Hale wrote speech that ended Dernburg
New details emerge in a Justice Department probe into German propaganda. Deputy state official Alfred L. Becker says Dr. William Bayard Hale, self-proclaimed head of the German information service in America, prepared and edited the 1915 Cleveland address defending the Lusitania sinking.
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Associated Press
New York
Bernhard Dernburg
Cleveland
United States
William Bayard Hale
German Information Service
America
Alfred L. Becker
Information Service
Becker
Hale
Dernburg
Attormey General
Ae Ica
We Is
Department of Justice
Edward A. Rumely
New York Evening Mail
Viereck
Attorney General
Germany
George ‘Sylvester Viereck
Fatherland
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Lewis
Berlin
Provisional Siberian Government Seizes Power in Omsk
A Reuters dispatch from Peking reports the provisional government at Omsk has assumed supreme authority in Siberia and declared independence. It annulled Bolshevik decrees, reestablished the Siberian Duma, and seeks Vladivostok approval. In Cis-Caucasia Bolshevik troops withdrew Stavropol. a volunteer army occupied the town. A Jaroslav mudstone mutiny probe led to 350 arrests and executions, largely White Guards allied with the Czechoslovaks.
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Associated Press
London
Omsk
Siberia
Reuter
Peking
Siberian
Duma
Vladivostok
Russky Goles
Kiev
Stavropol
cis-Caucasia
Jaroslav
White Guards
Battle in Aisne Marne area tests German retreat
London reporters describe the German withdrawal from the Marne pocket as British Italian and French forces press. Allied commanders weigh when to push and how American troops may shape a decisive battle north of the Marne with plans shifting toward Soissons and Rheims.
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Fogh
Washington
Aisne-Marne
Rheims
North Sea
Marne
Foch
France
Aisne- Marne
Paris
Salient
Solis Sons
Weather summary and temperatures across multiple stations
Local regions report thunder showers Saturday with fair or partly cloudy Sunday Ohio Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia showery patterns with fair Saturday and scattered showers at night Sunday Cincinnati records July 26 1918 at 7 pm 90 at noon 89 73 wind southwest and light rain across stations including Boston Kansas City Omaha New Orleans Denver Nashville San Francisco Winnipeg and St Marie with varying precipitation totals and temperatures listed for each site
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Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Boston
Kansas City
Jacksonville
Omaha
New Orleans
Denver
Nashville
San Fran’co
St. Ste. Marie
Winnipeg
Cincinnati
Ieee
S.W
Pissent Farrerature Sale Alders
Marmora Sunk by Submarine. Ten Crewmembers Missing
British armed cruiser Marmora was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. Ten crew members are missing and presumed dead. An accompanying British torpedo boat destroyer ran ashore and later sank. thirteen missing and presumed drowned. Naval records list no Marmora. the vessel may be the steamer Mis or Peninsula and Oriental Ship, 10,509 tons, built Belfast 1903, 530 feet long, beam 60 feet.
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Associated Press
London
Admiralty
Marmora
Peninsular and Oriental Ste Navigation Company
Mar
Belfast
Excess profits tax plan advances from House committee
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a graduated excess profits tax of 30 to 80 percent on net income over exemptions, with a $2,000 base and 100 percent on invested capital. The tax would apply to corporations. individuals remain under income and surtax provisions. Adjournment follows, with luxuries tax to be considered Monday.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Committee
Twenty One Indicted in Beef Fraud Scheme
Twenty one individuals including butchers purchasing agents government checkers and truck drivers were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in New York on conspiring to embezzle and dispose of beef consigned to the U S Army. Indictments cover acts from April 29 to May 24 with bail set from 1000 to 10000.
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Associated Press
New York
Federal Grand Jury
United States Army
United States
E. Paul Vaselli
Vaselli
U-Boat as Single Weapon Is Done Says Roosevelt
London July 26 Franklin D Roosevelt Assistant Secretary of the American Navy and Sir Eric Geddes returned from inspection of Irish naval establishments under Admiral Sir Lewis Bayley. Roosevelt praised frictionless unity and single command as ensuring victory. Antisubmarine measures have become a science and the submarine threat to Europe’s food supply and troop arrivals is deemed mastered. We are bound to lose ships as long.
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Associated Press
London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eric Geddes
Ireland
Lewis Bayley
Roosevelt
United States
Grand Fleet
Europe
Rumania Placed Under Martial Law Report
A dispatch from Amsterdam cites the Weser Zeitung that the King of Rumania has ordered martial law across all Rumanian territory. Berlin officials reportedly offered no clarification on the measure's significance and could not vouch for it.
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Associated Press
London
Exchange
Amsterdam
Weser Zeitung
Bremen
Bucharest
Rumania
Berlin
Frankfurter Denies Mooney Guilt Opinion Claim
Felix Frankfurter, chair of the War Labor Policies Board, telegraphed Governor Stephens denying an affidavit claim that he expressed belief Mooney was guilty of the San Francisco preparedness day bombing. He said he never had an opinion on Mooney's guilt or innocence and that the Mediation Commission's task was to investigate, not judge guilt.
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Associated Press
Washington
Felix Frankfurter
War Labor Policies Board
Stephens
California
Wilson
Mediation Commission
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Fickert
Mooney
War bonus refused by War Labor Board panel
Washington July 26 A panel of the War Labor Board ruled that paper mill workers are not entitled to a 10 percent bonus granted by International Paper Company before the wage award took effect. The bonus is considered a voluntary contribution by employers and not part of the official wage award.
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Associated Press
Washington
International Paper Company
War Labor Board
T. N. Guerin
C. A. Crocker
Mr. Crocker
Mr. Guerin
Whip Hand Shaken as Labor Strike Hits War Policy
London July 26 Premier Lloyd George announced that men will be deemed to have left the munitions industries if absent from work on or after Monday. Protection certificates will end and they become liable to the military service act. The government criticized workers who quit in defiance of leaders and warned of penalties for striking while others face danger in combat.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
Tate
Labour Conference Votes to Strike If Embargo Stays
The Leeds meeting of 800000 workers voted to cease work next Tuesday if the government keeps the skilled workers embargo. The action defies the government’s plan to revoke exemption certificates from military duty, prompting concern and hopes for a settlement before Tuesday.
American Officers Die on Aisne Marne Front
In July 1918 near Missy au Bois soldiers and officers die in action. Colonel Hamilton Smith Lt Col Clark Elliott Major J M McCloud and others fall to machine gun fire and shelling while leading American troops in the Soissons area. Burials occur at a wheatfield crossroads near Missy au Bois and at Orryla.
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Associated Press
Aisne-Marne
Hamilton Smith
Smith
Soissons
Missy-au-Bois
Clark Elliott
J. M. McCloud
Soissons-Arras Road
McCloud
James CC. Lodar
James A. Edgerton
Julius A. Mood
Alfred R. Hamel
James N. C. Richard
James H. Holmes
Lodar
Captain Holmes
Colonel Smith
Orryla
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Dernberg
Gouraud
March
Congress
Picardy
Flanders
Aisne
Alomar
Frankfurter
Thomas Mooney
Paper Mills
War Board
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