First in Naval Skill for Central Laboratory Plans
A government source says Congress will be asked for a large appropriation to establish a central naval experimental board. The announcement, expected after a conference in Orange, includes plans for new civilian advisers and a bureau of invention to oversee propulsion and hydro aeronautical engines. Key figures named include Dr Wright and Ford engineers, with mention of a forthcoming letter and potential hires to staff the advisory body.
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Alowolf
Pstc
Orange
Telsy
Powter
Mike Todas
Evebir
Tedal
Medison
Funeral notices from a 1919 newspaper fragment
Fragmentary death notices and memorial details list interments, dates, times, and cemeteries for several individuals. References include Oak Lawn Cemetery, Rock Creek, Olivet, and local churches. Names such as Mary, Joseph, and Anna appear with survivors and service times, plus scattered addresses and venues.
German Offensive Advances Near Vienne in Argonne
German forces pushed northeast of Vienne in the Argonne, reporting about two thirds of a mile of ground gained while the French recaptured part of the lost area. Crown Prince leads the German division as reports note ongoing contact along the front.
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Geomi
Verdur
Vienne
Argonne
Imap
Famous German Submarine U-51 Reported Sunk
The German submarine U-51, famed for eluding the British blockade and operating from Wilhelmshaven toward the Dardanelles, is reported sunk in the Black Sea by Russian warships near Varna. The craft allegedly sank several allied vessels, including the British battleship Majestic, and may have passed through the Bosphorus en route to strike the Russian fleet.
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Black Sea
Yonden
Varna
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Gibraltar
Wilhelmshaven
Dardanelles
Lal
Gallipoli
Sea of
Marmara
Constantinople
Bosphorus
American Arrested in Berlin on Secret Charge
George S Speets, an American with copper trade ties, was detained at Berlin police headquarters on undisclosed charges. Reports note questions about his citizenship and travel passport origin. The State Department and Ambassador in Berlin were alerted as authorities investigate his 1886 birth in Winter, California and his claimed role with an American Trading Import Company.
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Berlin
George S Speets
Speets
Gerard
New York
State Department
George S Speers
Citizens’ Bureau
Speers
American Trading Import Company
Winter, Cal
London Military Men On Kaiser's Heir Attempt
London reports describe British and French officials challenging German claims of a major Verdun breakthrough. A recaptured fortification near Hill No. 83 is cited as evidence, with emphasis on maintaining the Verdun line against Argonne forest pressures. The piece notes German aims to weaken Allied hold and the crown prince’s push to pierce French lines.
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London
Kaiser
Joffre
Verdun
Forest of Argonne
HI Ho
Eer
Costs and gains in Verdun offensive outlined
Military experts say the Verdun push aimed to weaken French control. A German official reports 7,000 French soldiers captured in three weeks, while French sources claim to have retaken most lost ground, not exceeding 400 yards in depth. Britain calls the Crown Prince’s attack costly and partly successful, followed by a counter offensive that checked progress. Fighting continues on the Lorraine frontier and in Artois near Souchez.
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Argonne
Verdun
Criica
Lorraine
Artois
Souchez
Two Women Shot Dead In West Virginia Town Ambush
Special to The Washington Post reports Stella Beverly and Miss Martha Harris were killed when Buckhannon coal miner John Lester Beverly opened fire at a Bridgeport suburb. Beverly then shot St John Lester Beverly and Miss Florence Cox before killing himself as police closed in. The incident occurred after Beverly pursued his wife to a disorderly house. The Post features a sale notice for its auto touring route book.
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Washington
Clarksburg
John Lester Bever
Bridgeport
Stella Beverly
Martha Harris
St John Lester Bevery
Florence Cox
Beverly
Geneva
Badgeport
Waither
Oval
Austria Hungary notes US trade row envoy says Germany not behind
A Vienna official claims Austria Hungary sent the note to the United States to defend future international law and maintain allies. The statesman asserts the note reflects monarchy friendship with the Union and practical aims beyond military needs. He says U.S. shipments prolong the war and cites Americas role shaping war standards.
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Vienna
Teutons
U. S
Foreign Office
Associated Press
United States
Galicia
Germany
Austria- Hungary
America
American children face toy shortages if blockade blocks German dolls
London dispatch reports American toy importers warn that two thirds of Christmas dolls enter from Germany and a three quarters shortfall looms unless Britain allows shipments. German dolls currently stalled by blockade risk leaving many American children without toys next Christmas.
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Washington
London
Dolly
Germany
Holland
America
Julius Baer
Cai
England and Cotton Consider Neutral Rights
The Manchester Guardian notes danger in restricting US trade while Scandinavia remains open to Germany. Lord Robert Cecil defends Britain’s cautious policy on cotton contraband, citing neutral rights, wartime law, and the need to balance belligerent and neutral trade amid evolving rules.
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Manchester
United States
Germany
England
London
House of Commons
Robert Cecil
Manchester Guardian
Robert
Great Britain
Washington Post
Holland
Belgium
Crimse
British urge new tax plea for economy and war costs
London July 16 British bankers and financiers adopted a resolution calling for rigid curtailment of expenditures and universal new taxation to fund the war and postwar restoration. A deputation will present the plan to Premier Harcourt Cox warned the loan would not cover Christmas needs and England may borrow £2,000,000,000. The proposal estimates interest and sinking fund costs could reach £110,000,000 annually, with £20,000,000 more for pensions. last November’s tax raised £63,000,000.
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England
London
Crisia
Premer Angusth
Harold Cox
Cox
Strike Plot Tossed By Bridgeport Machinists Over Demands
Bridgeport machinists vote for a general strike if Remington Arms refuses their terms. Proposals include reclassifying workers, eight hour day, double time, union recognition and minimum wage. A rumored payoff to influence bricklayers surfaced. a German influence claim was denied. Bethlehem plant output could drop if strike continues as Remington supplies shrapnel butts. David Lloyd George envoy David A Thomas visited Bethlehem to discuss possible new war contracts.
