Wilson Asks Troops Held For Border Assistance
Washington reports President Wilson directed readiness of troops for border emergencies after a Texas appeal. Breckinridge said no disorders today and Funston would request troop moves. Texas governors must seek federal aid with constitutional approval. Mission Chamber seeks rifles amid alleged reign of terror. no fighting confirmed in Edinburg. errors traced to a messenger mix up.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Breckinridge
War Department
Ferguson
Funston
Punston
Texas
Breckinridge Saiad
Carranza
Albert 3. Jones
Jones
New Mexico
Arizona
Brownsville
Tex
Edinburg
President Wilson Writes to Mother of Haitian Sailor
President Wilson sends a condolence letter to Sophia Gompers of Brooklyn New Jersey mother of William Gompers the sailor killed by a Haitian sniper during the American occupation at PortauPrince Haiti The White House release says the letter expresses sympathy and notes possible Navy assistance though no clear remedy exists with current law
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Sophia Gompers
Brooklyn
N. J
William Gompers
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Gompers
White House
Secretary of the Navy
Woodrow Wilson
Perrin in Jail Unable to Raise 10,000 Bail
Cedar Rapids August 13 Lea T Perrin former paying teller of the Cedar Rapids National Bank faced arrest in connection with the disappearance of 20,000 in bank funds after a second confession. Friends and relatives hurried to raise 5,000 bail. Perrin, who retained Joseph Connolly as counsel, claimed responsibility and promised to repay all sums. He said he would stay in Cedar Rapids to face the charges and hoped to raise the rest quickly with help from relatives and friends. He referenced life insurance totaling 13,000 taken out recently to protect his family.
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Cedar Rapids
Lea T Parrin
Cedar Rapids National Bank
Perrin
Joseph Connellly
Donnelly
Chicago
Leaves 12 Job To Become 10000 Heiress Mary Smith Leaves Romance
Mary Alice Smith a 24 year old Chicago stenographer chosen from over two thousand applicants by the immigration bureau will quit her $12 a year job to become Aunt Louisa’s companion on a 500 acre McHenry county farm. She will receive $10,000 on Uncle Jimmy Pankhurst’s death and leaves behind a romance. She boards at 6350 Wimbark avenue, British in extraction, and insists no prior claim or mate follows her to the farm.
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Mary Alice Smith
Chicago
Chisago
Ang
Wisconsin
Immigration Bureau
Louisa
Misa Smith
Jimmy
Tfe
Wimbark Avenue
Jimmy" Pankhurat
Navy builds stronger undersea and air fleet plan
President Wilson delays defense talks with Garrison and Daniels until next week to consult the Congressional committee chair. Secretary Daniels cites broad public support for larger submarines and aircraft and outlines plans for stronger dreadnoughts and invulnerability efforts while torpedo threats are studied. The Navy advisory board, led by Thomas Edison, will meet next month with twenty top scientists and inventors.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Garrison
Daniels
Congressional Committee
Navy
Mr. Daniels
Navy Advisory Board
Thomiag c4 Edison
Peace Appeal Moves Forward in Mexican Talks
Washington August 13 The Inter American peace appeal for Mexico agreed at the Pan American conference is to go forward today with the text kept secret until replies reach all faction heads and state governors. No further talks with Latin diplomats until replies arrive. The Vera Cruz situation shows no change. The battleships Louisiana and New Hampshire proceed toward Mexican waters near Vera Cruz. Villa’s three month truce proposal for a peace conference is enacted. Villa’s agents announce civil and military elements would withdraw if needed to ensure the conference success.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico
Lansing
Vera Cruz
Mary
Louisiana
New Hampshire
Stillere
Vera Crux
Minister Held for Murder of Macklin Girl
Goshen Ind Aug 13 Silas N Byersole 60 a former Dunkard preacher and Iris son Newton Eversole both of nearby farms were held as suspects in the Watel Macklin murder case. They were taken to South Bend for investigation as authorities keep the evidence secret. Hazel Macklin 15 was found strangled Oct 24 1914 in Island Park South Bend. A farm ad led her to meet a mysterious Dunkard farmer. she disappeared after entering a buggy. Rumors of a confession by Eversole circulated amid signs of mental distress and a troubled personal life.
