Appam Prize Case Rules for English Owners in Neutral Waters
Federal Judge Waddill ruled for the English owners in the libel action over the British liner Appam seized by a German prize crew. The court found Germany lost all claims to Appam and her cargo when brought into Hampton Roads to lay up, and held US courts have jurisdiction despite German prize rulings. The decision notes no asylum for prizes in neutral waters and cites prior precedents. The Appam may be released to owners under bond or kept in Newport News custody. the vessel valued at 1 million with cargo about 634,000 plus 750,000 in gold moved to Germany.
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Norfolk
Waddill
Newport News
Berg
Hempton Roads
United States
Appam
United States Supreme Court
German Empire
Moewe
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
Great Britain
Prussia
Spain
Germany
Reichag
Dempster Company, Ltd
London
Apnam
Texas voters report 2784 lead for submission in state count
With 168 counties complete and 64 partial, Texas election bureau shows submission ahead by 2784 votes. Totals: submission 162,950 to 160,166 with El Paso and Eastland still reporting. Bandera Culberson and Presidio anti submission counties pending. Liberty boxes few. Karnes County nominations list officials and incumbents.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas Election Bureau
el Paso
Bandera
Culberson
Presidio
Liberty
Eastland County
Wise County
Starr County
German Cruiser Captures Armed Ship Eskimo Off Aren Dal
A German auxiliary cruiser engaged the armed British steam ship Eskimo on July 27 and captured her, bringing the vessel into port. The encounter occurred about 15 miles southeast of Aren Dal, a Norwegian seaport, on the Skaggerack.
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Berlin
Sayville
Arendal
Skaggerack
Lake Austin Draining Fast, Gate May Close by Aug 5
Lake Austin in Austin Texas has less than 20 percent of its water remaining from weeks ago. Receiver Guy A. Collett of City Water Power Company says water is confined to the old river channel and the sluice gate may close by August 5 to conserve water for rice growers along the lower Colorado until August 20.
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Austin
Tex
Guy A. Collett
City Water Power Company
Britons bar Kelley and party from England and Ireland
American Ambassador Page cabled the State Department that Great Britain excludes Thomas Hughes Kelley of New York treasurer of the Irish Relief Fund his assistant Joseph Smith and Mrs Kelley from England and Ireland. They will depart Monday on the Philadelphia.
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Washington, D
London Today
State Department
Great Britain
England
Ireland
Thomas Hughes Kelley
New York
Irish Relief Fund
Joseph Smith
Kelly
Philadelphia
Weather outlook for San Antonio and vicinity
The forecast for San Antonio and nearby areas calls for unsettled conditions tonight and Sunday with possible showers and variable skies as a pattern of unsettled weather continues.
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San Antonio
Weather forecast notes from The Light period
Forecasts for multiple U S cities with temperatures wind directions and Sunday outlook. St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington show daily highs and lows and general sky conditions with probable clear spells.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Heat Wave Claims Dozens as Chicago Sees Rising Deaths
Coroner and police report 72 heat related deaths in 30 hours with hundreds prostrated. Health officials note high infant mortality from unsanitary conditions worsened by the heat. At 7 am the temperature was 85 rising to 94 by noon as 26 more deaths bring total to 98.
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Chicago
Health Department
Heat Wave Grips Central States and East Coast
The weather bureau forecast continues extreme heat across the central U S with the heat wave spreading to the North Atlantic coast states through tonight and Sunday. Temperatures ranged from 96 to 102 degrees in plains states Missouri and Mississippi Valleys and upper Midwest while Hudson bay high fades and relief ends.
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Washington, D. C
North Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Hudson Bay
Plains States
Missouri
Mississippi
Lake
Heat Wave Hits Duluth as Temperatures Rise
From Duluth Minnesota July 29 the government thermometer read 90 degrees at 7 am and climbing. Fifteen workers at the Minnesota steel plant were prostrated by the heat as Ashland Wisconsin reports lumber mills closed due to the heat.
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Duluth
Minn
Minnesota Steel
Ashland
Wis
Heat Death Toll Rises Across Michigan Cities
Nine people die from continuing heat across Michigan with five in Detroit and four in other towns yesterday. The heat wave prompted officials to issue warnings as city hospitals and cooling centers reported increased admissions.
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Detroit
Michigan
Mich
Two Die From Heat In City As Temperatures Climb
Two people died of heat in Kansas City area with another death reported in Topeka. City temperatures reached 86 degrees at 11 o clock, four degrees cooler than yesterday.
