Bernstorff Pledges Full Reparation to U S
Berlin promises complete satisfaction over the sinking of the Arabic and signals willingness to resolve the submarine crisis. Officials say future U S Germany relations hinge on whether the Arabic was sunk without warning and if Lusitania disavowal or further reparations follow.
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Berlin
Lansing
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Germany
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Husitania
State Department
Ger- Trab
Associated Press
Gerard
Futher
Geroisa
Lusitania
Manter
Soldier’s Wife and Three Children Perish in Flames
San Francisco Aug 27 Mrs Frances Warren Pershing wife of Brigadier General John J Pershing U S A and three of her four children suffocated to death in their quarters at the Presidio of San Francisco The fire may have been caused by a night lamp A Mrs Roswell and her two children escaped along with Warren Pershing five years old and three servants The Rees children Helen Anne and Margaret under eight years old also perished The general then commanding Eighth United States Infantry is at El Paso Tex The tragedy is described with details of Mrs Pershing’s final acts and the surrounding fire officials note the fire’s cause remains conjectural The Pershing family marriage date and general career are noted including his 1906 promotion to brigadier general The piece highlights Mrs Pershing’s devotion to home suffrage interests and women’s movements
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Philip
James
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Washington
Weat Point
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Fuss Over Plattsburg Camp Speech
Washington notes Secretary Garrison deplores Roosevelt remarks at Plattsburg camp as harmful to the training mission. General Wood replies that orders will be followed to prevent similar incidents at future camps. Roosevelt blames Garrison for the controversy over his speech.
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Leonard Wood
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Secretary Garrison
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Stoo
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Winona Bishop Shot in Library by Disturbed Priest
Right Rev. Patrick R Heffron, bishop of Winona diocese, was wounded in his library at Terrace Heights by Rev. Father Lesches, a priest staying at St Mary’s College seeking an appointment. Lesches, 46, was arrested and jailed after locking himself in his home. The bishop’s chest wound is serious but doctors hope for recovery.
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Barr
Huck
Winona County
Destruction at Illinois Central sheds devastates 35 cars
Fire destroyed thirty five box cars and the Illinois Central car shed in Waterloo last night. Loss estimated at about 40000 dollars, with insurance details unclear. Firefighters and city volunteers fought flames for over an hour and a half, saving adjoining buildings and thousands in unburned cars. Switch crews helped move unburned cars to outer tracks to prevent further loss.
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25000 Miners At Any New Welsh Strike
Reports from South Wales coal fields say 24000 miners have joined a new strike. Discontent grows over Walter Runciman's award as arbitrator, with miners charging he ignored a Lloyd George arrangement. Runciman declined to meet a deputation. Lloyd George had urged concessions for war production.
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South Wales
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State Center Couple Killed in Grade Crossing Crash
August Funke, 44, and his wife Anna, 41, residents near State Center, were struck by a Chicago and Northwestern freight train at about 11 PM at a grade crossing. Funke died instantly. Anna was possibly fatally injured in the collision near Marshalltown, Town, on August 27.
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Chicago & Northwestern
Mortgage Mystery Ties to Clergyman’s Death at Gary
Gary Indiana August 27 One man was arrested and several detained as detectives pursue killers of Rev. Edmund A. Kayser. Police withheld names and evidence details while probing whether the murder stemmed from pro German sentiment or a hostile mortgage dispute. A trunk was seized as possible proof.
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Teutons Reach Deep Into Russia Threaten Moscow Road
German and Austro-German forces push into White Russia and past Poland’s borders as they threaten the Moscow railway line from Brest-Litovsk. Grodno remains the last major Russian stronghold south of the Baltic while Okita fortress falls, signaling a rapid advance.
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White
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Train wreck on weakened bridge kills four in Arizona
Four people died and twelve were injured when a northbound Santa Fe train from Phoenix to Prescott fell through a bridge weakened by a cloud burst at Date Creek, seventy miles north of Phoenix. The engine passed the span before it collapsed, sending the smoker into the swollen stream while the sleeping car stayed on the tracks.
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Prescott
Date Creek
Internal Revenue Receipts Hit Record High
Washington reports the annual revenue total for the fiscal year ended June 30 at 115 million dollars including corporate and individual income taxes, up from 380 million the previous year, marking the greatest receipts in government history.
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Washington, D. C
Public Wedding to Be Held Openly at Dairy Cattle Congress
A planned public wedding during the Dairy Cattle Congress draws interest as Rotarians sponsor the event. Couples sign articles for a future union in front of thousands. A luncheon committee begins collecting presents from city merchants, starting with a brass bed donated by William Galloway.
French Airmen Again Attack German Lines
Paris August 27 The French war office says French aviators continue attacks on German positions in eastern sections of the French line. German aviators also mount offensives in the same region across occupied territory.
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Paris
French War Office
Indicted figure linked to Eastland disaster
Chicago reports Walter Ke Greenebaum, manager of the atin Transportation company, indicted by the county grand jury for manslaughter connected with the Eastland disaster. The charges allege the boat was overloaded during the excursion, while the company leased the vessel from the owner.
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