Low Girth Rate in Germany
Washington reports a drop in birth rates in the central powers based on Dr. Raymond Pearl’s analysis. He notes 1917 declines of 48 percent in Germany and 54 percent in Hungary, with England and France down 24 percent, suggesting morale and war duration pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Hungary
England
France
British Isles
Dr. Pearl
Austria-Hungary
Social Democrats
Russia
Europe
Junkers
Julius Kahn Named Republican Leader of Congressional Committee
Washington July 25 Julius Kahn of California will lead the Republican Congressional Committee replacing Frank Woods of Iowa who was defeated for renomination. Kahn, born in Germany in 1861, has supported war preparedness and the administration's policy. Woods plans retirement. Kahn may become acting or full chairman, with friction avoided by swift transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Puceee
Germany
Chairman Woods
Republican Committee
Woods
Committee On
Kahn
Kuppenheim
Grand Duchy of Baden
California
Kahnman
France
Longworth
Foch Master of Situation Signals British Pressure Relief
Paris dispatch quotes Journal correspondent describing Foch as master of the situation. He notes British troops may delay attacks to relieve French pressure and mentions German reserves and potential moves along the Flanders coast. The observer urges patience, predicting a great time ahead for the allied armies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Journal
Foch
Flanders
More Hospitals Sought for Tubercular Patients
New York reports a pressing need to boost hospital facilities for tuberculosis patients totaling over one million in the United States. The National Tuberculosis Association says costs would be minimized during the war and that it is coordinating with the Capital Issues Committee of the Federal Reserve Board to ease approvals for new hospital buildings and related structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
United States
National Tuberculosis Association
Wth
Capital Issues Committee
Federal Reserve Board
Urbana Woman Held for Murder of Her Employer
Urbana Ohio July 25 Mrs Ota Barger 39 was arrested on first degree murder charges in the death of her employer John Blose after he died from a bullet wound and severed spinal cord at Mt Carmel Hospital Columbus A two year house keeper with a past shooting suspicions and two children ages 10 and 12 born to a Urbana physician shows motive and ties to the case
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Urbana
Ota Barger
John Blose
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Blose
Berlin Faces Bold Wave of Horse Theft Epidemic
Amsterdam July 25 German newspapers report a wave of horse theft in Berlin with $25,000 worth stolen in one week. Many horses disappear in daylight and are sold in the provinces or used for clandestine butchering in Berlin. A pair of fine race horses vanished during a race meeting at the Grunewald course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Amsterdam
Match
Berlin
Grunewald Course
First Pension Granted for Civilian Lighthouse Staff
Washington July 25 The lighthouse bill approved by President Wilson introduces a retirement system for civilian employees optional at 65 after 30 years service and compulsory at 70. Pensions equal one fortieth of the last five years average pay, times years in lighthouse or similar retirement branches, not exceeding thirty fortieths of the annual average. Only field service and vessel staff are covered, with other offices excluded. The average pay cap rises to 840 from 600 and district superintendents to 3000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Coast Guard
London tram drivers offered bonus for saving electricity
London officials unveil a scheme to reward tramway car motormen with a 50 percent bonus equal to the value of electricity they save through economical power use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
London County Council
Bellevue artist shot during burglary at his home
Two unidentified men forced entry at 129 Ward Avenue Bellevue Kentucky shortly after 1 am and shot artist Scott Herfurth seriously wounding him. He was taken to Speers Hospital as local police bands searched for the robbers with a river crossing likely and suspects fled toward Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Herfurth
Ward Avenue
Bellevue
Herfurth
Speers Hospital
Dayton
Newport
