Goethals Quits as Shipping Board Row Ends
Washington reports President Wilson ends the shipping board dispute by removing Major General George W. Goethals and chairman William Denman. Edward Hurley becomes board chairman and Bainbridge Colby joins as director. Goethals ceases as fleet corporation manager and Capps new fleet chief.
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Washington
Wilson
Shipping Board
William Denman
George W. Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Goethals
Denman
Edward N. Hurley
Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Bainbridge Colby
New York
John B. White
Washington L. Capps
Navy
General Goethals
Fleet Corporation
Hurley
Colby
Senate
White House
Theodore Brent
Mr. Denman
John A. Donald
R. LB. Stevens
Congress
Donald
Stevens
Mr. Brent
Captain White
Goethaus
Draft-age alena return bill debated by Judiciary chair
Chairman Webb of the House Judiciary Committee is drawing up a bill to return draft-age individuals to their home countries. The measure aims to address conscription cases and concerns about wartime immigration.
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Alena
Webb
House Judiciary Committee
Proposal to Put Moose on Wagon Sparks Uproar
Pittsburg July 25 John M Ford of Philadelphia was elected supreme dictator of the supreme lodge Legal Order of Moose at an executive session of the order here. The session was disrupted when Mark Anthony of San Francisco said he would offer a motion to record the order as favoring prohibition.
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Pittsburg
John M Ford
Philadelphia
Supreme Lodge
Mark Anthony
San Francisco
Kerensky May Assume Absolute Power Amid Front Mutiny
London reports Premier Kerensky again moves to the front as the central committee of soldiers and workers delegates calls for turning over all authority to him. Galician dispatches note an eight mile by ten mile breach in the Russian line as the offensive he led began on July 1 before mutinous regiments refused further orders.
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London
Kerensky
Central Committee of
Reuter
Petrograd
Galica
Bourse Gazette
M. Kerensky
Allies to Use Ax on Ocean Shipping Rates
Washington July 24 radical revision downward of ocean freight rates agreed in principle by shipping commissioners of the United States and Great Britain. Proposals call for sweeping rate cuts and control of allied merchant ships in the Atlantic with Japan possibly excluded.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Atlantic
State Department
British Foreign Office
Japan
Thousand Men Battle With Six Forest Fires
In Missoula Montana six incendiary fires in the Yak river valley within 24 hours threaten timber worth millions.Forest Service officials A Silcox and B H Rutledge lead about 1200 firefighters moving to Libby to direct operations from Spokane as fires burn across western Montana and northern Idaho.
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Missoula
Yak River
Montana
A. Silcox
United States Forest Service
B. H. Rutledge
Idaho
Silcox
Libby
Montana Forests
Headquarto
Spokane
Rutledge
Irish Convention Opens Tomorrow to Solve Irish Problem
Dublin July 24. Arrangements for the Irish convention are complete and will begin tomorrow to tackle the Irish problem with hopes of progress and settlement.
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Dublin
Mob Attempted Jail Break in Cheyenne
A mob of over 200 soldiers and civilians gathered late at night to force entry to the city jail where a provost guard was sheltering after a civilian was wounded in a struggle with the guard and two guardsmen he had arrested.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
War Revenue Plans Take Sudden Turn To Meet $5 Billion Need
Washington reports the War Department is drafting nearly 5 billion dollars in extra expenditures to fund a second 500000 man army and shipping, with allies loans of 3 billion needing further support. Secretary McAdoo urges delaying the 1.76 billion tax bill as committees anticipate revised revenue measures and new tax sources.
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Washington
Congress
McAdoo
Senate Finance Committee
War Department
Shipping, Board
Navy Department
Senate Committee
Treasury Department
Monster Aviation Bill Is Ready to Be Signed
Washington July 23 The senate passed a $640 000 000 aviation service bill without amendment or record vote and sent it to the president. Hardwick’s draft amendment was rejected after LaFollette and Gronna spoke. The plan includes about 22 000 airplanes and nearly 100 000 men.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hardwick
Georgia
LaFollette
Gronna
American Ship Sinks Submarine in Atlantic Action
An American steamship on a voyage from the United States attacked a German submarine and fired 35 shells, sending the underwater vessel to its doom as it disappeared beneath the water, according to a Temps dispatch.
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Paris
Temps
United States
Sawmill Burns in Bemidji Fire Destroys Major Plant
Sawmill No. 1 of the Crookston Lumber Company, the second largest in the United States, was completely destroyed by fire Saturday night in Bemidji Minnesota. The blaze began under the log jack at 11 30 p m and within 20 minutes the mill was a total loss. Incendiaries are suspected.
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Bemidji, Minn
Crookston. Lumber Company
United States
Insuring Soldiers Against Wounds Discussed at Conference
Washington July 24 plans for insuring and indemnifying officers and enlisted men of the army and navy were considered at a conference of life insurance companies with Secretary McAdoo. A definite program to Congress is expected. The plan would insure not only death but provide indemnities for injury.
