Submarine That Sank Arabic Sunk by British Patrol Boat
Liverpool dispatch reports the German U boat that sank the White Star liner Arabic was shelled and destroyed by a British patrol boat while pursuing the Leyland liner Nicosian. All crew perished, seen as easing tensions with the United States and aiding Bethmann-Hollweg’s pledge of complete satisfaction.
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Liverpool
United States
Germany
Lusitania
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Plot to destroy munition factories eyed by U S officials
Washington officials believe a well organized plot exists to wreck allied munition production. The Acton Massachusetts glazing mill of United States Powder and a Delaware Upper Hedley powder mill blast causing two deaths are linked to a string of fires and explosions at other sites. An investigation has begun but details are guarded.
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U. S
Washington
American
Acton
Mass
Upper Hedley
Wilmington
Del
Gen Orozco slain as bandit in Texas raid
Gen Pascual Orozco the once feared leader of Mexican revolts and later Huerta general was killed by American cowboys near Sierra Blanca Texas after he and four companions robbed a ranch house. Authorities in El Paso identified him from the slain party. American troops were ordered to the Mexican border from Houston with units moving from Texas City.
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Madero
el Paso
Tex
Pascual Orozco
Huerta
Sierra Blanca
Orozco
Vanhorn
Houston
Fifth United States Infantry
Sixth Cavalry
Texas City
Bishop Heffron Shot at St Marys College
Rt Rev Patrick R Heffron bishop of the Winona diocese was shot in the private chapel at St Marys College while celebrating mass by Rev Father L M Lesches a demented priest who had sought an appointment he was refused. The bishop walked to his residence aided by priests and the assailant was arrested.
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Winona
Minn
Patrick R. Heffron
St. Mary’s College
Father L. M. Lesches
Heffron
Winter Campaign Tour Ends in Alsace and Vosges
Paris reports Minister of War Millerand completed a tour of the battle lines in Alsace and the Vosges to inspect measures prepared for the winter campaign. The official note confirms the inspection and ongoing planning by the military leadership.
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Paris
Millerand
Alsace
Vosges
Mexican Bandits Shot Dead Near Katherine Texas
Corpus Christi Sept 2 Two Mexican bandits were shot to death near Katherine after being arrested by a posse as they tried to escape following a Thursday fight.
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Texas
Corpus Christi
Tex
Katherine
Plot to derail powder train sparks Gary intrigue
Gary Indiana August 31 authorities disclosed an apparent plot to wreck a train carrying guncotton near the Aetna Powder works. An end of rail and ties were pried to derail the train expected to move to the East. Anton Slazatoski, a powder works employee, uncovered the tampering as guards tightened around the plant amid wartime spying fears.
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Gary
Ind
Edmund Kayser
Aetna
England
Anton Slazatoski
Powder Works
Secret Service
Acton
Mass
American Powder Company
Murray Ballou
John D. Long Dies at Home in Massachusetts
John D. Long, former secretary of the navy and Massachusetts governor, died at his Hingham home after an intestinal illness following a Maine trip. Born in Buckfield, Maine in 1838, the Harvard graduate held four terms in the state legislature, served as speaker of the house, lieutenant governor, and three terms in Congress, and led the navy department beginning in 1897 under McKinley and also served in Roosevelt's cabinet.
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Hingham
Mass
John D. Long
Navy
Massachusetts
Mr. Long
Maine
Long
Navy Department
McKinley
Roosevelt
Buckfield
Boston
Harvard
Benjamin F. Butler
Congress
Bodies in submarine F-4 recoveries begin as search ends
Honolulu sept 2 a number of bodies of the 22 men who went down in the submarine F-4 March 25 were found entangled in the wreckage of the interior on Tuesday one body was removed from the craft the grim task continues as divers comb the interior for more remains
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Honolulu
T. H
Detective Confesses to Wilful Murder of Wife
Samuel Leitner a private detective confessed to Coroner Israel Feinberg that he fired five shots killing his invalid wife Sarah Leitner in New York on September 2. He said he and his wife quarreled and that led to the shooting.
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New York
Samuel Leitner
Israel Feinberg
Sarah
Leitner
Train Kills Man and Woman in Normal Crossing Crash
Bloomington Illinois September 2 Martin Fisher of Normal and Mrs R M Browning of Bloomington were fatally injured when a Chicago and Alton fast train struck their automobile at a crossing in Normal.
