Submarine F-4 Wreck Casualties Identified in Harbor
In Honolulu the body of George T. Ashcroft of Los Angeles was identified as the unmated sailor found in the forward compartment of the F-4 wrecked on March 25. Debris fills the starboard side while work to recover remains continues and the board debates whether hull damage or lifting caused the loss.
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Honolulu
United States
George T. Ashcroft
Los Angeles
Ier
Ashcroft
Naval
Admieusch
Julius A. Furer
Wo Gd B. Crittenden
Navy board cites common weaknesses in F-4 type submarines
Washington reports a board of inquiry found systemic flaws across F class submarines. Hydrogen gas buildup from charging and occasional sea water leakage into storage batteries could release chlorine gas, risking crew during submerged operations. The report commends the F-4 crew's diligence and notes hull strength remained intact. A new board led by Rear Admiral Bousch will investigate possible disaster causes.
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Washington
Board of Inquiry
Honolulu
Bousch
Navy Department
Wheat futures mixed on September and December contracts
Market brief notes Sept 1 shows September wheat around 96 340 and December near 995 percent, reflecting steady trading with attention to supply and demand signals amid harvest timing.
Noted Aviator Adolph Pégoud Reported Dead
Paris reports confirm the death of Adolph Pégoud the famed aviator aged twenty eight who served five years in the French army He earned a military medal and a military cross for wartime exploits and shot down his sixth German aircraft on July 11.
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Paris
Adolph Pegoud
Death Trap in Johnstown Mines Claims Nineteen Victims
A gas explosion at Ordena mine in Boswell, Johnstown area, killed nineteen miners with James Bergalena dying in hospital and two more expected to perish. Foreman Martin Maclure, who approved access to the area, was killed. Rescue teams labored for hours finding eight bodies among the dead.
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Johnstown
Penn
Ordena
Boswell
James Bergalena
Martin Maclure
MacClure
Dope Fiend Nicked Before Judge Moyes On September Morning
In a police court session this morning Judge Moyes heard cases including ten street offenders fined 15 dollars each, two “Monte Windmill” hop smokers fined 25 dollars plus confiscation of outfits, and Lillian Banks jailed then fined 50 dollars for fleecing a man of about 50. Three warrants were issued for illegal water users.
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Monte
Moyes
Lillian Banks
Lost Girl Reunited With Mother After Idaho Falls Search
Miss Zov Merrill, who had not returned home from the Idaho Falls roundup, was found yesterday. Her mother, who had gone to Idaho Falls to look for her, met her on a train near Burley, and the pair reconciled. County authorities had been alerted and were on the lookout for two days. They traveled together to Burley this morning.
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Zov Merrill
Idaio Falls
Burley
Idaho Falls
Runaway Wagon Tramples Chest Injuring Charley Olwein
A delivery wagon on North 10th avenue ran away early yesterday, throwing Chas Olwein from the wagon and running over his chest. Patrolman Luce and Frank Wolsey stopped the runaway. Dr A M Newton said Olwein would likely recover from internal injuries.
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North 10Th Avenue
Chas
Olwein
Vas
Luce
Frank Wolsey
A. M. Newton
City Meat Company
Thaw Files Divorce Petition in Pittsburgh Case
Harry K. Thaw seeks divorce from Evelyn Thaw in common pleas court charging misconduct with John Francis of Newark. Reports from Washington state a German submarine sunk near the Arabic disaster was itself destroyed, while Overseas News Agency tallies Russian losses of 600000 killed or wounded and 1100000 captured since May 2.
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Pittsburg
Harry K. Thaw
Common Pleas Court
Evelyn Thaw
John Francis
Newark
Washington
State Department
Ambassador Page
Bancroft Brawl Leaves Call Bruised and McLaughlin Fled
Deputy Sheriff George Maby reports a disturbance in Bancroft where McLaughlin led a party after bottles of joy were procured. Hy Call suffered facial and body injuries as two assailants kicked him while Call was left isolated. McLaughlin fled the country and the other man is jailed locally.
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George Maby
Bancroft
Maby
Hy Call
McLaughlin
Call
Baseball Box Score Fragments Show Batter Names and Throws
Fragmented box score lines list players such as Batteries Foster and Cady Wyckoff Nabors and others with unclear team names. The text shows partial scoring and pitcher references Coveleskie Buland Stanage Hooker and Benz, without complete game context or final results.
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American
Boston
Tigastibale
Philadelphia
Foster and Cady
Wyckoff, Nabors
H. E Chiorrg
Scott, Benz and Sehalk
Coveleskie
Buland and Stanage, Hooker, Petal
British Nationality Admissions in July Report
London reports 104 cases of admission to British nationality in July. Among new citizens five were Americans, twenty-five Germans, thirty-four Russians, and four Belgians. Of the Germans, twenty-two were readmissions of British-born widows.
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London
Orozco Killed After a Raid in Texas Hills
Gen Pasqual Orozco prominent Mexican rebel leader was killed after a raid on Dick Love ranch in Culberson County Texas. The fight occurred with American customs officers and the 13th United States Cavalry in Green River canyon. Orozco died from four bullet wounds sustained in battle. Bodies of raiders ordered shipped to Van Horn. Orozco had joined Madero’s cause and became Chihuahua military governor after the 1911 Juarez capture.
