British Line and German Cruisers in Baltic Action
Washington report from London recounts a battle off Cuxhaven in which British and German fleets clashed. Germans sunk two destroyers, one cruiser left sinking, others damaged. remainder of fleet vanished. Also notes British and Canadian forces mobilizing, with mentions of Red Cross ambulances, Koenigsberg siege, Heligoland action, and casualties on both sides. Senate confirms Mc Reynolds as associate justice and Gregory as attorney general.
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Washington
London
Cuxhaven
Eng
Canadian Light Infantry
North America
Montreal
Megantic
Nancy
Lord Roberts
Great Britain
London Daily Mail
Boulogne
Tournai
WOC
Red Cross
Koenigsberg
Prussia
Heligoland
Harwich
England
Beatty
Mainz
Paris
Apia
Samoan Islands
New Zealand
Nurses slain and wounded in German attack at Moncel
The French government states a German officer fired on three Red Cross nurses after the Moncel engagement, killing two and wounding a third, Marcelle Jouy. She reports bullets struck the nurses as they tended the wounded, all wearing Red Cross insignia. French protests cite violations of the Geneva act and savage conduct.
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France
Moncel
Red Cross
Marcelle Jouy
Sambre
Namur
Meuse
Antwerp
Corfu
London
Asquith
House of Commons
Berlin
Five Die in Gas Tank Car Explosion at Savoy Louisiana
Five men were killed and several severely burned when a gasoline tank car exploded on the Frisco line at Savoy near Opelousas Louisiana. The dead include Homer S. Badgett of DeQuincy assistant superintendent. M. Robinson car repairer. B. Nelson bridge carpenter. John Pettifield general car foreman, all of DeQuincy. The fifth man was not identified. Nelson and Robinson died on the train.
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Savoy
Opelousas
Frisco
Homer S. Badgett
DeQuincy
Southern Division
M. Robinson
B. Nelson
Baton Rouge
John Pettifield
Nelson
Robinson
Wedding Day Tragedy Ends in Double Sudden Death
Charles Rudolph, formerly of Philadelphia, shot nurse Emma Russell in her New York apartment before shooting himself. He died at the hospital threshold. Police say he planned to marry Russell a year earlier but instead married another woman in Philadelphia. Three months earlier he renewed his suit after claiming divorce. Russell had agreed to wed if he proved freedom, but changed plans to visit a lawyer.
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Charles Rudolph
Philadelphia
Emma Russell
New York
Rudolph
Miss Russell
Deaf Mute Trial Near Fort Worth Ends Acquittal
In Justice Maben's Fort Worth court a simple assault case was heard largely among deaf mutes. Most testimony was signed and translated for the jury. Neighbors disputed stray fowls. one mute allegedly struck another. The defendant was acquitted.
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Maben
Fort Worth
Lightning Strike Kills Hunter Near Canadian Okla
John Laird a young farmer was hunting near Canadian Oklahoma when a shower sent him to shelter under a tree. Lightning struck the gun discharging the muzzle load piercing his heart and causing instant death.
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John Laird
Canadian
Okla
Laird
First Ship Registered Under New Registry Law
The Moldegaard, built in Norway in 1906 and owned by Ocean Freight of New York, becomes the first vessel to register under the new American flag law. The ship is manned by American officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moldegaard
Norway
Ocean Freight Line of
New York
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Sunk Off Africa by British Cruiser High Fiver
Report says the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, once a German luxury liner turned armored cruiser, was sunk off the west coast of Africa by the British cruiser High Fiver. The ship, allied with German naval actions, carried a long service history and was tied to notable events involving New York mayor Gaynor.
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Africa
Lloyd Line
Gaynor
New York
Europe
Berlin
Belgium
Liege
Namur
Daylight Hold Up At Dallas Drug Store
A rope robber entered the Queen City drug store in Dallas and bought quinine capsules from clerk W E Hutchinson He then threatened the cash register with a revolver, forced Hutchinson to open it, and took about $10 before fleeing through a side door.
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Queen City
Dallas
W. E. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Houston Deep Water Dinner Backs $3 Million Bonds Plan
Over 300 citizens gathered at the Rice hotel roof for a deep water dinner and endorsed issuing 3,000,000 dollars in municipal bonds for wharves warehouses and railroad terminals at the Houston end of the ship channel. Colonel Thomas H. Ball as toastmaster said water is not a new issue and Houston is united this time. He argued the European war should not delay the channel's development.
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Rice Hotel
Houston
Thomas H. Ball
Farmer Edward Buchanek Found Dead Near Halletts ville
Edward Buchanek a 41 year old farmer living three miles east of Hallettsville Texas was found dead beside his mowing machine near the Kuntze home where he had been cutting weeds. Death was due to heart failure. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Edward Buchanek
Hallettsville
Tex
Kuntze
Pennsylvania Republicans Endorse Woman Suffrage Platform
The Pennsylvania Republican state committee, in session at Pittsburgh, adopts a fall campaign platform condemning Jim Crow bills in Congress and segregation in executive departments. The party pledges to support woman suffrage in the next legislature when a constitutional amendment will be considered.