Ohio River
Kentucky
Ohio
Telegram questions emperor on casualties in imperial family
In Geneva on July 25 Pastor Dryander of Friedensruf Zurich asks Emperor William II how many sons were lost wounded or mutilated. The telegram demands an immediate explanation if there were any casualties in the imperial family. No reply has been received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Geneva
Pastor Dryander
Friedensruf
Peace Call
Zurich
William
Melville E. Stone Dined by British Leaders at Ritz
London hosts a banquet at the Ritz Hotel in honor of Melville E. Stone General Manager of the Associated Press. Attending are Sir Robert L. Borden Canadian Premier Sir George H. Perley Canadian High Commissioner and Vice Admiral William Sims US Navy. Baron Beaverbrook and Lord Northcliffe sent apologies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Burnham
Ritz Hotel
Press of Great Britain
Melville E. Stone
Associated Press
Robert L. Borden
George H. Perley
William 8. Sims
United States Navy
Baron Beaverbrook
Duchy of Lancaster
Propaganda Department
Lord Northcliffe
Keeley Named Public Information Representative
James Keeley former editor of The Chicago Herald is appointed by Chairman George Creel as a special representative of the Committee on Public Information. He will have offices in London and Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James Keeley
The
Chicago Herald
Committee On Public Information
George Creel
Keeley
London
Paris
WIFE MURDERER SURRENDERS IN MISSISSIPPI
J. H. Horn, a Newton County farmer, who drowned his wife by holding her head in muddy water, surrendered last night after a posse closed in. He was jailed at Decatur as authorities prepared to transfer him to the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
J. H. Horn
Newton County
Decatur
Stars and Stripes to suspend sports page amid war news
Paris July 25 The Stars and Stripes announces it will abandon its sporting page until an allied victory brings peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
the Stars and Stripes
American Soldier
War Board to Deal With Paper Workers
The War Labor Board referred the dispute between International Paper Co and about 4,000 mill workers in New York New Hampshire and Maine to a section led by C A Crocker and T M Guerin. The board may reopen hearings but no rehearing while workers remain on strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Hampshire
Maine
War Labor Board
C. A. Crocker
T. M. Guerin
Pesident Taft
War Department awards commissions to Ohio and Indiana officers
The War Department issued commissions to numerous officers in Ohio and Indiana. Names include Donald MacGregor from New Philadelphia as Captain in the Signal Corps, and Archibald W. Nance of Warren as Second Lieutenant in the Dental Corps, among others across Medical Reserve, Quartermaster, Ordnance, Air Services, and Engineer units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Donald MacGregor
New Philadelphia
Signal Corps
Albert Hiram Herr
L'ma
George Hoff Irvin
Orrville
Edwin Andrew Murbach
Archbold
Medical Reserve Corps
John Frederick Beerman
Toledo
Hudson DeMott Fowler
Cleveland
Willam Roy Keller
Canal Dover
George Andrew Miler
Hudson
Francis McLeish Stratton
Pioneer
Homer Bailey van Hyning
Lakewood
Arnold Edward Beckett
Canton
Dental Corps
Archibald W. Nance
Warren
Ordnance Corps
Ayman Spitzer
Yroledo
Quartermaster Corps
Gilbert H. Carmack
Harman Building
Columbus
William’ John Harbaugh
David Walter Lewis
Crown Avenue
Norwood
Howard W. Nation
Eaton
James Patrick O'Neill
Richard
Benjamin Dwight Spofford
Dayton
Air Services
Frank E. Huston
Paulding
Sanitary Corps
Indiana
Frank S. Crockett
Lafayette
Ailus Eastman Jones
Clayton
Ralph V. Murray
Zanesville
Ernest Roy Sisson
Greenfield
Harry Lee Bell
Knox
Oliver Augustus Byers
Petersburg
Douglas Hart
Montgomery
Marvin Alford McLowell
Peru
Aubrey Carrington Pebworth
Indianapolis
James Clayton Stafford
Plainfield
Leon R. MacKenzie
Julian G. Cates
Richmond
George Abel Caine
Engineer Corps
Sixteen Gun Plants Ready for Action
Washington July 25 The army Ordnance Department announced that fifteen of sixteen government gun plants for cannon forging and machining are complete with the sixteenth 85 percent done. All plants now produce cannon or forgings for mobile artillery from 1 1/2 inch to 10 inches, with five plants fully operable and five more at 90 percent or higher. only two lag at 65 percent, including the $9 million Watervliet New York project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Army Ordnance Department
