Dillon Urges Wilson Referendum on Irish Home Rule
Irish question looms large as Mr Dillon pushes President Wilson’s principles for immediate action. Parliament debates military measures, nationalist resistance, and the possibility of Irish self rule with Asquith, Shortt, and Devlin weighing in.
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Ireland
Edward Shortt
Labor Party
William Adamson
West Fife
Dillon
Wilson
Dil’on
Great Britain
Joseph Devlin
West Belfast
Ulster
Devlin
Sinn Fein
Scott
George P. H. Reid
Herbert H. Asquith
John Dillon
Americans on Canadian List
Ottawa Ont July 29 The following American names appear in todays overseas casualty list Wounded R Saltmarsh Lakeport NH J L Gill 65 Eastern Avenue Fall River Mass
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Ottawa
Ont
R. ©. Saltmarsh
Lakeport
N. H
J. L. Gill
Eastern Avenue
Fall River
Masa
Lydia E Pinkham Compound Backed by Local Letter
Oregon Illinois resident Mrs D M Alers says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health after pelvic disorder left her unable to work on a 600 chicken farm. She reports renewed strength and endorses the remedy to friends.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Oregon
D. M. Alers
R. R
Weather Lashes New England With Heat Wave Thundershowers
A heat wave hits New England with forecasts of noisy thunder showers. Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York, Maine see storms as Boston residents seek relief from extreme heat. One death and eleven prostrations reported in the region. An East Wind could bring cooler conditions by evening.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
New York
Maine
Daniel Harrington
Spencer Avenue
Chelsea
East Boston Relief Hospital
Leominster
Otis Roy
Roy
X40
North Main Street
Burbank Hospital
Hearing on August milk prices today at State House
The New England Regional Milk Commission will hold a hearing at the State House today to fix a milk price for August. It invites producers wholesalers and notably consumers to speak while the commission previously met in executive session to discuss the proposal.
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New England Regional Milk Commission
State House
Marines Fight With Bandits in Santo Domingo
Three encounters between U S marines and Dominican and Haitian bandits in Santo Domingo were reported. Casualties included one corporal and two privates slightly wounded and one Dominican guard officer wounded. About two bandits were killed, several wounded, and others captured.
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Washington
United States
Santo Domingo
Navy Department
Can Force Use Of Wood Fuel
Washington July 29 Fuel Administrator Garfield ruled state administrators may deny coal to domestic consumers living outside cities where wood fuel is plentiful. Coal should be supplied only under special permits in such cases. If prohibiting coal raises wood price, actions under the Lever Act may apply. The order appointing state administrators provides the authority.
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Washington
Garfield
Hair Loss Tied to Automobiling Stirs Dust Claim
Advert reads that more people lose hair due to automobiling dust carrying microbes that attack the scalp and hair roots. It touts Birt's Head Wash as the remedy, claiming ordinary soaps harm hair with alkali while its neutral soap base plus Glyc erin white of eggs cocoanut oil and salicylic acid kill germs and odors.
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Birt
Army plan to soon be completed
Officials are elated by the fine showing of American troops and a Prussian Guard division that held firm at the stone-wall defence. Secretary Baker said progress in the Soissons-Rheims salient continues with substantial gains on both Saturday and Sunday.
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Washington
Soissons-Rheims Salient
Baker
Baker seeks wider draft age in expanded army plan
The article reports Mr. Baker planning to discuss with lawmakers an enlarged army program including extending draft age limits and more funding. Six new divisions are ordered with more to follow to support replacement forces, based on Provost Marshal-General Crowder’s manpower review.
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Baker
House
Senate
United States
Crowder
Mr. Baker
Congress
Senate Debates Changes in Draft Rules and Volunteer Prohibition
In Washington on July 29 the Senate discussed changes in the selective service act while the House held a brief session. A resolution repealing the federal charter of the National German-American Alliance was sent to the President. Senator Sterling urged fairness for men rejected as volunteers who were later drafted. Senator Johnson noted a review of prohibiting volunteering as part of extending the draft age.
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Washington
Senate
House
National
Sterling
Johnson
California
Congress
Slacker Gets 15 Year Sentence for Desertion
Brent Dow Allinson a Chicago slacker and Harvard graduate was convicted by a Camp Grant court martial of deserting military duty under the 58th article of war. The President commuted the life term to 15 years in federal prison after review. He had been in the Camp Grant guard house since April 22.
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Rockford, II
Brent Dow Allinson
Chicago
Camp Grant
Allinson
Wilson
Harvard
Government
Berne
Switzerland
Washington
Wilson grants reinstatement rights to civil service troops
President Wilson issued an executive order extending to civil service employees who enter military or naval service the right to reinstatement at any time within five years after discharge, provided the applicant is qualified for the position sought.
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Washington
Wilson
British Subjects Enlist With Canadians in Mission Push
Fifty British subjects joined the British and Canadian recruiting mission at 44 Bromfield Street after a Sunday notice said nonenlistees by Sept 20 would be drafted into the American army. Rallies are planned in all state cities over the next two weeks. Lt Col F C Jamieson will speak in Springfield on Wednesday night. Enlistees during the 60 day period will go to Canadian training camps. forty were sent last night.
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Great Britain
Bromfield Street
F. C. Jamieson
Springfield
Reverend James P. Topping Dies at 76 in Melrose
The Rev. James P. Topping of 18 Whittier Street Melrose died after a week of illness at Melrose Hospital aged 76. A Hammondsport New York native, he served in the Civil War and preached until retirement 14 years ago. Survived by daughter Mrs. A. H. Morris of Melrose son W. C. Topping of Malden and nine grandchildren.
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James P. Topping
Whittier Street
Melrose
Malden
Melrose Hospital
Topping
Hammondsport
N. Y
A. H. Morris
W. C. Topping
Federal
Churchill to Probe Labor Conditions in Munitions Factories
London July 29 Winston Churchill minister of munitions announced that work has resumed in Birmingham and Coventry munitions factories and he will appoint a committee immediately to investigate labor conditions that led to the embargo on skilled workers. The union advisory committee is to meet Wednesday to name representatives.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Birmingham
Coventry
Churchill
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