British munitions agent David A. Thomas arrives in New York
American manufacturers seek future war munitions contracts and meet David A. Thomas, newly arrived to coordinate British procurement. He arrives with J P Morgan & Co as agents, a Welsh coal magnate and David Lloyd George ally, to scrutinize Canadian firm awards and report to his superiors. Thomas plans a Canada visit and stays in the US indefinitely with family and staff, based at the Plaza in New York. He survived the Lusitania sinking and was ferried from Liverpool aboard the St. Louis guarded by British destroyers.
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David A. Thomas
J. P. Morgan & Co
Thomas
Wales
David Lloyd George
Flanders
Canada
Plaza
New York City
St. Louis
Liverpool
Edison and Wright Drafted to Navy Invention Bureau
Washington July 13 Orville Wright and Thomas Edison were named to the Navy’s new bureau of invention to rebuild defenses. Edison would focus on submarine development and Wright on flight problems with officers noting their potential to advance future naval capabilities.
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Edison
Wright Arehosen
NEW Invention Bureau
Wright
Washington
Orville Wright
Thomas A. Edison
Duty Bureau of Invention
Tdantele
Navy
Wee
Seliher
Woors
Codertea
Department
Bureau
Cary Daniels Garky
Ra! Lnventor
Trillen Advisory Board of Inventors
Man Surprises Camp Dweller Hears of War in Humboldt
In Humboldt County California a homesteader named Angus Clafson emerged from a remote mountain camp after months without newspapers. He had not heard of the European war until this summer while living off the land. Local real estate man C. B. G. helped locate the unnamed man.
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Eureka
Cal
Humboldt County
Angus Clafson
Douth
Gill
Clafson
Unnamed Farmer Suffering Speech Disorder Since Childhood
A local farmer near there, W. H. Hilton, has a peculiar speech ailment that makes him mute when close to people but allows clear speech at a distance or with animals. He has suffered the condition since recovering from whooping cough two years ago and is about six years old.
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W. H. Hilton
Persene
Hilton
Wyoming Partners With Reclamation Service On Green River Survey
Wyoming has struck an agreement with the United States Reclamation Service to co operate in surveying irrigable lands in the Green River watershed. John F Richardson heads the field work with two teams probing Henrys Fork and Granger areas. The project aims to map irrigable lines and assess new irrigation schemes for state and national benefit. Governor Kendrick and the interior secretary each allocated 2500 dollars for the effort, with a final report outlining projects, maps, and recommendations for future use of public lands and water resources.
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Wyoming
United States Reclamation Service
Green River
Reclamation Service
Colorado River
Kendrick
Secretary of the Interior
John F. Richardson
H. A. True, Jr
Carey Act Department of
Henry's Fork
Granger
Green River Baain
Richardson
United States
Colorado
Pacific
Moseré
True
Submarine Uses American Vessel as Shield
Liverpool dispatch tells how a German submarine allegedly used the American hark Normandy as a shield to sink the Russian steamer Leo. The Normandy captain was compelled aboard the U boat to follow orders under threat of destruction, and fifty passengers were aboard the Normandy with eleven dead after the Leo explosion.
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Liverpool
Hark Normandy
Gulfport
Mise
Tuskar Hook
Ireland
Win
Jury Clears Boor in Libel Suit Over Crow Reservation
In Sheridan Wyoming the jury swiftly returned a verdict for defendant John H. Boor in a $30,000 libel suit filed by A A Campbell former Crow livestock official. The trial spanned ten days and followed Boor’s Washington affidavit alleging Campbell’s drunkenness and neglect of duties.
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Sheridan, Wyo
A. A. Campbell
Crow Reservation
John H.boor
Parkman
District Court
Sheridan County
Boer
Indian Commissioner
Washington
Committee of
Congress
Campbell
President to lay subject before cabinet
The telegram from Cornish to Secretary Tumulty said President Wilson will return to Washington soon and lay the entire subject before the cabinet. It indicated no decision had been reached on the government’s policy toward Germany and the United States.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
United States
Cornish
Tumulty
Dismissal Bid in Los Angeles Times Bombing Indictments
In Los Angeles on July 13, a new bid was presented in the supreme court to dismiss the murder indictments against M. A Schmidt and David Caplan connected with the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times building.
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Serek
Los Angeles
M. A Schmidt
David Caplan
Los Angeles Times
Supreme Court
Head of Pinedale Man Murdered in Bloody Saloon Attack
Richard Grant a 40 year old saloon keeper was found murdered in his Pinedale saloon with his skull split and torso hacked. Sheriff Gaylord and Coroner Middlekauff arrived to lead a statewide search as residents form committees and vow swift justice.
