Plague Cases Drop as City Reports Hopeful Signs
Health officials note 2000+ infantile paralysis coats reported. death toll reaches about 400. Mayor Mitchel reassures not to fear New York’s outbreak, citing lower infant mortality rate compared with last year and heat related deaths. New cases yesterday totaled 90 with Brooklyn and Manhattan leading. several deaths recorded.
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Health Department
Caren Heal
Emerson
Manhattan
Brooklyn
New York
Mitchel
Eaxen
Piemie Sasik
Ita
Tom
Commissioner of Health
Ihunber
Yonmer
Central
Pennsylvania
Atelants
Oakland
Cal
Escape from Camden jail ends in double killing and jailbreak
Wilson Ashbridge and Francis Murphy killed two jailers in Camden County jail and escaped with keys during exercise hour. Jeane Hibbs, 65, died. fellow keeper Joseph Filis, 65, wounded with a chest wound and a groin wound. Escape led by two inmates believed aided by an accomplice with a car waiting.
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Camden
N. J
Cams Lden
Wilson Adbridgs
Francis Murphy
Jeane J. Hibbs
Joseph Filis
Copper “Hospital
Ashbridge
Murphy
George B. Thompson
Hibbs
Daddy
Daddy Fibbs
Man's Tears Save Dog Court Doom Seized by Germans
The judge sentenced a fox terrier named Hugs to death after it bit a boy, but the owner's tears moved the court. In a separate note, a German torpedo force captured an American four masted schooner likely carrying petroleum and three Swedish pulp steamers near Drager Denmark, taken to Swinemunde.
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Antonio Cangrello
Passaic
N. J
Judge Costello
Cangiello
Tena
Dangiello
London
Drager
Denmark
Swinemunde
Reuter
Copenhagen
Shift in Gulf Stream May Bring Sharks Here
Coast Guard Captain Charles Satterlee reports the Gulf Stream has swung closer to shore, warming waters and reducing icebergs while increasing fog. Captain William Jensen notes nearshore sharks as evidence, saying 74 degree waters 200 miles from Sandy Hook suggest more shark visits until late autumn.
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Gulf
Charles Satterlee
Coast Guard
Tampa
Atlantic
Sateterlee
William Jensen
United Fruit
Callamares
Sandy Hook
Jannicky to Be Asked to Resign From 47th Regiment
Colonel Ernest E. Jannicky commander of the 47th Regiment will be asked to resign soon and be replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Harry B. Baldwin. Jannicky has been relieved temporarily. Five captains and six lieutenants expected to surrender commissions along with several noncommissioned officers. He said he will refuse to resign. Wardrobe of equipment and Federal property valued around 70 000 was sorted, with about 7 000 of equipment reported missing.
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Ernest E. Jannicky
Harry B. Baldwin
Jannicky
47Th
Brooklyn
They Call Him John in Court on Long Island City
In Mag istrate Futch's court in Long Island City a prisoner nicknamed John provoked the magistrate by refusing to reveal his name. The patrolman recited a garbled alias, and the magistrate assigned a dollar fine while noting the man’s difficulty in convincing Americans of his time. The accused, Robert Wynyezchozwwcki of 103 Greene Street, Jersey City, sought legal aid to change his name to Jerwann, his mother’s maiden name.
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Futch
Long
Island City
John
John Viamp Slodeampithetel
Fitch
Robert Wynyezchozwwcki
Greene Street
Jersey City
Jerwann
Cleveland Grays Bread Controversy Sparks Indignation
At Camp Willis in Columbus on July 17 the Cleveland Grays now Company F of the 3d Regiment refused breakfast bread, throwing out fifty loaves and dining at local restaurants. They appointed a baker as bread censor to inspect loaves as investigations begin under Governor Willis, who visited the camp and saw impro vement afterward.
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Willis
Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland Grays
Cleveland
Crack Military Company
3D Regiment
Grays
Woman Aids Stielow Fight for Life in Buffalo Court
Grace Humiston, once Grace Quackenbos, travels from New York to Buffalo with evidence and a witness to challenge Frederick Stielow’s two murder conviction. The hearing before Justice Cole aims to save him from the death penalty, aided by the Mutual Welfare League and Spencer Miller of Sing Sing.
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Humiston
Buffalo Court
Grace Humiston
Fifth Avenue
Justice Cole
Supreme Court
Buffalo
Frederick Stielow
Stielow
Mutual Welfare League
Spencer Miller
Sing Sing
Hamiston
Grace Quackenbos
Bonaparte
Charles Phelpa
Margaret Wilson
West Shelby
N.Y
Suelow
Suslow
Draft urged to fill gaps in militia at border
Officers at the border warn that discharged married men shrink regiments to half strength. Colonel Gordon Johnston asks Governor Whitman to use the draft power to replace those released, while recruiting reforms in the Eastern Department aim to raise regiments to full war strength with three recruiting officers per regiment and stations open for militia applications.
