Strathness claims sinking of German submarine by gunners
Captain David Thompson of the British steamer Strathness reports a July 15 engagement with a German submarine. Two British navy gunners on the Strathness fired a 6 pound gun. a ball amidships caused the sub to explode and sink. The Strathness sustained torpedo hits but suffered limited damage. The ship departed Baltimore with dented plates as it went down at 2:30 o’clock. Senate approves army appropriation bill of 267 million 597 thousand dollars for regular army and national guard.
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David Thompson
Baltimore
Mediterranean
Strathness
Thompson
Senate
Regular Army
National Guard
Dog saves by Cameron as shark attacks in Huntington Bay
Mrs. Ariel Cameron of South Norwalk Connecticut reports her dog was attacked by a 7 to 8 foot shark off Huntington Bay near the W K Vanderbilt Jr summer home. Cameron waded out with an oar to strike the shark and kept it at bay until the dog reached shore.
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Ariel Cameron
South Norwalk
Conn
Huntington Bay
W. K. Vanderbilt Jr
Cameron
Heat Death Toll in Chicago Nears Thousand Says Health Official
Four days of extreme heat caused nearly 1000 deaths in Chicago, city health commissioner John D. Robertson told physicians. He noted the figure far exceeds prior official counts and compared the heat fatalities to those in the Eastland disaster, stressing the ongoing emergency.
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Chicago
John D. Robertson
Robertson
Shackleton Fails To Reach Elephant Island Rescue
Lieut Sir Ernest Shackleton fails again to reach the main body of the expedition left on Elephant Island. He returns to the Falkland Islands aboard the Emma after heavy gales and pack ice hindered progress and damaged the ship. Twenty two men remain stranded since April as Shackleton and five companions sought aid.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton
Elephant Island
London Daily Chronicle
Falkland Islands
Sir Ernest
Emma
Reuter
Port Stanley
Shackleton
Fined for Speeding to Funeral in Bellwood
Magistrate William Rowe of Pell wood Illinois fined five automobile drivers five dollars plus costs for speeding a funeral procession to Oak Ridge Cemetery. Bellwood patrolman Harry Ernst stopped the funeral of Mrs Henry Howard near the grave claiming twenty five miles per hour, while others testified speeds were under fifteen miles per hour. Witnesses included pallbearers four year olds and the funeral director.
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William Rowe
Pellwood
Ill
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Bellwood
Harry Ernst
Henry Howard
Pall
Japs Active at Panama Bay
The Japanese launch near Panama Bay draws close scrutiny from Panama and U.S. Panama Canal Zone officials. Washington dispatches say the vessel’s crew may be taking soundings and observing canal fortifications, triggering considerable excitement.
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Panama
Panama Bay
Canal Zone
Republic of Panama
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Star and Herald
Washington
Canal Entrance
Air Raid Kills 200 Germain Soldiers at Metz
Reports from The Hague say about 200 German troops were killed or injured in an Allied air raid on Metz the capital of Lorraine. The raid heavily damaged the military station and barracks.
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Metz
Lorraine
Hague
Chicago City Moves to Probe Graft in Police Ranks
City Civil Service Commission plans suspension of six police captains amid graft probe. Mayor Thompson and commission president Percy Coffin announced after an investigation that two captains allegedly received four percent of slot machine profits.
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City Civil Service Commission
Thompson
Chicago
Percy B. Coffin
Cloudburst Devastates Cabin Creek Valley in West Virginia
Heavy property loss and washed out bridges on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway marked a cloudburst that struck Cabin Creek Valley last Wednesday morning. Reports from Montgomery suggested at least 100 lives lost, though this could not be confirmed, and railway crews could not determine the fate of trains in the district.
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Cabin Creek Valley
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Montgomery
Chesapeake and Ohio Division
French Socialist Congress spares relations with German Socialists
By a vote of 1824 to 1075 the French Congress of Socialists decided not to resume relations with the German Socialists after several speakers denounced alleged policies of frightfulness.
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Congress of Socialists
Militiaman Conroy Killed by Army Mule at Border
Francis E. Conroy, first Illinois guardsman to die in border duty, died after being kicked by an army mule. He served as a private in the Second Illinois Infantry and will receive military honors as if killed on the firing line.
