Deutschland Cleared to Sail as German Submarine Seeks German Ports
A German submarine liner commanded by Captain Paul Koenig received clearance to depart Bremen or any German port. The Deutschland may slip into Chesapeake Bay tonight heading for the three mile limit, then the open sea, with secrecy guarding its plans. The ship alternated between testing engines and submerged runs as officials and the German Consul offered limited explanations.
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Baltimore
Paul Koenig
Bremen
Germany
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia Capes
Koenig
Custom House
Maryland ‘Pilots’ Association
Port Ryan
Treasury Department
Washington
Thomas F. Timmins
Capes
Carl A. Luederitz
Deutschland
Russians Claim Erzigan as Big German Stronghold
In Pozieres the Russians say Erzigan is now in foe hands. German stronghold reportedly conceded by Berlin to the enemy, signaling a shift in control.
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Pozieres
Erzingan
Berlin
British seize Pozieres after 72 hours of siege on Somme front
After seventy two hours of savage fighting the British occupy all of Pozieres on the Somme. The German army concedes the loss in a Berlin statement while the War Office confirms the complete capture and captures a handful of officers.
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London
Pozieres
Somme
Berlin
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War Office
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Albert-Bapaume
Thiepval- Longueval
Pogieres
Territorials
Foreaux Wood
Longueval
Trones Wood
Heat Reaping Victims From July Widespread Heat Wave
Officials report a string of heat related deaths across the We and Middle West with many victims found unconscious and hospitalized. Meteorologists warn of continuing high temperatures and dangerous heat index values.
Heat wave scorches central plains and Midwest states
Special Dispatch reports extreme heat across the West and Middle West with rising temperatures and widespread crop distress. Chicago cooled slightly but thirteen prostrations were noted and Health Commissioner Robertson linked twenty three infant deaths to the heat. Springfield hit 100 degrees while Ottumwa and Davenport in Iowa reached over 102 degrees, marking the hottest spell in fifteen years.
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West
Middle West
Omaha
John Dill Robertson
Lake Cities
Mississippi Valley
Springfield
Ottumwa
Burlington
Davenport
Bank Robbers Lock Cashier In Cage In Indianapolis
Two daring automobile bandits entered the East Tenth Street State Bank during lunch in Indianapolis and beat cashier Harvey Tillman, locking him in the cage. They escaped with $2,000 as police pursued them. Tillman, alone in the bank, freed himself shortly after and notified authorities.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
East Tenth Street State Bank
Harvey Tillman
Tillman
Flood Devastates Eastern North Carolina Farmlands
New Bern NC July 26 A flood robs crops as bridges are washed away and highways ruined. Lowlands flood numerous streams burst banks and several communities, especially Carteret and Craven counties, are cut off. Weather and rescue efforts praised as damage mounts.
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N. C
North Carolina
Carteret County
Craven County
Weather summary for eastern United States and regions
The report notes continued warm weather across Ohio Tennessee Kentucky West Virginia Indiana and eastern slopes of the Rockies with 90 to 102 degree highs. Grand Haven Michigan reached 94 degrees the warmest on record there. Showers were widespread in the Atlantic Gulf coast north lake region and Rocky Mountain area while most other regions remained fair. Winds vary by region with southeast to south winds and showers in many areas and a general trend of fair but hot conditions east of the Mississippi through Friday. Temperature highs and precipitation are listed for multiple stations.
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Tennessee
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Rocky Mountains
Plains
Great Central Valleys
Grand Haven
Mich
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Atlantic States
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Atlantic
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North Lake Region
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Idaho
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Upper Lakes
Superior
Neutrality patrol off Cape Henry ordered by Navy
Washington reports that after a mysterious ship claimed to be a British cruiser entered Chesapeake Bay, the Navy ordered the armored cruiser North Carolina and three destroyers to neutrality duty off Cape Henry. Officials kept instructions secret while ensuring the German submarine Deutschland remains unmolested within the three mile limit.
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Louisiana
Chesapeake Bay
Navy Department
North Carolina
Cape Henry
Germany
Columbus Votes on Time Zone Change Referendum
Up to noon today 392 Chamber of Commerce members in Columbus Ohio voted on shifting from Central to Eastern time. Of those voting 169 opposed and 222 supported the proposition, with one reply reading I dont care. This marked the final day for receipt of ballots.
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Columbus
Chamber of Commerce
Dozen Mexicans Die in Mexico Train Wreck
Twelve killed and twenty two injured when a northbound National lines train derailed on bad track near Morales Mexico forty miles north of Monterey. News of the wreck reached Laredo today.
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Tex
Morales
Mexico
Monterey
Yester Ay
Germans claim British dreadnought torpedoed near Orkneys
The German Admiralty announced a July 20 torpedo hit on a British dreadnought off the Scottish coast. London denied the claim, saying only an auxiliary vessel was attacked and not hit. North Sea activity was noted with no confirmed engagements.
