Suffragists Seek Presidential Help Over Picketing Convictions
Washington July 18 political pressure builds as 16 suffragists jailed for White House picketing await options after a day of talks with President Wilson. Hopkins says the president is shocked and aims to resolve the affair while a possible higher court appeal looms. Malone plans legal aid and potential pardons are discussed but prisoners prefer to serve sentences. The women report no special treatment in the District workhouse and face strict restrictions on visitors, correspondence, and basic supplies.
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Lucy Burns
Mabel
Vernon
Malone
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Walsh
Kansas City
Gardner
National lottery set to determine 1917 draft numbers
Advices from Washington indicate a national lottery to determine the order of call for about 10,300,000 men registered for military service could be held next Friday. Preparations proceed with the drawing to occur in the Capitol, witnessed by senate and house committees, as transmission of numbers to local boards and newspapers is organized nationwide. Most states have completed their local lists, with New York, Pennsylvania, and Michigan outstanding.
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House
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Oday
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Chamberlain
Germany
United States
National Army
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Pennsylvania
Michigan
Violence threats loom in Butte amid turmoil
In Butte, threats of violence surge as draft looms Friday and union halls report flag desecration. Suffragists take martyr roles while seven dead in an explosion and a nationwide grasshopper invasion disrupt daily life.
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Vane
Butte
Union
Mooney
Montana
Butte Playhouses
Red ‘Cross
Anaconda
State News
Ngconda
Tourauin
YM. C. A
Butte News
Bisbee
Scamimai State Commission
M—Butte Views
Plot to spread disease through Kansas halted
Kansas City July 18 United States district attorney Fred Robertson announced a plot to use hospital plaster to spread disease across Kansas. Three men in different towns were arrested after government chemists found tetanus germs on the plasters and other unidentified germs. Authorities withheld the suspects names, noting possible enemy links due to Germanic origins, while warning the case might involve crank activity or a broader threat. Investigations will continue.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Fred Robertson
United States District Attorney of
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Smith
Robertson
Violence threat by Butte I W W strike bulletin
A heavily garbled historical clipping reports threats attributed to the Butte I W W related to a strike bulletin. It warns masters in the Butte district that another act like the Bisbee affair would violate free speech and trigger a revolution, signaling tense labor unrest during wartime. The text references government action, civil rights, and the possibility of force or suppression in a nationwide context.
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Treviy
Butte
Tims
Artha
Bisbee
Washington
United States of America
Flag Desecration in Butte Musicians Union Hall
An American flag was torn from a lodge room wall of the Butte Musicians Protective union, cut into three parts, and hidden in a basin. The incident followed an earlier staff flag ripping. Union officials reported the case to the sheriff as investigations begin, with members vowing to identify the traitors among them. The lodge rooms, in Lewisohn building basement, are restricted to members with keys. The union represents theater orchestras, bands, private professionals, and road house players.
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Butte Musicians Protective Union
William Roberts
Roberts
George Hutchins
Charles Griffin
Lewisohn
Ber
Musicians’ Union of
Butte
Accused Murderer Shows Strain in Ebensburg Jail
Johnstown July 18 authorities watching George Tompkins confined in Ebensburg jail charged with murder of Edmund I Humphry a Philadelphia coal operator. Mel Mumphries and son Edmund described the prisoner as mentally strained while denying involvement beyond claiming a triple murder by masked highwaymen. An automatic pistol found near the crime scene was traced to a Johnstown dealer with no purchaser record available.
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George Tompkins
Ebensburg
Edmund I. Humphry
Philadelphia
Mel Mumphries
Edmund
Carroll Town
Howev
Humphries
Johne Town
Chicago Board of Trade Directors Seek War Powers Support
Joseph P. Griffin, president, issued a circular urging members to back a vote granting the board full power during any war the United States joins. The measure would suspend enforcement of existing rules as needed to act in the nation's and association's interests. Griffin did not discuss the motives behind the circular. The vote was planned for July 18.
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Joseph P. Griffin
Ttade
Thy
Griffin
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Engineers” Union
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Engineer
Tom Campbell
Weather Forecast July 18: Continued Heat Then Cooler
The forecast calls for continued high temperatures with a fair sky and cooler evening conditions. Daytime heat remains strong, while nighttime temperatures drop to more comfortable levels.
Fourteen British Ships Sunk In Last Week Report
London reports that fourteen British ships over 1,600 tons were sunk by mine or submarine in the past week, with four below 1,600 tons and eight fishing vessels also lost. The official tally lists arrivals and sailings amid ongoing wartime losses.
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Dovay
Mare
London
Wink
Tone
Petrograd Quiet as Rain Follows Street Clashes
Petrograd remains quiet after a night of clashes between government patrols and Maximalists, with a heavy rain washing through the city. casualty tallies show several killed and hundreds wounded, many near Nadezhenskaya as Bolshevik fire struck unarmed Cossacks by Prospect. Kronstadt sailors reportedly sent home, while rumors of arms offers to Maximalists circulated. Minister Tehernof was seized by radicals, later released after Lenine’s lieutenant intervened. A central executive committee member’s arrest and a warehouse fire in South St. Paul added to the day’s turmoil.
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Nadezhienskaia
Moscow
Kronstadt
St. Peter and St Paul
M. Tehernof
Duma
Exec Committee
Council of Workmen and Soldier
Mooney Case Opens Amid Anarchy Rhetoric and Labor Turmoil
District Attorney Pickett portrays Mooney as key in an anarchist conspiracy while arguing for the death penalty. Fickert labels the defendant a tool of violent plotters and urges the jury to condemn. The trial unfolds as unions face walkouts and labor talks stall, with engineers and building trades divided over support for strikes at mines and plants.
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Mawattin Sea
Fickert
Acoreg
Dixint
Erkman
Berkman
United States
Capture of Jimenez and Villa Lootings Reported
Juarez dispatches state leading forces under Francisco Villa captured Jimenez and cut communications with Chihuahua City after looting the town. The report mentions Villa’s advances reaching Torreon and Parral and ongoing unrest among Mexican garrison troops. Meanwhile a Chicago strike vote in a different item shows 48 hour postponement on wage demands.
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Juarez
Francisco Villa
Fimenez
Chiavahia
Villa
Simones
Torreon
Parral
Chichuahua City
War news officer reveals unregistered man unaware of conflict
In Helena on July 18 Gos Peaster told Bourquin in federal court he did not register because he did not know the country was at war. He described two calves and two cows on his ranch and four acres under cultivation, noting changes in his status and registration.
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Peckar
Helena
Gos ' Peaster
Bourquin
Will Propose Disarmament in Dramatic German Plan
Faris forecasts a July 18 pledge for a Germany disarmament move aimed at the world. The proposal would spare only a token force while signaling internal crisis relief, followed by a theatrical show of resolve and possible coercive terms.
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Germa Saga Thorps
Germany
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