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Bloomington
Ill
Martin Fisher
Normal
R. M. Browning
Chicago & Alton
Mediation Push Nears Breakthrough on Seas Freedoms
Washington officials view renewed US mediation talks as possible to win English and German accord on freedom of the seas and neutral trade with Germany. A long cable from Ambassador Gerard to Secretary Lansing sparked a White House visit and discussions of Berlin policies and the Arabic case. Britain may ease orders in council affecting exports from Germany, aiding a path to cease attacks on unarmed vessels and paving way for renewed mediation offers between the UK and Germany.
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Washington
State Department
United States
England
Germany
Lazsiny
Gerard
Lansing
Berlin
Great Britain
Rotterdam
Russians Lose Olita Fortress at Niemen
Berlin reports Olita, a Russian fortress guarding the Niemen between Korno and Grodno, has fallen to German forces. The capture clears a path toward Vilna and Graum as a second German advance unfolds. Berlin also rebuts Russian claims that the battle cruiser Moltke and other ships were sunk in the Gulf of Riga as a “fake.”
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Olita
Niemen River
Korno
Grodno
General Star
Berlin
Niemen
Vilna
Graum
Moltke
Gulf of Riga
Adt
Battle High in the Air Over Monte Rombec
Report from Udine says Italian Alpine troops push Austrian positions on Monte Rombec in the upper Isonzo region. Soldiers climb to 5,000 feet while Austrians hold the summit 2,000 feet higher. An Alpine company was swept by an avalanche but another unit climbed 1,240 feet despite peril.
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Rome
Monte Rombec
Isonzo
Udize
Fatal Injuries After Auto Wreck Near Canon City
In Canon City Colorado on September 1 Mr W K Wright was fatally injured his daughter Gertrude and Mr and Mrs John Blue of Sedalia Missouri were seriously hurt when their automobile turned over at the bottom of the Skyline road near here.
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Canon City
Colc
W. K. Wright
Gertrude
John Blue
Sedalia
Here
Frost Hits Mason With Heavy Ground Frost
Frost enshrouded Mason on a Monday morning as the thermometer stood 30 degrees above zero, causing considerable damage to vegetation across the area in the early hours.
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Mason. la
Austrians Retreat at Two Points in Italian Front
Milan reports indicate Austrians pulling back at two points. Italian Alpini seize a key summit near Monte Rombon while advancing beyond Piezzo. Austrian positions crumble at Tarvis Tolmezzo and Goritz amid bridges and railways destroyed in Val Sugana.
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Milan
Val Sugana
Isonzo
Piezzo
Monte Rombon
Coritenza
Im Predil Pass
Zebach
Tarvis
Tolm!zo
Goritz
British Vessel Torpedoed With 2000 Canadians Reported
Berlin wireless reports a British vessel carrying about 2000 Canadians was torpedoed on August 15 near the Scilly islands. About 1000 passengers were said to be saved. No British source confirmation yet, though officials announced the loss of the Royal George in the Aegean with similar scale.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
Scilly Islands
Neas
Royal George
Aegean Sea
Aviator Pegoud Killed in France After Loop the Loop Feat
Paris reports the death of Adolphe Pegoud a famed aviator long celebrated as the world’s premier flyer He pioneered the loop the loop before the war and offered France his services at once He was awarded the military medal for valor in March and his loss is mourned nationwide
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Paris
Adolphe Pegoud
France
Pegoud
Zapata backs Pan American plan for pacification
Mexico City August 31 Gen Emiliano Zapata assented to the Pan American program for pacification of Mexico. His favorable reply to the note sent by Secretary of State Lansing was delivered here Saturday by messengers J W Russell and Frank Azzis. They also brought favorable replies from Generals Manuel Palefax Pacheco and others.
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Mexico City
Emiliano Zapata
Mexico
J. W. Russell
Frank Azzis
Lansing
Manuel Palefax
Pacheco
Cholera in Germany Report From Berlin Police Chief
A Berlin report dated September 2 says the chief of police in the German capital indicated rising cholera concerns. Details are sparse as dispatches from Berlin arrive.
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Germany
Zurich
Berlin
Michigan Brevities regional notices from various towns
Cheboygan sells 160 acre MulIet Lake orchard to C L Randall Jr Son of Oxford. Flint probes streetcar delays as Detroit United Railway officials visit. Adrian search for two state home for girls escapees Marie Ulmer and Marguerite Shoemaker with $25 reward. Albion Bryan to discuss war. Kalamazoo Pioneer picnic near 5,000 attendees. St Joseph G A R reunion Sept 15-17. Hillsdale ministers decline and accept calls. Pentwater death of Martin Perkins. Vassar Roumanian John Koleri charged with felonious assault. Lansing hog cholera under control. Petoskey Lucy Bacon dies at 16. Muskegon robbery and recovery of funds. Muskegon pioneer Hiram Parker suicide. Mt Clemens mobile thieves arrested in Detroit. Lansing checks fraud by Sumner Hinkley across hotels. Adrian Greek section man Chris Bornas jailed for beer sale. East Lansing Michigan bean crop losses from wet season.
