Letters Smuggling Ring Targeted Former Austrian Official
Federal investigators seized a bundle of Central Powers letters intended for Alexander von Nuber, former Austrian consul general in New York. Sailors admitted they were paid to smuggle the mail past British censors, with some letters addressed to Australia India New Zealand.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Germany
Central Powers
Alexander von Nuber
von Nuber
Hoboken
New Zealand
Australia
India
New Russian Ambassador Visits New York With War Mission
New York hosts Prof Boris A Bakhmeteff the Russian Ambassador and the war commission members for the fourth wartime foreign mission. Navy yard sailors and Governor’s Island infantry escort the delegation from the Battery to City Hall. Mayor Mitchel confirms the Russian national emblem will adorn City Hall for the reception.
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Associated Press
New York
America
New York City
Boris A. Bakhmeteff
United States
Russian War Commission
New York Navy Yard
Governor's Island
City Hall
Mitchel
Southern Railway Reports Record Year for 18 Million Passengers
Washington July 6 The Southern Railway carried about 18 million passengers in the fiscal year ending June 30 without loss of life. President Fairfax Harrison announced the record reflecting improved operation and facilities over ten years. The system ran 71 775 trains and 249 780 cars to serve passengers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Southern Railway
Fairfax Harrison
Southern
Registration ends in Porto Rico with 7500 registered
San Juan reports 7500 men registered in the selective draft as of 1 o clock this morning, about 200 more than early estimates. Incomplete results show islandwide registration at roughly 90 to 95 percent of the expected total and local officials are urged to inform unregistered individuals they may register without penalty through Saturday night.
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Associated Press
San Juan
Porto Rico
Railroads Show Increased Revenue Across Regions
Washington reports shows a net revenue rise across railroads. Southern lines and Western roads posted significant gains, offsetting a $1.8 million drop in other lines, with total earnings improving despite scattered declines.
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Interstate Omere Commission
War Aims Means Destruction of the Fatherland
Berlin reports the Reichstag opening with a speech by the president emphasizing that war aims of Germany’s foes threaten disruption and destruction of Germany and its allies, while insisting on resisting at any cost to defend Germany’s future.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Amsterdam
Reichstag
Germany
William
Fire on Steam Ship Damages Upper Deck In Bordeaux
A fire broke out today among moving picture films on a steam ship docked in Bordeaux. The blaze damaged the ship’s forward upper structure and spread to quay merchandise. The fire was extinguished after substantial loss. an official inquiry into the cause has begun.
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Associated Press
Bordeaux
Speedy Airplanes Will End The War
Dr. Joseph S. Ames of Johns Hopkins University and head of the government war study commission said after Washington conferences that speed and size in aeroplanes will end the war most quickly. He spoke in Baltimore on July 6.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Joseph S. Ames
Johns Hopkins University
France
Washington
Federal charge against coal companies dismissed in New York
The indictment against Aileen Coal Company Mount Hope West Virginia officer J Frank Grimet and West Virginia Pocahontas Coal Company for restraining trade and fixing prices in semi bituminous coal was dismissed by United States Judge Grubb. Tentative dismissal allowed for Algonquin and Ashland Coal and Coke. judge later dropped indictments against S W Patterson W Stephenson John T Wilson and several coal companies and officers.
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Associated Press
New York
Aileen Coal Company
Mount Hope
W. Va
J. Frank Grimet
West Virginia Pocahontas Coal Company
United States
Grubb
Algonquin Coal Company
Ashland Coal and Coke Company
Arlington Coal and Coke Company
Nichel Colliery Company
Bailey H. Wood Coal Company
Fletcher Mission Tied to German Tactics in Mexico
Washington reports say Henry P. Fletcher, the U S ambassador to Mexico, left Mexico City to meet Secretary Lansing to discuss German influence in Mexico. Officials doubt Mexico will enter the war and note heavy oil export tax decrees threatening American and British properties. The decree becomes effective July 10.
