President Wilson presses for child labor law passage
President Wilson issues an ultimatum to Democratic leaders in the House and Senate to pass the child labor bill before adjournment. He vows to use all power to end child slavery in goods and may appeal directly to the people if needed, facing opposition from Southern and New England Senators.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
House
Senate
New England
Lincoln
Congress
Key Pittman
Nevada
Robert M LaFollette
Wisconsin
Poindexter
Chamberlain and
Lane
Oregon
Nationwide Heat Wave Grips Country With High Temps
July 18 report describes a torrid heat wave from the Rockies to the Atlantic and from the great lakes to the gulf. Humidity worsens conditions as millions suffer. ice and fans offer little relief and reports of deaths and prostrations come in from many regions. The West is labeled comfortable.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Ocean
Great Lakes
Gulf
West
Chicago Tragedy as Armed Negro Kills Eight and Wounds Seven
In Chicago today a heat dominated gunman killed eight and wounded seven before police, after a two hour siege, blasted his room with dynamite and fatally shot him. He killed his wife and others who confronted him, and a white woman by-stander also died as officers sustained casualties.
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Chicago
Sop NcIntosh
Edward Knox
Nelbers
Dean
Joseph Obarmayer
Abram Elkus Nominated Ambassador to Turkey
The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Abram Elkus of New York a prominent Hebrew for Ambassador to Turkey. He is understood to be ready to sail immediately after confirmation.
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Washington
Senate
Abram Elkus
New York
Turkey
Villa retreat drives Carranza jibe song from militia
El Paso reports Pancho Villa forces flee southward before a strong Carranzista force entering Durango. Villa plans a stand in the Sierra Madre near Puentes, 120 miles south of Parral, as Villista raiders move northward toward the Pershing scouting line.
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EL Paso
Carranza
Vega
Trevino
Pancho Villa
Durango
Villa
Sierra Tara Ha
Mare Mountains
Puentes
Parral
Chihuahua City
Pershing
Porcupine visit sows playful election talk in Sparks
In Sparks Nevada an unusual visitor a porcupine appeared at George Steiner’s home and lingered in a poplar tree. Residents joked it was sent by Jack Crowley to probe Republican voters though Crowley denies involvement. The animal left quietly without incident.
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Sparks
George Steiner
Jack Crowley
Crowley
Bay river steamboat strike ends with employers’ victory
The Bay river steamboat strikers admitted defeat and will return to work under prior conditions while a wage conference board may negotiate a new scale. San Francisco remains a strong union labor city. Also noted are political visits by Hon. A H Howe and social news from Hotel Mayer, including a new baby for the Mayer household.
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San Francisco
Bay River
America
Militia of 100000 Moving to Mexican Border Says Funston
General Fred Funston announced in San Antonio that about 100000 militia are at the border or en route. He pledged they can maintain order as needed, noting the troops are in splendid condition though heat effects linger.
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San Antonio
Tex
Fred Funston
Pride OF Utah
O. K
Kellogg's
Desperate War for Children Amid Infantile Paralysis Losses
New York Health Board reports 121 new infantile paralysis cases and 26 deaths, raising totals to 2175 cases and 426 deaths. Dr. Simon Flexner says no cure exists and notes prior germ isolation was misrepresented, while heat worsens conditions.
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New York
The
Health Board Today
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute
Congress Approves 135000 for Infantile Paralysis Fight
The House approved a 135000 appropriation to support the fight against infantile paralysis and then recessed until Friday.
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Washington
House
Uintah shale could yield oil to meet shortages
J B Pettit reports USGS trials in Uintah basin show shales may yield fifty barrels of oil per ton and gas from shale can power distillation. Basin lies eighteen feet deep over 175 by 50 to 60 mile area. Gilsonite mines production in 1916 shows rise over 1915 with 36 000 tons in 1915.
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Ogden
Utah
United States Geological Survey
Uintah Basin
J. B. Pettit
Mr. Pettit
Uintah
O Byarne to Join Powers in Springfield Patent Link
J F O Byerne a resident of this town and Jarbidge has patented over 100 useful articles and plans to leave Wednesday for Springfield Massachusetts to team with Frank Powers a noted inventor who last year bought O Byernes noiseless typewriter patent for 10000 The move is seen as paving a path to fame and fortune in the patent field.
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J. F. O'Byrne
Jarbidge
Springfield
Mass
Frank B. Powers
O'Byrne
Mr. O'Byrne
Bnet
Sixteen Mighty Ships Before 1920 Naval Build Approved
Washington July 18 The Senate approved a three year naval building programme of sixteen capital warships. It rejected a Works amendment to permanently assign three of ten dreadnoughts to Pacific waters. The bill includes ten scout cruisers fifty destroyers sixty nine supersubmarines and twelve river gunboats plus aircraft and auxiliaries.
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Washington
Senate
Pacific
Senate Commerce Committee
England
Rich Treat Tonight at Bradley Theatre Jose in Silver Threads Among The Gold
Richard J Jose appears in a feature at Bradley Opera House with the film Silver Threads Among The Gold. The plot centers on Tom and James in love with Mary, with moral scenes, a barn-dance finale, a runaway, and a village saloon confrontation. Tom’s name is cleared in a moving family reconciliation.
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Richard J. Jose
America
Bradley Opera House
Tom
James
Mary
Mary Dean
James Bradbury
Philip Quinn
Guy D’ennery
Richard Joze
Nevada Fire Insurance Adjusters Pay Company Share
Adjusters from the Nevada Fire Insurance Company, arriving last week, have settled their portion of the losses from the South Side fire that occurred several nights ago.
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Nevada Fire Insurance Company
Kaiser summons Hindenburg for new war plan
Kaiser Wilhelm orders Field Marshal Von Hindenburg from the Eastern front for a council of war. He vows to sacrifice Eastern positions if needed to halt Allied advance and protect German railways, while the general staff presses for total victory.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germans Dash Back Into French Lines in Fierce Fighting
The official communique notes a heavy German reinforcement that pierced the French position south of Peronne near Blaches in a fierce night charge. Assaults at Maisonette were repulsed as the battle rages. On the Eastern front Russian reports claim a general Teuton retreat amid scorched villages. British forces report a 1,000 yard advance as the front shifts.
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Paris
Blaches
Peronne
Maisonette
London
Teutons
St. Petersburg
Sinn Fein Rebel Casement to Die for Ireland
LondonJuly 15 Sir Roger Casement condemned Sinn Fein rebel leader must die for treason. King George may grant reprieve but no grounds exist. High court denied new trial in fast, unanimous verdict. Casement spoke softly for Ireland I would give my life a hundred times.
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London
Roger Casement
Sinn Fein
Ireland
England
George
He‘alt
Robert Lansing
Washington
High Court of Criminal Appeals
Casement
Sir Roger
Rage
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