Watervliet
N. Y
Patriotic Week Opens With Zoo Logical Gardens Chautauqua
July 29 starts Patriotic Week with a chautauqua at the Zoo logical Gardens. Each night for fifteen minutes prominent speakers address the gathering. Scheduled speakers include Richard Crane Dr J J MacWeis and J G Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoological Gardens
Richard Crane
J. J. MacWeis
J. G. Stewart
Older priests in Wexford denounce Sinn Fein mobs
In County Wexford a group of olderIrish priests led by Very Rev Canon Walsh condemned Sinn Fein for alleged criminal lunacy. He warned Irish independence would bring coercion and martial law unless Sinn Fein was banished. Resolutions condemned a German atrocity against Galway fishermen and denounced the Gaelic League as a Sinn Fein feeder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dublin
County Wexford
Sinn
Canon Walsh
England
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Galway
Gaelic League
Charles Case elected Building Trades head in Cincinnati
Charles Case, lathers Local Union organizer, won the presidency of the Buildings Trades Council in Cincinnati, defeating incumbent Philip Fischer at Ratterman Hall. The new officers include Henry Cordes as vice president and Joseph Cullen as business agent, with Case pledging a square deal and efforts to avoid strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Case
Lathers
The
Buildings Trades Council
Philip Fischer
Ratterman Hall
Fisher
Case
Cincinnati
Henry Cordes
Joseph Cullen
Joseph Nolte
Philip Gasdorf
Harry J. Dorsey
Guy Hecker
T. R. Jones
James McHale
George Koch
Mr. Case
Building Trades Council of Cincinnati
Lush Family Joins Engineers Corps in Omaha
W. J. Lush and his son William of Greeley Nebraska halted in Cincinnati Thursday en route East after enlisting in the engineers corps at Omaha July 9. The son is 16 and the father 40. They were carpenters in Greeley where the elder Lush supported a large family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Lush
William
Greeley
Neb
Cincinnati
Engineers’ Corps
Omaha
Lush
Grampke Urged to Call on Spinney Friday
First baseman Grampke of the Lockland Club is asked to call up John Spinney anytime Friday. Spinney is reported to have a good proposition for the player.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grampke
Lockland Club
John Spinney
John
Hog Island Shipyard Prepares Red Jacket Launch
Steel is arriving at Hog Island in quantity as the Amer ican International Corporation reports. The Red Jacket, an 8,000 ton freighter, is slated for launch on August 4 as Hog Island moves toward fitting out two more similar ships and then increasing hull production to two complete ships weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Government
Hog Island
H. W. Blood
American International Corporation
Red Jacket
Franco American troops push on German lines near Marne
Reports describe Franco-British advances along a sixty mile front with German positions yielding at Dormans and Jaulgonne. German withdrawals continue south of the Ourcq while Pershing’s losses remain unreported, Baker noting U S troops as cannon fodder claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fere-en-Tardenois
Dormans
Marne
Uureg Lien
Foch
Soissons
Baker
Pershing
Mansfield Telephone seeks to buy Bell property in Columbus
The Mansfield Telephone Company asked the State Public Utilities Commission for authority to purchase Bell Telephone Company property in Columbus. The price is undecided. The commission ordered an inventory of the property to be made and filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Columbus, CO
The
Mansfield Telephone Company
State Public Utilities Commission
Bell Telephone Company
Visitors from far cities at Grain and Hay Exchange
E T Williams of Sanders Kentucky Charles H Granger Mansfield Ohio J W Thesen Rockford Ohio Erwin Kent Ashtabula Ohio James Sargent Kansas City and Wilbur Weldon Charleston West Virginia visited the Grain and Hay Exchange Thursday John Rahn president of Rahn Salmon Company who has been in Toledo and on the Great Lakes is expected back at his desk Monday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Williams
Sanders
Charles H.: Granger
Mansfield
J. W. Thesen
Rockford
Erwin Kent
Ashtabula
James Sargent
Kansas City
