War Debates Stir Over Dardanelles Inquiries And Mesopotamia
London rumors and government actions unfold as debates on Dardanelles and Mesopotamian campaigns prompt secret inquiries. Lloyd George defends Britain's stance in the Persian Gulf while Cromer blames Kitchener’s India reforms for part of Mesopotamian troubles.
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India
Lloyd George
Bath Houses
Australia
Dardanelles
Edward Carnon
Prewers
David Tiny
George
Fowar
Home Authorizie
William R. Robertson
Tmperial Claff
War Office
Lord Wemxig
House of Lords
Marquis of
Crewe
Great Britain
Persian Gulf
Lord Cromer
Kitchener
Obituary notices of multiple individuals including Bache Dugan Wingate
Obituaries dated July 1916 to July 1936 list Emma Shane Clara Harold V Condos Clarence Melville Condos Imogene M Cooper Adelaide A Dugan and Charles J Wingate. Funeral details note home and church services, addresses such as 1819 Quines street northeast Brookland and 3349 Eighteenth street northwest, interments at Arlington Rock Creek and Congressional Cemetery, with dates July 20 to July 32 and varying times.
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Condor
Walter Read Hospital
Thin City
Cape Clarence
Allies Making Drive in Africa
Allies launch a major offensive in Africa as the Kaiser's last stand unfolds. German forces, aided by colonial troops, defend the colony that remains Germany’s sole overseas possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Kaiser
Germany
Kalser
Britain Faces US Protest Over Blacklist Of American Firms
London dispatch reports American financial interests urge Britain to clarify protest methods against the new blacklist, with the State Department seeking facts from blacklisted firms. Officials prepare to defend US interests as Dutch and Allied diplomats discuss the Deutschland incident and potential formal protests to the United States.
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Washington Post
London
United States
State Department
Ambassador Page
Foreign Office
Washington
Great Britain
U. S
Baltimore
Britain Faces 30 Million Daily War Expenditure Surge
London July 20 Reginald McKenna chancellor of the exchequer explained to the house of commons that daily government outlays reached about 30.9 million chiefly due to war needs. He cited unplanned factors including American securities sales to regulate exchange and advances to Allies as drains on borrowing power and expressed hope expenditure would revert to normal.
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London
Reginald McKanna
House of Commons
Amartear Exchange
Britain
McKenna
Ex- Manns
Turks Lose Ground As Russians Hit Baiburt Front
Russian war dispatches report major advances west of Baiburt with Turkish positions broken near Haiburt and the Kugi junction. In southeast of Mush and the Morul region operations disrupted Ottoman lines as Turkish forces retreated, while Persian nomads were dispersed in the Senna area.
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Petrograd
War Ofter
Kugi
Caucasua
Fraerum
Caucasus
Baiburt
62Z- Weelik
Haiburt
Siderian
Erzerim Thaputi
Kwazindjina
Morul
Resanduz
Persa
Senna
Karmanshah
Tapakan
Two Killed by Ten Gunmen in East Side Flat
Joseph De Marco owner of a restaurant and Charles Lombardi a clerk were murdered in an unoccupied James Street tenement flat by a gang of about ten gunmen. Police believe the attackers linked to the onet Baff murders and several other shootouts in the upper East Side temper. They found twelve corpses in the room, with the two victims dead. Police estimate ten men took part in the double murder.
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York
Joseph de Marco
Upper Tenderloin
Charles Lombardi
James Street
Po'lca
Upper East Side
Wounds Four Firebombed In Newark as Inventor Kills Self
In Newark Salvatore Castronova, a 53 year old inventor, shot four passers by near his locksmith shop then set his clothing on fire and burned to death. A woman and her infant son were rescued as flames gutted the house after a bomb exploded in the shop. Police believe Castronova lit the fuse just before the self immolation.
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Newark
Salvatore Castronova
Castranova
French Take Trenches Continued On Somme Front
London dispatch reports renewed French attacks south of the Somme repulsed by German defense. Both sides conduct heavy artillery duels with renewed attempts to pierce lines north and northwest of Fromelles. French and British assaults yield limited gains, with several counterattacks retrenching positions.
