Lords Hear Former Viceroy Explain Kut El Amara Role
In the House of Lords Baron Hardinge former viceroy of India defended his handling of the Kut el Amara expedition. He said Britain could not reinforce Gen. Townshend's siege and discussed Indian troop contributions, supply limits, and political-military decisions affecting Mesopotamia and the Bagdad advance.
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Britain
Townsend
Bagdad
Baron Hardinge
Majten Townshend
Kut-el-Amara
Great Britain
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Buren Hhortour
Lord Hardinge
Gin Nixon
Gen Nixon
Niven Br
Bagdid
London
Mesopotamia
Lord Sardinge
Lars Curzon
Fletcher on way here from Mexican capital to Washington
Henry P. Fletcher, American Mintet to Mayuca, arrived in Laredo from the Mexican capital and left tonight for Washington. He declined to discuss his mission. Press dispatches say he may attend key government conferences in the National Capital.
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Laredo
Tex
Henry P. Fletcher
Editor’s Bullet Fatal to Attorney in Tennessee
Judge James B. Fulton city attorney of Oneida Stott county was shot by J E Bell editor of the Oneida News after editorial criticism and threats. Fulton died late yesterday at a local hospital following the shooting which ended in pistols.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
James B. Fulton
Oneida
Stott County
J E Bell
Oneida News
Fulton Hnd
Automakers urged to assist aircraft production drive
Brig Gen George W Squier is in letterman to meet automobile manufacturers and seek cooperation in converting plants to produce aircraft parts. Americans count six airplane factories with varied outputs, and the plan aims to adapt existing machinery to meet aircraft needs, with major talks expected with the leading auto plant head.
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Thut
Gren
George W Squier
Letrmt
Gerard
United States
Lnnessks
Gen Squier Ca
Mountaineer Defrauding Ring Leader Goes On Trial
In Catlettsburg Kentucky a 17 year old ringleader is charged with using the mails to defraud merchants nationwide. The scheme allegedly involved forged references from a fictitious State Bank of Brownlow, with merchants receiving engraved stationery vouching for fraudulent concerns. Investigations found no trace of the bank.
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Catlettsburg
Dave Prince
United States
Kentucky
State Bank of Brownlow
New Trench Bombs Reported for American Use
A Newark chemist and Cornell faculty member near Niagara Falls have developed new gas bombs intended for trench warfare. The two gases are said to neutralize and counter German agents, with one designed to paralyze rather than kill. Government chemists are testing efficacy for Secretary Baker.
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Cornell
Niagara Falls
Baker
Chemical Division
Department of Agriculture
Ticuma
J H Hooker
New York
Washington
War Department
Death of George Blanchard Fry at age 60 in Stamford
George Blanchard Fry veteran directing engineer for the McAdoo and Pennsylvania Railroad tubes under the Hudson River died in Stamford at age 60. He recently aided Russia in significant construction work abroad before falling ill and returning to America.
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Conn
George Blanchard Fry
McAdoo and
Hudson River
Russia
Amarica
Prison labor plan to aid war effort grows
Plans to deploy 40000 convicts from penal and reformatory institutions in farming and commerce to help defeat German submarines were endorsed at the American Prison Association meeting in Raleigh. Governors will be asked to form actionable plans to mobilize prisoners under a government program, with Maj David C Peyton and others named on a planning committee.
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Raleigh Governors of States
Prigent
David C Peyton
Jeffersonville
Joseph P Byers
Philadelphia
Henry Wolfer
St Paul
Jews Seek Million Volunteers for Zionist Army
New York July 3 a proclamation calling for a million volunteers for a Jewish Zionist pioneer army will be issued tomorrow by the provisional executive committee for general Zionist affairs Recruit s will be sought from Jewish men and women across America Each volunteer will be asked to contribute at least three dollars to fund national war service Pope Benedict V approved an audience with Nahum Soholow emissary of the Joint Israel actions committee expressing support for a Jewish national homeland in Palestine
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American Zionist Pioneer Army
Provisional Executive Committee For
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America
Benedict AV
Nahum Soholow
Joinst Inner Actions Committee
Palestine
Nixon Confesses To Killing Police Captain In Letter
In a Vicksburg letter to the local newspaper Leslie Nixon, serving a life term for the November murder of police captain Charles Stites, claims he fired the shot that killed Sitter Tohee and that George Tolowite would be hanged on August 1 for the crime, per county officials.
