German Victory in Souchez Stuns Western Front
London July 12 German troops seized the Souchez Cemetery seven miles north of Arras after a gas attack and brutal hand to hand fighting. More than 150 prisoners were taken as the French struggle to recapture the position continues amid house to house combat. Meanwhile Hill 60 near Ypres and other fronts see renewed activity as observers await the next general offensive in the war.
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Souchez
Lens
Lille
France
Belgium
Hill
Ypres
Poland
Galicia
Warsaw
State Department Deliberates German Sub Warfare Note
Secretary Lansing prepares data and opinions for a formal U S reply to Germany over submarine warfare and Lusitania risks. Officials stress a careful, brief note stating U S policy for future violations, with President Wilson to confer before replying. Count Von Bernstorff to lobby on Germanys viewpoint.
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Count von Bernstorff
Germany
Lansing
United States
Wilson
Cornish
N.hs
State Department
Edison to Devote His Great Genius to Nation’s Weal
Thomas A. Edison vows to dedicate his talents to the country’s welfare. He rejects European fortune and pledges to bolster national industry and defense with his inventions.
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Edison
Edison to Head Navy Bureau of Invention and Development
Thomas A. Edison has accepted Secretary Daniels invitation to lead an advisory board of civilian inventors for a Navy Department Bureau of Invention and Development. The plan aims to harness American inventive talent to create practical devices for warfare, improving submarine warfare and other needs with Edison guiding the effort.
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Commercial Tribune
West Orange
N.J
Thomas A. Edison
Daniels
Bureau of Invention and Development
Navy Department
Washington
Mr. Daniels
Europe
Edison
New York Times
Department of Invention and Development
Carranza forces capture Mexico City and seek recognition
Washington dispatches confirm the occupation of Mexico City by General Pablo Gonzalez forces and report Carranza aims to seek State Department recognition. Relief supplies move to famine areas as Villa’s cavalry advances threaten Obregon near the capital. officials foresee intensified warfare in central Mexico.
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Washington
Mexico City
Carranza
Gonzales
State Department
John R. Silliman
Vera Cruz
Charles A. Douglas
Caranza
Pablo Gonzalez
United States
General Villa
Obregon
Aguascalientes
Obrégon
Leon
Irapuato
Villa
Bond Forfeited in Gen Orozcos Case
El Paso Tex July 12 General Pasqual Orozco who on July 2 eluded officers under surveillance failed to appear in Federal Court to answer conspiracy to violate United States neutrality laws His bond of 7500 was declared forfeited General Marcelo Caraveo Frank and The Alderete also Mexican military adherents waived preliminary hearing and were held under reduced bond to the Federal Grand Jury.
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EL Paso
Tex
Pasqual Orozco
United States
Marcelo Caraveo
Frank
Alderete
Montgomery Shoe Company head arrested on fraud charge
George H. Montgomery shoe fitter and president of a South Dakota firm valued at 1 million dollars was arrested in St Louis on promoting a scheme to defraud. Officials cite 600000 for a trademark and 400000 for services as asset basis with 100 million shares at ten dollars each.
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ST. Louis
George H. Montgomery
Dent
South Dakota
Montgomery
Fice
Montgomery Shoe
Pany of America
Dolar Corporation
Tal Assets of
Montgomery’s
Pany
Four Cities Vie for Republican National Convention Site
Boies Penrose and Republican National Chairman Charles D. Hilles in New York weigh prospects for next year’s Republican National Convention. Hilles notes Philadelphia faces competition from St. Louis Minneapolis and Chicago with Chicago a particular contender.
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The
Commercial Tribune
New York
Great Loss of Life in Chinese Floods
Washington reports unprecedented floods in Kwantung and Kwangsie China cause great distress and many deaths. Shameen flooded, trade and rail traffic halted. Red Cross raises funds, $1,000 telegraphed to Canton. engineers propose a $20 million drainage and irrigation plan to boost China’s food production.
