Kerensky Cabinet Resigns Over German Link Accusations
Premier Kerensky and most of his cabinet resigned amid accusations against Agriculture Minister Tchernoff of German connections. Nekrasoff and others stayed as talks to reconstitute a radical modern ministry began, while Petrograd’s military governor Erdelli was reported killed in an apparent ambush.
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Tchernoff
Kerensky
Petrograd
Erdelli
Bourse Gazette
M. Tchernoff
Kereneky
Nekrasoff
Balfour Hints at Separate Peace for Austria
British Foreign Minister Arthur J. Balfour told the House of Commons that Austria could secure a separate peace on advantageous terms. He suggested the Jugo Slav and Austrian questions would wait until war’s end, and if Austria sought to desert Germany the Entente would ease its fate.
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Austria
House of Commons
Arthur J. Balfour
England
Germany
Eight U. S. gunners die in Mocano sinking
Eight naval gunners perished when the American tank steamer Mocano was sunk by a submarine off London. Sixteen crew members also died and twenty two survivors were landed from the 2,750 ton vessel, sunk July 31.
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London
Fight in Flanders is for U-boat base
Berlin dispatches describe the battle in Flanders as a struggle for Belgian submarine bases and call the fight the war’s most stupendous. British advances in the Yt schaete area on June 7 are seen as part of a plan to seize U-boat bases and enable movement to strike Zeebrugge from the rear.
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Berlin
Flanders
Belgium
Wytschaete
Ypres
Zeebrugge
Relative of Haywood Ousted in Yerington Copper District
Reno August 4. A 200 member committee of prominent Yerington citizens escorted C W McKennon to the county boundary and ordered him not to return amid miner complaints. McKennon is W D Haywood’s brother in law. Twelve other members of the Western Federation of Miners received similar treatment.
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Reno
Nev
Yerington
C. W. McKennon
McKennon
W. D. Haywood
Draft Resisters in Big Oklahoma Riots
A band of about 30 alleged draft resisters is said to have shot Deputy Sheriff J W Cross near Wewoka and dynamited a Frisco trestle over the South Canadian River between Francisco and Ada. Posses from Konowa Francisco and Ada pursue them near Sasakwa as counties plan joint action. Arrests of Industrial Workers of the World members and the Jones Family have been reported in the district. The group is accused of storming hardware stores to seize arms and forcing men to join.
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Oklahoma City
J. W. Cross
Wewoka
Canadian
Francisco
Ada
Sasakwa
Konowa
Seminole
Hughes
Pontoc
Industrial Workers of the World
Russians Give Up Czernowitz Amid Prolonged Battles
Austro Hungarian forces enter Czernowitz the Bukowina capital after ten changes of hands since 1914. Russians evacuate Kimpolung and retreat along the Bystritza and Dniester as political tensions grow in Russia and the fronts hold at the Zbroutch.
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Bukowina
Vienna
Czernowitz
Teuton
Capial
Crown Land
Pruth
Lemberg
Galicia
Kimpolung
Petrograd
War Office
Bystritza
Dniester
Mrs. W. S. Tower Lives End at Enworth Castle Cottage
Ludington Michigan reports the death of Mrs. Walter S. Tower, wife of University of Chicago geography professor Walter Sheldon Tower. She used a chloroform sponge and bathing cap to end her life at Enworth Castle Cottage where the family is resting. The cause is unknown. Two children and the husband survive.
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Ludington, Mich
Walter S. Tower
University of Chicago
Enworth Blarney Castle
Walter Sheldon Tower
University
Prince George Narrowly Escapes Frontline in Macedonia
A telegram from London reports Prince George, former crown prince of Serbia, narrowly escaped injury while inspecting troops on the Macedonian front. His horse was shot and killed during the encounter, though the prince survived.
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London
Prince George
Serbia
Detain 600 Passengers for Russia
Detention at Christiania Norway of almost 600 passengers bound for Russia led the American legation to advise passengers via the state department to confirm the situation before departing the United States.
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Washington
Christiania
Norway
Russia
State Department
United State
Registration List Disappears in Marion County
The official list of 2,691 registrants outside Indianapolis vanished from the exemption board office led by Hugh McK Landon. He reported the theft of the numbers and names to federal and state authorities.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Marion County
Hugh McK. Landon
Berg
East St. Louis Race Riots Under Congressional Review
Washington reports a congressional joint committee will probe the East St. Louis race riots of July 2. Rep Rodenburg of Illinois and Rep Dyer of Missouri urged action with local delegates. Rodenburg says civil government collapsed and police aided the mob, and notes threats to burn the American Aluminum plant.