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Secretary of War
Whitman
Gordon Johnston
12Th Infantry
Active Service Auxiliary
National Guard
Eastern Department
Johnston
Rockwell
11Th
United States Cavalry
Regular Army
Captain Rock
Karolyi Presses Immediate Peace For Hungary Amid Turmoil
Count Michael Karolyi, successor to Kossuth, demands peace between Hungary and its foes with or without Germany Austria consent. He resigns from the Independence party presidency to form a new antiwar group. Parliament notes 70 members already join as he accuses the government of corruption and banks of manipulating food prices.
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London
Michael Karoly
Kossuth
Hungary
Germany
Austria
Karolyi
Budapest
Morning Post
Count Karolyi
Young Widener Rescues Girl at Newport Beach
Miss Natalia Willard, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Joseph H. Willard, drifted from shore on a floating mattress near Baileys Beach when currents pulled her toward a rock. P. A. B. Widener, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph FP. Widener, dived in, grabbed her bathing suit as a breaker swept her away, and kept her afloat until a Bailey's Beach canoe reached them. Widener risked his life to save her and received public praise from the summer colony.
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Natalia Willard
Newport Beach
Newport
Joseph H. Willard
Baileys Beach
Henry Clews Place
P. A. B. Widener
Joseph FP. Widener
Mise Willard
Widener
Bailey's
Russians Score Swift Victory Across Volhynia Front
Russian blows southwest of Lutsk push Austro German troops behind the Lipa River. Moscow claims 13,000 prisoners in one day as Kovel and Lemberg face intensified Russian pressure. Northward, Patkin attacks near the Dvina while Letehisky widens front near Kirlibaba. Official Petrograd tally lists heavy casualties through July 1.
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Hy Cade
London
Volhynia
Peral
Brussiloff
Lutsk
Lipa River
Lower
Lipa
Kuropatkin
von Hindenburg
Dvina
Letehitsky
Kirlibaba
Transylvania
Petrograd
German Staff Appeals to People for Wartime Confidence
London dispatch reports the German General Staff appealing to the German people for confidence in the conduct of the war. The appeal proclaims the current battles unprecedented and the army unflinchingly brave, saying never before has the world seen such stupendous fighting. The Rotterdam blot notes the appeal reaching the Daily News.
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London
Germany
Rotterdam
Daily News
British Ban Lists 80 U S Firms Under Trading Act
London reports the British government will publish a list of 70 to 80 U S based firms and individuals forbidden to trade with UK residents. The move extends the trading with the enemy act, detailing four classes of firms and noting that few U S citizens appear on the list unless acting as agents or through abuse of cable facilities.
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London
United States
United Kingdom
Laming Worthington Evans
Foreign Trade Department
Foreign Office
France
Vario
Germany
U S Likely to Protest Trade Discrimination
Washington reports State Department officials are awaiting details on Britain’s blacklist actions and possible discrimination against American firms. They stress that firms operate under the domicile nation and deserve protection, while Britain may instruct allies not to trade with enemy subjects. The issue has drawn prior protests that yielded little result.
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U. S
Washington
United States
State Department
Great Britain
Haig's Somme Advance Presses Toward Albert Plateau
General Haig's forces push north and east from the Contalmaison wedge toward the Albert plateau in the Somme. The 1,500 yards of German second line near Bazentin le Petit Wood fall to assault as Waterloo farm and Ovillers positions are captured. Rain and mist slow operations but heavy guns pound the front. The Kaiser is reported in the Somme sector as counterattacks are anticipated. Allied gains include more prisoners and guns.
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Tibune
London
Haig
Albert Plateau
Bapaume
Contalmaison Salient
Arras
Bazentin-le-Petit Wood
Longueval
Waterloo Farm
Ovillers
la Boisselle
War Office
Ancre
Berlin
Somme
Picardy
Linsingen
Lutsk
France
Russia
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Whiteman
Michael Karolyi
Europe
Jul
Young Widener
Eastern Front
Frank H. Simonds
the Tribune
Truth
The
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Menace Kovel
Hindenburg
von Linsingen
Sviniuchy
Pustomyty
Stalin
Styr
Stokhod
Teutons
Kovel
Eamp
Lemberg
Galician
Bug River
Vladimir-Volynski- Kovel
Empire
3D Line
Waterlot Farm
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