Dumba Letters Bien 10 Public Dumba Letters Bien
London reports partial publication of 34 documents seized from American war correspondent F. J. Archibald. Three withheld items and eighteen more not published for lack of interest. Dossier to Parliament spans 21 pages. topics include US munition strikes and German Austrian views of the United States. Capt von Papen referred to Yankees as idiotic in private letters.
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London
F. J. Archibald
United States
Dumba
Washington
Capt. von Papen
Berlin
von Nuber
New York
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Vienna
von. Papen
House of Commons
von Papen
James F. J. Archibald
Falmouth
Hesperian not sunk by German submarine report
Berlin reports the German admiralty is certain the Allan line steamer Hesperian was not destroyed by a submarine. All U boats active at the time have returned, and none are said to have torpedoed the liner.
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Berlin
Allan Line
Grand Sire Elected For Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Judge J. B. A. Robertson of Oklahoma City Oklahoma elected grand sire of the sovereign grand lodge I O O F at the first meeting of the annual convention. He succeeds the late Robert Daniel of Griffin Georgia.
Thanks Judge for Death Sentence in Kentucky Court
In Ashland Kentucky Judge Hal bert in the circuit court sentenced a Black Texas man to death for murdering a Chesapeake and Ohio railroad conductor. The execution date was set for November 19 and the condemned man said, Thank you, Judge.
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Lexington
Halbert
Ashland
Texas
Chesapeake & Ohio
Germany’s Young Politicians Abolishes Restriction
Amsterdam reports a key paragraph of the German federal law banning under 18s from joining political clubs or attending political or public meetings has been abolished. The move loosens youth political participation and reshapes youth civic engagement across the country.
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Germany
Amsterdam
Thaw Arrives in Portland with Mother for California Trip
Harry Thaw reaches Portland from San Francisco and meets his mother who traveled from the East by the northern route. They intend to drive south to Los Angeles.
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Harry Thaw
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Two Men Die In Fall From Cleveland Bridge Arch
Two workers were instantly killed when they fell 75 feet from an archway at the new high level bridge over the Cuyahoga River at Superior avenue in Cleveland. The accident occurred during construction with authorities investigating the fall.
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Fall
Cleveland
Superior Avenue
Body Exhumation Ordered in Doyle Case
In Lake Charles Louisiana the body of 17 year old Gladys Doyle reportedly poisoned is to be exhumed for stomach analysis. Authorities anticipate several arrests as the investigation continues.
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Lake Charles
Gladys Doyle
Dead of F-4 Started East in San Francisco
Eight flag draped caskets of the F-4 dead arrived aboard the United States steamer Supply and have been sent east from San Francisco.
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San Francisco
United States
Supply
Germanic Push Against Servians Opens New Front
German forces begin hostilities against Serbia near Semendria southeast of Belgrade as part of a push to secure Danube western territory and link Hungary to the Gallipoli reach. French support to Serbia grows. British forces reportedly deployed. Heavy artillery and mapping operations dominate Western fronts. Italian campaigns claim success as Austrian assaults face repulse.
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London
Semendria
Belgrade
Danube
Budapest
Serbia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Ferdinand
Sofia
France
Belgium
Paris
Middlekerke
Westende
Belgian
Rome
Osteria
Florentini
Plezzo
Corsoca
Dver
Komtnica
Government Controls Laborers in Farm Sector
Norwich report states Lord Selbourne, head of the Board of Agriculture, says Lord Kitchener will class all skilled farm laborers with munition workers, enforcing strict discipline to boost farm production. The policy aims to raise output by directing labor toward critical agricultural tasks.
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Norwich
England
Lord Selbourne
Board of Agriculture
Lord Kitchener
Panama Pacific Exposition Reaches 13 Million Visitors
Attendance at the Panama Pacific exposition in San Francisco has climbed to 13,000,000 with an average daily turnout of 61,311 since opening.
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San Francisco
Italian Volcanoes Active Across Vesuvius Aetna Stromboli
Paris reports multiple eruptions from Vesuvius Aetna and Stromboli, all currently active in a singular phenomenon never before recorded.
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Paris
National Farmers' Union Aims To Fix Cotton Price
In Atlanta Georgia the National Farmers' Union met to fix a reasonable price for cotton. President C S Barrett said no southern farmer borrowed from last year's fifty million dollar fund.
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Atlanta
National Farmers’ Union
C. S. Barrett
The
Union
South
Wife of Mexican ambassador commits suicide in Mexico City
Luz Aspiroz de Rivera, widow of the Mexican ambassador to the United States, who was well known in Washington during her father’s tenure as ambassador, took laudanum and ended her life in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Senora Luz Aspiroz de Rivera
Washington
Illinois Christian Church Convention Opens in Bloomington
One thousand delegates are expected to attend the sixty fifth Illinois Christian Church convention in Bloomington for a four day session opening today.
