Turbulent War News Featured In Western Union Summary
Western Newspaper Union reports from the war front with Turks pushing Russians on the Persian frontier, British repelling German attacks south of the Cojeul and capturing Lens positions, and Russia resuming the offensive in Galicia. Italy’s Asiago plateau clashes, Romania penalized by Germany, and Greece severing ties with Germany Austria-Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey are noted. An Elder-Dempster steamer Adah was sunk by a German submarine while Pershing visits Paris and U S troops encampment. Fraternization ends as Germans fortify a new line twenty miles behind the front.
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Cojeul
Germany
Rumania
Greece
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Lens
Asiago
Brazil
German Empire
Verdun
Rheims
Russia
Galicia
Brzezany
Lemberg
John J. Pershing
Paris
United States
Minsk
Birzprevicya
State aid request and labor unrest across the West
Governor Sam Stewart disclosed a Missoula letter seeking state aid to suppress the Industrial Workers of the World in Montana. In Arizona, fires at Clifton smelters followed a signed miners' order, with about 5,000 workers idle. Cananea in Sonora supplied Mexican workers with free rations as authorities confiscated company stocks. Ozark Trails Highway Association elected officers, chose Miami Oklahoma as next meeting site, and adjourned in Amarillo Texas. Colorado travelers face new dry law limits, needing permits for trips to Wyoming and New Mexico border towns.
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Sam Stewart
Helena
Mont
Missoula
Clifton
Ariz
Cananea Copper Company
Cananea
Sonora
Miami
Okla
Ozark Trails Highway Association
Amarillo
Texas
Food bill to pass with provisions for wine and beer
The article notes the food bill including provisions for the manufacture of wines and beer. Secretary Baker as president of the Council of National Defense repudiates a tentative coal price of $3 a ton. White House reports from Eliot Root on Russia progress. Wilson assigns seized German ships to the Shipping Board and Navy. The Reed bill makes twenty three states bone dry.
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Baker
Council of National Defense
White House
Hlihu Root
High Commission
Russia
The
Shipping Board
Wilson
Navy Department
World War I brief from various fronts lasting upheavals
Dispatches report Bologna prisoner Alfredo Cocchi in solitary confinement while Germany buries mass casualties, Hindenburg offers terms to Russia, British politics shift with Lord Stanley’s parliamentary election, and German press censorship hints at drastic events. Canadian forces capture La Coulette near Lens as German towns burn. Kleber sinks after hitting a mine. Denmark protests anti-US remarks. food control and stock gains cited in Berlin.
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Bologna
Italy
Alfredo Cocchi
Ruth Cruger
Germany
Evangelical Church Chronicle of
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Russia
Lord Stanley
Earl of Derby
Abercrombie
Liverpool
Richard C. Walmesley
Rotterdam
la Coulette
Lens
Ruth suspended for striking umpire and fined
Babe Ruth of the Boston Americans received a one week suspension and a $100 fine for striking umpire Owens. Denver police tug of war team won the US championship by defeating Omaha, while Denver swatsmen swept a doubleheader 4–3 and 7–6. The Democratic House team beat Republicans 22–21 in a three hour game for Red Cross fundraising.
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House of Representatives
Red Cross
Major World Events Chronicle of July First
A $5,500,000 gold shipment arrived in New York from Canada. William H. Moody, former US Supreme Court justice, died in Haverhill Massachusetts. Three bathers drowned at Kenosha Wisconsin with a fourth surviving. North Dakota enacted a dry law, women’s partial enfranchisement, and a bank depositor guaranty. Hugh M. Dorsey became Georgia governor and urged a state defense council. Dorsey rose to prominence as Leo M. Frank prosecutor. A Milwaukee disaster killed fourteen aboard a whaleback’s deck. A Webster Groves Missouri affinity case woman stirs a new chapter. AFL will skip the Swiss conference. Boston Socialist parade sparked riotous scenes.
