Prohibition Legislation and Telegraph Control Battle in Senate
Prohibitionists express confidence in a favorable report on a bill ending sale of distilled spirits beer and wine for export after 1918 and restricting manufacture after 1919. The article notes ongoing Senate fights over nationalization of phone telegraph radio and cable systems with hearings looming tomorrow.
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Ter Agricultural
Norrie
Washington, D. C
Senate
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
French Smash Thru Front Along Three Mile Line
Paris reports an attack northwest of Paycre where troops advanced about a mile along a three mile front. London notes limited British encounters with few prisoners. Berlin says partial British attacks on both sides of the La Bassee canal failed with heavy losses.
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Pay
Thres Antles
War Office
Berlin
London
la Bassee Canal
Peoria Update on Columbus Steamship Disaster Toll
In Peoria Illinois on July 8 the death toll from the Columbia disaster dropped to 82 after two more bodies were recovered. Seventeen people remain missing. The Lancaster lifted wreckage from the dance floor and recovered the body of a four year old child of John Grewy of Kingston. Grewy’s wife and another child also perished.
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Peoria
Columbia
U.S
Lancaster
John Grewy
Kingston
Grewy
Seventy More Prisoners Reported by War Department
Washington July 8 8 Names of seventy additional soldiers held in German prison camps were announced by the War Department. Of the seventy whose addresses are given 62 are from New England and 22 from New Haven Connecticut. The statement notes none of these men were declared captured in the earlier fighting in France.
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Washington, D.C
Germany
War Department
New England
New Haven
Connecticut
France
Baseball Standings Show Tight NL Races
Chicago leads with 6 wins as New York drops to 2 5, Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 4 Plitaburg 0 and Boston 6 in a developing league table update.
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Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Plitaburg
Boston
Wilson and Lord Reading Confer on Russian Question
Washington officials revealed no comment on a new U S policy for Russia while President Wilson and British ambassador Lord Reading held a conference likely focused on the Russian situation. Reports from Amsterdam and London describe unrest in Russia and talk of Allied intervention as the Bolshevik conflict intensifies amid plots against Lenin Trotsky and the Russian leadership.
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Washington, D. C
Tuly
U. S
Russia
White House
Wilson
Ed Steatt
Stockholm
Lenin
Trotsky
Italians Win a Major Operation in Albania War Summary
Italian forces in Albania clash with Austrians along the Bogusa river north of Avalona as French and British troops reportedly hold western Albania. Reports speak of a possible German backed offensive in Italy from the Trentino front, while French attacks near Soissons push forward with hundreds of prisoners. News notes rapid movements in Russia amid German diplomacy and Brest-Litovsk concerns.
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Associated Press
Albania
Bogusa
Adriatic
Avalona
Vienna
Macedonia
Avelonartras
Bowen
William
Italy
Trentino
Venetian
Soissons
Rets
Longpont
Chavicny Farm
St. Pierre Algie
Amblepy
Almo
Norwegian Vessel's Crew Adrift Eleven Days Rescued
Eleven members of the crew of the Norwegian steamer Augbald, totaling 27, were adrift for 11 days after the ship was shelled and sunk in mid ocean on June 23. They survived on seaweed and rainwater, with storms and near-starvation as they drifted in lifeboats until rescue on July 4 by the liner Andland Atlantic.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Baltimore
Ceraland
Ca Hage
Aagbald
Berlin faces Bolshevik threat as 1914 echoes loom
An official dispatch from France notes German anxiety over Bolshevik gains in Iberia and cites criticism of the government. Morgan warns of a Russia shock similar to 1914, while Frankfurter Zeitung mentions two possible interventions by Japanese allied forces and another on the Arctic coast as Bolshevik resources thin.
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Washington, D. C
Iberia
Germany
France
de. Morgan
Russia
Frankfurter Zeitung
Semenoff
Arctic Sea
Trial of Corporal Dowling Opens in London Court Martial
London July 8 The court martial opened for Corporal Joseph Dowling who landed on the Irish coast in a German boat two months ago. Dowling in civilian clothes was brought in handcuffed to a British noncommissioned officer. He pleads not guilty to charges of joining a hostile force while a prisoner of war and attempting to recruit others to land a hostile force in Ireland. Sir Archibald Bodkin outlined the German plan to form an Irish brigade and Dowling’s role as a recruiting agent.
