Leyland liner Therian sunk after submarine attack
London reports the Leyland line steamer Iberian sunk by a German submarine off Queenstown on July 31. Five crew killed aboard the Iberian, two died in a rescue boat, sixty-one were landed safely. The Therian, torpedoed later, had four of seven victims said to be Americans. The Iberian carried about eighty horsemen and 600 horses from Boston to Manchester and Liverpool, with many details on casualties and survivors.
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London
Queenstown
Leyland Line
Therian
Boston
Manchester
Sunderland
A. Leyland & Co., Ltd
Liverpool
United States
England
Strive
Washington, DC
Whyley
Consul Frost
Whitley
Mass
Met
Passenger Ship Sinks Barge in Collision Near Providence
The torontal passenger steamer Concord from New York to Providence collided with the barge Exeter in Narragansett Bay early today, sinking the barge. No injuries occurred, the Concord took aboard the Exeter’s crew and completed its voyage. Exeter was owned by the Philadelphia & Reading Coal Company and carried 3,000 tons of coal.
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Providence, R
Concord
New York
Providence
Exeter
Naragansett Bay
Philadelphia & Reading Coal Company
Paper Delivery Contact Instructions
If the paper fails to arrive by the stated time, call 3330 to request a replacement copy. After 6:30 PM, call 442 to arrange delivery.
Thirtieth Millionaire Heiress Weds Today in Michigan
Harbor Point Mich July 31 More than 360 guests attend the wedding of Miss Catherine Barker of Michigan City Ind and Howard H Spaulding Sr of Chicago at the Barker cottage overlooking the bay. The bride rumored to be worth 20 to 30 million dollars is an orphan. the groom is a Yale graduate and former secretary to Haskell Barker Car Co. After the ceremony the couple depart for a trip, ending a romance that began near their cottages. A threat letter alleging kidnapping prompted a guard at the Barker residence.
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Harbor Springs
Mich
Jay
Catherine Barker
John Barker
Howard Spaulding
Chicago
Barker
Spaulding
Bar Harbor
Yale
Hiss
Newnport
Harbor Point
Michigan City
Ind
Howard H. Spaulding, Sr
Howard HH. Spaulding
Haskell& Barker Car Company
Barker Summer Cottage
Bay
John I. Bleckmann
Mishawaka
James B. Forgan
First National Bank of Chicago
Misa Catherine Barker
Howard H. Spaulding, Jr
German shell hits American ambulance mess room
A German shell struck the field hospital mess room of the American ambulance of Paris at Pont-a-Mousson France during dinner. The blast penetrated flour and burst into the cellar. A French orderly was killed and an American was slightly injured by shell fragments.
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Pont-a-Mousson
France
Paris
Funeral of Boy Boat Victims Draws Over 1000
Public funeral services in Cicero honored Willie Novomny seven, one of the Eastland victims. Moreue of flowers from across the city, his parents and sister among the mourners. Mayor Thompson led officials, scouts, and women’s organizations in the cortege to the cemetery. Earthquakes recorded in Washington and Germany’s reply to a U S note on the Prinz Eitel Friedrich incident also noted.
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Chicago
Cicero
Willie Novomny
Eastland
Moreue
Willie
Familly
Thompson
Berlin
London
Germany
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
William P. Frye
Pacific
Washington
Two American Marines Die in Haitian Battle
Reports from Port au Prince say the city is quiet and disarming continues as a larger naval force is sent for patrol. Two American sailors were killed during a clash with Haitians as Rear Admiral Caperton moved troops into Port au Prince to restore order.
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Washington
DE. C
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Caperston
Connecticut
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Takiay
Astraight
Caperton
William Gompers
Brooklyn
Cason S. Whitehurst
Norfolk
Washlington
Bluejacket
Carranza Responds to U S Demand on Rail Line
Washington officials say early results of the joint warning to Carranza Villa and Zapata urge keeping the Vera Cruz to Mexico City railroad open to feed starving citizens. Carranza agents plan assurances that his army will reoccupy the capital and preserve the line, countering military leaders' views.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Carranza
Villa
Zapata
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Mexico
Morgan fully recovers from bullet wound at Glen Cove
New York reports J. P. Morgan, apparently fully recovered from a bullet wound inflicted weeks earlier, at his Glen Cove summer home after a two week cruise aboard his steam yacht Corsair. He said he felt fine and likely would return to Newark office Monday.
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New York
Erick Muenter
J. P. Morgan
Glen Cove
J. TL
Cruse
Ateam
Russia Will Continue War to Victorious End Says Minister
Petrograd reports M Volivan, Russia’s war minister, pledges continued fighting for several years until the enemy is crushed. The statement, prepared for the Associated Press, frames the war as unprecedented and stresses steadfast resolve and allied cooperation toward victory.
