increase of about ten percent for all employees, effective August 1. About 17,000 workers are affected, with the change reflecting broader labor improvements across departments. In Paris, Pope Benedict’s peace appeal urges belligerents to end the carnage and seek serene, divine providence in war’s end.
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R P. Davidson
Bethlehem Steel Works
O Pens
Bethlehem, Pa
EB. G. Grace
Paris
Benedict
iHeaven
Jesus
Europe
Anti American disturbances reported in Berlin crowds
American travelers arriving from Berlin say a large student crowd gathered outside the American embassy in Berlin on Tuesday and Wednesday, booing and yelling until police dispersed the protest. The report comes via Zurich and London dated July 31.
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Zurich
Switzerland
London
Berlin
Alliance Leader Suspends Daily Publication Merges with Review
The Alliance Leader dated July 21 announces its suspension of publication and states it will merge with the Alliance Review under the latter’s name. The Alliance Leader, established in 1875, will cease as a separate newspaper and continue as part of the Review.
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Alliance Leader
Dhismew Alliance- Review
Prank Causes Alarm in Santa Monica Colony
Fraser reports a Black Hand plot scare in Santa Monica as Delphin M Delmas and other residents found black paper hand representations on windows. The gesture was traced to boarding school girls who intended a prank to startle the fashionable colony. One girl later confessed.
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Fraser
United States_Readies Prolonged Haiti Naval Presence
Washington July 31 The United States prepares for a prolonged stay of American naval forces in Port au Prince Haiti after two sailors were killed in fighting following Rear Admiral Caperton s arrival. Battleship Connecticut sails with 500 marines to reinforce 400 already guarding the city. The Hancock transport and Solace hospital ship will follow as needed. Caperton expects further disturbances and a lasting peace settlement is sought.
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Washington
United States
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Caperton
Connecticut
Philadelphia
Hancock
Solace
Aperton
Haiti
Admiral Caperton
Navy Department
Cape Haitien
Guillaume
Revolutionary Committee
Rosario Bobe
Baurand
Lightning Kills Brakeman Reed In Sudden Storm
A Baltimore and Ohio through freight brakeman, C E Reed, about 25, was struck on the head by lightning while working atop a box car near Grafton as a storm raged Saturday evening. He died en route to the station after the crew stopped the train. Reed lived at Gratien with his parents Mr and Mrs John Used. Funeral arrangements were to be held in Gratien.
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C. E. Reed
Baltimore
Ohio
Reed
Stariad
Baltimore and Ohio
Grafton
Rairoad Company
Parkernburg
Lynch-Osborn Undertaking Company
West
Marin Street
Gratien
John Used
Copper firm pays extra bonus to workers in Calumet
From Calumet Michigan July 31 the Wolverine and Mohawk Copper Mining Company paid its 1200 employees an extra five percent of June wages as a bonus due to high copper prices. The bonus, surprising many workers, may continue monthly while copper stays at twenty cents a pound or higher.
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Calumet, Mich
Wolverine and Mohawk Copper Mining Company
Ita
Eastland sinking probe details handed to Wilson
President Wilson received from Secretary Redfield a preliminary report on the federal probe into the Eastland disaster on July 24 in the Chicago river. The document lists several witnesses and witnesses by name, with no conclusions drawn yet.
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Redfield
Wilson
Ty Associated Prescornish
N.el
Eastland
Chicago River
Hedfield
Advance Guard Enter Mexico City in Relief Plan
Washington reports that Gonzales forces entered Mexico City as Carranza outlines a plan to relieve distress. He plans to recognize a de facto government, restore a civil administration, reopen the Vera Cruz rail line, feed the starving population, and move the capital back to Mexico City after securing control.
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United States
Washington
Mexico City
Carrane
Apizace
México City
Carranza
Lansing
Villa
Zapata
Vera Crux
State Department
Gonzalo
Vera Cruz
Obregon
Torreon
San Luis Potosi
Michsoasan
Mexican Congress
Tirat
Girl Drowns Near Hichwood In Cherry River
July 31 at Hichwood, the 13 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Norton fell from a rock near a dam into the north fork of the Cherry river and drowned. Bystanders could not revive her despite swift rescue attempts.
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Richwood
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Hichwood
Re. PT
Norton
Res Jcuers
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