Guards Hold at Camp Awaiting Thorough Readiness
War Department orders delay transport of national guard units mobilizing for the Mexican border until they are fully equipped and organized. About 25 000 guardsmen in the District and elsewhere face postponement as camps stay ready for later deployment.
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War Department
Department
District National Guard
Third Infantry
Ordway
Rosslyn
Border
Border Service
National Guard
Overal Press Bureau
The
Funston
Washington
Brownsville
U-Boat War Prompts Mixed Frontline Dispatches
A fragmented wire service style report notes German and French morale shifts on the western front. It mentions calls of near peace, prisoners, and enemy weakness, with officials claiming both sides show resilience as days of decisive action approach.
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Baltimore
Washington
Germany
Lohmann
Lloyd
London Times
England
Chesapeake Bay
AFTER SEA TREASURE EXPEDITION NEARS CAPES OF VIRGINIA
A high stake deep sea salvage mission sails from New York led by George D. Stillson with Titania Fearless and FH Beckwith to recover the Ward ner Merida cargo valued over 1 million dollars. Financed by Percy Rockefeller and other New York financiers the venture leverages government divers and new cheap sea apparatus to reach 390 feet.
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Rockefeller
G. D. Stillson
U.S
Honolulu
Wall Street
Titania
Fearless
Beckwith
George D. Stillson
New York
Stillson
Navy Department
United States
Atlantic
Navy Pe
Gold For Iron Slogan Spurs German Self Sacrifice Memorial Chains
Berlin reports Germany embraces Gold for Iron with appeals to patriotic sacrifice reminiscent of Frederick the Great. Potsdam hosts a gold purchasing office where valuables are exchanged for currency or iron memorials. Mourning wedding rings are excluded and the move aims to bolster national gold reserves amid wartime hardship. Public figures urge widespread participation.
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Frederick the Great
Berlin
Germany
Potsdam
Kaiser
Vossburg
Gold For
Tron” Movement
Dispute with U S and Mexico Ends in Move Toward Commission
Mexico City reports differences with the United States are satisfactorily settled though no final agreement is announced. Talks between Secretary Lansing and Ambassador Arrendondo show progress but no accord yet. Indications point to a plan for an international commission and joint patrols to curb border raids.
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Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Lansing
Arrendondo
Polk
Arredondo
Castro Held at Ellis Island After Deportation Order
Gen Cipriano Castro former president of Venezuela and his wife were ordered deported by a special Board of Inquiry at Ellis Island Immigration Station. The case cited moral turpitude and Castro said he came to New York due to lack of a direct Porto Rico steamship line, claiming he is out of politics and driven by family.
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Stormy Petrel
Secretary of Labor
Immigration Board
New York
Porto Rico
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Vauban
United States
Alia Island
Frederick Howe
Filis Island
Labor
Porto Rioo
Castro
Palicies
Floods Ravage Carolinas and Virginia With Five Dead
Severe floods in North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia cause five deaths leave hundreds homeless and damage property and crops. Lookout Shoals dam and nearby mills inundated railways telegraph and telephone services disrupted with Lookout Shoals wall of water described. Eighteen men swept from Belmont bridge presumed drowned as multiple Catawba River bridges collapse and trains marooned. Nurses Mabel Forster and Charlotte Walker remain missing after rescue attempts.
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Belmont
N. C
Lookout Shoals
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
South Atlantic
Asheville
Southern Railway
Ras
Hendersonville
Catawba River
Nto
H. P. Griffin
Charlotta
Joseph Killilan
Charlotte
C. S. Barbee
R. Q. Thompson
W. L. Fortune
Kings Mountain
G. C. Kale
H. G Gully
C. W. Kluttz
Derrick
J. N. Gorson
Andrew Steott
Tom Davis
Daniel Heath
Sloan Adama
Wii Cathey
A. B. Blackwell
Western Union Line
Boas
Seaboard Air Line
Mount Holly
N C
Shelby
Han
Haat Mando
Spartanburg
Border and Ocean Battles Dominate War News
In a busy week of World War I era reporting, crews clash near the sea as new U boats threaten patrols. Reports detail British ship losses and German offensives, with casualty tallies and strategic shifts across multiple fronts.
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Washington Post
New York World
Berlin
London
Washington
France
Great Britain
England
Lanning
Berk Treasucre
Floet Villa
Carranzas
Senate
Spencer Trehs
Hughes
Mexico
Hewiety
Holland
Finavera
News of the Churches
Russians Capture Baiburt and Repel Volhynia Attacks
Russian war department reports Baiburt in Turkish Armenia fell to assault. In Volhynia near Lutaki Ostrom and Giubine sectors the enemy attacked in mass formations and was repulsed as forces advanced to prevent outflanking. One heavy and one light battery were captured, along with several cannons. more than 3,000 prisoners reported.
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Jellicoe
Volhynia
Lutsk
Petrograd
London
Ostrof
Goubine
Baiburt
Amenia
Erzerum
Black Sea
Trebizond
Svininsky
Yicinity
Lutaki
Ostrom
Giubine
Seven German Generals Retired by Kaiser
Rotterdam dispatch reports the Kaiser has decided to pension seven German generals. Names listed include Von Bredow Ven vA Giekke Cramer av r x leaxe othe army Klevs and Kramers Tigon commanis.
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Rotterdam
Geer Boas
von Bredow
Ven Va Giekke
Cramer
Klevs
Kramers
GERVANS ATTACK IN FOG TAKE VILLAS AND LINES
London reports 227 officers dead and 457 wounded or missing as Anglo French advance nears Combles and La Maisonnette in fog bound Somme fighting. Germans push on Somme above Peronne. French cross river with heavy losses predicted. Russian aid to French operations noted. British withdraw forward detachment to main lines.
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London
Somme
Peronne
Combles
la Maisonnette
Hinches
Champagne
France
Berlin
Oviliera
Bazintin-le- Petit
London War Office
Foureaux Wood
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