Peace terms shift after North Sea battles in 1916
In Stockholm reports say Germany will seek frontier rectifications at Belgium’s expense and to keep a Serbia strip for Constantinople rail access. Germany also demands Congo losses compensation and colonies, with Belgium bound to avoid English hegemony. Dr. Aked reports a gloomy peace outlook and a war party’s dominance amid terms tied to military needs.
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Stockholm
North Sea
Germany
Serbia
Constantinople
Congo
Belgium
England
Charles F. Aked
San Francisco
Berlin
Aked
Food prices rise across Europe during wartime
Bureau of Labor Statistics reports sharp food price hikes in Europe with neutrals hit hard. Austria leads with meats up over 500 percent since 1914, Berlin meat up 45 to 160 percent, Britain 55 percent higher, sugar up 152 percent, oleomargarine up 17 percent. France 24 percent above pre war, Italy around 30 percent, Norway up 63 percent across 29 items.
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Washington
Europe
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Austria
Berlin
France
Italy
Norway
Hungry Guardsmen Raid Store in Cleveland Ambush
Seven hundred mili tiamen from eastern states rioted through Cleveland on Thursday afternoon raiding nearby stores and commission houses. They took food and merchandise and destroyed what they did not carry away, saying they had gone without food for thirty six hours.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Strike as Protest in Germany Hits Factories
The Tribune reports 65,000 workers in Berlin munitions plants and electrical works and the Johannisthal aerodrome went on strike in protest of Dr. Karl Liebknecht’s prison sentence.
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Amsterdam
Tribune
Berlin
Johannisthal
Karl Liebknech
Spain under martial law amid railroad strike
Madrid reports the government has suspended constitutional guarantees and proclaimed martial law across Spain as a response to the nationwide railroad strike.
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Spain
Madrid
Three Workmen Die in Building Collapse at Buffalo Plant
Three laborers were killed and several injured when a new building at the Bomber Savay company plant on the Niagara River Road near here collapsed trapping workers under falling walls.
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Buffalo, N
Bomer So Vay Company
Niagara River Road
Here
Young New Orleans Boy Charged in Mother's Death
William Zimmer aged 12 in New Orleans is charged with killing his mother Mrs Hary Zimmer. Police say the boy shot her after she threatened to beat him.
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New Orleans
William Zimmer
Hary Zimmer
Explosion at Du Pont Powder Plant Kills Four in New Jersey
Four men killed and over twenty injured when 600 pounds of nitroglycerin exploded in the mixing house of the Du Pont Powder Company plant in Hivewell New Jersey on Thursday.
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Hivewell
N. J
The
du Pont Powder Company
Merigan Leaders Back Commission Plan for Border Relief
Informal talks between the United States and Mexico’s de facto government move toward appointing commissions from each side to draft a plan for permanent relief of border conditions. Secretary Polk noted progress after a second meeting with Mexican ambassador designate Eliseo Arredondo.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Polk
Eliseo Arredondo
Arredondo
Commission
Carranza
State Department
Lansing
Two Bathers Dead After Shark Attack in New Jersey Bay
In Matawan New Jersey Lester Stillwell 12 was killed by a man eating shark while swimming in an arm of the Raritan Bay. Stanley Fisher 24 died en route to a hospital after aiding Stillwell. Joseph Dunn 12 suffered a severe leg injury in the same inlet and faces possible amputation. This marks the third shark death in two weeks along the New Jersey coast.
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New Jersey
Gary Heads to Asia Via Vancouver Visit
Judge Elbert H. Gary head of the United States Steel Corp arrives in Vancouver on his way to Japan and China accompanied by his family. He will call on the steamer Empress of Asia during the layover.
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Vancouver
B. C
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Japan
China
Magazine Blown Up at Du Pont Powder Plant
An explosion at the Du Pont de Nemours Powder company plant near Augusta Four miles east of Aguilar Wednesday wrecked major portions of the facility and rattled the town of Aullar.
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Trinidad
Colo
du Pont de Nemours Powder Company
Augusta
Aguilar
Aullar
Deutschland Captain claims merchant submarine breaks England rule
Captains Koenig of the Deutschland declares the Atlantic voyage a test that demonstrates a merchant submarine is practicable and here to stay. He says the 750 ton cargo of dyestuffs valued at $1,000,000 proves the venture financially viable and notes no mails, money, or insurance were carried.
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Baltimore
North German-Lloyd Line
Paul Koenig
Deutschland
Germany
Atlantic
England
America
Great American Republic
Koenig
Great Britain
Dover
German Sub Captain Plans Return Trip in Ten Days
Captain Paul Koenig commander of the Deutschland says he will depart from Baltimore within ten days. He believes entente diplomats will fail to classify his submarine as a warship and intern the vessel despite their efforts.
