War Loan Subscriptions Reach Record Levels in London
Special cables report massive subscriptions to the war loan, with Lombard Street expected to contribute 1billion. Banks, insurance companies, and firms in Britain and colonies pour funds into the issue, pushing total new money toward 3.0 billion and an overall 4.5 to 5 billion range within three weeks.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Bank of England
Great Britain
Lombard Street
United States
New Steel Helmet Aids French Infantry In Head Protection
The French army adopts a light steel helmet worn with the kepi. Painted blue with devices for each branch, it aims to reduce head wounds. A correspondent notes head injuries are rising, 13.33 percent of wounds, and data show many wounded without headgear.
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M. Devraigne
US demands tougher note to Germany on submarine warfare
A dispatch reports that the next American note to Germany will demand a promise of compliance with initial US demands and threaten break in relations if not given. President Wilson will receive the German reply through Secretary Lansing at Cornish New Hampshire before deciding on next steps. The administration aims for a sharp, focused reply, while Berlin signals division at home and hopes to influence public opinion on passenger and contraband traffic.
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the Commercial Tribune
Washington
Germany
Lansing
Commish
N. H
Tumulty
Cornish
Lusitania
High Seas
Aval
West Philadelphia youths form robber gang in luxury circles
Three elite West Philadelphia boys aged 14 to 16 confessed to two store robberies, auto theft, and planned house looting as members of the band titled The Knock Em Dead Gang. They admitted intent to rob a hardware store for revolvers and jimmies to aid summer crimes.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Mehaffey
Falvey
Fifty-fifth
Pine Streets
Fifty-second
Larchwood Avenue
Rudolph Grafenstein
Harold Dimeen
Lawrence Walsh
John Cairns
Pine Street
Ella Johns
South Fifty-second Street
Grasenstein
Ludlow Athletic Club
Benjamin Landau
North Fifty-fourth Street
Fifty-sixth
Pemberton Streets
Grafenstein
Fifty-sixth Street
President Wilson In Auto Mishap Near Newport
President Wilson and family were in a minor collision near Newport New Hampshire but unharmed. The White House car was bumped from behind after stopping to avoid a horse, with no injuries to the five in the other car or to the president and party.
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Francis B. Sayre
Helen Woodrow Bones
Norman Galt
Washington
Secret Service
Marriages Decline Under Eugenic Law in Wisconsin
Madison July 10 Special Decline in marriages under the eugenic law from 21 062 in 1918 to 17 245 in 1914 is announced by Dr C A Harper secretary of the state board of health and vital statistics.
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Madison
Wis
Cial
Wisconsin
C. A
Harper
Board of Health and Vital Sta
Tistics
Illinois Towns Hit by Tornado Damage Across Central Illinois
A tornado swept through Decatur and surrounding areas causing substantial damage to buildings and crops. Leonard Provost, an elderly farmer, was struck by a falling tree and may be fatally hurt. Oatfields and fruit trees were destroyed. Bloomington reported a severe electric storm and heavy rainfall.
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Illinois
the Commercial Tribune
Decatur
Ill
Leonard Provost
Bloomington
Changes in Navy Elevate Atlantic and Asiatic Commands
Admiral Cowles of the Asiatic fleet retires on age grounds. Captain A F Fechteler becomes a Rear Admiral at Newport Naval War College and likely to command in the Atlantic fleet. Rear Admiral A G Winterhalter assumes command of the Asiatic fleet and attains the rank of Admiral.
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Washington
Cowles
A. F. Fechteler
Newport Naval War College
A. G. Winterhalter
Lawson Case Near End Moves Toward New Trial Ruling
Arguments on the motion for a new trial for John R. Lawson a member of the International Board of United Mine Workers of America convicted in first degree for the murder of Deputy Sheriff John Nimmo were concluded today in Trinidad Col Judge Granby Hillyer said his ruling might be expected Monday
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Trinidad
Col
John R. Lawson
International Board of United Mineworkers of America
John Nimmo
Granby Hillyer
Wreck Points to German Minelayers in White Sea
Russian steamer Czar reports sighting a wrecked ship near Archangel on July 27 in the White Sea. The vessel lay bottom up amid debris and cargo, with the name partly obliterated showing UMLO and ONDO. German minelaying suspected as authorities note no German ships seen there since the war began.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Archangel
White Sea
London
Frank G. Ormsby
Easton
Germans Are Balked in Drive to Warsaw
London report states German forces failing to reach Warsaw from north and east while Russian offensives below Lublin continue. Petrograd notes Teutonic retreat in southern Poland with stubborn defense as reinforcements arrive, hinting at a renewed German effort to regain momentum.
