Battery Heads to Bisbee as 300 Men Mobilize Monday
Battery B of the field artillery and 130 recruits for the First Separate battalion colored at Fort Myer will entrain Monday for Bisbee Arizona. They join the signal corps and units at Warren and Naco, with 138 Battery B effective strength, officers named including Capt George G Wilson and Lieut J R Vanderhoot. Rolling stock includes six tourist cars and three baggage cars. Officers expect the two units to depart from Rosslyn yards with about 150 additional recruits enlisted to reach war strength.
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Field Artillery
Naco
Ariz
Fort Myer
Bisbee
Aria
Signal Corps
Warren
Criers
Horace P. Hobbs
den Wood
Department of the
Wood
Fira
Rosslyn
Lasve
Hobbs
Chattanooga
Memphis
Santa Rosa
Tex
Blades
George G. Wilson
Battery B
Habba
Elwood S. Moorehead
John R. Vanderhoot
Charles Ll. Ladwon
Gerald G. McGrath
J. E. Hodge
Hodge
Thi
Flanders
Verdun
King’s Own
King Alpert
Ratte R
Food Prices in Berlin On July 1
A damaged list of Berlin market prices outlines per pound costs for rice smoked ham before regulation Swiss milk chocolate tomatoes six small strawberries peas cherries bread cauliflower and carrots with notes on imported or unregulated per riter pricing.
Aviator Recalls Two Mile Fall During Battle With German Aviator
Paris reports Sergt Charles R recounts a WWI aerial duel in which De Terline and a German flyer engaged near 12 000 feet. In a rapid turn, D sergeant collided, both aircraft plunged toward enemy lines, De Terline sacrificing himself to save his comrade and the French air crew.
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Paris
Charles R
da Terline
de Terline
Sergt. D
de Terlins
Asd
Impossible to Show Any Mercy to Casement
An official statement from the press bureau says the government considered all circumstances in the Casement case before deciding not to interfere with the sentence. Casement is described as a willing German agent who aided the Irish rebellion and conspired to deploy Irish soldiers held as prisoners against Britain. The note asserts evidence shows an agreement with Germany to use the brigade in Egypt, and mentions cruelty by Germans toward resisting Irish soldiers. It rejects claims Casement aimed to stop the rising or insanity pleas.
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London
Casement
Germany
Egypt
Ireland
von Holtzendorff
England
Fryatt
Great Britain
Deny Raid on London One Airship Hit Says Dutch
London reports raise doubt on Berlin claims of Zeppelin raids reaching London. Official notes say no witnesses saw Zeppelins or guns amid widespread doubt. Dutch coast guards say L-11 appears damaged after firing on the vessel off the coast. Federal Express night train to Boston extended until Sept 1 with weekend runs.
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London
Berlin
England
Ymuiden
Holland
Casement's Lawyer Denies Cecil Claim On Prisoner Hardship
Michael F. Doyle, Casement's Philadelphia counsel, says Lord Robert Cecil's London statement alleging Irish prisoners in Germany suffered undue hardship for not joining Casement's brigade is false. He notes rations were cut like all British captives due to German food shortages, not Casement's presence, and claims eight indictment counts cover acts in Germany.
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Philadelphia
Michael Francis Doyle
Roger Casement
Robert Cecil
London
Germany
Casement
Doyle
Criminal Court of Appeals
Home Office
Denounced as barbarism over Casement execution
Senator Martine condemned Great Britain for Sir Roger Casement’s execution saying public opinion opposed the death decree while officialdom imposed it. Senator Phelan of California argued Casement did nothing to deserve condemnation and criticized the crown’s refusal to reprieve him.
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Martine
Sir Roger Casement
Barbariam
Great Britain
Roger Casement
Casement
England
Phelan
California
Capement
Still at Odds on Army Bill Revisions
Conferees on the army appropriation bill could not break their deadlock on the Articles of War section. They will reconvene and may remove the section to avoid delaying the bill. Tentative savings noted in the Senate Bill total $314,000,000 with reductions described as radical. Chamberlain said the final reductions would exceed the House proposal of $182,000,000.
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Senate
Chamberlain
Ambassador Page Arrives to Confer on War Situation in Washington
U S Ambassador Walter Hines Page and Mrs Page depart London for New York aboard the Philadelphia as embassy staff bid farewell at Euston. Upon arrival in Washington, Page will meet President Wilson and Secretary Lansing to discuss the war situation and potential mediation offers. He is expected to stay under a month.
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Xmnvoy Whi
Lansing
Walter Hines Page
London
Wilson
State Department
Page
Washington
Ambassador Page
Gas Attacks At Smorgon Mark Battle Front Turn
Descriptions from Petrograd report near Dubes chovo and Gurevitchie on the Stokhod front as gas waves attacked rail lines near Smorgon. German attempts to advance were repelled by rifle and machine gun fire, with losses. the clash continued into the morning amid reports of wounded officers and aerial activity.
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Petrograd
London
Dubeschovo
Gurevitchie
Sereth
Gorodisch
Tarnopa
Cal
Goronoff
Vorobievka
Jesferns
Dniester
Branislau
Castoraki
Smormgon
Novel- Barny
Gatrow
Kiselin
Brody
Ponikowica
Serbia to Call Parliament Evokes Balkan Moves
The Serbian government plans to convoke parliament and has informed King Peter of Serbia and the Greek government of this intention on Corfu island. The notice places the action on a Tuesday in August.
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Island of
Corfu
Peter
Serbia
King George I I Sends Sympathy to Fryatt Widow
The king issued a letter to the widow of Capt Charles Fryatt master of the Bru1 who was executed by Germany for defending his ship when in command of the Wrexham The monarch called Fryatts action a notable instance of resource and self sacrifice in his profession and expressed deepest indignation at the fate and abhorrence of the outrage.
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London
King George
Charles Fryatt
Wrexham
Fryatt
Felder Stabbed After Georgia Liquor Bill Vote
Atlanta Georgia August 8 Thomas B Felder counsel for the Antisaloon League of Georgia was stabbed by the house doorkeeper after a Felder faction victory on a liquor bill. Felder opposed the measure and survived the attack.
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Atlanta
Thomas B. Felder
Antisaloon League of Georgia
House of Representatives
Felder
Georgia
Turkish Works Taken In Bold March On Diarbekr
Official report details Turkish works captured near Diarbekr between Mush and Mamakhatun after a bayonet charge. Seven officers and about 300 Turkish regulars were taken prisoner, a company surrendered, and a gun plus three machine guns were seized. Prisoners continue to stream in as the attack presses. Separately, shots were fired at Camp Radio last night. Col Grandle B Young and Capt Adama responded, but the shooter escaped.
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Camp
Radio
Grandle B. Young
Third Infantry
Adama
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Georgia Assembly
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Fauquier Institute For
Warrenton
Tom Workington
Moss Nellie ¥. Butler
Emily Fred Barnea
N. E. Linc
Charlotte Hall
St. Marya County
Eaithol
Cool Springs
Sol Herzog & Co. Inc
Ninth Street
K. Lee
Contes Oner
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Standard Sanitary Mig. Co
Collicky
Tyree
Tyree & Co
Yashingian
D.C
Glen Echo Free Admiasion Amusement Park
Washington, Bb. C
National Benefit Association
National Benefit Asociation
Atreet Northwest
Washington, D.C
Robt W. Brown
Bam'l W. Rutherford
Sarah B Cooper
Johnson Me Lowery
H. Rutherford
Geo
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Old Point Comfort
Raturdare
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Atlantic City
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Quantico
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Poli Players
Empress Oth RT
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Wallace Reid
Cleo Ridgely
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