U S Note Delivered To Mexico
Washington reports a U S note offering a joint international commission to solve border issues with Mexico. The de facto government wants broader powers. potential commissioners include White Goethals Lehman and Brandeis. Mexico City hints Luis Cabrera would lead the Mexican side. Carranza’s reply expected later, sessions likely two weeks away with a U S meeting place to be in the United States. Villa’s fate remains uncertain as 10 000 Carranza troops move on his forces in southern Chihuahua.
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Washington
Carranza
Wilson
White
Goethals
Canal Zone
Frederick Lehman
Lewis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Mexico City
Luis Cabrera
State Department
United States
Villa
Arredonda
Chihuahua
Patrol Boat Sunk In Naval Battle Off Scotland
Berlin July 20 reports a naval engagement off Scotland in which three British patrol boats faced German submarines. The Nellie Nutton was sunk with three killed and 11 rescued. two others died later. The Onward and Neva are believed lost with their crews. Submarine raid followed, sinking eight herring boats with crews landed at Tyne Mouth.
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Berlin
Sayville
Scotland
Handeelstad
Nellie Nutton
Onward
Neva
Leyton
London
North Sea
Tynemouth
German Airships Raid East Coast Reported
London report states German airships raided the east coast of Tage land early today. The official statement says the number of raiders has not yet been established and reports come from Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. Some targets were trapped but details remain unclear.
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London
Tageland
Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
Fombles
Army renews Major General Aleshire as quartermaster head
President reappoints Major General James B. Aleshire to lead the consolidated army quartermaster corps subsistence department and pay corps. Aleshire has supervised the merger for about four years and his selection is described as substantial recognition of his ability.
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James B. Aleshire
Army
Quartermaster Corps
Subsistence Department
Pay Corps
Text of U. S. Note Sent Carranza
Acting Secretary Polk informs Mexican ambassador Eliseo Arredondo that the United States is willing to accept the proposed three commissioners to meet and discuss evacuation of American forces in Mexico and a reciprocal frontier crossing. The note suggests expanding the commission's powers to include other friendly measures, with nonbinding recommendations pending formal acceptance. Polk says the U S will appoint commissioners and set dates and venue after consultation.
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Eliseo Arredondo
Mexico
United States
Former Governor of Coahuila Executed in Mexico
Saltillo plaza witnessed the public execution of Santago Ramirez, a former Coahuila governor and later Villista general, as news from Nuevo Laredo cites an authentic source. About ten thousand people reportedly attended. Ramirez refused to be blindfolded before the firing squad, returning to offer service to Gen. Carranza amid rising tensions with the United States.
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Laredo
Texas
Santago Ramirez
Coahuila
Saltillo
Mexico
Nuevo Laredo
Ramirez
Villa
Carranza
United States
Saltsilo
Germans Take French Trench and Rail Hub
A July report from Paris describes a German attack south of Sainte Marie pass in the Vosges that won a lodgment in French trenches but was later driven back with bayonet fire. Other dispatches note Russians seizing Brody, long an important rail junction, and British forces eliminating German strongholds at Longueval, along with Vienna reporting modest gains for the Russian side and heavy Austrian losses.
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Paris
London
Sainte Marie Pass
Vosges
Argonne
Fille Morte
Meuse
Thiaumont
Brody
Petrograd
Lemberg
Galicia
Lutsk
Slonevka
Boldurovka
Volhynia
War Office
Vienna
Austrian War Office
Czarny Czereomsz
Brady- Lesseniow
Brady
Enem
Neptune officer sighted warship near Cape Henry
Lieutenant Commander Louis Shane of the U S collier Neptune forwarded to Washington an official report corroborating Louisiana officers about an unidentified warship near the Virginia capes last Tuesday morning. Shane claims he saw the vessel moving out to sea and believed it was a warship, though signals exchanged with other ships were unreadable. Morgan estate appraised in New York at 78 million dollars.
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Norfolk
Louis Shane
U. S
Neptune
Washngton
Louisiana
Virginia Capes
Shane
Capes
Peannet
Russians Drive on Lemberg After Brody Victory
London July 29 The Russians report another major victory in Brody Galician railway hub capture and 9000 prisoners along with 46 guns. They claim western front break near Lutsk and advance threatens Lemberg as Sakharoff presses toward the city while Kaledines holds at Stokhod and Kovel. Petrograd notes heavy Russian artillery and abundant ammunition behind the success.
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London
Somme
Brody
Lemberg
Petrograd
Lutsk
Sakharoff
Kovel
Kaledines
von Linsengen
Stokhod
Verdun Front Held by Germans as French Tangle
Report from Verdun notes German mastery enforces battlefield control, thwarting French hopes of joint allied thrusts with British forces. Across the front, officers and soldiers voice mixed endgame views as shelling has carved deep craters and underground fighting becomes widespread, signaling a protracted conflict.
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Vo. Steuben
Verdun
School of musketry reopened at Fort Sill Oklahoma
The school of musketry at Fort Sill Oklahoma was ordered reopened Friday. A class of 45 lieutenants and many non commissioned officers from machine gun units of regular and national guard regiments were directed to report by August 20 to undergo four months of training in machine gun fire. This marks the largest war department effort to provide scientific instruction in machine gun use amid the European war.