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Warsaw
London
Lublin
Teutonic
Poland
Petrograd
Clio
Dominion of the American Line Charters for War Supply Run
The British steamer Dominion arrives at Washington avenue wharf with guards up and passengers barred. It unloads general cargo then loads contraband munitions. Officials say the ship from Queenstown and Liverpool will not carry passengers from this port. A temp guard line blocks access, and passing requires company recognition and a password.
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Holt
Minnehaha
Consensus of Press Opinions on Germany Note
A compilation of editorials from major papers denouncing Germany’s reply to Wilson over the Lusitania crisis. New York Globe and Evening Sun call it evasive and defiant. Philadelphia Telegraph and Chicago Journal condemn insolence. Louisville Times criticizes perils to neutral rights. Indianapolis News and San Francisco Chronicle note unsatisfactory tone.
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New York
Globe—Germany
Germany
Louisville Times
New York Herald Strips Clichés from Germany Debate
The New York Herald abandons rhetorical flourishes about humanity and Germany's alleged past claims in favor of abolishment of a stated stance. The piece signals a shift to direct analysis ofEuropean policy without moral theatrics.
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NEW York Herald
Germany
Plunger Commits Death by Own Action
New York July 10 Daniel Leroy Dresser president of the Trust Company of the Republic who closed in 1903 shot himself in a Riverside Drive fraternity house. Attorney G W Gould received a letter saying the nervous strain was intolerable. Dresser faced financial trouble from stock losses and a suit for 200000 by Madawaya Company noted by Gould.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Danie¢l Leroy Dresser
Trust Company of the Republic
G. W. Gould
Dresser
Gould
Delta Psi
Dresser & Company
Oe Ae
New
Dresser Biography Tied to Prominent American Firms
The text details the career of Dresser, who led the Republic in 1903s disaster and later served as director of the American Brass Company American Tubing and Webbing Company Reading Hosiery Company and other enterprises. It notes his distinguished lineage including grandfather Daniel Dresser a major New York merchant and siblings married into prominent families in New York Biltmore North Carolina Stockbridge Massachusetts and Paris.
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Dresser
American Brass Company
American Tubing and Webbing Company
Reading Hosiery Company
Daniel Dresser
New York
George Vanderbilt
Biltmore
N. C
John Nicholas Brown
George C. Merrill
Stockbridge
Mass
Countess of Osmay
Paris
Pioneer suffragette Lydia Sharp dies in Salem
Lydia Sharp 88 active in antislavery work and linked with the Soldiers' Aid Society during war times died at her Salem home. She was among the oldest suffragist leaders in Oregon and widow of Simeon Sharp, a noted local manufacturer.
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Salem
Lydia Sharp
Soldiers’ Aid Society of War Times
Simeon Sharp
YEGGS STEAL STAMPS IN OHIO POST OFFICE SAFE
Eight hundred dollars in stamps and money was taken by yeggs after blowing the Hoytville Post Office safe early this morning. Residents heard three explosions but did not pursue the robbers. bloodhounds were set to work but could not locate the thieves.
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Bowling Green
Monsey
Yeggs
Hoytville
German battle ship Pommern sunk in Baltic identified
London reports the German battleship Pommern of the Deutschland class was sunk in the Baltic by a British submarine on July 8. She displaced 13 200 tons, carried 729 men, was built in 1905, armed with four 11 inch guns, fourteen 6.7 inch guns, twenty 24 pounders and six torpedo tubes. Cost was $6 000 000.
Creek Claim Two Drownings in Swollen Creek
Mrs. Mary Ed aged 56 of Tiffin Township and J N Loveland 31 nephew of Deer Dodge Mont were drowned while fording a swollen creek in a buggy during a visit to Defiance Ohio.
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Commercial Tribune
Defiance
Mary Ed
Tiffin Township
J. N. Loveland
Deer ‘Dodge
Mont
Holland Appeals to America to Back Neutral Rights
In New York July 10, Rev Tertius Van Dyke, former secretary to Henry Van Dyke, said Holland relies on the United States to uphold neutral rights in war. He cited Dutch assent to Wilson's policy, noted mobilization strength possibly 350000, and warned Holland faces submarine sinkings and British delays amid its neutral stance.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Holland
United States
Tertius van Dyke
Henry van Dyke
Luxemburg
van Dyke
Wilson
Germany
Neuapaty
German reply to American note eyed by Berlin press
Berlin reports on July 10 that German papers view the July 8 reply to the June 9 note as likely to satisfy the majority of Americans. Officials in Berlin interpret the gesture as a conciliatory move amid the submarine warfare dispute.
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Berlin
Germany
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