Riga Protests Spies Across Border Amid Mexican Tension
Report notes broad German propaganda and espionage activity tied to Mexico as the United States and American agents monitor alleged German influence. Officials caution against overstating the Mesian government’s role while stressing continuing German information flows through Mexico and the oil issue.
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Meahwiie
Kerlin
Oerman Waente
United States
Ventun
Certians
Muerta
Mexico
New Gema s Leader Appears in Turkey
Copenhagen July 3 reports that General von Falkenhayn, former chief of the German staff, has gone to Turkey as successor to Field Marshal von der Golte to command and advise. An illustration in the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger shows von Falkenhayn with Djemal Pasha reviewing Jerusalem troops. He is expected to take charge in Mesopotamia.
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Copenhagen
von Falkenharna
Turkey
von der Golte
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
von Falkenhayn
Djemel Pashae
Syria
Jerusalem
Thirteen Homes Visited by Busy Cheyenne Burglar
Police believe a single thief operated in Cheyenne this frontier week, visiting thirteen homes Sunday night. At two sites he fled from children, at one he reached through a window and took loot without entering. Items stolen included a bracelet a lavallier and a pearl necklace plus other articles.
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Sundey
By & Am
Che
Cheyenne
James Sorenson
J16
van Lennen
Joe Vetley
Thomas Coley
Lou Nast
Hos Flarnish
van Lemmen
Pereye
Stranger Dies in Hospital After Brief Admission
An unidentified man about 60 years old died early today at St John’s Hospital after a little more than one day there. The body was taken to Early Undertaking for a pending inquest. He suffered a peculiar facial paralysis and was unconscious when found and brought to the hospital.
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St. John’s Hospital
Navy committee urged pay rise and food allowance increase
Washington officials urged the Maghou naval committee to raise daily food allowance from 30 to 40 cents and to create new naval ratings with higher pay to attract officers and enlisted men for service posts and personal property loss provisions.
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Washington, D.C
Maghou Naval Committee
Daniels
The
Navy
Jail Relieves County Jail of Thirty Items of Lodgers
Twenty two men were released in two days from the county jail for lack of witnesses. Eighteen were released yesterday and four Sunday. They faced charges including petty larceny and pocket picking. Six boarders remained by Sunday night, bringing total to forty six guests for Mr Hayes to oversee.
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Frank Smih
Burns
Hayes
Preparatory Stage is Passed Says War Board Chair
Washington July 20 Frank A Scott chairman of the new war industries board said the preparatory stage of the war had passed for the country and that real application by every man and material force must follow. The board will oversee government purchases and supervise general industrial activity during the war and meets tomorrow.
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Washington, D. C
New War Industries Board
Frank A. Scott
Spanell files appeal in murder case
In Austin July 30 an appeal was filed in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in the Spanell case from Coleman County. H. J. Spanell was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary for the killing of Lieutenant Colonel M. C. Butler of A. S. Brewster County on July 20, 1916. The appeal awaits submission at the October term.
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Austin
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
H. J. Spanell
Coleman County
Spanell
M. C. Butler
A. S
A. Din Brewster County
Police Chief Perritt Sentenced in Election Frauds Case
In Indianapolis Samuel V. Perritt, chief of police, was convicted in federal court of election frauds and sentenced to four years in prison and a $1000 fine. Police Captain Roy Pope Detective Stringer and Sergeants Sanders and Hluise received six months in jail and $50 fines. Herman Adam, former city sealer, drew two years six months in prison and a $600 fine.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Samuel V. Perritt
Roy Pope
Stringer
Sanders
Hluise
Herman Adam
Famine Grips Hungary as Prices Soar Across Budapest
Washington dispatches report Hungary faces severe shortages with meals costing high prices. Lunches over a dollar, meat five dollars for three pounds, oil ten dollars a quart, butter five a pound, chickens three hundred nineteen each. Vegetables scarce, milk and cream unavailable, eggs nearly unknown. Officials see the famine as a signal in the storehouse role for Austrian army provisioning.
