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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1916
Page
11
Berlin reports on Russian losses and German views of breaking Von Hindenburg line while McCormick touts Democratic progress measures. Action centers on naval regulations, trade war fears, and calls for economic peace amid world conflict.
A fragmented wartime report details health measures for militiamen and a court martial following Fryatt's death. It lists sanitary regulations, rations, fly control, clothing, bedding, and camp hygiene, plus vaccination campaigns and supply duties to maintain discipline and prevent disease among troops deployed along the border.
Constantinople reports on July 7 Turkish war department gains near Kirna where Turkish forces captured enemy ships with nine killed and four wounded English sailors. Enemy artillery and infantry probing detachments were repelled. cavalry detachment was cut off by our fire. In other sectors, no major actions. on the Fevpiian front engagements continued favoring us.
A local reading titled a tig onpregation featured Rev James Shere Mon Bove and a reminiger of Times Whaitcomb Foe moucal pogram with singing by Wseafe duin EB MO Ha. The event announced Wr Wranthome would be a leader at a chautaig near Sanday with an address.
A London correspondent describes a pivotal week in the war, noting shifts toward Allied gains on the western front and significant Russian successes. The piece highlights German setbacks near Lemberg Tarnopol and strategic moves around Lutsk and Brody, with German Count von Bothmer pressed to retreat from precarious positions as Russian advances threaten northern flanks.
Berlin reports a favorable harvest outlook across Germany after weeks of rain and cool nights. An agricultural specialist projects good winter wheat yields and unusually strong spring grain, with potatoes meeting expectations and total crops likely higher than 1935, the prior record year.
Hundreds of Americans crossed the Rio Grande today to attend Juarez’s first bullfight since the Villa era. Commandant Fran Francisco Gonzales and Andrea TraretaTorra voiced satisfaction at the turnout as tension between towns appears to ease. Mexican soldiers patrolled the arena as Americans and locals mingled amid the crowd and car traffic.
A dispute over a 40 cent debt escalated into a fatal confrontation early this morning on the Northwestern turn. Police report a confrontation involving Robert Irer Lian and an unnamed party at a location described as a tab aris av ing ar rd yf thy ros 4 8 am. Investigators are reviewing evidence and interviewing witnesses as the case proceeds.
The entry list shows horses entered together for the Orange Horse Show on July 27. Details are faint but indicate participation by Bror Eos and other entries, with riders and stables not clearly legible.
An International conference of delegates from nine neutral countries opens in The Hague. Morris Hillquit, secretary of the Socialist Party in the United States, represents the US alongside Spain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Argentina, Switzerland, Holland, and Luxembourg. Pieter Telles Troelstra leads a pacifist meeting in Amsterdam Wednesday with Hillquit and other delegates speaking.
The first Turkish trainload passed through Sofia today bound for Galicia. Dispatches from Switzerland say a Turkish army estimated at NOM strong was concentrated on the Hungarian plains for the defense against a Russian invasion, as Hungary faced a potential attack.
An Italian official reported today that after intense artillery preparation Italian forces gained some ground north of Monte Cimone on the To nezzi plateau following very fierce fighting. The statement notes that despite heavy losses, the Italians advanced after a costly engagement with Austrian positions.
A garbled update shows Kansas City Club leading A A New York with scattered results from Minneapolis and Toledo as teams push for a rift from Indiana. A senator aided Kansas City in a tense early stretch with slight edge in first place amid unclear figures.
Berlin announces successful raid by naval airships on the English east coast night of July 28. Bombs hit rail yards near Lincoln and industrial sites near Norwich. Grimsby Immingham patrol vessels and Humber lighthouse damaged. airships returned undamaged. British admiralty calls the German account full of inaccuracies.
Mary Chapmin aged 19 of Kermit West Virginia was arraigned before United States Commissioner J P Douglas on a charge of defrauding mail order houses. She was held to the Federal grand jury on bond.
New York July 30 Preparations by William R Wilcox for notifying Charles I Hughes of his nomination for President. The event, at Carnegie Hall, will include delegates and alternates from across the country, with Col. Roosevelt attending.
Mrs J J Paxton of Las Cruces New Mexico, 35, is killed when an auto turns turtle on the Valley Turnpike eleven miles south of Harrisonburg. Her neck is broken. Husband, a prominent lawyer, suffers internal injuries and a broken wrist. Ila brother Major Paxton, driving, is slightly bruised. He retired recently as Fort Myer quartermaster. The party left Washington Saturday en route to Buena Vista Virginia.
Harry G Padgett a freight office clerk for the Almond Fredericksburg and Forne Railroad drowned while bathing in the James River near Warwick Park four miles below Richmond. He and Charles Bo Sebert, Virginia Boat Club members, were on a canoe trip when Padgett was struck by a medical incident and sank. His body was recovered by officer Welch. It was the first drowning in 40 years for the Virginia Boat Club.
Memorial services at Cosmopolitan Baptist Church honored colored soldiers who fell at Carrizal Mexico with sermons led by Rev 8 P W Drew and tributes to Drs James H Winslow Robert Johnson George Ware and Booker T Washington Speakers included representatives from Washington Pennsylvania Massachusetts and other states with a musical program by the Third and Cosmopolitan Baptist choirs under Prof W W Brown.
Afternoon program at the barracks features marches and overtures from Sousa Wagner and others with titles such as March In Old Berlin Overture Fierrabras and Semper Fidelis. A separate Soldiers Home Band performs evening sets including Our Governor Overture and A Tale of Two Hearts. Evening shows continue at Franklin Park with selections from Grieg and The Hall of the Mountain King.
City editors journeyed to Camp Good Will to watch children and mothers enjoy the games. Protestant and Catholic children attended church services, and a welcome was given to Christies Endeavor Society visitors led by Miss Ferguson. The camp plans to host more children from another city section next week.
Special to The Waahagtan reports a touring car covered 247% miles between New York and San Francisco in 16 hours and 44 minutes, best auto cross continental time. The run, under the American Defense Society and verified by the Automobile Club of America, started from Newark with S BR Stevens at the wheel and ended in San Francisco last Saturday.
The sixteenth annual Albemarle Horse Show will be held in Charlottesville on July 20 and 21 at a new $20 000 grounds with a 1 5 mile oval track and 43 events including a racing car. Five races pay $300 to Charlottesville entrants while Albermarle residents host a two mile steeplechase over a brush course with a $200 purse. Exhibitors expect ready entries and rapid stall filling.
Five Koneers signed in New York on a public safety matter arrived aboard a ship recently assigned to the area. The vessel, linked to a Quebec incident, is related to a judicial proceeding. No further details are clear from the fragmentary text.
Petrograd today swarms with soldiers drilling on quays, boulevards, and squares. Husky youths in uniform practice bayonet charges, dummies, and skirmish drills amid the Nevsky and the Winter Palace area. The drills, discipline, and marching rhythm impress as Russian troops endure hardship with orderly precision.
The Weather Bureau forecasts relief from heat in parts of the country with coolers conditions in the lower Ohio Valley and along Lake Michigan. Temperatures have dipped in areas hit by thunderstorms in the West Plains and Eastern Rockies. The mid Atlantic and Pacific coasts will see warmer weather with record highs reported in Milwaukee and Sault Ste Marie as New England and the middle Atlantic seaboard trend warmer after a day of cooler air.
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