R34 Dirigible Seeks Montauk Landing for Fuel Aid
British airship R-34, en route to Mineola, requests gasoline and hydrogen as it nears Montauk Point after difficult transmission. Navy and allied ships scramble. Bar Harbor destroyer Stevens and US Satilla respond, while tugs from St John and Somme cruiser coordinate recovery in the Bay of Fundy region.
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Bridgetown
Smiths Cove
Bay of Funday
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Digby
St Johns
Newfoundland
Hudson
Parrsbearo
Halifax
Marbor Grace
British airship R34 seeks rescue as destroyers head to aid
Report from the Navy Department describes the British airship R34 running low on fuel after a flight from Britain. US destroyers are sent from Boston to meet and assist near Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy coast. Submarine chaser 407 and the Satilla yacht are ordered to cooperate, while weather forecasts note favorable upper winds but possible squalls along the coast.
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Navy
Nova Scotia
Britain
Bay of Fundy
Satilla
Cross Island Me
Otter Cliff
L . S Sautila
Cross Island
Boston
Burpauc
First Naval District
Savoy Department
Uoos & Sutilla
U & S Stevens
Ranecroft
Wayward
Goston
Samul
Navy Department
Navy Yard
Washington
New Brunswick
Maine
Partridge Island
Kew Bruunswick
United States Weather Bureau
North Atlantic
Lb H Bowie
United States
Atlantic
American airship Zep requests aid as fuel runs low near Fundy
The dirigible Ma Scott passed the port at 215 with fuel nearly gone and crew reporting a steady course at about 25 knots. Messages to the British Admiralty and US Navy described dwindling fuel, failed wireless links, and calls for destroyers to meet the Zeppeliner at the Bay of Fundy, with authorities scrambling to assist.
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Admiralty
Ma. Scott
Ashary Landsdowne
USN
Navy Department
Scott
Bay of Fundy
Washington
Paris to Honor Marshals in July Pageantry
Paris plans a July 13 ceremony presenting marshals Foch Joffre and Petain with swords of honor. Special aiguillettes will be bestowed on regiments, followed by a grand fete and a ballet titled Alsace Lorraine. The events wrap with a notable parade and festival activities.
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Foch
Joffre Petain
Joffre
Petain
Paris
Alsace-Lorraine
Man shoots woman then drives to police station
Harry S New of Glendale California confesses to killing Frieda Lesser a 21 year old woman after a quarrel in Topanga Canyon He drove the car with the body to Venice Mollywood and Topanga and later surrendered He is the son of U S Senator Harry S New of Indiana Mrs Lulu M Burger confirms his parentage and says she will seek the senator s aid for her son
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Frieda Lesser
H. S. New
Indiana
Los Angeles
Calif
Harry S New
Clen@ale Calif
Frieda FJ Lessler
Topanga Canyon
New
Sergi D A Davidson
United States
Indianapolis
Tae Burger
Harry
Indianpols
Glendale
Burger
Senate New
Sohort
Prisoners of War In Constantino ple Captured at Kut El Amara
Maj Philip reports two British lieutenants of the Baghdad garrison Tod and Creele captured at Kut El Amara were sentenced to death after torture. A court martial asked Jemal Pasha if parole was required. he replied none had been demanded or given, saving them, though they suffered lasting mental and physical damage.
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London Times
Washington Post
The
Public Ledger
Iondan
Maj F Puilip
Constantinople
Bagdad
Metsrs Tod
Creele
Kut el Amara
Leutenants
Pirele
Jemal Pasha
Turkey
Jemal
Supposed Bomb Harmless Near New York Pier
Marine police raced to 143rd Street near the North River after a caller reported a boat with bombs tied to a pier. A steam launch brought to the scene fished from the water an object believed to be an infernal machine. No boat evacuation occurred.
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New York
143Th Street
North River
Bomb hoax block mistaken for explosive device at fire HQ
A 13 inch by 9 inch seemingly explosive device was described as having four contact points and copper wires. Brought in a water bucket for inspection by Inspector Owen Hagan, it proved to be a reinforced wooden block. Police think it served as a floating marker for a launch's anchorage.
