German Cabinet Crisis Calm Yet Unresolved in Berlin
Reports from Copenhagen and Berlin describe a political crisis in Germany with ministers Helfferich and Zimmerman possibly exiting and Bethmann-Hollweg retaining power. Reichstag pressure on war aims and reforms grows as the army high command wields influence, while ministerial reshuffles and peace terms remain unsettled.
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London
Germany
von Helfferich
Zimmerman
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Copenhagen
Berlin
Cologne
Helfferich
Zimmermen
Bernstorff
Count von Hernaterf
Gimah
Waeshington
Reich Tag
Zimmet
W. Solf
Germania of Berlin
von Bethmann-Keweg
Matthias Erzterger
Governor Denies Iowa Requisition for Embezzler Return
Governor Lowden refused Iowa’s request to extradite R. S. Dodson, wanted for alleged embezzlement from McAllister Real Estate, as Chicago arrest records did not prove embezzlement. The move also aimed to enable service in a civil suit filed by the company.
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Lowden
Springfield
Ill
Iowa
Ottumwa, Ia
R. S. Dodson
Chicago
McAllister Real Estate Company
Dodson
Real Estates Company
Wallace Joins St. Louis Nationals as Utility Infielder
In St. Louis on July 12, Bobby Wallace will play for the St. Louis Nationals as a utility infielder. A former St. Louis Americans shortstop, he spent recent seasons in the Western league and this marks his 23rd year in major league baseball.
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St. Louis
Bobby” Wallace
St. Louis Nationals
Wallace
St. Louis Americans
Twenty Thousand Witness Dandy First War Demonstration
Twenty thousand people attended Joliet Illinois on July 12 for the Dandy First regiment war relief program. The event featured two sham battles, a bombardment by military airplanes, and a drill by Chicago troops.
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Joliet, II
Dandy First
Chicago
Kansan Puts Foodstuffs To French Government Lost Crew Named
The Kansan, a 7 919 ton American ship, was sunk off the French coast with a crew of about fifty. Four crewmen are missing and presumed lost, while most aboard were Americans. The vessel carried flour and other foodstuffs and 4 900 tons of steel consigned to the French government.
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Washington
State Department
J. FE. Murphy
F. Aguirre
A. P. Kua
Honolulu
C. Hanan
Singapore
France
New York
Nantucket
Massachusetts
Camden
N. J
French Raid Wrecks One Fourth Krupps
Dutch workers at the Krupp plant say a quarter of the Essen works were destroyed in the air raid. Material damage runs into millions of francs with about 100 employees killed and hundreds wounded, including 45 French prisoners. French planes reportedly bombed Essen last Friday. German report notes two bomb holes.
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Amsterdam
Les Nouvelles
Maastricht
Holland
Krupp
Essen
Paris
Germans Gain 600 Yards on Yser Front in Belgium
Berlin reports over 1,250 prisoners taken in the Yser district as rain limits western front fighting. Saxon and guard troops probe near Reims and between the Meuse and Moselle with positive results, while London notes a German advance 1400 yards wide by 600 yards deep and capture of the dune defenses near the coast.
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Berlin
German Marine Corps
Yser
Belgium
Reims
Argonne
Meuse
Moselle
London
British
War Office
MINE DISASTER HERO DEAD
David M Powell sixty nine year old miner and Cherry mine disaster rescuer died at his Joliet home after months of illness He led a rescue party entering the shaft a week after the Cherry disaster and saved many entombed miners Powell was superintendent at Wilmington at the time of the Cherry disaster. Give me a half dozen old miners and we will enter the shaft.
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Joliet
David M. Powell
Cherry
Powell
Wilmington
Brundage Takes Charge of East St. Louis Massacre Probe
Attorney General Edward J. Brundage arrived to oversee the East St. Louis riot inquiry. He met with Mayor Hollman and the citizens committee, then consulted General Hill and State's Attorney Schaumleffel. Brundage hired two private attorneys as special assistant AGs to aid grand jury prosecutions.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Edward J. Brundage
James L. Wilkerson
Hollman
Citizens Committee of One Hundred
Hill
Schaumleffel
St. Clair County
Citizens’ Committee
Grand Jury
John E. Hamlin
James A. Farmer
Helleville
Bird of Freedom Jailed for Draft Evasion in Illinois
Robert Burton, a wanderer from Freeport, declares he owes nothing to the country and will stay free. He was arrested in Dixon and brought before United States Commissioner S. M. Vance, who bound him over to the grand jury as a slacker.
