Allies Cite Equipment Gains at Entente Conference
London reports British War Minister David Lloyd George presiding at a wartime equipment conference with French Russia Italian allies. He says combined offensives have taken the initiative from Germany, with rapid munitions output and factory work expanding to fuel ongoing victories.
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London
David Lloyd George
War Office
Albert Thomas
Beliaeff
Russia
A. Dall’Olio
Edwin 8. Montagu
Lloyd George
Balkans
Verdun
Alps
Russians Drive Toward Ko vel as World War Fronts Roar
Vast clashes rage on eastern and southern fronts with General Brusiloff’s forces pressing hard. Russians claim 2,000 prisoners and penetration near Von Bothmer, while Austro-German lines hold portions of the Somme and Verdun offensives. Premier Asquith says munitions supply is ample and the Franco British offensive is only beginning.
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Brusiloff
Stokhod
Kovel
Stripa
von Bothmer
Asquith
House of Commons
State boosters meet in Anaconda for final triumph
In Anaconda readers glimpse war era notes with reports of battle fronts and naval actions. Zeppelins are forecast to arrive as medical experts discuss an epidemic and a war party grows stronger. The page also lists local items from Anaconda and Butte with varied notices and features.
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Anaconda
Anaconda News
Moyer
W. F. of M
Final argument in Beware of Young Orpet case in Illinois
Waukegan Ill July 18 The last argument of counsel in the murder case of William H Orpet against Marion Lambert will be begun tomorrow The defense chief James H Wilkerson opened today claiming the presumption of innocence protects every defendant and that the states theory rests on a false link between cyanide found in the greenhouse and Orpets guilt He said the cyanide may have been misidentified and that innocent details have been forced to fit the prosecution story.
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Waukegan
Ill
William H. Orpet
Marion Lambert
James H. Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Mr. Wilkerson
Orpet
Marion
Lightning Kills Caddy as He Holds Tin Flag
A severe thunderstorm struck Great Neck New York as Felix Jacobus, a caddy, was struck and killed while holding the tin flag on the golf course. The storm injured several others and caused major property damage and railroad disruptions. Weather cooled the city rapidly after extreme heat.
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Lightning
Caddy
New York
Oscar Lewisohn
Edna May
Great Neck
Land Island
Felix Jacobus
Lewisohn
Charles H. Goddard
Jacobus
Building Collapse Claims Three Laborers At Semet Solvay Plant
A storm collapse at Semet Solvay company on the Niagara river road in Buffalo kills three laborers and leaves five seriously hurt as a new building superstructure drops.
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Buffalo
Semet Solvay Company
Niagara River Road
Zeppelin Freighters Next to Arrive in America
Baltimore reports Count von Bernstorff toured the German submarine Deutschland. Captain Koenig announced Germany is building Zeppelin airship freighters for transatlantic service and warned of more to come. The Deutschland prepares for return cargo of crude rubber and nickel as guards patrol the dock.
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Baltimore
Count von Bernstorff
Deutschland
Koenig
America
Berlin
Germany
United States
Militiamen Raid Cleveland Stores After Train Stop
Seven hundred militia from eastern states raided stores and commission houses in Cleveland taking food and merchandise. Police, aided by 20 armed men, forced raiders back to the train. Soldiers said they had not eaten in 86 hours. units included multiple New York infantry regiments and Utica based artillery.
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Cleveland
T. J. Moynahan
Sixty-ninth
Twenty-third
New York Infantry
First
New York Field Artillery
Metropolis
Utica
N. Y
American Firm Awarded Practically Full Value
Viscount Mersey, the prize court arbitrator, awarded £78,400 to the W. L. Green Commission of St. Louis for the Wilhelmina cargo seized February 11, 1915. The foodstuffs were destined to Hamburg and used as a test case on Britain’s right to stop food going to Germany.
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London
Viscount Mersey
W. L. Green Commission Company
St. Louis
Green Company
Hamburg
Great Britain
Germany
Medical Leaders Unite to Combat Dread Disease
New York July 13 leaders in medicine public health experts philanthropists and charity workers gathered at the Academy of Medicine to discuss infantile paralysis. Dr Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute emphasized progress and urged calm noting low death rates and many recoveries while outlining transmission from secretions and direct contact. Dr Haven Emerson the city health commissioner described efforts to fight the epidemic and reported 1640 true cases from 2600 suspected, with 308 deaths.
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New York
Academy of Medicine
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Flexner
Haven Emerson
Montana Auto and Good Roads convention opens in Anaconda
A three day Montana State Automobile and Good Roads gathering drew over 300 delegates to Anaconda with officers elected. Governor Stewart was absent due to illness, E P Mathewson was reelected president, and plans were approved for legislative and road construction efforts.
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Good Roads Association
Montana
Anaconda
Montana State Automobile and Good Roads Association
Patsy Finnegan
Sam V. Stewart
E. C
Dus
County Commissioners’ Association
Mathewson
Nelson Story Jr
Bozeman
Oscar John
Butte
Northwestern Motorist
Montana and Vicinity
Leslie E. Wood
Missoula
Ed O'Brien
E. P. Mathewson
Association
Union
Monetana
Increased Navy Favored By Both Senate Parties
Washington July 13 The senate opened debate on a 315 million naval bill the largest naval appropriation in history with nearly 50 million more than prior totals Senate leaders pushed for quick action and noted broad support with no partisan opposition evident during the discussion of committee amendments.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson Independents elect Kent as chairman in New York
Representative William P. Kent California independent was elected chairman of the Woodrow Wilson Independent league at a meeting of the organization committee in New York. Norman Hapgood was chosen vice chairman.
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New York
William P. Kent
California
Woodrow Wilson Independent League
Norman Hapgood
War party strengthened by battle of North Sea
Associated Press correspondence from Stockholm reports the North Sea battles on May 1 and June 1 hardened the German war party. Terms of peace remain unlikely this year as Berlin pushes frontier tweaks and strategic gains including Belgian frontier rectification and keeping a Serbia strip. Dr Charles F Aked’s peace mission returns with a bleak view that a rapid settlement is improbable.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
North Sea
Germany
Europe
Belgium
Serbia
Constantinople
Congo
Charles F. Aked
San Francisco
Berlin
Aked
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