Order Baffles O N G Officers In Camp
Camp Willis Ohio July 15 The Central Department telegram orders holding all troops in mobilization camp until completely equipped Major Robert W W Mearns senior mustering officer says several items such as cat and other equipment are lacking though men are reasonably ready for active service The Eighth Ohio National Guard will not leave camp tonight or tomorrow as work continues to load equipment on railroad cars at 3 PM
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Chicago
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Orpet Found Not Guilty Of Charge Of Poisoning His Former Sweetheart
William H Orpet a university student charged with murdering Marion Lambert was found not guilty by a jury in Judge Donnelly's court after five hours deliberation The trial timeline shows jury selection May 16 testimony began June 15 verdict July 15 Attorneys argued doubt and circumstantial evidence while several indictment counts were dismissed. The verdict brings relief to Orpet and his family as they leave the courthouse.
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Waukegan, II
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Marion Lambert
Donnelly
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Talesmen
James H. Wilkerson
Ralph F. Potter
Attor
Weather Summary For Ohio to New England This Week
The weather forecast reports partly cloudy skies and warm conditions across Ohio Indiana Tennessee Kentucky and the Northeast Sunday and Monday. Rain and thunderstorms affect the Carolina area western North Carolina Southwest Virginia and the upper Great Lakes while most western regions stay fair. Temperatures run near normal in the Atlantic states with higher readings elsewhere except the Rockies and Northwest, where rainfall cools readings. A tropical disturbance remains north of Santo Domingo with limited data.
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Seizure of Munitions Plants At War Time Debate
Washington July 15 Senate struck out the naval bill amendment authorizing presidential seizure of private munitions plants during war. Borah’s point of order sustained by Vice President Marshall. Also reported: campaign publicity law for President and Vice President, with $50 000 and $25 000 limits, penalties up to 10000. House, Senate move toward railroad legislation inquiry with $24000, opposed by Mann. Wilson letter to Hurley noted in record.
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Castro Ordered to Get Castro Ordered to Get
Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribune reports General Cipriano Castro exiled Venezuelan ex president, denied admission on arrival from Port of Spain aboard the Vauban. He awaits a Board of Inquiry while asserting no political motive and calling his troubles mere red tape. Castro previously faced immigration actions in 1913 and left the U.S. after bond and legal appeals. The hearing and fate of his case remain pending with lingering tensions over Venezuela Colombia border concerns.
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New York
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Venezuela
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Port of Spain
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Byron H. Uhl
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Auto maker leaps to death amid wealth brought collapse
Paul Smith 32 vice president and general sales manager of Chalmers Motor Company of Detroit leaped from the tenth floor of the New York Biltmore Hotel and was crushed in the street. Friends attribute the act to a nervous and mental collapse after a business deal in New York said to be worth 6 million dollars. Smith came to New York last Monday and sent a telegram to his wife before his death. Born in Vermont, a former physician, cowboy, and stockyard worker, he rose through the auto trades and had sold 22 million dollars worth of cars at auction.
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Paul Smith
Chalmers Motor Company
Detroit
Biltmore
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Vermont
University of Illinois
Kansas City
Studebaker
Lozier
Goodyear
Metzger
Chalmers
Health Officials Accused Of Spreading Epidemic Of Infantile Paralysis
Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribune reports Brooklyn residents in Ft Green alleging health inspectors spread the disease. After city inspections, new paralysis cases appear in Myrtle avenue, Cumberland street and Carlton avenue. Total cases reach 1863 with 369 deaths. 24 hour period shows 18 fewer cases than yesterday.
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German Chancellor on submarine policy as Reichstag talks adjourned
London July 15 special says the German Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg has adjourned Reichstag talks to Monday to meet Emperor William at headquarters. The Berlin dispatch notes renewed pressure to resume submarine warfare, backed by Navy League and conservatives, with internal politics a key factor.
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London
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Reichstag
Amsterdam
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Berlin
Navy League
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Savant Metchnikoff Dies at 71 After Lifespan Plan
Special Cable to The Commercial Tribune from Paris reports Prof. Elie Metchnikoff, famed bacteriologist and advocate of life extension theories, died in Paris at 71 after months of ill health. He theorized sour milk cures and the removal of the large intestine, claiming experiments with glycobacteria could prevent senile decay. Further details on his research and its implications were to continue on the second page.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
Elie Metchnikoff
Metchnikoff
French Academy of Sciences
Teutons Admit Reverse Push in Somme Region
The British claim further successes on the German second line with Delville Wood captured and a strong counterattack repulsed. Berlin and Petrograd report heavy British losses, Haig's forces gaining ground, and a large Allied salient in the Somme. Russian and Italian fronts show mixed gains. sea warfare notes German submarine activity and Austro Italian losses.
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London
Delville Wood
British drive stemmed. Germans admit loss of Trones Wood
Berlin reports British attack south of the Somme halted by German forces but acknowledges British penetration of German lines at Pozieres and occupation of Trones Wood. On the eastern front, Russians attack Lennewaden but are repulsed. Prince Leopold of Bavaria retakes positions at Skrobowa, taking 1,500 prisoners.
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Sharks Seen by Fishermen Near Connecticut Coast
New York July 15 reports say a shark menace expanding from Matawan New Jersey toward the Atlantic coast is spreading into Long Island Sound near Stamford Connecticut. Fishermen report a school of sharks and continued hunt for the Matawan Creek man-eater as captains in Newport News and near Cape Henry report sighting multiple sharks in Chesapeake Bay and offshore waters.
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Train kills family of four near Butler Ind
Otto D. Carey 40, his wife and two sons Laughton 6 and Paul 18 months, were fatally injured when their car returning from Butler to Hicksville Ohio was struck by the Twentieth Century Limited at 10 30 PM a half mile east of Butler. The impact hurled the car and family along the railroad right of way for several hundred feet. Carey resided six miles north of Hicksville.
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Ind
Otto D. Carey
Laughton
Paul
Hicksville
Lake Shore
Here
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Deutschland Declared Merchant Ship by United States
Acting Secretary of State Polk ruled the German U-Boat Deutschland a merchantman and said it, now in Baltimore, would be so treated. He stressed the ruling applied only to this specific sub, with future cases decided individually. Immediate diplomatic action expected from Britain and France.
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Frank K. Polk
State Department
Cecil Spring-Rice
Woods Hole
Mass
Return Voyage Delayed by Rearrangement of Deutschland
Baltimore July 15. The German merchant submarine Deutschland will not depart Baltimore before next week. Efforts to load its cargo of rubber and nickel continue, with crews removing rubber from boxes to reduce weight and enable larger cargo aboard.
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Commercial Tribune
Baltimore
Earl Grey Sees Victory For the Arms of Britain
Berwick England July 15 Sir Edward Grey newly made an Earl before joining the House of Lords writes to constituents that the war demands energy and sacrifice to reach a safe lasting peace. He notes ally progress and enemy setbacks, with improving prospects for victory.
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Berwick
England
Edward Grey
Foreign Affairs
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House of Lords
Financial agreement reached by allies, official report says
London officials announce a formal statement on entente allies conferences in London. Chancellor Reginald McKenna is named among key figures referenced in the directive. The report signals agreement on financial terms and broader wartime coordination, outlining the scope of forthcoming measures and fiscal alignments.
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Reginald McKenna
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