Bronx Thousands Walk Strike Locks Up Cars
The Bronx joined a trolley strike that has tied up Southern Westchester for a week. About 1,200 Union Railway Company workers walked out, plunging Bronx car service into inactivity and forcing residents to walk or hire autos. Striking workers claim widespread violence and intimidation, while management cites safety fears and police protection gaps.
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Bronx
Westchester County
Webber Avenue
Third Avenue
University Heights
Fordham Heights
van Ness
Westchester
Bronx Centrals
Union Railway Company
Satutey
Manhattan
Edward A. Maher
Union Rail~way
Regiment Trek Advances Through Rain Without Food
The 47th Regiment of Brooklyn trudged a wet first day toward Oscawana nine miles from Peekskill. Commissary failing, tents stuck, fires gone, men endured with only one roast beef sandwich each and ragtime songs while supply wagons finally reached camp after midnight delivering bacon sandwiches.
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Oscawana
Peekskill
Brooklyn
Commissary Department
Commissariat
Camp Whitman men accused of assault near Stormville
Investigations opened by Ad jutant General Louis W. Stotesbury and Dutchess County DA into a claim by Jacob Cantor of Poughkeepsie that militiamen from Camp Whitman assaulted him near Stormville last night after he refused to drive them to Poughkeepsie. Cantor, injured, was taken to a hospital. the damaged auto was found two miles from camp. General Stotesbury ordered arrests of guardsmen found within a mile without a pass.
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A. Y
Louis W. Stotesbury
Dutchess County
Jacob Cantor
Poughkeepsie
Stormville
Camp Whitman
Cantor
Electric puddle death shocks Montclair area horse
A Home Laundry Company wagon halted at 637 Valley Road Montclair when a horse stepped into an electrically charged puddle. The horse collapsed and died as the rider approached the house to collect laundry after a trolley wire fell, delivering a fatal current.
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Charles Ry
Home ‘Laundry Company
Valley Road
Montclair
Aa Ely
Thirty Trains Move Yuan Shih Kai Family
Peking July 26. Thirty trains carried Yuan Shih kai family and possessions from Peking to Changteh home. The late president reportedly had sixteen wives and up to thirty-one children. Since his death June 6, the family has sent its effects southward.
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Peking
Yuan Shih-kai
Chang~ Tehid
Tragic act ends wire tapping chief Kennel life
Detective John J. Kennel, head of the Hudson Terminal police wire tapping squad, shot himself in his office after a career spent balancing duty to the force and his Catholic faith. He died after being taken to Volunteer Hospital, leaving behind a man torn by accusations he betrayed his church and by newspaper snubs. His brother Lieutenant William Kennel rushed to his side as doctors and priests attended, while officials prepared to proceed with his testimony from the prior hearing.
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Hudson Terminal
Kennel
di Gilio
Watson
William Kennel
St. Andrew's Homan Catholic Church
Father Woods
Lord
Lott Avenue
Forest Park
Kennel |Ite
Faurot
Joyce
Martin
George Taalheimer
Highbury
Koenig
Philip Volz
Frederic Hinsch
Deutsch- Landskipper
Thalheimer
Mexico Victims to Tour Middle West for Hughes
Hughes campaign plans to send dozens of Mexican victims to the Middle West to illustrate the costs of Wilsons watchful waiting policy. Nebraska committee member R B Howell says Henry Lane Wilson and Nelson O Shaughnessy will assist. He aims to have victims speak in towns over 1 000 population, with women speakers in states allowing female votes, to counter peace at any price sentiment and Ford supporters.
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Wilson
Hughes Campaign Committee
Mexico
R. B. Howell
Nebraska
Henry Lane Wilson
Nelson O'Shaughnessy
Mexico City
Howell
Department
Washington
Tampico
United States
Henry Forden
Would Bar Germans for Twenty Years
London, July 27 The Morning Post urges drastic steps to bar Germans from naturalization domicile and British business participation for twenty years after the war. The editorial endorses Lord Kitchener's plan to prevent German entry, ownership, or partnership in the British Empire. It also notes German pretenses to curb submarine activity and claims most subs were sunk by the Royal Navy.
