Five American Fliers Captured In Germany Report
The German communique cites five American fliers captured and notes bombing losses with five planes missing. In Lorraine activity rose. two enemy patrols were dispersed and American patrols penetrated German trenches and cut wire entanglements. Archie anti aircraft batteries and heavier American fire supported these actions as front lines quieted elsewhere. The section B honors 11 officers and men with Distinguished Service Crosses for gallantry.
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Ington
Ameri
Pershing
Vosges
Lorraine 17
Attila
Picardy
Munster
Altkirch
Probe on German Ownership of US Chemical Firms
New York July 12 government investigation seeks to determine if German interests controlled Roessler and Hasslacher in New York and the Niagara Falls Electro Chemical and Perth Amboy Chemical companies. Alfred Becker says 80 to 90 percent of stock was German owned at entry into WWI. He links Gold and Silver Reduction Process Co as the German mother company and notes Oscar R. Seitz traveled to Germany to secure a large stock block before U.S. entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roessler and Hasslacher
Niagara Falls Electro-Chemical Co
Niagara Falls
Perth Amboy Chemical Co
Perth Amboy
N. J
Alfred Becker
Germany
Becker
Gold and Silver Reduction Process Co
Oscar R. Seitz
United States
PLAN DRIVE AT YPRES EXPECTED OFFENSIVE SOUTH OF CALAIS
Delayed dispatch reports French prisoners of war escaping to Belgian lines say Germany plans an offensive south of Ypres with Calais as its objective this month. German ranks also discuss a northern push near Albert to outflank Vimy ridge from the Arras area while a Flemish drive unfolds. Widespread illness from Spanish grippe forces wholesale troop withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypres
Calais
Albert
Flanders
Vimy Ridge
Lorette Heights
Arras
Secret Greek disclosures publicizes WWI neutrality pledge
The Greek foreign minister released part of 1915 correspondence between former Bulgarian minister Bassaroff and former King Constantine. It shows Constantine assuring Bulgaria Greece would remain neutral if Serbia and Bulgaria went to war. Earlier reports noted a Serbia Greece alliance obligating Greek support if Serbia were attacked.
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Constantine
Athens
M. Bassaroff
Bulgaria
Servia
Greece
Meriden Cutlery Co. to be acquired by New Britain interests
July 12 report from an official source states that New Britain manufacturing firms including New Britain Machine Co. and Landers Frary Clark will buy the Meriden Cutlery Co. of South Meriden, a long time maker of table cutlery. The Hanover Lake plant uses water power and has done government work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriden Cutlery Co
Meriden
New Britain
New Britain Machine Co
Landers, Frary & Clark
South Meriden
Hanover Lake
Prison Strikers Return to Work Near End of Hartford Tie
Hartford July 12 up to noon ty two of the striking prisoners at the state in Wetherfield decided to return to work and to meals that were despised a few days ago. This left sixty still on strike. Warden C McClaughry predicted the end of the dispute today.
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Hartford
Wetherfield
C. ©. McClaughry
Child Killed by Trolley in Waterbury
Four year old Apna Pelegano of 1556 North Main Street Waterbury was run down this afternoon by a trolley car operated by Motorman Wilbur Carney. Police hold Carney without bond as Detective Ner Monzani investigates the fatal incident in front of the girl's home.
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Waterbury
Apna Pelegano
North Main Street
Wilbur Carney
Carney
John T. Monzani
Germans Brace for Battle as New Unit Swaps In
In the Marne sector near Vaux, a German attempt to raid an American position failed. Forty attackers were repelled, leaving three German dead in American wire.Captured documents indicate a new division has replaced Prussian Guards. Ludendorff’s order to give no information was found, and he notes German prisoners talk more than allies. Americans suffered no casualties.
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H. G. Wales
Marne
Andi
Vaux
Marne Front
von Ludendorff
Ludendorff
Big Trade Program Foretold by Hurley for U S Shipping
Philadelphia July 12 Ed ward N Hurley chairman of the United States Shipping board spoke on a global trade plan after the war asserting every port will open to American goods at fair prices and fair play The fleet will serve the world swiftly reach South American markets and strengthen international friendship while shipments win the war and gain broad national support
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurley
U. S
Philadelphia
Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Buenos Aires
New York
South America
Berliners Ordered Barefoot By Clothing Dept
A July London dispatch cites a Berlin notice from the German clothing department urging citizens to go barefoot due to wool shortages. The alert warns compulsory barefooting may follow if shoelessness spreads, and urges students and schoolchildren to lead by example.
Mirbach Assassin Held In Moscow Embassy Gaffe
An assassin who killed German ambassador Count von Mirbach in Moscow was reported arrested. The arrest, cited by Copenhagen and Frankfurt newspaper authorities, followed the embassy attack where two men with special committee passports entered to meet the official.