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Kansas City
Topeka
New Protest to Porte Over Armenian Atrocities
The State Department contemplates new representations to The Porte after information that Turkish atrocities on Armenians are more severe than ever. No reply has been received to previous representations over a month old.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Porte
United States
Zeppelin Raid Over England Reports No Casualties
Three Zeppelin airships raided the east coast of England between midnight and 1 30 am. Thirty two bombs were dropped in Lincolnshire and Norfolk with no material damage or casualties. Anti aircraft guns drove off the raids amid foggy conditions.
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London
Engand
Lincolnshire
Norfolk
Reuter
Amsterdam
Sluiskil
England
Brigadier General Dodd Returns Home from Mexico
Brigadier General George A. Dodd retired arrived at American Expeditionary forces headquarters from El Valle en route to the United States. He earned his star on July 1 after a noted clash with Villa near Guerrero and retired July 26 on his sixty fourth birthday. The Tenth Cavalry marked its fifteenth anniversary today.
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Mexico
George A. Dodd
el Valle
Dodd
Villa
Guerrero
Tenth Cavalry
Italian Liner Defeats Submarine
The Re D Italia of the Italian Lloyd Sabaudo Line, 6376 tons, was attacked by a Teutonic submarine at 9 o'clock on July 23 while en route from Genoa to New York. Its defensive guns drove the submarine away and the liner continued to America.
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Rome
Re D'Italia
Lloyd Sabaudo Line
Genoa
New York
America
Okuma to retire as premier. Terauchi to head new ministry
Japanese newspapers forecast Marquis Okuma will retire from the premiership and a new ministry led by Lieutenant General Count Terauchi, Korea's governor general, to be formed. Terauchi is in Tokyo conferring with elder statesmen.
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Tokio
Marquis Okima
Count Terauchi
Korea
Terauchi
Attempted assassination of Hungarian premier Tisza
Budapest dispatch to the Daily Mail reports an unsuccessful attempt to kill Count Tisza, the Hungarian premier, occurring recently. The report comes via Vevey Switzerland.
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London
Count Tisza
Budapest
Vevey
Switzerland
Daily Mail
Germans Deserting to Escape Insanity
Maestricht report says fifteen German deserters, led by a noncommissioned officer, arrived from the Somme region. They fled to avoid the Anglo French artillery fire, claiming it drove them to madness.
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London
Hague
Exchange Telegraph Company
Maestricht
Brussels
Maastricht
Somme
Austin to Vote on Telephone Merger Next September
Austin officials plan a special election in early September to decide the proposed merger in which Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company would absorb the Independent Telephone system. The city commission will set the rate on which residents vote.
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Austin
Tex
City Commission
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Independent Telephone System
Daylight Dates and San Angelo Rail Line Top Chamber Meeting
The Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Menger Hotel will discuss a San Antonio to San Angelo railroad via Medina Lake and a city clockback measure to add daylight. Promoters claim $225,000 to $235,000 in pledges and urge a $200,000 San Antonio bonus with $100,000 paid at Medina Lake and $100,000 at completion. A new constitution overhaul, including unit voting and proxy removal, will be reviewed, with two-thirds stock needed to retire shares. Members urged to attend or notify by Monday.
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San Antonio
San Angelo
Medina Lake
Chamber of Commerce
Menger Hotel
A. A. Luther
Medina
France
Germany
England
Detroit
Cleveland
Rochester
Crockett
Progressives to Confer in Indianapolis on August 3
A national Progressive conference will meet in Indianapolis on August 3 to decide whether to call a convention to complete the national ticket. Bainbridge Colby backs a plan to issue a statement outlining strategy and responsibility for the party's course after election day.
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New York
Indianapolis
Matthew Hale
Massachusetts
Bainbridge Colby
Charles E. Hughes
New York State
Progressive Committee
Syracuse
Lightning Strike Kills Tulsa Oilman at Country Club
J. B. Harrington, a wealthy oilman, was struck by lightning and killed at the Tulsa Country Club golf links on a Friday afternoon. At least one other prominent man was injured and several caddies remained in serious condition.
