British miners defy government and strike in Wales
London reports that 150000 miners across Welsh fields walk out in defiance after a Cardiff vote 180 to 113 rejecting the council’s return to work. Walter Runciman eyes London talks as government sets a munitions tribunal to enforce strikes and seeks a settlement.
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London
Cardiff
Wales
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Conference of Miners
Minister of Munitions
General Munitions Tribunal
Wales and
Monmouthshire
Turkish lines at Gallipoli fall to Allied forces
London dispatch says two Turkish defensive lines at the Dar danelles on the Gallipoli Peninsula have been captured by Anglo French forces in a move announced by the British official press bureau this evening.
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London
Dardanelles
Gallipoli
German forces push near Warsaw as Rym sinks in torpedo attack
German forces press toward Warsaw from East Prussia while the Norwegian steamer Rym is torpedoed and sunk. The second engineer dies, the rest of the crew are rescued at Great Yarmouth. Simultaneously fighting rages in the Argonne and around Arras with German gains and French counterattacks reported.
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London
Rym
Great Yarmouth
Warsaw
Przasnysz
Poland
Konsya
Kolno
Olszanka
Suwaitki
Argonne
Paris
Arras
Woevre
Germany and France Exchange Prisoners in Postwar Transfer
Berne Switzerland reports nightly special trains carrying permanently disabled French prisoners home from Germany and similarly crippled Germans returning from France. After the exchange, 3000 Sanitary Corps members from both nations will move between countries, with 2000 French sanitary troops reportedly held on the German frontier awaiting transport.
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Berne
Switzerland
Germany
France
Constance
British Troops Engage in Serbia Confirmed by Eye-Witness
Crawford Price, a British eye-witness with Serbian forces, announced that British troops are now in Serbia fighting alongside Serbians against Austro Hungarians. He noted authorities permitted the disclosure but gave no figures on force strength.
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Liverpool
Serbia
Crawford Price
American meat packers to press Britain on cargo detentions
The State Department will send an early note to Britain addressing British interference with American meat cargoes held in prize courts. Packers seek settlement of 14 million dollars and say Britain delays claims and shipping access to neutral ports, while a second note will address broader neutral trade issues.
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Britain
Great Britain
State Department
Washington
Department
Order In Council
Keep Milk Clean and Help Save Lives of Babies
Columbus, July 15. Agricultural Commissioner S E Strode urges milk dealers in small towns to keep milk clean to prevent illness and deaths. He warns dirty barns and poor handling spread disease, especially in hot summer days, and asks the public to report unclean dairy practices to the dairy and food department.
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Columbus, CO
S. E. Strode
Dairy and Food Division
Strode
Dairy and Food Department
Abandoned Child May Prove To Be The Winters Girl
MANNINGTON W Va July 15 Police believe an eleven year old girl calling herself Anna Waltman and abandoned by three men and two women may be Catherine Winters kidnapped two years ago from New Castle Ind Her story is fragmentary and her photo has been sent to New Castle authorities.
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Mannington
W. Va
Anna Waltman
Catherine Winters
New Castle
Ind
Indianapolis
Valdez Fire Destroys Business District
A July 15 blaze in Valdez Alaska razed the business district with an estimated loss of 500000. United States troops from Fort Liscum aided by using dynamite to check the flames amid dry conditions after weeks without rain.
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Valdez
Alaska
United States
Ft Liscum
Freakish Styles of Women’s Shoes to Be Abandoned
A joint decree by the National Shoe Retailers Association, National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association, and National Last Association orders an end to freakish styles. Odd colors, side and back lacing, perforations, and decorative touches are to be dropped. Ordinary wear shoes will be black cloth uppers with black cloth. men’s styles stay conservative in black or tan.
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the Commercial Tribune
New York
National Shoe Retailers’ Association
National Boot and Shoe Manufacturers’ Association
National Last Association
Prosecution Dropped in Iowa Siam Treasure Case
The Siam murder and treasure case ends as the Iowa State drops all charges against Bates Huntsman Samuel Scrivner and John and Henry Damewood for the 1873 murders of Nathaniel Smith and his son. Attorney General Cosson said the tale of Mrs Porter impressed him but the evidence no longer supports further action.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Bedford
Bates Huntsman
Samuel Scrivner
John
Henry Damewood
Nathaniel Smith
Missouri
Cosson
Porter
Piute Indian Acquitted in Colorado Murder Trial
Tse Ne Gat, a Piute Indian, was found not guilty of murder by a Denver jury in the United States District Court. He was tried for killing Juan Chacon, a Mexican sheep herder, in Southwestern Colorado.