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Moscow
London
Count von Mirbach
Russia
Copenhagen
Frankfurter Zeitung
Mirbach
Alien Property Seizure in Meriden Includes Theatre
Government seizes alien owned property in Meriden including a moving picture theatre on West Main Street and two blocks plus two dwellings linked to Louis Michaelis who has lived in Germany for ten years. Union and New Haven Trust Co. appointed to manage the assets. Alwin Michaelis, adopted son, in charge, with rent decision pending for bakery business and home tied to the blocks and dwellings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriden
Moving Picture Theatre
West Main Street
Louis Michaelis
Germany
The
Union and New Haven Trust Co
Alwin Michaelis
Brewers to Appeal Coal Order in Brewing Dispute
Newark July 12 The United States Brewers Association will appeal to Fuel Administrator Garfield to rescind or modify his order that nearly cuts off the coal supply to brewing. Christian W. Feigenspan president of the trustees board says a meeting in Washington tomorrow will draft the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewers
Newark
N. J
United Sates Brewers’ Association
Garfield
Christian W. Feigenspan
Board of Trustees
Washington
German Woman Hangs Self Over Fear of Internment
Mrs. Margret Lelbach, 47, a German woman in Philadelphia, committed suicide by hanging today. She feared internment though the fear was groundless. She was registered as an alien enemy and had been recalled for fresh fingerprints, the originals being blurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Margaret Lelbach
Navy judge advocate nominated for rear admiral rank
The president nominated Captain George R. Clark to be judge advocate general of the navy with the rank of rear admiral for four years. Colonel Kenneth Morten named to be colonel, ordnance.
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Judge Advocate of Navy
Washington
George R. Clark
Navy
Col
Kenneth Morten
Ordnance
Busch Family Bonds Purchase Accused as Propaganda
New York reports say the Busch family of St. Louis bought at least 1 million dollars of German war bonds tied to German propaganda aims and to owning newspapers including the Evening Mail. Alfred L. Becker claims up to 100 million dollars sold in the U.S. and warns of further arrests after grand jury review.
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New York
Busch Family
St. Louis
New York Evening Mail
Alfred L. Becker
J. Becker
United States
Becker
A. Busch
Adolphus Busch
Busch
Germany
Lillie Busch
America
Evening Mail
Heinrich F. Albert
Count von Bernstorff
Rumely seeks Senate probe into arrest causes
Dr Edward A Rumely publisher of the New York Evening Mail charged with perjury in a case alleging the paper was bought for the German government asks the US Senate to investigate the events leading to his arrest. He telegrams Senator King waiving immunity and offering all facts in his possession.
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New York
Edward A. Rumely
New York Evening Mail
United States Senate
Why Transports Are Safe
Amsterdam reports a German submarines explanation alleging U boats avoid sinking American transports. The Wolff bureau claims submarines target only neutral and allied ships in traffic lanes and avoid well armed transports protected by warships, arguing sinking transports would not advance submarine warfare principles.
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Amsterdam
Wolff Bureau
Germany
Hindenburg Rumor Says Army Chief Ill in Sanitarium
A traveler returning from Germany reports a spreading rumor that Field Marshal von Hindenburg is ill with one claim he is dead and another that he is in a sanitarium in southern Germany newspapers are not allowed to publish on the matter. No authoritative confirmation has been provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
the Hague
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
von Hindenburg
Allied Forces in Russia Reported Landing on Murman Coast
Berlin officials say if civil war erupts in Russia Germany would act alone to eject British forces from the northern coast. A cablegram suggests allied troops have been landed in northern Russia, likely on the Murman coast, with reports of further landings in that region.
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Russia
Amsterdam
Berlin
Germany
Murman
Scheurer Cleared in Sedition Trial
Hartford July 12 a United States court jury acquitted Herman Scheurer of Meriden a policeman charged with making seditious utterances. The verdict was reached at 2 30 this afternoon after the trial.
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Scheurer
Hartford
United States
Herman Scheurer
Meriden
Stokes Place Sold on Caritas Island
Stamford reports James G. Phelps Stokes sold Lene Caritas Island property to Joseph P. ere of Bri There are four acres and a mam of buildings on the island.
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Stokes Place
Stamford
James G. Phelps Stokes
Caritas Island
Joseph P.ere
Bri
Universal Eight Hour Day Set For Government Plants
Washington July 12 The national war labor board plans a universal eight hour day for all plants doing government work and may extend to others. The board ruled eight hours for Worthington Pump and Mach in East Cambridge and Buffalo on navy work. Living wage schedules were readjusted for 3,000 workers at Waynesboro Pa with a 40 cent minimum. final living wage decision slated for July 23.
