War Budget Soars as U S Seeks Ten Billion For War Use
Washington July 26 reports set War Department needs at 5 278 636 000 for the branch alone with total department and allied credits likely surpassing 8 to 10 billion. Treasury plans anticipate a larger tax bill and new bond issues while Congress weighs funding and loan programs abroad.
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Washington
War Department
Congress
McAdoo
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Department
Finance Committee
Simmons
Quartermaster’s Department
Engineer Department
Weather Aired Across States With Regional Thunder Showers
Ohio and adjacent states expected local thunder showers Friday and Saturday with fair conditions in northern Kentucky Tennessee West Virginia Indiana. Temperatures at stations in Montreal Seattle Chicago Cincinnati and others listed alongside highs lows and precipitation readings for July 26 1917.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Indiana
Montreal
S. Lake Cy
Jacksonville
Denver
Pittsburg
Chattanooga
Seattle
Chicago
Portlana Este
St. - Lowis
Winnipeg
Omaha
Kamloops Ae
Cincinnati
Bow
PtCidy , Oe
Art for Art's Sake in New York Court
In New York on July 26 Lulu the model was depicted in a delicate pose as Adolph Poret the art dealer faced court over selling a drawing and another titled La Chemisse Indiscrete. The judges ruled the works were art not subject to objection.
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New York
Lulu
Society For the Prevention of Vice
Adolph Poret
Blood and Iron to be injected in Russ armies
London reports the Russian government has revived capital punishment to discipline the front line and suppress dissidents. General Korniloff pushes for a free hand against deserters, while Russians retreat across Galicia as German and Austro-Hungarian forces advance.
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Russ
London
Korniloff
Galicia
Tarnopol
Bukowina
Buczacz
Tlumacz
Ottynia
Delatyn
Tartar Pass
Czernowitz
Carpathians
Krevo
Aisne
France
Hurtebise
la Bovelle
Ailles
Crown Prince
Champagne
Gern
Flanders
Lyss
Lens
Armentieres
North Sea
Earthquake Recorded in Cleveland Seismograph
An earthquake lasting about thirty minutes was logged on the St. Ignatius College seismograph in Cleveland Ohio. Observer Father Oden bach could not determine the epicenter but said the tremor likely came from several thousand miles away. Readings commenced at 8 01 20 p m with subsequent waves and a maximum at 8 18 p m.
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Cleveland
St. Ignatius College
Odenbach
Mystery Surrounds Slain Man At City Park Shelter
An unidentified white man about 23 was found murdered at 2 a.m. on the steps of Sinton Park shelter house after two witnesses heard a shot. Police hold Charles Reynolds and William Smith as material witnesses. A hotel worker identified a possible, unnamed victim who had earlier called at the Annex Hotel seeking a waiter job, recalling only the first name Jimmie.
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Sinton Park
Charles Reynolds
William Smith
Espinosa Place
Clayton Capeheart
Annex Hotel
Coney Island
Tly
Jimmie
Washington awaits draft board reports on rejection rates
Washington officials eagerly await the first selection board results to gauge the likely 25 to 30 percent physical rejection rate among ten million registrants. Variations are expected by district with subtler patterns in suburbs versus factory towns and industrial exemptions shaping outcomes.
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Washington
War Department
Senate to vote on national prohibition amendment
Washington July 26 National prohibition will be voted on by the Senate next Wednesday by unanimous consent the Senate will take up Senator Shephard's resolution for a national prohibition amendment to the constitution and dispose of it by Wednesday night an addition of a six year time frame for states to act is agreed. Senators expect a close vote with 65 or 66 likely in favor. Penrose and Underwood voiced opposition.
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Washington
Senate
Shephard
House
Congress
Viso
United States
Penrose
Underwood
Two Men Killed as Chester Riots Erupt Again
In Chester Pennsylvania a white man Joseph McCann 28 was killed and many injured as race riots flare after days of quiet. National Guardsmen and state police restore order, roping off the negro district and barring white entry.
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Chester
McKinney
Joseph McCann
McCann
McDowell
Senate Waterways Bill Advances in War Time Vote
The Senate passed the rivers and harbors bill by 50 to 11, carrying 27.954 million dollars. It authorizes canal negotiations and a seven member federal waterways commission, with Cape Cod and Chesapeake and Delaware provisions added, and moves to conference after four days of debate.