Wilbur Weldon
Charleston
W. Va
John Rahn
The
Rahn- Salmon Company
Toledo
Great Lakes
Accidents and Fine in Covington District
William Fisher 38 of Covington injured when a basement brace failed causing floor collapse at 28 Walnut. He is at General Hospital with a broken rib and multiple cuts. Leon Godewis 2, a window washer, fell from fifth floor near Third and Plum, suffering a broken arm and possible internal injuries. He is at General Hospital. Paul Chatman, negro, at Sixth and Smith, fined $100 plus costs in Municipal Court after admitting theft of three gallons of whisky from a nearby saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William. Fisher
Madison Avenue
Covington
Walnut Street
General Hospital
Leon Godewis
Southside Avenue
Third
Plum Streets
Paul Chatman
Sixth
Smith Streets
Chatman
Patriotic Doings Organize Nurses Drive in Cincinnati
A committee meeting at the Gibson Friday plans a drive in Cincinnati for 2230 student nurses from the area. Red Cross and Women's Council of National Defense committees will cooperate in the effort. John W. Mandre becomes assistant manager of the Civilian Personnel Section in the Ordnance Department, taking over from Isadore Rauh. American Cadets visited Station B at Ninth Street Baptist Church on East Third and Collard streets for a patriotic program arranged by Superintendent N. W. Hendrix and Stanley Hassan for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson
Cincinnati
Red Cross
Women’s Council of National Defense
John W. Mandre
Ordnance Department
Isadore Rauh
Ninth Street Baptist’ Church
East Third and
Collard Streets
N. W. Hendrix
Stanley Hassan
River Trade Weather And River Conditions
Davis Island dam stands at 2 feet and steady. Wheeling reports the river at 3 feet and rising with rain. Forecasts note conditions varying with station and precipitation along the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Davis Island
Wheeling
Loyal Men of America Dedicate Service Flag in Cincinnati
Mayor John Galvin delivered the patriotic address at Memorial Hall as Loyal Men of America dedicated a service flag with seventy two blue stars and one gold star. Leaders included H. R. Probasco, Rev. Walter D. Harrell, and National President Charles W. Rattermann. The ceremony featured speeches, a flag presentation by George S. Breiel, and a patriotic musical program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Galvin
Cincinnati Council
Loyal Men of America
Memorial Hall
H. R. Probasco
Walter D. Harrell
Poplar Street
Presbyterian Church
Charles W. Rattermann
Fred L. Hoffman
John F. Hickey
Holy Name
E. T. Dixon
George S. Breiel
Renear
E. T. Rockwell
Smitties Harp Orchestra
Dorothy Rattermann
William
Shootout at Budd Street Grocery Burglary Interruption
Mary Kreser screamed on the second floor when an unidentified man tried to break into John Ewald's grocery at 1119 Budd Street early Thursday. The intruder fired a shot that narrowly missed her and fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ewald
Budd Street
Mary Kreser
Births Recorded In City Names Yet To Be Confirmed
Birth notices list multiple pairs and locations including Hoffman Joseph and Matild street, Gramke Edward and Blanc on 5 avenue, Grane Lake Lawrence and Ruth at 3023 Temple Avenue, Senna Brater Carl and Frances at 3235 Avenue, Roche Joseph and Adele at 966 Windsor Street, Millenor Warren and Marie on 1 Street, Goldenberg Howard and Ethel on Oakley, Winston and Selma on 290 Avenue, Wagner Walter and Gertrude, Manderscheidt Jacob and Marie at 245 Aveits Street, Beek Dragan Frank and Agnes at 1673 Westwood Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman
Joseph
Matild
Howard Gramke
Edward and
Blanc
Lawrence
Ruth
Temple Avenue
Senna Brater
Carl
Frances
Ces Roche
Adele
Windsor Street
Millenor
Warren
Marie
Freagee Goldenberg
Howard
Ethel
Oakley
Winston
Selma
Avenue
Ener Wagner
Walter and
Gertrude
Norwood
Dane Manderscheidt
Jacob and
Aeaits Street
Beek- Dragan
Frank and
Agnes
Westwood Avenue
Fragmented Readers Pairings From Street Directory
Damaged OCR text lists multiple couple style pairs with street addresses across varied locales. Names include Motimarie Calvis with Dollie, Monahan Martin with Marguerite, Emmett Thomas with Emma, Kussman Jacob with Ro, Taylor John with Elizabeth, and Beitbach Harry S with Bertha. Addresses cited include 1032 Oehier Street, 1063 Kossuth Street, Glenmore Avenue, 107 Valencia Street, 1628 Race Street, Union Kentucky, 3997 Buschwood, 209 Crescent, Silverton, and Spriz William Mary Pleasant. The fragmentary text appears to be a directory or notices page with paired names and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motimarie