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Flint
Flint Board of Commerce
Detroit United Railway
Detroit
Adrian
State Industrial Home
Marie Ulmer
Monroe County
Marguerite Shoemaker
Genesee County
Albion
William Jennings Bryan
Grand Haven
Ottawa County Board of Road Commissioners
St. Joseph
Berrien County
Hillsdale
Frank B. Haggard
Warren Avenue
Hillsdale College
Pentwater
Martin S. Perkins
E. W. Grey
Congregational Church
Orland
Ind
Hudson
Albion College Board of Trustees
Kalamazoo
Vassar
John Koleri
Here
John H. Brown
Kalamazoo County
Muskegon
Peter Lietstring
Kalamazooo
Knapp
Hiram E. Parker
Muskegon Lake
William Anderson
Parker
Davis
Mt. Clemens
Robert Prevost
William Bernhardt
Maybury Avenue
Frank Austin
James Perrin
F. W. Bollinger
Lansing
Sumner P. Hinkley
Ionia
Manufacturers’ Distributing Bureau
State of Michigan
Saginaw
Hinkley
Dallas
Tex
St. Louis
Kansas City
Cleveland
State Board of Health
Industrial School For
Chris Bornas
East Lansing
Michigan
J. Howard Muncie
Michigan Agricultural College
War flashback: major events of August 1914
A summary of the European war as it unfolded in late August 1914. German forces captured Amiens and advanced toward Paris, Paris bombed by aeroplanes, Hindenburg defeated Russian forces in the Masurian lakes region, Belgium replied to Austria, Japanese landed near Kiaochow, St Petersburg renamed Petrograd, and Russians seized Lemberg as Lodz fell to German Austrian forces.
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von Hindenburg
Masurian Lakes
Belgium
Austria
Paris
Antwerp
St. Petersburg
Petrograd
World War I era tally of battles and movements in Europe
Martial law declared in Paris. Serbians defeat Austrians at Jadar. Germans advance toward the Marne and seize La Fere. Prince of Wied exits Albania. Russians seize Czernowitz, capital of Bukowina. China protests Japan’s neutrality violation. Germans push across the Marne attack the French center. Heavy fighting around Alost and Termonde in Belgium. British cruiser sinks Austrian steamer Bathori in the Bay of Biscay. British gunboat Speedy lost to a mine in the North Sea. U S S Tennessee ferries refugees to Britain. U S North Carolina sails to Smyrna. General Bobrinsky named Russian Galicia governor.
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Jadar
the Marne
la Fere
Prince of Wied
Albania
Marne
Alest
Termonde
Belgium
Bathori
Bay of Biscay
Speedy
North Sea
German sugar soap method could aid navy and industry
The article announces a process to manufacture soap from sugar, abundant in Germany, replacing scarce oil based soap. The sugar soap reportedly yields fine, delicate soap that cleans salt water as well as fresh, suitable for naval use. It claims to preserve delicate fabrics, enhance silk colors, and reduce wear from cleansing.
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Germany
Obelisk Interest Sparks Debate Over Egyptian Imagery
A man expresses fascination with an Egyptian obelisk and notes the artist missed context. He remarks that the pictures are amusing but lack explanatory reading to reveal their meaning. The exchange hints at a broader discussion of interpretation in art.
Heating Oranges Eases Peeling for Safer Sharing
Before peeling, warm oranges in the oven for a few minutes. The heat loosens the tough white skin from the yellow rind, making the fruit easier to peel and safer to give to children.
Swiss referendum check on federal laws expands direct democracy
In Switzerland voters can force a nationwide vote on any law passed by the federal parliament if 60 000 voters or eight cantons demand it. This mechanism requires public acceptance or rejection before statutes take effect.
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Switzerland
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Republic of
Portugal
Marquis de Santo Thurso
Ind—Acton
America
Gerfin
Wilson
Grodno Fortress
General von Beseler
Emmaneuel
Zapata
Cheboygan
A. M. Gerow
Mullet Lake
C. L. Randall & Son
Oxford, Mich
Amiens
Laon
Kiaochow
Thorn and
Graudenz
Montreal
Cormplegne
East Prussia
Government of
Bordeaux
Criel
Chantilly
Lemberg
Galicia
Lodz
Poland
Bilek
Czernowitz
Bukowina
China
Japan
U. 8
S. S. Tennessee
Channel
North Carolina
Smyrna
Bobrinsky
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