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Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee
Pittsburg
Congress
Longtime Mississippi School Head Resigns for Tennessee Post
Professor J. H. Dobyns, over thirty years as superintendent of the Mississippi Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, resigns to become president of Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville, Tennessee. His son, Professor R. S. Dobyns, succeeds him at the Mississippi institution.
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J. H. Dobyns
Mississippi Institute For the Deaf and Dumb
Southwestern Presbyterian University
Clarksville, Tenn
R.S. Dobyns
Mississippi Institution
Evidence Points to Possible Poisoning in Austin Hotel
AJ Reynolds thirty, traveling representative for the San Antonio Express, was found dead in his hotel room in Austin. A two ounce bottle containing carbotic acid lay on the bed and near the body, while a small bottle labeled chloroform stood on the dresser. The chloroform bottle was about two thirds filled.
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AJ. Reynolds
The
San Antonio Express
Austin
Austro German Front News Loses Troops and Skirmishes
Russian cavalry pushed back Austrian and German units in the Dring battle as 60 000 of 300 000 engaged were lost including 15 000 killed 30 000 wounded and 15 000 captured. German guns and a Belgian front are reported captured and Austrians claim victory at Krasnik. Empress of Germany reacts to Namur capture while Sayville wireless reports Lt Gen Prince Frederic killed near Namur. A Russian horse guards charge at Gumbinnen is recounted with brutal combat and a later mission near Ostend and Zamboanga.
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London
the Dring
Reuters
Osterode
Prussia
Germany
Namur
Austria
Sayville
S. 1
Prince Frederic
Saxe-Meiningen
Vienna
Krasnik
Russian Poland
Lublin
St. Petersburg
Gumbinneh
Calvary
Nizhni Hussars
Zamboanga
Philippines
Uhlans
Ostend
Texan Cousin of Joffre Revealed in Irving Farmer
Eugene Joffre, a notable farmer from Irving in Dallas County, is identified as a cousin of General Joffre, the commander in chief of the French land forces. The note highlights a familial link between a Texas agrarian figure and a major Allied military leader.
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Eugene Joffre
Irving
Dallas County
General Joffre
Cocoanuts Bananas and Chicle Arrive in Galveston Harbor
A steamer reached Galveston with 72,000 cocoanuts and 10,000 banana bunches. A schooner delivered chicle for chewing gum production, marking a notable cargo arrival.
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Galveston
Russian Defeats and Prisoners Reported in WWI News
Wireless dispatches from Berlin via Sayville claim a German victory at Allenstein with 70,000 prisoners, including three generals, and annihilation of three Russian corps. Reports. Austrians crushed in Galicia. British and German actions near Boulogne and Rethel. Japan to fund war efforts. Brussels food shortages and mobilization rumors. Paris bombings continue.
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Allenstien
Germany
Washington
Berlin
Sayville
von Buclow
St Quentin
von Jansen
Rethel
London
Rome
Bucharest
Roumania
Gallicia
Vistula
Amiens
Paris
Brussels
St. Gillies
Auderghem
Boulogne
London Express
Galicia
Turkey
Eiffel Tower
French 600,000 Troops Soon Ready for Service
Reports state 600 thousand French troops to be on standby soon with 60 thousand more to be mobilized within six weeks, reservists to be equipped in days. Notes on British and German troop movements, use of automobiles for war transport, and Belgian king Albert’s pledge to fight to the last. Also mentions US censorship of wireless messages and various war-related incidents from Europe and the Atlantic.
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London
Vince
Coblenz
Dietz
Rhedish
Prussia
Russia
France
England
Hague
Albert
Debroqueville
Antwerp
Canadian Northern
Montreal
Creelman
Valcartier
Quebec
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Tuckerton
Sayville
L. I
Elizabeth
Belgium
Rome
Poland
Pay
Somme
the Hague
Emperor William
Hongkong
Dresden
Holmwood
Brazil
Paris
Bizzell Accepts Texas A and M Presidency
W. B. Bizzell, president of the College of Industrial Arts at Denton, Texas, has accepted the presidency of the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Bizzell
College of Industrial Arts
Denton,Tex
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Cotton Growers Relief Bill Intro In House By Henry Texas
A bill for temporary relief of cotton growers authorizing a 12 cent per pound advance in federal reserve notes on middling cotton and other grades was introduced in the House by Representative Henry of Texas and endorsed by Carter S. Barrett, president of the National Farmers' Union.
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Federal Reserve
Henry
Texas
Carter S. Barrett
National Farmers’ Union
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Kaiser
Senate
Mc Reynolds
United States Supreme Court
Thomas W. Gregory
Louisiana
Flest
Houston Channel
Long
American Press Association
Jop
Joffre
Crown Printh OF
Bizzell
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