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Washington
East St. Louis
House Rules Committee
Rodenburg
Illinois
Dyer
Missouri
American Aluminum Company
Rodenberg
Sensation at the Smashup in Evansville
Guy H. Walker of Rockport wholesale grocer drove his delivery auto into a Evansville Railway freight car when brakes failed. The car hurled fifty feet into a pond. Walker sat on the wreck uninjured and asked if his glassware were lost, while the auto was demolished.
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Evansville
Ind
Guy H. Walker
Rockport
Evansville Railway Company
Walker
Chief Three Bears Urges Indian Army to Guard Border
A political figure calls for Indian Army deployment to guard the Mexican border. He argues the armed force is best suited to deter crossings and enforce border security. He asserts urgency amid rising illegal entry reports and cites national sovereignty concerns.
China declares war on Germany pending president approval
A bill passed by the Chinese legislature authorizes a declaration of war on Germany. The measure requires only the president’s confirmation to take effect, with Peking reporting the step as imminent.
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Peking
Germany
China
Curb Rate Increase Agreed by Conferees
Washington confirms a bill to enlarge the interstate commerce commission from seven to nine members. no freight rate increase can be sought before January 1 1920 without prior commission approval.
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Washington
Aus
Interstate Commerce Commission
Local Suit Seeks 200000 for Alleged Wife Alienation
Nelson Hayden of Lowell sues Berdette J. Sanger a Hammond barber for 200000 in Crown Point circuit court alleging his wife abandoned him and their five children after meeting Sanger in July 1916. Hayden aged 40, wife 36, Sanger 35. wife believed living in Hammond.
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Hammond
Ind
Nelson Hayden
Lowell
Berdette J. Sanger
George Hershman
Crown Point
Hayden
Sanger
Peoria Plant Threatened in Letter from "gang you know"
A letter received by the Peoria Journal warns the city’s largest plant will be blown up within thirty six hours. Police suspect a fanatic or links to I W W amid a recent Holt Caterpillar strike involving hundreds of workers at the Peoria plant.
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Peoria
Ill
Peoria Journal
Holt
Lloyd George Meets King After War Cabinet Conference
Premier Lloyd George was received by the king after a conference at a coast town with the British war cabinet Italian Foreign Minister Sonnino and Russian and Serbian representatives.
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London
Lloyd George
Sonnino
Fake Warrior Sentenced in Federal Case in Georgia
William D. Houston, once a ticket seller in Philadelphia, was sentenced in a federal court in Georgia. He pleaded guilty to issuing worthless checks as a member of the United States Army Reserve Corps, aiming to warn other counterfeiters.
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New York
Aus
William D. Houston
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
United States
Aia
Houston
Unmasking Kaiser Guilt in Potsdam War Council Claim
Washington reports Germany had Austria’s ultimatum fourteen hours before delivery to Serbia and Zimmermann admitted prior knowledge. Claims tie Germany to Austria’s war plan and a Potsdam council on July 5 1914. Amsterdam paper challenges prosecution of Deputy Cohn over the revelations.
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Washington
Germany
Austria
Serbia
Belegade
Zimmermann
Zimmerman
Cohn
Reichstag
Potsdam
Europe
Kaiser
Amsterdam
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Cola
Crown Council
London Times
Stockholm
Former Lockport Mayor Martin Wagner Dies by Suicide
Martin Wagner, once mayor of Lockport and a leading businessman, killed himself by hanging. A coroner's jury found no reason for the act. Wagner had married Mary Dunn of Lockport just days earlier, in a notable city ceremony.
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Chicago
Martin Wagner
Lockport
Wagner
Mary Dunn
Montgomery arraigned over grand larceny in Pittsburgh Life case
New York reports the arraignment of George F. Montgomery on grand larceny charges. It is learned that Clarence I Birds Eye, his son Kellogg Birdseye and Montgomery were indicted over financial troubles at the Pittsburgh Life and Trust Company.
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New York
George F. Montgomery
Clarence I. Birdseye
Kellogg Birdseye
Montgomery
Pittsburgh Life and Turst Company
Hindenburg Nephew Aids U S Navy
New Haven Conn Aug 4 Paul Francis Schlick a Yale graduate and nephew of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg has placed a submarine fighting device at the disposal of the U S government He joined the U S Navy and is now in European waters aboard a naval bureau position
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New Haven
Conn
Paul Francis Schlick
Yala
Field Marshall
von Hindebburg
Young Schlick
U. S. Navy
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