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Denver
Col
Tse Ne Gat
United States District Court
Juan Chacon
Colorado
Mediation in European War May Move U S Forward
London reports Britain to curb cotton exports to neutral nations to exact needs. In Washington President Wilson may pursue mediation as Count Von Bernstorff argues the United States should broker terms with Britain and Germany to resolve naval wartime disputes.
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Washington
Wilson
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Oswald Garrison Villard
New York Evening Post
Aft
Germany
Anton Myer-Gerhard
Great Britain
Order In Council
Austria Warns United States Against All Neutrality
Austrian government cautions the United States to avoid any stance that could appear as strict neutrality. Officials insist on clear positions amid growing wartime pressures and shifting alliances.
Munition Exports on a Large Scale
Washington July 15 developments of vast moment marked moves in the international situation affecting America’s relations with warring powers. Austria Hungary to Germany and Turkey warned of munition shipments to allies as a protest grows. US likely to reply within a fortnight citing international law and past precedents.
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Commercial Tribuneuilding
Munsey Building
Washington
America
Germany
United States
Turkey
Austria
Freedom Dawning For Thaw
New York July 15 Harry K Thaw faces a court ruling on vacating the Matteawan commitment order. Justice Hendrick will decide tomorrow whether Thaw goes free or remains confined amid bail discussions and potential appeal. Thaw greeted by cheering crowds as he awaited the decision.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Ludlow Street
Matteawan
Supreme Court
Hendrick
Thaw
Chambers Street
John B. Stanchfield
Europe
San Francisco Fair
Sheriff's Office
Ambassador Marye Not Resigning Rumor Denied
Ray T. Baker secretary to United States Ambassador George T. Marye said rumors of a resignation are false. He cited a cable from Marye stating enthusiasm for his work and no mention of stepping down. The statement follows Marye’s recent visit to Oakland California.
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Oakland
Cal
United States
Russia
George T. Marye
Ray T. Baker
Baker
Marye
Posse hunts fiend in federalburg assault case
More than 100 armed men search Lower Caroline County for a black assailant who abducted and assaulted Mildred Clark a 15 year old girl. She was knocked unconscious and authorities fear a lynching if the suspect is captured.
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Federalsburg
Mad
Lower Caroline County
Mildred Clark
Lima Floods as Ottawa River Rises and Town Floods
Lima Ohio endures a severe flood after an eight foot Ottawa River rise. Pine street footbridge washed away, bridges blocked by debris, and a cottage swept away. Three inches of rain in 24 hours. 160 families displaced, two square miles submerged, lights cut as floodwaters encroach on Main Street bridge.
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Lima
Ottawa
Pine Street
Main Street
Scioto
Kenton
Drowning in Mt Vernon Storm Claims Life of Man
The worst rainstorm in years struck Mt Vernon Ohio today. Harry Mohler aged 35 attempting to ford a stream in a wagon was swept away and drowned. The downpour caused thousands of dollars in crop damage.
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MT. Vernon
Harry Mohler
Storm damages hit Omaha area with roof loss at speedway
Violent wind and rain swept Omaha and surrounding areas causing telegraph, railroad, and telephone outages. Crops and farm buildings suffered damage and the grand stand roof at the new Omaha speedway was blown off amid unverified tornado rumors from Sioux City and Sioux Falls.
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Omaha
Neb
Omaha Speedway
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
S. D
Norfolk
Floods Drown Thousands in Kwantung Kwangsi Kiangsi Provinces
Hong Kong reports tens of thousands feared drowned in floods across Kwantung Kwangsi and Kiangsi. Canton experiences a fire sweeping one mile area, darkness from submerged electric light plant, and isolation except by steamers. Foreigners seek refuge at Fu Chow British Consulate.
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Hong Kong
Kwantung
Kwangsi
Kiangsi
Canton
Fu Chow
Carmen's Strike Ties Up Rhode Island Trolley Lines
On July 15 the Rhode Island Company's trolley system ran few cars with only 33 of 455 in service. Nonunion old employees manned some cars while New Port and Westerly lines operated outside the system. Mayor Gainer offered mediation as directors considered strikebreakers if no agreement is reached.
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Providence
Joseph P. Gainer
New Note on Nebraskan Planned By United States
Washington July 15 officials welcomed a memorandum from Ambassador Gerrard transmitting Germany’s admission of liability and regret for the attack on the American steamer Nebraskan. They intend a further note to preserve American rights, arguing the attack was illegal under international law and treaty relations and that a merchantman must be visited to verify nationality and cargo before any attack.
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United States
Washington
Gerrard
Germany
William P. Frye
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Frye
Evacuation After Lemberg Cholera Outbreak
Advices from Petrograd say enemy troops pulled back from Lemberg as cholera rages there and refugees flee toward Russian territory.
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London
Petrograd
Lemberg
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Koelnische Zeitung
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