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Washington
Fort Sill
Okla
War Department
Burleson suspends postal order on bank checks
Postmaster General Burleson has suspended his recent order that let postmasters collect checks in small communities without federal reserve members. The suspension came at the Federal Reserve Board’s suggestion as more time is needed to perfect the plan details.
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Washiington
Burleson
Federal Reserve Board
Packing Plant Hands In Three Plants In St Louis
About seven thousand men in three large meat packing plants in East St Louis and St Louis are on strike seeking recognition. Affected plants include Armour & Co Morris & Co Swift & Co in East St Louis and St Louis Tadlenendent Packing Krew Packing Cox & Gordon in St Louis.
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ST. Loves
East St. Lowa
Anton ‘Os
St. Louis
Stoke Iside
Armour & Co, Morris & Co
Swift & Co
East St. Louis
St. Louia
Signs of relief from northwest overheat reports
Chicago reports 70 deaths from heat in 40 hours as July heat peaks across the Midwest. Weather forecasters anticipate slightly cooler air reaching the region late Sunday, with scattered showers in Montana and Wyoming signaling trend changes. Meanwhile, records fall in Burlington and Bloomington as northwestern relief appears possible, while Chicago and St. Louis endure near 100 degree days with additional fatalities.
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Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Missouri
Illinois
Kananas
Montana
Wyoming
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Green Bay
Federal Weather Bureau
Pierre
S. D
Davenport
Peoria
Springfield
Mitchell
Burlington
Town
Danville
Decatur
Richard Harpstrite
Herman Mangnuson
Bloomington
Government Observer
St. Louis
Six Demonstrate Deadly Tunnel Disaster in Cleveland
Cleveland dispatch reports nine men died in a west side Water Works tunnel explosion after disobeying orders to enter before midnight. Superintendent Van Duzen testified Foreman Harry Vokes led the group into gas filled tunnel. Tests on air samples were not analyzed due to disputes and scheduling, possibly averting further deaths.
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Cleveland
West Side Water Works
Gustav C. van Duzen
Water Works Construction
van Duzen
Harry Vokes
van Dusen
White
Australians led assault at Pozieres trenches
General Sir William Birdwood commanded Australian troops who rushed the German trenches at Pozieres during a midnight attack, marking a bold offensive in the campaign.
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William BR. Birdwood
Pozieres
Mexico as main issue in campaign noted by Willcox
National Chairman Willcox issued a formal statement stating that Mexico will be the main issue in the presidential campaign and that Republican criticism of Wilson’s handling of the Mexican problem reflects maladministration. The party insists on protecting American citizens and rights amid administration failures. Eastern tennis team for inter sectional matches at Forest Hills selected, with D Alexander and K Behr among singles players.
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Parrt
Mexico
Wilson
Willcox
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Forest Hills
N. Y
Boston
Fred D. Alexander
Karl Behr
Church
Tenafly
N. J
Nathaniel Niles
Watson W. Washburn
R. Norris Wiliams
Philadelphia
Bear
Alexander
Williame
Maurice McLoughin
Ohay
Cement workers appeal to Wilson in UK report
Representatives of the LAWQ striking cement workers at LaSalle and Oglesby, G1 appeal to Secretary of Commerce Wisen to investigate working conditions at the Lasalle district mills. All other attempts to settle the differences between the workers and operators have failed. Evening agitation was for a general sympathetic stance affecting Gatesby Peru districts.
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Ottawa
LAWQ
LaSalle
Oglesby
Secretary of Commerce
Lasale
LoSate
Gatesby
Peru
Dunne Says Fight for Waterway Is On
Gov. Edward F. Dunne spoke in Rock Island Illinois praising national and state administrations and declaring the eight foot waterway from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi must be won. He warned against stalling and urged progress while lauding state achievements and local pride.
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Rock Island
Edward F. Dunne
Nationa
State
Lake Michigan
Mississippi River
Tariff Board Plans European Tour to Study War Effects
President Wilson outlines to Illinois Manufacturers' Association the intent to use a tariff commission to visit belligerent nations for economic study. The effort aims to separate fiscal duties from politics, compile international trust laws, and support U S business in global markets amid postwar adjustments.
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Washington
Tarff
Wilson
Samuel M. Hastings
Chicago
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Sunol Nebraska Bank Robbery Report
Sunol Nebraska bank was robbed of 1200 dollars on Friday. Robbers locked cashier Wow Smith in the vault and escaped. A pursuit by Sheriff McDaniels led to capture near Sunol two miles away. two suspects were jailed. One deputy and a bystander were killed during the escape attempt. names of the robbers were Nell and Lucas.
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Neb
Neebraska
Suceal
Ban
Wow
Smith
Tra Pant
1Ik
McDaniels
Wos Nell
Lucas
Tike Reney
Sant Aries Tel
Pease Son
American Blacklist Protest Is Delivered
London reports the United States government protest against a primed blacklist sent to the foreign office. Officials, unable to decipher the document, note it is in a foreign script but acknowledge it condemns the severity of the Holocaust.
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London
United Stats
Bhickst
Foreign Office
United States
Yegis
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