Kaiser's Divine Right Rules Highlight German Power
The piece outlines Kaiser William II’s claimed prerogatives after 1888, detailing his exclusive control over appointing a chancellor, ministers, and the army, plus his authority in the upper house and legislation. It notes his assertion that power comes directly from God and that Parliament’s consent is not required for key actions.
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William II
Germany
Prussia
Charlemagne
Morton Prince
Prince
Bundesrath
Federal Council
Kaiser
Girl as Postman in Greenwich Ready to Serve
Miss Jennie Seller steps into the National Guard vacancy as a substitute postman in Greenwich Connecticut. When her brother William Beller departs to serve, she will take his special delivery messenger duties and drive his Ford car as Greenwich may become an early example of a town with a female postman.
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Greenwich
Conn
Uncle Sam
Jennie Seller
William Beller
National Guard
Post Office Department
Scolds Kermit Roosevelt for Joining British Service
An editorial in the Stats-Zeitung denounces Theodore Roosevelts son for leaving the American army to serve with the British expeditionary force in Mesopotamia. Bernard Ridder questions motive, laments the shift, and argues Americans should bear arms under the American flag with dedication.
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Mesopotamia
Bernard Ridder
Stats- Zeitung
Tigris
Roosevelt
America
Private discovers deadly war gas in New York Guards unit
Gerald Young a Brooklyn hospital corps private in the Twenty third Regiment New York National Guard reports a simple formula for a deadly gas. He submitted the process and directions to the War Department with Captain Mundy noting the discovery. Young requests his regiment be supplied with gas for use in France.
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Twenty-third Regiment
New York National Guards
Gerald Young
Hospital Corps
Brooklyn Regiment
Washington
War Department
Joseph A. 8S. Mundy
Young
France
Alien Enemy Privileges Clarified by Justice Department
The Department of Justice states that a permit issued to an alien enemy to enter a forbidden area under regulation No 4 of the April 6 1917 proclamation allows only entry to that area and the activities permitted by the permit. It does not grant freedom to move through other forbidden areas within the district.
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Department of Justice
Germans Use Savage Dogs to Bait Enemies
A London dispatch describes how German police dogs are trained as brutal instruments of control. The musketeer like mastiffs wear brass spiked collars and respond only to their master, attacking when kindness is shown to outsiders. A remembered June night in Prussia shows a dog’s terrorizing guard behavior and a schnutzmann’s stern, authoritative approach.
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Germany
London
Schutzmann
Kavalierberg
Hirschberg
Prussia
British respect Bismarck's wishes in memoirs ruling
London reports Britain will withhold the final portion of Chancellor Bismarck's memoirs to honor his condition that it not be published until all named in the text are dead. The manuscript sits in the Bank of England vault as debate grows over seizing it as enemy property. The Kaiser is among those named.
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London
Bismarck
Bank of England
Kaiser
Prisoners Letters Used as Spy Medium Warns Families
A French government note cautions families of prisoners of war in Germany against letters that hide requests for food parcels or military information. Envelopes underlined words and saliva writing tricks are cited as enemy methods. The ministry also bans mailing newspapers to neutral countries by individuals. only publishers’ mail will pass. Travelers to neutral nations may not carry newspapers across the frontier.
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Germany
Ministry of War
Kentucky Giant Trails Slacker Son to Gotham
A Kentucky mountain farmer Joseph Allen arrives in New York to force his son, arrested for not registering, to return home. The boy, deemed mentally troubled by an alienist, resists at first but registers after pressure from father and U S Marshal McCarthy. The father takes custody, the charge is dropped, and they head to see New York.
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United States
McCarthy
Federal Building
New York
Joseph Allen
Ammi
Clay County
Kentucky
Godmothers Sought to Write American Soldiers in France
Washington July 20 War Department seeks volunteer godmothers to write letters and send small gifts to U S soldiers near the front line who have no next of kin The effort mirrors British and French programs and aims to lift spirits of men fighting in France with a personal touch from home
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Washington, D. C
France
War Department
United States
America
Little
War Office
Verdun Medal Honoring Verdun Heroes Pledged by City
Verdun resolves to strike a memorial medal honoring all heroes of Verdun defense after the fort retake and eight month battle. The medal, designed by S. E. Vernier, features France and the city gate with inscription Verdun February 21 1916. Proceeds go to the Association of Mansion Refugees aiding displaced Verdun residents.
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Vaux
Verdun
Paris
Beylier
France
S. E. Vernier
Association of Mension
All Are Offiers in The Light Brigade Newsies
In San Antonio every weekday afternoon a group of about thirty five newsboys drill in Camp Light behind The San Antonio Light building. Led by Colonels Helland and Major Campbell, the youth army learns arm handling and military etiquette while killing time.
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San Antonio
Camp Light
Light Brigade
Antonio Light
Travis Street
Archie Helland
Miguel Menchacha
Clergy Oppose Reprisals for German Raids
Several American bishops respond to the archbishop of Canterbury on reprisal raids. Bishop Greer and Bishop Harding align with preventing harm to civilians in German towns while Bishops Burgess and Rhinelander oppose retaliation as wrong and dangerous.
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London
Archbishop of Canterbury
David H. Greer
New York
England
Frederick Burgess
Diocess
Long Island
Philadelphia
Irishman's Flea Has Nothing On This Lad
Otto Denkler seeks a mail fix as his travels span Rio de Janeiro Lima Peru Galveston and San Francisco before a three month stay in China He recently joined the Marines and plans to leave New York by Friday pending word on forwarding his letters to him in Newark or elsewhere The Seamen's Church Mission officials are left puzzling over how to reach him and relay his address
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New York
New Post Office
Otto Denkler
Seaman's Church Mission
Otto
Strasburg
Germany
Rio de Janeiro
Lima
Peru
Galveston
San Francisco
China
Newark
New Jersey Man Cleared for Army Enlistment After Operation
John Falk of New Brunswick aged 22 was rejected three weeks ago for a small physical deformity. He had surgery costing $150, then reapplied yesterday and was accepted for enlistment into the U S army.
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John Falk
New Brunswick
N. J
United States Army
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Tion
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Belgium
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Slacker Son
Gotham
Memorial of Great Defense
Medal of
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New Jersey
Princes of the Blood
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Ung Talions
Triet
Ung Thieu
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