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Pinedale
Wryo
Richard Grant
Roy Alli- 500
Allison
Grant
Ioneh
Ia Alding
L. B. Gaylord
Conn
Cloud Burst Sweeps Newcastle Camp Killing One Man
Newcastle Wyoming July 18 a camp near Newcastle occupied by survey workers exterminating prairie dogs was swept away by a cloudburst. Ralph Russell of Denver is believed drowned. Two other men were marooned in a tree with a rescue party heading out. Four men, including Ma Jackson, were in the work but names not available.
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Newcastle
Wyo
Eurvey
Ehuudburet
Ralph Russell
Denver
Tree
Voder Ding Ver
Ma. Jackson
Department of Agriculture
Jackson
Dusell
Cloudhurst
Rear Admiral Hand dies at 71 in Washington
Head Admiral Stephen Hand, U BN, retired, died in Washington after a long heart illness. Born in Norwich Vermont, he joined the service in 1804 and retired in 1906, survived by his widow. Public notices note a long naval career spanning many decades.
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Washington
Stephen Hand
U, BN
Fhe
Norwich
Austro Hungarian Retreat Rumors Spread in Russian Poland
Reports from London and Petrograd detail contradictory claims on Austro Hungarian moves in southern Russian Poland with rumors of a general retreat while Field Marshal von Mackensen grounds German advance. Some observers fear a strategic coup by the German commander as talks of Romania’s possible entry shape, and diplomacy circulates over territorial offers linked to Transylvania and Bukovina.
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London
Krasnik
Russian
Poland
Matshal von Mackensen
Petrograd
von Mackennen
Souchez
Lille
France
Belgium
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Balkan
Romania
Itt
Buchareat
Russia
Transylvania
Hessarabia
Bukowina
Pruth
Rumania
Longevity on the North Carolina Coastler 105-Year-Old Whiskey Drinker
Josh Hinton a 105 year old North Carolina resident known as a local celebrity remains sharp and still drinks whiskey chews tobacco and reads current events. He credits the Lord and his long life to his habits while recalling a doctor father and a master who gave whiskey to sick workers. He cites juniper waters near Dinmal Swamp as a life prolonging claim.
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Plizabeth City
N.C
Josh Hinton
North Carolina
Josiah
Gregory
Burleson
Thomas J. Mpence
Democratic National Committee
Pence
Edward Edge
Hinton
Edge
Dinmal Swamp
Federal Court Reverses Union Pacific Case
At Louisville July 13 the federal appeals court reversed a Nebraska district court ruling that Union Pacific violated the Sherman anti trust law by owning a majority of stock in the St Joseph and Grand Island line. The court did not find no violation but barred the lower court from ruling on such. The decision grants Union Pacific voting stock and dividends on a restrained line and remands for retrial a minority stockholder suit against the Union Pacific.
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At, Louis
United States District Court of Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad Company
St. Joseph and
Grand Feland Railway
Federal Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Mason Pacific Fe
Watrelaw Lion Melted to Make German Shells
London reports the copper lion statue once on the battlefield of Weterige has been pulled down. It was melted into shells for Germany, according to German advices cited today.
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London
Weterige
Bulger to be hanged on October 11 says Supreme Court
Denver reports James Bulger who shot and killed Nicodemus in the Savoy hotel office will be hanged October 11 as the Supreme Court upholds the verdict. The crime followed a dispute with Cheyenne cowboy Hugh Clark, a former Plains hotel manager.
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Denver
Colo
James Bulger
Tloyd Nicodenias
Savoy Hotel
Hery
Supreme Court
Itulwer
Nicodemice
Hugh Clark
Nicodemus
Cheyenne
Plains Hotel
Navy League Station KMME Aviators Pioneered Training
St Louis Missouri July 18 Navy League officials announce an aviation station and armory to train youths in aviation. Albert Bondamber says Lambert will head the U S aviation reserve corps on the Mississippi River area.
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Navy League Station
KMME
Aviators Pounee
ST. Louis
Dickinen
Navy League of the United States
Albert Bondamber
Bere Lambert
United States Aviation Reawve Corpe
Wrathen Porroast Weather Forecast Update
Chyrone and Vielwity report unsettled Wednesday with possible showers. Temperature change expected across regions as maps indicate front movement and brief cooling. Local residents should monitor forecasts for timing and amounts.
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Wrathen
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WIT Reclamation Service
Middlekauff
Murloter
Czar
Hulgaria
Turkey
Sofia
Constantinople
Union Pacific
Watrelaw
Greman Ahelig
Bulger
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