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Hazel Macklin
South Hend Birk
Island Park
St. Joseph
South Bend
Mishawaka
Charles
Miller
Lama Dunkard Farmer
Spring Brook Park
Macklin
Siting Brook Farm
Comah
Hazel
Ginsberger Street
Vistula Avenue
Silas H. Eversole
Bristol
Ras
Eversole
Leah Eversole
Wakaruso
Eversola
Uprisings Bring Military Rule to Cape Haitien
Uprisings by the Robo and Zamor factions in Cape Haitien force Rear Admiral Caperton to impose military control. Commander Olmsted of the Nashville is in charge with a battalion of bluejackets from Connecticut ashore to assist in maintaining order amid disturbed conditions and civil authority limited where possible.
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Washington
DD. C
Bobo
Zamora
Cape Haitien
Caperton
Navy
Robo
Zamor
Port Au Prince
Olmsted
Nashville
Connecticut
Six Killed in Air Raid on British Coast
Official notice reports a recent air raid on England's east coast. Six people were killed and twenty two injured as fourteen houses were damaged seriously by the strike. A Zeppelin likely unmanned and shaped caused the damage, with the attack marking the second such event this week after a prior raid Monday night.
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British Coast
England
Honihis
Yeppeling
Three Ships Sunk by Submarines In Aug. Maritime Losses
Aug 18 report states the Dritist steamers Osprey and Summertiela and the Norwegian Aura were sunk by submarines. The chief engineer, and the Sumimertiald wife, drowned. Other crew were landed. Summerfeld, 687 tons, registered in Liverpool, with five steamships named Osprey and Aura noted in records.
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Bross
Tulle
Liverpool
Osprey
Aurn
Zapata Forces Defeated Again in Mexico Arm Campaign
Reports from Galveston and San Juan del Rio say Carranza troops under General Francisco Carranza pushed Zapata forces back into Morelos. Santa Fe in Guerrero and most of the southern railway south of the capital are now controlled by Carranza. Villa troops suffer heavy losses with 200 dead reported as fighting continued near Morelos.
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Alto
Zapata
Mexico City
Cass
State of
Morelos
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Guerrero
Carranza
Carranza Council
Ajusco
San Nicolas
Contresas
Vella
Yaredo
J. Maycott
San Juan del Rio
Villa Troopa
Villa
Francisco Cass
Enifiiano Zapata
Bluebeard of the Gathtub Hanged in London
George Joseph Smith, known as the wife murderer, was hanged at Maidstone after a July 2 jury verdict finding him guilty of murdering three wives. He allegedly killed them to collect life-insurance payouts, each drowned in a bathtub after marriage. The court praised the jury’s verdict and noted Smith’s scheme involved two other women who were defrauded of money.
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hLondon
George Joseph Smith
Maidstone
Smith
German order predicts trace by October
London reports a Telegraaf sourced order to German forces in Flanders foretelling a vigorous western offensive and an early peace. The extract says the eastern work is finished and the west will start, with peace deemed certain in October.
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London
Flanders
Amsterdam
Interned Germans Try to Swim Fiord Escape
Twenty five crew members of the German cruiser Berlin, interned at Trondheim, attempted to cross the Trondhjem fjord in improvised boats. They were spotted by a guard, caught, and seized with civilian clothing money and knives. Several drowned. Three German citizens were sentenced to terms of imprisonment for attempting to escape by simulating a river crossing.
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Christiana, Ang, Jr
Berlin
Trondhjom
Apa
ATL
Germany
Retreating Armies of Zaromfe and Teutons Clash on Bug River
Reports from London dated Aug 18 describe German forces checked along the Bug and Dvina fronts while Russian and Baltic flank actions hold Warsaw. Reinforcements aid counterattacks, Koyno fortress resists, Riga area repulsed, and Dvinsk remains under Russian control as German advance toward the Dyne is slowed.
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Ruesiana
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Dvina
Koyno
Riga
Dvinsk
Rus
Ostrolenka
Warsaw
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Von
Hingenburg
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England
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Drinak
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Balkan
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