Calvis and Dollie
Oehier Stree Civett
Michael and
Irene
Kossuth Street
Monahan
Martin and
Marguerite
Glenmore Avenue
Emmett
Thomas
Emma
Valencia Street
Kussman
Jacob and
Race Street
Readington Taylor
John and Elizabeth
Union
Epscein
Harold and
Lillian
Buschwood Avenue
Ras and
Flora
Crescent
Camp Sherman Shaves Timed With Barber Starr Dismissal
Officers at Camp Sherman line up for morning shave as sixty barbers quit over pay split. Navy style emergency barbers from corps and civilian volunteers fill chairs by noon. Medical officers reassigned: Captain Charles E. Sharp, Captain William R. Fletcher Joliet MI, Captain Robert H. Birch, Captain William S. Ryan Chicago, Lieutenant Walter T. Houghland Ft. Riley Kan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sherman
Chillicothe
Camp Exchange
Uncle Sam
Charles E. Sharp
William R. Fletcher
Joliet
Robert H. Birch
William S. Ryan
Chicago
Walter T. Houghland
Ft. Riley
Kan
Local car dealers report sales of Reos and Stanley Steamers
Richard Herold of Herold Motor Car Company shows a strong supply of Reos to local buyers. P C Bertram will unload four Stanley Steamers for Cincinnati customers. C. E. Patton plans to bring three Indiana trucks from the factory. The used car market in Cincinnati remains brisk for small cars while demand for large cars stays quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Herold
Herold Motor Car Company
Reo
Herold
O. B.kibby
Rea
P. c. Bertram
Stanley
Cincinnati
Bertram
C.E. Patton
Indiana
Thirteenth Ward Republican Club Endorses Ford Bader Ticket
A special meeting last night endorsed the full ticket and urged support for Ford Bader for Sheriff. Froome Morris presided as Judges John A. Caldwell Fred Hoffman and Ferd Bader spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirteenth Ward
Republican Club
Ford Bader
Froome Morris
John A. Caldwell
Fred Hoffman
Ferd Bader
Plumbers Union Elects Delegates for Chicago Convention
At Ratterman Hall the Plumbers' Lewis Union elected Jerry Doud and Edward O'Conner as delegates to the International Sanitary Inspectors' convention in Chicago set for early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plumbers’ Lewis Union
Ratterman Hall
Jerry Doud
Edward O'Conner
Sanitary Inspectors
Chicago
Seaboard Airline Sets Warfield as President Chief
New York July 25 Seaboard Airline Railway directors merged the offices of President and Chairman. S Davies Warfield of Bal oes was elected to the residency with Martin J Caples, formerly of Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, named Vice President in charge of operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Seaboard Airline Railway
S. Davies Warfield
Baloes
Martin J. Caples
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Justiceia Sunk off Ireland by German Submarine
London July 25 The White Star liner Justicia sunk off the north coast of Ireland by German submarines. Fifteen engine room staff are missing after the first explosion but the remaining officers and crew were saved. The submarine said to have been sunk earlier by Maine was one of those attempting to attack the Justicia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
White Star
Justicia
Ireland
British Admiralty
Admiralty
Maine
Te D-Asticia
Local Actions Reported Between Soissons and Rheims
The evening dispatch from Berlin via London notes vigorous local actions between Soissons and Rheims, reflecting ongoing German general headquarters reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soissons
Rheims
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Juli Kahn
Britain
International Paper Company
National Advisory Committee
Press Association
Wolverhampton
Churchill
Munitions
Lloyd George
Coventry
Sam
Building Trades
Chemin Les Dames
Jaulgonne
Ourcq
Aisne
U. S
Franklin
Greensboro
Parkersburg
Ivanhoe
Radford
Hinton
Kanawha Falls
W. Vaads
Pt. Pleasant
W.va
Huntington
Williamson
Jo Ae Pikeville
Kes
Ashland
Portsmouth
O. Ee
Maysville
Louisville
Dam
Evansville
Sweettee
Nashville
Tenn
Chattanooga
Johnsonville
Peaucan
Cairo
Girts
Republican Club Meeting
Seaboard Airline
Warfield
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