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Washington
Kwantung
Kwangsie
China
State Department
Cheshire
Canton
Cbonsul
Shameen
The
Red Cross
Christian Herald
Canton Harbor
William Sibert
Arthur I. Davis
Daniel Mead
Paul S. Reinsch
Peking
Dallas offers $100000 for 1916 Democratic convention
Dallas pledges a cash contribution of 100000 to the National Democratic Committee should the 1916 convention be held in Dallas. The city also promises a Coliseum seating 25000 and adequate accommodations for delegates and visitors.
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New York
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
Dallas
Tex
National Democratic Committee
Geneva votes dry in Beal law election results
Geneva, a village near Ashtabula, Ohio, voted dry in a Beal law election held today. The tally showed 434 dry votes to 217 wet votes.
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Ashtabula
Geneva
Here
Drys
Vets
Sayville Wireless Captain W H G Bullard
W H G Bullard captains Sayville Wireless, directing operations and overseeing communications duties aboard the ship. Details on rank, duties, and voyage context are limited in the fragment.
Answers Wireless Warning Clears Bomb Fear Aboard Baron Napier
In New Orleans on July 12 fears for the Baron Napier safety eased after a wireless message from the captain confirmed no bombs were found. The Howth Head had no wireless gear to receive the alert sent from Arlington Virginia. The Howth Head departed July 9 for Dublin and Belfast with a general cargo and may reach Norfolk soon. The Baron Napier carries mules for the British army and sailed for Avonmouth.
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Howth
Dublin
Belfast
Norfolk
Baron Napier
Avonmouth
Sleuths Busy in New York Bomb Plot Probe
Investigators from police and federal agencies join private detectives in a conference to thwart an alleged conspiracy to place bombs on steamships loaded with munitions bound for the Allies. A special bomb squad works the riverfront as cargo is loaded.
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New York
New York Harbor
River Front
First disappearing submarine rifle shipped to New York
The navy shipped the first disappearing rifle for American submarines to New York for installation on the submarine M-11. The three inch caliber gun with its carriage weighs about 1,800 pounds and is designed to automatically vanish into the hull after firing. Future submarines will be equipped with this weapon.
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Washington
Naval Ordnance
New York
Navy
Indian on Trial for Killing Mexican Charged Conspiracy
Tse Ne Gat a Piute Indian on trial for murder swore he did not kill Juan Chacon the Mexican sheep herder whose body was found in Montezuma County Colorado in March 1914. His attorney claimed a conspiracy among Colorado Indians to oust Utah Utes and Piutes.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Denver
Col
Tse Ne Gat
Piute Indian
United States District Court
Juan Chacon
Montezuma County
Colorado
Body of Mee Sun Shipped Mortified to Orient
In Pittsburg the body of Mee Sun a Chinatown leader and On Leon Tong associate was shipped to San Francisco after a Orient mumification process that hardened the remains to flint like consistency. The transport cost $3000 for preparation and shipping to Hong Kong.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Orient
Mee Sun
Chinatown
San Francisco
Hong
British War Loan Breaks Record in Many Respects
London reports the new British war loan as the largest in history and the first democratic issue open to working people. It introduces a 4 percent government interest rate and lowers the bond denomination below 100 pounds, enabling smaller investors to participate. The campaign uses extensive ads, billboards, concerts, and free meetings to attract public savings through postal banks and the Bank of England.
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the Commercial Tribune
London
Bank of England
Guild Hall
Ieaethebe
Yen
Ss Mant Tes
Aioe
Thaw alienist testify paranoia claim in trial
Dr. Austin Flint, an alienist, testified that Harry K Thaw shows paranoia or constitutional inferiority with a paranoid trend. He noted uncertainty over the term constitutional inferiority while asserting Thaw’s paranoiac tendency despite a normal life in New Hampshire after Matteawan escape.
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the Commercial Tribune
New York
Austin Flint
Harry Ki. Thaw
Thaw
John B. Stanchfield
New Hampshire
Matteawan
Flint
Hendrick
Lafman
Mr. Aefield
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Red Cross Relief Committee
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Dry
Sayville Wireless
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Oxy G.y. Buck
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Reathbapnesh Macinaman Ty
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Virginia
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New Orleans
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Arlington, Va
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