Seek Cause of Lack of Food for Guard Regulars
Governor Whitman ordered an inquiry into New York National Guard troops on the Texas border amid food riots and discipline issues. Officers blame the National Guard system as slipshod while Major General Wood cites supply and discipline failures. Riots at Cleveland and other rail points involved 700 recruits seizing food, with shortages described as widespread and tied to inadequate rations and quartermaster failures.
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Whitman
United States
New York
Mayhew Wainwright
Texas
Tollexay
Acte
McAllen
Clevelod
Fie
Kansas City
Department of the East
Natoral
Erie
Cleveland
John F. O'Ryan
McAlen
Tex
Harlingen
Leonard Wood
Wood
San Francisco
Henry Sternberger
Gene al Wood
Staf
National Guard
Commissariat
Perme
Rocu “R Army
Army Martermanters
Body of Shark Victim Found Near Matawan
The body of twelve year-old Lester Stilwell was found in Matawan Creek after a shark attack. Two men rowed to recover the body, which bore seven bites, as locals hunted for more sharks with nets and dynamite.
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Matawan
Lester# Stilwell
Matawan Creek
Wall Clayton
Clayton
Ed Craven
Craven
Iad
Sician
Harry Newfie
W. E. Arrowsmith
W. Stanley Fisher
Stilwell
Fisher
Army Beef 13 Years Old In Border Camp
Hartford dispatch reports Connecticut troops at Nogales Mexico border linked a Bristol company illness to canned beef labelled Manila 1998 after ptomaine poisoning from corned beef hash. Investigation of Company F 7th California Infantry also found ancient meat cases. Connecticut regiments condemn policy of all right for state troops.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Nogales
Ariz
Bristol
United States
Manila
Philippine Islands
7Th California Infantry
Starved Men of 71st Raid Erie Lunch Carts
Erie Pa July 14 militiamen from the 71st New York Regiment raided a bread wagon and a fruit vendor at the depot then rifled a bakery after a 2 day fast. Officers rounded up the hunger driven soldiers and compelled payment for the looted food.
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Erie
Penn
New York Central
71St New York Regiment
Boy of Five at Play Kills Baby Sister
A five year old boy at 2 Kingsland Avenue Kingsland New Jersey shot and killed his three year old sister while playing with a firearm. The incident occurred in the afternoon as the father rushed in after a loud report. Authorities began investigating as neighbors recounted the bewildered child.
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Ward Aslastoll
Toxie
Kingsland Avenue
Kingsland
N. J
Rosie
Kyward
Moon Eclipse Lasts Nearly Three Hours Across Regions
A total eclipse of the moon lasted about three hours with the moon’s disk hidden until 1:16 AM. In Boston it appeared at 11:28 PM, in Denver at 8:19 PM, and the phenomenon was visible across Africa, southwestern Europe, South America, and the Atlantic.
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Boston
Denver
Europe
South America
Atlantic
Patrolman Healey Fired Over East Side Shooting Incident
Bellevue Hospital hours before death, Patrolman Henry Schwarz died after being shot twice while trying to arrest gunmen. Acting Police Commissioner Godley dismissed Patrolman Healey for unbecoming conduct and neglect of duty, citing departure from the scene and failure to aid Schwarz. Widow Agnes Schwarz welcomed the decision as fitting.
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Bellevue Hospital
Henry H. Schwarz
Fifth Street
John P. J. Healey
Godley
Healey
Sehwars
Henley
Agnes Schwarz
Gage Eighth Avenue
Schwarz
Sweeney
Schwart
William d. Cherry
Eleventh Street
First Avenue
Stephen J. Walsh
East Fifty-frat Street
Bingham
Forty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
Enraged Sinn Feiners Wreck Army Office In Cork
Enraged Sinn Feiners in Cork wreck a recruiting office and harass military pickets after prisoners released from Dublin rebellion imprisonment fail to arrive. About 1,000 protesters chant republican songs and disrupt the scene.
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SINN
Hiss
Cork
Irelana
Dublin
Plague Cure Doubts As Adrenalin Seeps Through City
Health Commissioner Emerson voiced cautious optimism about Meltzer’s adrenalin approach for infantile paralysis and noted no confirmed cure. The plague’s toll rose with 162 new cases and 31 deaths in 24 hours, Brooklyn hospitals reporting some favorable early results. Cases spread across New York City and New Jersey, with 42 deaths overall and a 20 percent mortality rate.
