Severe floods in five states claim nine lives
Flood waters across North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and West Virginia killed at least nine people and left hundreds homeless. Western North Carolina, especially Asheville, suffered extensive damage with trains, roads, and telegraph lines disrupted. Bridges washed away and mills flooded as the Pee Dee and other rivers rose, threatening further destruction.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
West Virginia
Asheville
Lower
French Broad River
Biltmore
Salisbury
Catawaba
Piedmont
Southern Power Company
Spartanburg
Georgetown
Seaboard
Bluefield
Bristol
Norfolk & Western
Weather Bureau
Great Pee Dee
Little Pee Dee
Lynchs
Waccamawa
Cheraw
Southern
Southern Railway
Fort Mill
Rock Hill
Charlotte
Atlanta
Goose Creek
Charleston
Castro Prefers Habeas Corpus If Deportation Denied
General Cipriano Castro arrived with his wife at Ellis Island awaiting a decision on his deportation appeal from the immigration board. He warned he would seek a writ of habeas corpus if the ruling is not favorable, recalling his prior release when he used that procedure. The Castros stay in comfortable quarters as four servants attend to them.
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Venezuela
Port of Spain
Trinidad
General Castro
Board of Inquiry
Castro
Ellis Island
Secretary of Labor
New York
Porto Rico
Flood Toll Rises to Eight in North Carolina
The Asheville flood death toll climbed to eight as additional reports from Madison county confirmed two deaths at Marshall and 53 homes destroyed there. Nurses Miss Walker Miss Forster and Miss Marion Walker died at Biltmore along with laborer Lonnie Trexler and Luther Frazier, raising casualties. Seventy five Carolina families lose homes and relief efforts continue as mills damages are reassessed.
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Asheville
N. C
North Carolina
Madison County
Marshall
Lake Toxaway
Here
Biltmore
Nellie Pipe
Leo Muholland
Charlotte Walker
Mabel Forster
Marion Walker
Lonnie Trexler
Luther Frazier
Citizens’ Relief Committee
Kaiser on Somme Front as War Telegram Reports
Berlin telegram reports Emperor William on the Somme battle line. He has met the chief commander, visited hospitals, distributed iron crosses, and delivered speeches according to Amsterdam advices.
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London
Berlin
William of
Germany
Somme
Amsterdam
Weather Update for San Antonio Tonight and Tuesday
The weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for tonight and Tuesday to be partly cloudy with no significant precipitation expected. Temperatures are mild with light winds.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather Forecast For Travelers By The Light
Weather notes from St. Louis to Washington give today temperatures in the 70s and 80s with clear or cloudy skies. Winds range from north to southwest and Tuesday is expected to be partly cloudy in most cities.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Early Count Shows Bonds Leading by Wide Margin
Early returns indicate bonds favored, advocates claim a two to one majority. Supporters of the issue say the bond measure will pass as results trickle in.
Flash Light Signals Bond Election Results
San Antonio residents will learn bond results at 8 30 tonight as lights flash in the city. The San Antonio Gas and Electric Company and the San Antonio Light will coordinate the signal on bond status with one flash indicating passage and two quick flashes indicating failure.
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San Antonio
San Antonio Gas & Electric Company
City Bonds For Park Improvements May Pass Despite Low Turnout
Partial returns from 18 precincts show a possible $1,060,000 park bond issue carrying with a light noon vote. Supporters predict a two to one majority if laboring voters turn out. opposition to city administration and Mayor Brown hedges odds in several precincts.
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Harry L. Miller
Committee of One Hundred
Brown Harts
Brown
Uhr suit not taken up over city’s special policemen
District Judge W F Ezell did not take up the injunction action by City Commissioner Robert F Uhr challenging the mayor s authority to appoint special policemen under section 25 of the city charter. The San Antonio Traction Company case was heard but not concluded as counsel argued pleadings. The Uhr case remains unsettled and the mayor is restrained by a temporary order already issued by Judge S G Tayloe.
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Robert F. Uhr
W. F. Ezell
Thirty-third District Court
San Antonio Traction Company
Illinois Soldiers Fired On by Snipers front page hoax
Chicago Daily NewsJuly 15 reports a detailed front page hoax claiming Mexican snipers attacked the First Illinois Infantry at Camp Wilson in San Antonio. Investigation found no such attack. guardsmen were not fired upon and the tale misrepresented events to inflame anti American sentiment.
