Cabbage City Garb Crisis Prompts City Overhaul
Washington reports Congress may draft aliens of military age, adding up to 1.5 million to the selectee list. In Ohio, Columbus considers two 16 000 strong divisions, leveraging Ohio National Guard strength toward a broader plan for France. Major notes center on city sanitation delays and Stolberg defending actions amid municipal strain.
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Stolberg
Neil
Ibers
Sanitary Iriage Co
Dan
Iafer
Sanitary Garb Co
Health Department
Sanitary Garbage Co
Tire
Sanitary Co
Santy Garbage Co
Columbus
Ohio
France
Adjutant General's Office
Washington
War Department
United States Army
West Virginia
Cox
Wilson
Three Canton Socialists Sentenced to Workhouse
Three Cleveland socialists C Ruthenberg Alfred Wagenknecht and Charles Baker were sentenced by Federal Judge Westenhaver to one year each in the Canton workhouse for hindering the selective army draft. They appealed on bond set at 5000 dollars. Assistant D A Breitenstein said the leaders were chosen to work in confinement. Seven willful slackers also were sentenced.
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Cleveland
Canton
Westenhaver
C. &. Ruthenberg
Alfred Wagenknecht
Charles Baker
Breitenstein
Canton’s Quota Cuts by Bill to Include Aliens
Canton officials back a bill to reduce native born calls by one third by enlisting aliens from friendly nations. Italians Greeks Russians and Roumanians would be affected while Austro-Hungarians would largely avoid service. If passed the new law aims to fill quotas quickly and fairly with Americans bearing a smaller share. Officials await lists from Washington as boards prepare to draft the call.
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Congress
Canton
United States
South District
Washington
Cox
Opposition to tax rate increase in state budget reply
Columbus July 25 opposition to any increase in tax rates this year expressed by the state tax commission in a communication sent to all county budget commissions. The commission said the tax law largely increases value which in its judgment will evident for larger funds for taxing districts without an increase in rate.
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Columbus
State Tax Commission
State Commission
Weather forecast brief for warm conditions
Government forecast indicates one more day of fair and continued warmth. Temperatures and conditions are not fully legible but point to mild weather and no rain.
Slavs Quit Key Positions In Eastern Front Battles
German forces push through Galicia nearing Tarnopol and Mikulinco as Stanislau and Halicz evacuate. Front spans over 150 miles with intense fighting along Pinsk Vilna Duena and actions in Roumania. Berlin reports over 11 000 Russian prisoners captured.
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Geneva
Galicia
Gnierna River
Mikulinco
Tarnopol
Vienna
Stanislau
Halicz
Pinsk-Vilna-Duena
Commission Delay Stalls War Materials Pricing Plan
Washington reports a delay by the federal trade commission in deciding prices for steel and coal. A cabinet officers conference with steel and coal industry representatives agreed the government could commandeer needed products at prices set by the trade commission.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Steel and Coal Industries
Trade Commission
Akron Auto Dealers Plan Picnic Delegation Meeting
Akron dealers will attend a Stark and Summit county auto dealers picnic on July 26 in Massillon. A Canton delegation will meet them there and Don Quinn of the A. H. Wilson Motor Car Co. is captain of the tug-of-war team.
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Akron
Canton Auto Club
Stark and Summit-co
Massillon
Canton and
Stark-co
Don Quinn
A. H. Wilson Motor Car Co
City’s Hottest Day Sparks Heat Wave
Canton reports its hottest day of the year with temperatures around 91 at 1 p.m. and expectations of rising another two degrees before afternoon. A low of 68 marked the day following the hottest night of the summer.
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Canton
Germans Gain Control of Santa Rosalia Jiminez and Parral
Reports from Villa El Paso state Villista forces fully control the mining towns of Santa Rosalia Jiminez and Parral. Confirmed details say Villa's staff included ten Germans at the time of the attacks.
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EL Paso
Tex
Villista
Santa Rosalia
Jiminez
Parral
Villa
Tollin Sues for Divorce Over Drunkenness and Cruelty
Mary Tollin filed suit for divorce Wednesday against Mike Tollin charging drunkenness and cruelty. Thomas H. Leahy is her attorney.
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Mary Tollin
Mike Tollin
Thomas H. Leahy
Canton to Have Pest House Plans Passed by Commissioners
County commissioners accepted plans for a 16 room pest house at the infirmary farm. The temporary facility, costing about 5000 dollars, will be built as a two story frame structure. Bids will be sought and city cooperation arranged for caring for contagious patients. They rejected calling it a detention hospital to avoid state control.
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County Infirmary Farm
Sweitzer
Bernhardt Flees Fire at Nassau Hotel on Boardwalk
Mme. Sarah Bernhardt and other prominent theatre and society figures fled for safety when the Nassau hotel on the boardwalk caught fire. The blaze started in the kitchen and was confined to the first floor by volunteer fire departments from Lynbrook and Rockville Centre.
