Two Liners Safe From Bolts Bombs After Plot
Fears for Cunard Saxonia and steamship Philadelphia eased when a wireless from the Saxonia’s captain said no bombs were aboard. Three men identified Muenter as the Harvard instructor linked to a capstone plot. Holt claimed explosives on several ships and warned their destruction. Police chased leads across New York and Mineola as investigators searched Holt’s trunk for dynamite and traced a possible accomplice.
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New York
Cunard Line
Saxonia
Frank Holt
Philadelphia
Dallas
Tex
Washington
Iorne
Cockrell
Ned
Holt
Merwin
Glen Cove
Helief
Erich Miertere
Harvard
Murler
Muenter
Mineola
Holts
Dynaulia
Halt
Mexico City Besieged by Gonzales Forces Near Capital
Special to The Washington Post reports Gen Pablo Gonzales with the Carranza column surrounding Mexico City may order a general assault at any moment. Food riots are checked but famine and unrest persist as thousands of noncombatants starve while relief efforts and foreign evacuations operate amid military reinforcements and strategic delays.
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Carranza
State Department
Washington Post
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Mexico City
Pablo Gonzales
Gonzales
Zapata
United States
Republic
Hanna
Monterey
Red Cross
Washington
American Red Cross
Nuevo Leon
Tamaulipas
Vast cyclone death toll and river disaster reported
Cincinnati and nearby states reel from a deadly cyclone. Reports describe ships sunk and trains blown from tracks. Dozens killed or missing as debris and floodwaters devastate Cincinnati Dayton Belleview and towns along the Ohio River amid renewed Allied bombardments at Gallipoli.
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Bolton
Highth
Cutter Streets
Sixth
Mound Streets
Ohio River
Cincinnati
French cruiser shells Alexandretta as Turkiye guns fly over
The Jeanne d Arc, a French armored cruiser, bombarded the Turkish town of Alexandretta on the Gulf of Iskanderun. German flag over the German consulate was reportedly flown, and a German flag carrier near the consulate was shot down by the French warship.
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Flng
Berlin
Sayville
Jeanne Id Ate
Alexandretta
Gulf of Iskanderun
Zeppelin wrecked by fall near Ansenere farmhouse
Ghent dispatches report a Zeppelin ran uncontrollable due to defective motors and crashed onto a farmhouse near Ansenere. German authorities allegedly suppressed details of casualties and ship damage in the dispatches to The Washington Post.
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Ghent
Washington Post
Amsterdam
Ansenere
Gov Walsh May Run Again Questioned on Future
Boston July 7 Gov Walsh told reporters today he has not decided whether he would be a candidate for re election. He declined to commit to another term and said future plans would be announced later.
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Gov. Walsh
Boston
Gov Walsh
Italians and Austrians Clash on Isonzo Front near Trieste
Across the Isonzo front near Trieste heavy bombardments and assaults unfold at the plateau of Doberda. Relentless fighting sees Italian units engaged in fierce attacks and counterattacks with substantial casualties. the King of Italy and Premier Salandra are reported to have witnessed part of the battle.
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Doberdo
London
Trieste
Isonzo
Doberda
Gorizia
Italy
Salandra
British imports rise in June amid cotton and food raw materials surge
London July 7 The British Board of Trade reports June imports up 89.13 million, led by food raw materials and cotton. Exports fall by 19.5 million, mainly in manufactured goods including 7.6 million in cotton textiles.
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London
British Board of Trade
Battle with Bank Robbers in England Arkansas
Little Rock July 7 bank robbers fought an hour long gun battle with more than 1100 residents of England Lonoke county forcing attackers into the main hotel after failed attempts to dynamite the bank safe. They escaped in a car town marshal Whitlock wounded. About $200 stolen from the cash drawer.
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Little Rock
Ark
England
Lonoke County
Bank of England
Whitlock
Tragic trolley crash kills fourteen near Queenston Heights
A Toronto excursion trolley overturned on the International Railway near Queenston Ontario, killing fourteen and injuring about 22 others. Dorothy Keats a seven year old girl was among the dead. the crushed car delayed rescue efforts as 36 passengers were aboard and two more died en route to Niagara Falls hospitals.
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Queenston
Ontario
International Railway
Queenston Heights
Toronto
Dorothy Keats
Niagara Falls
Russians Short of Rifles On Dniester Front
Berlin July 7 report says Russian efforts to break Austrian lines on the Dniester front continue with heavy losses. Reserves are unarmed until attack, then take rifles from fallen comrades. Russian artillery has grown more active amid these shortages.
