Wilson Sets Rules for Draft as Nation Gears Up
President Wilson issues regulations to govern the next step in selecting a national war army from 24 million registered. Local and district boards will decide exemptions case by case, with no class exemptions, and appeals go to district boards. Boards must act impartially and fearlessly to strengthen and sustain forces at the front.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Crowder
Marabal-General
United States
Regular Army
National Guard
Navy
Seftler
Eden
Ite
Exemption Categories Listed for World War I Draft
The document enumerates groups exempt from military service including officers, ministers, divinity students, active military or naval personnel, subject of Germany, aliens without fleet papers, local officials, customs clerks, arsenals workers, pilots, merchant sailors, married men with dependents, sons of dependent widows, sons of dependent orphans, morally deficient men, and members of pre May 18 1917 religious sects opposing war participation. It outlines who qualifies and suggests broad classifications for exemption.
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United States
States
Territories
District of Columbia
Germany
Aoch
Exemption Rules for Draft Notices Adopted in 1917
The document outlines how local boards must post lists of those liable for military service and notify designated individuals within three days by mail. It details exemption categories including officers, ministers, students, aliens, dependents, and moral defectives, with procedures for claim and affidavit support. District boards must decide appeals within five days. exemptions can be temporary and revocable.
Prices for food rise sharply with yearly 39 percent gain
Retail food prices in the United States rose 6 percent from April 16 to May 15 and 30 percent for the year ending May 15. Potatoes and flour led the surge with 149 percent and 122 percent increases respectively, while onions fell 36 percent. Beef and dairy items also showed notable gains as farmers received about $1.60 per bushel for last year’s wheat crop.
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Union News Service
Washington
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The
Food Administration
Double Victory At Sea Reported In War Anniversary Note
Washington reports two separate sea battles against German submarines. American naval convoys protected 28 000 expeditionary troops under General Pershing, with no casualties and all transports arriving safely. The news accompanied Independence Day celebrations and recalled the 19th century victory at Santiago.
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Washington
Pershing
America
Santiago
Denial of Anna Patton Engagement to General Pershing
San Gabriel Calif source notes a circulated report that Miss Anna Patton was engaged to General John J. Pershing. Miss Patton emphatically denied the engagement in person.
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Pershing
San Gabriel
Cal
Anna Patton
John J. Pershing
Patton
German Air Raiders Kill Eleven at Harwich
German air raids on Harwich in Easex killed eleven people and injured about thirty. London officials confirmed the attack as twelve to fourteen raiders dropped bombs on the seaport town.
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London
Harwich
Easex
Liberia to Deport Germans to France Arrangements Complete
Liberia plans soon to deport all Germans to France with departures arranged in coming days. Destination France confirmed by authorities in London.
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Liberia
France
London
England
Arizona Calls for U.S. Troops in Copper Strike
Arizona asks Washington for federal troops as the wage dispute in Bisbee Globe and Leadville escalates. Troops arrive in Globe to control conditions while deputies face a hostile mob at Old Dominion mine. The strike, led by IWW allies, threatens rail and mining operations across Colorado and New Mexico, with unions voting to strike and saloons closed.
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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 and Chinese President Told to Resign
A Reuters dispatch from Peking reports that Manchu Emperor Haven Tung has been restored to the throne and President Li Yuan Hung is ordered to retire. A second dispatch notes Henan Tung announced his succession to the throne on Saturday morning.
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Army
London
Geo
Chang Haun
Reuter
Peking
China
Li Yuan Hung
Haven Tung
Reuters
Henan Tung
East St. Louis Riots Burn Homes Kill Blacks
Mob violence in East St. Louis leaves many dead and hundreds displaced as fires rage through Black neighborhoods. Soldiers patrol streets with bayonets. bridges to St. Louis closed. hospitals overwhelmed as wounded and burned victims seek aid.
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Union News Service
St. Louis
East St. Louis
East St. Louis Riots End After Fatal Toll and Fire Loss
East St. Louis Illinois July 5 National guardsmen patrolled streets to curb rioting that began Saturday. Death toll now at forty one with four whites among the victims and more than seventy five injured. Fire destroyed 310 Negro homes across sixteen and a half acres.
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East St. Louis
Ill
National Guardsmen
Tucson Cyclists Triumph In Douglas Tucson Race
Tucson riders Leslie Clark and Bill Cox finished the four day endurance race between Douglas and Tucson with a perfect score. They will share first and second prize, Frank Barnett placed third and Jack Vestry fourth. No accidents reported though heavy rains made the course very difficult.
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Tucson
Douglas
Ariz
Leslie Clark
Bill Cox
Frank Barnett
Jack Vestry
Land Added to El Moro Park in New Mexico Monument
Eighteen hundred acres were expanded at 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 Fourth Observed Worldwide with Allied Celebrations
July 4th was observed as an international holiday with American independence spirit. Gen Pershing's expeditionary force battalion marched through streets amid cheering crowds in Paris. In Rio de Janeiro, battalions from Admiral Caperton's fleet paraded alongside Brazilian, French and British detachments.
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Pershing
London
Mio Janeiro
Admiral Caperton
British and German War News From Front Lines and Colorado Revenue Rise
In France on July 6 the French held the Chemin des Dames line with no French ground lost, while German assault waves were repelled. Maj. Gen. Maurice reports British prisoners total 117,776 and British losses 61,088. German casualties reach about 1.5 million since the war’s start. Russians push toward Lemberg, 20,000 more prisoners captured. Austro German forces retreat from Brzezany. Meuse fighting continues. In Colorado, internal revenue receipts for year ending June 30 rose to 3,524,979.34 from 1,915,176.13 the previous year.
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Union News Service
France
Verdun
Chemin Des Dames
F. B. Maurice
War Office
Galicia
Haigs
Flanders
Maurice
Gulf of Riga
Macedonia
London
Lemberg
Brzezany
Teutons
Stripa
Bank of
Meuse
Colorado
Washington
McAdoo
Strikers Told to Return or Vacate Company Homes
Striking workers at the Gallup American Coal Company in the Navajo Weaver and Heater camps faced eviction from company houses. Vans moved household goods while Unite Mine Workers prepared to supply tents to displaced families.
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Gallup
N. M
Gallup American Coal Company
Unite
Senate okays Shafroth mine bill in war work plan
Senate committee on mines and mining reports unanimous support for Senator Shafroth of Colorado. The bill would suspend mining assessment work during the war for all workers who perform twenty five days of productive labor per year or expend 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 reports that all troops attached to the American Expeditionary Force have reached France safely. The transfer, one of the largest ever, was accomplished without loss or serious illness among American soldiers. Fighters are in splendid trim.
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U. S. Army
France
Washington
United States Army
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Tardieu
Paris
U. S
U.S
Leadville
Teatern Newspaper Union News Service
Denver
Industrial Workers of the World
Bisbee
Charles H. Moyer
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Moyer
Campbell
Phoenix
War Department
Adjt
McKain
Fort Sam Houston
Tom Armer
Hugh Foster
Colo
Union of Mine, Mill and Smeltermen's Union
Gallup, N. M
Republic OF China Falls
Jack Binns
Republic
British Flying Corps
W. A. White
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