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San Antonio
Chicago Daily News
Illinois
Gene Morgan
Funston
First Illinois Brigade
el Paso
First
Stansfield
Camp
Wilson
First Infantry
J. B. Sanborn
Company I
Tigerish jaw of a shark and Matawan tragedy
The image shows a shark’s dangerous jaws and teeth used to seize prey. It notes Stanley Fisher died of injuries while attempting to rescue Lester Stillwell, who was attacked and killed at Matawan Creek in North Dakota.
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Stanley Fisher
Lester Stillwell
Matawan Creek
N. d
Shark
Sharks terrorize New York beaches as sightings spike
On July 17 two sharks over 250 pounds were caught near Staten Island while lifeguards patrolled bathing areas armed with spikes and eel forks. Reports from the Merioneth and other ships describe large schools of 8 to 12 foot sharks offshore. In Florida, the W J Cash reports sharks hindering fish catches at the Snapper Banks.
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New York
Staten Island
Merioneth
Baltimore
Charles Beatty
Tiltcove
N. F
Fire Island
Tampa
Fla
W. JD. Cash
Gulf
Aglana
Confiscation of U S Mail on Danish and Norwegian Liners
British authorities seized all first class mail aboard the Danish liners Frederik VIII bound for New York and Oscar II from New York, per Denmark postmaster general via Overseas News Agency. Norwegian reports state Bergensfjord from New York also had its mail confiscated by the British.
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Berlin
Sayville
Frederik VIII
New York
Oscar II
Denmark
Today
Bergensfjord
Differences between U S and Mexico Settled
City of Mexico reports that differences with the United States have been satisfactorily settled. Details of the Lansing Arredondo conference are expected to be released Monday.
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City OF
Mexico
United States
Lansing
Arredondo
Subterranean Wireless Phone Claim By Dr Cox
Dr H Barringer Cox announced in San Francisco that he perfected a subterranean wireless telephone and that electrical energy can be transmitted over a single conductor. He developed the system while at Los Olivos with the forest service to aid forest fire signals.
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San Francisco
Cal
H. Barringer-Cox
Von Linsingen Falls Behind the Lipa British Guns
German forces withstand bombardment as British batteries near Lipa deliver heavy fire. Reports indicate German countermeasures falter under sustained artillery while allied troops push forward in the same sector.
Trench at Pozieres Captured as Allied Lines Strengthen
Berlin reports withdrawal of German troops southwest of Lutsk to behind the Lipa River. In Petrograd the Russians continue to advance in Volhynia with nearly 13 000 prisoners taken and 30 guns captured including 17 heavy pieces.
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Berlin
Lutsk
Pozieres
London
von Linsingen
Lipa
Somme
War Office
Petrograd
Lower Lipa
Volhynia
British Capture German Trench Near Pozieres In France
British forces seized a German trench near Pozieres and cleared out machine gun nests behind barricades in Ovillers and La Boisselle. About 100 officers and men surrendered as British troops closed in with bombs and trench mortars, while many wounded Germans were found in a Byzantine Le Petit cellar.
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France
London
Pozieres
Ovillers
la Boisselle
Byzantine le Petit
Stolen Piano Strikes Oak Park Church Service
In Oak Park Illinois members of the Sixth Congregational Church report a break in last week when a new four hundred dollar piano was stolen from the church door. The instrument was later played only on a wobbly piano found in the church cellar during yesterday’s service. Feliz neighborhood witnesses described the theft as deliberate and orderly. In Sherman Texas a mute named J C Biggers drowned while swimming at Wood Lake today after failing to shout for help.
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Chicago
Sixth Congregational Church
Oak Park
Fersons
Sherman
Sherman. Tex
J. C. Biggers
Wood Lake Toay
Wilsons Return From Chesapeake Cruise Aboard Mayflower
President and Mrs. Wilson returned to Washington from a cruise in the Chesapeake Bay aboard the naval yacht Mayflower.
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Mayflower
Washington, DD. C
British Take Positions Northwest of Bazentin Le Petit Wood
British forces report storming attacks during the day capturing German lines northwest of Bazentin Le Petit Wood and a 1500 yard front along Wal Farm east of Longueval. Strongholds at Ovillers and La Boiselle were also taken as part of the operation.
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London
Bae zentin-Le-Petit Wood
War Office
Wal Farm
Longueval
Mans
Ovillers
Bazentin-Le-Petit Wood
Longueval the
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Commissioner General of Immigration
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Camp Wilson
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von Linsingen Falls
THE
Associated Press
Stole Church
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