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Washington
Army
Navy
McAdoo
Congress
Pardon Granted to 16 Women in White House Protest
Sixteen women sent to the workhouse for a suffrage demonstration at the White House accepted pardons from President Wilson after two days of their 60 day terms. They left the Workhouse without regret, noting their earlier stance on serving their time and the department of justice warning that a pardon was optional. Their only protest was over the detention trials.
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Washington
Whitehouse
Wilson
Department of Justice
Drawing for conscription completed with success
Washington July 23 selective conscription put into effect Friday as a national lottery fixed the order of military liability for the 10 000 000 young Americans registered. To accomplish the result 10 500 numbers were drawn one at a time beginning in the morning and lasting far into the night.
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Washington
Conscription Bill Clears House in Canada Vote
The conscription bill passed the house of commons by 54 votes and moves to the senate where swift enactment is assured by broad government support. The measure drew almost all English votes for and mostly French votes against.
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Canada
Ottawa
Call for Special Session Over Impeachment of Governor Ferguson
July 24 a call for a special session of the Texas legislature to consider impeachment articles against Governor James H. Ferguson has been issued by IO Fuller speaker of the house. This follows the so called university muddle.
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Houston
Texas
James Hk. Ferguson
IO. Fuller
House of Representatives
University
Chinese Navy Joins Revolters Against Government
A Shanghai dispatch reports the Chinese navy refuses to recognize Tuan Chi Jui's government as 14 cruisers depart Woosung for Canton to back southern provinces.
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London
Shanghai
Tuan Chi Jui
Woosung
Canton
Guards Asked to Send Montana Firefighters
Governor Sam Y. Stewart asked the War Department in San Francisco to dispatch National Guardsmen to battle menacing forest fires in western Montana. No answer had been received.
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Helena
Sam Y. Stewart
War Department
San Francisco
Montana
Market Wheat and Grain Prices From Minneapolis Report
Minneapolis grain market notes July 24 show July wheat opening at 32.75 with a close around 2.72 while September trades near 2.21. Cash wheat prices list No. 1 hard to No. 2 durum and other grades. Corn oats flax and barley quotes also appear with various bid ranges and flour shipments at 19 236 barrels.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Montana
Omaha Livestock Prices July 24 Market Steady Across Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Receipts of 13 500 hogs show a steady market with heavy at 14.80 to 15.50 mixed 14.50 to 14.90 light 14.30 to 15.10. Cattle receipts 3 700 with steady values native steers 9.75 to 13.80 cows and heifers 7.50 to 10.50 western and Texas cattle 8.00 to 11.50 calves 9.50 to 13.50 stockers 6.50 to 9.50 bulls and stags 6.50 to 10.00. Sheep receipts 10 000 market steady with yearlings 9.50 to 10.50 wethers 9.00 to 9.50 ewes 8.00 to 9.00 lambs 14.60.
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Omaha Livestock
Omaha
Texas
Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago markets July 24 receipts hogs 12 000 buyers unsettled bulk 14.75 to 15.75 light 14.50 to 15.75 mixed 14.40 to 16.68 heavy 15.90 rough 14.20 to 14.45 bigs 11.50 to 14.35 cattle receipts 4 000 market weak native beef 8.25 to 14.00 western eaters 8.60 to 11.60 stockers feeders 6.25 to 9.60 cows helpers 5.30 to 11.90 calves 9.50 to 14.00 sheep receipts 7 000 market weak wethers 7.75 to 11.00 ewes 7.00 to 9.26 lambs 9.75 to 15.70
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Commodity price moves show July and September openings
The report notes July and September openings for wheat and corn with figures for highs lows and closes. Corn September opens at 1.63 with highs and lows near 1.63 and 1.63, December opens around 1.15 with highs near 1.14. Oats display July activity with highs around 18.1 and lows near 14.5, while September shows openings and closes around 5 and 5.7.
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Eptember
Hogs and cattle prices at St Paul livestock market
July 24 livestock report from St Paul shows hog receipts 1,900 with killers steady. Steers 5.00 to 12.00, cows and heifers 6.50 to 10.00, calves 5.50 to 13.00. Stockers and feeders 5.00 to 8.50. Sheep receipts 1,000 with lambs 7.00 to 15.00, ewes 5.00 to 8.50, wethers 5.00 to 5.50.
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Paul
Wethers
Forest Fire Charred Seven Mile Front Near Sebastopol
Several hundred men toiled through July 22 near Sebastopol California as a spreading forest blaze burned about 20 square miles. Dozens of sections reported minor losses including timber cordwood fencing and small improvements with no further loss of horses or large buildings.
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Sebastopol
Cal
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