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Christian Church In Convention
Bloomington
Illinois Christian Church
Congressmen Favor Preparedness in Detroit Poll
Michigan congressional delegation shows strong backing for national preparedness and opposition to war, with near unanimity in supporting the export of munitions as revealed by the delegation poll.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Hindenburg Captures Vilna as Russian Duma Men Held
German headquarters announce Vilna occupied by German forces after surrounding a Russian segment in the Vilna Lida Vileika railway triangle. Eastern front reports say Soviets must fight outward or retreat toward the Vilna Lida Baranovitschi railway line amid ongoing artillery battles along the western front.
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Berlin
Vilna
von Hindenburg
Lida
Vileika
Argonne
Duma Members Arrested in Petrograd Seizure
Stockholm dispatches report Socialist Deputy Tcheidse and 17 other Duma members arrested. Military occupation extended to the Duma buildings in Petrograd and all railway stations, according to advices.
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Duma
Berlin
Stockholm
Tcheidse
Petrograd
Minister Tries Speculating in Wealth and Power
Rev Newell Dwight Hillis of Plymouth Church Brooklyn confessed from the pulpit that his ambition for wealth and power ruined him. He admitted speculation led toward bankruptcy after weeks of reports on his financial troubles. He said he valued position over aiding the sick poor and hungry minds of youth.
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New York
Newell Dwight Hillis
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Lyman Abbott
Plymouth Church
Hillis
Obenchain Sues Purdue Over 1913 Tank Scrap Death
Abraham L Obenchain of South Whitley Ind sues Purdue University in Lafayette for 25000 dollars claiming damages after his son Francis W Obenchain was killed in the university tank scrap incident on Sept 13 1913.
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Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Abraham L. Obenchain
South Whitley Ind
Francis W. Obenchain
University
Weds After Half Century in Cal Long Beach Romance
Judge J N Gridley, veteran Central Illinois lawyer and Republican politician, marries Mrs Emily Collins Brady in Long Beach California. The wedding marks the culmination of a romance spanning the early six ties.
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Pana
J. N. Gridley
Central Illinois
Emily Collins Brady
Long Beach
Cal
Foraker to Be Operated On
Cincinnati doctors state former United States Senator Joseph Benson Foraker faces a serious muscular ailment that has grown too severe and will be treated by surgery as the sole path to recovery.
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Foraker
Cincinnati
United States
Joseph Benson Foraker
Boy Kills Jailer and Fatally Shoots Self in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Arkansas a jailbreak attempt leads to the death of a jailer and the shooter Kate Young, identified as George Ford, fatally shooting the officer and then killing himself. Local reports describe a chaotic scene during the attempted arrest and a subsequent suicide.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Kate Young
George Ford
Wag
Yung
Austrian U boat sinks troopship in Adriatic crisis
Vienna reports Austrian submarine U-5 under Lieut von Trapp torpedoed and sank a large British transport in the Southern Adriatic. It also claims the U-5 sank the French cruiser Leon Gambetta in the Straits of Otranto on April 25 with 552 lives lost. London faces cabinet crisis over conscription as figures like Lloyd George and Churchill push for forced service amid opposition from Asquith government partners.
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Vienna
Lieut
von Trapp
Adriatic
Lieut. von Trapp
Leon Gambetta
Straits of
Otranto
London
England
David Lloyd George
Winston Spencer Churchill
Curzon and
Lansdowne
Andrew Bonar Law
Walter Hume Long
J. Austen Chamberlain
Earl of Selbourne
Edward Carson
Asquith
The
Admiralty
Balfour
Edward Grey
Lord Kitchener
Arctic Explorer Located After Long Absence
Nome, Alaska reports Vilhjalmur Stefansson's Arctic expedition leader has found new land sought since 1914. The Ruby schooner carries dispatches to the Canadian government noting only scientific results and avoiding ice peril details, while indicating concern over Stefansson's long absence from Victoria, B C.
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Nome
Alaska
Vilhjamar Stefansson
Victoria
B. C
Ruby
Herschel Island
Stefansson
Escaped Joliet convict captured in quarry cave
Clarence Brown, one of three penitentiary escapees, was captured in Joliet. He was found hiding in a cave within a stone quarry, bringing the escape to a close.
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Joliet
Joliet, NL
Clarence Brown
Brown
Steamer Santa Anna Reaches Azores After Fire Extinguished
The Fabre line steamer Santa Anna arrived at St. Michaels in the Azores, per Lloyds dispatch. Fire in No 2 hold has been extinguished and the vessel is reported in port.
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Santa Anna
Port
London
Fabre _line
St. Michaels
Azores
Lloyds
Balloonist dies after 1000 foot fall at state fair
Pueblo Colorado. Frank Clay a balloonist died when his parachute failed to deploy during a state fair fall of 1000 feet. The tragedy occurred in front of spectators as rescue crews attempted aid. The accident ends a day of demonstrations at the fairground.
