Russians Claim Repulse of Attacks on Warsaw Fortresses
Petrograd reports German assaults on Pultusk and Ivangorod repulsed as a vast battle rages along the Wieprz and Bug fronts. British observers warn of an enveloping German movement toward Petrograd and Warsaw rails, urging continued Russian resistance amid coordinated German offensives.
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Petrograd
London
Pultusk
Noovogeovievsk
Ivangorod
Alost
Wieprz
Bug Rivers
Odessa
Times
Russia
Pussia
Germany
Narew
Submarines Sink Nine Scottish Trawlers
London reports two German submarines appeared off the north coast of Scotland and, by shell fire, sunk nine trawlers in an apparent bid to demoralize the British fishing supply.
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London
Scotland
Austrian Cruisers Bombard Adriatic Coast Cities
At dawn Austrian cruisers and four torpedo boat destroyers shelled rail lines along the Adriatic shore between Senigallia and Pesaro. Simultaneously shells hit the villages of Fano and Senigallietta.
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Rome
Paris
Adriatic
Senigallia
Ancona
Pesaro
Fano
Senigaltta
American Girl May Be Queen of Poland Plans
Paris reports that Prince Poniatowski could become king if the Allies triumph, with an American Miss Helen Sperry of Stockton, California as the future queen. Born in Paris in 1864, the prince married Sperry in 1394, linking the storied Poniatowski line to a proposed royal match.
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Paris
Prince “Poniatowiski
Poland
France
Helen Sperry
Stockton
Cal
Poniatowski
Sperry
Bayonne Strike Cleared as Men Return to Work
About 1,500 workers at Standard Oil and Tidewater Oil plants in Bayonne New Jersey resumed duties after Sheriff Kinkead and Mayor Garvin declared the strike broken. He anticipated pay raises by week’s end as 650 uniformed officers remained on site to prevent disorder.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
Tidewater Oil Company
Bayonne
N. J
Pierre Garvin
Kinkead
Sherif Kinkead
Jeremiah J. Baly
England Has Another Note on Blockade
Sir Edward Grey cabled Secretary Lansing that Britain prepares another note on orders in council and asked delaying yesterday note’s publication pending receipt of the new communication. The plan to publish the previous note tomorrow morning is thus canceled.
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Washington, D
Sir Edward Grey
Lansing
United States
Haitian President Flees Rebel Attack in Port au Prince
Port au Prince Haiti July 27 revolutionary movement against President Guillaume breaks out at dawn. Rebels seize government control after attacking the presidential palace as clashes rage through the streets. Casualties reported heavy. police chief killed and Governor Oscar captured. Guillaume seeks refuge at the French legation. The revolt stems from disbandment of a regiment, amid terror and arrests of Haitians and foreigners. General Oscar resistances continues with rebel force, while foreign legations shelter refugees.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Guillaume
Legation
Rosalvo Bobo
Port’Au Prince
Oscar
Port-au Prince
Cley
Mme. Taldy
Foreigen
Hero General of Italy Falls in Battle
General Antonio Cantore, commanding Italian forces on the thesonzo front, was killed in battle. He earned Italy’s first general rank through bold actions in Fripoli and directed operations that secured Ala and nearby villages near Rovereto in Trentino. He led from exposed positions, declaring he would not shame his men.
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Italy
Via Portis
Antonio Cantore
Thesonzo
Fripoli
Ala
Rovereto
Trentino
Leelanaw sinking sparks US warning over German act
Washington reports grave concern over the Leelanaw’s destruction by a German submarine. Officials await Dundee consul findings as counterparts compare to the Frye case and probe treaty violations under US Prussia terms. No lives lost. crew escaped to Kirkwall, while inquiry proceeds. Colonel J G Loper named adjutant at Iowa Soldiers' Home.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Dundee
Scotland
Archangel
Belfast
Kirkwall
High Seas
Prussia
Treasury Department
Leelaway
Ita
Bureau
Germany
Frye Cash
William P. Frye
Prinz Hitel Friedrich
Prye
Delivery Error Notice From Carrier and Correction
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British Casualties In War Reach 320 995, Asquith Says
London reports Premier Asquith disclosed total British army and navy casualties at 320 995 up to mid July with naval losses 9 406 and military losses 321 889. He noted earlier totals and corrections, acknowledging variations in figures from May to July. He contrasted Britain’s public totals with other powers, none sharing grand casualty tallies.
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London
Asquith
Fremier Asquith
House of Commons
H. J. Tennant
Great Britain
Germany
France
Russia
Austria-Lunsary
Italy
Germans Win in Battle of 2 Submarines
Berlin dispatch reports July 20 French submarine Marlitte destroyed by a German submarine in the narrows of the Dardanelles. Thirty one crew members were captured from the French submarine line.
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Berlin
Sayeville
Marlitte
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Olturyzs
French
Sublime Line
Submarines Sink Danish Ship in North Sea
Danish steamship Nogul bound for Tyne and Vaden with railway ties was sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea. Crew landed at Wilhelmshaven. Nearby Norwegian bark Harboe attacked and set on fire. crew saved. Harboe, a three-masted bark built in 1878, owned by Vi. a. Stangebye of Christiania.
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Copenhagen
Fvna
London
Gothenburg
Sweden
Tyne and Vaden
North Sea
Wh- Hehnshaven
Bremen
Nogill
Martin
Amsterdam
Tort Bigin
Vi. A. Stangebye
Christiania
Commerce Department Head Leads Inquiry Into Ghigegd Disaster
The Commerce Department head orders eight investigations into the Ghigegd catastrophe amid a dispute between State's Attorney Hoyne and federal officials over evidence. County and federal grand juries plan to act.
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Commerce Department
Hoyne
Eastland Disaster Investigations Reach Wide Across City
Chicago July 27 Secretary Redfield moves toward an independent federal inquiry into the Eastland capsizing while eight investigations run. Officials clash over evidence with grand juries convening, and a relief fund of 300000 dollars is planned as estimates place dead at up to 1200 and aboard passengers at about 2709.
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Chicago
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Eastland
Wilson
Federal Steamboat Inspection Service
Esen
Hoyne
United States
Clyne
Wivers
Hoffmann
Pedersen
East Jang
Grand Haven
Mich
Mr. Hoyne
Weather forecast for week in Des Moines area 1915
United States weather bureau forecast for the week starting July 28 1915 calls for widely scattered showers and thunderstorms in the first half of the week and generally fair weather afterward. Temperatures to run near or below normal across the upper Mississippi valley and plains states.
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Des Moines
United States Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Becker Granted Two Days Respite Before New Trial Appeal
New York July 27 Justice Fort granted two days for Becker to review the application for a new trial for Charles Becker condemned for instigating Herman Rosenthal's murder. The execution at Sing Sing was postponed to Friday morning, with briefs due noon. Justice Ford reserved decision and said he would rule as quickly as possible.
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New York
Supreme Court
Fort
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Ford
Osborne
Sing Sing
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Iowa Infantry
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Towa
C. C. Horton
Loper
Tyran A. Beeson
Grand Duke
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International Seamen’s Union of America
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