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Baltimore
Paul Koenig
Secretary of State Lansing Goes On Fortnightly Island Outing
Watertown reports Secretary Lansing left July 12 with the Fortnightly club for a week at Galloup Island in Lake Ontario. He will be cut off from telephone and unless an urgent matter arises will not return to Henderson harbor for a week.
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Watertown
N. Y
Lansing
Galloup Island
Lake Ontario
Henderson Harbor
Western senators to oppose copper production tax bill
Washington reports that western senators will lead the senate fight against the house approved bill imposing a production tax on all copper produced in the United States. Early expressions from many senators suggest the measure can be defeated.
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Washington
Senate
House
United States
Elks Pledge Aid to Soldier Members Families
Baltimore dispatch reports the grand lodge of Elks passed a resolution declaring the order ready willing and prepared to shield from want the families of any members who go to the front in defense of American honor.
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Baltimore
Grand Lodge of Elke
McGillicuddy Kern Bill Passes House 286 to 3
Washington The McGillicuddy Kern bill creating a federal employees workmen compensation system was approved by the House on Wednesday by a 286 to 3 vote.
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Washington
McGillicuddy Kern
House
Shark Attack Claims Boy at Spring Lake Beach
Charles Bruder, bellboy at a major Spring Lake hotel, was attacked by a shark while swimming with friends. He lost both legs and died about ten minutes after rescue arrived. Authorities investigated the seaside incident as a fatal shark attack.
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Lega
Spring Lake
N. J
Charles Bruder
Sinn Fein Uprising Arrests: 1200 Free, 1800 Held
In Dublin during the Sinn Fein uprising about 3,000 were arrested. One thousand two hundred have been released while the remainder are held in an internment camp as announced to the commons on Thursday.
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London
Dublin
Ifnee
New Elements of Peril in Plan to Gain China Concessions
Washington reports growing threat to American interests as Japan seeks renewed demands on China through group five. Li Yuan Hung, educated in Japan, may back these terms with a negative mutual protection alliance. The United States, via the state department, pursues further intelligence from Tokyo and Petrograd.
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China
Washington
Japan
Li Yuan Hung
United States
Russia
Asia
Germany
State Department
Tokio
Petrograd
June battle losses toll from German Austrian subs
Berlin reports sixty one enemy merchantmen sunk in June totaling about 101000 tons by German and Austrian Hungarian submarines or mines.
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Berlin
Sir Roger Casement Found Guilty of Treason
Irish rebel Sir Roger Casement is convicted of high treason and sentenced to death. The ruling marks a decisive end to his anti British campaign as authorities move to execute him.
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Sir Roger Casement
Allies Hold Initiative as Western Front Races Ahead
London reported that Allied forces have seized the initiative in the fighting in France and the eastern front. British infantry and artillery push near Mametz wood while French and British forces prepare further assaults around the Somme and Verdun. Austro Germans halt the Russian advance along the Stokhod as reinforcements flood toward Kovel.
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France
Stokhod
London
David Lloyd-George
Mametz Wood
Somme
Peronne
Mont St. Quentin
Fort Souville
Verdun
Brussiloff
Kovel
Hunting for Man Eating Sharks Off New York Coast
Armed shark hunters patrolled New York and New Jersey shores while beachgoers kept watch. Matwan New Jersey authorities offered a 100 reward for each shark brought in dead or alive as man eating sharks moved north in large numbers.
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New York
New Jersey
Matwan
N. J
Mobilization Progress Report From Major General Wood
Major General Leonard Wood announced on July 10 that after three weeks and a day since President Wilson ordered mobilization of the national guard only 43 000 men have been sent to the front out of a possible 130 000 in twenty two states and the District of Columbia.
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New York
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Wilson
National Guard
District of Columbia
Coal Broker Shot in Caldwell New Jersey
Christopher Beutinger a wealthy coal broker with Broadway offices was shot to death at Caldwell New Jersey Mrs Margaret Claire Beutinger his wife was arrested and charged with homicide Friends attributed the shooting to domestic trouble.
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New York
Christopher Beutinger
Broadway
Caldwell
N. J
Margaret Claire Beutinger
Nineteen Die in a Day Infantile Paralysis Toll Rises
New York reports nineteen additional deaths from infantile paralysis in 24 hours ending Sunday morning. The city’s death toll reaches 224 since the epidemic began, the health department said.
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New York
New York City
Department of Health
Ammonia Explosion Wrecks Brooklyn Building
Five people died and thirty were injured when an ammonia tank exploded at a Brooklyn butcher shop, destroying a four story building and causing extensive damage. Rescue crews searched rubble for missing workers as investigators began work on the cause.