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Pueblo
Colo
Frank Clay
Fire destroys forty five yachts in Florida incident
A blaze in Jacksonville area yachts results in the destruction of forty five vessels tied to northern owners. The estimated loss runs near $100000 and local authorities are investigating the cause and scope of the fire.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Miami
Cannon to Run for Congress at Illinois fair
At the Watseka county fair Joseph G. Cannon announced his candidacy for Congress at large from Illinois. He stated his intention to seek the seat and called for support from voters across the state.
Labor Congress Backs Equal Suffrage in South
The Southern Labor Congress representing 150000 wage earners across the southern states has gone on record in favor of equal suffrage, endorsing the movement and signaling support in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Labor Congress
Chattanooga
Tenn
Ubor Congress
Von Jagow Made a Major in Reserve Army
Berlin reports Gottlieb von Jagow fort vign minister has been promoted to major in the reserve force. The move places him in a higher rank with duties near Unssare.
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von Jagow
Berlin
Gottlieb von Jagow
Fort Vign
Hagheen
Unssare
Adopts Triplets Under Illinois Pension Law
The state under the mothers pension act adopted four year old triplets living with widow Helena Hardt. Each child will receive ten dollars a month for ten years, while two foreign born siblings remain ineligible. The second set of triplets includes Victoria Warren and Beatrice Christensen, who will receive eight years of pension until age fourteen. Sir William Van Horne Buried in Joliet funeral train coach once Queen Victoria’s private car carried the Canadian rail magnate’s body to Oakwood Cemetery.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Helena Hardt
Higgins Avenue
Alex
Sophia
Melise
Anna Christensen
West Twenty-second Street
Victoria
Warren
Beatrice
Sir William van Horne
Jolet
Joliet
Will County
Queen Victoria
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Montreal
Sir William
Richard B. van Horne
Augustus C. van Horne
B. W. Lynch
Col
Fred Bennett
Joliet Union Station
Methodists Accept Gift to Build Seminary Edifice
The Central Illinois Conference of the Methodist church at Kankakee unanimously accepted a $50,000 conditional gift from W A Rankin of Onarga for a new building, equipment, and expanding the Grand Prairie seminary. The conditions require raising $100,000 more within the conference boundaries.
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Kankakee
W. A. Rankin
Onarga
Grand Prairie Seminary
Ilinois
Methodist Church
Central Illinois Conference
Will of William Heiler Nets Large Housekeeper Bequest
The probate filing notes William Heiler, a wealthy central Illinois retiree, leaving $15,000 to Alice Simpson as a reward for faithful housekeeper service. The will also assigns property in Tower Hill two tracts and $100 cash, plus income from rental of land in Roge township. Other siblings and non-relatives receive $25,000 to $50,000 each.
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Pana
William Heiler
Illinois
John R. Eller
Alice Simpson
Tower Hill
Roge Township
Miss Simpson
Scholar Attempts death by own action in Chicago
Fourteen year old John Davis of 1006 West Twelfth street a Medill public school pupil tried to swallow muriatic acid to end his life. He told Dr Henry Steible en route to county hospital that he wanted to end the whole business, after Maxwell Street police were informed.
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Chicago
John Davis
West Twelfth Street
Medill
Fourteenth Place
Throop Street
Henry Steible
Steible
Desplainey Street
Maxwell Street
Pioneers Die in Kewanee Sheds Tragic Deaths
Obituary notes the passing of Shedrach Miles of Kewanee aged eighty eight. The brief notice records his death and identifies him as a pioneer Local residents recall his contributions and reflect on his long life.
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Pioneadis
Kewanee
Shedrach
Miles
Ry Oi
Pers
Aebia
State Fair Opens Under Cloudy Skies in Illinois
Len Small president of the State Board of Agriculture and other officers voiced displeasure as rain disrupted opening day at the Illinois state fair in Springfield. Despite the weather, hundreds passed through gates as the capital city band played from pavilions and the boys and girls state fair schools hosted tours, lectures, and demonstrations on the hills near the west entrance.
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Springfield
Len Small
B. M. Davison
State Board of Agriculture
Capital City
State Fair School
Permanent Roads Are Planned in Illinois
Springfield reports a proposal by the state’s Commercial clubs to issue ten million dollars in state bonds at 4 percent interest to build a grid of about one thousand miles of permanent roads. The plan envisions four routes including a north south line near the Third principal meridian and three east west routes, using current dirt roads to serve population centers evenly across the state. Governor Dunne supports including the proposition in a potential special session call for a voter referendum at the 1916 general election.
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Springfield
State of
Illnois
EK. F. Dunne
Public urged to aid fight against hoof and mouth disease
State livestock commissioners and Dr O H Dyson appealed for public help to eradicate hoof and mouth disease. They said slaughtering infected herds is the only way to stamp out the outbreak, with Governor Dunne’s agreement. They warned that legal injunctions blocking slaughter by a few owners threaten progress, noting the U S has succeeded only through culling exposed animals.
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Springfield
State Board of’ Livestock Commissioners
0. H. Dyson
Dunne
Scott. Durand
United States
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