Greece Cleared for War as Allies Prepare Balkans Campaign
Washington reports Greece severed relations with the central powers and is in a state of war. Venizelos intends rapid mobilization with a Venizelos army of about 60,000 and potential 300,000 if munitions arrive. Commissioner Jonnart says Greece could raise 250,000 to join 700,000 allied troops in the Balkans. A Greek mission may visit the United States to discuss supplies and postwar reconstruction.
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Washington
Greece
State Department
Paris
Rench
Saloniki
Venizelos
Balkans
Constantine
Jonnart
United States
City May Run Street Cars During Seattle Strike
Seattle faces possible city intervention as Puget Sound Traction Lights and Power operations halt after a strike. Mayor Gill warned a city takeover or appointment of a receiver could occur if service is not restored quickly.
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Seattle
Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Company
Ines
Gill
Future uncertain for constitutional China
Washington reports speculation over China's political future after Li Yuan Hung declines to resume the presidency. Feng Kwo, a military figure tied to many old empire offices, may influence the shift toward a constitutional republic, but his stance remains an open question amid recent monarchist defeats.
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Washington
Feng Kwo
China
Li Yuan Hung
Feng
Socialist Candidate Reconsiders Resignation as War Nears End
Allan L. Benson, last election Socialist candidate for president, says he has reassessed his plan to quit the party and believes the war is unmistakably drawing to a close. He made the statement in New York on July 16.
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New York
Allan L. Benson
Former Governors Wireless Removed From Lind Home
A wireless telegraph set owned by John Lind Jr, once Minnesota governor and now on the state public safety commission, was removed from his Minneapolis home by Navy officers Lieutenant Mark Frazier and radio electrician F. B. Jacobson. Commander James D. Wilson announced the action at the local naval recruiting station. The set had not been used for some time.
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Governors Wireless
Minneapolis
John Lind
Minnesota
State Public Safety Commission
Liieutenant
Mark Frazier
Navy
F.B. Jacobson
James D. Wilson
John Lind, Jr
Charles S Ward Raises Record Red Cross Fund in One Week
Charles S Ward as International secretary of the Y M C A led a vast collecting drive that raised a hundred million dollars for the American Red Cross in a single week, surpassing the target. The effort spanned nearly every civilized country and exceeded the initial goal.
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Charles 8. Ward
American Red Cross
Butte Miners End Strike Returns to Work
Butte July 18 Metal Trades unions vote to end the strike with electricians accepting a Montana Power contract averaging about six dollars a day. Machinists blacksmiths and boilermakers who struck in sympathy vote nearly unanimous to resume work. The Rustling card issue and continued walkouts by the Metal Mine Workers are noted. AF of L officials deny broader action but foresee wage negotiations. Anaconda Copper Mining Co official says worker return undercut strike within days if gains hold.
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Butte
Metal Trades Unions
Metal Trades Council of
American Federation of Labor
Electrical’ Workers’ Union
Montana Power Company
Metal Mine Workers’ Union
Metal Trades
British ministers named in new war cabinet
Sir Edward Carson relinquishes his post as first lord of the admiralty and joins the war cabinet without portfolio. Sir Eric Geddes becomes first lord of the admiralty. Winston Churchill replaces Addison as minister of munitions with Addison now minister without portfolio. Edwin Montagu is named secretary for India.
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London
Sir Edward Carson
The
Admiralty
Edward
Eric Campbell Geddes
Winston Spencer Churchill
Christopher Addison
Addison
Edwin Samuel Montagu
India
Chicago man bound over for impersonating secret service officer
Joseph J. Kozlowski of Chicago was held to answer by U S Commissioner Martin Welsh in Sacramento on a charge of impersonating a United States secret service officer. Authorities say they have no evidence to hold him on the Mare Island navy yard explosion charge.
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Sacramento
Cal
Joseph J. Kozlowski
Chicago
Yolo County
Mare Island Navy Yard
United States
Martin Welsh
United States Secret Service
Porto Rico Declares Prohibition by Vote
Porto Rico adopted prohibition in a general election by a two to one margin. It marked the first islandwide election using the American voting system.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
Prohibition on German Insurance Firms in U S War Risk Coverage
President Wilson issued a proclamation barring German insurers from marine and war risk business in the United States and stopping American reinsurance with them. Payments on existing contracts are suspended during the war except for vessels at sea. The action marks official acknowledgment that valuable information may reach Germany via German insurers.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Germany
Don Rafael and the Detonation Meteor Mystery
The narrator recounts Captain Maloné’s tale of Don Rafael’s murder, a bloodletting that seemingly drains a nation. Bergowitz identifies a detonating meteor fragment, Phoebe’s fatal influence, and Kearny's shifting, comic fate as he reappears later with Phoebe and a wife.
Federal Reserve Officers Plan Next War Loan Campaign
Governors and officers from the Federal Reserve Banks in New York Cleveland Boston Philadelphia Richmond and Chicago met with Liberty Loan committees and chairmen to formulate plans for the next war loan campaign. Recommendations will be filed with the secretary of the treasury.
