GOAL PRICES TO GE FIXED ONLY FIRST GOAL PRICES TO GE
Washington reports a conference of 400 coal operators from all producing states agreed to lower coal prices. They authorized committees to set maximum FOB mine prices in districts named by the interior secretary the FTC and the national coal production council. A first reduction of one dollar and a half per ton was fixed effective after July first with further cuts anticipated after cost investigations. Government savings to the public are projected in hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Federal Trade Commission
Council of the National Coal Production Committee
German socialist leaders eyed for treason in Berlin
Berlin reports the government weighs arrest and prosecution of four radical socialist leaders for high treason. Named are likely Reichstag members George Ledebour and Hugo Hasse, historian Franz Mehring, and Wuerttemberg Diet member Joseph Westermaier. Mehring allegedly urged Russian socialists to resist peace until conquest. Westermaier pushed revolt via pamphlets in Southern Germany.
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Berlin
Berliner ‘Tageblatt
Reichstag
George Ledebour
Hugo Hasse
I’ruasian
Franz Mehring
Joseph Westermaier
Diet
Wuerttemberg
Mehring
Germany
Westermaler
France
Senate Debates Food Control Measure With New Prohibition Provisions
Washington June 28 The senate opened debate on the amended food control bill including new prohibition features. The original bill was set aside for a revised draft. The conflict over bone dry provisions looms as supporters warn of long struggle and possible cloture to force passage.
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Washington
Senate
Rigid qualifications for army service outlined
The War Department warns that only physically near perfect men will be drafted for service in France. Requirements include height between 5 feet 4 inches and 6 feet, intact limbs and senses, near perfect lungs and heart, no serious kidney or chest ailments, good hearing and sight, and at least four molar teeth. About 40 percent of apparent eligibles may be rejected. standards exceed those of Germany.
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War Department
France
Department
Europe
America
Germany
United States Army
Mysterious Murder Shocks Sioux City Woman Shot Dead
Sioux City Iowa June 28 The murder of Miss Theola Kerkin a 22 year old woman from Woonsocket who was shot while en route to a friend's home is the major police concern with no clues yet found.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Theola Kerkin
Woonsocket
Canadian Forces Advance Storm German Front Line Near Lenе
Canadian Army Headquarters reports June 28 that under artillery cover troops stormed and captured the German trench line before the Avion suburb of Le Ne. The advance closed the gap near the front and boosted operational momentum.
Notice to Water Users to South of Pacific Tracks
Elko Water Works warns the public that a new twelve inch line connection to Commercial street will require shutting off water at 9 tonight and may continue through the night. Consumers needing water should stock up to last through the outage south of the Southern Pacific tracks. By T. J. Critchley.
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Padife
Elko Water Works
T. J. Critchley
Sheriff Harris Captures Eleven Stolen Horses Case
Sheriff Harris returned from Yale with Elmer and Dick James and Mack Kenzie charged with taking eleven horses from J R Hardman of Gold Creek. They travelled two hundred miles by car and train and are expected to stand trial. One man, Dick Jones, is known locally. the others are strangers.
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Harris
Yale
Oregon
Elmer
Dick James
Mack Kenzie
J. R. Hardman
Gold Creek
F. S. Gedney
Mountain Home
Idaho
Dick Jones
South Fork
Ella Adams
Hardman
Harney County
Senator's resolution on newsprint trade adopted
May get better Washington June 28 Senator s resolution calling on the medical trade commission to inform the senate why it has not ordered the news print trade to desist from illegal practices and exorbitant charges was this morning adopted by the senate. Three boys stole a studebaker Six in California last week and hit the trail for the eastern country. Depredations by the Indians traced to Tonopah. They stole ten gallons of gasoline from the Bonanza mine while day shift was under around and no watchman on top. They also stole a title from Johnson s. Attention is called to the Fourth of July celebration in Reno with preparations promising big time and value for visitors.
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Washington
Medical Trade Commission
Senate
Ely
California
Inds
Tonopah
Bonanza
Midland Trail
Currant Creek
Arizona
Johnson
Nevada
John Lawton D Butler
Reno
German Agents Stir Up Strikes Warned by Senator
Senators were told that industrial workers worldwide are aiding German agents to foment strikes in the west and among Germans and Austrians in correspondence. Charles Thomas of Colorado cited a Arizona strike as part of a German plot to cripple American industries.
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Washington
West
Senate
Charles Thomas
Colorado
Arizona
Thomas
Directions for Knitting Sleeveless Jackets and Accessories
Instructions cover casting on 80 stitches for sleeveless jackets with ribbing, body length to 23 inches, neck bind off, shoulder shaping, and side seaming with 9 inch armholes. Includes mufflers wristlets with specified needle sizes, yarns, and scarfed finish. Finished garments to be sent to Mrs. Charles A Grove at St Francis Hotel Room 415.
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Charles A.grove
St Francis Hotel
Rock Creek Dam Break Sweeps Oregon Town Away
June 28 reports say a fifty-foot dam at Killamacue Lake failed due to rapid snowmelt, sweeping Rock Creek town and endangering Haines. Communication lines are cut and casualties unknown. In Chicago, President Griffin of the Chicago board of trade announces absolute wheat trade control to halt all wheat speculation.
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Baker City
Ore
Rock Creek
Killamacue Lake
Haines
Chicago
Griffin
Chicago Board of Trade
Three National Forests Consolidated Into One Humboldt
On June 6 the president signed an executive order merging Humboldt Ruby and Santa Rosa National Forests into Humboldt National Forest. The change takes effect July 1, 1917. Ruby and Santa Rosa lose their separate names and become part of Humboldt with headquarters at Elko Nevada.
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Humboldt, Ruby and Santa Rosa National Forests
Humboldt National Forest
Elko
Nevada
Ruby and Santa Rosa National Forests
New Auto Fuel Trial Yields Higher Mileage
Superior, Wis crashes a breakthrough as Dr. J G Barnsdale unveils a manifold enabling cars to run on a gasoline kerosene mix. Trials show ten extra miles per gallon with the cheaper fuel by delaying kerosene vaporization until heated.
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Superior
Wis
J. G. Barnsdale
Carson's Red Cross Drive Nears Three Thousand Dollars
Carson's Red Cross drive concluded in heroic fashion as the town of about 2,600 residents pledged a per capita gift of at least one dollar. Final totals were not yet complete, with additional contributions anticipated as last reports came in.
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Carson
Red Cross
Old Capitol
Wisconsin convicts drill daily for war in prison yard
WARPUN Wis June 28 The call to arms reverberates through the state prison as Private John Hopkins leads daily yard drills. A hundred convicts train under guard supervision as part of an officers reserve and will soon command 200 to 360 inmates fit for national service.
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Warpun
Wis
John Hopkins
Company D
Wisconsin National Guard
Appeal Notes Large Shortage From Sale Funds
A lengthy appeal states that while roughly 2,800 dollars remain from funds, expenses reduce this to at least 2,600 dollars. Unreported sums are expected to be added. Many items intended for sale stay with committees and will be offered at the next opportunity.
Americans Ready To Take Place In Trench War
Washington dispatch reports thousands of American fighting men in France are encamped awaiting placement with seasoned allies. The Americans may form an independent unit and could serve as a link between British and French armies, with final disposition driven by campaign needs.
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Washington
France
July 8 Marked as Hundred Thousandth Sunday of Christ
Berlin reports Gertein notes July will be the hundred thousandth Sunday since Christ's birth, a date tied to calendar reform and leap year history. The claim hinges on whether year 8 was the first leap year, affecting the count of weeks since the birth of Jesus.
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Berlin
Jhude Caesar
Christ
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