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Mexico
Associated Press
Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
Mexico City
Lansing
Henderson Harbor
N. Y
Itons Return to Join the Colors
A 103 British residents arriving from the United States were reviewed by General Sir Francis Lloyd at Horse Guards Parade. Crowds cheered the contingent named Yanks and hailed them as the vanguard of the American army.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Great Britain
Sir Francis Lloyd
Horse Guards
America
General Lloyd
German Losses During the War Statement
Paris reports at least 1,600,000 German deaths from the war through March 1917 based on French HQ study. From April 15 to June 30 Franco British forces captured 63,222 prisoners including 1,278 officers, with 509 guns 503 trench mortars and 1,318 machine guns taken.
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Associated Press
Paris
Western Front
Russians Fail to Capture Fraternal Flag Photo
Petrograd reports German troops along the Roumanian front raised white flags and called for fraternization near Baliestchi. Russian artillery fired on the flags, according to the official statement issued today.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Baliestchi
Roumanian
Federal Cavalry at Scene of Trouble in Globe Copper District
Globe Arizona July 6 four troops of United States cavalry and a machine gun company arrived after 7000 copper miners went on strike. Troops were sent to the Old Dominion mine and Copper Hill properties amid fears of trouble. Citizens greeted the soldiers enthusiastically and the strikers dispersed peacefully on command.
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Associated Press
Globe
Alleged German Spies Arrested In New York
Two German men were arrested in New York by the Department of Justice. One is said to be a paymaster for the German spy system in the United States and the other is alleged to have previously been connected with Captain Franz von Papen, the former German military attaché in Washington.
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Associated Press
New York
Department of Justice
Franz von Papen
Washington
Tar Heel Vets Meet in August
Durham officials announced the North Carolina division United Confederate Veterans annual reunion will be held in Durham from August 21 to 23. Wartime conditions had prompted discussion of canceling the state event this year.
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TAR Heel “Vets
Durham
Associated Press
N. C
North Carolina
United Confederate Veterans
Durham Chamber of Commerce
Bone Day Bill in Senate Seeks Price Floor for Government Goods
Senator Chamberlain's amendment sets a minimum price for government sold necessaries at the guaranteed price level. Vice President Marshall cites the Chicago grand jury report on food prices. Senator Curtis introduces the bone day bill from the House. Senator Bora h Interrupts for prohibition remarks linking to postwar energy and efficiency. Senator Reed notes London reports on beer allowances.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sen. Chamberlain
Marshall
Senate
Chicago Federal Grand Jury
Curtis
House
Borah
England
Reed
London
Socialists Backing in Germany Refuse Credit Votes
Berlin dispatch reports Socialists in the Reichstag will not support credit votes unless specified conditions are met. Amsterdam reports July 6.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Berlin
Reichstag
Negroes Leave East St. Louis After Riots
East St Louis July 6. Efforts by large firms to lure returning black workers back to the city have failed. An agent offered work to 20 of 400 refugees sheltered in a St Louis lodging house, with only five agreeing to return. Mississippi businessmen proposed transporting 500 to 1,000 families to Mississippi, a plan discussed with the St Louis Red Cross.
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Associated Press
East St. Louis
Ills
St. Louis
Mississippi
Slacker Sentences Tighten Callup in Rockford Case
Seven more individuals who defied the Federal registration law in Rockford Illinois were sentenced by Judge K M Langig to one year and one day in the Chicago House of Correction. The July action follows prior registrations and adds to the crackdown on draft evasion.
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Associated Press
Freeport, Ills
Rockford, Ills
Chicago House of Correction
K. M. Langig
Food question causes anxiety at Stockholm
Stockholm reports growing concern over possible export cuts to neutrals as war limits persist. Crops may fall short, raw materials vanish, and living costs rise with coffee stocks depleting. government braces for unemployment as imports shift and Sweden denies reexport claims while stressing smaller American imports.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Washington
America
Sweden
Herr B. Trolle
United States
Paris
Scandinavia
Switzerland
Germany
No Action Taken In McGraw Case
The National League board of directors adjourned for a week after a rehearing to allow New York manager McGraw to present two Pittsburgh witnesses. The four journalists who wrote interviews accusing McGraw of ref l ecting on President Tyner testified in defense, and McGraw denied the interviews while offering to produce two Pittsburgh men present at the time.
