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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1915
Page
1
A note suggests no decision has been made as the president plans talks with Carine. The source hints at ongoing discussions and mentions pressing concerns with no firm outcome disclosed.
London amid wage dispute measures under the war act. President Will applies munition of war provisions to mining, threatening penalties for strikes. Scotch collier demands large wage increases as government seeks resolution through the Board of Trade.
Reports of plans to attack the State prison farm at Milledgeville sparked military and police readiness. Governor Harris said three militia companies were held in readiness and road guards were posted from Atlanta and Marietta. No violence occurred, but authorities kept a vigilant watch.
Rome reports Italy’s effort to boost ammunition output with factories shifted to war production. The government weighs sending capable front-line soldiers home while expanding mechanical schools to train more workers. Extra guards remain at the state prison farm as Leo Frank case looms unresolved.
The telegram from Athens reports Gen. Liman von Sanders, German commander at Gallipoli, called back to Berlin. The note discusses potential wartime output growth, predicting government production rising toward 30,000 projectiles daily within six months if manpower expands by about 5,000.
Berlin reacts with surprise and disappointment to the American reception of the German note. Reports from New York and London suggest little enthusiasm in the U S while officials in Berlin hope the note may still form the basis of an understanding. Germans cannot grasp the American viewpoint and rely on London papers for news.
Dispatches report fighting in the labyrinth area as forces clash near Souchez and Verdun. German claims of gains include Cemetery and Cabaret Rouge positions. French forces report repelling a violent German assault near Souchez with continued drives toward Verdun.
Consul General George E. Anderson at Hongkong reports Japanese government orders reserving all space on subsidized transpacific lines for Japanese shippers. Contracts with non-Japanese shippers for June and July are revoked, worsening freight shortages in the Philippine trade and delaying thousands of tons.
Dispatch from Pieta Igras reports Gen Raoul Madero states Carranza forces defeated their opponents Monday at Pare don driving them to Villa Garcia. Casualties cited include 150 dead and 120 wounded. Restoration efforts in Mexico City progress under new Carranza authorities while cable lines reopen and supplies resume. Carranza says he sent personnel for treasury interior and post office and guaranteed safety to all residents.
A Biological Survey prairie dog control camp near New Casua Wyoming was swept away by a cloudburst. Ralph G. Dussel of Denver drowned. the rest fled to trees. Six people were in the party led by Ray T. Jackson of Boulder, Colorado, and Dussel.
The issue list shows a cabinet meeting agenda focusing on Germany. Reports claim a plan to seize Frank and present tense shifts in Berlin. Other items note German advances, secrecy around Becker move, and wartime developments including powder plants wrecked and naval deals.
A Liverpool correspondent reports fourteen rescued from the steamer Leo after a Friday torpedo attack off Ireland landed in Liverpool aboard the American bark Normandy. Captain Deboult, master of the Normandy, was ordered aboard the submarine to show papers. The Normandy wasn’t torpedoed as it carried contraband timber and had been chartered before the blockade began.
A Kentucky United Safety Powder Company plant in Jeffersontown burned after an explosion that killed three and injured three. Officials claim accidental cause despite suspicions of crank or spy. Separately, a Du Pont Powder plant at Carney’s Point, New Jersey, saw one dead and three injured as two buildings were wrecked by a blast believed caused by an outside source. Police guard the sites as layoffs follow.
Princess Maria Radziwill widow of Prince Anton head of the Radziwill house dies at Kleinitz palace aged 75. Her grandson Prince Antoine Albertwill, head of the house, married Dorothy Deacon of Boston in 1910 with ties to Berlin and London noted in the report.
Washington Post reports Becker case gains momentum with ex-deputy Bugher voicing belief in his innocence and urging governor Whitman to grant clemency. Cockran and Manton travel to Albany amid speculation over a new statement to influence public opinion and possible life term.
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