British Note on Orders in Council Receives U S Reply
Washington notes Britain asserts orders in council lawful under international law and delays judgment pending judicial settlement. Secretary Lansing forwards note to President Wilson. document cites Civil War Supreme Court decisions and Bermuda blockade as precedent. public release planned for Wednesday.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States Supreme Court
United States
Lansing
Wilson
Cornish
N. H
Hapdeneathe
Council
Bermuda
Germany Awaits U S Response on Britain Shipping
Berlin reports substantial time may pass before Germany answers the American note on British shipping restrictions. If the U S protests firmly, a German reply may refrain from brusqueness. Berlin hopes the United States will challenge Britain’s sea control methods, while awaiting official signals from the Berlin foreign office.
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Berlin
London
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Wilson
US rejection of German life protection proposal perplexes Vienna paper
Vienna dispatch notes Neue Freie Presse cannot understand why the United States refused Germanys proposal to protect American lives. The paper questions whether the stiff necked attitude would be observed against England.
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Vienna
London
Neue Frie Presse
United States
Germany
Simé
Eng
British and German naval war methods questioned
London papers debate President Wilson's notes to Germany and argue recent two months show no change in German sea warfare. The Times naval correspondent notes the two month blockade appears inactive only briefly before renewed activity and sinking of British and neutral ships without warning.
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London
Wilson
Germany
Times
England Must Take Notice Says Paper London July 26
Fragmentary OCR notes imply a London paper urged action with a paragraph inviting a response. The fragment mentions continued discussion and a page three reference, but details are unclear.
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England
London
Eastland Disaster Probed by Federal and State Authorities
Federal and state authorities probe the Eastland disaster to fix responsibility amid the loss of about 1 000 of 2 480 excursionists. Investigators examine crew conduct and vessel construction while weighing regulatory compliance and possible negligence. Additional divers search the hull as officials plan raising the steamer and mud removal to reach bodies.
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Chicago
Rome
Hoyne
Cook Count
United States’ Inspection Bureau
Eastland
Dickerson
Hoover
United States Steamboat Inspection Service
Charles H. Westcott
Detroit
Mansfield
Nichol
Hoffman
Hull
Solion
World Wire Briefs From Across Cities
San Francisco reports nine million dollar prize for ten dirigible balloons destroyed in the air. Amsterdam notes Bavaria Catholic institutions subscribe to the next War loan. London says Australia will export zinc concentrates to the United States. Bavaria’s king makes the German emperor a Bavarian field marshal. The Aberdeen trawler Briton is lost with captain dead and crew missing. Cornish New Hampshire awaits Palmier as counsellor of state department. Los Angeles notes Glenn Martin injured by a bomb blast while filming. Willemstad Curacao reports General Monages captured at Guanta urging Rebel forces.
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San Francisco
Dionth
Panama-Pathe
Pyle
Baron Michelham
Amsterdam
Munich
Berlin
Vossische , Zeitung
Bavaria
London
Reuter
Melbourne
United States
Admiralty
Cornish
N. H
A. Mitchell Palmier
Pennnsylvania
State Department
Aon
Wilson
Los Angeles
Carl
Gilenn Martin
Willemstad
Curacao
Guanta
Considerable Fishing Record At Ocean Springs
Ocean Springs Miss July 26 One hundred fifty fish in a morning’s sport is the record set by M P Julian of New Orleans. He says fishing is better this year, with sixty plus fish last Sunday and others reporting similar luck. The weather section notes generally fair conditions in Mobile and Alabama with light variable winds.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
M. P. Julian
New Orleans
Julian
Charles Wirth
Mobile
Alabama
Inauguration of Improved Wire Service Highlights Disaster Coverage
The Item celebrates adopting the United Press leased wire service with graphic reports on the Eastland disaster. It cites photographic scenes and a descriptive sketch by Satterfield, noting the vivid human interest elements that set the piece apart from competitors.
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United Press
Sur
Mobile
Satterfield
Eastland
Associas
Fazan
Opposition to Sand Island and Bond Issue Bills in Alabama House
Delegations from Jefferson and Walker counties will oppose the sand island cession and the port bond issue when the bills reach the Alabama House. Dr H H T Inge heads opposition to moving the University of Alabama medical department to Birmingham. Education committees meet to consider the transfer bill. a Sunday baseball ban also faces lawmakers.
