Dvina River fighting yields gains as Russians defend Dvinsk
German forces press along the Dvina River with some outer fort lines pierced while Russian counterattacks halt crossings. Civilians evacuate Minsk as Austrians fall back across the Styr near Lutsk. Italian mountain actions proceed and French Anglo air units bomb Bruges submarine base. a German factory reportedly destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Styr
Lutsk
Czer
Ganna
Terrafe
France
Bruges
London
Germany
Dvina River
Dvinsk
Berlin
Vilnaa
Minsk
Vilna
Times Petrograd
Save Tha Ruasiana
Witiya
Smergen
Frermany
Standstil
Trore Leopold
Bavaria
von Mauckensen
Ivan
Firygen
Carranza says Red Cross aid not required in Mexico
Vera Cruz reports quote Vera Cruz first chief Venustiano Carranza via secretary notifies John R. K. Suliman that Red Cross assistance in Mexico is no longer necessary. United States battleship Louisana and New Hampshire ordered to depart Vera Cruz tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Carranza Veraing
Venustianoacranz
Constitutionaliste
John RK Suliman
Wilson
Measico
Meai
United States
Louisiana
New Hampshire
Vera Cruz
Sims Quits Senate Race in Tennessee Primary
Tennessee Representative Thetus W., from the Eighth district, withdraws from the race for the Democratic nomination for senator stating the time is too short to canvass. Three contenders remain: Juce Lea, Guy H. Ar Faterson, and K D McKellar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Nashville Tenn
Thetus
Senior
Juce Lea
Guy H AR Faterson
K D McKellar
Marines in Haiti Reach Agreement to Allow Food Supplies
Gen Rameau with 500 Haitian natives agreed to stop destroying the railroad and telegraph line near Gonaives and permit food deliveries to reach the town after an encounter with 50 Marines under Maj Smedley D Butler. The advance toward Poteau came under fire. one Haitian was killed, no American casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rameau
Gonarves
Fred
Cannonading Heard Off Ameland in North Sea
Reports from Ameland indicate heavy naval gunfire in the North Sea with artillery heard on Wednesday and again today. Dispatches describe distant explosions and possible fleet activity near the island, details unconfirmed by official sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ameland
London
North Sea
Capt Draper Killed at Dardanelles in War
London report confirms Capt Roger Francis Draper son of Rev William F B Draper of Leeds was killed at the Dardanelles. He married last December to Miss Anna Lowell Gardiner, daughter of Robert H Gardiner of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Roger Francis Draper
William FB. Draper
Leeds
Dardanelles
Draper
Misa Anna Lowell Gardiner
Robert H Gardiner
Boston
Battle for Freihofel Mountain Unfolds 9000 Feet Up
Lausanne dispatch reports Alpine combat near the Austrian stronghold on Freihofel Mountain nine thousand feet high. Italian Alpine battalions maneuver around the peak and strike at Austrian forces from the rear as snow falls in the high Alps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lausanne
Sultzerland
Paris
Alps
Gazette de’ Laugaune
Freihofel
Balkans Crisis Deepens as Bulgar mobilization looms
Reports from London and Sofia indicate Bulgaria may mobilize against Serbia with 800,000 German troops ready for invasion. Bulgaria bans passport issuance and exports while diplomats seek to prevent a Balkan-wide clash. Serbia strengthens frontier defenses as Allied powers monitor the volatile situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nieh
London
Bulgaria
Serbia
Balkans
Ferdinand
Athens
Entente
Sofia
Balkan
Roumania
Greece
Teutons
Aegean
Russia
Galgia
Volhynia
Four steamers sunk as crews land at Malmö amid protest
Stockholm reports the Danish steamer Orvaldsen torpedoed west of Hana Thom, crew landed at Malmö after being ordered into lifeboats. Thorvaldsen, 1217 tons gross, shelled and sunk. Also sunk were the Forsvik, Grotingen, and Koningen Emma after mine hits, with survivors landed and passengers saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Orvaldsen
Hanathom
Malmo
Mimos
Maimo
Thorvaldsen
Thorsdaldsen
Christiania
Norway
London
Amsterdam
Batavia
Java
Thames
Czar for New Leaders Disorders as Duma Quits
Berlin reports from Petrograd via Stockholm say radical changes in Russia’s leadership are near. The Duma crisis sparked factory stoppages in Petrograd, with crowds in the streets and a proclamation warning that work suspensions would be treason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Overseas
Gronds
Berlin
Wieless
Sayville
Stockholm
Stockholna
Lokalateger
News Arenc
Nicholas
Pobyanoff
Kuropathin
Froiof
Dumba Seeks Safe Conduct From U S For Exit
Berlin dispatch reports Dr Constantine Dumba sent a telegram to Austria asking urgent safe conduct from the United States to report to his government. He plans to sail on the Rotterdam and would request safe passage only after formal recall. Meanwhile US Justice officials say no prosecution for James F Archibald is foreseen. Congress may consider a new law to cover such cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
William P Frye
United States
London
Acta
Great Britain
Austria
Department of Justice
Archibald
Berlin
Constantin Dumba
Austro-Tsungaran Foreign Office
Dumba
Rotterdam
James F . Archibald
Constantine Dumba
Conogress
British Cabinet Stands Denies Cabinet Change Rumors
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Asquith denied rumors of major changes to the British cabinet. He declared he does not propose to alter the composition of the ministry. The formal statement was delivered in the Commons this afternoon.
