Leo Frank Lynched by Mob Near Marietta Georgia
Marietta Georgia, Aug 17. Leo M. Frank accused of the Mary Phagan murder was taken from Milledgeville by a small armed group and hanged near the Phagan home. His body dangled from an oak for hours before crowds moved it to Atlanta. Authorities note careful planning and masked motives amid wide public interest.
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Atlanta
Oak Tree
Marietta, Ge
Leo M. Frank
Mary Phagan
Milledgeville
Phagan
Marietta-Milledgeville
Frank
J. William Creen
Marietta
Sheriff's
William J. Frey
Georgia mob lynches man accused by planter wife
Bainbridge Ga Aug 17 John Riggins 63 colored was lynched by a posse of farmers after being accused of assaulting the wife of a tobacco planter in the Amsterdam community. The woman positively identified him as the attacker before his death.
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Georgia
Bainbridge
John Riggins
Amsterdam
Maxallant
Huge Loan to Britain Rumored by Wall Street Banks
On August 17 New York bankers discussed a plan to float a large British loan in New York to halt the decline in exchange rates and shield Britain and allies from further depreciation. The proposed issue could include one five and ten year bonds with an immediate need estimated at 600,000,000 to stabilize sterling and other currencies. Negotiations were unsettled, with no official announcement expected until terms are agreed.
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New York
Great Britain
Wall Street
England
Logan
Turks Lose 27000 In Gallipoli Battle
An authoritative Turkish source reports Gallipoli losses totaling 37 000 with 0 men drowned when the battleship Barbarossa sank. The report, carried by a special Washington Post cable, cites Athens as the origin and Basel as a further dateline.
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Gallipoli
Washington Post
Athens
British Transport Royal Edward Sunk By Submarine
London reports the Royal Edward, a British transport, torpedoed in the Aegean last Saturday morning with about 1,000 lives lost. About 600 saved. The ship carried 32 officers, 1,350 troops, and 220 crew, mainly reinforcements for the Twenty-ninth Division on the Gallipoli front. Admiralty says full details are not yet known.
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Dardanelles
London
Aegean Sea
Royal Edward
Wayfarer
Trish Sea
Manitou
By & Turkle
Bost
Gallipoli
Ian Hamilton
Aegean
Majestic
Balkan
Admiralty
Hea
Alvision
Defalla
Royal Army Medical’ Corps
Belgium's Future Split Germany Amid War Debate
A memorial to Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg protests annexation of Belgium and united war aims. The piece notes civil dissent in Germany over postwar policy, amid pressure from factions favoring restoration versus expansion. The report signals government friction and calls for settlement before any peace moves.
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Carl B. von Wihgand
Washington Post
Copenhagen
Kalaer
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Herr von Jagow
Belgium
Factora
Seized from U S Ship German crew held in Australia
In Seattle reports Otto Schutt the chief officer and six seamen all Germans from the American barkentine EH R Sterling of Seattle are prisoners in a Liverpool near Sydney detention camp. They were taken by Australian naval officers at Newcastle after loading coal for Callao Peru. The ship had sailed from Winslow Washington with lumber for Sydney on November 21 of the prior year.
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Seattle
Waah
Otto Schutt
Barkentine
EH. R. Sterling
Liverpool
Sydney
New ‘South Wales
EB. R. Sterling
Newcastle
New South Wales
Callao
Peru
Winslow
Wash
Schutt
Seattte
Storm Schäden Reach Galveston and Southeast Texas
Army relief reports say Galveston flooded as tropical hurricane damaged Beaumont Houston Taylor Temple and other southeast Texas towns. Water receded slowly, but wire service cut off. Buford transport high and dry inland. full extent of property loss will take days to assess.
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Beaumont
Houston
Taylor
Temple
U. S
McClelland
Dallas
Tex
Galveston
United States
Buford
Waco
Texas
Intest
McClellan
Commanion
Farman
Weather Bureau
Atorm
Forts Fell As Russians Retreat In Eastern Front
Vienna reports Austro Hungarian troops advance toward Brest Litovsk as Russian forces retreat from Poland. Berlin says Hindenburg forces seize forts on the Kovno southwest front, taking 4500 prisoners and 240 guns, with Novogeorgievsk cordon closing. Crown Prince assault in Argonne repelled by French.
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von Hindenberg
Courland
Grand Duke
Novogeorgievale
Narew
London
Poland
Brest-Litove
Tne
Berlin
Litsmann
Kovno
Vilna
Warsaw-Petrograd
Novogeorgievsk
Fortreaq
Brast-Litovak
Nicholas
van Hindenburg
Bausie
Aa River
The
Bug
Petrograd
Middle Bug
Grodno
Bialystok
Brest-Litovek
Kovel
Haute-Chevanches
Argonne
Paris
Obregon Rejects Peace Talks Without Carranza
In Tampico Gen. Obregon, a Carranza lieutenant, said he would not support any peace conference lacking Carranza. He claimed to have tried to avert war with Villa and would insist on completion of the conflict, urging Villa’s defeat and rejecting any conference unless Carranza leads.
Cabinet Named In Haiti Amid Political Change
Port au Prince Haiti Sunday Aug 15 Gen Damigue wave cabinet named with M Elle as finance minister M Mayard interior H Paules Sanén foreign relations Mo Lecomte war ML Docreval justice M Sanserieg public works Discrepancies noted sale of automobila tour book advertised for New York Richmond routes within 100 miles price twenty five cents available at Washington Post Office.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Gen. Damigue
Healtlan Republc
M. Elle
Interior
M. Mayard
H. Paules Sanén
Mo Lecomte
Jasetice
ML Docreval
M. Sans
New York
Richmond
Washington Post
Berlin Agent Advises Germany to Halt Shipments
A World feature from New York August 18 details German attempts to halt U S shipments and blame Britain, plus finance of secret operations through Deutsche Bank. It notes protests against British Orders in Council and the need for exceptions for certain articles.
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Berlin
Germany
England
Department of State
Washington
Great Britain
Tornfer- Teaure
Russian War Minister Polivanoff on German defeat and Russian rebound
Special dispatch from New York reports Gen A A Polivanoff Russian Minister of War answers about Warsaw fall. He says German plan failed by limited western theater and strong eastern push. He cites Russian strategic retreat and new industrial mobilization as key to turning the war in Russia’s favor.
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Russia
Polivanoff
Washington Post
New York
Warsaw
Alexei Andersevitch Polivand
A. A. Polivanoff
Petrograd
Aince
Sastern
Plana
Prussla
Galicia
Vistula
Tvangorod
Brést-Litovak
Brentovek
Kovan
German Profit Flows Traced To Berlin Bank Payments
A banker估imates two million dollars weekly circulates from German war plans in the country with a notable $1,199,000 transfer on July 26 via Deutsche Bank to the German Ambassador. A letter to Arthur von Briesen hints at a $10,000 retaining fee, referred to the German Ambassador and Albert, while Herr Waetzoldt’s reports to Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg reveal efforts to restrain dye and chemical shipments to America to provoke anti British policy.
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Deutsche Bank
William Travers Jerome
Deutsche Bank of Berlin
Secret Service
Arthur von Briesen
New York County
Albert
Berlin Advised to Interrupt Exports in 1918 Inquiry
An English summary of Herr Waetzoldt's report notes German and Austrian importers urged to widen their protest against British orders. It cites meetings, a Washington envoy, and a petition signed by leading importers and American businessmen demanding open credit and protection for contracts with German firms, warning against treating trade as contraband.
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Waetzoldt
Imperial
U. S
Kaiser
Sls
Germany
Amerisen Busines
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