Round Up of Aliens in Gotham
New York reports federal authorities arrested Dr. Hans Heinz Ewers, leader of German propaganda here, for suspected pro German activity tied to financial conduits. Other actions include investigations into German ownership in New York chemical firms and the perjury case of Edward Rumely. Julius Prinzter and three officers of the Trans-Atlantic Trust Company are held pending internment.
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New York
Hans Heinz Ewers
Society of German Authors
Department of Justice
Ewers
Johann von Bernstorff
United States
de Woody
Dr. Ewers
Hienrich Aldrich
Mercer County
Trenton
N. J
Roessler and Hasslocher
Niagara Falls Electric Chemical Company
Niagara Falls
Perth Amboy Chemical Company
Perth Amboy
Julius Prinitzer
Trans-Atlantic Trust Company
British Bomb Constantinople Bombs On July 7
British airmen bombed Constantinople on July 7 dropping half a ton of explosives. The Admiralty announced all British planes returned safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Constantinople
Admiralty
Postponed Vote on War Time Prohibition Near Settlement
Washington July 12 An agreement to postpone a vote on war time bone dry prohibition nears completion with dry leaders in the Senate and a recess for Congress in view.
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Washington
Senate
Tax Advertising Ruin Motive Power of Business
Washington July 12 heavy tax on advertising in the new revenue bill will destroy the motive power of American business the Ways and Means Committee heard from Jesse H Neal executive secretary of the Associated Business Papers organization representing 600 papers He said advertising has filled gaps left by wartime salesmen and keeps manufacturers and consumers in touch Revenue changes and postal zoning could jeopardize the publishing industry and press distribution in the United States
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ways and Means
Jesse H. Neal
Associated Business Papers’ Organization
Neal
United States
Wisconsin Authorities Seek Elder Krause in Triple Murder Probe
Wisconsin police pursue elderly suspect Krause in connection with a triple murder at the Hole Farm near Waukesha. Criminating evidence cited as central to the case as Thursday developments unfold.
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Wisconsin
Elder Krause
Hole Farm
Waukesha
Secret Service Man Sought in Wisconsin Triple Mystery Deaths
Local and Milwaukee authorities hunt Elder Krause a farm hand and South Milwaukee probationer linked to the killings at the Hille farm near Waukesha. Wm Hille Hulda Hille and Ernest Fentz were found dead amid a note to a neighbor and a $30 receipt.
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Waukesha Wis
Milwaukee
Krause
Hille
Wm. Hille
Hulda Hille
Ernest Fentz
Wm. Dingledein
Fentz
Secret Service
Hilles
Germany vows policy unchanged after new German foreign secretaries
Copenhagen July 12. Chancellor von Hertling told the Reichstag committee that changes in foreign secretaries will not alter German foreign or internal policy. He said peace talks proposals will be considered but Germany remains committed to destruction as long as enemies’ speeches continue. Admiral von Hintz has succeeded Richard von Kuehlmann as foreign secretary.
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Copenhagen
von Hertling
Reichstag
Berlin
Wilson
Balfour
England
Germany
von Hintz
Admiral von Hintz
Richard von Kuehlmann
Unknown fishing schooner sunk off Atlantic coast
An Atlantic port reports a rumor that an unknown fishing steamer was sunk yesterday afternoon about ten miles off the coast possibly by a floating mine. Officials could not confirm any details.
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Atlantic
Good joke on an American naval man
London reports a naval exhibit talk by Sir Eric Geddes about an American officer new to British waters mistaking a meat ship for the royal standard. The officer reportedly asked Admiral Beatty where the royal flag was, pointing to a blue ball on white to indicate a meat carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eric Geddes
Admiralty
Admiral Beatty
Turkey's Reply 18 Awaited Over Tehran Incident
The Turkish foreign minister's failure to explain the sacking of an American hospital and the occupation of the consulate in Tabriz drew criticism as a lack of fascination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabriz
Three Demands From Sweden Over Tabriz Incident
A Stockholm dispatch to the State Department says Turkey delayed answering three formal demands for an explanation of the sacking of the American hospital and the occupation of the American consulate at Tabriz. The Swedish note, sent via Constantinople, was delayed until July 5. The United States awaits a prompt Turkish reply while Turkish troops are cited by Spanish sources as responsible for the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tabriz
Stockholm
State Department
Constantinople
Department of States
Universal eight hour day urged for all government work
Washington July 12 The National War Labor Board is about to recommend a universal eight hour day It may announce within days that all government work plants should adopt a basic eight hour schedule including factories with small government output
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Washington
National War Labor Board
Ghost Like Death Boat Sails to Pekin Docks After Tragedy
Authorities seek cause of the Columbia ghost ship that rose from the Watery grave where 85 pleasureseekers died last Saturday. On deck were coroner Clary and Sheriff Wilson. the vessel drifted unpiloted to Pekin's docks before 15 workers abandoned it. Two more bodies were found, totaling 85, as investigators suggest a snag freed the hold and sent the boat on a final, eerie voyage.
