Two American Battleships Sent to Vera Cruz
Two battleships, the Louisiana and the New Hampshire, sailed from Newport to Vera Cruz in response to Cmdr McNamee request for reinforcement amid anti foreign demonstrations in Carranza’s capital. News was kept official to avoid spurring the situation. The ships were ordered to start for Vera Cruz after a code dispatch reached the navy department.
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Washington
Louisiana
New Hampshire
Newport
R. I
Vera Cruz
McNamee
Argentina Denounces U S War Interference in Mexico
President de la Plaza of Argentina received a telegram from General Carranza warning Washington’s possible interference would be an unpar donable error. Foreign Minister Murature stated Argentina joins the conference to uphold Mexican sovereignty and rejects any armed intervention plans.
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Buenos Aires
Victoriano de la Plaza
Argentina
Venustiano Carranza
Constitutionalists
Jose Luis Murature
de la Plaza
Taft Becomes Grandfather in Bar Harbor Arrival
Former President Taft gains a first grandchild as a boy was born to Mrs. Robert Taft at her Bar Harbor summer home on Saturday. The birth, kept quiet until Monday, ties Taft to Lloyd W. Bowers through Mrs. Taft, a Bowers daughter, who served as counsel for the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and later Solicitor General.
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Bar Harbor
Maine
Taft
Mate
Robert Taft
Lloyd W. Bowers
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
United States
Tax Experts Attend National Tax Association Meet
Tax experts and economists gather in San Francisco for the National Tax Association convention at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, drawing delegates from nearly every state to California.
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San Francisco
National Tax Association
California
Maxim Gas Defense Contraption Patented in London
Paris reports Hiram Maxim is credited by a London correspondent of the Petit Parisien with inventing a simple inexpensive device to shield soldiers from the effects of deadly gases used in warfare.
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Paris
Hiram Maxim
London
The
Petit Parisien
Parliament Member Wounded in Flanders Mine Explosion
London. Capt. Percy Archer Clive MP for Hereford shire Ross division was seriously wounded in Flanders by a German mine explosion.
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Parliament
London
Percy Archer Clive
Herefordshire
Ross Division
Flanders
Life Insurance Men Meet in San Francisco Convention
Nearly 10 000 life insurance men gathered in San Francisco for the opening of a three day convention of the National Association of Life Underwriters.
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San Francisco
Naonal Association of Life Underwriters
Mother of Sixteen Seeks Divorce in Washington
Mrs Rose Ella Crawford requests a divorce from John Crawford after 46 years of marriage. She is mother of 16 children, 12 of whom survive, and cites their long union as the basis for the action.
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Washington
Rose Ella Crawford
John Crawford
German Fleet Bombards Riga in Naval Assault
Petrograd reports a German force of nine battleships and 12 cruisers plus torpedo boats attacked the Gulf of Riga entrance from Dirben Channel. The defense repelled the fleet with no losses. a cruiser and two torpedo boat destroyers were damaged by mines, while three German ships were damaged. A seaplane and warships aided the defense.
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Gulf of Riga
Riga
Dirben
Mithe
Kitchener and Lloyd George in London quarrel
London reports a serious breach between Lord Kitchener minister of war and David Lloyd George minister of munitions. Censors would not pass the news. The rift followed the dismissal from the munitions department of Sir Percy Girouard, a friend of Kitchener, by Lloyd George.
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Kitchener
Lloyd George
New York
London
Lord Kitchener
David Lloyd George
England
Munitions Department
Percy Girouard
Four Die When Motor Boat Capsizes on Cape Fear River
A motor boat crossing the Cape Fear river from Wilmington, Delaware, capsized, resulting in four drowning deaths. The victims were Dr. J. H. Bornemann Jr., Dr. Morris M. Caldwell, engineer Warwell of the German steamer Nicaria, and Clell Caldwell.
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Wilmington
Del
Cape Fear River
J. H. Bornemann, Jr
Morris M. Caldwell
Warwell
Nicaria
Clell Caldwell
Kansas Bank Cashier Arrested In Embezzlement Case
Kansas City Missouri C G Stafford former cashier of a state bank in Kansas City Kansas was arrested here in connection with alleged embezzlement of twenty seven thousand dollars from the bank.
