Mail Bought With Part of German Fund
Washington reports German funds used to acquire American papers including The New York Evening Mail. The Department of Justice holds evidence from a major inquiry into revenue for purchasing U S newspapers. Prosecutions beyond Dr Edward A Rumely are anticipated as the investigation widens across the country.
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the Tribune
Washington
New York Evening Mail
Department It Justice
Dion
New York Bank
Edward A. Rumely
Amelias
Fishington
Bene
von Bernstorf
Jeg
Rumely Freed on 35000 Bail in Perjury Case Hearing Set
Dr Edward A Rumely vice president and secretary of the Mail and Express company faced perjury charges after a $35000 bond was posted by United States Commissioner Ninel Hitcheack. A hearing was set for July 23 with federal indictments and a nationwide probe into enemy-owned media tying to German ownership of The Evening Mail. The case ties to reports of German influence and the government’s planned action on alien property and patriotic publication controls.
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Germmany
New York
Department of Justice
Mitchell Palmer
Alien Property
Evening Mail
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Rumely
Mail
Expressmpany
United States
Ninel Hitcheack
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Mrs Hearst Targets Newspapers in Libel Suits
District Attorney Swann says the failure to proceed against The Evening Mail stemmed from no complaint by Mrs Hearst and not from alleged pro Germanism of editor Dr Rumely. She later filed $100,000 libel suits against The Mail The Times and The Tribune. the Mail suit was dropped after June events.
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William Randolph Hearst
Evening Mail
Mail
the Times
the Mail
Hearst
New Tax Plan Hits Clothes And Servants
The Treasury proposed a $250 million annual luxury tax plan to Ways and Means and Senate Finance, targeting items from chewing gum to automobiles. Schedule A would levy 30 percent on jewelry and 20 percent on autos, with additional rates on clothing, footwear, fur, and household goods, plus a 10 percent levy on hotel bills over $55 and on vending machine sales.
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Treasury Department
Ways and Means
Senate Finance Committees
France
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
State Makers Favor Osborn as Nominee Ahead of Hearst
Syracuse July 9 William Church Osborn leads the Democratic gubernatorial race after five ballots in a 42 member conference committee at the Hotel Onondaga with Walker Gerard Smith Edwards Alexander and Lunn close behind Hearst ignored. The seven man steering group Murphy and McCooey control key votes as Saratoga prepares to shape the convention outcome.
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Syracuse
William Church Osborn
Dutchess County
New York City
Hotel Onondaga
Osborn
Committee of Forty-Two
Saratoga
Mayor Walker
Binghamton
James W. Gerard
Germany
Alfred Smith
William K. Hearst
Conferrees
Mr. Hearst
William R
Hearst
Charles F. Murphy
William J. Hearst
Charles T. Murphy
John H. McCooey
American Woolen Co Weavers Win 60 Percent Raise
Lawrence, July 9. One thousand eight hundred striking weavers at the American Woolen Company mills win a 60 percent wage increase in an award by Henry S. Endicott, urged by Secretary Baker. The award abolishes the premium system, ends strikes, and calls for a return to looms tomorrow under the agreement.
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Lawrence
Mars
American Woolen Company
Henry S. Endicott
State Committee of Public Safety
Baker
Senate committee votes 7 to 3 on wire seizure report
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee voted 7 to 3 to report without amendment or further hearings a House resolution authorizing government control during wartime for telegraph, telephone, cable and radio systems. Newcomb Carlton of Western Union was examined behind closed doors as the panel prepared for action.
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Newcomb Carlton
Western Union Telegraph Company
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Smith
Senate
Von Kuehlmann Resigns as German Foreign Minister
Amsterdam July 9 Dr Richard von Kihlmann resigns as German Foreign Minister and Admiral von Hintze may be named successor. The move is seen as a win for Pan Germanists and Tirpitz aligned annexationists, with Luden sdorff allegedly backing the plan amid concern over U-boats and Belgian coast strategy. Continued on page tires.
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George F. Steward
Amsterdam
Richard von Kihlmann
Admiral von Hintze
Christiania
Kihlmann
Tirpitz
Admiral Si
Hintze
Ludensdorff
Kuhlmann
Germany
German Peace Terms Proposed by Georg Bernhard
Georg Bernhard, editor of the Vossische Zeitung, submits peace terms claiming no official sanction yet noting likely German opposition. He calls for France and Italy to negotiate frontiers with Germany and Austria without third parties, colonies to be restored, Belgium fully independent, restitution of property to Central Powers merchants, Britain to evacuate Turkish Empire and Persia, restoration of the prewar situation in Egypt, and free Dardanelles passage for Russian ships under a Black Sea treaty.
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Georg Bernhard
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
France
Italy
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Great Britain
Turkish Empire
Persia
Egypt
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Food Shortage Sparks Vienna Train Stampede
PARIS July 9 reports from Herbert Mayer show worsening food shortages in Austria as hungry crowds crowd trains at Vienna and rail stops scramble for scraps. Americans on a Jassy to Berne journey noted emaciation and punitive Austrian guards while locals demanded more aid. Negotiations and notes from Washington discuss Czech troops in Russia facing possible extermination and potential alliance actions with Japan to rescue them and open a new Russian front as Allied leaders weigh strategic options.
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Austria
Herbert Mayer
Chicago
Charles Vopicka
Romania
Mayer Tt
Switzerland
Vienna
Ely
Mayer
Breckenridge Burne
Washington
Rumania
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Berne
Germin
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Neurous
Orsova
Budapest
America
Becuse
France
United States
Sperial Disputch
the Tribune
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Tapansve
Wilson
Russia
Ishii
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Tokio
Japan
Siberia
England
Italy
Foch
Two Towns Captured and More Than 500 Prisoners Taken West of Antheuil
Allied forces report significant gains on the western front near Antheuil with Ferme Porte and Ferme des Loyes taken and 530 prisoners captured. French troops advance near Villers-Cotterets Forest and Chavigny Farm as German counterattacks fail. In Albania French Italian and British air and naval support push the line back, seizing Fieri and key heights with rising prisoner totals.
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Richard von Kihlmann
Admiral von Hintze
von Kahlmann
Junkers
Hintze
General von Ludendorff
Kuhlmann
Germany
Matz
Ferme Porte
Ferme Des Loyes
Chavigny Farm
Villers-Cotterets Forest
Champagne
War Office
Paris
Somme
Picardy
Chateau Thierry
Albania
Fieri
Von Waldow Admits German Food Crisis Hope Is in Harvest
An official telegram from Basle reports Berlin's Von Waldow describing Germany's food crisis discussed in the Reichstag. He says the current system, though flawed, is the only option and that hopes on Romania failed, Ukraine imports fall short, with meatless weeks possible as cattle stocks are very low. Local production must drive next year's supply.
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Washington
Basle
Germany
Berlin
von Waldow
Reichstag
Empire
Romania
Ukraine
von Waldew
French With Aid Of Tanks Advance Nearly A Mile
The French on the West front pushed two miles on a front near Antheuil aided by tanks, reaching depths up to three quarters of a mile and seizing Ferme Porte and Ferme des Loges. They took 530 prisoners, repelled German counterattacks, while gains continued near Longpont. Aerial reconnaissance and photography were conducted despite weather.
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Compiegne
Ferme Porte
Ferme Des Loges
Antheuil
War Office
Paris
Champagne
Longpont
French War Office
Chateau Thierry
Hill 204
Somme
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