Senate backs wartime national prohibition on distilled liquors
The senate voted to prohibit manufacture and importation of distilled beverages during the war, authorizing the president to seize bonded stock. Beer and wine would remain controlled in place, while a conference will decide on changes. The move would sharply cut federal revenues and delay the food control bill.
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Anaconda News Highlighted In Local Columns
Page notes include Anaconda news briefs and general updates across sections. References to conscription board named and a hospital site work underway.
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Soldiers Prepare for Real Duty at Massive Mobilization Camp
July 7 reports describe a large mobilization camp expanding for miles with thousands of troops. American and French officers drill together, stockpiles and transport are focused, while censorship swamps officers with letters. A funeral is held for Boats Mate J, the sole casualty since arrival.
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Vancouver firemen strike leaves city without a department
Vancouver British Columbia reports its fire department out on strike with every member quitting after demanding work condition changes and higher pay. A city council meeting to address the crisis cannot convene until Monday as the situation remains in fighters hands.
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India uprising plotted a year before European war talks emerge
German agents and Hindi agitators structured plans to incite revolution in India from the United States after the war began. Indictments allege 139 charges tied to aiding German navy efforts and provisioning ships, with Hindus on the Pacific coast organized under the India committee. The Sacramento case names agents, consular figures, and a Hindi leader Ram Chandra among those charged.
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Pacifists barred from holding park meeting amid security presence
In Chicago on July 7 the American Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace faced revocation of park access as pacifists announced a transfer to another amusement park. Secret service and detectives attended sessions while speakers included William Mason and others. Haywood denied IW W calls for Arizona mine strikes and said no coordinated strike plan existed.
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Jerome miners reject J W W strike vote proposal
Jerome Ariz July 7 members of the Jerome local of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers rejected by a vote of 470 to 194 a proposal to submit to the membership a strike vote on joining with the Metal Mine Workers Industrial union No 900 of the Industrial Workers of the World in the strike declared yesterday by that organization in the Jerome copper district. AMNESTY Leaders in exile medical leaders in the Czech party in the Hungarian parliament to be pardoned per Vienna telegram to Dutch papers.
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Warrants issued for 15 I W W leaders in Golconda strike
Warrants issued today for the arrest of 15 leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World who organized a miners strike at the Golconda camp. The action follows a miners dispute and targets key organizers to quell the protest.
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Weather forecast for July 7 indicates fair Sunday
The forecast calls for mostly sunny conditions with little temperature change. No significant precipitation is expected and daytime highs remain steady with light winds across the region.
Descriptions of German Desirability and Public Alarm
Washington reports that all Germans connected to German interests in America are to be considered undesirable and may be repatriated by the state department. The note notes uncertainty about the status of many clerks and officials and mentions figures like Schaafhausen and Barthelme. A separate item cites guard calls to Hartford and surrounding areas amid racial tensions, with troops ordered to protect white residents.
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Revolution if War Is Carried Into August
A July dispatch from Canadian HQ in France via London reports growing signs of German morale decline. A letter to a front-line Favarian claims German social democrats warned that one shot in August would trigger revolution, while asserting Prussia and English control loom if the war drags on and other German factions falter.
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London Air Raid Disaster Report From July Night
The July raid over London caused many deaths and injuries as fires and collapsing buildings disrupted the city. British patrols shot down four German planes while civilians and workers sheltered in basements and dogged efforts by volunteers aided rescue operations. Former Prime Minister Asquith and the American consul general watched the scene as incendiaries and bombs struck commercial and residential districts.
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London Bomb Raid Shows Safe Buildings Stand Lightly Guards
Citizens watched in awe as German bombs struck London during a daylight raid. A hospital and solidly built offices withstood blast, yet tenements and crowded streets bore the suffering as mothers searched for missing children. Officials and church leaders urged restraint amid widespread outrage and calls for reprisal.
Way Is Being Paved for Peace in Butte
Labor leaders report progress toward settling the electricians strike after a five hour conference at the Finlen hotel with the Montana Power company. An early signed agreement is anticipated by Monday night for union ratification. The metal mine workers union fate was debated as Campbell leadership fell from power amid rioting, with plans to affiliate with the American Federation of Labor. Representatives of the affected unions in Great Falls will set a new wage scale for mining companies as talks continue.
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