Red Cross Week Proclaimed By Wilson 1917
President Wilson designates the week ending June 25 1917 as Red Cross Week urging all Americans to give generously to support Red Cross work for armed forces at home and abroad. He emphasizes that every man woman and child may contribute through patriotic sacrifice to aid relief and national service.
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Red Cross
United States
American Red Cross
Woodrow Wilson
Tornado Razes Kansas Town Andale Kills Eighteen
A tornado swept through Sedgwick and Harvey counties in south central Kansas destroying buildings and killing eighteen in Andale with nine more dead near Sedgwick and three nearby Newton area fatalities. The storm left extensive damage and injuries with property worth thousands destroyed along a half mile wide path.
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Wichita
Kan
Sedgwick
Harvey
Andale
Newton
Mexico Ready to Aid in War with United States
President Carranza reportedly seeks an understanding with the United States whereby Mexico would support the American war effort in Europe in exchange for American financial aid. London reports the Norwegian steamer Gran was destroyed by a mine.
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Mexico
Washington
Carranza
United States
London
Foreign Office
High Graders Indicted Over Cripple Creek Ore Sales
A nine day grand jury session leads to nineteen indictments in the Cripple Creek ore theft case. High grading and conspiracy charges are named against multiple defendants, including Muellhausen Reed Daniel McLeod Snodgrass Cusack Sullivan Heber Cuaz and others. Bail ranges from five to ten thousand dollars with several bonds posted.
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Union News Service
Cheyenne
Wyo
United States
Cripple Creek
Colo
John Muellhausen
Charles E. Reed
Charles Daniel
Daniel McLeod
Victor Peterson
Carl Muehlhausen
Mark T. Snodgrass
John Cusack
Dennis F. Sullivan
George J. Heber
Denver
Antonio Cuaz
James Hlondo
Joe Nex
San Francisco
Frank Cochrane
William Green
Victor, Cole
Leach
U G waits only word go war pledge from VP
Vice President Thomas R Marshall told a Cleveland audience America is well prepared to enter the war and stay in it until a universal peace is guaranteed. He warned the world that future generations must not endure German power as the United States commits to action when given the final word.
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America
Washington
Congress
Arthur James Balfour
United States
National Press Club
Hom
Cleveland
Ohio
Thomas R. Marshall
Valley of Cleveland
Pershing Seeks Command Clarification Before War Start
Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing met with President Wilson at the White House to receive final instructions on leading the regular army veterans division to Europe. The talks focused on the role of the American contingent in the anticipated world war.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
Orange
White House
President Wilson
Army
Navy
Wilson
Gen. Pershing
Europe
W'ADOO VISITS DENVER IN LIBERTY LOAN TOUR
Denver crowds greet Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo as he arrives for a Buy-a-War-Bond tour through the West. He urges support for Liberty Bonds, detailing payment schedules, tax exemptions, and bond terms while highlighting Allied war aims and the drive’s national scope.
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Denver
Union
Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
West
United States
Germany
Italians Drive Toward Trieste Amid World War I Push
Rome reports Italian forces broke Austrian lines on the Carso front after a ten hour bombardment and captured Jaimand with 9,000 prisoners. French troops claim 8,600 German prisoners since May and heavy losses on the Vauclerc plateau as the Vauclerc attack stalls. Transylvania torpedoed with 413 killed, including officers and crew, while other ships are sunk or damaged in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. London notes air raids on eastern England and the sinking of eighteen merchant ships in the week. Madrid quotes Germany’s reply to Spain over the Patri cio affair as satisfactory. New York cites sinking of Hackensack and Thistleard with Americans aboard rescued.
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Rome
Gorisla
Jamilano
Jamiano
Jamiano- Hrestovigsa
Flava
New York
America
Carso
Jaimand
Paris
Soissons
Auberive
Vauclerc
London
Mediterranean
Brenell
German Plot Blocked by US on Stockholm Conference
The United States restricted travel for American Socialists to the Stockholm Peace Conference and warned of Logan Act prosecutions. Washington said the action aims to thwart German efforts to detach Russia from the Allies. The House passed a record war tax bill totaling about 1.86 billion dollars after two weeks of debate, with further plans for an allied purchasing board handling roughly 3.5 billion dollars for the first year. The board would exert 10 billion dollars annual purchasing power, overseen by a single manager and including allied nations and Japan.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Russia
Stockholm
Lansing
House
Treasury Department
Ways and Means Committee
Allied Purchasing Board
Japan
Nation to Build 32 Army Cantonments This Spring
The National Defense Council forms civilian expert groups to help the army rapidly construct more than thirty two cantonments nationwide within two to three months. Each camp will house about 30 000 men and 7 000 animals with quarters and essential utilities. London reports peace prospects as Empress Zita announces Austria aims for peace, with the Vatican guiding a new peace effort.
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National Defense Council
National Guard
London
Zita
Austria
Amsterdam
Filst
Tyd
Benedict
Hungarian cabinet resigns led by Count Tisza
A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam reports the Hungarian cabinet, headed by Premier Count Tisza, has resigned. In Canada the minimum age for army conscription is set at 20 years, according to an official announcement.
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Mme
Catherine Breshkovaskaya
M. Kerensky
Minster of Justice
Petrograd
Mme. Breshkovaskaya
London
Amsterdam
Count Tisza
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
War Dept Announces Three Medical Corps Training Camps
Washington reports the War Department will open three training camps for medical officers at Port Benjamin Harrison Indiana Port Riley Kansas and Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. Start is June 15 with 6000 men in training to prepare 20000 medics for front line service after three months of intensive medical and military instruction.
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War Department
Port Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Port Riley
Kana
Fort Oglethorpe
Gorgas
Senate Revising War Tax Bill in Washington
Senate finance committee began radical revision of the House bill levying 1.8 billion in war taxes. The House retroactive 1916 income tax was removed. Postage rate hikes on newspapers and periodicals were scrapped in favor of a likely 2 percent ad tax on all newspapers magazines billboards and related advertising.
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Washington
Senate
House
Late Market Quotations From a Livestock Report
Market snapshot shows pulp fed steers at about 10.75 to 11.60 and vealers around 7.0 to 10.0, with cows, sows, and feeders offered in mixed grades. Hog and lamb values listed with weight classes and varying quality, including feeder and stocker bids, alongside shorn ewe and lamb quotes and general market activity.
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Chicago
Miscellaneous Market Notations and Prices Report
A crowded listing of commodity quotes across metals, tin, copper, silver, crude ores, and Chicago live stock, with prices for copper, tin, bar silver, and several ore grades. Includes New York cotton futures, grain notes, wheat, corn, Clover, butter, potatoes, and poultry figures from multiple markets, plus region names like Chicago and Kansas City.
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Monatvoistic
London
St. Louis
Boulder
Ala
Tex
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