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Francis E. Conroy
Conroy
Second
Illinois Infantry
Woman Lawyer Chases Culprit Across North America
Miss Johanna H. Powell, 22, of Chicago, locates and arrests John O Donnell on a child abduction case. Powell obtains a warrant, brings O Donnell and the children to court for a hearing after tracing them from the Western States to northern Canada.
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Canada
Johanna H. Powell
Chicago
John O’donnell
Illinois
Pennell
O’donnell
Atlantic
Newport
Block Island
Uncertain Fate of Kut Captives Raises Alarm
Lord Robert Cecil told Commons that the American ambassador in Constantinople tried to contact British prisoners captured by the Turks at Kut el Amara but could reach only General Townshend. The American consul in Baghdad made similar attempts but failed to establish contact.
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Kut-el-Amara
Robert Cecil
Foreign Office
Constantinople
Townshend
Kut
Bagdad
Doctor’s $1000 Fee Sparks Debate Over Resuscitation
Friends of Dr. A. V. Coman defend a $1000 bill for one hour of work trying to revive Barrell family’s drowned son. Finley Barrell, Chicago heiress, was summoned after the July 1 drowning. the doctor reportedly could not revive the youth.
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A. V.coman
Finley Barrell
Large submarine sighted near Machiasport Me
Coast Guard reports an unidentified submarine of large size seen off Machiasport Maine. Unconfirmed brief states the vessel surfaced briefly then submerged, moving westward.
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Coast Guard
Machiasport
Steamer Seiko Maru Missing Since March
Lloyds dispatches report the Japanese steamer Seiko Maru sailing from Tacoma on March 22 has not been heard from. The ship carried a crew of forty eight. Also announced today the British steamers Newburn and Trident have been sunk by German submarines and Langdale wrecked off St Michael.
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Lloyds
Tacoma
Wash
Newburn
Trident
Lloyds Bath
New Castle
Langdale
St. Michael
Lightning Kills Twelve at Michel B. C. Mines
Twelve men are known dead after an explosion in Mine No. 3 at Michel B. C. following a Wednesday lightning strike on signal wires. The bolt carried current into the mine and ignited dust or gas, triggering the blast. Boulders and debris were hurled a quarter mile. fire began in one area and was extinguished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michel B. C
Wednesda
Bread Price Rise Signals Nationwide Increase
Chicago bakers warned a general bread price rise could sweep the country as flour costs surge. Flour jumped about 1.50 a barrel in a month to 6.25, up from 4.75, with wheat market volatility and Northwest weather damage blamed. President John W. Eckhart of Eckhart Milling notes potential further increases.
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Chicago
Northwest
John W. Eckhart
J. W. Eckhart Milling Company
Woman Named for Congress in First Kansas District
Complete unofficial returns from Kansas First Congressional District show Dr Eva Harding the first woman nominated for the United States Congress has been named for the Democratic ticket. Harding leads Rev Herbert Corwine by 508 votes. both reside in Topeka.
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Kansas
Eva Harding
United States Congress
Harding
Herbert Corwine
Topeka
China–US loan talks collapse deepen State Dept setback
State Department reports bankers and Chinese Government failed to agree on terms for the remaining 4 million of a 5 million loan. Officials say they are greatly discouraged by the inability to secure the financing and the terms offered. The Chinese Government has been informed that the terms cannot be met as proposed.
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State Department
Adviser to eight million Pennsylvanians mentions horse poisoning death
Letter to the State Board of Health recounts a mare dying after suspected poison. The sender lists treatments including juniper berries chloroform laudanum linseed oil hogs lard eggs and milk and asks for chemical analysis and guidance. The note reflects early public health inquiry into toxic exposures and veterinary details.
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State Board of Health
Loan terms fail to attract after smaller offer
A $30,000,000 loan slated to follow a smaller financing option failed to entice investors, being deemed not sufficiently attractive.
Final messages from Zeppelin L-19 crew found in bottle
Extracts from letters recovered in February include the commander’s final report written an hour before the airship sank in the North Sea. Many entries are personal messages to victims’ families. One note recalls an English trawler passing and refusing rescue.
