Allies vow to fight on until victory and oppose aggression
The Allied powers announce continued war until their aims are achieved, united to defend people's rights, notably in the Balkans, and to prevent a return of central powers aggression. They plan London talks to set executive steps and outline troop withdrawals from Greece while keeping Corfu naval bases.
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Germany
Taris
Balkan
London
Greece
Italy
Thessaly
Epirus
France
Great Britain
Corfu
Troop Convoy Reaches European Port Under Escort
A fresh American contingent arrived at a European port and disembarked safely from the same steamer used by Kermit Roosevelt and family. Troops, amid cheers, formed a small, orderly reception as they entrained for new quarters. General staff observers noted no civic display beyond polite spectator support.
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Kermit Roosevelt
Texas Governor Indicted Amid Public Funds Allegations
Governor Ferguson was indicted by the Travis county grand jury on seven counts including misapplication and embezzlement of public funds. Secretary of State S. J. Bartlett faced six counts. State superintendent C. J. Stone and the Dist ance and banking commission member were indicted on four counts combined.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Travis County Grand Jury
S.J. Bartlett
C. J. Stone
Coo
Commission of Distrance and Banking
Believes Kitchener Still Lives In Britain Questioned
Mrs Marker sister of Larditetoner told an interviewer she believes her brother is alive. The claim reopened a popular wartime rime in England during the postwar era. She said she could not reveal her reasons but pledged to share them if asked again.
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Kitchener
London
Marker
Larditetoner
Ertibeer Harrapshire
Harter
Pro German Paper Raid Prompted Official Action
A garbled note describes authorities raiding a German sympathetic publication and seizing items at a telephonic press, with officials from a government department reported. the text mentions a provisional leadership and a high ranking official, likely a minister, involved in the crackdown. The fragment hints at a broader suppression campaign and possible flight of indicated personnel.
The Making of 20 000 Officers
A fragmentary report details a Washington department preparing an elite corps. The text hints at a high level of organization and a pursuit of rapid, wide scale officer deployment amid a tense political climate.
Railroad Shopmen Strike Ends in Denver Conference
A conference between railroad officials and employees led to a settlement. The shopmen returned to work Tuesday morning after the dispute involving the Overland and Bowdoin lines.
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Shopmen's Strike
Denver
British Peace Vote Defeated in Commons on War Aims
London report notes the British house of commons rejected a peace resolution 148 to 10 after an all evening debate led by James Ramsay McDonald. Asquith warned there is no hope of a satisfactory end, while Bonar Law urged firmness amid the Russian crisis and Snowden faulted the government for hindering settlement and condemning further bloodshed over Alsace Lorraine.
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London
House of Commons
James Ramsay McDonald
Great Britain
Herbert H. Asquith
Pork Barrel Rivers and Harbors Bill Passes Senate
The rivers and harbors measure carrying large appropriations passed the Senate 50 to 11. Final roll shows Republican critics Borah Brady Kenyon La Follette Smith Smoot and Democrats Ashurst Gore King Pomerone Shafroth opposed.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Brady
Kenyon
la Follette
Smith
Michigan
Smoot
Ashurst
Gore
King
Pomerone
Shafroth
Vigilantes Drive Out L W W Members in Bemidji
Thirty men and one woman said to be members of the L W W were corraled by 150 armed citizens and sent out of town on a westbound train. The action followed a fire that destroyed the second largest sawmill in the country, city authorities reported.
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Deport
W. W
Bemidji, Minn
L W. W
Quiet Restored in Spain After Martial Law Lifted
Valencia dispatch reports Spain returning to calm after unrest and strikes. Martial law has been lifted, ending a period of declared emergency in Madrid and other areas.
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Spain
Madrid
Valencia
Son Drafted, Father Held as Spy
Chicago political figure George Koop socialist mayoral candidate in 1907 was held to the grand jury by a U S commissioner on charges of violating the espionage law. His conscription status appears noted as drafted.
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Chicago
George Koop
United States
New Diktat Granted to Kerensky Government in Russia
In Petrograd on July 23 the council of soldiers and workers delegates and peasants’ committees voted to empower the provisional government as the government of national safety. Unlimited powers are given to reorganize the army and restore public order, with the vote 252 to 57 amid fears of counter revolutions and arrests of Baltic fleet leaders.
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Warkmen
Verdervski
Baltic
Dashkevich
Workmen's and Soldiers’ Council
Dashkevitch
Peterhof
Guardsmen Soon to Sail
Washington reports that about two thirds of the national guard was in federal service. The rest will be drafted August 5, making the total force around 100,000 men. State troops then lose militia status and become deployable under presidential direction.
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Washington
Wilson
Army of the
United States
Walruna Overdue After Pacific Voyage From New Zealand
The trans Pacific steamer Walruna carrying luxuries cum and other cargo is thirty days overdue at a Pacific port after voyage from New Zealand. Two owners were wounded on Wednesday.
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San Francisco
Walruna
Pacific
New Zealand
Missouri Fille Her Quota in Army Recruits
Missouri has been added to states with full army recruiting quota as of July 28. Daily statements show 6620 recruits against a quota of 658.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Luther Burbank Reported Seriously Ill at Home
Santa Rosa California notes horticulturist Luther Burbank, aged 68, seriously ill at his home from overwork and a cold with ensuing complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Burbank
Santa Rosa
Cal
Draft Men in Khaki As Soon As Printed Master Lists Reach Boards
Washington reports the war department will begin sifting the top names from draft lists as master district lists arrive. Provost Marshal General Crowder indicates the first conscripts will join the regular army and National Guard once selected, with boards warned to sanction no delays from evasion.
