Wire control plan clears way for government lines
President Wilson signed a wire control resolution to allow government takeover of telegraph, telephone, cable and radio lines during the war. Post Office Department preparations are under way with Burleson overseeing broad policies, aided by David J Lewis as possible director general. War Department aims to trim nonurgent messages by eliminating rush traffic, focusing on truly urgent communications.
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Harrison
War Department
Wilson
Post Office Department
Burleson
David J Lewis
Congress
Maryland
Lewis
William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
Bake Thase
Ten Years For Pacifist in Court Martial
Private William Raner, a militant pacifist, was sentenced by court martial to ten years in prison. He opposed conscription and liberty loan campaigns, criticizing patriotic displays as servitude. He spoke publicly against the draft and related wartime drives, arguing against coercive patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Kantor
Meade
Washington Post
William Raner
Liberty
Kari
Bakers Lose Licenses Over Wheat Flour Rules
Two Washington bakers Henry Bohne and Harars Morganstein face license suspensions for alleged wheat flour rule violations. The actions threaten their data business and threaten operations at Michigan Avenue southeast and Southwest Die streets. Authorities say a suspension will take effect soon. Grocers and friendsroom men charged with violating food rates have been ordered to appear today.
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Food Administration
Washington
Henry Bohne
Michigan Avenue
Eutheast
Morganstein
Frienhroom Msn
Belmont Operated On for Minor Defect
Belmont underwent a minor operation at Memorial Hospital on West 195th Street. He entered the hospital Saturday and has recovered enough to expect release in a few days. Belmont has been on several important missions for the United States since his commission, recently stationed at Mineola aviation field.
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Washington
New York
Belmont
Mineola Aviation Field
Mme Victorica Very Ill In New York At Ellis Island
Mme Victorica Very Ill with pneumonia in the army base hospital on Ellis Island. The case links Mme Marnne K de Nietoriea and Jeremiah A OLeary among others charged with conspiracy to commit treason and espionage. A second agent, Mme Despina Davidovitch Storch, died of pneumonia on Ellis Island March 30 before an alleged trial, a matter still secret.
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New York
Mme Marnne K de Nietoriea
Jeremiah A Oleary
Army Base
Ellis Island
Mme Despina Davidovitch Storch
Elis Island
Death of Gen Andrew C Trippe in Baltimore 79
Gen Andrew C Trippe civil war veteran and Baltimore leader dies at 79. Descendant of English military family, prominent in legal, fraternal, and philanthropic life. governor of the Society of Colonial Wars. two sons survive James McC Trippe and Andrew Trippe. Also notes on interstate express company finances for February showing a combined loss while revenues rose.
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Baltimore
Andrew C. Trippe
Society of Colonial Wars
James McC. Trippe
Appeal Tax Court
Andrew Trippe
Officers Fall Short in Salute Dispute Says Enlisted Soldier
Letters to The Lost accuse officers of failing to salute revealing a clash over courtesy. An enlisted man argues it is the uniform saluted, not the wearer, and calls for Washington to improve treatment of enlisted personnel. He proposes observation trips for Maj Philoon and notes mutual discipline issues among officers and privates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philoon
Harry
Trial of Lews J Malvy for treason opens in Paris senate
July 16 reports the trial of Lews J Malvy former French interior minister on treason charges. Raoul Peret reads indictment as senators sit as a high court of justice amid shell bursts and distant German artillery. The preliminary report partly exculpates Malvy while confirming that plans of the Chemin des Dames were known to both sides. The case proceeds with requests for secrecy denied to ensure full disclosure of Malvy’s activities in April 1917.