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Skagerrak
North Sea
Oversea
Pope to protest German deportations of French women
Rome dispatch reports the Pope will protest to Germany after studying opposition to the deportation of Northern France inhabitants. The move follows a protest from the bishop of Lille and the archbishop of Rheims. The Pope would demand that women and young girls be returned home and threaten public condemnation if ignored.
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France
Germany
Rome
Lille
Rheims
Berlin
Gas explosion and cave-in at Innkermann colliery claims lives
Two men were killed and two injured in a gas blast at the No. 11 colliery of the Pennsylvania Coal Company in Innkermann Pennsylvania. The subsequent cave-in trapped forty workers behind a barrier but all entombed men were soon rescued.
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Pennsylvania Coal Company
Innkermann
Several Steamers Reported Sunk by Mines Submarine
A Lloyds dispatch from Stockholm reports the Swedish steamship Vera of 2308 tons sunk off Aingrundet lightship by a mine or submarine. A later dispatch notes the British steamer Trident of 3129 tons from New Castle also sunk though unconfirmed. Also reported: the Greek steamship Achilles, 843 tons from Piraeus, destroyed by a submarine.
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Lloyds
Stockholm
Vera
Aingrundet
Gefle
Llodys
Trident
New Castle
Kanawha
Halifax
Achilles
Piraeus
Guardsman Refuses Oath in New Mexico Infantry Case
Private Lewis O Gardiner of the First New Mexico Infantry was found guilty of failing to subscribe to the federal oath required for muster on June 14 after a general court martial. The verdict and board recommendation were forwarded to the secretary of war. Gardiner asked for clemency but stood by his refusal to take the oath.
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Lewis O. Gardiner
First New Mexico Infantry
United States
Secretary of War
Gardiner
Runaway Horse Throws Celebrities From Carriage
Margaret Wilson daughter of Blanche Bates and George Creel was thrown from a carriage when a shaft broke and a horse bolted during a Sunday ride to Holbrook Blinn’s Croton residence. She and Mrs Bates suffered bruises and minor injuries while riding near Ossining where Miss Wilson had been staying with her mother.
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Margaret Wilson
Blanche Bates
George Creel
Denver
Colo
Croton-on-the-Hudson
Holbrook Blinn
Miss Wilson
George Créel
Ossining
Desperate Armenian Refugees in Turkey Feared
A high diplomatic dispatch from Turkey reports Armenians driven from their homes collecting grasses and herbs to survive. Descriptions describe exhausted comrades found scavenged by others amid extreme food shortage and dire conditions.
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American Committee For Armenian and Syrian Relief
Turkey
Riots in St. Petersburg End With Casualties
Semiofficial German dispatches report July 30 riots in St. Petersburg over food shortages. Twenty eight people killed and more than one hundred wounded as troops dispersed rioters looting houses and stores.
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Stockholm
St. Petersburg
Pittsburgh Woman Revolts in Heat Fueled Siege
Ida Starr, a servant, barricaded herself in John Schuntz’s Pittsburgh home and fired into streets for about an hour. A policeman forced a rear door as attackers fought inside. Starr died soon after. She was about nine feet tall and had become insane.
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Ida Starr
John Schuntz
Pittsburgh
British Officers Wounded in France Including Sackville-West
Brig. Gen. Hon. Charles John Sackville-West, heir presumptive to the third Baron Sackville, and Lord Alexander George Thynne, MP for Bath, have been wounded while serving in France. Thynne is the fifth son of the Marquis of Bath.
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Cers
Charles John Sackville-West
Baron Sackville
Alexander George Thynne
Bath
France
Lord Thynne
New Plans Formed for Persia with Great Britain and Russia
A semiofficial Russian dispatch from Teheran reports Britain and Russia have reached an understanding with Persia to strengthen ties. It states a solution for Persia’s financial and military organization, with northern Persia to develop the Persian brigade and southern Persia to form strong contingents.
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Persia
Great Britan
Russia
Teheran
South
Ammunition Explosion Kills Fifty at Koenigsberg Depot
An explosion at the Koenigsberg East Prussia depot killed thirty men and twenty women. Fourteen others were severely injured and fifty eight sustained minor injuries. The blast caused a fire quickly controlled.