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Berlin
French War Casualties Reported By French Relief Society
A law appeal issued by the French Relief Society states total French casualties from the war’s start to June 1, 1915 reach 1.4 million. Of these, 400000 were killed, 700000 wounded, and 300000 captured or taken prisoner.
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Washington Post
London
French Relief Society
Britain Refuses to Pay Compensation for Lusitania Losses
London July 7 the British government cannot undertake to pay compensation for losses at sea due to enemy action Reginald McKenna the exchequer secretary informed a Commons questioner that survivors of the Cunard liner Lusitania would not be compensated for their lost effects in the attack
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London
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Reginald McKenna
House of Commons
Austrian War Loan Subscriptions Reach 26000 Crowns
Vienna reports subscriptions to the second Austro-Hungarian war loan amounted to 260,000 crowns, with 110,000 crowns accounted for in the m0-110,000 range. The official announcement was made today indicating strong investor interest.
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Vienna
Sayville Wireless Seizure Threat Over Kitsee Device
Inventor Dr Isadore Kitsee warns his hidden wireless device could transmit German war secrets and aid submarine attacks, prompting a secret conference with U S officials. Authorities may seize the Sayville station and Kitsee agrees to aid investigations while ordered to stay silent.
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Secret Service
Washington Post
Philadelphia
Sayville
Long Island
Isadore Kitsee
Germany
United States District Attorney's Office
New York
Washington
Kitsea
Kitseas
Kitsee
German note on submarine warfare and travel rights discussed
Berlin sources report Germany ready to modify its stance if Wilson accepts international law as of 1914. Officials debate whether Americans may travel on belligerent ships if ships are unarmed and pass inspection. Germany unlikely to grant travel on all vessels, citing submarine blockade aims.
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Karl H. von Wiegand
Berlin
The
Hague
Wilson
Germany
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Ministry of Matine
Presa Publishing Pany of
New York
Powder contract to Du Pont for 60 million dollars
The Washington Post reports the Russian government awarded Du Pont Powder Company a 60 million dollar contract for ammunition powder to be delivered rapidly. A time bonus could yield up to 331 1/3 percent, or 20 million dollars, for early completion. The Carney Point plant will hire many workers and rush new buildings to meet the order. An automobile tour book is offered for sale at 25 cents, detailing routes and cities within 100 miles.
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Washington Post
Wilmington
Del
Dupont Powder Company
Carney Point
Post
New York
Richmond
The
Ady
Germany and U S Submarine Warfare Notes 1916
Ambassador Gerard’s Berlin note and a draft reply occupy White House discussions as President Wilson weighs the German position on submarine warfare. Secretary Lansing and aides at Cornish NH study messages and the German reply while Count von Bernstorff visits to discuss progress and offer congratulations on Lansing’s appointment. Officials indicate the United States will not concede its legal stance or seek a temporary modus vivendi.
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Cornish
Wilson
Gerard
Berlin
Lansing
Foreign Office
Upen
Gerards
Cornish NH
Count von Bernstorft
Cedarhuret
Long Island
Mr Lansay
Count von Bernstorf
Count Bernstorff
Ambassa Flor Gerards
United States
Germany
Russia and Japan reportedly seal new alliance pact
Tokyo dispatches report an imminent alliance between Japan and Russia. Elders completed pact details after discussions in recent days, with advices received today confirming the accord.
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Russia
Japan
Tokyo
Honoluu
Rungiaja
Czar's Chief Visits Allies With French Front Escort
Former Russian Minister of Finance Davidoff, now czars Shamberlain, left for the French front this afternoon, accompanied by his entourage.
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Paris
Davidoff
Shamberlain
Arras Cathedral Burned As Invasion Presses West Front
London reports tactical moves across the front with Germans claiming gains near the Ypres sector and at the wedge of St Mihiel while Arras cathedral is described as burning and leveled by bombardment. Russians halt Austro German advance toward the Lublin railway as battles persist across Galicia with heavy casualties and wounded evacuated to Przemysl and Lemberg.
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City
Brtish
Ypres
Kanser
Holland
Belgium
Calais
Lemberg
Preemysi
London
Lublin
Warsaw
Wrasnik
Woevre
Et Mihiel
Arras
Calaje
le Pretre Forest
Pas de Calais
Rubens
van Dick
St Bernard
van Thule den
Bird's Beak in Golf Ball At Stroke of Play
George Wiehl of Port St Joseph Missouri fired from the fifth tee when his ball struck and killed a red headed woodpecker. The impact embedded a half inch of the bird into the ball with a quarter inch protruding. He substituted a new ball and plans to frame the relic for the club trophy room.
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St Joseph Mo
George Cook Wiebl
Wiehl
Ballard
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