Hoover Warns Against Delay in Food Bill Passage
Washington July 11 after the senate postponed the food bill vote for ten days Herbert Hoover warned delay would push the wheat crop into speculators hands harming producers with low prices and consumers with high costs. He called for government action and said only a stabilizing agency can fix the market. The letter was written at Wilson's request and signals sharp congressional criticism of the bill.
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Lightning Sets Oil Tanks Aflame in Hammond Canal
Lightning struck a storage tank on the Indiana Harbor canal causing thousands of barrels of crude oil to ignite. The oil belonged to the Indiana Pipe Line company.
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George Creel and the Goat In Battle Yarn
George Creel is profiled as America’s censor in a column describing his role during wartime information control. The piece frames Creel’s influence on public opinion and press policies amid national issues.
Man Held in Plot to Firemunition Plants Pleads Not Guilty
Karl Kaufman 38 was arrested at Indiana Harbor on charges tied to a German spy plot. Detectives seized detailed munitions factory plans for Inland Steel and Harbison Walker Refractories, plus mail receipts and German consular correspondence. He appeared before United States Commissioner Charles Surprise at Hammond and was bound over to the federal grand jury. Kaufman reportedly worked in recent months at Gary Pittsburgh New Duluth and Youngstown munitions facilities.
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War crisis battering Berlin as reform moves advance
Berlin turmoil deepens over chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg's stance on peace and annexations. Reichstag factions clash while Prussia signals electoral reform universal suffrage and rights expansion amid cabinet resignations and pressure from the liberal party.
PIGS USED TO DISPOSE OF CAMP GARBAGE AT ROCKFORD BAY
Engineers at Rockford Bay four survey for a pontoon bridge across Rock river to connect with west side road to Rockford from the cantonment. A company of 165 men fonds a pig disposal plan using four small hogs to process camp garbage and store the meat for later use.
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Baby Has Narrow Escape In Cistern Rescue
Shelbyville Indiana July 11 John Hirschauer two and a half years old son of Mr and Mrs Ed Hirschauer had long wanted to find out what lay beneath an iron cistern lid at their home Mrs A M Thompson a neighbor rescued the boy by freeing him from the lid which held him suspended by the neck keeping his feet from touching water The saving act a few minutes earlier might have saved his life.
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Knights Templars Open 54th Iowa Conclave in Cedar Rapids
The Knights Templars of Iowa begin their 54th annual conclave in Cedar Rapids with about 400 attending. Erection of new buildings tops agenda as Grand Commander James E. Bromwell of Marion delivers the annual address.
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Market Report For Hogs Cattle And Grains Across Regions
Market receipts shown for hogs and cattle with varied quotations across Kansas City East Buffalo and local listings. Prices cover hogs cattle sheep calves and live poultry along with grains vegetables and miscellaneous items including butter oats corn and potatoes.
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RUSS WEDGE DRIVEN DEEP IN TEUTON LINE
Petrograd reports Korntsoi offensive in eastern Galicia continues with stubborn Teuton resistance. More than 1,000 prisoners, three field guns and war matériel captured as Russians push to Lomnica river and reach six miles west of Stanislau. Paris notes German attacks on Aisne repelled with prisoners taken. Also, Cal. recluse Carlos Gardella, 100, survives suicide attempt.
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Big Industries Seek Broad Exemptions in War Draft
Industrial leaders push for wide exemptions for food production and other sectors. Rule drafts favor army support roles, with exemptions for farmers and workers in munition, mining, shipbuilding, and government contracts. City labor seen as core. draft to begin after appellate boards are named and rules issued, with first 500,000 called by Sept. 1.
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Baseball results from St Louis Detroit and Chicago games
In St Louis a 7 to 6 win over the home team with Fisher and Alexander plating runs and Plank and Severeid handling fielding duties. Detroit defeated Washington 5 to 4 as Dumond and Henry combined for the win and Boland and Stange contributed on offense. Chicago edged Philadelphia 7 to 6 as Noyes and Schang drove runs while Faber and Schalk handled pitching.
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Will Tighten Blockade Under Wilson Embargo Policy
Washington officials forecast a sharp tightening of the German blockade through the embargo law and President Wilson’s proclamation. The move aims to protect neutrals dependent on German coal and essentials while cutting off imports to Germany, shifting from Britain’s contraband approach.
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