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Kenosha
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North Dakota
Hugh M. Dorsey
Georgia
Nat E. Harris
Dorsey
State Council of National Defense
Leo M. Frank
Milwaukee
Christopher Columbus
Webster Groves
Sarah B. Matlack
American Federation of Labor
Switzerland
Boston
Mining towns show active work near Navajo and Gold Hills
Lead and silver prices listed in New York and St. Louis update market levels as mining activity intensifies. In Salome district Navajo mine drift advances under Manager DeLay while Pinal Development ore body now spans the tunnel. Gold Hills Success mines near Guadalupe and Vicksburg push mining and plans to recover gold values along the Colorado river near the Grand Cassion of Arizona in Mohave County.
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Navajo
Salome
Pinal Development
Success
Gold Hills Mining Company
Guadalupe Mine
Vicksburg
Colorado River
Grand Cassion
Arizona
Mohave County
Colorado Mines Update Hit By Copper Prices and New Drilling
Colorado mining news reports oil drilling planned in Pueblo county and systematic development in Idaho Springs on the Comet group. Fremont and Custer counties see mines return to production as copper prices rise. Park county advances Hockhocking mine work and a 50 ton daily mill at Ophir is planned. Molybdenum Queen mill at Ophir will be built, tungsten trading strengthens in New York and buyers visit Gunnison. Spencer mountain plant announced near Eldora by Consolidated Leasing. Iowa-Tiger mine remains near top of Silverton list. Luckie 2 mill installs a $10,000 electro magnetic separator. Leadville district eyes heavy lead production and a major drainage tunnel construction begins. Clark tunnel at Tungsten cuts two veins with Clark mill operating near full capacity. Champion mines on Sultan mountain active near Silverton. Fanny Rawlins mine at Leadville reports high grade gold ore shipments after a rich vein discovery two weeks ago.
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Colorado State Oil Company
Pueblo County
Idaho Springs
Comet
Fremont
Custer County
Park County
Hockhocking
Ophir
New York
Silverton
Luckie 2
Tungsten Products Company
Boulder County
Leadville
Clark
Champion
Sultan Mountain
R. W. Coates
Fanny Rawlins
Mining and corporate activity across New Mexico
New Mexico reports show several mineral developments. The Arizona New Mexico Development Co expands with Clifton and Lords offices. Burro Mountain Copper adds 500 acres to Tyrone holdings in Grant County. Carlisle mine at Steeple Rock ends water pumping as 650 foot level is cleared. Phelps Dodge buys Victor American coal properties in the state. Highly-five Mining Co receives two flotation units at Lordsburg. a 300 ton mill is planned. Empire Smelting at Deming runs at half capacity, 60 tons ore daily, 800 tons stock, 43 workers. lead production about 12 tons daily.
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Arizona-New Mexico Development Company
Clifton
Lordsburg
Burro Mountain Copper Company
Tyrone
Grand County
Carlisle
Steeple Rock
Grant County
Gallup
Phelps-Dodge Company
Victor-American Fuel Company
New Mexico
Empire Smelting and Refining Company
Deming
Local mining and oil activity grows in Wyoming hills
Ed R. Wynn reports a mica ledge south of Hudson he is developing. Oil excitement spreads near Lost Springs as local men organize companies. Drilling restarts at Cheyenne River Oil Company on its lease in the Cheyenne River basin, about forty miles northwest of Douglas.
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Ed. R. Wynn
Hudson
Cheyenne River Oil Company
Cheyenne River Basin
Douglas
Riots End as 500 Are Jailed in East St. Louis
Rioters who battled lynched and shot at armed Black residents were rounded up in East St. Louis where soldiers with bayonets cleared streets. Fires caused millions in losses while hospitals filled with wounded. Up to 150 may have died as mobs crossed from St. Louis. Adjt. Gen. Dickson arrived to split crowds and deploy troops.
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St. Louis
East St. Louis
Adjt
Frank S. Dickson
IWW leader threatens nationwide copper strike
Telegrams from Metal Mine Workers locals in Butte and Bisbee were read at a Miami Arizona miners meeting. Rodger Culver of the Industrial Workers of the World warned that within forty eight hours the entire copper industry could be tied up and that wheat crops might be affected to force miners' demands.