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Washington
War Department
Crowder
Regular Army
National Guard
British Ships Sunk In Major Mining Losses Report
The weekly admiralty shipping losses report states twenty four British ships were sunk last week by mines or submarines. Twenty one vessels over 1600 tons and three under 1600 tons were lost. The tally reflects ongoing wartime dangers at sea.
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London
Admiralty
Commander C. W. Cole Leads Rhode Island Battleship
Commander C. W. Cole of the A and N Io leads the battleship Rhode Island during a peacetime voyage.
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C. W. Cole
Rhode Ieland
Militia Rescues Murderer From Mob During Naval Parade
Naval militiamen saved Conrad Hart, a cook, from lynching after he fatally shot his wife in the street Saturday afternoon. The incident occurred as Hart faced a mob while en route to a naval parade. Concurrently in Washington, draft-age youths may enlist in the Army or Marine Corps until they must report for physical examinations.
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New York
Conrad Hart
Enliet
Washington
National Army
Davy
Marine Corps
Hope of Short War Dashed by Russia
The collapse of the Russian war effort frees German forces to bolster the western front where American troops will be engaged. Officials note the German line has not weakened and that allies must rely on time, sea transport, and rail networks in France to deploy men, airplanes, and munitions for a future offensive.
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Teuton Line
Western Front
Washington
Europe
United States
Belgium
France
Germany
Roosevelt urges universal military training for future security
At the Loyal Order of Moose convention in Pittsburgh Theodore Roosevelt urged continued universal military training after the war. He said preparedness is the nation’s only defense against repeating unpreparedness that has handicapped the country in the current crisis and called the move a temporary misstep by the government a criminal refusal to provide for the future.
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Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
Railroads Leasing Idle Lands to Boost Food Supply
Railroads of the west and middle west lease millions of acres of idle land at nominal rents, with no effort to raise food production. The statement is issued by Fairfax Marrson, chairman of the railroads' war board.
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New York
West
Middle West
Pairfax Marrson
Railroads’ War Board
Explosion Kills Five on Submarine at Cavite
An explosion aboard the submarine A-T at Cavite in the Philippine Islands killed five sailors and wounded three officers and crew members during the incident.
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Washington
Cavite
Philippine Islands
Anarchist to Be Freed on Bond in New York Appeal
Moe Miss Kama Goldman was moved from the state prison to Jefferson City to return to New York for appealing a bond pending appeal in the federal district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Moe Miss Kama Goldman
New York
Federal District Court
Farmers' Sons May Earn U.S. Badge for Farm Service
Washington report notes farmers' sons who stay on the home farm may receive the federal badge of honor from the United States boys working reserve, recognizing their patriotism and service.
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Farmer's Sons
Washington
United States Boys’ Working Reserve
Principals in Ship Row Are Ousted in Washington Shakeup
President Wilson dismissed William Denman as shipping board chairman and Maj. Gen. George Goethals as emergency fleet manager. Edward N. Hurley was named chairman and Bainbridge Colby as a board member, with Rear Admiral Washington L. Capps becoming fleet manager. Goethals retires from active service and may be recalled.
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Washington
Wilson
Shipping Board
William Denman
George W. Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
General Goethals
Denman
Edward N. Hurley
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Bainbridge Colby
New York
John B. White
Kansas City
Washington L. Capps
Navy
General Goethils
Fleet Corporation
Mr. Hurley
Galesburg
Ill
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Colby
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive National Party
United States
Congress
Denmann
Goethals
United States Army
Prince
Rena Mooney Acquitted in San Francisco Murder Trial
San Francisco report states Rena Mooney, one of five defendants in the bomb explosion murder cases, was found not guilty after a nine week tearful wait. Her husband Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings were convicted and sentenced to death and life imprisonment respectively, with appeals pending. Israel Weinberg and Edward A. Nolan await trial.
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San Francisco
Rena Mooney
Thomas J. Mooney
Warren K. Billings
Israel Weinberg
Edward A. Nolan
Renin
Stock Poisoning Hits Klamath Falls Ranchers
In Klamath Falls Oregon stock poisoning has caused losses estimated around 150000 dollars to local ranchers over the past two weeks. J F Lundell of the federal bureau of animal industry has been on the scene investigating the incidents.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Klamath Malls
J. 4. Lundell
Federal Bureau of Wish Mal Industry
Germany's Conquest Dream Shattered
London reports Germany's dream of world conquest broken as the war drags on. Officials urge diplomacy over further battles and refer to German prisoners captured in recent campaigns.
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Germany
London
Lund
Woman Station Agent Opens At San Francisco
Miss Maul Ferguson graduated from Southern Pacific railroad school for women and chose rivis to the Brockton division making her the first woman station agent for the company in California.
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San Francisco
California
Maul Ferguson
Southern Pacific Company
Railroad School For Women
Cheosing Rivis
Brockton
Wheat Supply in United States Rises for Week Ending July 14
Official figures show a 0.84 million bushel increase in visible supply of wheat in the United States for the week ending July 14. On hand total stood at 0.084 million bushels.
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Warstington
United States
Allied loan totals rise to 75 million to Allis Washington
The report shows additional funding to allies reaching 75 million dollars for Allis Washington with 60 million to France and a total near 283,000,000 advanced in the past nine months.
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Allis Washington-Loane
Tusaia
France
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Kerensky
Workmen's Council
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