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Washington
Oral Rivers and Harbors
Senate
Borah
Iady
Kenyon
LaFollette
Smith
Cape Cod and
Chesapeake and Delaware
Federal Waterways Commission
Cape Cod
King
Curtis
Secretary of War
St. Mary’s River
Ohio
Indiana
Seven year sentence for aviator who threatened desertion
Private Otto Ludwig of the Third Aero Squadron drew seven years at hard labor in the United States disciplinary barracks at Fort Leavenworth for disrespectful remarks about President Wilson and the flag and for threatening to desert to Germany if sent to France. The court martial at Fort Sam Houston found him guilty and General Parker approved the sentence.
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San Antonio
Tex
United States
Ft. Leavenworth
Otto Ludwig
Third Aero Squadron
Wilson
France
United States Expeditionary Forces
Ludwig
Ft. Sam Houston
Parker
Trouble in Youngstown as guards patrol streets at night
Soldiers of the Tenth Regiment Ohio National Guard patrolled downtown Youngstown tonight to prevent a possible race riot after a clash earlier in the day. One black man was severely injured and several others beaten as militiamen say insults sparked the disturbance. Guardsmen carried clubs and were ordered to keep guardsmen and blacks from gathering.
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Delaware River
Youngstown
Tenth Regiment
Ohio National Guard
William E. Love
Youth absolves wife of plotting coal man death
Sidney H. Walker, 20, discharged from the navy, is jailed in Chicago on conspiracy to murder Adolph Ender, a 55 year old coal dealer. Mrs. Lucille Ender, 21, released on bond, denies planning any plot and says Walker’s tale is untrue.
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Chicago
Sidney H. Walker
Navy
Lucille Ender
Ender
Unidentified man shoots physician’s wife then dies at scene
In Derry Pennsylvania on July 26 an unidentified man entered Dr. S P Boyer’s home and shot Mrs Boyer before taking his own life in the kitchen. Dr Boyer found his wife dead and the other man nearby with only a laundry mark reading Goodwin as a clue to identity.
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Derry
S. P. Boyer
British Peace Debate Prompts Speech Improvement Plan
The British House of Commons debates peace and resolves help for volunteers unable to enlist due to speech defects. Frederick Martin, New York City speech director, will coordinate with Washington under Board of Education guidance to adapt enlistment rules.
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House of Commons
Army
Navy
Washington
Frederick Martin
New York City
Board of Education
The
College of the City of New York
Southerner Ends Life in Walnut Street Hotel
A man believed to be Jacob Reinach, brother of Sol Reinach of New Orleans, died by suicide after registering at a Walnut Street hotel under a fictitious name. He had been staying at the Cincinnati Sanitarium for insomnia and left no note, though letters from his brother were found. The coroner was notified and awaiting disposition of the body.
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Withit
Am—Trem
Walnut Street
Jacob Reinach
Sol Reinach
Hotel de Sota
New Orleans
Reinach
Cincinnati
College Hill
Louisiana
Moon
Harikari
Roosevelt Defends Universal Military Training at Moose Meet
Former President Theodore Roosevelt urged continuation of universal military training after the war and denounced pawnbroker patriotism. He pressed heavy taxes on excess profits and said honest profiteering is unacceptable. A $550,000 war relief fund was approved by the convention with a $1 per capita assessment.
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Pittsburg
International Convention of the Loyal Order of Moose
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
America
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Dancer Matahari Convicted of Espionage in Court-Martial
Paris reports Matahari a.k.a. Marguerite Zolle, famed as The Japanese Dancer, found guilty of espionage by court-martial and sentenced to death. She was formerly married to a Dutch army officer and is now divorced.
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Paris
Marguerite Zolle
Matahari
Lutheran Pastor Jugged in Riverdale Arrest
Rev. George William Kranleidis, a German Lutheran pastor, was arrested at Riverdale Nebraska as an alien enemy. He is charged with threats against his congregation and possessing firearms after members hoisted an American flag over the church.
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Omaha, Neb
George William Kranleidis
Riverdale
Neb
Kranleidis
Pacifists in Commons Press Reichstag Peace Plan
A small pacifist group in London introduces a resolution urging peace on terms reflecting Reichstag aims and calling for a people’s conference at autumn, backed by MacDonald Trevelyan and others. Asquith counters, urging clear aims and condemning conquest while noting Russia’s shift and U S involvement shaping allied sincerity.
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Michaelis
Charles P. Trevelyan
Belgium
France
House of Commons
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Southerner
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Reichstag
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Leester
Charl P. Trevelyah
Hastings Lees-Smith
Philip Snowd
Arthur A. Ponson
MacDonald
Stoholm
Berlin
Mr. Asquith
Russia
Germany
George James Wardlee
Labor Party
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