Germany offers safety to all American ships
Berlin replies to the Lusitania crisis with a note stressing humanitarian principles and promising to shield neutral life. It urges frequency of safe transit for American passenger steamers and proposes expanding neutral and American flagged vessels to ease Atlantic travel. The German stance seeks mutual limits on submarine warfare and pledges no harm to American citizens aboard neutral ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
United States
Gerard
Germany
Frederick the Great
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Prussia
Republic of the West
America
England
North Sea
House of Commons
Lusitania
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
High Seas
North America
Great Britain
von Jagow
Man's Peculiarity Cited In Domestic Critique
A terse Atchison Globe remark notes Jude Johnson, known for beating his wife, views Short Jenks as critical of Mrs. Jenks' grammar. The exchange underscores social tensions and the newspaper's wry view of character flaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jude Johnson
Short Jenks
Traveling exposes the traveler to inner change
In a brief reflection on travel, Montaigne notes that a person can travel far yet gain little if they carry their own unchanged nature. The remark underscores how self-awareness, not distance, marks meaningful growth during journeys.
Opinions React. Emerson Quote on Speech and Self
A compact reflection on how speaking reveals the speaker. It notes that all opinions reflect the speaker and affect the listener, whether the speaker wills it or not. The quote emphasizes self-disclosure through words and the responsive nature of opinion.
Tiny oven invented for microscopic heating by German scientist
A German scientist has developed a compact electric oven small enough to fit on a microscope. It is designed to heat and dry objects prepared for microscopic examination, enabling precise preparation and study in laboratory work.
Duel in the skies over the Dniester ends with German pilot dead
A German aeroplane appeared over the Russian aerodrome on the Dniester and was met by a Russian aircraft in a fierce duel. The German gunner pierced the Russian machine five times. The German pilot was killed and the military observer wounded as their craft fell and burned within Russian lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Dniester
France offers to lift embargo on raw hides
France has offered to lift its embargo on raw hides in exchange for American leather goods for military purposes. The plan would release a vast stock of raw hides in France for manufacture. Paris dispatch also asks for American wheat flour for civilian bakers.
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France
Washington, D. C
Paris Dispatch
German Losses Put At Over One and a Half Million
Berne reports to the London Morning Post that Prussian casualties through June total 1,504,523, based on 16 casualty lists naming 94,747 officers and men killed or wounded. Excluded are 164 Saxon, 19 Bavarian, 211 with Lemberg lists, and 36 naval lists.
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Berne
London Morning Post
Lemberg
Germans Set Up Traveling Libraries for Trenches
From Constance Switzerland dated July 12 a dispatch reports German soldiers asked for books leading to Berlin organizing traveling libraries for the trenches. More than 500000 books have already been donated for this purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance
Switzerland
Berlin
Frank Holt Is Buried In Dallas Services Held
Frank Holt, the man who shot J P Morgan and confessed to placing a bomb in the National Capitol before his suicide, was buried in Dallas on Sunday. Mrs Holt and her two children attended with her father Rev O F Sensabaugh as Rev J P Mussett of Fort Worth, close family friend, conducted the services.
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Dallas
Tex
Frank Holt
J. P. Morgan
National Capitol
Enormous Alaska Copper Yield Forecast
Seattle reports a projected copper production in Alaska for the year at 20 to 25 million dollars. This compares with Alaska's total output last year of 3.365 million dollars according to early production figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Wilson in Auto Crash Windsor Vi
President Wilson suffered his first automobile accident in over two years as a five man car collided with his high powered vehicle on the road between Newport and Claremont, causing partial destruction of the other car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Wilson
Newport
Claremont
Cornet Learning Method Promoted by Boston Publisher
A Boston publisher claiming a low cost technique says anyone can learn cornet, offering a method for 75 cents. The publisher’s name is withheld to avoid potential threats. The note appears in the Florida Times-Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Florida Times-Union
Must Travel to Know
Travel insight from Chesterfield notes that true understanding of the world comes only from personal exploration, not descriptions alone, urging readers to journey to encounter places and cultures firsthand.
Edison Heads Naval Inventors Advisory Board
Edison to lead civilian inventors in a proposed bureau to develop wartime devices. Secretary Daniels invited the West Orange resident to Washington to accept the advisory post and help plan submarine warfare research aimed at new devices to aid U S naval power and peace.
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West Orange
N_ J
Thomas A Edison
Daniels
Bureau of Invention and Development
Department
Washington
Mr. Daniels
Europe
Edison
Germans Attack Hill No 60 Near Ypres
Berlin reports German forces pushed at Ypres southeast of Hill No 60 to force British withdrawal. The northern slope portion blown up and Specher cemetery seized with many prisoners. In Poland near Niemen German troops gained ground against Russian lines amid gas attacks. Paris confirms loss of Soucher cemetery after gas aided assault and German counterattack secured victory.
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Berlin
Ypres Izan
Paris
Soucher
Frst
Lawson Denied New Trial by Judge Granby Hillyer
Lawson was denied a new trial by Judge Granby Hillyer in district court on Monday. He was sentenced to spend the remainder of his life at hard labor in the state penitentiary.
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Granby Hillyer
Lawson
Rail fare hike debated at La Salle hotel
Jnmer E H Thurtell reports on a session held at the Hotel La Salle where road officials urged higher fares. The discussion centered on increasing charges to cover rising costs and maintain services.