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Fire Headquarters
Owen Hagan
Fire Department
Anchorage
ADAs Probe Into Lost Liberty Bonds In New York
Assistant District Attorney Rorke said he launched an inquiry into several thousand dollars worth of liberty bonds claimed deposited with the insolvent brokerage firm J Frank Lilly & Co as collateral. He noted he has received hundreds of client letters with bond numbers but has traced only about $950 worth so far.
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Digby Ste
Las Len
Vutv
Bartridge Island
New York
Wester
Fundy
New Brunsy
Rorke
J .Frank Lilly & Co
Storke
Cleveland strike expected by 2600 street railway workers
Cleveland faces a planned 4 AM strike by 2,600 union motormen and conductors of the Cleveland Railway Company over a 12 cent per hour wage demand. City officials offered extra Taylor plan funds to avert the walkout, but company President John J Stanley rejected the offer amid dividend and maintenance disputes. Union leaders announced no settlement, and the executive committee authorized the strike, with possible police protection requested to operate cars.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Railway Company
John J Stanley
Davis
Stafftey
Stanley
Stigmiey
Smith
Tomorry
Opposes Irish Dominion Alliance Replies to Dominion League
London July 5 The Irish Unionist Alliance replies to a June 27 manifesto by the Irish Dominion League which proposed self government for Ireland within the British Empire The alliance says the first act of any freely elected parliament would be to proclaim an Irish republic and it would refuse to support a policy seen as an imperial danger of the first magnitude
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London
Irish Unionist Alliance
Irish Dominion League
Ireland
Wll
Local Paper Drops Anti American Propaganda Ads
Rio de Janeiro reports that anti American advertisements printed in a local newspaper have been discontinued after six days following two conferences between North American businessmen and the newspaper proprietor.
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Rio Janeiro
71 HM Naval Men Sought by Britain
The British Admiralty hands over many German naval officers including submarine commanders for trial by an international court. Each allied power selects candidates to try nationals injured by the others before military tribunals. A joint tribunal will handle cross-border cases as reported. The fragment notes a Wardman Park luncheon in a screened dining room with music.
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London Times
Washington
London
Powera
Riots, Food Riots Hit Romagna and Florence in Italy
Rioting crowds seize goods as cost of living protests spread from Romagna to Florence. Carabineers fire on gatherings, one dead and twenty wounded reported, shops looted, and the chamber of labor asserts control over food and supplies amid widespread disorder across multiple cities. Authorities urge price cuts and confiscate goods to quell unrest.
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Florence
Frida
Romagna
Red Mag
Shopa
Ijuriu
Chamber of Labor
Pianza Gieneria
Anguta
Italy
Jared
Bologna
Viterbo
Associated Press
Rome
Wilson Praises Navy on Fourth of July Voyage
President Wilson lauds the navy before sailors aboard the George Washington and receives wireless congratulatory messages from Gen Pilsudski and leaders including Persia and Brazil. He plans to address the Senate Thursday in Washington after greeting Hoboken schoolchildren on Tuesday in New York.
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Panama
Persia
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Senate
Associated Press
George Washington
Wilson
Washington
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Army
Atlante
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Americas
America
Rt Chldren
Newark
Joseph P Tumulty
Tumulty
Hoboken
Twenty-third Street
Hudson
Guv Smith
Hylan
Fifth Avenue
Carnegie Hall
George Wash
Rats Fight Over Ratification of League Covenant
Five Democratic senators are reportedly leaning toward approving the league covenant with reservations as President Wilson pushes a Paris program. Officials say the White House will advocate ratification without change, stressing a universal sacrifice for mankind amid internationalism aims. The article notes divisions among Democrats and hints at a broader plan tied to allied mandates and a new world order.
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Stoneet Co
Wilson
Leagues of Nations
oJyart
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Reed
Missouri
League of Nations
Senate
Paris
Jitan
Hough
Jay Teen
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League
Asa
Germany
France
United States
Armenia
Turkey
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