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Columbia
Pekin,lli
Peoria
Pekin
Clary
Wilson
Tazewell County
Pekin’s
Arrest Reported in Mirbach Assassination Case
A Copenhagen dispatch via Exchang Telegraph cites Frankfurter Zeitung that one of the two killers of Gen Count von Mirbach, Germany’s Moscow ambassador, has been arrested. Mirbach died from a hand grenade at the German embassy in Moscow after two men with special committee passes entered under pretense of business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jly
Count von Mirbach
Russia
Moscow
Copenhagen
Frankfurter Zeitung
Mirbach
Wilson Sends Message to French People on Bastille Day
President Wilson sent a message to the French people for Bastille Day on July 14. The text has not yet been made public.
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Wilson
Washington
Italians Capture Berat in Albania Front Advance
London reports the Austro Hungarian base at Berat in southern Albania has fallen to Italian forces. The capture removes threat to Valona and allows a southern Albania advance. Italian prisoners taken. broader Balkan front activity noted including Kosnitza crest and Tomorica valley operations.
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London
Berat
Albania
Rome
Valona
Paris
Balkan
French War Office
Balkans
Kosnitza
Tomorica
Farther Gains Are Made by French on Marne Battle Front
French forces on the Marne front report captures of Longpont and Javage train, with lines extended north of Chavigny farm and east of Favorites in a worsening weather. Italian and French advances in southern Albania push toward Valona as Allied planners consider a flanking push into the Balkans. British airmen bombard Constantinople as Balkans tensions rise.
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Marne
Frank Charlton
I. N.S
Asine
Oureq
Marne Front
Longpont
Javage
Chavigny Farm
Favorites
Villers-Cotterets
Teutons
Chivaigny Farm
Sois‘sous
Longport
Savage Farm
Favorlies
Bernat
Albania
Bera
Semeni
Dovoli
Valona
Servia
Balkans
Adriatic
Turkey
Constantinsople
Dealers in Drugs Plotted to Blacklist and Press Manufacturers
Washington July 12 A Federal Trade Commission complaint alleges the National Wholesale Druggists Association conspired to blacklist drug dealers and force price cuts or compliance with its policies. Officers named include Charles E. Bedwell Omaha J H Bradley Toledo Saunders Norvell New York H C Risher Waco W C Miller Richmond and Clarence E Hone Boston.
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Washington
National Wholesale Druggists’ Association
Federal Trade Commission Today
Commission
F. E. Holliday
New York
National Association
Charles E. Bedwell
Omaha
J. H. Bradley
Toledo Ohio
Saunders Norvell
H. C. Risher
Waco
Tex
W. C. Miller
Richmond
Clarence E. Hone
Boston
Mass
Bombing report from HMS London and allied aircrews
Admiralty announces British airmen dropped bombs on German docks February July 8 to 10, destroying one German machine. all Britons returned safely. German planes attacked Dun kirk July 7 but caused no material damage. British Greek air crews at Mediterranean and Aegean stations hit Kuleliburgas bridge and railway station, causing heavy damage on the Maritza river south of Adrianople.
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London
Admiralty
Dunkirk
Mediterranean
Eagean
Kuleliburgas
German submarines avoid sinking transports say German bureau
Amsterdam reports a Wolff Bureau explanation that U boats attack neutral and Allied shipping in traffic lanes. Submarines would not waste time sinking well-armed, convoyed transports as it would not further the principle of submarine warfare.
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Amsterdam
Wolff Bureau
Germany
Five American Aviators Reported Captured
Washington reports confirmation of a German claim that five American aviators were captured in a Pershing communique dated July 11. The message notes a bombing expedition left five US planes missing and describes limited enemy activity in the Vosges and Lorraine with two enemy patrols dispersed and stronger American artillery fire. The Altkirch air front saw increased enemy air activity met by anti aircraft guns.
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General Pershing
War Department
Washington
Pershing
Vosges
Lorraine
Henemy
Altkirch
Fewer Davenport Styles Planned By War Board
The war industries board will reduce bed davenport styles from seventy five to twenty. The plan follows a meeting of representatives from the davenport and bed industries with the conservation division. The shift will save large quantities of steel genuine and artificial leather and woolen cotton and silk fabrics.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Davenport and
Bed Industries
Conservation Division
American Position Raided Near Marne Front
American forces repelled a German raid in the Vaury sector near the Marne with three enemy dead. German documents indicated a newly replaced division and Ludendorff warned captives yield little information. Paris and London reports followed on French advances north of Chivagny farm and Meuse activity, with British raids netting prisoners and machine guns.
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Henry G. Wales
Marne
Vaury
von Ludendorff
Ludendorff
Paris
Longpont
Aisne
Ourca
Jamage Farm
War Office
Chavigny Farm
Favorelles
Champagne
Chivagny Farm
Montdidier
Meuse
London
Morris
Flanders Front
Merris
Bucanoy
Hamel
Meteren
Gaverelle
Kemmel
Germans Sink Naval Launch During Coastal Attack
Washington reports two crewmen missing and two captured after naval motor launch 3429 was fired on and sunk by German shore batteries while aiding a French destroyer towing an American seaplane. The attack left men swimming ashore and three rescued exhausted. Assistant Surgeon Albert Masom Stevens and quartermaster Philip Goldman were captured after reaching land.
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Washington
Navy Department
Albert Masom Stevens
Philip Goldman
New York City
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Nois
Gists’ Association
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Maritaz River
Adrianople
Orient Railway
Yankee Flyers
Vaux Sector
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