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Kansas City
C. G. Stafford
Kan
German Losses to Date Reported in Detailed Lists
London reports total German losses to date at 2,178,683 with Prussian casualties at 1,641,569 and Bavarian Saxon and Württemberg losses at 637,114 across latest casualty lists.
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London
Frye Answer Sent to Wilson in Washington
The American reply to Germany's latest note on the Frye case has been sent to President Wilson at Cornish, according to a state department announcement.
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Frye
Wilson
Ashington
Germany
Cornish
State Department
Sect Founder Ends Life in Maywood Home
Hugo Kempff, 60, founder of the religious sect known as government by God, died by inhaling illuminating gas at his Garden Street home in Maywood Hackensack New Jersey authorities reported.
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Hackensack
N. J
Hugo Kempff
Garden Street
Maywood
Milan Romania Mobilization Echoes War Preparations
Milan reports Romania is expanding war preparations by calling up three more reserve classes than were mobilized in 1913 for the Balkans. The moves signal intensified readiness as tensions rise in Europe amid the global conflict.
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Milan
Italy
Roumania
Defeat of Villa Reported Washington
Defeat of Villa forces in Durango reported as they retreat toward Torreon. Advices received at the state department indicate Durango's occupation is imminent.
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Villa
Washington
Durango
Torreon
State Department
Businessman Adjudged Insane in Centralia
L. H. Westbrook, partner in Kohl & Westbrook, a leading Centralia furniture firm, has been adjudged insane. He will be removed to a private sanitarium for treatment.
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Centralia
L. H. Westbrook
Kohl & Westbrook
Russians Reject Offers of Perige Peace Proposal
London report via Reuters cites Petrograd sources claiming Germany proposed separate peace to Russia through Denmark, offering Galicia to Russia and keeping western Poland. Foreign Office denies any possibility of peace negotiations, while Duma lobbies debate the proposal as unworthy of serious consideration.
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London
Reuters
Petrograd
Bourse Gazette
Russia
Denmark
Galactia
Czar
Germany
Duma
Vechernee Vreyma
Galacia
Poland
Foreign Office
Mexicans Shoot Americans at Norias Ranch Attack
Five American ranchmen were wounded two seriously and six Mexican outlaws killed or wounded in a clash at Norias ranch ten miles north of Lyford Cameron county Texas Rangers and armed civilians defended the house from a force estimated at thirty to fifty until reinforcements arrived A special train carried 35 US soldiers and 12 armed civilians to reinforce the Norias ranch defense.
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Harlingen
Tex
Texas Rangers
Norias Ranch
Lyford
Cameron County
Norias
United States
Auto Makers Reject Bonus Plan In Union Meeting
Bridgeport Connecticut reports Locomobile Company of America employees rejected the proposed bonus plan at a meeting of about 800 workers. The group voted to demand an eight hour workday with time and a half for overtime.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Locomobile Co. of America
Norman Tower Disclosed During Restoration in Berkshire
In Wargrave Church Berkshire England the 1914 fire destroyed the structure and is being rebuilt. Restoration of the tower reveals the present red brick casing hides the original Norman tower beneath.
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Berkshire
Eng
Wargrave
Hanging Man Strangles to Death in Texarkana
Texarkana Arkansas report of 64 year old John Tuewes who attempted suicide by hanging from a tree limb in downtown. The limb broke but the rope tightened and Tuewes died from strangulation.
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Texarkana
Ark
John Tuewes
Tuewes
Interned German Ship Steinbeck Sold for U.S. Flag
The German ship Steinbeck, once loading lumber at Bellingham and now interned at Eagle Harbor, is sold to American shippers and will sail under the American flag.
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Seattle
Wash
Steinbeck
Bellingham
Eagle Harbor
Naval War Game Tests Atlantic Seaboard Defense
Newport R I reports another naval war game as the Atlantic fleet is tested protecting the eastern seaboard from an assumed foreign fleet. The exercise emphasizes readiness and command coordination in coastal defense scenarios.