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Corp
Joseph Dowling
Isish
Corporal Dowling
Eres
Ireland
Archibald Bodkin
Archibald
Dowling
La Fayette Flyers Downed by Germans in France
A. L. Ash of Chicago, La Fayette Flying Squadron member, killed in combat over Soloson when his plane burst into flames. Warren C. Hobbes of Massachusetts another squadron member, killed June 26 after being forced to Mylon and shot down by anti aircraft guns.
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Associated Press
A. L. Ash
Chicago
la Fayette
Soloson
Warren C. Hobbes
Mass
Mylon
American Aviator Lands in Switzerland
Lt. J. C. Ashenen of the American Expeditionary Forces was interned in Switzerland after forced landing in Rhine territory June 26 due to gasoline exhaustion. The officer is reported by the War Department with details from his home in Chicago at 1129 Albion Ave.
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J. C. Ashenen
American Expeditionary Forces
Switzerland
War Department
Lomleht
Rwine Territory
Abhergen
Albion Arve
Chicago
Baseball Scores Snapshot From The American League
The record shows Cleveland 0 4, Boston 1 3, Philadelphia 16, Detroit 0 with New York and Chicago also listed before ending. This brief roundup notes MLB results and standings in compact form.
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Boston
Philadel
Detroit
New York
Chicago
Rumely Arrested on Charge as German Agent in Mail Case
Dr. Edward A. Rumely, vice president and treasurer of the Mail and Express Co., publisher of the New York Evening Mail, was arrested on perjury charges for failing to disclose relations with Count von Bernstorff and Dr. Albert in a report to Mitchell Palmer. Prosecutors allege Rumely helped fund the paper through German funds totaling about 1.361 million dollars via the German government and the 8. S. McClure Newspaper Corp. transactions. The bondholders plan to take possession of the Evening Mail tomorrow amid questions about German money and influence in the paper's operations.
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New York
Edward A. Rumely
Mail and Express Company
New York Evening Mail
Lewis
Mitchell Paloer
Palmer
Count von Sern
United States
Heinrich F. Albert
Department of Justice
Errest Lewin
Albert
Count Bernstorff
Adbert
Walter Lyon
Wall Street
Renskorf, Lyon & Co
Mmtarp
Rumely
McClure Newspaper Corporation
Messrs, Hays, Kaufmann and Lyn
Bernstorff
Herman Ajelcken
de Walko
Renskorf, Lyon& Co
8. S. McClure
Notte
Evening Mail
Ruitely
Sishken
Bush
Mail and Express Co
Fir. L. Stoddard
Battle Near Heber Springs Reported Firefight
A telephone operator in Heber Springs, Arkansas, described heavy shooting in the hills near town as alleged draft resisters clashed with a detachment of naval forces and Sheriff's posses from three counties. The sounds of firing were heard in the town all afternoon.
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Little Rock
Ark
Heber Springs
Navnal Army
Waiters Charged In Mickey Finn Case In Chicago Hotels
Ten men were indicted in Chicago as part of a probe into waiters who allegedly administered Mickey Finn cocktails to non tipping patrons at hotels and restaurants. The beverages were said to contain drugs that caused diners to become incapacitated.
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Chicago
Cotton Products Prices Fixed By Conference
Prices of cotton products were fixed at 20 to 40 percent below current market levels after conferences between cotton goods manufacturers and the price administrator. The July 1 notice from Washington reports the agreement as approved by the president.
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Washington, D.C
Freel.dent Vilaso
Aviators Fall 600 Feet. One Killed in Alabama Crash
A plane crash near LVILLE, AL, tonight killed two year old Daly, S. Laeut, Richard HW. Fawcett of Alexandria, VA, and left Cadet Lauter H. Cox of New York slightly injured. The aircraft plunged 600 feet after entering a steep dive and struck the ground in a tall spin.
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AL. Daly
S.laeut
Richard HW. Fawcett
Alexandria
Lauter
H. Cox
New York
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