Sulzer Rival Nominated At Prohibition Convention
July 19 report from Nashville to St. Paul states completion of all business at the national prohibition convention is planned today including presidential and vice presidential nominations and platform adoption. Sulzer and Hanly vie for the presidential nod with Hanly supporters pushing Landrith for vice president and Patton as permanent chair.
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Dr. Landrith
Nashville
St. Paul
Resolutions Committee
William ‘Sulzer
New York
Frank Hanley
Indiana
Unclear fragment sums on taxes and world events
Fragmentary notes mention tax debate, German involvement in Poland, gospel services, a Finnish doctor lecturing, and calls for Germans to join an alliance. Also references to arrests, wandering workers, Northern Pacific work, theater and a dream in Jerusalem, St Paul business leaders, spiritualist meeting, accidents, mining notes, and an AG stolen auto in a ditch.
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Age Myers
Poland
Gospel
Alliance
ToMan
Harrison Avenue Trate
Northern Pacific
Jerusalem
St. Paul
Butte
Butt
Telegraphic
Deutschland’s Crew Anxious on Return to Germany
The German sailing team faces a tense return to Germany amid anxious mood. Friends are urged to pray for the crew as they approach land, with hopes for safety and swift reunions after their voyage.
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Germany
German Merchant Sub Diesels Lurk as Nets Threaten Deutschland
Baltimore July 19 reports say the German merchant submarine Deutschland remains at a pier ready to sail with nickel rubber cargo and fuel. crew fears Allied nets could disable engines causing a slow deadly fate. shore leave stopped and patrols guard the vessel amid tense speculation of Bremen’s fate.
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Aalling
Baltimore
Led Marine
Thomas F. Timmins
Maente
Capes
Deutschwand
Bremen
Luxemburg to Receive American Food Aid
London reports official circles expect Luxembourg to begin receiving American food supplies on the same basis as Belgium France and Great Britain. Obstacles have largely vanished as Belgium France and Britain drop objections to German requisition. Consent of the German government now needed for transport of supplies to Luxembourg.
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London
Luxemburguxemburg
Ball
Belgium
France
Great Britain
Luxemburg
Inventor of submarine freighter and interior diagrams
The article describes drawings of the Deutschland submarine freighter showing outer and inner hulls, officers and crew quarters, engine room, cargo space, ballast tanks, and an interior diagram of oil storage and perforations in the hull. It credits Alfred Lohmann as the inventor who conceived the undersea freighter that crossed thousands of miles.
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Deutschland
United States
Alfred Lohmann
La Follette Holds Up Vote On Naval Bill
Washington July 19 Senator La Follette attacked the general Preparedness program as the product of moneyed interests. The senate adjourned before he finished his speech with a vote expected tomorrow. An 11 million armor plant section faced a defeated motion to strike, while the Oliver Amendment to refer the army controversy to the FTC was also rejected. La Follette argued the 844 million dollar burden on the nation was unnecessary given foreign strengths and warned of imperialistic aims behind the plan. He cited workers in Washington claiming they were pressured into demonstrations.
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Washington
la Follette
Senate
Wisconsin
Oliver and
Penrose
Oliver
Steawes
Bethlehem
Germany
England
Fts
Young Fool Says He Shot Him In Revelations
Boston July 18 A new mystery arises in the Harris shooting as autopsy findings on Dr Celia Paine Adams reveal she died of narcotic poisoning before the attack. Dr Eldridge D Atwood claims he shot Harris after Adams told him Harris wronged her. Adams and Harris deny motive. Atwood, without counsel, bound over for July 28 with bonds of 152000.
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Boston
Wilfred E. Harris
Massachusetts College of Osteopathy
Eldridge D. Atwood
Atwood
Celia Paine Adams
Harris
Dr. Harris
Miss Adams
Seventy Known Dead in North Carolina Floods
At Asheville on July 19 reports said the flood toll across western North Carolina reached about 70 with six missing. Victims were in two houses ashore at Ronda and in the Bat Cave Chimney Rock area southeast of Asheville. News from other flood zones slow and feared higher death counts. Railroads and wires disrupted as repair crews work to restore service.
