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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1917
Page
1
A German submarine was sunk by an American schooner sailing from an American port for a European port. The British Admiralty announced that the Armadale, a 6148 ton British transport operated by Australian Steam Shipping, was torpedoed in the Atlantic on June 27 with five crew drowned and six killed.
Reported actions target I W W activities with mass deportations, guard confinement, and legal probes. Governors in Spokane and Boise coordinate responses while federal authorities plan internment and enforcement as state troops seize I W W halls amid strikes and anti foreign labor tension.
London reports Premier Lloyd George telegramming Premier of Russia urging that governments justify their authority to the people across Europe before lasting peace. The message aligns with Wilson’s democracy pledge and follows Germany’s pressure for wider political liberties. The German censor says publication would bolster anti despotism efforts.
Rumors claim Chancellor Hollweg and War Minister von Stein accepted. Kaiser Abdication talk grows as reports recall his 1914 wounding and later nervous complaint. Prince Joachim, 27, married to Princess Marie Augusta, rumored more popular with people and army than Crown Prince.
Secretary McAdoo announced that the steamer Kansas, sunk with four losses, was the first American vessel lost carrying full war insurance. The $92,450 policy by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance covered the master seven officers and forty six crew. Estates of the four men to receive about $7,200. injured crew also entitled to indemnities.
London July 14 The Daily News naval expert called the destruction of the British battleship Vanguard the worst British loss since Jutland. About 900 lives were lost. The Admiralty announced an official inquiry is underway.
Early morning fire at 525 East Pearl Street in the Kennon Iron and Steel Company building ignited the top floor in a two story brick structure. A second alarm brought downtown fire units, but authorities could not determine a probable cause.
Fair conditions across Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee Sunday and Monday with warmer weather in Indiana and fair to thunder storm risk in eastern West Virginia. The Cincinnati July 14 1917 report shows highs around 78 and lows near 61 with cloudy conditions and light precipitation measured at 0.09 inches.
In Flat River Missouri a riot drove Italian, Russian and Polish workers from the district. Refugees headed to Bonneterre by train or on foot after mobs demanded departure. Hospitals treated many injuries as work halted. officials blamed outsiders tied to the Industrial Workers of the World.
A special dispatch reports 1,206 Industrial Workers of the World banished from Bisbee, arriving in Columbus New Mexico from Hermanas asserting they are men without a country and will not return to Arizona to help the U.S. win the war by digging copper. The readable fragment notes their claim and movement may reflect wartime labor tensions.
Ohio Attorney General McGhee announced a plan to ask the state legislature to convene if the War Council committee fails to cut coal prices and federal action fails to stop gouging. He seeks probes of 25 cent brokerage fees by operators and asks neighboring states to consider action.
President Wilson issued a proclamation blocking German insurers from marine and war risk business in the United States and prohibiting American companies from reinsuring with them. Existing contracts payments are suspended during the war except for vessels at sea. The move aims to prevent alien enemies from obtaining ship and cargo movement information.
Kermit Roosevelt, discharged from Plattsburg, accepts a staff commission with the British army fighting Turks and will be joined in Spain by wife Asia Missors, father’s ambassador to Spain. Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Archie Roosevelt have joined American forces in France. Quentin Roosevelt becomes a fourth Roosevelt son to receive a wartime commission in New York, after prior rejection for eyesight.
The House approved a War Department bill allocating 640 million dollars for building 22 000 aircraft and supporting personnel and equipment. Amendments limited executive powers and aligned aviation service ages to 21–30. The measure now moves to the Senate.
Secretary Daniels announced that 1,000,000 of the department's 45,000,000 appropriation will fund a plant to produce aeroplanes for the navy. The site will be chosen by the Aircraft Board of the Council of National Defense. Contracts will still be let to private firms.
In Miami Arizona a riot after an I. W. W. meeting required two troops of U S cavalry to quell the disturbance as police failed to break it up. In Flat River Missouri a foreigner was wounded by gunfire tonight, raising the total shot to three since the trouble began.
Soviet reports say the fortified village of Novica south of Kaluz in Galicia fell to Russian forces. They threaten Stryj Rohatyn and the Galician railway axis while pressing Dniester advances. German losses near Brzezany mount as offensive extends from Stanislau to Halicz Brzezany with high casualties.
Washington reports a Treasury Department announcement of a secret internal revenue laboratory process to extract glycerine from sugar. The new method could cut production cost to about 25 cents a pound or less, easing fat shortages and aiding munitions. German fat economy noted.
Amsterdam dispatch cited by Echo De Belge states fifty eight people condemned to death at Antwerp with fifteen executed on July 5. Among the condemned were three sisters accused of smuggling letters.
The National Woman's Party staged a White House picket with Liberty motto banners. Police arrested sixteen delegates, including Julia Hurlburt and Doris Stevens, after a short round-up, then released them on $25 bail.
Chicago July 14 Potatoes show relief as carrot price falls one dollar per barrel Virginia potatoes move from 7.50 8 to 6.50 7 a barrel Kentucky sacks reflect similar decline Fifty carloads arrived from the South and 100 on track unsold suggesting a new bountiful crop may be incoming.
Dispatches report the German Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg has resigned amid a growing peace clamor in Germany and Austria Hungary. Prussian War Minister General von Stein, a Pan German ally, is said to have quit, signaling shifts in the War Ministry and political brinkmanship affecting the Reichstag and war credits.
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