Italian Squadron Fled After Submarine Sinks Cruiser
From Cincinnati July 20 1915 Italian squadron attacked and forced to flee after Austrian submarine torpedoed and sank a cruiser British plans in inventions Daniels invites eight societies to select a man to aid Edison full Associated Press dispatches Date line Cincinnati Ohio weather forecast shows fair skies with moderate temperatures yesterday reaching a maximum of 89 degrees. price one cent daily.
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Associated Press
Scincinnati
Jesday
Navy plans advisory board of invention with Edison as chairman
Secretary Daniels announced sixteen American scientists will form, with Thomas A. Edison as Chairman, the Advisory Board for the proposed Bureau of Invention in the Navy Department. Two members will be selected from each of eight leading scientific societies to create a representative committee guiding naval innovation.
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Thomas A. Edison
Bureau of Invention
Navy Department
Daniels
American Chemical Society
Charles H. Herty
Chapel Hill
N. C
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Paul M. Lincoln
British invention board to aid navy led by Lord Fisher
London July 19 Lord Bryce proposed an invention board of scientific men to assist the British navy with secrecy surrounding two highly developed devices. Trials in English waters show promise of a weapon making ships immune to submarine torpedoes, with American and British scientists pushing rapid wartime innovations.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Lord Fisher
Admiralty
Lord Bryce
United States
House of Lords
William Ramsay
English
Dardanelles
Prof
Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Bell and Edison
590 Men Aboard Ill Fated Warship Torpedoed
A warship suffers a torpedo hit and sinks with 590 men aboard as it is forced to the bottom within minutes. Survivors and rescuers scramble for position as authorities assess the disaster and dispatch help.
Evacuations. War News from Warsaw and Adriatic Sea
Reports say Russians ordered a gradual evacuation of Warsaw while Italian and Austrian forces clashed off Ragusa. The Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi was torpedoed and sank south of Ragusa after engaging Austrian ships. most crew members were saved. The telegram from the Austrian incident notes the Garibaldi’s demise and crew survival.
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Morning Post
Budapest
Warsaw
Varese
Francesco Ferrucio
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Vettor Pisani
Cataro
Dalmatia
Readying Left Wing German Drive Toward Riga
London reports major eastern offensive with Von Buelow on the extreme left near Riga and Siegfried positions from Przasnysz to the Narew amid quiet on Rawka and Bzura lines. Russians face a defensive Warsaw decision as German might push Poland retreat.
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Narew
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Bzura
Warsaw
Lublin
Poland
Lille
Russia
Howling of Dogs Sparks Fatal Danville Row
In Danville Kentucky Robert Crouch aged 45 was shot and killed by Mrs. Hattie Henson aged 50 after a dispute over neighbors complaining of dogs howling. Mrs Henson, away from home, had left dogs tethered causing the disturbance and is jailed.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Robert Crouch
Danville
Hattie Henson
Robert Henson
Double murder in Berks County prison reported
Reading Pa July 19 Frank Snavely was murdered in Berks County prison by cellmate Michael Puttinger who cut his throat. Puttinger then hanged himself. On discovery both men lay dead. Neighbors failed to hear any scuffle from adjacent cells.
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Frank Snavely
Berks County
Michael Puttinger
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Warship Oklahoma Fire Mystery At Camden Yard
Smoke issued from compartment under turret No 1 on the battleship Oklahoma at the New York Shipbuilding Company yard in Camden. The compartment flooded, smoke reappeared, and the fire was finally extinguished after an hour. President S M Knox could not explain a cause.
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New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
S. M. Knox
Shipbuilding Company
Condition Of Frank Is Critical
Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribune reports Leo M. Frank remains in critical condition after a knife wound to the throat inflicted by fellow convict William Creen at the Georgia Prison Farm. Doctors warn blood poisoning is a risk as Creen cites divine motive and expresses no remorse. Creen is partly paralyzed and had studied religion recently.
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Commercial Tribune
Milledgeville
Leo M. Frank
William Creen
Georgia
G. D. Compton
Frank
Creen
Mary Phagan
Slaton
Smith
Ex-Governor Slaton Blames Criminal Mind for Attack
Former Georgia Governor John M. Slaton, en route to San Francisco, says he believes the assault on Leo M. Frank at Mil ledgeville prison came from a criminal mind spurred by newspaper reports. He adds he would not regret commuting Frank’s death sentence to life again if faced with the same evidence.
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Seattle
Wash
Leo M. Frank
Milledgeville
John M. Slaton
Georgia
San Francisco
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Mr. Slaton
Fifteen Hundred to Strike in Munitions Plant Today
Washington July 19 Samuel Gompers announced a conference with officers of the International Association of Machinists to meet in Washington to consider strike orders at the Remington Arms and Ammunition Company plant in Bridgeport Conn. A meeting at the Machinists Hall drew Iron Workers and Machinists leaders as spokesmen voiced demands to Major W G Penfield works manager of Remington. Johnston Keppler and other leaders said a settlement attempt failed and the strike may begin unless a settlement is reached tomorrow. 1,500 men involved.
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Washington
Remington Arms and Ammunition Company
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Machinists’ Union
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Remington Company
Johnston
New York
Bridgeport
Strike Looms As Bridgeport Machinists Walkout Near
J J Keppler warns Washington and Samuel Gompers ignore call for conference. Bridgeport machinists threaten a noon start to a strike against Remington Arms and subcontractors, forecasting companywide work stoppage within a week. Leaders cannot predict spread beyond New England.
Draft of German Note Prepared for Cabinet in Washington
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing prepared a draft note on submarine warfare to be sent to Germany this week. The note will reiterate the U S position from prior notes and demand assurances that American lives on lawful voyages aboard unarmed merchant ships are not endangered. The British liner Orduna case awaits official attention. Lansing may seek government aid to gather accurate details if passengers do not report.
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Washington
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Lansing
Germany
United States
White House
State Department
Orduna
Windy City Favored for G O P National Convention
Chicago is forecast as the site for the Republican National Convention after a canvass by Frederick W Upham of Illinois shows a strong majority favoring the city. Central location rail and hotel facilities help win support as the National Committee plans a December meeting to formalize choice and date.
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Chicago
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