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Jnmer E H. Thurtell
Hotel la Salle
German Raider Koenigsberg Destroyed by British Forces
London reports that the German protected cruiser Koenigsberg of 3348 tons, which sheltered in the Renfi ji river in German East Africa last autumn, has been destroyed by British river monitors and aerial bombs, according to an admiralty announcement.
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London
Koenigsberg
Renfiji River
German East Africa
Admiralty
Thousands of Chinese Drowned and Starved in Floods
Reports from Peking say over 16,000 Chinese have drowned as floods sweep through Kwangtung and Kwangsi provinces. At least 50,400 more face imminent starvation amid the disaster.
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Peking
Kwangtung
Kwangsi
Chief of Police Dies in Sesser Beer Heist Incident
In Sesser Illinois on July 14 Chief of Police Robert Hill died from injuries after an attempt to intervene with a wagon delivering beer. An Italian named Campbello was involved as the assailant. Sesser is noted as a dry town and the incident occurred during the attempted loading of the wagon.
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Sesser
Robert Hill
Campbello
Carranza Troops Take the City of Mexico
Vera Cruz reports the occupation of Mexico City by Carranza forces after heavy fighting near Guadalupe and Rio Consulado. Zapatistas flee toward Cuernavaca with losses of over 3500, trains of provisions aid destitute civilians, and Gen Lopes de Lara named governor of the federal district as fighting persists north of Monclova.
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Galveston
Tex
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Pablo Gonzales
Gonzales
Carranza
Guadalupe
Rio Consulado
Zapatistas
Cuernavaca
Lopes de Lara
Federal District
San Antonio
American Red Cross
Monclova
Coahuila
Thaw recounts murder of Stanford White on witness stand
In New York on July 12 Harry K Thaw testified about killing Stanford White claiming he acted after White moved toward his pocket. He said he killed White to spare Evelyn Nesbit Thaw from mistreatment and disgrace and that a doctor said she was too ill to travel to testify.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
White
Thaw
Cook
Evelyn
Mr. White
Evelyn Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
CHOCTAW CREW SAVED AFTER FOG COLLISION SINKS STEAMER
Cast adrift near Presque Isle in Lake Huron after a fog collision, the coal laden steamer Choctaw of the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co sank, while Captain Charlies Fox and the crew reached Sarina Ontario aboard the Wahcondah of Canada Steamship Lines. The Wahcondah sustained a large side hole but arrived safely.
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Port Huron
Mich
Charlies Fox
Choctaw
Cleveland Clif Iron Company
Presque Isle
Lake Huron
Sarina
Ont
Canada Steamship Lines
Lad
Giant German aeroplanes to carry twenty men
London July 14 The German army aircraft department has completed six giant aeroplanes of a new type. Each machine will carry 20 men. The information comes from the Daily Mail's Basel correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eng
Aircraft Department
Daily Mail
Basel
Colorado Marshal Killed in Loveland Shootout
Night Marshal Frank Peak was shot three times and killed by three unknown men he arrested for possessing two bottles of beer. The suspects escaped.
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Colorado
Loveland
Colo
Frank Peak
Michigan State Briefs Roundup of Local Fatalities and Incidents
Grand Rapids reports two children die in burns and other accidents. Port Huron man starves himself in vagrancy confinement. Owosso notes rural route protests to be studied. Big Rapids and Albion record deaths from apoplexy and drowning. Dimondale Civil War veteran dies. Marquette parolee-robbery repeat back in prison. Muskegon car crash near Whitehall. Berlin Woman's Improvement Association active in Grand Rapids. Battle Creek football injury leads to hospital commitment. Morenci tent fire injures children. Lansing bodies recovered from Grand River. Alpena worker electrocuted at a tent. Sault Ste Marie exchequer extradition case. Grand Rapids fisherman drowns. Battle Creek employee marks 46 years with firm. Lansing pastor Rev Thomas Coughlan dies.
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Grand Rapids
Kenneth Inman
Port Huron
James Russell
Providence
Owosso
Washington
Big Rapids
Joseph Yeo
Yeo
Albion
Peter Garawal
Montcalm Lake
Dimondale
I. C. Stanton
Dee
Orr
Percy
DeWitt
Marquette
John Line
Oklahoma
Muskegon
C. A. Welsh
Waukesha
Wis
Whitehall
Turtle
Berlin Woman's Improvement Association
William Hanna
John Mead
Mertie Wells
Battle Creek
Gath Harbaugh
Kalamazoo State Hospital
M. Harbaugh
Gath
Morenci
W. L. B. Collins
May Moden
St. Louis
Sampson
R. V. Front
Mary Smith
W. J. Kemp
A. Boyce
N. K. Nash
Lansing
Jennie A. Sutton
Jack Burman
Grand River
Howard Koons
Margaret Sanborn
Alpena
Michael Maio
Hampton's
Maio
Carnival Company
Washington, D. C
Gerrit Derroot
Fiske Lake
Derroot
Benjamin Wierix
Gerrit Torngaw
Degroot
Sault Ste. Marie
Bone
Chippewa County
Soo
New York City
Rev. G.3
Harper Reade
Blind River
Ont
Michigan
Albert Griswold
Griswold
Nichols and Shepard Company
Thomas H. G. Coughlan
First Methodist Church of
Coughlan
Three Rivers
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Danriels
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Miss Boardman
Red Cross
Mexico
City OF
Zapata
Harry Thaw
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