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Washington
D. C
Hungary
Budapest
Austrian Admiral says submarines won’t end war
Vice Admiral Maximilian Njegovan, head of the Austrian fleet, told Neue Freie Presse submarines would not decide the war. He argued big ships remain essential and that a large fleet could have finished the war with Italy long ago, stressing light cruisers as key.
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Amsterdam
Maximilian Njegovan
Neue Freie Presse
England
Austria
Mooney Seeks New Trial On Death Sentence
United States District Attorney Webb recommended a new trial for Thomas J. Mooney in a document filed with the state supreme court where Mooney’s appeal from a death sentence is pending. Mooney was tried for murder in connection with a preparedness day bombing that killed ten people.
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
United States
Webb
State Supreme Court
Mooney
Kansas Admits Loss of Her Silage Crops
Kansas warns of a serious winter food problem due to drought damage to corn and sorghums. J C Mohler secretary of the state board of agriculture says continued drought cripples the livestock industry and calls for prompt relief steps.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kan
J. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
Civil Service Exams Set for Fort D. A. Russell
The Civil Service Commission announces an stenographer and typewriter exam on August 10, 1917, and first grade clerical and sub clerical exams on August 11, 1917 in this city for vacancies in the Quartermaster Corps Fort D A Russell Wyoming. Applications and information available from the local secretary board of civil service examiners at the post office or from the secretary of the 9th civil service district 303 Post Office Building Seattle Wash.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Quartermaster Corps
Fort D. A. Russell
Wyoming
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Ith Civil Service District
Post Office
Seattle
Wash
Romanians Capture Six Villages in Carpathian Front
The Russian war office reports Romanian forces advanced on July 27 between Casin and Puine valleys and occupied Sovelu Drago slav Negrilessui Topesti Valeasares and Colacul villagers in a Carpathian operation.
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London
Casin
Puine
Sovelu
Dragoslav
Negrilessui
Topesti
Valeasares
Colacul
Russian War Office
British Cruiser Ariadne Sunk After Torpedo Hit
London reported that the British cruiser Ariadne of 11,000 tons was torpedoed and sunk. Thirty eight crew members were killed in the explosion while all other sails were saved.
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London
British Admiralty
Hottest Day Of Summer Hits New York Range
New York recorded 93 degrees at the weather bureau at noon with 50 percent humidity. The city faced severe heat distress in crowded areas as reports of prostrations reached police by midday.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Baseball Scores National League and American League
Baseball scores show mixed results across leagues. In the National League Boston lost to Chicago four to one while New York edged Pittsburgh three to four and Brooklyn defeated Cincinnati three to nil. The American League reports Chicago beat Boston one to two and St Louis triumphed over New York with a high margin while Detroit edged Philadelphia and Cleveland earned a win over Philadelphia.
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Boston
Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Stouts
Brooklyn
Cincinnnati
American League
Hoston
St. Louis
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Ewe
Arrangements Made for Thorough Food Inquiry
Federal Trade Commission officials with Department of Agriculture experts and Food Administration representatives planned a broad probe into the reduction and distribution of bread stuffs. The inquiry will cover wheat and breadstuffs as a main division, with grain production studied by agriculture officials. Findings will be handed to the Department of Justice and the Food Administration.
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Washington, D.C
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Agriculture
The
Food Administration
Trade Commission
Agricultural Department
Newfoundland legislature passes excess profits tax bill
The Newfoundland legislature approved a bill taxing excess business profits. Other wartime measures include food control and a pension scheme for soldiers and sailors disabled in the war.
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Kacess
ST. John's
N. F
Newfoundland
Man of Many Drafts Faces Investigation in Cheyenne
Report cites letters from a man's sisters claiming he is a forger and seeks to shield him. The notes describe financial strain on relatives and urge him to stay in Denver away from past Chicago ties. A Los Angeles divorce, alleged insanity accusations, and a wanted man match the suspect to Charles M. Inman and a Cheyenne description. Local officials push to locate him for possible felony charges.
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Blanche
Chicago
Denver
Los Angeles
Ligg
Mabel Jenkins
Sheriff's Office
Charles M. Inman
Cheyenne
Brobst
Evereone
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