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Tacis
Lews J. Malvy
Interior
Senate
High Court
M. Malvy
Paris
Raoul Peret
M Peret
Bepmale
M. Dubost
High Court of Justice
Malyo
Chemin Des Dames
Malvy
M Mertilion
M Malvys
Thurmont Bride Weds Soldier via Cable Link
Miss Goldie Amita Black daughter of Mr and Mrs William G Black of Thurmont becomes the bride of Guy Vo Lewis son of Mr and Mrs J Wooder Lewis of Thurmont. The ceremony at the brides home was conducted by Hero Pritchett white Lieut Warred an army chaplain officiated across the sea. The event was organized after significant cable communications with the groom who is in France and a member of the 39th aviation squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick City
Goldie Amita Black
William G Blach
Thurmont
Guy Vo Lewes
J Wooder Lewis
France
Pritchett
White
Abel
Young Lewis
39Th Aviation Squadron
Call Madoo Rates Unfair
Boston July 16 Edgar J Rich counsel of the associated industries of Massachusetts spoke at a conference with public service commissioners and shippers. He accused William G McAdoo director general of railroads of discrimination against New England in freight rates after political pressure. Henry I Harriman Boston Chamber of Commerce president said McAdoo exceeded congressional authority in fixing rates and cited freight increases totaling 80 percent for shipowners in six Northeastern states over the past five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Edgar J Rich
Associated Industries of
Massachusetts
Public Service Commissioners
New England
William G McAdoo
Henry I Harriman
Boston Chamber of Commerce
McAdoo
Congress
Harriman
Daniel Willard 1060 to Russia in new advisory body
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad president Daniel Willard reportedly accepted a seat on a proposed group of American businessmen, industrialists and financiers aiding Russia. Details remain unannounced as membership selection progresses. In a separate note from London, German submarine attacks killed multiple crew aboard French luggers Nord and Madeleine, while survivors were rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Willard
London
Washington Post
the Public Ledger Co
Madeleine
Nord
England Honors Herrick For Protection Of Britons In Paris
Former Ambassador Myron T. Herrick of Ohio received from the British government a piece of old English plate and an appreciation from Sir Edward Grey. The praise cited his aid and advice after the French government’s departure, when he stayed in Paris to protect British nationals seeking help.
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Washington Post
New York
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
Edward Grey
Paris
Vast gifts for wounded in celebration of silver wedding
London reports a royal gifts drive for Queen Mary to honor the king and queen's silver wedding. Princess Beatrice presented 585761 gifts in kind and 9268 sterling gifts at St James Palace. The queen marveled at the wealth of offerings from around the world. Gifts are displayed in Queen Anne's drawing room as boxes continue to arrive.
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London
Mary
Beatrice
St. James Palace
Queen Anne's Drawing Room
Dominions
Proud of U S Army in first great American battle
Officials praise American troops for courage and fighting spirit in their first major engagement. Despite expected confusion, rapid counterattacks disrupted the German plan on the right. War Department notes delayed messages from Paris while losses to the enemy are reported. Lieut de Castellane earns his second citation for a dangerous reconnaissance during the June 11 trench attack.
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Pershing
War Department
Spliss
Department Ite
Paris
George de Castellane
Marquis Bon de Castellane
Anna Gould
Duchess of Talleyrand
Sagan
Wilson Stays at White House Through Summer
President Wilson will not take a vacation this year due to pressing matters. He will remain in Washington throughout the summer, as announced from the White House yesterday.
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Wilson
White House
Washington
Dismissal reports denied for Italian generals
New York dispatches claimed Generals Cadorn a Dore and Capello were dismissed over the Isonzo disaster last August. Dr Felice Ferrero, head of Italy's information bureau, said the officers were only granted leave of absence and retain rank and pay. Rome reports.
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New York
Cadorna
Dore
Capello
Isonzo
Felice Ferrero
Italian Bureau of Information
Rome
Nitrate Plant Burns In Jacksonville Fire
A nitrate plant explosion in Jacksonville Florida destroyed the American Agricultural Chemical Company fertilizer plant and caused estimated losses of 1.25 million dollars. Investigators say spontaneous combustion likely triggered a series of heavy nitrate explosions during the early morning blaze.
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Jacksonville
Fla
American Agricultural Chemical Company
Here
More Shoe Cutters Quit in Bridgewater Factory Strike
Brockton Mass July 16 about 275 shoe cutters at the Bridgewater factory of the L O White Shoe Company voted to join a regional strike. Managers expect 2,500 workers to quit as pay drops from 25 50 to 37 50 weekly and the workers form the International Cutters Association after breaking with the Boot and Shoe Workers Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Mass
Bridgewater
L O White Shoe Company
Armmny
Boot and Shoe Workers’ Union
The
International Cutters’ Association
McAdoo Denies Political Fixing of Rates
In San Francisco on July 16, J M Shaffer, secretary to Secretary McAdoo, denied charges that eastern freight rates were fixed on a discriminatory basis due to political pressure. He called the accusation false and without foundation, stating there is no basis for the claim.
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San Francisco
Cal
Boston
Bazar J Rich
McAdoo
J. M. Shaffer
Empey Commissioned Captain in U.S. Army
Arthur Guy Empey, who served with Canadian forces in the early war battles, was yesterday commissioned a captain in the national army. He will be assigned to the adjutant general's department.
