Forty Drowned as Great Gorge Car Plunges at Niagara
Niagara Falls July 2 Forty people drowned when a Great Gorge route car slid from a trestle into the Niagara river near Lewiston. Many injured. some escaped by leaping into the water. Rescuers, firemen, guards and citizens worked to reach the capsized car wedged upside down between cribbing of an old water power system.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Niagara River
Lewiston
Fort Niagara
Admiral von Tirpitz Reported Seriously Ill
News brief reports Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, architect of Germanys U boat strategy, seriously ill. Details on condition and potential impact on German naval policy remain sparse as press notes provide little further medical information.
Camper Drowns While Camping Near Island
Davenport Iowa July 2 Otto Koehr sen a camper drowned near Suburban Island while on a camping trip.
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Camper
Davenport
Otto Koehrsen
Rescuer Drowned While Attempting Rescue at Home
Kahoka Missouri July 2 Miss Jean nette Spangler a prominent Alexandria resident drowned while trying to save Ralph Hall who cried for help while swimming at his home Mrs Hall had a narrow escape The boy was rescued Vincennes Indiana July 2 James Leforge nineteen a member of Company B Indiana National Guard Terre Haute was killed when struck by a fast B and O train His body was recovered after five hours and is survived by his father in Terre Haute
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Butler
Here
John H. Keck
Thelma Keck
Gellart Goehring
Kahoka, Mo
Jeannette Spangler
Alexandria
Ralph Hall
Vincennes
Ind
James Leforge
Indiana National Guard
Terre Haute
Leforge
Senator Jonathan Chace Dies at 86 in Rhode Island
Jonathan Chace, long allied with New England cotton manufacturing, former U S senator from Rhode Island 1885 1889, died here after a long illness aged eighty six.
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Providence
Jonathan Chace
United States Senate
Rhode Island
New England
Milwaukee river explosion sinks excursion steamer
Twelve identified bodies and three unidentified are recovered after a water tank toppled onto the excursion steamer Christopher Columbus in the Milwaukee river. Police search the wreckage as authorities blame a sudden river current for the disaster.
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Milwaukee
Sccre
H. W. Thorp
Goodrich Transportationmpany
Charles E. Mobody
Navy eyes greatest base at Hampton Roads
Secretary Daniels moves toward a vast naval base at Hampton Roads. Rear Admiral Walter McLean is ordered to seize Jamestown exposition site and Pine Beach area near Sewell's Points under a presidential proclamation. Residents must vacate by August 1.
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Washington
Daniels
Hampton Roads
Walter McLean
Norfolk Navy Yard
Pine Beach
Sewell
Indianapolis Official Die at Congress Hotel Fall
Henry Levy treasurer of the Capital Rattan Furniture Co of Indianapolis was instantly killed when he fell from a fifth story window at the Congress Hotel. His room was on the fifteenth floor and he walked to room 530 before the fatal plunge. A hotel cleaner heard the impact on the sidewalk.
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Chicago
Henry Levy
Capital Rattan Furniture Company
Indianapolis
Congress Hotel
Saloon License Revoked for Liquor Sales to Police or Firemen
Kenosha Wisconsin July 2 The common council adopts a resolution to revoke the license of any saloonman who sells liquor to police or firemen, putting them on the same plane as U S army personnel.
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Kenosha
Wis
United States Army
Counterfeit Ring Foiled by Des Moines Police
Des Moines report July 2 states foreigners promised a bootblack $3,000 from $2. They reported the plan to police and three suspects were taken. Counterfeiting apparatus was found in their possession. More than $1,500 in funds were tied to the trio.
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Des Moines
Attacks Across Fronts Mark World War I Battle Report
London reports heavy fighting at Lens Verdun and along the Somme anniversary front where British Canadian forces push Germans back along a half mile sector near Souchez. In Verdun the fight centers on Oppy line as both sides wage see saw ground changes. Berlin notes a Russian strike on an eighteen mile Stripa line with heavy losses and retreat.
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London
Lens
Verdun
Somme
Douglas Haig
Souchez
Meuse
Ocecourt
Dead Man’s Hill
No Man’s Land
1832 Mile Line
Berlin
Stripa
Gary child found dead after assault in pasture
Gary Indiana July 2 six year old Mary BoguslawskyMissing girl found slain after absence of over a week Father offered $100 for return Police Boy Scouts militiamen aided search Body discovered by painter Names John Beda and Mike Lorginis held without direct evidence linking them to the crime
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Gary
Ind
Mary Boguslawsky
John Beda
Mike Lorginis
Teen rides 85 miles to state Christian Endeavor meet
Hammond Ind July 2 Everette Fogle eighteen year old farmer boy rode eighty five miles on a bicycle carrying an umbrella to attend the state Christian Endeavor convention His home is near South Bend.