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Fleury
Berlin
Somme
War Office
Ancres
Fromelles
Longueval
Delville
Foureaux Wand
Belloy
Estrees
Savecourt
Champagne
Argonne
Meuse
Verdun
Combres
Alexandria Elks Plan Boston club to send large delegation
ALEXANDRIAN Elks organize a Boston club to secure a large Alexandria delegation to the grand lodge meeting in Boston next year. Mayor Thomas A Fisher is president, James Callan secretary treasurer, with about 40 members and hopes for 50. The effort aims to recruit lodges statewide to join a sea voyage to Boston.
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Alexandria Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Grand Jodge
Baltimore
Boston
Alexandria Kiks
Grand Lodge
Thomas A Fisher
James Callan
Alexandria
Will Bet 25000 On U Boat Deutschland Return Wager
William Bayard Hale reports Alfred Lohmann president of the Deutschland company says English sporting people in New York will bet up to 25000 that the submarine Deutschland will not reach Bremen on its return trip. Lohmann offers to accept immediately and deposit the maximum within 24 hours of a veritable offer.
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William Bayard Hale
Bertin
Alfred Lohmann
Deutschland
Dispatch
London Chronicle
New York
Bremen
Luhmann
Pittsburgh man ends life after ride in hearse
In West Palm Beach on July 22 RW Hutchinson of Pittsburgh used a hearse to reach a lonely spot on the ocean boulevard to locate a body. He rode with the hearse then shot himself in the temple, dying almost instantly near the Croker place.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
Ocean Boulevard
RW. Hutchinson
Pittsburgh
Croker Place
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Xequith
Mesopotamia
Cromer
Edward Carson
House of Commone
Baron Wemiss
Edward
Bell-Ans
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Phone Tire’ Modern Aapps Automobile Fenerala Oper
Automobile Funerals
F. A. Speare Sons
H Street
N. W
Almus R. Speare
Willis B. Speare
W. R. Speare
F Street
George P. Zurhorsts Sons, Ing
East Gapitor Street
Lincoln _CRARLES
George F
Prole Etacks Dons
Kely- See Yenes
THOS
Sekueon
St. Aw
Frank Geier's Sons CO
NW Modern Chapel
Tetecrone
Pape
Es Wen
Afpha
Aran
Albert A
Reaerto
Lgiam Gy
Cnn East
Rifebay
Tee
Ures Salas
U.S
Presa Publibing Co
Department
Page
van Rappard
Netherlands
Folk
Itas
van Reppard
Polk
Asia Minor
Mush
Mosul
Persia
Inventor
Data Herie
R. Harris & Co
the Jewelers
7Th and
D Sts
Othe Galton
To-Kalon Co., Inc
Omare
Allen
Alexandrian
William H. Ball
ELKS
Boston Club
Bay State
Elizabeth P. White
Kaufmann
Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Aleswouss
William Harvey Ball
Loudoun County
Peck Run
Charles Hall
Leesburg
Ball
B Abramson
Elks Farm
Miss White
Elizabeth PF White
South Waashington Street
John Lee Allison
Second Fresbyterian Church
WW. B. Kimball
Edward R Kimball
South Fayette Street
Mr. Kimball
New Jersey
Virginia
Historic Church
FE. Ww. Mellichampe
Old Pohick Church
Mount Vernon
Corporation Court
Emma Lynch
Agnes Lynch
Lewis Duffey
Jerome Kaufmann
Robley D. Brumbark
Thomas A Fiaher
Self
Palm Beach
la. Ave
N.W
S.E
N.E
H Sts
Capitol St
Ga. Ave
Que Sts
7Th St. N
Fla. Ave
St. N.W
Nsw
Sts. N
Hecker
Howard’s Dre
Wesson Oil
Holland Belle
Derrydale
Dellfield
Your Choice
Florida
Alaska
Jason
eGhes
Fjme Ang & Co
Avenue
46Th St
Shoreham Hotel
Gared
Mexico
South America
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