Mayo Vige Admiral Named to Lead Atlantic Fleet Rise
Washington reports Rear Admiral Banry T. Mayo, commander of the first division of the Atlantic fleet, was designated by President Wilson as vice admiral, becoming second in command of the fleet. The act authorized three admirals and three vice admirals, with appointments to hold rank during wartime. No decision yet on Pacific vice admiral. Asiatic fleet not yet named. Mayo previously demanded a salute to the Stars and Stripes from General Huerta, a move that helped trigger the Vera Cruz crisis.
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Washington
Banry T. Mayo
Atlantic
Wilson
Simial Mayo
Winterhalter
Ayo
Huerta
Vera Cruz
Canadian casualty toll to date totals 8008 men
Ottawa reports the Canadian casualty total to date as 8008, with 1213 killed, 6240 wounded, and 1665 missing, according to militia department records.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Militia Department
Submarines Sink Neutral Vessels In North Sea Actions
Allied shipping reels as German submarines attack multiple neutrals and Norwegians. The Belgian steamer Genapier sank near North Foreland with 17 dead. only six survivors, including the captain’s wife and daughter. The Norwegian ships Trudvang Superb and Glittertind are also reported sunk, with crews saved at Milford Haven and Margate. A North Sea trawler Pentland was sunk by shell fire, while the French bark La Liberte was shelled and sunk near the channel after the crew fled.
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London
Genapier
North Foreland
Menapier
Sunderland
Antwerp
Kent County
Margate
Norway
Trudvang
Superb
Buperod
St. Anne's Head
Milfordhaven
Fastnet
Tone
Tyne
Sweden
Hartlepool
Aight
North Sea
England
Bondon
Milford
Channel
Naked children begging for bread in war torn San Antonio
A fragmentary June dispatch from Mexico City, citing Jamieson Swarman, reports rampant famine and a 500 to 600 daily death toll among hungry, naked children in the capital. It claims Zapata forces loot stores and homes while Roque Gonzales Gorzale cannot ease the crisis. food is confiscated for distribution as ambulances haul away bodies.
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San Antonio
Texas
Mevrico City
Jamieson Swarman
Zapata
Roque Gongales Gorzale
Jglead
Mrs Lester of Thomasville Dies at 35 in Georgia
Funeral services for Henry W Lester who died Sunday night were held at his wife Mrs Lester’s residence. She formerly Miss Aona Edwards of the city and was 35. Survived by husband and four children, oldest 11, youngest 3 months, plus her parents Mr and Mrs B Edwards and brothers Webster and Wylie Edwards. W L Bush of Alabama noted among relatives.
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B Edwards
Messrs
Webster and
Wylie Edwards
Noted Simpson Tunnel Target Arrest Reported Abroad
Filmers in Brig Switzerland report an arrest in Domodossola Italy of a man charged with planning to blow up the Simpson tunnel. Authorities say the suspect, an Austrian agent, possessed a plan of the 11% mile tunnel connecting Brig with Domododorada and a room containing a powerful device.
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Blackstock, Hale & Morgan Distinctive Clothiers and Furnishers
Marietta Street
Benjamin
Palm Beach
Alfred Benjamin & Co
Carlton Shoe & Clothing Co
Mexico City
W. L. Bush
Alabama
Columbus
William L Bush
Russell County
Hyram Haptiet Church
That County
Simpson Tunnel
McCallum
J. M. High CO
Gingham House
Ostermoor
Express
SOROS
Parcs
the Silk Department
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