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Montgomery
Ala
Sand Island
Port
Jefferson
Walker
Davis
Walker County
Hartwell
Mobile
Montomery
Als
T. Inge
Medical
University of Alabama
Birmingham
Representative Hogan
Jefferson County
T. K. Jackson
Judiciary
House
Senate
Henderson
Mexicans Readying Battle at Border Near Nogales
Major General Funston reported that despite warnings to General Carranza and assurances no fighting would occur, General Callés gathered 2,000 Carranza troops at Santa Barbara, twenty miles from Nogales, and appeared set to attack the border town. Funston ordered forceful repulsion of any firing into U S territory.
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Washington
Funston
Carranza
Amer
Callés
Santa Barbara
Nogales
Hamburg Grand Prix Won By Masher in 25 000 Prize
The Hamburg Grand Prix worth 25 000 dollars was won by Masher ridden by Archibald Basher, with Baron Alfred von Ceress as the winning owner from HAMBURG via London. The prize equals 100 000 marks. Separately, McHenry bank declares a six percent dividend during a stockholders meeting at the Citizens Bank of McHenry.
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Hamburg
Masher
London
Baron Alfred .von Ceress Basher
Archibald
Hance
McHenry
M’henry
Citize Bank of
Oy Ie Ee
R.ree
S. J. Adkison
Fight for Warsaw Ferget in North Pressed Front
Northern Poland sees German forces cross the Narew as Field Marshal Von Mackensen’s troops push toward Warsaw while Russians withdraw to support munitions production. Ostrolenka fortress remains contested as German advances threaten routes from Pultusk. Paris notes Vosges gains with 800 Germans captured and reports artillery and mine warfare on the western front. Turkey Bulgaria rail dispute noted with neutrality concerns and possible shifts in naval strategy.
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London
Warsaw
Poland
von Mackenzen
Narew
Petrograd
Ostrolenka
Pultusk
Bug River
Vosges
Paris
Sre Aan
Turkey
Butegaria
Gatch
Sofia
Sion
Germany
Bryan compares war to challenging an insane asylum
William J. Bryan told a San Francisco audience at the First Congregational church that using a big stick in scripture misreads Holy Writ. He argued the United States has no authority to wage war against Germany and warned that striking at Europe would resemble challenging an insane asylum.
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San Francisco
William J. Bryan
First Congregational Church
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
United States
Germany
Germany denies restrictions on aid for Germans to Russia
Berlin reports the German government rejected claims that funds for Germans to Russia would be cut. A statement said the American embassy may draw on aid for Germans without means without limit, countering Petrograd reports of hedged funding.
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Berlin
London
Petrograd
Germany
Russia
Two Americans Freed From Spy Allegations At Border
In Nogales Sonora Joseph Depuy, once sentenced to death as a spy, was released and returned to the American side. A second American arrested for spying was also liberated, with further details noted on the border.
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Nogales
Ariz
Joseph Depuy
Uia
Sonora
Woman seeks ban on cats over birds and worms
In St. Paul on July 26 a resident asked the city council to ban cats as a dog license measure. She argued cats in her neighborhood depleted birds which failed to eat worms that harmed the leaves of trees. The council declined to act.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Leelanaw Sunk Off Scotland by German Submarine
The American steamship Leelanaw, owned in New York by the Harly Steamship Co, was torpedoed off the northwest coast of Scotland after departing Belfast with flax. All crew were saved and landed at Kirkwall in their boats. Captain D. B. Belk led the crew, and the vessel previously carried cotton from Galveston to Archangel.
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London
Belfast
Scotland
Kirkwall
New York
Dundee
Harly Steamship Company
Galveston
Archangel
Gothessburg
Sweden
D. B. Belk
Sinking of ships and contraband under US German treaty debate
The article discusses German and American exchanges over contraband during wartime, citing the 1828 treaty and article 13. It notes the right to sink neutral ships carrying contraband and the conditions for detention or condemnation, with reference to the Prince Eitel Friedrich incident and ongoing diplomacy.
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Bethough
Germany
Prince Eitel Friedrich
United States
Londam
Eivie
Vesel
Fleming Died July 26 1916 Funeral Tomorrow
Obituary note for BD Hofford Fleming states death on Sunday July 26 1916 at 1 o clock. Funeral services will be tomorrow afternoon at 6 in the parlors of Roche Undertaking Company.
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Fleming
Hofford Fleming
Roche &Dertaking Company
Lost Pair of Glasses in A4 Case Downtown
A resident reports a lost pair of glasses kept in an A4 case Saturday night in downtown Troy seeking return. A reward is offered by the finder for the safe return of the eyewear.
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Troy
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