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Arthur Guy Empey
National Army
Adjutant General's Department
Sixth U S Plane Falls in German Skies Near Coblenz
Amsterdam dispatch reports a French armed biplane with two American airmen captured near Schwarsen in Hunsrueck after an air raid on Coblenz. German and American communiques confirm six planes of a squadron were involved, with five missing or captured.
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Amsterdam
Coblens
Eberfeld General Anxéiger
Gerlach
Schwarsen
Hunsbrueck
Jumes
Leutenant
Kirchbe
E Vt
Coblenz
Berlin
Pershing
Teuton Admits U S Has 700000 Abroad
Special cable reports Maj Endres in Munich stating 700000 Americans reached France despite German submarines with more to follow. He argues Allied defeat can only be delayed and warns of wider strategic stakes involving England and Japan as US policy favors compromise rather than outright victory.
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Oy F
London Times
Washington Post
The
Public Ledger Co
London
France
Endres
America
Germany
United States
Japan
England
Wilson
Maj. Endres
Huge German chemical profits cited in New York inquiry
Testimony in the New York state attorney general inquiry into German to American control transfers shows Niagara Electro Chemical with average earnings of 1142 percent and 1010 percent dividends over five years. Roessler and Hasslather in New York earned 46 percent and Perth Amboy Chemical 59 percent in the same period, while Scheide Anstaldt of Frankfurt sold controlling stock to American reps below book value.
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New York
Niagara Electro- Chemical Company
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Roessler & Hasslather ),Chemical Company
Perth Amboy Chemical Company
Perth Amboy
N. J
Scheide-Anstaldt Company
Frankfort
Germany
Badges to Honor Workers in War Industries Plan
Atlantic City July 16. Recognition of workers as the second line of defense with patriotism badges for four consecutive months in a war industry, plus stripes for each additional four months, is to be issued by the government, says Louisa A. Post, Assistant Secretary of Labor. A provisional federation organization was completed with a war Industries committee to set Washington headquarters and seek concessions allowing building trades to endure material and transportation embargoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Louisa A. Post
National Federation of Building Industries
Washington
Building Trades
225 Railroad Men Strike in Cleveland
Five railroad brotherhoods at River Terminal Railway Company strike after failed mediation by A. L. Faulkner. About 225 engineers firemen conductors hustlers and brakemen demand reinstatement of nine committeemen dismissed for seeking wage conference and parity with federally controlled railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
River Terminal Railway Company
A. L. Faulkner
Feneral
Idealists in France Embrace World Service Dream
Dr William T Hilla a commission to Russia member told the business women's council of the Y W C A last night that idealism in France means Americanism and dream of world service. Dr Enis added that American values inspire men in France to pursue broader aims beyond local concerns.
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William T. Hilla
Commission To
Russia
Business Women’s Council of the
Y. W. GC A
Enis
France
America
World Service
German plan to buy thirty American papers for Berlin
Federal grand jury probes alleged purchase of the New York Evening Mail for the German government in 1915. Witnesses include former and current Mail editors Stockbridge and Cullen. Deputy AG Becker says Teuton funds supported anti US war aims in distant newspapers as well. A Far West paper reportedly passed under German control before U.S. entry.
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New York
United States
Federal Building
Federal
Edward A. Rumely
New York Evening Mail
Frank Parker Stockbridge
John E. Cullen
The
Mail
Stockbridge
Backer
Teuton
Becker
Far West
Sinking of Casterdijk After Collision in North Atlantic
An Atlantic Port report states the American steamship Casterdijk sank on July 11 after a collision with the steamship Jacinto. The Jacinto, though badly damaged, reached port with navy crews aboard. The Casterdijk carried army supplies and was Dutch owned, built in 1913 West Hartlepool. Also damaged were the American steamer Oconee after a collision with Constantic, beached to prevent sinking, and a large tank steamer colliding with a U S destroyer, both badly damaged but able to continue.
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Atlantic
Casterdijk
West Hartlepool
England
Holland-America Line
Constantic
Fury
United States
Yale to receive nearly twenty million from Sterling will
New York July 16 Yale University is bequeathed nearly 20 million dollars by the will of John W Sterling a New York lawyer who graduated from Yale in 1864 and died July 5 The estate value exceeds 20 million dollars not named in the will was disclosed by executors representatives Yale receives the residue after bequests to relatives friends employees and benevolent institutions which total slightly over 1 million The Skull and Bones Society of Yale of which Sterling was a member is left 10000 dollars.