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Long Beach
L. 1
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Nassau
Lynnbrook
Rockville Centre
Troopers Seek More Aggressive Name Than Sammy
A New York squad of regulars urged a newspaper to start a campaign for a stronger fighting name for American troops, arguing that Sammy sounds nonthreatening and unfit for a fighting image.
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New York
Sammy
Dan Willis Pleads Guilty to Reckless Driving
Dan Willis pleaded guilty in police court Wednesday to reckless driving and was fined 10 dollars plus costs.
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Dan Willis
Land value soars in jury awarded tract near Maximo
In probate court the jury set a triangle parcel of 0.08 acre at 12000 dollars and awarded 1500 dollars damages on 0.37 acres total with Maximo village land valued at about 150000 dollars per acre. The Pennsylvania Co. sought the site for a track extension and opposed the verdict.
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Maximo
Cafiton
The
Pennsylvania Co
John Mandru
Mandru
Canton
Leavenworth clergyman vows lifelong crime reform
Rev James Lewis Darnell, to complete a three year Mann Act sentence in September, announces plans to spend the rest of his life reforming criminals. Darnell, former Unitarian church pastor, was convicted of transporting Ruth Soper to Kenosha Wisconsin while married to two wives who later divorced.
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Leavenworth
Kas
James Lewis Darnell
Darnell
Ruth Soper
Kenosha
Wis
Emperor Charlie Arrives in Vienna to Tackle Political Crisis
Emperor Charles arrives in Vienna from the eastern front to push a quick settlement as Austrian Foreign Minister Czernin operates from Galicia with Emperor William. The anxious capital awaits his moves amid a tense political scene. Canton Motor Car Co. Ady.
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Zurich
Emperor Charlies
Vienna
Count Czernin
Galicia
William
Would Paint Hands of Clock in Court House
Commissioner Bidwell after a Tuesday meeting believed the clock solution was settled but Commissioner Abe intervened with split ideas. Sheriff Norwood proposed a three handed red white and blue display to show eastern and central time and a patriotic dome. Clock makers were asked to advise feasibility of adding another hand.
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Bidwell
Court House
Abe
Norwood
Court House Tower
Canton girl leads Moose popularity contest in votes
Canton retained the lead over Massillon as Miss Maze Marsino gained 1,290 votes, bringing her total to 3,755, well ahead of Massillon’s Miss Elizabeth Sonnhalter with 2,660. Miss Ethel Stewart sits in third with 1,645 votes.
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Canton
Massillon
Maze Marsino
Elizabeth Sonnhalter
Ethel Stewart
Boy Anxious Over Draft Attempts Boston?
La Porte Indiana July 25 Russell Barr 4? farmhand enraged by draft scene tries to kill Chris McQuiston 16 then blasts part of his face with a shotgun McQuiston survives his shoulder wound Barr dies.
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Laporte
Ind
Russell Barr
Chris McQuiston
McQuiston
Barr
Ice Cream Festival Benefit for Mercy Hospital
Advertises an ice cream festival to aid Mercy Hospital on Wednesday evening July 25 held on the hospital lawn. Mentions rain forecast for the following evening.
Dictator Kerensky Imposes Death Sentences on Mutineers
In Petrograd dispatches the new Russian ruler Kerensky enforces a harsh order to execute mutinous soldiers and pro German anarchists. Officers are instructed to be severe, with proclamations posted in Petrograd Moscow and frontline areas. Public funerals may be held for officers who died rallying troops in Galicia.
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Copenhagen
Kerensky
Petrograd
Moscow
Council of Workmen's and
Galicia
Canton Public Library Promotes Patriotism in Selection
The Canton library houses thousands of books and aims to be patriotic, with no German books in German text yet offering translations into English. Librarian Miss Martin says it is an American library for Americans, reflecting local sentiment.
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Canton
Martin
Five Year Old Dies After Boiler Scalding Attempt
In St. Louis on July 25 a five year old girl Philomena Marino tried to imitate her mother lifting clothing from a hot water boiler. She fell and was scalded to death.
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ST. Louis
Philomena Marino
St Pauls Episcopal Ice Cream Festival Tonight
St Pauls Episcopal plans an ice cream festival on the church lawn at 7 30 tonight at the corner of Cleveland avenue and South street SW Ady notes.
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St. Paul's Episcopal Sunday School
Church Lawn
Cleveland-av
Sth
Ady
Five American sailors die in Cavite submarine blast
Five U S sailors were killed and three injured when the A 7 submarine interior exploded at Cavite naval station in the Philippines yesterday afternoon. The Navy reports gasoline vapor ignition caused the accident at 4 p m. The blast comes as a wartime loss at the U S base abroad.
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Underwood & Underwood
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PLANS
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Canton Motor Car Co
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