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New York
National League
McGraw
Pittsburgh
Tyner
Irish Convention Set to Meet July 25
London July 6 Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons that the Irish convention will meet July 25 to attend to preliminary business including appointing a chairman. He proposed Henry E. Duke chief secretary for Ireland as provisional chairman.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Catalan Leaders Demand Autonomy and Parliament Rally
Sixty Catalonian senators and deputies met in Barcelona to press Madrid for administrative autonomy for all provinces and warned they would convene parliament on July 19 if the central government delays. Ninety nine Liberal senators and deputies in Madrid approved Count Re Manones’s international policy.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Barcelona
Count Ré Manones
Germans Attack as French Halt Them in China Crisis Near Peking
Fifty thousand Republican forces converge on Peking with 200,000 troops near Tiensin and Peking as the effort to restore the Manchu dynasty nears collapse. Chang Hsun commands about 3,000 loyalists while Tsao Kun’s 10,000 advance to block the railway. Diplomatic warnings stress free passage on key rail lines amid fears of looting.
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Associated Press
Tien Tsin
Peking
Tuan Chi Jui
Tiensin
Hankow
Chang Hsun
Tuan Chi Tuai
Peking-Hankow
Tsao Kun
Peking-Shanghai
Crown Prince Shifts Focus to Champagne Front
Reports say German forces, after failing at Chemin-des-Dames, renewed attacks on the Champagne front west of Mont Camillet and southeast of Tahure. Paris War Office notes active artillery with repulsed British posts near Bullecourt and ongoing shelling around Verdun and the Aisne region. Italian and Galician fronts show mixed activity with advances and counterattacks.
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Champagné
Crown Prince
Mont Camillét
Tahure
Aisne
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Champagne
Verdi
Petain
London
France
Bullecourt
Macedonia
Linquish
Rome
Selo
Carso
Berlin
Brzezany
Galicia
Arti
Zwyzyn
Brody
Smorgon
Petrograd
Zlochoff
Dzi’elany
Lipnicadonna
War Office
Nounces
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Verdun
Miette
le Casque
la Teton
M Carnillet
Tahtre
Meuse
Lovemont
Alaskans Ordered to Register for War Service
Juneau announces a Presidential proclamation requiring all residents of Alaska to register for war service from July 2 to September 4 under the selective draft. The order is published locally with details on compliance.
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Associated Press
Juneau
Alaska
Radicals Push Idea of New Reichstag in Wartime Germany
Copenhagen July 6 German radicals discuss electing a new Reichstag before the war ends. Dr Bernhard Dernburg warns against passing peace questions in a timeworn assembly. The Tageblatt notes a bill to extend the current Reichstag would create a seven year term, against the constitution. Extensions seem likely as other parties show little interest in elections.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Bernhard Dernburg
Schleswig Holstein
Tageblatt
Reichstag Prolongation Bill Approved by Bundesrat
The Bundesrat approved a bill to prolong the life of the Reichstag. The measure also requires Reichstag approval, with a contested status noted by Amsterdam observers last night.
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Reichstag
Bundesrath
Federal Council
Amsterdam
Italian Lawyer Probes Cocchi Case For New York D A
An Italian lawyer acting for New York District Attorney reports to New York after meeting Minister Sacchi. He notes potential legal avenues to interrogate Alfredo Cocchi, murderer of Ruth Cruger, but confirms full facilities are granted and Judge Zucconi leads the case.
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Associated Press
Rome
Menie Uelo Fino
New York
Alfredo Cocchi
Ruth Cruger
Signor Sacchi
Zucconi
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