Malvy Trial Opens as Senate Acts as High Court
Paris July 16 The trial of Louis J Malvy former Interior Minister on treason charges began today with the Senate sitting as high court A postponement attempt was blocked and the indictment read revealing allegations of informing the enemy and defeatist propaganda The case tied to Bonnet Rouge Caillaux and other wartime secrets is expected to last about a month with further readings tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Paris
Louis J. Malvy
Interior
Senate
High Court
M. Malvy
Raoul Peret
M. Maloy
Anton Dubost
M. Peret
Bepmale
M. Bubosi
High Court of Justice
Chemin Des Dames
Malvy
Vivians
Briand
Ribot
France
M. Clemenceau
Bonnet Rouge
Duval
Joseph Caillaux
Berlin Front Claims 13000 Prisoners Taken
Berlin headquarters asserts 13 000 prisoners captured on the French front in France as German forces cross the Marne and hold 12 miles of the southern riverbank between Gland and Mareuil le Port. American and French counterattacks drive back Germans near St Agnan Hill 223 La Chapelle Montbodon and other positions. intense fighting continues along the Marne with heavy German losses.
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France
Marne
Gland
Mareuil-le-Port
Associated Press
St. Agnan
la Chapelle
Montbodon
Descrivec
A Abersphy
Maine
Dormans
George Robertson
Kansas City
Rheims
Guards
Altho
Marraux
Cuchery
Bouilly
Souain
Champagne
Tygins
Prunay
Moronvilliers
Cortllet
Dérmans
Montmirail
Call for Legislation Against Rent Profiteers
New York July 16 The Board of Aldermen adopted a resolution urging Congress to enact laws prohibiting rent profiteering by landlords. Socialists led the effort claiming widespread rent hikes exceed reasonable limits and accuse the practice of being nationwide.
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Associated Press
New York
Congress
Board of Alder- Ien
Weather summary for Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and Indiana
A weather update shows Ohio and Indiana mostly fair or partly cloudy with little temperature change while West Virginia experiences showers and then clearing. Regional temperatures and precipitation figures are provided for several stations including Cincinnati Norfolk Nashville Spokane Winnipeg and more with a July 16 1918 daily comparison to prior years.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Japanese Battle Ship Kawachi Sinks After Explosion
Tokyo reports that the Japanese battleship Kawachi of 21 420 tons displacement blew up and sank in Tokoyama Bay 150 miles northeast of Nagasaki on July 12. Five hundred crewmen perished. Built at Kure in 1912 the Kawachi carried 960 officers and men. The ship was 500 feet long with armament of twelve 12 inch guns ten 6 inch guns eight 4 7 inch guns twelve 12 pounders and five 18 inch torpedo tubes.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Tokoyama Bay
Nagasaki
Kure
Wilson's Fourth of July Speech Texts Stir Vienna War View
Vienna dispatch quotes Baron Burian as saying Wilson's four points have limited opposition, while Austro-Hungarian stance emphasizes protecting own territory. He cites enemy obstinacy over Alsace Lorraine and other areas and outlines aims of belligerent groups, urging peace while dismissing blame and seeking new state formations.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Baron von Burian
Vienna
Wilson
Alsace-Lorraine
Triest
Trentino
Baron Burian
Baron Lurian
Steel Shortage Narrows Shipbuilding Supply and Hoarding Warned
War Industries Board officials warn steel will be scarce as wartime demand grows. Private buyers may face inventories and supply cuts if found reselling priority steel. Shipyards report rising output but need more material. hoarding by agencies and sellers is being curbed. Additions to mills may add 750000 tons annually, not enough to meet demand.
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Struggude
League of Nations
Associated Press
Washington
War Industries Board
J. Leonard Replogie
Hurley
Shipping Board
War Department and DOJ establish control system for war material
Washington July 16. In cooperation with the Department of Justice the War Department starts a centralized system to oversee all war material procurement. Boards of Control will review contracts, purchases will be streamlined by commodity bureau, and public needs will be disclosed. It aims to curb agent fees and duplication among agencies.
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Washington
Department of Justice
War Department
Boards of Control
General Staff
Department
War Industries Board
Electrical Diver Aids Rescue Of Sunk Steel Ships
An electrically driven diving machine designed to recover steel vessels sunk by U boats completed a private test in Long Island Sound. With a two man crew, it uses magnet clamps to cling to submerged wrecks and transmits power from a surface barge. The device brought up a heavy steel plate from 98 feet.
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Associated Press
New York
Long Island Sound
Monarchy Bill Faces Rough Passing in Finnish Parliament
A Finnish Parliament second reading achieved by a narrow four vote margin amid Republican protests. The dispatch notes possible government resignation as the pro monarchy bill lacks a solid majority. Finland may stay neutral if conflict erupts in Murman country with entente forces in control. The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung claims Germany has forces in Finland to counter entente troops and the Red Guards.
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Associated Press
London
Finland
Helsingfors
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Murman
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Berlin
Germany
Red Guards
Germans Profit Spikes Alleged in German Chemical Firms in U S
Details from the State Attorney General inquiry cite German established chemical groups earning high yearly returns in the United States. Niagara Electro Chemical, Roessler Hasslaer, Port Amboy Chemical report double digit to triple digit percentages in earnings and dividends. Scheide Anstalt of Frankfurt sold control stock to a U S agent below book value, resisting sale until near the war declaration.
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Associated Press
New York
New Yor
Port Amboy Chemical Company
Perth Amboy
N. J
Scheide-Anstaldt Company
Frankfort
Germany
America
Czecho Slovaks Leave for Allied Forces in France
One hundred Czecho Slovaks, many university students, were admitted to leave the country to join allied forces in France. They marched to the federal building in New York, heartened by a marching band.
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Associated Press
New York
France
Federal Building
Yale to receive near twenty million from bachelor NY lawyer
New York July 16 Yale University is bequeathed nearly 20 million dollars by the will of John W Sterling late a New York lawyer who graduated from Yale in 1864 and died a bachelor July 5. The estate exceeds 20 million with bequests to relatives friends employees and benevolent institutions totaling just over 1 million. The Skull and Bones Society at Yale receives 10000 from the legacy.
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YALE
Associated Press
New York
Yale University
John W. Sterling
Skull and Bones Society of
Sterling
Albanian Campaign Watched as Jugoslav Uprising Fears Grow
Paris reports a limited Albanian raid with 620 prisoners and village seizures on the Devoli shore. Washington notes political aims of the Franco Italian push and warns of potential Jugoslav unrest in southern Austria Hungary impacting the war effort.
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Associated Press
Paris
Vetrenik
War Office
Albania
Devoli
Rastani
Prostani
Vina
Holta
War Department reports heavy German losses near Rheims
Washington July 16 The War Department received word from Paris via the American military attache on heavy losses by German attacking forces west and east of Rheims and little progress against Allied resistance. No late dispatches from General Pershing or General Bliss had arrived by tonight. The department noted possible cable congestion delaying the Pershing communique. Continued on Third Page.
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Washington
War Department
Paris
Rheims
General Pershing
General Bliss
Biss
Pershing
Department
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