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New York
Brooklyn
Wilson nomination fate likely decided at St Louis convention
The report suggests President Wilson will be formally ousted from his nomination at the St Louis convention in Shadow Lawn New Jersey during the first week of August as part of summer gossip and party maneuvering.
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Washington
Wilson
St. Louis
Shadow Lawn
New Jersey
Knights of Pythian Meet Opens in Cleveland
The supreme military department of the Knights of Pythias opened a three day session in Cleveland. Brigade commanders from twenty six states attended the gathering.
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Knights of Pythian
Cleveland, O
Supreme Military Department of the Knights of Pythias
German Sub Deutschland Expedition Draws Mixed Interest
The voyage of the German submarine Deutschland makes a dramatic display but is viewed as lacking commercial significance due to its small cargo capacity.
Boyd Given Military Honors at Arlington Burial
Full military honors accompanied the burial of Captain C. T. Boyd of the Tenth Cavalry at Arlington National Cemetery. Boyd was killed at the head of his command during the Carrial fight, with services held on Tuesday.
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Washington
C. T. Boyd
Tenth Cavalry
Carrieal
Aritor Tan National Cemetery
German casualties total through June reach over 3 million
London reports official German data show casualties from the war start to the end of June totaling 3,012,037. The figure reflects the official German toll and was released in a public statement.
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London
Pershing Will Remain In Mexico For A Time
Drivers of a long train of empty motor trucks arrived in Columbus New Mexico indicating General Pershing and his expeditionary force will not exit Mexico for a time at least.
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Columbus
N. M
J. J. Pershing
Mexico
Fishermen Pack Haul at James Lake in Port Wayne
John Jackaan Fort Wayne Sentinel business manager reports a crowded James lake hall where fishers packed their catch after hours of gathering haligiones, illustrating a brisk harvest scene in Port Wayne Indiana.
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Port Wayne
Ind
John Jackaan
Fort Wayne
Troops Move Toward Border as Expedition Heads South
Reports from El Paso say Pershing’s headquarters lie about 100 miles north of Babicora as first expeditionary troops are expected to recross the border within days. Mexican officials in Juarez and El Paso express confusion over Villistas heading toward the Big Bend region amid retreat toward Durango.
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el Paso
Texas
Mexico
Pershing
Hearst Ranch
Babicora
Babicora Ranch
Juarez
Villabandita
Big Bend
State Department
Eliseo Arredondo
Calixto Contrerar
Jiminez
Durango
Francisco Gonzales
Andres Garcia
House Passes Revenue Bill With Tariff Commission
The administration omnibus revenue bill cleared the House 240 to 140. It creates a tariff commission of five members, imposes a protective tariff on dyestuffs, repeals stamp taxes, and adds new taxes on income, inheritance, and war munitions profits, expected to raise about 197 million dollars annually. It includes an antidumping provision to shield U S producers from unfair foreign trade practices.
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Washington
Administration
Tariff Commission
House
War Clouds in South Stirs Diplomatic Circles
Washington dispatches from Latin-American quarters report a secret Peru Venezuela pact to seize large tracts of land, contested with Colombia and Ecuador. Fears for regional peace rise as long standing boundary disputes surface anew. earlier hints of understandings among Colombia and Peru exist. Spain awarded the Venezuela Colombia case in 1901.
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Washington
Peru
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
Spain
Germ of Paralysis Found by New York Doctor
New York officials announced a physician in the city has identified the germ of infantile paralysis. The name was not released, but officials said the doctor developed virulent cultures after the discovery.
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New York
Board of Health
Villa Bandits Beaten Off By Mexican Troops
Bandit attacks on Carranza garrisons at Rosario and Farral near Chihuahua City were repulsed with losses, according to official reports to General Trevino. Government forces under Generals Gacito and Hernandes drove the bandits south toward the Durango line.
Bremen Submarine Leaves Harbor for Amsterdam Use
A commercial submarine Bremen, built by the same company as the Deutschland, has departed its American port for Amsterdam. The vessel is described in the Berlin Voasische Zeitung as moving toward its next assignment.
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Amsterdam
Bremen
Deutschland
Berlin
Voasische Zur
Submarine Attack Hits English Port Harbor
A German submarine attacked English Seeham Harbor on Wednesday night. An English woman was killed and a house was struck during the strike. The report emphasizes the wartime danger facing coastal towns and civilians.
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London
Seeham Harbor
German Front Reports Advance Near Fourteen Ridge
Berlin correspondent reports on the west front that the private defense is virtually at four gene tilt. The dispatch emphasizes practical importance of the results and notes steady progress in local operations.
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Berlin
West Front
Campaign Roster Names New York Republicans
Fragmentary text indicates a campaign committee roster for a Republican slate in New York. The readable bits mention a map or meeting context and committee naming, but details are incomplete.
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C. F
New York
Campaign Committee of the Republics
Anne Committee
Mapu
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