Edison 10 read new naval test board
Edison 10 reads new naval test board as Secretary Daniels asks for civilian inventors to head a proposed Navy Bureau of Invention and Development. Edison’s acceptance signals plans for an advisory board, experimentation plant, and rapid mobilization of American innovation for submarine and aerial warfare.
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Disord
Meradian
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Avyard
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Chiian Advisory Board
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Young Turks Open Reign of Terror Report
London dispatch reports from Athens that the Young Turk party unleashes terror on political opponents. Dozens reportedly drowned or cast into an abyss, including Armenian officials, with acts likened to Abdul Hamid era reprisals.
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London
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Daily Express
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Submarine Rebuild Orders Reach Navy Yard
Special to The Washington Post reports New York July 12 orders have been issued to reconstruct ten submarines. Secrecy surrounds the project and specifics are unavailable. It is believed changes adapt subs to German wartime designs. Submarines named include D-1 D-8 T-4 G-2 G-3 G-4 K-1 K-5 K-6 and mother ships Tallahassee Ozark and Tonopah ordered in condition.
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Europe
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Ozark
Tonopah
Turks Lose Terribly Allies Gain Five Furlongs At Achi Baba
Allied forces on Gallipoli pushed five furlongs along the southern front in heavy fighting that left Turkish casualties estimated at 7,000 killed and 14,000 to 15,900 wounded. Australian and New Zealand troops aided northern positions as Goeben and French British guns pounded Turkish positions in a blistering bombardment lasting an hour and a half.
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Washington Post
Lemnos
London
Gallipoli
Adit Baba
Goeben
Pope Urges Trust in Wilson as War Looms Over America
Rome July 12. German American Catholic archbishops of Cincinnati and Milwaukee and the bishop of Toledo asked the Pope to intervene to avert war in America and mediate with Germany to prevent a rupture in German American relations. The Pope advised reliance on President Wilson’s peaceful intentions and urged German Americans to show loyalty to the United States.
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Washington Post
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Milwaukee
Toledo
Holy See
Wilson
Miss Violet Asquith III Stricken by Typhoid Illness
Miss Violet Asquith eldest daughter of the British premier suffers a mild typhoid attack likely contracted during a recent trip to Egypt. The engagement of Miss Asquith had been announced beforehand in London. Special cable reports from Cairo note she is resting and recovering.
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London
Violet Asquith
Egypt
Villa Begins Drive and Mexico City Invasion
Villa launches a large cavalry expedition toward Mexico City after capturing towns northward, threatening Obregon’s base and signaling a renewed central war in Mexico. Carranza forces under Pablo Gonzalez occupy the capital as U.S. officials weigh recognition. Zapata and southern forces press Cuernavaca to keep the capital isolated.
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Pablo Gonzales
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Aguascaiientes
Leon
Irapuato
Ita
Gonzales
Cuernavaca
Vera Cruz
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Shanklin
Red Cross
Tis
U. S
Sayville wireless seizure pleases Germany amid neutrality talks
German officials say takeover of the Sayville wireless station by the United States is justified under wartime neutrality rules and no complaint will be made. Censorship remains unchanged as U S naval authorities control messages.
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Sayville
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Germany
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Oureer
Attempt on King Ferdinand Revealed in Sofia Dispatch
London dispatches report two men charged with attempting to assassinate King Ferdinand of Bulgaria have been sentenced to death. The Sofia correspondent notes no details, marking the first public hint of the plot. Bulgaria ends talks with Turkey, tied to Bulgaria’s alignment with Germany and Austria in the European war.
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Daily Mail
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Czar Honors U-boat Men Amid Baltic Sink Claim
London July 12 reports that Emperor Nicholas II of Russia has awarded the cross of St George to all officers and crew of a British submarine alleged to have sunk a German battleship in the Baltic. The announcement notes the honor for the submarine crew.
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Mpon
London
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Balti
Sixteen Men Feared Lost In Lake Michigan Wreck
Special to The Washington Post reports the Cleveland steamer Choctaw with a 16 man crew is believed lost after a fogbound wreck off Presque Isle in Lake Michigan. The loss was reported from Sault Ste Marie by Capt Brown of the James H. Reed who found debris and barrels. The Choctaw, about 2000 tons, carried coal and was valued at $100,000. collision with an unidentified oil boat is suspected.
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Lake Michigan
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Sault Ste Marie Mich
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Reed
France Raises Bond Issue for National Defense
Paris July 12 The finance minister M Ribot introduced a bill in the chamber of deputies to raise the national defense bond limit from 1.2 to 1.4 billion francs. Subscriptions have already exceeded the old limit by 30 million, and in eleven months the French public has taken 1.69 billion francs in national bonds.
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Chamber of Deputies
British river monitors wreck Konigsberg in Rufiji River action
London announces the German cruiser Konigsberg, sheltering in the Rufiji River, has been totally wrecked by British river monitors Severn and Mersey after a July 4 engagement obscured by jungle. Four British dead, six wounded. additional aid from Weymouth and Pioneer. Final blast July 11 confirmed total destruction.
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Robert A Wilson
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Pioneer
T W Biddlecombe
Royal Australian Navy
Souchez Cemetery Battles Turn German Victory
German forces seize Souchez Cemetery seven miles north of Arras after fierce fighting near Lens and Ypres. French losses acknowledged as heavy while attempts to retake the burial ground continue amid hand to hand combat and bombardment. The Labyrinth south of Neuville also sees renewed German efforts to recapture tunnels and cellars.
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Arras
Lens
Lille
France
Belgium
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Ypres
Neuville
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Quennevieres
Neuvron
Fresnes Saulx
Germany Offers German Liners for American Flag Use
Berlin declares willingness to place interned Hamburg American and North German Lloyd liners under the American flag for neutrals through wartime. Ships would sail with neutral crews to avoid submarine risk, preserving schedules and luxury travel for Americans in the war zone.
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Hague
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Foreign
Washington
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Foreign Office
US eyes tougher stance as German note looms in crisis
Officials in Washington describe relations with Germany as at their most strained in history. Secretary Lansing preps data for a new note likely to outline firm policy on submarine warfare and freedom of the seas. President Wilson may return to Washington end of week as Count von Bernstorff seeks informal talks to explain Berlin’s position.
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Wilson
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State Department
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Daring jumper jailed after escape attempt on elevated train
Magistrate Barlow tells Fred Collins that nerve alone does not justify escape. Collins, arrested for jostling a Third Avenue surface car on June 24, tried to leap from a moving elevated train to avoid capture. The court refuses full freedom and halves the usual sentence.
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Yorkville Court
Fred Collins
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