Hanly Nominated for President by Prohibitionists
J Frank Hanly former Indiana governor was nominated for President on the first ballot at the Prohibition party convention in St Paul Minn The vote showed Hanly 400 Sulzer 141 Hendrickson 61 and scattering 1 The cheer filled hall as delegates proclaimed Hanly the Hoosier on whom the convention would unite with strong humanities platform adopted and vice presidential balloting to follow.
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ST. Paul
Minn
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Prohibition Party
Hanly
Sulzer
Hendrickson
Tiunly Wa
Atatesiman
Alabama
Sumner Hayes
Daniel Poling
Eugene Chapin
New York
Hanly Hanly
George T. Gorsuch
Finley
Maryland
Econ
President seeks Allied aid for Polish famine relief
President Wilson, urged by secret service and State Department reports on Poland’s starvation, asks Kaiser Wilhelm Czar Nicholas King George Franz Josef and Poincaré to cooperate with the United States to move food to Poland. Ambassadors visited the White House as the plan progresses toward sending relief ships and Red Cross involvement.
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Washington
State Department
Wilson
Poland
Reles
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Czar
Nicholas
Russia
King George
England
Franz Josef
Austria
Poincaire
France
United States
America
White House
Red Cross
Russians Capture Unpronounceable Town Amid War Front News
July 21 dispatches report the capture of Guimuskhanek, 45 miles southwest of Trebizond, as Russian advances continue. Paris notes French repelled assaults near Somme with heavy German counterattacks and ongoing Verdun artillery duels. London cites British gains in Picardy including Foreaux woods, with fighting at Le Loup and Delville Wood. Austrian submarines sunk two British vessels in the Adriatic. Sofia confirms Bulgaria seeking peace and considering separate terms offered by the Kaiser.
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Paris
London
Picardy
Foreaux Woods
Liepak
Delville Wood
Rome
Sofia
Bulgaria
Italy moves to confiscate German assets in retaliation
Rome July 21 A ministerial decree confiscates all Austrian and German properties in Italy to create assets for Italy. The measure targets Germany over alleged breaches of treatment agreements, with German property in Italy valued above 15 million dollars and most Germans to be interned.
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Rome
Austria
Italy
Germany
Low sickness rate among troops at Eagle Pass border
At Eagle Pass Texas General Greene reports less than one per cent of American troops are on sick report. Emphasis on camp sanitation is noted and plans are under way to erect a base hospital to care for all men stationed in the border section.
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Eagle Pass
Texas
Greene
Ice Cream Suspect In Typhoid Case In Birmingham
Typhoid in Birmingham prompts daily case reports with 233 new cases in ten days. A free vaccination bureau has served over 3500 residents. Dr. C. Laimaden from the United States typhoid service assists local authorities. Officials say the source is found but refuse details. suspicion centers on a city ice cream maker.
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Birmingham
Ala
United States
C. Laimaden
City Board of Health
Protest Note Ready to Protest British Blacklist
Washington July 21 announced that a promised note protesting the British blacklist of American firms who refused to cooperate against Germany will be forwarded soon.
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England
Washington
Germany
Deutschland Sub Sailors Ready to Slip from Baltimore Harbor
All Baltimore and Washington, and even Europe, await the German merchant submarine Deutschland as ships patrol the harbor. Captain Koenig and his crew dine at the German Restaurant before a likely midnight departure, while crowds sing and cheer on the wharf.
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Baltimore
Jin
Washington
Europe
Koenig
Youngest Boy Enlists in U S Army in Peace Time
Private Rupert J. Shaw, 15, of Terre Haute, becomes the youngest boy ever to enlist in the United States Army during peacetime. His father James Shaw, a Spanish American War veteran, consents. He will serve on the border. Shaw stands 5 feet 7 3/4 inches tall, weighs 137 pounds, and has a chest measurement of 31 inches.
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Terre Haute
Rupert J. Shaw
James Shaw
Shaw
Murderer Hanged at San Quentin for Oxnard Murders
Louis Fortune was executed at San Quentin Prison in California for the murder of a ranchman his wife and their 6 year old daughter in Oxnard. The trap was sprung at 10 19 a m and he was pronounced dead after twelve minutes.
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San Quentin
Cal
Auto Hit by Train in Bakersfield Kills One Injures One
A Santa Paula resident Bass was killed instantly and Miss C. G. Gass of unknown age was seriously injured when their automobile was struck at a crossing by a Santa Paula passenger train near Bakersfield on July 21.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Bass
Santa Paula
C. G. Gass
Santa Pe
Pioneer Lawyer Burnett Dies at 78 in San Francisco
San Francisco reports the death of John M. Burnett a pioneer attorney and son of California’s first governor Peter H Burnett aged 78. The news notes his long legal career and family legacy in the state.
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San Francisco
John M. Burnett
Peter H. Burnett
California
Villa on One Leg in Fighting Mood
General Funston reported from Pershing that Pancho Villa with about 1800 men was preparing to attack Torreon. Funston joked about Villa and Carranza while noting Villa’s leg, or crutch, as a talking point and saying Villa’s head remains in good working order.
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Villa
San Antonio
Tex
Funston
Pershing
Torreon
Carranzistar
Carranza
Pancho Villa
Pancho
Cow Adopts Baby Antelope in Gentle Tale of Bond
F. E. Lutz of Ruty Valley owns a prized thoroughbred cow that has adopted a weeks-old antelope after its mother was killed. The cow cares for the orphan, which shows fearless, grateful behavior, while the calf enjoys constant company and learns to be a pet. A rival tale recalls John J. Garrecht’s cow adopting a pig, later lost to coyotes.
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Fd. E. Lutz
Ruty Valley
Mr. Litz
John J. Garrecht
White Sulphur Hot Springs
Hungary
Three Ships Submerged by Germans. Americans Rescued
Three ships Yaor Grangemere and Lochnere were torpedoed in the British Channel by German forces. All crew survived including three Americans George Ivey Richard Nelligan and David Rocasneau who were serving with the British in France.
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London
Yaor
Grangemere
George Ivey
Richard Nelligan
David Rocasneau
Yaer
France
Senator Lea to Return as Tennessean Manager
Senator Luke Lea of Tennessee will re enter newspaper work at the end of his term March 3 next He will assume management of the Daily Tennessean in Nashville as announced by Lea
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Washington
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Tennessean
Nashville
Shipload of food seized by German warships
The American steamship Prinz Valdemar carrying a large cargo of food was seized by German warships off San Francisco and taken to Swinemunde. The German authorities offered to pay current war prices, prompting protests from the McNear Company while anticipating higher payment.
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San Francisco
Prinz Valdemar
Scandinavia
G. W. McNear Company
Valdemar
McNair Company
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