Mexicans Engage U S Guard near El Paso Amid Border Skirmish
A party of mounted Mexicans fired on L Company of the Ninth Massachusetts Infantry during border patrol duties along the Rio Grande. Captain Hickey reported about fifteen Mexican horsemen, with fifty shots exchanged on each side in under ten minutes. One Mexican possibly killed. no U.S. casualties.
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EL Paso
Tex
Ninth Massachusetts Infantry
Rio Grande
Hickey
Dorchester
Mass
Island
Massachusetts
Charles Prescott
Natick
Villa
Big Bend
Chihuahua
Jacinto Trevino
Chihuahua City
Andres Garcia
Company E
Signal Corps
United States Army
Ft. Shafter
Hawaii
Durango
Luis Herrera
Parral
Trevino
Tepehunes
Tasker D. Bliss
Brownsville
New thrust carried out by Britain on Somme line
British forces launched a fresh offensive along the Somme in France, advancing positions and tightening pressure on the German lines. Reports describe coordinated artillery and infantry efforts ongoing against entrenched defenses.
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Western Front
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Bazentin-le-Petit
Longueval
Albert Plateau
Ovillers
Germans win ground as allies press on Somme front
British forces push near Ovillers and threaten Pozieres while Germans regain land east of Biaches on the Somme. Paris bulletins note French repulse at La Maisonette and activity near Hill 304, with German and Austrian units opposing Russian thrusts west of Lutsk and along Riga. Saloniki fronts show ongoing cannonading as Entente and Bulgarian positions face pressure.
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Thiepval
Pozieres
Somme
la Maisonette
Biaches
Paris
Verdun
Meuse
German East Africa
Lake Victoria
Lutsk
Berlin War Office
Riga
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Prince Leopold
General von Linsingen
Count von Bothmer
Saloniki
Monastir
Important Change In Election Plan Rotary Conventions Held
177 Rotary conventions were held in Cincinnati with nearly 3000 attendees. Harry Lyman of the Cincinnati Club introduced a plan for separate trade division conferences after noon luncheons. The morning general session at Emery Auditorium covered topics on honorary members associate members Rotary in smaller cities and duplications of classifications. The convention adjourned at 1 pm for trade sectional work.
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Cincinnati
Rotary
Harry Lyman
Cincinnati Club
Emery Auditorium
John Dennett
Phoenix
Ariz
James N. Russe
Kansas City
Frank L. Rawson
Portland
W. Sampson
San Diego
Weather Summary for Several States and Regions Aboard
Partly cloudy in Ohio Indiana West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee with cooler northwest. storm warnings along Delaware breakwater to Wilmington North Carolina. thunderstorms in the south and upper Ohio Valley. showers general in Northwest. fair elsewhere. Tropical disturbance near 30N 74W moving north with increasing northeast winds. Local thunderstorm risk Wednesday in Tennessee and East Gulf and South Atlantic. cooler Thursday in upper lakes. station temps show clear to partly cloudy conditions with minor precipitation.
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Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
South Atlantic
North Carolina
Wilmington
N. C
Delaware
Ohio Valley
Northwest States
Dakotas
Pacific
Northwest
East Gulf
South Atlantic States
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Upper Lake Region
Lower Lake Region
N.C
Nomination of Abraham Elkus as Ambassador to Turkey
President Wilson sent to the Senate the nomination of Abraham I. Elkus to be Ambassador to Turkey succeeding Henry Morgenthau. Elkus, a prominent New Yorker, is versed in law and diplomacy. Morgenthau is identified as Jewish. Morgenthau left his post to aid Wilson’s campaign.
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Washington
Abraham I. Elkus
Turkey
Henry Morgenthau
Senate
Wilson
Elkus
Morgenthau
Tragedy in Boston Doctors Shootings a Love Triangle
In Boston two hours after Dr Celia Adams died from a narcotic overdose Dr Wilfred Harris was shot at Hotel Westminster. Dr Eldridge Atwood, Adams' fiancé, is jailed on assault with intent to murder after allegedly confessing to the shooting.
