Wilson Issues Draft Regulations To Call Men For Service
President Wilson issues regulations to govern selecting a national army from the June 5 registrants. Local and district boards determine exemptions and liability order, with no class exemptions. all cases decided on merit. Boards must act impartially and fearlessly to strengthen the forces without injustice.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Crowder
Marabal-General
United States
Regular Army
National Guard
Navy
Seftler
Eden
Ite
War Exemption Categories For Men Seeking Draft
A list of exempt classes includes officers of the United States and states, ministers, students of divinity, military personnel, dependents, married men with dependents, sons of certain dependents, morally deficient individuals, and members of religious sects pre dating May 18 1917 that forbid war participation. The categories cover aliens without fleet papers and various local officials such as county or municipal officers and customhouse workers.
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United States
States
Territories
District of Columbia
Germany
Exemption Rules for World War I Draft Upheld
The notice outlines exemption procedures for the draft, detailing how local boards post the list of designated men, notify by mail within three days, and conduct medical re ex aminations. It defines who is exempt or discharged including officers ministers students aliens with no papers and dependents. claims require affidavits and careful proof of support. District boards decide appeals in five days. exemptions may be temporary and revocable. certain industries may be designated as necessary and the maintenance of military needs weighed against loss of labor.
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United States
States
Territories
District of Columbia
Germany
Aoch
Food prices rise 6 percent in a month with potatoes and flour up
Retail food prices jumped 6 percent from April 16 to May 15 with a yearly increase of 30 percent. Potatoes surged 149 percent and flour 122 percent for the year, while onions fell 36 percent. Beef, bacon, and other staples also rose, underscoring broad inflation in food costs.
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Union News Service
Washington
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The
Food Administration
U S Told of Double Victory Over German Submarines
Washington reports two sea battles with German subs ended in American victory. Transports carrying Gen Pershing's expeditionary army reached port safely with no casualties. News released on the eve of the 141st Independence Day and tied to Fourth of July celebrations.
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Washington
Pershing
America
Santiago
Denial of Engagement to Gen Pershing Circulates
In San Gabriel California rumors circulated that Miss Anna Patton was engaged to General John J Pershing. The claim was emphatically denied by Miss Patton herself.
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Pershing
San Gabriel
Cal
Anna Patton
John J. Pershing
Patton
German Air Raiders Kill Eleven at Harwich
London reports twelve to fourteen German air raids bombed Harwich, a seaport town in Easex. Official notice says eleven persons were killed and thirty others injured.
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London
Harwich
Easex
Liberia to Deport Germans to France in Coming Days
Liberia plans to deport all Germans, dispatching them within days to France. Arrangements are complete and the transfer will proceed shortly under authorities in London.
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Liberia
France
London
England
Arizona Strife Sparks Federal Troop Requests Across Copper Camps
A West-wide strike summary from July reports Governor Campbell urging U.S. troops to quell mining disruptions in Bisbee Globe and Leadville. Federal authorities consider action as 15,000 idle workers, 62,000 farm laborers, and 7,000 New York shipyard workers join the disruption. Globe sees armed tension around Old Dominion mine. Bisbee and Globe confront union influence and gunfire threats.
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Arizona
Washington
W.W
Douglas
Globe
Old Dominion
Butte
Mont
Lw.w
West
New York
Globe, Ariz
Copper Hill
IL W. W
Bisbee and Globe, Ariz
Baker
Parker
Southern Department
San Antonio
Tex
Manchu Emperor Restored As Chinese Throne Is Reclaimed
Reuters dispatch from Peking reports Haven Tung restored to the throne, prompting President Li Yuan Hung to resign. Another message states Henan Tung announced his succession to the Chinese throne. London date July 2.
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Army
London
Geo
Chang Haun
Reuter
Peking
China
Li Yuan Hung
Haven Tung
Reuters
Henan Tung
Mob Burns Black Residents in East St. Louis
Rioting mobs killed and burned Black residents in East St. Louis. National guardsmen and soldiers patrolled with bayonets as fires raged, hospitals overflowed, and about 150 dead with possible higher toll were reported. Bridges to Missouri closed to traffic as authorities tried to restore order.
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Union News Service
St. Louis
East St. Louis
East St. Louis Riots End After Turmoil
East St. Louis Illinois July 5 national guardsmen patrolled the streets to prevent a recurrence of race riots that began Saturday. The violence left thirty-seven negroes and four whites dead, more than seventy five injured, and 310 negro homes destroyed across sixteen and a half acres.
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East St. Louis
Ill
National Guardsmen
Tucson Riders Triumph In Endurance Race
Tucson motorcyclists Leslie Clark and Bill Cox completed a four days endurance race from Douglas to Tucson with a perfect score. Frank Barnett and Jack Vestry, both of Douglas, placed third and fourth. No accidents occurred despite heavy rains making the run difficult.
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Tucson
Douglas
Ariz
Leslie Clark
Bill Cox
Frank Barnett
Jack Vestry
Land Added to El Moro Park Near Inscription Rock
Eighty acres were added to El Moro national monument in western-central New Mexico to protect a ruin found by a Department of the Interior field agent near Inscription rock. The site served as a camping spot for Spanish explorers in the 16th to 18th centuries.
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el Moro Park
Washington
el Moro National Monument
New Mexico
Department of the Interior
Inscription Rock
July 4th Observed Worldwide by Allied Nations
July 4 observance spread globally as American troops parade in Paris and London with French, British, Brazilian, and other allied crowds. Generals Pershing and Caperton deploy battalions marching through city streets amid cheering crowds and festive displays.
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Pershing
London
Mio Janeiro
Admiral Caperton
British and French Hold Front as German Offense Fails
On the Chemin des Dames the German assault stalls with heavy losses, while French lines stay intact and no French territory is surrendered. British prison counts rise to 117,776 with 61,088 British losses. German casualties exceed 1,500,000 to date. Russian advances threaten Lemberg as Austro-German forces retreat. Italians repulse Macedonian attacks. in Colorado, internal revenue receipts surge to 3.525 million dollars for the year ending June 30.
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F. B. Maurice
War Office
Galicia
Haigs
Flanders
Maurice
France
Gulf of Riga
Macedonia
London
Lemberg
Brzezany
Teutons
Stripa
Bank of
Meuse
Verdun
Colorado
Washington
McAdoo
Strikers Quietly Evicted From Company Homes in Gallup
Striking workers at the Gallup American Coal Company in the Navajo, Weaver and Heater camps were told to return to work or leave the company furnished homes. Vans were sent to move household goods as officials of the United Mine Workers prepared to supply tents to evicted families.
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Globe, Ariz
Tom Armer
Hugh Foster
Old Dominion
Gallup
N. M
Gallup American Coal Company
Unite
Senate approves Shafroth mine bill for wartime labor
Senate committee backs Colorado Senator Shafroth on a unanimous report proposing a wartime mining act. The bill would suspend mining assessment work during the war for all workers completing twenty five days of productive labor per year or spending 100 in productive work.
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Senate
O. K.s
Washington
Committee On Mines and Mining
Shafroth of
Colorado
U S Army Reaches France In Safety
Washington announces that all troops attached to the American expeditionary force have reached France in safety. The transfer, one of the largest operations by the United States army, was completed without loss or injury to a single American soldier and without serious illness. Dispatches filed during the week, censored Saturday, say the trip was on schedule and that the American fighter planes are in splendid trim.
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U. S. Army
France
Washington
United States Army
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International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Moyer
Campbell
Phoenix
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McKain
Fort Sam Houston
Colo
Union of Mine, Mill and Smeltermen's Union
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Chemin Des Dames
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