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Freeport
Ill
Robert Burton
Free
Dixon
M. Vance
United States
Aviators Narrowly Escape in Stoppage Flight Near Logansport
Two aviators R. H. Houser and G. C. Spaulding were flying a biplane from St. Joseph Missouri to Rantoul Illinois when engine trouble forced an emergency descent from about 2000 feet near Logansport Indiana. The aircraft crashed into a tree and was wrecked but both men escaped injury.
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Logansport
Ind
R. H. Houser
G. C. Spaulding
St. Joseph
Mica
Rantoul
Michigan racing peril forces shutdown at Comstock Park
Grand Rapids July 12 alleging the mutual system of betting was illegal the prosecuting attorney had the sheriff stop speculation at Comstock Park Racing ended abruptly and could affect all state racing including the blue ribbon Detroit meeting likely to be abandoned due to the wagering system ban.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Comstock Park
Detroit
Dr Newell D Hillis Seeks War Bond Facts Abroad
Brooklyn pastor Dr Newell D Hillis travels abroad to gather accurate information on war bonds and publicizing bond support. He aims to inform the home front about investment opportunities and government efforts in financing the war.
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Dr. Hillis
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
France
England
Markets Report Shows Mixed Livestock and Grain Quotes
Hog receipts total 26 000 with light to heavy packing prices from 12 50 to 16 65. Cattle weights about 16 500 with steers cows and vealers priced from 5 75 to 15 25 and calves to 18 75. East Buffalo quotes list hogs at 15 90 to 16 00 and lambs to 17 00. Cash grain notes No 2 hard wheat 2 25 and corn 1 91. Vegetables and fruits priced across cabbage carrots potatoes asparagus beets spinach and berries with varied ranges. The report ends with a garbled line referencing a federal statute case and likely a stockade mention.
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East Guffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
East Buffalo
N. Y
Russians Roll Up Teuton Line In Galicia Advance
Russian forces push west of Galicia crossing the Lomnica river and capturing Halica with two thousand prisoners and thirty guns. They reach the Posiecz Besiuvia Kosmacez line and pursue retreating Teutons toward Bogorodchan Seutvina, claiming heavy casualties and a major victory under General Korniloff.
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Petrograd
Galica
Galicia
Halica
Lemberg
Tcheremistoff
Opa
Lomnica
Rver
Bludniki
Beta
Tevtcns
Bogerodchan-Solotvina
Posiecz-Besiuvia- Kosmacez
Bogorodchan-Se Utvina
Stanislau
Bandits steal about $20,000 from Chenoa residents
Robbers gagged and tied the Senfrats in Chenoa Wisconsin overnight and made off with about $20,000 from Toney Bassenfrate’s house. They failed to take a second hidden sum rumored to be $20,000 more as authorities were alerted.
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Chenoa
Robters
Toney Bassenfrate
Ree
Hely
Czar Asks Stock in Freedom Loan
In Petrograd on July 23 former Emperor Nicholas asked the provisional government to permit him and his family to acquire stock in the freedom loan.
Republican Troops Enter Pekin Amid Abdication Hopes
Washington reports Republican troops have entered Pekin and expect the abdication of the restored emperor. A cable from the Chinese foreign office cites Emperor Hsvan Tunk as the subject of the move.
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Washington
Pekin
Maihou
Hsvan Tunk
Chineee Foreign Office
Fish King's Son Drowns in Illinois River
John Boyd aged three son of William Boyd renowned fish industry king at Browning Illinois drowned in the Illinois River at Sharpe's Landing. The accident occurred in July at Havana.
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Havana
Ill
John Boyd
William Boyd
Browning
Illinois River
Sharpe's Landing
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Kaiser
U.S
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Admiralty
Hugh L. Scott
Advange
East St. Loui S
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Michigan Racing
Newell D. Hillis
American Press Association
Kansas City
Cash Grain
St Louis
Halicz
Kornuloff
Siberia
Siberan Cadets Corps
Kuropatkin
Mukden
Attrian
Bandits
Fari
Republic
Peki
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