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Newport
Inoaston
State Fair Plans Better Babies Contest At Illinois Fair
Illinois plans a Better Babies contest at the state fair, promoting child welfare with ten judges and gold medals. Ages one to four, entries open to all Illinois children. three divisions set for September 21 to 22 with city and rural categories. Applications to Mrs C St Clair Drake in Springfield before September 10.
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Springfield
Illinois
Ilinois
B. M. Davidson
State Board of Agriculture
C. St. Clair Drake
Committee On
Better Babies
Care Capital Building
Peoria Kidnapping Case Ends as Mother Identifies Son
Edward Sires, aged twenty, found by his mother in Peoria after being kidnapped from the German Kinderlund home nineteen years ago. Taken to Kentucky with a brother in 1898, the sibling was later returned to their mother. Edward wandered, arrived destitute, and appealed to police. Mrs. Frank Hitchcock recognized him by a scar and demeanor.
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Peoria
Edward Sires
Sires
Kentucky
Edward
Sire
Frank Hitchcock
Noted Democrat Is Dead in Decatur
Isaac Buckingham seventy five longtime Illinois Democrat former state and city attorney died suddenly of heart disease in Decatur. He was among the best known party figures in the state and served in municipal and state legal posts.
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Decatur
Isaac Buckingham
Illinois
Two Removed From Office In Illinois Bribery Probe
Governor Dunne ordered the removal of Dr. N. W. Cox of Cairo and Dr. B. A. Smith of Champaign from the state board of dental examiners over bribery accusations. Their defense admits some intoxication and indiscretions, prompting the move. The attorney general was asked to act on Burdett’s report and the doctors’ reply.
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N. W. Cox
B. A. Smith
The
State Board of Dental Examiners
Springfield
Dunne
Cairo
Champaign
Lucey
Cox and Smith
Burdett
Graham
Six Held in Mine Plot Near Pinckneyville
Six men are jailed at Pinckneyville over a plot to blow up Granger Coal mine at Winkle. One man is on bond and three others are being sought as Sheriff Carton requests aid from St. Clair County. Two suspects escaped in Belleville. two confessions are reported. Police Judge Philbrick will hold a preliminary hearing.
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Pinckneyville
Sheriff Carton
Granger Coal Company
Winkle
Carton
Belleville
Mellon
St. Clair County
Nberty
Philbrick
Republicans Hear Party Leaders at Aurora Picnic
A northern Illinois Republican picnic in Aurora drew about 20,000 attendees. Senator Sherman Representative Mann and Mayor Thompson addressed the crowd as candidates for national and state offices announced plans to seek nominations. In Chicago the Illinois commission clarified that $17,000 in prizes for Illinois livestock exhibitors at the Panama-Pacific exposition would still be awarded as originally intended.
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Aurora
United States
Sherman
Mann
Thompson
Chicago
Itinoie
Illinois Commission
Commission
Illinois Nve
War horses purchased halted at National Stock Yards
Agents of the British War Department resumed the purchase of war horses at the National Stock Yards in East St. Louis. The daily buying of 200 horses was stopped about a week ago due to insufficient transports at Newport News for moving the animals to England.
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British Bay
East St. Louis
British War Department
National Stock Yards
Newport
England
Rats migrate through cities spreading disease study says
United States public health service reports experiments in New Orleans showing several hundred marked rats moved across city areas up to four miles. One rat traveled 19 blocks within 60 hours. Findings challenge belief rats stay local and highlight migratory habits influenced by food, harborage, and enemies. Over half recaptured within a month.
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United States Public Health Service
New Orleans
Rabbit Makes Home Run In Oddball Baseball Tale
The New York World reports Jake Thielman of St. Cloud faced Long Prairie as a rabbit bolted across the diamond after a hit driven to center field. The rabbit crossed home with Thielman close behind, prompting Thielman to joke about needing another base to let a faster runner proceed.
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Jake Thielman
St. Cloud
Long Prairie
Thielman
Postum Derives Heart Benefit from Coffee Swap
A reader recounts long heart trouble eased after stopping coffee and starting Postum. The letter credits Postum with relief and notes friends who also switched. Describes two forms Postum Cereal and Instant Postum, with brewing details and price guidance, urging readers to try.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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