Kaiser outlines German peace terms to Spanish government
Berlin Vorwaerts reports Germany proposes no annexations or indemnities in the West and backs the status quo on colonies. It says peace treaties with Russia and Roumania may not be questioned, self determination to be discussed, and Belgium’s fate to be settled at the conference. It also calls for freedom of the seas, dismantling of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal, and Germany’s right to use coaling stations. The Balkan question would be settled around the conference table.
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Kaiser
West
Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Waerts
Berlin
Amsterdam
Germany
Russia
Roumania
Belgium
Balkan
Vorwaerts
Two subs sighted off New England coast prompt search
Officials from the First Naval District in Boston pursue sightings of enemy submarines off the Massachusetts coast. Crews describe a sunken craft suggesting two subs, though naval men thought only one had operated in New England waters.
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First Naval District
Boston
New England
Massachusetts
Government Takes Control of Turbine Engine Industry
The government assumes control of the turbine engine industry affecting twenty one manufacturers. Turbines under 700 horsepower fall outside supervision while the War Industries Board will regulate orders above that rating. Manufacturers may not fill private or non war orders over 700 HP without a board permit, except for Navy ships and the emergency fleet corporation.
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War Industries Board
Navy
Emergency Fleet Corporation
May Lower Draft Age Limit Plan Revealed
Secretary Baker outlined plans upon Congress reconvening for new appropriations and a broader mobilization. The proposal aims at a large American army potentially reaching 5,000,000 men, with advisers favoring a reduction in draft ages though exact changes remain undecided.
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Baker
Congress
Submarine sinks Gloucester schooner off Cape Porpoise
Four men reached Cape Porpoise Maine in a dory reporting their fishing schooner the Robert and Richard of Gloucester had been sunk by a German submarine on Cashle bank sixty miles southeast of Cape Porpoise Monday morning. The vessel had just stocked halibut for the Boston market and was destroyed by a bomb.
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Cape Porpoise
Robert and
Richard
Gloucester
Cashle Bank
Boston
Doctors Discover Patient Has Reversed Internal Organs
In Sacramento, Army doctors found Cree Calloway without a heartbeat on the left side where the heart should be. They traced the condition to a rare situs inversus, with the liver, stomach, and appendix also in mirror positions, reversing normal anatomy.
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Sacramento
Cal
Cree Calloway
State highway widening urged to 24 feet
Albany forms a highway transport committee of the New York state defense council with ex Representative Peter G. Ten Eyck as chair. Hugo, the secretary of state, calls motor truck expansion to supplement rail and canal, and pushes widening the Buffalo to New York main highway to 24 feet. Five months into the year show trucks registered rising by 21,465 from last year to 45,865, a 47 percent gain. outside New York City registrations total 40,289, up 13,928.
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New York State Defense Council
Albany
Peter G. Ten Eyck
Hugo
Buffalo
New York
New York City
More Lightless Nights Coming This Week
Washington announced the resumption of lightless nights to save fuel. Outdoor illumination will be discontinued except street lighting on specified days in New England states New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland and DC and on Mondays and Tuesdays elsewhere. Street lighting will be limited to safety needs. roof gardens outdoor restaurants and motion picture theatres are not affected.
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The
Fuel Administration
Washington
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
United States
Baseball Held Non-Essential Under Draft Rules
Secretary Baker ruled baseball a non-productive occupation and advocated expanding draft rules to include entertainers. The decision signals soon broader exemptions or requirements for players and others whose professional work is entertainment rather than production.
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Baker
Death Toll from San Diego Sinking Released
The Navy reports three sailors confirmed dead and 47 missing after the cruiser San Diego was sunk off the Long Island coast last Friday. Twelve remain unaccounted for, believed to have been on leave. Names of the three killed were released. Among the missing are Leon Goodnow of Fairport New York John C. Larin of North Troy New York and Henry H Law of White Plains New York.
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San Diego
Navy Department
United States
Long Island
Leon Goodnow
Fairport
N. Y
John C. Larin
North Troy
Henry H. Law
White Plaina
Cows Ignore Daylight Saving Plan in Hinsdale
Hinsdale farmers report cows refuse to adjust to daylight saving. Cattle used to come to the barn at a fixed milking time but now graze in dew and wander pastures as farmers trudge out early to wake the herd.
