Dark Ruhleben camp described by Dr Taylor
London reports detail harsh conditions for British prisoners at Ruhleben Germany. Dr Taylor notes overcrowded horse stalls in hay lofts with minimal light and poor heating. He urges action to improve facilities and daily essentials like soap as U S officials press for relief.
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Berlin
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James W Gerard
Walter Hines Page
Great Britain
Ruhieben
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Daily Graphic
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Runteben
Mierard
Sweden orders attacks on foreign submarines in territorial waters
Stockholm Sweden July 2 a royal decree bans belligerent submarines from Swedish territorial waters threatening attack without warning. A general order to Swedish naval and military forces directs immediate action against foreign submarines not recognized as neutrals or merchant ships within Swedish waters.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Royal Dacrea
Deutschland Sails Under Guard in Allied Patrol Sightings
A liner screened the Deutschland from noon with engines tested as fuel odor hung over the stern. A government radio repeater sealed the submarine apparatus two weeks after Federal law, with clearance papers not yet filed at the custom house. Reports say a second line of warships 20 miles off the American coast watches for the Bremen, amid rumors of a possible return crossing and detours to evade Allied craft.
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Raurs
Norfolk
Cape Haney
Vessola
Deutachland
Hone
France village peasant hides a secret German phone chamber
In Picardy a German shell reveals a hidden rock chamber under a cottage cellar containing a modern German telephone. An old peasant claims to be the sole inhabitant who remained through occupation and seeks to return to France, but his disguise as a peasant is questioned as a young German actor is implicated.
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France
Berlin
Washington Post
Paris
Picardy
Almast
Ed Genuin
Three D C Men Arrested by Carranzistas Then Released
Three signal corps men from the District of Columbia on a border tour near Nac Sonora were seized by a Carranzista patrol after straying toward Sonora. They were brought to Mexican authorities, later handed back to U S officials at Puerto Megalda, and released. An investigation by their company commander and regimental colonel will decide any disciplinary steps.
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Signal Corps
Zed Me'tla
District of Columbia
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Sonora
Nac
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Warren
Gutalde
Mecca
Plea to Peers Denied Pope Urging Clemency in Casement Case
London July 24 Sir Frederick Bmith informed Roger Casement’s solicitors he cannot grant a certificate for a further appeal to the House of Lords. The attorney general refused under the criminal appeal act of 1907. The Havering Star notes Col Maurice Moore and others petitioned Premier Asquith for death sentence revision. Rome July 24 Pope Benedict interceded for Casement, urging grace from Britain with Irish nationalists pressing for clemency.
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Frederick B .@mith
Roger Casements
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Havering Star Today
Maurice Moore
National Volunteers
Rome
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Roger Casement
Pointiff
Henry Howard
Vatican
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Cranak
J Shea Died Under Auto Near East Riverdale
John Shea 35 of Washington died when a car veered off East Riverdale road and ran over a 40 foot embankment. He had been with Frank H Smith seeking the Lord Baltimore Country Club. Smith survived and assisted others. a jury of inquest was summoned. The body remained at the scene under guard. A companion was uninjured. Deputy Sheriff Garrison led the inquest proceedings. The accident occurred in Prince Georges county Md. and the body was to be moved to Washington.
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N H Shea
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Thomas H Garrison
Prince Georges Jeounty Md
Garrison
Shea
Frank H Smith
Lord Baltimore Country Club
Smith
King Alfonso Buys Big Racing Stable to Lead Turf Affairs
King Alfonso closes a deal to purchase the Sioux family racing stable in Madrid for Spain turf leadership. The vast stable includes many of Europe's best known horses, signaling a major shift in national racing prominence.
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Madrid
Spain
Europe
Calm Over Blacklist Diplomacy Reaches Stage of Inquiry
London reports diplomatic exchanges with Washington over the statutory blacklist not yet in final form. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice asks for clarification from the Foreign Office while Walter Hines Page plans talks with Lord Crewe and Lord Robert Cecil. Officials deny a grave crisis and say Britain will assert its right to legislate on its own nathe.
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Washington
Frank I. Polk
Cecil Spring-Rice
Foreign Office
State Department
Walter Hines Page
Marquis of Crewe
Jeader
House of Lords
Robert Cecil
Lloyd George Ready to Quit Cabinet
London July 25 The Daily News reports Lloyd George offered to resign over Irish negotiations failure as premier’s stance may force his resignation too The Irish talks collapse weakens the coalition and leaves the premiem unsettled and worse than the eighties era according to London papers
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London
Daily News
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
Russians Near Turkish Fortress at Erizingan
Petrograd reports Russian forces pressing Turkish Armenia close to the fortified town of Eirzingan from north and south. Russian advance guards are within 15 miles, with the Caucasus army operations described as successful toward Mosul. Turkish attacks at Rayat are repelled by Russian fire and counterstrikes as Constantinople notes a retreat of Russian units in Persia under Turkish pressure.
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Erzerum
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Rayat
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Suez
French Aviator Marchal Flies 807 Miles Over Berlin
Lieut Marchal of the French aviation corps crossed into German airspace, dropped proclamations on Berlin, and aimed for Russia before landing near Chelm in Poland. He traveled about 1290 kilometers in a continuous night flight, most of it in darkness, before being captured by German forces. His spark plug failures forced the descent and capture.
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Paris
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Ancy
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Berlin
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Salzerbach
France
Crown Prince Up In Air Demonstration
Amsterdam reports the German crown prince made his debut as a military flier last week. He flew a German aeroplane over French lines near Verl for about fifteen minutes, a striking display of courage that drew mixed reactions in Berlin. Critics argued that an heir to the empire should not risk life in dangerous exhibitions, noting the Kaiser had forbidden such dangers before the war.
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Berlin
Verlau
Frederick Wilhelm
Kaiser longs to fight as divine destiny leads Germany
Emperor William declares in a speech he longs for the trenches but cannot risk his life. He says he must lead by example and conserve himself for Germany’s divine duties while remaining in command on land and sea. The monarch moves to eastern theater with the army chief as the Somme front disperses.
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Berlin
William
London
Peronne
Somme
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