Congress Edges Toward Agreement on Sixty Six Vessels Plan
Washington debate centers on the army and naval provisions as conferees near a complete agreement. The administration pushes to secure a sixty six ship program for 1917 with eight capital ships, while the House resists. secretary officials plan to press for swift compromise.
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Senate
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Heat Stroke Report From Dongola Hospital Ship Voyage
The Dongola arrives at Bombay Bay from Basra serving as a hospital ship and reports 130 heat stroke cases during the voyage.
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Gea
London
Peninsular & Oriental
Bom
Bay
Basra
Asiatic
Turkey
French Corporal Decorated for Capturing 100 Germans
Paris reports Corporal Gouteaubier of the French light infantry received a military cross from President Poincare for taking 100 German soldiers, including two officers, with only one companion.
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Paris
Gouteaubier
French Light Infantry
Poincare
General Mangin Leads French Front at Verdun Battle
General Mangin directs French army operations on Verdun front and is hailed in France as the Hero of the Marne for his energy aiding a counter attack that held the line against German advances. Will Towrey, a Black man, surrenders after eluding a mob in Tulsa. He and Cecil Towery were accused of murdering oilman Charles Vaughn. In Tokio, Vice Admiral Hikonoro Kamimura of the Japanese navy dies at 67, a leading officer.
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France
Marne
Tulsa
Okla
Will Towrey
Cecil
Charles Vaughn
Tokio
Hikonoro Kamimura
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Rich Man's Daughter Becomes Visitant Nun
Doris Dean, youngest daughter of Richmond Dean of Chicago and vice president of Pullman, entered the convent as a Visitant nun in St. Louis.
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Doris Dean
Richmond Dean
Chicago
Pullman Company
Women Arrive Homeward Under Safe Conduct
Twenty German women and children, bound for Germany from Tsing-Tau China, sailed Thursday aboard the Scandinavian-America line steamship United States, under safe conduct.
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Tsing-Tau
China
Germany
Scandinavian-America Line
United States
Lumberman Plunges to Death from Fifteenth Floor Window
St Louis agent for lumber firms George Kimball Gmth fell or jumped from a fifteen story window in the Boatmen's building. He landed on the roof of a seven story annex. Death was instantaneous.
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St. Louis
George Kimball Gmth
Will Be Deported From Mexico
H A Dunn an American employee of the Mexico City Street Railway and Light company is released from a Mexican jail but will be deported for allegedly selling dynamite to Zapata bandits.
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Washington
H. A. Dunn
Mexico City Street Railway & Light Company
Outlaws Camp Under Mariano Tames Near Rio Grande
About 350 outlaws led by Mariano Tames, a former Villa colonel, are encamped on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande roughly thirteen miles below Yeleta, Texas, according to reports.
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el Paso
Texas
Mariano Tames
Rio Grande
Yeleta
President Accepts Resignation of Hawaii Judge
Washington reports President Wilson accepted the resignation of Thomas D. Stuart, a First Circuit of Hawaii judge, who stepped down after criticizing the president’s Hawaiian appointments.
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Washington
Wilson
Thomas D. Stuart
First Circuit
Hawaii
Investigation to be Costly in Beef Packing Probe
Washington reports that a broad probe of the beef packing industry would total about 142000 dollars, as indicated by the federal trade commission to Congress. The proposed resolutions aim to investigate the business and its operations.
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Washington
House
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Still They Wonder Why
A Cleveland Plain Dealer passage shows two women venting about incompetent domestic servants. They recount a recent cook who failed in cooking and cleaning, wasted food, broke dishes, and appeared impudent and possibly drank. They lament the rarity of reliable help and the challenge of finding a good cook.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Rebuilding Faces for Soldiers in British Front Line Hospital
Chicago surgeons in a field hospital behind the British front perform jaw and dental rebuilds on wounded soldiers. Led by Col. J. M. Neff and Col. Dr. George Davis with Maj. Dr. Sidney McCallin and Maj. Dr. Charles Magby, they replace missing jaw bone with shin bone grafts to restore facial structure and digestion, claiming daily, astonishing improvements.
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Chicago
J. M. Neff
George Davis
Sidney McCallin
London
Charles Magby
Chicago Surgeon's Hospital
Principles Guiding Jefferson Era Policy Echoed
The passage echoes Jefferson's inaugural principles favoring equal justice for all, limited entangling alliances, strong state rights, constitutional federal vigor, and protections for religion, press, personhood, habeas corpus, and jury trials as guiding ideals. It frames these tenets as a bright constellation steering the nation through revolution and reform.
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Jefferson
City streets choke Boston’s past with slums and danger
The New Republic laments aging urban cores and narrow crooked paths that corrode health and safety. It argues slum pockets trap residents, especially women and children, and warns that widening streets to improve ventilation would threaten the familiar security of the old city.
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Boston
New Republic
The Man Knows. A Proverb About Fruit And Golf
A humorous quip from the Boston Transcript compares morning golf to fruit, joking that fruit is good in the morning and bad at night. The exchange then pokes fun at Adam and Eve over an apple.
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Boston Transcript
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