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el Paso
Tex
Pascual Orozco
Mexico
Thirteenth
United States Cavalry
Green River Canyon
Lonesome Mountains
Culberson County
Dick Love
Zoo
Four Company
Sierra Blanca
Huerta
General Orozco
Victoriano Huerta
van Horn
Oroezo
Chihuahua
Madero
Diaz
Juarez
Orozco
Holland Buys American Airplanes for Dutch Navy
Lieutenant Commander Van Steyn of the Dutch navy arrived in New York saying he holds a commission to purchase aeroplanes from American manufacturers. He observed in the war that American machines are the best. Dr. Frank Davis of Minneapolis, aboard the Noor dam, and president of the American Medical Association of Vienna, noted prices in Austria had doubled in nine months.
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New York
van Steyn
Frank ©. Davis
Minneapolis
Noordam
American Medicial Olation
Vienna
Austria
Food poisoning scare tied to shipboat illness
New York reports quarantine placed on Hamburg American and North German Lloyd lines at Hoboken after 10 men aboard the Hiner President Lincoln showed illness resembling Asiatic cholera. Surgeon General Blue later said it was food poisoning, not cholera.
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New York
N. Y
Lloyd Lines
Hoboken
Lincoln
Blue
Able Health Service
Imported eggs labeling law struck down by court
San Francisco. A law from the last legislature requiring imported eggs to be labeled was declared unconstitutional in the superior court. The ruling found the act interfered with interstate and foreign commerce and restricted individual rights.
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San Francisco
Cal
Superior Court
Serbia to comply with Entente demands on Bulgaria
Paris dispatch reports Serbia told Greece it will meet the quadruple Entente concessions demanded by Bulgaria. The statement was conveyed from Athens and outlines Serbia's compliance stance amid ongoing diplomacy.
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Paris
Serbia
Greece
Saving Money for Defense Plan
Washington reports economy in appropriations for little used army posts navy yards rivers harbors and public buildings will be recommended to Congress by President Wilson to leave funds for an adequate national defense program. High administration sources provided the information.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Wilson
Charges Filed Against Colorado National Guard Officers
A military court of inquiry investigated charges against Colorado National Guard officers and took up charges against Major George Lee and Captain A. H. Dablene. The charges were not revealed to the public.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado National Guard
George Lee
A. H. Dablene
Washington Millionaire Missing After Estate Papers
Police search for F. J. Van Sicklen of North Yakima Washington missing nine weeks after traveling to New York to sign papers for the final distribution of a nearly four million dollar estate left by his grandfather Herbert Van Sicklen. Elk members and chapters in many cities assist in the hunt. He reserved a room at the Brooklyn hotel but did not check in.
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New York
F. J. van Sicklen
North Yakima
Washington
Herbert van Sicklen
Order
Brooklyn
Not Known North Yakima Dispatch Item
North Yakima Washington reports F J Van Sieklen is not known locally. A woman claiming to be the wife of a recent arrival departed the city at police request.
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North Yakima
Wash
F. J. van Sieklen
New York Dispatch
Senator Tillman Backs Navy Increase Amid Defense Talks
Senator Tillman of the senate naval affairs committee discussed national defenses with President Wilson. He said he favored a reasonable navy increase and would back the president's recommendations. He denied reports of a $500 million army and navy appropriation being decided.
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Washington
Tillman
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Wilson
Administration
Money Market May Close the Factories
New York reports in foreign exchange markets weakness and demoralization. First quotations show sterling demand at 4.51 and later 4.59, a drop of 11 cents in two days. Analysts fear continued decline will force Great Britain to curtail imports, threatening factory operations in the U. S.
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New York
Great Britain
Weather Forecast For Regions West And Northwest
Washington shows showers in western areas with mostly cloudy periods and a chance of mist. Idaho unsettled with showers and cooler, Montana likely to be cloudy with possible showers in the west.
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Washington
Idaho
Montan
Miners Strike Deepens After Agreement Reached
London report says 25 000 more miners joined the strike in South Wales despite an agreement reached yesterday between mine owners and coal miners.
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London
South Wales
Germany agrees to warn passenger liners before submarine attacks
Washington reports Count von Bernstorff informed Secretary Lansing that Germany will warn passenger liners before torpedo attacks and aim to reduce the pledge to writing. The ambassador cited Germany's policy to avoid sinking noncombatant liners without warning if they do not resist, while noting the Arabic incident remains unsettled. The White House welcomed the shift as a fulfillment of the president's position.
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Washington
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing Tha
Lansing
Germany
Bernstorff
von Bernstorff
White House
Berlin
Auction Plan is Tried Out in New York Fruit Markets
The state department of foods and markets held fruit auctions at Red Hook to aid producers and consumers. About sixty thousand barrels of apples were offered and a record peach crop was expected to be auctioned within a week. If successful the plan could expand to other fruits and produce statewide.
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New York
State Department of Foods and Markets
Red Hook
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