German Leaders Ousted and Peace Talks Uncertain
London reports Dr Georg Michaelis named successor to Dr Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg as German chancellor. Dispatches note General von Stein removed. Reichstag friction grows over peace efforts. Copenhagen notes Reichstag strike, war credit bill halted, and Hindenburg and Ludendorff summoned for a conference amid turmoil.
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London
von Bethmann-Hollweg
von Ethmann-Hollweg
Georg Michaelis
General von Stein
von Stein
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Reichstag
Germany
Georg Michaeils
Von
Karl Helfferich
von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Copenhagen
William
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
British Warship Vanguard Explodes and Sinks at Sea
The British battleship Vanguard blew up and sank on July 9 while at anchor near Bays. An internal explosion caused the disaster. only three aboard survived, one of whom later died. Twenty-four officers and seventy-one men were not on board at the time. Vanguard displaced 18 250 tons and previously carried 70 men.
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London
Vanguard
Admiralty
War fronts shift as Petain gains in Champagne and Galicia drives gains
Hostilities persist across Western and Eastern fronts with French forces repelling German counterattacks in Champagne and Chemin-Des-Dames while French entrenchments hold after 800 yard fronts. Brusi loff’s troops push Austrians from Kalusz positions, taking prisoners and guns. Russian and Turkish fronts show limited action, and Romania may reemerge as a theater with rising artillery activity noted by Berlin.
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Galicia
Chemin-Des-Dames
Champagne
Petain
Mont Haut
The
Teton
Cerny
Berlin
Flanders
Brusiloff
Kalusz
Petrograd
Dobrovdiany-Novica
Lomnica
Petzhinsko
Shvk
To Build 400 Steel Ships for Government Fleet
Washington announces that Major General George W. Goethals, head of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, will offer contracts to construct 400 steel merchant ships. He expects to produce 3,060,000 tons in eighteen months and to commandeer 1,500,000 tons under private construction with government help. Yard work will commence on standardized ships as soon as yards clear, while contracts for wooden ships of approved designs will continue. More contracts for steel and wooden vessels will require additional funding beyond Congressional authorization.
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Washington
George W. Goethals
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Fleet Corporation
General
Oklahoma and cities face draft quotas delayed
Washington notes Oklahoma must furnish 6275 men for the national army with a likely postponement to week end. Oklahoma City slated for 550 and Tulsa 460 as shares, based on revised census estimates used to apportion drafts. Delays come as districts organize exemption boards and war department officials manage the process.
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Washington
Oklahoma
National Army
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
War Department
Hatters Case Settled In Danbury Labor Dispute
In Danbury Connecticut a settlement was reached in the Loewe case against United Hatters of North America. The compromise covers two thirds of the $262000 judgment plus costs after a conference between lawyers and union officers. The dispute began in 1902 over shop open versus closed union shop amid efforts to unionize Loewe's Danbury factory. The case lingered long with ongoing litigation until a final judgment was obtained and moved to recover costs.
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Danbury, Conn
D. E.loewe & Co
United Hatters of North America
Loewe
Organized Labor
Danbury
United States
Chamberlain Resigns as India Secretary
London official J Auster Chamberlain resigns from the post of secretary for India amid political shifts. No immediate replacement named, details scarce.
House Passes 22 000 Aircraft Bill For War Dept
Washington reports the war department wins approval for a $640000000 aviation bill funding construction of 22000 airplanes. The measure, amended little, drew little opposition but sparked debate on legislative methods and wartime funding. The bill proceeds to the Senate with broad presidential discretion on aviation personnel and powers.
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HOUSE
Washington
War Department
Congress
Kent
Military Committee
Germany
Fitzgerald
Senate
Submarine Toll Dips As Weekly Losses Fall
The Subs London reports fewer merchant ships sunk by German submarines and mines last week than in any week since the weekly loss tally began last March. Fourteen ships over 1,600 tons and three under that size were lost, along with seven fishing vessels, marking a notable drop in casualties.
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London
NO TRADING WITH ENEMY bill passes House
Washington the administration trading with the enemy bill passed the house without a record vote. It bans business with enemy nations or allies unless licensed, provides for seizure of enemy property and patents, and moves to senate for final action.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Congress
House
Senate
Oklahoma Troops Mobilize for Camps Travis and Bowie
Oklahoma members of the new national army will be mobilized with Texas Arizona and New Mexico forces at Camp Travis Fort Sam Houston. Oklahoma guards go to Camp Bowie Fort Worth while Missouri and Kansas guardsmen mobilize at Camp Doniphan Fort Sill. Names honor American military heroes including several Confederate leaders.
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Oklahoma
Camp Travis
Washington
New
National Army
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Bowie
Fort Worth
Missouri
Kansas
Camp Doniphan
Fort ‘Sill
Food bill vote set for July 21 in Senate
Washington reports a senate agreement to vote on Wilson’s food control bill on July 21 five weeks after submission as an urgent war measure. Hoover’s White House report warns that farmers and the public face serious losses without swift federal food control authority. Democratic senators won consent to remove some drastic provisions including prohibition.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Congress
White House
Herbert Hoover
Scheme to Buy Up Wheat Under Consideration
Washington reports Herbert C. Hoover and President Wilson weighing a new government grain corporation akin to the emergency fleet. The plan contemplates a capital near 1 billion dollars to buy all available U S wheat at reasonable producer prices and resell to the allies what is not needed domestically, aiming for fair prices for both producer and consumer.
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Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Herbert C. Hoover
Wilson
Villa Victorious At Parral Attack In Mexico
Reports arriving from Parral Chihuahua describe Villa’s forces killing hundreds of government troops last week. Villa claimed a complete victory forcing the garrison to flee while his men looted stores and houses before Carranza forces reoccupied the town.
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Villa
Parral
el Paso
Texas
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua
Carranza
Quota to be drafted in each state announced by War Dept
The War Department sets state quotas for a selective draft for Uncle Sam’s army. Quotas base on proportional population per census figures. Each state gains credit for National Guard enlistments and regular army personnel from April 2 to June 1917. table lists allotments, gross and net quotas, and credits in final column.
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National Army
War Department
Census Bureau
National Guard
Regular Army
Draft Order Sets 687000 in Three-Phase Call for War
Washington announces a formal draft order for 687,000 men to fill regular army National Guard and the first 500,000 of the national army with total force plans reaching 1,262,985. Governors will apportion state quotas among districts as a lottery will determine the order of registration. The apportionment relies on population and available Guardsmen plus volunteers. Mnols cut its gross quota from 79004 to 61653 as part of the process.
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Alabama
Arkameas
California
Colorado
Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
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Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
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Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Turner Cone
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Regular Army
National Guard
National Army
Baker
Congress
District of Columbia
Act of Congress
Mnols
Up the Niger River Adventure in Small Government Steamers
The Niger journey is described with a mix of harsh swamp scenes and occasional human dwellings. Readable passages note comfortable yet modest government steamers, mangrove swamps, creeks, and a dugout able to be paddled by scantily clad people. The turkey buzzard appears as a recurring, large bird in the landscape.
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Niger River
Africa
Reiches
Mingrove
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Wiles
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Brzezany
Halicz
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Halics
Dolina
Teutons
Eawee
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