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New York
Yale University
John W. Sterling
Ian
Yale
Skull and Genes Society of
Sterling
Denson Sells Property for Liberty Bonds in Birmingham
Birmingham July 16. William A. Denson a noted attorney under espionage act charges has placed property worth over 100000 on the market. Payment accepted only in liberty bonds at par. A large poster on a business building announces sale on these terms. No further explanation given by Denson.
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Birmingham
Ala
William A. Denson
Liner Held By Ice Floes Reported By Alaska Voyage
After sixteen days amid Bering Sea ice floes and a month and thirteen days on the round trip, a passenger liner completed a voyage to Nome and St Michael Alaska. Officers said northern conditions were the worst in ten years. The liner carried seventy seven thousand pounds of reindeer meat.
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Seattle
Wash
Bering Sea
Nome
St. Michael
Alaska
North
Ska
Villa followers attack Horcasitas station in Chihuahua region
Juarez reports say Villa followers led by Martin Lopez assaulted the Horcasitas railroad station 20 miles south of Chihuahua city killing the station commander’s lieutenant colonel and 76 federal troops, hanging the station master and burning the station. Separately London notes a provisional exchange agreement for British and German prisoners requires careful study before ratification, and Paris reports a resumed long range bombardment.
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London
Andrew Bonar
Law
House of Commons
Baker Calls for War Leadership in France Front
In a bold argument from Atlanta dated July 16, the writer insists Secretary Baker must direct the American war effort from France to keep pace with the front line. He compares Baker’s reach to Clemenceau and Lloyd George, stressing geographic advantage and morale impact for 2,000,000 American troops overseas. Separately, Atlanta streetcar workers vow not to return until reinstatement of discharged staff is guaranteed by Georgia Railway and Power Company, per Amalgamated Association leaders.
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Baker
Washington
France
Clemenceau
Paris
Lloyd George
English Channel
Flanders
Picardy
Atlantic
Atlanta
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electric Railway
America
H. C. Taat
Carmél’s Union
Airplane Landing Sites to Be Built on Long Island
More than twenty landing places for airplanes are to be constructed on Long Island, funded by landowner donations, per Maj. T K Rhinghardt. Currently three landing stations exist on the Southwest area, with Hasd Foorst field among them. sites include Commack, Babylon, and Central Park.
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Mineola
Long Island
T. K.rhinghardt
Hazelburgstreild
Preasent
Swinnit
Hasd Foorst
Commack
Babylon
Central Park
Burian Pipes Peace and the Monarchy’s World War Claims
The passage criticizes wartime British propaganda and suggests enemies seek to irritate and weaken the German monarchy by exploiting internal divisions. It argues Austria Hungary will resolve its internal issues without foreign interference and warns against enemy calumnies aimed at sowing distrust among races and dynastic factions within the monarchy.
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Austria-Hungary
Ireland
India
Thraces
German Propaganda Fears Amid Allied Leaflets
In Amsterdam on July 11 reports claim attempts to enlighten German troops with printed matter from American fronts. Pan German press notes aviators, French balloons, and gunfire provoking unease as pamphlets from Aisne to the Marne reportedly reach German hands. The Rheinische Westfaehlsche Zeitung attacks Otto H. Kahn of New York over his alleged role. The piece cites Wilsons measures as dampening German-American enthusiasm. In Houston on July 16 the Banicaa wooden steamer, part of a twelve-ship Ulich Shipbuilding Company program, was launched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Aisne
Marne
Wilson
Rheinische Westfaehlsche Zeitung
Otto H. Kahn
Houston
Tex
Baa
Unich Shipbuilding Company
When There Isn't Enough Chicken to Go Around
A homemaker recalls a dinner crisis when little chicken remained and Aunt Elizabeth’s high standards loomed. She creatively stretched the dish by adding mushrooms peppers and hard boiled eggs and improvised with substitutes, turning potential disaster into a lavish improvised chicken dish. The anecdote ends with gratitude for a serendipitous solution.
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Jim
Elizabeth
Bartaian
al Seuce” Ady
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Archie Roosevelt
Mason
Cable
Luger
Herrick
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Chauteau Thierry
Channel
Paria
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Empey
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Louis A. Post
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Sane
W. Sterling
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Burian
Presiden
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