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Russia
Petrograd
Associated Press
M. Volivanal
Russe Oinister
Wie
Anna
Alenel Andneyv A Porivangie
Edward Gray
London
Mdwnant Grey
Mob Burns Accused Black Suspect in Temple Texas
In Temple Texas on July 31 a Black suspect in the Grimes family hammer murders was burned at the stake after being identified by a white man. He claimed a white ally paid him and another Black man to attack the Grimes home. three Grimes children died, two adults were injured. A Black man previously hanged by a mob, and two others detained, were moved by police to safety as crowds roamed.
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Grimes
Grimes Place
Bum Hartis
Wells
Lecretty
Temple
Manton Denies Revealing Graft Names
Martin T. Manton, counsel for Charles Becker, who was executed at Sing Sing, issued a statement denying emphatically that he had given Governor Whitman the names of five alleged grafters. The governor was quoted as alleging Manton named two dead and three living individuals implicated in graft.
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New York
Martin T. Manton
Charles Becker
Sing Sing
Herman Rosenthal
Whitman
Train Derailed by Cloudburst near Crews Colorado
A cloudburst last night near Crews eight miles south of Colorado Springs derailed Santa Fe train No 6 injuring 35 people. One man drowned and two are missing in the wreckage.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Santa Fe
Murder of Mrs Martin shocks Murphysboro crowd
Mrs. James F. Martin, a leading southern Illinois attorney's wife, was killed with an ax in Murphysboro. A paroled black servant who had been sent to the state reformatory by the Martins was arrested as mobs formed. Sheriff fled town with the prisoner to avoid lynching, moving from Merion to Marion to Carmi while crowds gathered. Detectives reported aggressive pursuit as towns urged updates on the suspect's fate. General Benjamin Tracy reported seriously ill at his New York home at age eighty one, a former secretary of the navy and prominent lawyer.
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Murphysboro
Ill
James Fl. Martin
Illinois
State Reformatory
Martin
Merion, Ill
Marion
Carmt
Harrisburg
Mrs. Martin
Peberry
New York
Benjamin Franklin Tracy
Navy
Harrison
Tracy
Fifteen Famous Sprinters Qualify For Des Moines Race
Elimination trials at the Des Moines speedway drew a large crowd for the 300 mile race next Saturday. Fifteen drivers, many nationally known, qualified this afternoon with Fred J. Wagner as official starter overseeing the trials.
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Des Moines
Von Buelow Drives North to Cut Rail Link to Petrograd
German forces push toward the rail corridor to Petrograd aiming to sever communications and force Russian surrender. The campaign targets the Lublin-Chelm line, risking a major setback for Russian supply and command, with potential strategic consequences for the war in the east.
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von Buelow
Petrograd
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Lublin-Chelm
Retreat Imperative to Save Muscovite Armies
London dispatch reports Austro German cavalry entering Lublin and severing the Russian line of retreat in southern Poland. Von Buelow advances toward Wilna to cut the Warsaw Petrograd rail link as Warsaw inhabitants flee eastward amid evacuation rumors. British observers urge Western help. Russian press blames Allies for inaction. Warsaw government orders preservation of property and crops with designated routes for voluntary evacuees.
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London
Tublin
Vienna
malin-Cheka
Poland
von Buelow
Wilna
Warsaw
Petrograd
Russia
Nicholas
Lublin
Vistula
Ivangorod
Lublin- Chelm
Koyno
Lutvalki
Vilna
Britain
Great Britain
Adltes
France
Belgium
East Prussia
Perids Russ
Bug
Vis
Galicia
Grand Duke
Reuter
Building Collapse Hurts Three in Des Moines Remodelling
Part of the Marquardt building under remodeling collapsed in Des Moines injuring three workers who were hurled about twenty feet from the scaffold to the pavement. The incident blocked trade in the business district for hours.
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Des Moines
Marquardt
Federal Jury Probes Report Ship Ghene y
The federal grand jury probing the Eastland capsizing in the Chicago river last Saturday with hundreds of deaths convened and sought evidence on vessel stability. S. G. Jenks of Port Huron, builder’s firm member, testified as prosecutors prepare to show the boat’s history and prior crank performances and owners’ knowledge. The Woman's City Club awaits government action on a Dairy Ward request to add naval engineers and architects to the commerce department inquiry in Chicago.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Eastland
S. G. Jenks
Port Huron
Mich
United States
Charles P. Clyme
Woman's City Club
Ita
Wilson Yester
Department of Commerce Board of Inquiry
United States Naval Engineers
Naval Architects
Interurban Car Hits Auto Near Brandon Causes 3 Hurt
Brandon Iowa July 31 Special Interurban car No 19 of the line pulling into Brandon struck an automobile carrying three men. Driver Mr Haines sustained serious back injuries and others were badly bruised. Frank Stone jumped free before impact and escaped with minor bruises. The third man, a horseboy, received body bruises with name unavailable.
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Brandon
Haines
Frank Stone
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