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The
Morning Post
British Empire
the Post
Lord Kitchener
United Kingdom
U-Boat Wings British Biplane in Belgium
Berlin says a German submarine shot down a British two officer biplane north of Zeebrugge Belgium on July 24. The occupants were captured, transported to Zeebrugge aboard a torpedo boat.
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Berlin
Zeebrugge
Belgium
Admiralty
Newark broker's son charged with fraud in Newark case
Richard G. Murphy son of Richard Gibbs Murphy of New York faced a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses before Judge Grice in Newark. He allegedly took 1100 from Robert H. Shoemaker and 440 from Joseph E. Dorn, with last New Jersey stop at Hotel Alvord East Orange before vanishing July 12. Murphy claimed contracts for 100,000 names monthly at forty cents each via Buyers and Investors of America, a company he helped form with Shoemaker.
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New York
Murphy
Mort Mages
Shoemaker and
Dorn
Buyers and Investors of America
Essex Building
Votes to Drop Boys in Army
Washington reports a Senate amendment to an army appropriation bill would release boys under twenty-one serving in the regulars or draft militia without parental consent. Senator La Follette led the change, with debate over allowing enlistment with parental consent within ninety days, and the measure passed a voice vote amid suspension of rules.
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Senate
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Blair Lee
Maryland
Militia
la Royette
Underwood
Brandegee
la Folletts
Thireen
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Mr. la Folletts
Movies to Sculpture In Graphic Section Promise Range of Art
The Graphic Section next Sunday features submarine films with a battle in a coral jungle and two pages of contemporary American sculpture from the Albright Gallery in Buffalo. Readers are urged to secure their paper early to avoid missing the selections.
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Albright Gallery
Buffalo
Submarine Deutschland to stay anchored a week
The submarine merchantman Deutschland will not sail for another week despite clearance papers issued by U S authorities. German consul Carl A Luederitz gave no explanation for the delay. Officials and reporters were kept in suspense as preparations continued and secrecy heightened near the Chesapeake Bay entrance.
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Tribune
Patapsco River
Baltimore
Deutachland
Paul Koenig
Carl A. Luederitz
von Bernstort
Deutschand
Chesapeake
Bremen
Los
Capes
United States
Koenig
Russians Gain Hit at Brody Front in Renewed Drive
Russian forces press along the Northern Galician frontier under General Sakharoff, cross the Slonevka River, and claim heavy German losses. In fierce battles near Baranovichi and at Vonski, Guthen lines clash as both sides suffer heavy casualties. Heavy rains slow movement on the Stokhod while Austrian claims dispute Russian prisoner totals.
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London
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Slonevka
Teutons
Petrograd
Baranovichi
Vonski
Shara
Gorodische
Kemmern
Riga
von Hindenburg
Kuropatkin
Brody
Boehm-Ermolli
von Linsingen
Visdimir-Volynski
Upper Bug
Lipa
Styr
Mike Ose
Stokhod
Sta
Budapest
Morning Post
Pozieres Cleared Out By British Offensive Near Bapaume
British forces complete the clearing of Pozieres, advancing along the Bapaume road and securing key heights facing Thiepval and Foureaux Wood. The victory boosts Allied momentum as Anzac units push from Pozieres with German counter actions anticipated. The drive narrows to the Bapaume sector, with five miles to a decisive breakthrough.
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Arthur S. Draper
London
Pozieres
Haig
Britain
la Bassée
Albert Ridge
Longuers Guillemont
Combles
Foureaux Wood
Bapaume
Bapaume Road
Thiepval
Gallipoli
Pozteres
Berlin
Germany
Germans Spare Foe In Troopless Charge At Argonne
Berlin report via Overseas News Agency recounts a German chasseurs unit refusing to fire when a French officer charged alone. The officer left his trench cried En avant and advanced several steps before saluting the German trench and returning, seemingly chagrined.
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Lokal Anzeiger
Argonne
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