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Miami
Ariz
Metal Mine Workers’ Union
Butte and Bisbee
Globe-Miami
Rodger Culver
Industrial Workers of the World
Culver
United States
North American
Russian Victories Reported Across Fronts
War Minister Kerensky personally directed a four day advance as Russian troops captured Konichy on the Galician front with 164 officers and 8 400 men. Cavalry pursued Turks in the Caucasus and seized Engidja and Kalamirivan as raids hit Lens. The Greek destroyer Doxa sank with 29 crew members dead. In China, Young Emperor Hsuan Tung seized the palace at Peking and Tienshin.
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Engidja
Lake Deribar
Kalamirivan
Lens
Doxa
Kingdom Gould Weds Governess in Cardinal Farley Dispensation
Kingdom Gould eldest son of George J. Gould married Miss Annungiatta Camilla Maria Lucci in New York under a special dispensation granted by Cardinal Farley.
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Kingdom Gould
New York
Cardinal Farley
George J. Gould
Annungiatta Camilla Maria Lucci
Arizona State News Coming Events and Local Updates
July 4 6 Ellis annual state reunion Prescott Parker to open a state bank with 25000 capital Cantaloupes move rapidly Mesa district After illness Frank M Murphy pioneer Arizonan dies Prescott Arizona’s 1917 registration total 36932 over quota 34184 Phoenix Knights of Columbus raise about 5000 for Liberty loan Tombstone funds for road bond election planned Tucson Phoenix Tidewater railroad extension El Paso Southwestern petitions Circulators for road bond election H G Scarborough captured Engle Mexico Effie Jean Jones killed by accidental pistol shot Benson old Industrial School sold for 500 Prescott camp mining expands with air compressor Elk group Gold fields 2000 workers strike 45600 copper miners Kapony barajos and little bo peep in Chandler dispute Navy recruits from Tombstone Nogales hosts 200 officials July 23 meeting 1917 tax assessment telegraph firms 2883587.41 value 40712 wire miles Smallpox 41 cases since May 21 with 7 deaths in Douglas.
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Parker
Cantaloupes
Mesa
Frank M. Murphy
Benson
Court House
Tombstone
Elk Group
Arizona and California Mining Company
Prescott
Warren
Metal Mine Workers’ Industrial Union
Effie Jean Jones
James J. Jones
Elgin
Santa Cruz County
Arizona
Osborn
Ray Hercules Copper Company
Chandler
José Barajos
Juan Medregal
Bo Peep
Chandler Improvement Co
Barajos
Nogales
Chamber of Commerce
State of Arizona
Boards of Supervisors
State Tax Commission
State Board of Equalization
Silver King Camp
Hoskins
Walter Hoskins
Superior
C. H. Hunt
Bisbee
Douglas
Hunt
Marysville Woman Credits Pinkham Remedy For Cramps
A Marysville reader testifies after twelve years of monthly cramps improved with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the remedy and urges others with period pain backache or indigestion to try it and write for confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass.
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Marysville
Lydia E. Pinkham
George R. Naytor
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Too Much for Him
A strapping young soldier laments conscription forcing him into social circles of lawyers ministers and an auctioneer. He jokes the dispute over Egyptian law in the night across several beds makes gas-leak repairs nearly impossible for a practical plumber.
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Jock
Freckles vanish with ethine double strength treatment
A vintage advertisement promises facial freckles disappear with ethine double strength. Apply an ounce nightly and morning, with a money back guarantee if no improvement, claiming most cases need only one ounce for a clear complexion.
Sea Soldiers and a Balcony Sniper in Vera Cruz
Marines march through Vera Cruz as a well dressed Mexican above a balcony fires on them. 1,000 yards away Colonel Neville spots the gun flash with field glasses and orders the sniper killed after a reload.
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Vera Cruz
Henry Reuterdahl
Neville
Real Estate Trade Case Stumbles Over Local Theater Value
A real estate agent testifies in a court battle over exchanging a picture show for a farm. He notes the theater’s surroundings include a shoe shine shop a garage and a saloon prompting the judge to call a midsession recess.
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