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Lloyd George
Bethlehem
Bridgeport
Conn
Remington Arms Company
Machinista
Metal Trade’ Union
Ernesto Bren
Bricklayers
Aia
Remington
O'Brien
Bethlehem Steel Company
Remington Arms
David A Thomas
America
David Lloyd George
Munitions on the Baltic bound for Liverpool
New York July 15 protection against gunfire from submarines a shelter of sand oiled bags laid along Baltic decks. The White Star Line ship sailed Thursday with 31 passengers and a large cargo of war materiel including aeroplane parts and thousands of copper and steel items.
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New York
White Star
Baltic
Liverpool
Food Destroyed by Germans on Vega Voyage
London reports the Norwegian steamer Vega, en route from Bergen to Newcastle, was sunk by a German submarine after being overhauled at night. Officers say 200 tons of salmon, 300 casks of butter, and 4,000 cases of sardines were jettisoned to prevent capture, with the cargo destroyed at sea.
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London
Bergen
Newcastle
Editor St Clair McKelway Dies at 70 in Brooklyn
St Clair McKelway editor of the Brooklyn Eagle died at his Brooklyn home at noon after a long illness. He was 70, a prominent journalist and lawyer who led the Eagle since 1886 after earlier roles with the New York World and the Albany Argus. His writings were credited with aiding Grover Cleveland’s rise from New York governor to president.
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New York
St Clair McKelway
The
Brooklyn Eagle
Brooklyn
Albany
Grover Cleveland
Dr MecKelway
Cleveland
Cotton export deal with Sweden spun by US urging
The Manchester Guardian reports that after representations by the United States government on behalf of American cotton growers the British government reached an agreement with the Swedish Cotton Spinners Association. The accord concerns 10,000 bales of cotton.
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Washington Post
London
The
Manchester Guardian
United States
Swedish Cotton Spinners Association
Cotton imports to Sweden under 1914 agreement
The Manchester Guardian reports that under a wartime agreement American cotton shipments to Sweden are limited to 20 000 bales of the 1914 crop and consigned to the Swedish Cotton Spinners Association free from British warship interference. This replaces the usual 6 000 bales consumed by Sweden and marks maximum Swedish mill use.
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Sweden
America
Manchester Guardian
Gays
Embassy pays for cotton cargo in Britain dispute
The British embassy in Washington began paying for detained American cotton cargoes with ownership proven. The first partial payout, about $250 000 at 10 cents per pound, was for the Greek steamer Spyros Vailianos cargo from Savannah seized and sent to Falmouth and Cardiff. The cargo belonged to Inman Akers and Inman.
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Britain
Washington
Spyros Vailianos
Savannah
Falmouth
Cardiff
Inman Akers
Inman
Melancholy leads to suicide by young woman
Misa Constance Walton aged 20, daughter of Dr Roland Walton, shot herself in the left breast with a 32 caliber revolver at her home on Nineteenth Street Northwest after suffering melancholy since the sudden death of her mother last February. Coroner Nevitt certified death as self inflicted during a high state of melancholia and hysteria.
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Misa Constance Walton
Jan
Roland Walton
Nineteenth Street
R Tubman
Park Road Northwest
Dr Walton
Miss Walton
Nevitt
No Absinthe Allowed in French Army Says Officials
Officials with close knowledge of French military regulations state no absinthe has entered combat lines since the war began. A March 7 decree banned making selling or transporting absinthe and Paris reports note troops in the trenches may only drink water, with water access difficult.
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Central Laboratory
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Pattn
Navy
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Great Central
Wright
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Aireers
Drvall
Charles Foste
Heiner Wana
Hays Hamnelio
Ford Sutomobiile Miniufaca
Godnursary Daly
J Wall
Varia Avenue
St Atenaius Churen
Paul Ot Bond
Wrights Chapel
Saurday
Oak Lili
Mary Willow
Kate Poby
Mondorful
Sorey Tsed
wWeehingior
Hart
Bartlelo Fortavsudas
Willow
Wera Chapel
Biecer &H Hennig Papo
Frederick Powr
Roy
Sudderty
Ton
Rock Caeters
Edward Muicahes
Connecticut
Erances
Thartes Newbold
Vincesvay
Renan Atreet
TON Dolla
Anna E
Pops
Mordas
Fark Road
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Nornsey
Caskels
Pa. Ave
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Weill
Toda
George 8 Speets
Metal Exchange
Copper-producing Association
WM. Lee
Commodians Chapel
Pennsylvania
Thos
M. Hindle
Zurhorst
Cap ST Cuarlts
Lincoln
Joseph Gawler’s Sons
Tennartvaula Ascnue
Northwest Chapel
Grevetown
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Fosdrat
Wove Latapel
Automobile Funerals
Thos. S. Sergeon
7Th Stow
George F. Zurhorst
Founfral
Third
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Frank Geier’s Sons Co
Sstenth ST. Modern Chapel
W. R. Speare
Embalmer
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N. W
H. Small & Sons
15Th and
Hi Streets
Whitlorf Astoria
Broadway
Flosera
Puneisis
Moderaus Funeral
iSba
Miner
Soonscoogu. Ies
Waterman
Ideal Pens
R. Harris & CO
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Seventh
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Austria
Europe
Tungs
Kalon Co., Inc
St. Phene Main
DR. M’kelway
National Biscuit Company
Post
Embassy
Constance Walton
Gillette
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Gunplex
Wil
Barber & Ross Lith
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