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Miss
Leslie Nixon
Charles Stites
George Tolowite
Sitter Tohee
Nixons
Convict Six in Gold Fraud Case in Wyoming
Six men were convicted by a federal jury in Cheyenne for conspiring to defraud the government by selling stolen gold ore. The defendants, tied to Cripple Creek, Denver and Victor regions, include Daniel McLend, George Heber, Charles Daniels, William High, Dennis Sullivan, and Frank Cochrane. The scheme involved taking high grade ore and offering it for sale in Denver, San Francisco, and other cities.
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Wyo
Cripple Creek
Denver
San Francisco
Daniel McLend
George Heber
Charles Daniels
William High
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Telo
Frank Cochrane
Victor, Cola
Submarines Built for Britain Commissioned at Boston
Six submarines built at Quincy for Great Britain and recently turned over to the Chilean government as partial payment for a warship under construction were commissioned at the Boston navy yard today. The vessels had been interned in Boston, and ownership transfer received authorization from Washington authorities.
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Quincy
Boston Navy Yard
Washington
Fifty Americans Still Held by Germany
About fifty American civilians remain detained in Germany. The State Department said Germany promises release once passport conditions are met. The United States negotiates via Spain for the Americans aboard the raider Moens, but little urgency exists. Germany regards the men as prisoners of war for serving on an armed enemy merchantman. No reply has yet come to the June 12 note seeking a mutual prisoner-officer rate.
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State Department
Spain
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Labour ultimatum on conscription war policy in Canada
Ottawa July 3. F C Watters president of the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada urged mass refusal to work for private gain if conscription of manpower becomes law. He said all industry should operate only to support the nation for war, with labour pressing the government to conscript material wealth.
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F C Watters
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Labor Troubles Stop Mine Work in Globe District
Copper mines across the Globe Miami district suspend operations amid a strike by 7000 workers. Sheriff and deputies face mine crowds blocking roads. 100 citizens deputized for patrols. IWW and MIU&MW leaders claim telegrams from a farm division supporting the strike. Federal inquiry and talk of troops follow as 5000 to 2600 strikers are reported in Bisbee and Globe areas.
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Charles H Mover
International Union of Mill, Mine and Smelter
Draft Plan For Mobilization Amid War Draft Hard To Gather Force
Secretary Baker announced final draft machinery awaiting presidential approval. mobilization target 500000 men by September 1 now unlikely. camps ready but many medical exams and exemptions will delay mobilization until October or November. drawing will occur in one day with numbers posted publicly and matched to names. national guard to be drafted in three increments July 15 July 25 and August 5 before full federal service.
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War Department
National Guard
Congress
Poles in Stockholm appeal for aid amid hunger crisis
Three Polish exiles in Stockholm M Scheko, Bobiezki, and Sobanski issued a plea for help for Poles in war torn areas. They report people dying of hunger in the streets with similar dire conditions in Poland including Lodz according to AP reports from other sources.
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Stockholm
M_ Scheko
Bobiezki
Sobanski
Associated Press
Sendiiena
Poland
Lodz
Four ambulance drivers honored for bravery at front review
Four American field service ambulance drivers were decorated with the war cross by Gen Gouraud during a frontline troops review. Benjamin Butler and John M Grierson Jr. of New York, Brownless Gould of Toledo, and Hi Wynkoop Ribinkam of Chicago were cited in army orders for courage and devotion in carrying away the wounded during a recent bombardment.