Russians Attack Along the Drine and Other War News
Page summary notes Russian offensives on the Drina frontier and multiple war matters including Bulgaria stalling, Germany yielding in a prize case, Carranza sending cabinet to the capital, Pan American plans, Allied leanings, and aid movements. Also mentions Armenians relief, tariff debates, Belgian aid, Mexican ticketing, seaman language test, and ongoing fiscal data discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulgaria
Germany
Carranza
Seaman
Riggs
Palace Damaged by Bomb in Stuttgart Raid
Geneva reports that a merit wing of the Stuttgart royal palace was badly damaged in an air raid by allied aircraft. A bomb exploded in the salon. several royal family members were believed present. French aviators also bombarded station barracks causing deaths and injuries. The American consulate at Stuttgart was struck by a bomb fragment during recent raids. no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Romanskorn
Switzerland
Stuttgart
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Corsul Hig Ens
John D Rockefeller Jr Dances at Cameron Mine Frolic
John D Rockefeller Jr attended a Cameron mine entertainment at the schoolhouse near Rockefellers’ mining camp in Colorado. He danced with Mrs Charles Kaiser and then with every woman and girl among coal diggers and mine officials wives and daughters as an orchestra played Tipperary. The event followed a club speech and a playful invitation to relocate chairs for an impromptu dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsenburg
Buare
Walkenburg
Colo
John 2 Rockefeller Jr
Cameron Mine
Broadway
Charles Kaiser
Rockefeller
Mackenzie Bing
Cameron Club
Jocu’arly
H Hawksworth
John D Hockefeller
Darung
Cameron
Mine J
Mrs . Kaiser
Mr. Rockefeller
Rockefeller Wien Kiki
U S Bankers Press for Half Billion Anglo French Credit
Negotiations on a large Anglo French loan proceed with no friction claimed by either side. Morgan firm partners and Anglo French mission members met at J P Morgan Library to discuss terms while London bankers push for over 500 million with rates above five percent. Russia’s participation remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
New York
Lord Renne
Great Britain
Yrance
J DP Morvan
Meney of
America
Aim
France
Commissons
Commission
London
Rusa
England
Russa
Taft Not a Candidate for 1916 Nomination
William Howard Taft, brother of former president, stated in San Antonio that he is not an aspirant for the Republican presidential nomination in 1916. He said he spoke with the former president in California, who would resist overtures to run. Taft was en route to the Taft ranch near Gregory, Texas, where he would spend a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
William Howard Taft
Henry Walters Taft
California
Taft
Taft Ranch
Gregory
Also Mentioned on This Page
Qvina
Varshal von Hindenburg
Owina
Lennewaden
Endorre
Dyingk
Hantia
Sims
Senate
Niew
Gonaives
Island of
Capt. Draper
Hesperian
Smellie
Admiralty
HY Carl W. Ackerman
United Press
Hague
Foreign Office
Irish
Irish Sea
Gerard
Bernstorff
Washington
Norfolk
Smelle
Crossley
Newport News
Smellies
Herlin
Freikofel Mountain
Mexico City
Amerige Unity
McAdoo
Teutonic Drive
Danube
Crown Prince
Acexunner
Nish
Kraguyevatz
Stharmy
Duke of
Mecklenburg
Bucharest
Serna
Kish
M Guechoff
Todav
Premer Radostavott
Tuckerton
Vienna
Columbia Theater Today
Continaque
Lou Tellegen
U. S
Villa
Zacatecas
Foreign Affairs
State Department
Candido Aguilar
Vera Crus
Sai
Esperanza
Tehuacam
Aguilar
Orizaba
Apianco
Buerd
Enrique C. Liorente
Pan-American Conference
Carothers
el Paso
McCabe
Santo Domingo
National ‘Bank
Nctes
Puller
Chihuahua
Buenos Aires
International High Commission
Ence
Treasury Department
Latin America
Argentina
High Commissions
Buenos
Exchange Constante McGuire
Wilbur J Carr
Gene Wtrander
Rupert Blue
Thorvald Solbergz
Elliott H Gandwin
Narcer Post
Burleson Eatenson
John If
Buata
CZAR
Duma
Harpera Ferry
Martinasburg
Berkeley Sys Springs
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
Union Station
John D., JR
Tipperary
Colorado
Edward Holden
Joint &Tock
Britain
Lillion Dellars
Atersan Forinders
Morgan Library
Ale Todas
Jr Morgan
Wr Morgan
Dwight Werrow
Benny P Davison
Tomas Wo Lamont
Frank Vendelip
National City Bank
Lord Reading
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!