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Asheville
N. C
North Carolina
Ronda
Wilkesboro
Batcave
Chimney Rock
Rocky Road
del Mont
Catawba River
South Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
West Virginia
Canadians anxious about nickel supply
Ottawa reports an official statement soon on policy toward selling nickel. The piece notes doubt over who supplied the nickel in the Deutschland cargo and claims the United States produces about 240000 tons annually. It asserts Canadian nickel exports to the US were largely controlled by International Nickel and that no policy change is anticipated.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Germany
George P. Graham
Laurier
England
United States
International Nickel Company
Land for soldiers debate signals narrow Commons vote
The government won a narrow 4 vote margin in the House of Commons after an amendment to a bill on placing retired soldiers on land and securing land in Wales was carried by four votes but opposed by the government. The July 19 session, reported at 11:35 p.m., notes the contentious clash over land allocation and Wales protection.
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Donn
House of Commons
Wales
Postmaster General Burleson Leads Postal Conference
Washington hears a large gathering of postmasters discuss postal service issues including potential shifts in letter and magazine rates under the space payment plan. The session features extended remarks with partisan references and a call for nonpolitical conduct within post offices, ending with a plea to avoid public criticism.
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Washington
National Association of Postmasters
Burleson
Selph
St. Louis
Fourt
Blakeslee
Weaver
Ok’homa City
Sam
Infantile Paralysis Case Found On Fifth Avenue
The Public Health Service mobilizes funds and personnel to combat infantile paralysis spread in New York State. Dr Charles E Banks states expectations of controlling the outbreak without a federal quarantine as 30 deaths and 142 new cases are reported, including a case on Fifth Avenue.
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New York
Federal Public Health Service
Charles E Banks
Gov
Fifth Avenue
Dr. Banks
Canadian enlistments rise with Ontario leading totals
Canada totals up to July 16 show Ontario with 140 190 men in enlistments, Quebec 36 890, Maritimes 31 533, Western region from Manitoba to coast 186 959, and overall national figure 50 457 Ottawa July 19. Baron Clifford of Cudleigh, noted owner, died at London July 19 aged four.
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Itawa
Ontario
Canada
Queb
Maritime Provinces
Manitoba
Baron Clifford
London
Baron Clifford of
Cudleigh
Copper tax sparks Senate hearing clash over munition rule
Montana Senator Myers and Arizona Senator Ashurst pressed the copper tax in a Senate Finance subcommittee hearing, arguing the house bill overtaxes copper producers while exempting iron steel lead and other materials. Myers warned Montana would pay far more, urging removal of copper as a munition.
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Nto
Montana
Pennsylvania
South
Myers
Congress
Mas Fertain
Ashurat
President seeks pass on child labor bill by next Tuesday
Washington July 19 President Wilson urged swift passage of the child labor bill. The administration hopes the measure will be considered and possibly enacted by the coming Tuesday night session as part of ongoing labor reform efforts.
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Washington
Wilson
Lost ground regained according to Haig report
London July 19 dispatch from General Haig states that German counter attacks near Delville Wood and Longueval were repulsed. Most of the ground lost earlier at those two positions had been recovered while fighting continued at Waterlot and other points.
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Delville Wood
Jotor
Somme
HAIG
London
France
Longeeval
Valx
Germans Accomplish Wonders For Poland
Berlin, July 19. Dr Karl Helferich, secretary of the interior and imperial vice chancellor, reports on German actions in Russian Poland during occupation. He says Germans rebuilt devastated areas, supplied cattle and seeds, left horses for farm work, opened schools and universities in Polish, and introduced self government with town councils and county leadership, contrasting with Russian rule and Jewish suffering.
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Berlin
Sayville
Karl Helfferich
Helfferich
Dr. Helfferich
Tas
Ludendorf
University of Warve
Helfforth
Germany
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Ashurst
Arizona
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