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I. Meltzer
Health Department
Emerson
St. Meltzer
Rockefeller Institute
Aeolian Hall
Emery Non
Meltzer
Kingston Avenue
Brooklyn
Meltarr
United States Public Health Service
Central Park West
Manhattan
Queens
Richmond
Bronx
New Jersey
State Health Department
Trenton
New York
Newark
U.S. collier Hector sunk off Charleston with 142 aboard
The naval collier Hector carrying sixty marines plus 70 crew and 12 officers sank off Charleston after last night’s hurricane. Tug Vigilant reported the loss. no word yet on survivors. Alamo stood by as Hector went down nine and a half miles from the Charleston Lightship. The 11000 ton, 1908 built vessel left Port Royal for Santo Domingo and parts remained above water. Navy officials worried for destroyer Terry, in tow to repairs, after grounding near Haiti.
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Charleston
S.C
Hector
Hunt
Vigilant
Alamo
Port Royal
Santo Domingo
Row's Point
Maryland
Navy
Terry
Brooke
Relief
Haytian
Urgent Navy Calls For Hector Rescue Off Charleston
Washington July 14 continued wireless calls from the collier Hector reporting a sinking near Charleston. Five distress messages indicated the vessel was in serious peril and breaking up. Officials sought nearby vessels and urged the Alamo to assist as Navy Yard and Secretary Daniels pressed for any word.
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Washington
Navy
Hector
Charleston
Navy Department
Grees
Condh
Sal
Alamo
Charleston Navy Yard
Arlington
Heetor
Daniels
Department
Callier
British Drive Enemys From His Second Line Trenches
British forces expand the Angl o French offensive in Picardy by narrowing the German salient between Arras and Albert. The advance, first east then now northward, threatens isolation and potential surrender of German troops in a fifteen mile front.
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Picardy
Arras
Estrees
Albert
Somme
Péronne
Bapaume
Arras-Estrées
Andrassy Seen Succeeding Burian As Austrian Foreign Minister
London reports from The Telegraphs Milan correspondent that Count Julius Andrassy, Opposition leader, will be appointed Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs to succeed Baron Burian, who plans retirement. Burian, named in 1915, faced Allied criticism for Italy’s entry and is portrayed as under German influence. Andrassy, a former Hungarian premier, is viewed as a liberal peace advocate who urged keeping Romania out of the war.
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London
Austria
Milan
the Telegraph
Julius Andrassy
Baron Buran
Count Andrassy
Switzerland
France
Count Berchtold
Petrograd
Italy
Hungary
Rumania
Ace
Vienna
Bukowina
Melody and a $100 phone bet shocks audience
Ernest Hussee, director of the Hungarian Orchestra at the McAlpin, was telephoned to settle a wager of $100 on whether a tune was from Faust. Amid music and chatter the caller insisted it was the melody, while Hussee doubted the claim, completing the bet with a final confirmation.
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Ernest Hussee
McAlpin Koof den
Faust
Francis Joseph III Family Summoned Amid Illness News
Zurich reports Austrian imperial family summoned to Schoenbrunn due to Emperor Francis Joseph illness. Specialists attend the aged ruler and war news is being withheld from him.
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Francis Joseph III
Zurich
Schoenbrunn
Francis Joseph
Innsbruck
British Haig advances in Picardy gains villages and prisoners
London reports Haig opened the second phase of the Picardy offensive. British troops captured Bazantin le Petit Bazantin le Grand and Longueval, pushed the line forward a mile, and linked with French forces near Hardecourt. Over 15 villages and more than 20000 prisoners counted. fighting ongoing around Ovillers and Trones Wood.
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England
Hardecourt
Ovillers
Teuton
London
Haig
Bazentin-le-Petit
Trones Wood
West Kent
Barentin
Non
Oviliers
Longueville
Rozteres
Albert
Bapaume
Douglas Haig
Lille
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West Side
U.S
Tribune
Sunday Tribune
the Sunday Tribune
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Albert Salient
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