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Hammond
Ind
Everette Fogle
Christian Endeavor
South Bend
Cabinet Split Over Coal Row Reaches White House
Washington reports a clear cabinet rift over coal policy with Secretary Lane opposing a Baker Daniels lineup and Attorney General Gregory. Officials refuse comment while Baker travels to New York and Daniels adds little. The conflict centers on Sherman antitrust actions possibly affecting coal price setting and last week’s negotiations with operators nationwide.
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Washington
Lane
Baker and
Daniels
Greg
United States
Winchester guard member injured in bridge fall at Goshen
Ernest Roosa of the Winchester national guard company is hospitalized in Goshen after a sixteen foot fall from a bridge. He struck a stone as a train approached the structure.
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Goshen, Ind
Ernest Roosa
Winchester National Guard Company
Goshen Hospital
Coal Land Deal Near Johnston City Closes
Chicago and St. Louis capitalists closed a deal for 3000 acres of coal land near Johnston City Illinois, paying about 200000 dollars. The purchase marks a major energy investment in southern Illinois.
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Duquoin
Ill
Chicago
St. Louis
Johnston City
General W. L. Liberty Led First U S Troops to France
General William L. Liberty commanded the First Division during the expedition to France in World War I. He organized the early deployment of U S forces and played a key leadership role in the initial battles on European soil.
Major Henry S. Graves to Save French Forests
Major Henry S Graves advocates preservation efforts in France urging protection of forests amid postwar recovery and environmental concerns, highlighting historic woodland rights and borderland strategies.
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France
Major Graves
United States
American Gun Grew Fights Two U Boat Submarines
The American liner’s gun crew fired on two German submarines during its transatlantic voyage. Both targets were at long range, but the officer reports that one periscope may have been shattered. Rotterdam notes the Neuuw Amsterdam sailed without cargo or mail after months idle and with crew difficulties.
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London
United States
England
Washington
Rotterdam
Neuuw Amsterdam
East Indies
Indiana University Forms War Defense Committee
President William Lowe Bryan chairs a new war defense committee at Indiana University Bloomington to aid wartime efforts. The panel, meeting at Maxwell hall, lists J. J. Pettijohn as secretary and members including J. W. Cravens, E. R. Cummings, A. L. Foley, S. B. Hershey, W. D. Howe, R. J. Leonard, E. H. Lindley, and others.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
William Lowe Bryan
Maxwell Hall
J. J. Pettijohn
John W. Cravens
E. R. Cummings
A. L. Foley
Samuel B. Harding
Charles M. Hepburn
Amos
Hershey
Will D. Howe
W. E. Jenkins
R. J. Leonard
Ernest H. Lindley
Robert E. Lyons
W. J. Moenhaus
B. D. Meyers
J. W. Piercy
William A. Rangles
David A. Rothrock
H. L. Smith
A. H. Smith
FH. H. Stout
James A. Woodburn
K. P. Williams
Ralph V Sollitt
Goulash Millionaires Feed Germany via Neutral Ports
The United States is unknowingly supplying fats to Germany through Holland and Scandinavia, enabling the German war effort. Hoover says exports must be tightly controlled, with a new licensing system and embargo list to curb these transfers. Experts cite 1916 Dutch and Scandinavian purchases across fats, meat, milk products, and more, totaling thousands of tons destined for Germany.
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Germany
Holland
Scandinavia
United States
Congress
Western Front
German Empire
Herbert C. Hoover
Norway
Sweden
Lansing
Houston
Redfield
Hedfield
Teuton
First U S Espionage Arrest Reported in Champaign
July 2 Urbana authorities arrest Allen Crane a Socialist under a new espionage law amid nationwide tension. Crane faces charges for distributing material deemed detrimental to the President and advising men against the draft during the crisis.
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Champaign
Ill
United States
Allen Crane
Urbana
Steves
Iowans Stock Up as Dry Law Tightens July First
Davenport Iowa July 2 reports hundreds of auto trucks carry wet goods into Iowa from Beech Island. Residents stock up in anticipation of federal dry law enforcement starting July 1.
NSW Legislator Dies After Mongolia Shipwreck Rescue
Winchcombe a New South Wales legislator and Mongolia passenger died at Bombay after rescue from the Peninsular and Oriental Line steamship Mongolia which sank June 23 off Bombay following a mine strike. He succumbed to exposure and overstrain from the perilous escape.
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Bombay
India
New South Wales
Winchcombe
Peninsular and Oriental Line
Mongolia
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Bryan
Indiana Uni
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