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J. K
Harrington
Tulsa
Okla
J. Bb. Harrington
Tulsa Country Club
Senate approves Irish appeal by 46 to 19 vote
In Washington on July 29 the Senate adopted a resolution urging President Wilson to inform the British government it hopes Ireland’s political prisoners are treated with clemency. The vote was 46 to 19, reversing the Foreign Relations Committee’s majority and aligning with the minority report by Stone Gorman and Pittman.
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Washington, D. C
Senate To Pay
Wilson
Senate
Stone
Gorman
Pittman
Germany Denies Blacklist Charge In War Trade Row
Berlin reports a sharp response from Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung to Lord Robert Cecil over Britain’s blacklist accusation. The paper says Cecil equivocated and ignored Germany’s June memorandum to neutrals, insisting Germany did not adopt measures comparable to Britain's against neutral firms.
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Berlin
London
Lord Robert Cecil
Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Robert Cecil
Lord Robert
Germany
England
Forty four die from New York epidemic
New York reports a new high mortality in infantile paralysis with 44 children dying in the 24 hours ending at 10 am. Ottawa imposes a quarantine on children under sixteen arriving from New York City and nearby to prevent spread into Canada.
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New York
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
New York City
Dominion
Monterey Smelter to Open August First to Employ Mexicans
Openings at a Monterey smelter aim to provide work for over 3000 Mexicans now in need. Vicente Ferrara, co owner, says August 1 start date. A visiting American notes Mexican state governors warn of scarce labor, discouraging travel to the United States, resulting in few Mexican workers applying at the port.
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Laredo
Tex
Monterey
Vicente Ferrara
Mexico
United States
Serbia Crown Prince vows fight to free brothers
On the second anniversary of the war Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia telegraphs his sentiment to the Mafin, saying we want to fight and to win back freedom for all our brothers, a view shared by his soldiers.
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Paris
Alexander of
Serbia
Mayflower Anchors Off Cape Charles with Wilson Aboard
The naval yacht Mayflower anchored off Cape Charles Virginia this morning carrying President Wilson and his party aboard. The ship's arrival follows a progress to inspect naval shore facilities and discuss wartime logistics with officials.
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President's Yacht
Cape Charles
Mayflower
Wilson
Stielow's execution stayed by Supreme Court stay
In Ossining New York Charles Stielow condemned for killing a farmer heard a telephone message granting a stay of execution until 11 PM. Justice Charles L Guy issued the order delaying the electric chair at the state prison this morning.
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Ossining
N. Y
Charles Stielow
Supreme Court
Charles L. Guy
Russians Take Brody and Longueval In Allied Advances
London reports Russian forces capture Brody in Galicia and breach Austro German lines west of Lutsk in Volhynia. About 20,000 prisoners and 46 guns taken. British troops seize Longueval north of the Somme, advance toward Bapaume, and recapture Delville Wood. French beat German attacks south of the Somme near Vermandovillers.
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London
Brody
Galicia
Lutsk
Volhynia
Vienna
Brody-Leszalow
Somme
France
Longueval
Bapaume
Delville Wood
Pozieres
High Wood
Delville Woods
Vermandovillers
Vosges
Russians Report Major Front Victory With 400 Officers
Russian war office reports dawn casualties from yesterday’s fighting on the west front include 400 officers and 20,000 men captured. Fifty five German guns seized as Austro German forces pulled back from the K Rositche railway toward Brody. General Letchitzky claimed a key victory south of the Dniester near Stanislau and Russians occupied Brody, advancing through Volhynia and tearing through the first Teutonic line west of Lutsk.
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Lemberg
Brody
Tarnopol
Buczacz
Volhynia
von Linsingen
Petrograd
Vladimir Volynski
Kovel
London
K Rositche
Letchitzsky
Dniester
Stanislau
Galicia
Lutsk
Rivs Slonevka
Boldurovka
War Office
Germans Repulsed On Somme Verdun Fronts
Paris reports two German detachments attacking French lines west of Vermandovillers on the Somme were repulsed. German assaults on a redoubt south of Fleury near Verdun were checked, while the French region around Thiamont saw some progress.
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Sainte Marie Pass
Paris
Thiaumont
Meuse
Vermandovilers
Somme
French War Department
Verdun
Fleury
Thiamont
Berlin Admits Reverses After Stalled Soviet Push
Berlin reports Russian forces breached German lines northwest of Lutsk, forcing a German withdrawal along the Stokhed River sector. The official statement says the Soviet attack reached the Tristyn area and halted German advances, with German lines at Lutsk paused and then held.
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Berlin
Londons
Lutsk
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