ZR-2 Airship Disaster Over Hull Kills Many
The American airship ZR-2 explodes and breaks in two over Hull, plunging into the Humber. Commander Louis H. Maxfield and several American officers are reported dead or missing, with 12 bodies recovered. Survivors describe the blaze and structural failure as cause.
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Louis H. Maxfield
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River Humber
Hull
Atlantic
United States
Louis Ui. Maxfield
Washington, D. C
Maitland
Britain
George Welch
Elgin
Norman Walker
Commerce
Tex
Howden
Pulliam
Norfolk
James Phipson
Birmingham
Victoria
Bateman
Humber
Maxfield
Marry W. Hoyt
R. E. Byrd
Marcus Easterly
Emory Col
Quartermaster Walters
Walker Porter
Ernest Davies
Americxats
Easterly
Walters
Grimsby
United States Navy Department
Admiralty
Air Ministry
Germany Agrees to 10 Peace Pact With United States
The document outlines a 10 point peace pact between Germany and the United States with provisions to be shared with the people of both nations. Berlin reports indicate a treaty signing at one o clock in the morning and a full text prepared for Senate review during recess.
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Berlin
Viera
United States
Austria
Germany
Harding
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
White House
Ellis Loring Diesel
State Department
Diplomatic Relations With Germany Resumed After Treaty Sign
Washington announces immediate resumption of diplomatic relations between the United States and Germany upon Dresel and Baron Rosen signing the treaty. The pact recognizes U S rights under the Versailles treaty though the U S has not ratified it, preserving property and other rights while denying Versailles responsibilities. Text will be published in Berlin and the United States with possible slight delay in Pertin.
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Washington
Dresel
Baron Rosen
Germany
United States
Berlin
Pertin
Ford R R Rate Cut Protested As Unjust
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission filed a protest with the Interstate Commerce Commission over suspending the 20 percent freight rate cut voluntarily offered by Henry Ford's Detroit Toledo & Trenton railroad. Officials say the suspension usurps authority and causes hardship to Ohio residents.
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Ohio Public Utilises Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Henry Ford
Detroit, Toledo & Trenton
Ohio
YANK FEARED AIR TRAGEDY
A machinist mate on the 7 2 writes to his parents from Atlanta fearing an airship disaster after two girders buckled on a test flight He asks them to keep his warning secret and to hope he does not have to fly again.
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Liewelyn Stevens
Ted
Atlanta
Liewellyn Stevens
Stevens
Friend of Obregon Slain in Mexico Chiapas
General Bluhm, a close ally of President Obregon, was assassinated in Aurora Chiapas. Bluhm played an active role in the revolution that toppled President Carranza.
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Aurora
Chiapas
Carranza
Mexico City
General Bluhm
Obregon
One Million Fire on Pier in New York
Flames roared across pier No. 5 in Hoboken and threatened the U S S Leviathan as $1,000,000 in damage spread. Bodies of American soldiers awaited safe transfer while wind shifts saved the ships and nearby coffins. No injuries were reported during the two and a half hour blaze.
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Leviathan
Pler No
Thirteenth Infantry Barracks
Wheaton
France
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Jersey City
Hudson County
Delaware, Leachiwanna & Western
Manhattan
Fire menace at harbor as flames threaten mail and army stores
Fire raged through pier slips and nearby apartments as flames fed by winds endangered a ship and its "white elephant" hoard. Soldiers rushed to rescue mail from the post office as Army stores on piers burned, and the Hamburg Telegraph office was destroyed.
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United States Post Office
Hamburg
Believed Rejection Not Yet Final in Thought
A cautious view holds that rejection may occur but not with finality. Observers note some skepticism about a definitive negative outcome.
Notorious escape ends with recapture in Alabama tale
Spartanburg Aug 25 Jim Nesbit four nerve crying life sentence on the chain gang for murder escaped. A bloodhound tracked the fugitive who taunted the dog and tied it to a tree before proceeding. He was recaptured later.
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Spartanpurg
Jim Nesbit
Perro
Americans Stranded by Funds as Europeans Draw Tourist Drift
London reports a surge of financially strapped American travelers in 1914. The Red Cross aided 906 strangers with maintenance and return home, while 208 ill visitors and 182 lacking passports or birth certificates also needed help. Officials note a shift in American tourist behavior, with higher living costs and misperceived hotel charges.
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London
Europe
England
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Ireland Reply to British Dominion Offer Seen In London
London dispatch says the Irish reply to Lloyd George on dominion status is likely a partial rejection. It notes hope for peaceful settlement despite differences. The British government has proposed what it deems acceptable terms, with little chance of a more liberal fate from the empire.
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Evening Journal
London
Ireland
Lloyd George
England
Disaster on airship ends with forty four dead
From Hull England reports indicate a broken girder caused the airship disaster built for the United States. Only one of seventeen aboard survived. the death toll reaches forty four.
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The
Evening Journal
Hull
England
United States
TWO NATIONS IN MOURNING
London laments the ZR-2 disaster as the Daily Express mourns the loss of crew and officers while noting Britain’s airship policy shift. The piece argues the airship program was unviable commercially, costly to build and weather prone, making the tragedy particularly lamentable.
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London
The
Daily Express
United States
Polley
Boundary commission named to settle Panama Costa Rica dispute
Secretary of State Hughes announced the appointment of a commission to adjust the disputed boundary between Panama and Costa Rica. The move follows ongoing negotiations and aims to establish clear territorial limits.
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Hughes
Panama
Costa Rica
Washington
Noted Canadian minister Hughes dies at 68 in Lindsay
Lindsay Ontario August 256 Ste Sem Hughes long a figure in Canadian politics and former minister of munitions died at his home aged sixty eight after a long illness Pernicious anemia noted as the cause of death following his return from abroad
Siberia’s Diverse Peoples Mostly Non-Russian
The article notes Siberia is largely composed of non Russian ethnic groups. It also states Cuba has 1,250,000 tons of sugar ready for shipment.
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Siberia
Cuba
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