Belgium Welcomes Belgian Mission in Green Bay Parade
Green Bay Wisconsin July 3 The Hes sian mission returned home with a large crowd of Belgians and descendants totaling about 25 000. Baron Moncheur led the delegation as a parade and speeches highlighted Belgiums struggle for independence. A $3 500 purse raised by schoolchildren was presented for Belgian refugee children.
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Baron Moncheur
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National Guard of
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Moncheur
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Andaregg
Helgium
Naval Committee Inspection Tour Schedule
The House naval committee departs tomorrow on the Mayflower to inspect Atlantic stations and yards. It will spend Friday in Norfolk and arrive Monday at Portsmouth NH, visiting Boston Tuesday, Newport Wednesday, New York Friday, and Philadelphia the following Monday.
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Virginia ham at Joffre mission dinner delights Paris
At a Paris dinner hosted by Mme Joffre Mrs Woodrow Wilson sent a Virginia ham to Marshal Joffre. Mme Joffre acted as interpreter between Pershing and the marshal when language gaps arose. The gift was followed by a larger sugar cured ham sent to Paris with the French mission.
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Virginia
Berliner Zeitung attacks Dumba on peace compromise remarks
The Berlin daily denounces Dr Constantin Dumps remarks in the Vienna Neue Freie Presse claiming that peace must come through compromise and not be dictated by either side. It says Von Hindenburg and Ludendorff express German will and urges Dumba to show restraint to aid German war aims.
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Berliner Tages Zeitung
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Rainy delay cancels Rochester groom Washington wedding
William Henry Payne of Rochester New York and Amber Edith Briggs of Washington obtained a marriage license in Rockville Maryland. A storm interrupted the issuing moment and a remark about the rain on the bride led the couple to postpone the ceremony until better weather.
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Wasiington
Rockville
William Henry Payne
Rochester
Amber Edith Briggs
Washington
Lynching figures show drop in first half of year
Tuskegee records show eleven fewer lynchings in the first six months of 1917 than in the same period of 1916. Twelve of the victims were colored men, one colored woman, and one white man. Robert Moton cites fear of lynching as a driver of northern migration.
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Ala
Monroe N Work
Division of Records
Tuskegee Institute
Robert Moton
Two Bedford Girls Hurt In Cumberland Auto Crash
Misses Viey olet Urquhart and Kitty McGraw of Bedford Pennsylvania were injured when their car overturned on the Dedford road five miles north of Lumberland. Both escorts fled after taking the injured to Western Maryland Hospital. One girl suffered a dislocated hip and deep leg wounds while the other had facial and head injuries.
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Washington Post
Cumberland
Vieyolet Urquhart
Kitty McGraw
Bedford
Western Marland Hospital
Dedford Road
Lumberland
Death of C Rochester in Dulaney Valley Maryland
Samuel C Rochester died at his home in Dulaney Valley aged 58. He was born in Queen Annes county and lived there before retiring eight years ago to Washington. His family is described as one of the oldest in the county.
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Queen Annes County
Hotelkeeper dies during Alabama River swim near Coosado Ferry
Robert Ward proprietor of the Montgomery Hotel died after an attack of acute indigestion while swimming in the Alabama River near Coosado Ferry. The incident occurred when he was reported to be in water about ten to sixteen inches deep.
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Mobile
Alabama River
Coosado Ferry
Robert Ward
Montgomery Hotel
Prisoner in Dead Man’s Shoes Questioned in Rogers Murder
William E Rogers of Norfolk Va was found dead in a furnished room. Police say morphine overdose may reveal murder or self administration. James Shelton, Rogers’ Norfolk roommate, is charged with murder and held for a hearing as detectives investigate injection intent. Foster in Henderson Harbor reported improved with little hope for recovery.
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Norfolk Va
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Norfolk
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