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Hinsdale
N. H
Roosevelt and Taft Rally at New York Republican Convention
The Saratoga Springs meeting adjourned suddenly after a vigorous posturing session. The platform backed a wartime policy, commended Governor Whitman, urged New York senators to back the federal suffrage amendment, and highlighted the first large political role for newly enfranchised women including Mary Garrett Hay as resolutions chair.
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New York
Roosevelt
Taft
Elihu Root
National Republican
Hays
Roosevelt Declines to Run for New York Governor
Theodore Roosevelt announces from Oyster Bay that he will not accept the Republican nomination for New York governor under any circumstances. He sends a telegram to Attorney General Merton H. Lewis in Albany replying to a request to withdraw if he would run. The message omits topics debated at the recent Republican convention and makes no reference to prohibition of woman suffrage or a candidate proposal.
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Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
New York
Merton HK. Lewis
Albany
Lewis to Remain In Field for Governor Race
Attorney General Merton E. Lewis will stay the Republican candidate for governor against Governor Whitman after Colonel Roosevelt declined to enter the primaries. Lewis spoke from his bedside at a Saratoga Springs hospital where he is recovering from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on the way to the convention.
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Merton E. Lewis
Whitman
Roosevelt
Saratoga Springs
Hearst Plans Entry In Democratic Governor Primaries
William Randolph Hearst intends to enter the Democratic gubernatorial primaries regardless of party recommendations from the Saratoga Springs convention. L. J. O'Reilly, Hearst's secretary, announced his arrival and statement. rival candidate William Church Osborn has also said he will compete in the primaries despite the conference verdict.
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Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
Saratoga Springs
L. J. O'Reilly
O'Reilly
William Church Osborn
Smith Democratic Favorite at Saratoga Convention
The Democratic unofficial state convention at Saratoga adjourned for a day. The state ticket lists Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York and Lieutenant Governor Harry Walker from Broome with Treasurer Franklin E. Baird of Erie. Other endorsements remain unclear as Smith earns broad congratulations and expected indorsement.
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Saratoga
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Harry ©. Walker
Broome
Franklin E. Baird
Erie
Smith
German Raider in Pacific Report Triggers Coast Guard Alert
British consul at La Paz reports a German raider cruising off the Mexican coast prompting precautionary measures in the twelfth naval district. San Diego area aircraft and nearby warships dispatched to search for the prowler per navy authorities.
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Pacific
la Paz
Mexican
Twelfth Naval District
San Diego
Cal
Fighting Spirit of Sammies Told by Dr Holliday
Knoxville reports Dr Carl Holliday describes a wounded lad on the French front who exclaimed I killed five before they got me as he was carried from battle in an ambulance. The letter to his parents recalls days near the front with cannon fire and grim casualties.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Carl Holliday
France
Battlefront
Engineered plate device to seal torpedo holes at sea
Chattanooga inventor C Stewart Henslee presents a rubberized cone bucket system to the navy to instant seal torpedo holes. The rope of buckets lowers into the breach and pulls a steel closing disk against the hull, held by water pressure to stop flooding.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
C. Stewart Henslee
Navy Department
FTC Probes War Needs Costs for 20 Essential Commodities
Federal Trade Commission conducts confidential inquiries into production costs for 20 essential goods including coal petroleum coke pig iron ingots rolled steel copper zinc nickel lumber sand gravel locomotives textiles and various food supplies for war related use.
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Federal Trade Commission
U S Seizes German Becker Steel Plant in Charleston
The government takes over the German owned Becker Steel Company of America with a plant at Charleston West Virginia and offices in New York. A Mitchell Palmer alien property custodian announced the seizure and the transfer includes a secret high speed steel production process previously held by Germany.
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U. S
Becker Steel Company of America
Charleston
W. Va
New York
Washington
A. Mitchell Palmer
President Takes Over Wire Control
President Wilson, citing congressional authority, proclaims government operation of all telephone and telegraph lines at midnight July 31. Wireless and ocean cables remain outside this move, with navy control of wireless and existing cable contracts noted. Postmaster General Burleson to administer the wire system with current staff. press service and farmers lines to be adjusted only to improve facilities and connections.