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Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Seek to Stop Explosive Shipments From Jersey City
Federal Court hears rule to show cause on restraining order against the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company from accepting high explosives for shipment from Jersey City. Judge Bellstab will hear at Delmar New Jersey with Jersey City city commissioners named as co defendants. Edfication filed by Canadian Car and Foundry Company Limited of Bergen New Jersey.
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company
Jersey City
Bellstab
Delmar N. J
Canadian Car and Foundry Company, Limited
Bergen
N. J
British Loan Rumor Promises Major Two Year Debt Offering
In financial circles there is expectation of an imminent official announcement confirming negotiations for a new 250 million dollar loan to Great Britain. The two year loan would bear 5 percent interest with notes maturing in two years offered at 99. Securities reportedly backing the loan include about 300 million dollars’ worth of Canadian, Argentine and Swiss government bonds and stocks, plus bonds of American railroad and industrial corporations. Principal and interest would be paid as due.
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Great Britain
United States Loan Aims to Fund Munitions Purchases
A loan arrangement in New York is described to finance payments for munitions bought in the United States. The scheme seeks to supply funds for defense materials while supporting domestic suppliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
First Vessel Grounds in Panama Canal Report
A Cristo bal message to the San Francisco Merchants Exchange notes the British steamer Ilford grounding in the Panama Canal on its voyage from Bahia Blanco to Atlantic ports. The nitrate cargo will require lightering to proceed.
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Panama Canal
Cristobal
San Francisco
Submarine sinks six ships after order to abandon Mars
A German submarine halted six ships Thursday morning. The Mars was sunk after its crew fled to lifeboats. Credo and Soro followed ten minutes later. The other three vessels were searched and allowed to sail. Survivors from the sunken ships were picked up by the Danish steamer Robert and landed at Havre.
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Mars
Credo
Soro
Robert
Lanched
Havre
Investigation into Wheat Price Manipulation Under Way
Federal authorities probe wheat price surges as Department of Justice agents inspect Northwest grain storage. Chief investigator Hilton G. Clabaugh reports 654,000,000 bushels in this year’s crop with 160,000,000 held from 1915, while home consumption runs about 620,000,000. Probing flour market and rising bread costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Justice
Hilton G. Clabaugh
United States
Cline
Blackmail Bandits Target Coast Resorts
DoJ reports organized crime rings extorting large sums from wealthy patrons at Atlantic City Cape May Bar Harbor and other resorts. Attorney General Gregory orders secret service to pursue hotspots and arrest at least a dozen suspects. A prominent society woman reportedly paid 100000 to silent gangsters.
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Atlantic City
Cape May
Bar Harbor
Department of Justice
Gregory
Secret Service
Department
Two Steamers Sunk In War Losses Reported By Lloyds
Lloyds reports the sinking of the Japanese steamer Temmei Maru of 3360 tons built in 1889. It recently voyaged from New York to Viladivostok. The British steamer Antiope of 2975 tons is also sunk. A Lisbon dispatch notes Portugal seized fifty one German ships will be turned over to the English government for use.
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Lloyds
New York
Viladivostok
Antiope
Lisbon
Central News
Portugal
Venetian Church Destroyed in Air Attack
The famous Church of Santa Maria Foremosa in Venice was destroyed by Austrian seaplanes amid World War conflict. Continued on Page Three.
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Santa Maria Foremosa
Venice
One Day Free Consultation Offer by United Doctors
A Milwaukee laboratory ad proclaims one day only hours ten to eight for free consultation and examination by the United Doctors Specialists licensed in Pennsylvania. They claim success in chronic diseases, with nonoperative treatment and no charges beyond costs, urging patients to report results to friends to prove efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Doctors
State of
Pennsylvania
United
America
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Hughes Acceptance Speech Inspires Nation Oration
The speaker urges unity in a pivotal hour, invoking Civil War sacrifices and the ideals of liberty and equal opportunity. He pledges loyalty, endorses the convention platform, and accepts the nomination with a vision of an America strong, just, and capable of meeting future tasks.
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America
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