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Washington
National War Labor Board
White House
Worthington Pump & Machinery Co
East Cambridge
Mass
Buffalo
N. Y
Daniels
Navy
Worthington Company
Waynesboro
Advertising Tax Threatens Motive Power of Business
Washington July 12 Jesse H Neal executive secretary of the Associated Business Papers organization representing 600 trade papers told the Ways and Means Committee that a heavy tax on advertising in the new revenue bill would destroy the motive force of American business He argued advertising substitutes for salesmen during wartime and keeps manufacturers and consumers in close contact He warned heavier taxation could shut many papers and protested changes to the flat second class mail rate saying it nullifies great distances and could provoke serious postal issues.
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Busines
Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Jesse H. Neal
Associated Business Papers’ Organization
Neal
United States
Italians Capture Berat Base During Albanian Campaign
London reports that Italian forces seized Berat in southern Albania, an Austro Hungarian base, eliminating danger of a drive on Valona. The advance extended about 30 kilometres in southern Albania with numerous Austro Hungarian prisoners taken.
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London
Berat
Albania
Rome
Valona
Fighting in Albania and Northern Italy Fronts
Rome reports southern Albania is being cleared of Austro-Hungarian ground by Italian and French forces with substantial loot being gathered. Desultory artillery and patrols continue on the Italian front in northern Italy, and an Austrian airplane has been shot down.
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Albania
Rome
Naval Aviator Killed In Hydroplane Crash
An unidentified naval aviator died when his hydroplane plummeted 500 feet into Great South Bay off Grass Island in Babylon. The craft’s motor crushed the body after the impact this afternoon.
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Babylon
L. I
Great South Bay
Grass Island
American Socialist In London Speech at Trafalgar Square
LondonJuly 12 Prof Spargo a well known American socialist will deliver a speech on Sunday at a pony demonstration by the socialists and laborites at Trafalgar Square.
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London
Prof Spargo
Trafalgar Square
Impressive Military Burial For Private Payne Son Of Portland Soldier
A letter from Benjamin Anderson of Portland details the death of Lyman Hamlin Payne and the extraordinary military funeral accorded the fallen private. A 32 piece military band, 300 mourners, and a cavalry firing squad marked the solemn procession through the city to the grave, where taps echoed as the sun set and a memorial stone was planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Anderson
Portland
Base Hospital No. 66
Lyman Payne
Lyman Hamlin Payne
Soler
Payne
Ernest Williams
McClure Ellsworth
Russell Butler
Harold Strickland
Carl
S. R. Anderson
Tedeceased
Secon
Lyman
Embargo On Malt Liquor Imports From Europe
Washington July 12 the war trade board has established an absolute embargo on importing malt liquor from Europe. President Wilson told the house the measure responds to a representative’s request for details on war time obstructions to wine whiskey and beer production. The president noted steps by the war trade board and railroad administration to restrict liquor manufacture and said the war industries board has taken no action. August 20 is the tentative date for congress to reconvene after recess. Prohibition leaders agreed to defer the food production bill with the prohibition amendment, keeping it on the calendar for immediate action after the recess ends and a Senate vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Trade Board
Europe
Washington
Wilson
House
Representative Crampton
Michigan
Railroad Administration
Kuhlmann to Rest From Post Vacation Planned Abroad
Former German foreign secretary Richard von Kuhlmann, ousted from office, will take a long vacation in Switzerland and Copenhagen starting July 12. He said he is glad to get fresh air after the turmoil and may receive an important embassy post after the war. German papers fault Hertling for leaving him at headquarters as the military chiefs met. Vice Chancellor von Payer threatens to quit. Berlin Lokal Anzeiger notes talk of a new agreement forming between the government and Reichstag majority.
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Copenhagen
Richard von Kuhlmann
Switzerland
von Kuhlmann
von Hertling
von Payer
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Reichstag
Smith & Wesson strike in Springfield over pay and hours
Four hundred workers at the Smith and Wesson revolver plant in Springfield mass walked out this morning demanding better pay and hours. The stoppage was intensified by yesterday’s dismissals of several employees for union membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Smith & Wesson Co
Unknown fishing steamer sunk near coast, rumor circulates
A rumor circulates that an unidentified fishing steamer was sunk yesterday afternoon about ten miles off the coast, possibly due to contact with a floating mine. Officials could not confirm the report.
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Atlantic
Shark skin used for sword handles noted in study
The article reports that female sharks have smoother skin than males and that shark skin is widely used in making sword handles. It highlights the gender difference in skin texture and the practical application of the material in weapon components.
Motor Launch 3429 Sunk by German Shore Batteries
The navy department reports motor launch 3429 was fired on and sunk by German shore batteries while aiding a French destroyer towing a U.S. seaplane. Three crewmen were rescued on shore. Assistant Surgeon Albert Magen Stevens and Philip Goldman were captured. Two sailors, Charles J. Tatulinski and John Peter Vogt, are missing.