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New York
Federal Reserve Banks
Cleveland
Boston
Philadelphia
Richmond
Chicago
Liberty Loan Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Vanguard sinks after external explosion at anchor
London reports the British battleship Vanguard blew up and sank at anchor on the night of July 9. Only three survivors remained on board, later one died, while 24 officers and 71 men were not aboard, totaling 97 survivors. The 19 250 ton vessel launched in 1909 measured 586 feet with 10 12 inch guns and other armaments.
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London
Vanguard
Admiralty
H. M.S. Vanguard
James D. Dick
Wool Meet Dates Tentative For Great Lakes Conven tion
President W B Tyrell announces August 21 and 22 as dates for the Great Lakes wool convention to be held in Chicago or Milwaukee. Sheepmen will visit cutover lands in Michigan and Minnesota to boost national wool production as governors are urged to enforce anti sheep-killing dog laws.
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Great Lakes
Chicago
Milwaukee
W. B. Tyrell
National Sheep and Wool Bureau
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Latest Market Reports Omaha Livestock July 17
Hogs receipts 16 000 market lower with heavy 14.6 15.35 mixed 14.50 15.00 light 14. ee 18. 00 ple s 12.25 14.25 bulk 14.50. Cattle receipts 3 100 market steady native steers 9.50 13.16 cows and calves 7.50 19.50 western steers 8.75 11.10 Texas steers 8.00 10.00 CE 5.50 7.00 stockers and feeders 6.50 9.60 calves 12.00 14.00 bulls stags etc 6.00 10.00. Sheep receipts 7 500 market steady yearlings 10.00 11.50 wethers 9.00 ewes 8.00 9.00 lambs 14.50.
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Omaha
Texas
Grain market updates from Minneapolis session
Wheat for July opened 2.47 high 2.48 low 2.45 closed 2.45. September 1.95 unchanged. Cash wheat varied with No 1 hard 2.75 No 1 northern 2.60 to 2.70 No 8 2.30 to 2.50. Corn No 3 yellow 1.90 to 1.91. Flax 3.02 to 3.07. Shipments 22,380 barrels. Barley 1.15 to 1.65 Rye 2.28 to 2.35 Bran 31 to 32.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Montana
Chicago Grain Market Live Quotes July 17
Wheat opened at 2.06 with a high of 2.07 and close at 2.07. September wheat opened 1.96, dipped to 1.92, closed 1.93. Corn September opened 1.69 with a low around 1.58 and closed 1.60. December 1.10 high 1.13 low 1.08 close 1.13. Oats July opened 0.68 high 0.68 low 0.67 close 0.68. September oats showed varied quotes ending near 0.54.
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Chicago
South St. Paul Livestock Market Report
South St. Paul July 17 hogs receipts 4 100 market 10c lower range 14.40 to 15.10 bulk 14.60 to 14.765 cattle receipts 2 600 killers steady steers 5.00 to 12.00 cows and heifers 5.50 to 12.75 calves 5.50 to 12.75 stockers and feeders 6.00 to 8.75 sheep receipts 100 lambs 7 09 to 16.00 wethers 5.00 to 5.50 ewes 5.00 to 8.50
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South
Chicago Livestock Market Report July 17
Chicago livestock receipts totalled 5,000 with cattle at 3,000 and sheep at 2,000. Cattle prices ranged native beef cattle 8.25 to 15.00, western steers 8.65 to 11.50, stockers and feeders 6.20 to 9.25, cows and heifers 5.30 to 11.00, calves 9.50 to 14.25. Sheep saw a strong market with wethers 7.75 to 11.00, ewes 7.00 to 9.25, and lambs 9.50 to 15.50.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Lambs
I. W. W. Fined for Trespass on Rail Lines
Twenty four alleged Industrial Workers of the World were found guilty in Pasco police court for trespassing on Northern Pacific tracks and fined 25 dollars each. Arrangements were made to assign them road work.
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Pasco
Wash
Northern Pacific
Italy Refuses Extradition Over Murderer Cocchi
Rome reports the Italian ministry of foreign affairs cannot extradite Alfredo Cocchi, the Ruth Cruger killer, without violating the country’s fundamental law. The American embassy was notified of the decision.
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Italy
Rome
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Alfredo Cocchi
Ruth Cruger
English as She Spoke Debates American Terms
An Autocar piece mocks American phrases for car parts and slang. It notes readers should learn vocabulary like petrol tank versus gasoline line hood versus bonnet mudguards versus scuttle dash and tyre cement versus cement to avoid confusion.
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Autocar
America
Homemade Cold Cream Recipe From Lillian Russell Era
A vintage beauty guide describes a homemade cold cream using lanolin four ounces sweet almond oil four ounces spermaceti half ounce white wax half ounce orange flower water two ounces tincture of benzoin forty drops. Melt spermaceti and wax, add oil and lanolin, beat until light cream. Add orange flower water gradually and benzoin last, then beat hard.
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Lillian Russell
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