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Orkney Islands
Scotland
Principal witness in Gotham scandal shoots self
Detective John J. Kennel, oldest wire tapping squad member, shot himself while sought as a witness in the John Doe inquiry into the wire tapping scandal before Justice Greenbaum. A 24 year veteran, he had listened in on telephones tied to church and charity investigations.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
John J. Kennel
John Doe
Justice Greenbaum
Kennetl
J. J. Dunn
William J. Farrel
Co. D. Potter
Robert W. Hebberd
Strong Committee
Kennel
W. Kennel
Patriotism Led Moonshiner Hartman to Scouts Role
Guy Hartman, sought in Ft. Smith bonds for alleged whisky frauds, confessed identity in Columbus N M and offered to surrender for trial. He said patriotism drove him to join General Pershing as a scout in Mexico, and he recounted fleeing to Juarez, hiding in the mountains, then volunteering for the American expeditionary force. He was taken to Columbus for treatment after illness.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
N. M
Guy Hartman
Ft. Smith
Ark
Mexico
General Pershing
Guy Johnson
Army
Louis J. van Schack
Army Intelligence Bureau
Sal
Hartman
Juarez
Ing
Temosachic
Chihuahua
Acklen Ranch
Villistas
Fight for possession of hospital babe in Chicago
Hearing on a habeas corpus petition to claim ownership of "Baby Ireane" began in the U S District Court as Miss Margaret Ryan contends the child born in Miseracordia Hospital Ottawa was promised to Mrs. Anna Collie Ledgerwood Matters for adoption. Sister St Celestine testified that plans in 1915 showed the child would be hers and a child born to Ryan given to Matters. Ryan believed her child died for a long time.
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Chicago
Margaret Ryan
Anna Collie Ledgerwood
Ireane
United States District Court
St. Celestine
Miseracordia Hospital
Ottawa
Ont
Judge Gardner’s Disbarment Case Ends in Tragedy
Probate Judge Henry M. Gardner, key witness in Lansing to disbar attorney James H. Thompson over inheritance tax irregularities, jumped into the Grand River and died. He had been missing while testifying and his death appears linked to heat and stress from the proceeding.
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Lansing
Mich
Henry M. Gardner
James H. Thompson
Grand River
Gardner
Thompson
Trooper Joins Command After Riding Freight Lines East
Sergeant R. W. Springer of Alliance joined Company K, Eighth Regiment in Columbus, Ohio, after riding freight trains from the Pacific coast to answer the militia call. He rode without money, endured being tossed from cars, and was commended by Colonel Vollrath for his commitment to the unit.
Former Indiana Senator Killed In Car Collision
In Tipton Indiana on July 26 former State Senator Every Mock and his sister in law Mrs Ella Mock were killed when their car struck an interurban at a road crossing. Mel Mock husband of Mrs Mock was probably fatally injured.
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Commercial Tribune
Tipton
Ind
Every Mock
Ella Mock
Mel Mock
Mock
Quadruplets Born to Tulsa Farmer and Wife
In Tulsa Oklahoma on July 26, Mrs Odie Harvey wife of Henry Harvey a farmer near the city gave birth to quadruplets three girls and one boy weighing six to eight pounds each. The Harveys now have fifteen children in the home and Mrs Harvey is 37 years old.
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Odie Harvey
Henry
Harvey
Britain US trade blacklist sparks Tall disagreement
Washington reports a sharp split between the British Foreign Office and Ambassador Page over the blacklist of American firms. Page says Britain blocks his inquiries and withholds the full report on mail detentions while Polk briefs Wilson on the case and prepares a principled note to London.
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Ambassador Page
State Department
Sharp
Paris
Great Britain
London
Polk
Wilson
Cecil Spring-Rice
United States
Norse Protest Against British Blacklist
Verdens Gang in Christiana reports via Overseas News Agency that Norway protests a new British blacklist edition. The list reportedly includes Norway’s largest bank among those blacklisted.
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Verdens Gang
Christiania
Overseas
All Manhattan Surface Lines May Be Tied Up by Car Strike
Ed ward A. Maher warns a city wide surface line shutdown could follow if police fail to curb the motorman and conductor strike. In the Bronx and Westchester, strikers threaten violence as crews vow to begin service at 4 am with police protection sought. Three rioters arrested after a car attack in the Bronx.
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New York
Edward A. Maher
Union Railroad
Copany
West Chester County
Bronx
Maher
Mr. Maher
Westchester
Brooklyn
Third Avenue
Greater New York
William B. Fitzgerald
Car Men’s Union
Cole's New Post Named Director of Speakers Bureau
Ralph D. Cole of Findlay Ohio was appointed director of the speakers bureau for the Republican National Committee announced by Chairman William R. Willcox. Cole previously served as counsel to the Comptroller of the Currency during the Taft administration.
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New York
Ralph D. Cole
Findlay, C
Republican National Committee
William R. Willcox
Cole
Taft
Fortresses in Armenia Recovered from Ottoman Forces
Four major fortresses in Armenia have been wrested from Turkish control as regional forces advance. Strategic positions near key trade routes shift balance in the frontier engagement, with local commanders declaring staged gains and planning further advances.
Erzingan Falls to Russian Forces in Armenia
The Russian War Office announced the capture of Erzingan, a major Turkish stronghold in Armenia, after two weeks of hard blows by Grand Duke Nicholas’s army. Northern and Central Armenia’s four main fortresses, including Koerserum Trebizond Balburt Erzingan, are now Russian held. Two Russian armies pressed from the northeast and the Euphrates Valley. Turkish resistance collapsed and evacuees swelled the town’s 23,000 population.
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Nicholas
Armenia
Koerserum
Trebizond
Balburt
Euphrates Valley
Erzerum
Victory Will Be Ours Declares Lord Derby
Lord Derby, former Recruiting Director and new Under Secretary of War, told American correspondents Britain is united and determined to destroy Germany's world dominance. He stressed pushing victory to bar future German aggression and to keep the United States with Britain beyond this war, aiming for Berlin.
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Great Britain
Lord Derby
Germany
Lloyd George
United States
Berlin
Attacking Russians Suffer Severe Losses, Berlin Report
Berlin reports heavy losses for the Russians in Baranovichi region as three divisions fail to break German lines. German airmen disrupt Dvinsk Plock transport, forcing enemy trains to halt, with successes against Pogorielzy and Horodzizja railway stations.
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Baranovichi
War Office
Dvinsk- Plock
Minsk
Prince Leopold
Gorodische
Baronviche
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Horodzizja
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