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Washington
Navy Department
Albert Magen Stevens
Philip Goldman
New York City
Teuton
Charles J. Tatulinski
Cleveland
Ohio
John Peter Vogt
New Orleans
Tried for extortion in Paris case of Slater kidnapping
Andre Biscaye Anna Aime Roosmale-Nepveu and Raymond Barreau face trial for allegedly detaining Samuel Slater American woolen mill owner to extort money in a villa near Vichy Detention occurred after a supper celebration and was halted when police freed Slater ahead of July 23 court date
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Paris
Andre Biscaye
Anna Aime Roosmale-Nepveu
Raymond Barreau
Samuel Slater
Vichy
Slater
Slater Woolen Mills
Webster
Mass
Slater By Chance
Roosmale-Nepveu
Biscay
Barreda
Biscaye
Miss Roosmale-Nepveu
Ireau
Stock Quotations From Richter & Company Board Hartford
Stock market opens steady with small advances led by American Sumatra and Mexican Petroleum. Notable gains appear in American Can, Republic Iron & Steel, Central Leather, Steel Common and Reading as shorts cover. late day firms ease with Marine preferred and Baldwin Locomotive backing off slightly.
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New York
American Can
Republic Iron & Steel
Mexican Petroleum
Central Leather
Steel Common
Reading
Marine Preferred
Shorts
United States
Baldwin Locomotive
Sumatra
Baldwin
Marine __ preferred
Grain Market News From Chicago Trade Sources
Grain market report shows corn closing 1 to 1 4 cents higher with July at 161 1 8, August 161 to 161 1 2, September 161 to 161 1 8. Oats finish 1 4 to 1 2 lower with July 75 to 75 5 8, September around 70 7 8 to 70 33 4. Park, lard prices steady to firm with July at 44.75 and September 45.25 for park. lard July 26.30 and September 26.30.
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Chicago
Park
Metal Prices Report From New York Market
New York metal prices show lead firm for spot and July at 8.05 as offered bids. Spelter remains quiet with East St. Louis spot and July at 8.50 to 8.65. September and October quotations sit around 8.55 to 8.75 with no strong movement indicated.
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New York
East St. Louis
Senate debates wire control amid press rights assurances
The senate heard administration assurances that government control of telegraph and telephone lines would not suppress press freedom. Debate centered on a resolution to empower the president to take over wires, with supporters predicting passage and sizing of the measure while dry leaders delay for food bill progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Burleson
Lewis
Geno
Reed
Missouri
Len Watson
Indiana
Fire at A W Burritt Co. Lumber Yard threatens Bridgeport
Fire of unknown origin erupted at 1:40 PM in the A W Burritt Co. lumber yard Bridgeport. Loss estimate climbed to 300000 with fire sweeping westward toward small machine shops doing government subcontract work. Three firefighters were overcome and hospitalized as crews fought the blaze and residents evacuated nearby tenements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
A. W. Burritt 1 Co
Johnson
Department of Justice
More American Heroes Distinguish Service Crosses To Eleven
Washington July 12 The list of American heroes awarded the Distinguished Service Cross grows to eleven with nine live recipients and two posthumous honors. Named are Lieut Col Logan Feland Marine Corps Major J S Turrill First Sergeant Benjamin Joelfeld Private Willard Pauley Private James R Thornley Private H R Johnson Private J C Parent Private Edward L Dion. Posthumous awards go to Sergeant Joshua H Brodhead and Private Frank P arm of service not stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Pershingle
Logan Feland
Marine Corps
J. S. Turrill
nArines
Benjamin Jo Field
Artillery
Willard Pauley
Machine
Poral James R. Thornley
H. R. Johnson
Cotter Arrives Home After Long Overseas Leave
John R. Cotter, abroad since last March, returned to an Atlantic port and now is home with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew Cotter of Douglas. He reached Middletown this afternoon and is on leave for several days at least.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Cotter
Middletown
Mr. and
Bartholomew Cotter
Douglas
Nue
South Farms
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Probe Chemical Company
BIG Trade
NEW York Mail
Rumely
Hindenburg III
Universal
WAR Labor Board
France
Revolver
Richter & Company
Bankers
New York Stock Exchange
Central Row
Con
Charter
AtG&é WI
Alaska Gold
Am Sugar
Amer Tel & Tel
Anaconda
Am Smelter
Am Loco
Am Car Foundry
At&s Fe
Balt & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Butte & Sup
Chile Copper
Col Fuel
C&o
Can Pac
Erie
Erie Ist
Gt Northern
Kennecott
North Pacific
NY Cen
Nynhe&h
Penna
Repub & S
Chic RI & Pac
Sou Pac
Sou Ry
St Paul
UN Pac
U S Steel
U S Steel Pfd
Westinghouse
J. H. Cooke
Westbrook
Cromwell
Court St
Lincoln’s Drugstore
Middlesex Chemical Company
Chester
Conn
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