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Congress
Wilson
Burleson
Contracts awarded for 61 ships totaling 439 800 tons
Washington announced shipping board contracts for 61 vessels of 439 800 deadweight tons. Steel ships total 392 800 tons with Skinner Eddy of Seattle securing 35 steel cargo steamers. Mobile Shipbuilding of Mobile Alabama wins 12 steel freighters and 60 000 tons. Fourteen wooden ships awarded including one to Continental Shipbuilding of Yonkers.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Skinner & Eddy Corporation
Seattle
Mobile Shipbuilding Company
Mobile
Ala
Continental Shipbuilding Corporation of
Yonkers
Ludendorff Receives Title Chief of General Staff
The Paris Matin notes General Ludendorff has been named chief of the general staff, a title formerly held by Von Hindenburg. The paper questions Hindenburg's status amid months of illness rumors and recent death reports, though uncertainty remains about his fate.
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Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Paris
Marshal von Hindenburg
Labor Recruiting Plan To Aid Unskilled Workers
The department of labor announced a plan to co operate in labor distribution and admission of employers and workers to the government machinery. It will start for unskilled labor on August 1 and follows a Washington meeting of employers and employees from 28 eastern states with U S employment service officials. A similar conference is set for July 25 in Denver for western states.
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Department of Labor
Washington
Mississippi
United States Employment Service
Denver
Cooke Named State Fuel Head
D. W. Cooke of New York City appointed federal fuel administrator for New York state, succeeding A. H. Wiggin. Charles K. Robertson and Reeve Schley named assistants. Cooke resigns as traffic executive chairman but stays as member and represents the Allies on the export control committee. he is also vice president of the Erie Railroad.
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D. W. Cooke
New York City
New York State
A. H. Wiggin
Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Charles Ke, Robertson
Reeve Schley
Mr. Cooke
Allies
Erie Railroad
Justicia torpedoed and sunk off the first coast
The British troopship Justicia a giant White Star liner formerly the Dutch Statendam has been torpedoed and sunk off the coast. It is believed there was no loss of life. The vessel of 32 234 tons gross was taken over by the British government at Belfast while nearing completion.
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Justicia
Statendam
Belfast
Elmira Aviator Killed In Tail Spin Crash
Two Fort Worth flight instructors died in a 1000-foot tail spin near Benbrook flying field. The deceased are Lieutenant Robert Yarnell Snyder of Elmira and Lieutenant Olaf John Tanner of Moorhead Minnesota.
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Carruthers Field
Fort Worth
Tex
Benbrook Flying Field
Robert Yarnell Snyder
Elmira
Olaf John Tanner
Moorhead
Minn
General War Survey Shows Allied Gains Across Soissons Wedge
Allied troops on the Soissons to Reims front gain ground on both flanks amid German resistance and bad weather. French and American forces capture prisoners and war materials while striking near Amiens. Foch’s forces advance four miles and seize heights overlooking the Avre valley with 1500 Germans captured in a local operation. South of Soissons the drive toward Fere en Tardenois advances, Jaulgonne is recaptured, and the Germans burn villages and destroy munitions as they retreat in the salient.
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Soissons-Reims Salient
Marne
Reims
Soissons
Amiens
Foch
Avre
French War Office
Fereen-Tardenois
Ourcq
Chateau Thierry
Jaulgonne
Great Lakes Seamen May Strike Over Wage Dispute
About fifteen thousand sailors on the Great Lakes plan to strike next Monday, announced by T A Hanson treasurer of the International Seamen's Union in Chicago. The stoppage stems from the Lake Carriers' Association refusal to raise wages or enter wartime labor compact. The men demand wages equal to those on Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
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Great Lakes
T. A. Hanson
International Seamen's Union
Chicago
Lake Carriers’ Association
Atlantic
Pacific
Gasoline Prices to Rise on Freight Rate Move
The fuel administration allows a half cent per gallon wholesale increase in gasoline naphtha and refined oil to match higher railroad freight rates. Retail price rise will not exceed the wholesale increase.
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Railroad Administration
The
Fuel Administration
Ship Plans Seized And Restricted Under McAdoo Order
An official order restricts ship and shipyard plan exports to government officials only. Agents of the Shipping Board recently seized in New York numerous U S ship specifications and blueprints detailing American shipyards, vessel construction for France, and ships clearing for Scandinavia. The action aims to curb military and postwar use of detailed naval information.
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McAdoo
Shipping Board
New York
America
United States
France
Truck Builders Granted Priority
War Industries Board says manufacture of motor trucks for direct and indirect war needs is essential and will receive priority on material. Priority will be granted to support defense production and related industry demands.
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War Industries Board
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