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Celia Adams
Osteopath College
The
Commercial Tribune
Boston
Mass
Brookline
Wilfred E. Harris
Massachusetts College of Osteopathy
Hotel Westminster
Back Bay
Eldridge D. Atwood
Woburn
Miss Adams
Atwood
Dr. Harris
Dr. Atwood
City Hospital
Harris
Massachusetts College
Coolidge Corner
Francis P. Adams
Commonwealth Hospital
Westminster
Winthrop
Adams
Families of Soldiers Protected by Law in Pittsburg
Pittsburg officials announce a 1915 State law shields families of soldiers in federal or state service from eviction for nonpayment while in service. Public notices state rents cannot be collected until 30 days after muster-out, with Mayor Armstrong and City Solicitor O'Brien set to enforce the provision as troops head to the front.
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Pittsburg
Joseph G. Armstrong
Charles A
O'Brien
Riot Threatens Hardin County Mining Town Rossclare
Sheriff McGinnis of Hardin County sent a telegram to Governor Dunne requesting state troops to quell violence in Rossclare amid a strike by lead miners. He described a conspiracy against lives and property, nightly shootings of deputies and citizens, and two hundred armed conspirators patrolling the town. Governor Dunne ordered state officials to Golconda to coordinate response. Rosiclare, a 700 resident hamlet on the Ohio River, lacks rail connections nearby.
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Rossclare
McGinnis
Dunne
Shand
James F. Morris
State Mining Board
Golconda
Rosiclare
Ohio River
Hardin County
Shawneetown
War Must Burn Itself Out Says Aked After Europe Trip
The Rev. Dr. Aked and Miss Emily Balch, American delegates from Wellesley College, return from Europe to urge world peace mediation. Aked warns peace in Europe before spring is unlikely, criticizing Allied gains and German terms while Balch plans August peace actions and a Christmas end to the war.
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Aeed
Europe
The
Commercial Tribune
New York
Emily Balch
Wellesley College
Henry Ford
Stockholm
Frederik VIII
Dr. Aked
France
England
Germany
von Harnacke
Delbrueck
Russia
Sweden
Aked
Whispers of Mesopotamia Campaign Flaws Aired
In the House of Commons Premier Asquith acknowledged basis for criticism of the Mesopotamian expedition after the Ctesiphon battle. He noted officials warned of differing reports on medical care, a commission examined the matter, and India’s government withheld papers to avoid aiding enemies.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Mesopotamia
Ctesiphon
John Nixon
Government of India
Dardanelles
Great Britain
Edward Carson
Castro May Land
The Immigration Bureau directed that General Cipriano Castro former President of Venezuela and Mrs Castro be allowed to enter the United States after earlier entry restrictions at New York prevented their landing.
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Washington
Immigration Bureau
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Castro
New York
United States
Floods cripple traffic across Carolinas and Virginia
Flood conditions in the Carolinas and lower Virginia kill sixteen and leave at least twelve missing. North Carolina suffers eleven deaths and major property losses including about 10 million dollars in Asheville where twenty five plants are destroyed. Rail and wire services remain disrupted as rescuers search the Catawba River incident where ten of twenty workers from a bridge collapse are rescued.
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Virginia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte
Catawba River
Southern Railway
King Alfonso urges arbitration to end Spain strike
Rapid progress is reported toward settling Spain's railway and mining strike through arbitration urged by King Alfonso. It is believed workers will return to their posts soon.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Madrid
Spain
Alfonso
Russians Halt Push Against Austro Hungarians in Bukowina
Vienna report says Russian attempts to advance against Austro Hungarians in Southwestern Bukowina have been checked. Official War Office release notes Teuton retirement southwest of Leuck due to Russians numerical superiority.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Vienna
Bukowina
War Office
Leuck
Six Dead After West Side Battle With Man and Wife
Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribune Chicago July 18 six people die and five injured after a pitched clash between fifteen policemen and a man and wife barricaded in a West Side house. Police dynamite the building to end the standoff.
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Commercial Tribune
Amsterdam
von Hindenburg
Kaiser
von Falkenhayn
The
Springfield
Columbia, S. C
Chicago
Edward Clemens
Edward Knox
Appleton
Crabtree
Lavin
McIntosh
John Bedford
Bedford
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Detroit
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Los Angeles
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Olj Post
Abraham L. Elkus
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Bob McIntosh
Steward Dean
Josephine Overmeyer
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