U S to Intern I W W Teutons
U S government to intern German influenced I W W members with no home to go after deportations. Wilson warns Arizona officials against citizens taking the law into their own hands while orders to report conditions for order maintenance are issued. Food shipments sent to Hermanas to feed deportees. Douglas prepares for possible return of 1197 I W W and supporters.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Campbell
Wilson
Secretary of War
Parker
Woodrow Wilson
W. W. Army
el Paso
Tex
Hermanas
el Paso & Southwestern Railroad
George Bell, Jr
Douglas
Industrial Workers of the World
Pisbee
Bisbee
Columbus
N. M
el Paso & Southwestern
Indiana Rolling Mills Plant Sold After Tornado Devastation
Newcastle Indiana July 14. A fifty thousand dollar deal transferred the plant of the Indiana Rolling Mills company located west of the city. The reconstituted facility was leveled by the March 11 tornado and is now owned by 8S A Ingersoll of the Galesburg Coulter Disc company of Galesburg Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Ind
Indiana Rolling Mills Company
Ingersoll
Galesburg Coulter Disc Company
Galesburg
Ill
Great Lakes wool convention to aid cut-over lands
A Chicago or Milwaukee wool convention in late August, backed by the National Sheep and Wool bureau, seeks to replace 60 million acres of sheep grazing land taken by homesteaders. Twenty to thirty million acres of cut-over land in Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota near Chicago will be offered to sheepmen from western states. Some large outfits have already leased or bought land in the central states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee
National Sheep and Wool Bureau
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Named to head educators in 1917 NEA race
Mary C. C. Bradford, Colorado state superintendent of public instruction, was named by the nominating committee as a candidate for president of the National Education Association for 1917 18 at the Portland convention. The election followed the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ofe
Mary C. C. Bradford
British battleship Vanguard destroyed by July 9 explosion
London reports the destruction of the British battleship Vanguard, a predreadnought of 19,350 tons, by an explosion on July 9. The vessel, laid down in 1908, was officially confirmed as lost by the admiralty.
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London
Vanguard
Admiralty
Woman Sentenced to Hang in Windsor Poison Murder
Hartford July 14 Mrs Amy BE Archer Gilligan was found guilty of poisoning Franklin R Andrews on May 30 1914. Andrews was an inmate at her Windsor home for elderly people. She was sentenced to hang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Amy BE
Archer-Gilligan
Franklin R. Andrews
Andrews
Windsor
Markets Report From Chicago Kansas City And East Buffalo
The recap covers hog and cattle receipts and price ranges in Chicago, Kansas City, and East Buffalo with notes on light to heavy hogs, steers, cows, and calves. Grain and produce quotes include wheat corn oats butter eggs and various vegetables and fruits with regional price bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas City
East Buffalo
Dunning and
Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Wilson letter urges action on food bill and control plan
President Wilson writes to Senator Martin urging passage of government control of foodstuffs and fuel as in the original house bill. He rejects Gore's substitute and calls for prompt action. He opposes extending control to steel and related products and disputes Smoot's proposal to buy all bonded distilled beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Martin
Wilson
Gore
Congress
Smoot
Finnish Diet Advances Bill for Independence
Petrograd reports the Finnish diet passed a second reading of a bill to establish Finnish independence. The move sparked a crisis led by N C Tcheidse who travels to Helsingfors to resolve differences, while Premier Lvoff recalls army ministers as cabinet debates Russia relations.
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Petrograd
N. C. Tcheidse
Council of Workmen’s and Soldiers
Helsingfors
Lvoff
Birzheviya
M. Looff
Finland
Russia
Baseball scores from Brooklyn and other rain weather
Baseball results list games across Brooklyn Pittsburgh Philadelphia Chicago New York Cincinnati and Boston St Louis with scores and pitcher lineups including Jacobs Fischer Steele W Wagner Meyers Killifer Rixey Tesreau Rariden Benton Gon zales Reulbach and Tragessor among others.
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Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Jacobs
Fischer
Cheney
Miller
Steele
Grimes
W. Wagner
Smith
Meyers
Philadelphia
Chicago
Douglas
Wilson
Alexander
Killifer
Demaree
Dilhoefer
Hiladelphia
Rixey
New York
Cincinnati
Mitchell
Ring
Clarke
Benton
Tesreau
Rariden
Boston
St. Louis
Horstman
May
Watson Packard
Gonzales
Reulbach
Barnes
Ragan
Tragessor
Tornadoes Struck Illinois Killings and Destruction Across Counties
A deadly cyclone swept through Fairmont Homer Champaign and Ogden causing one confirmed death Fannie Pritchard three years old and injuries to many including Mrs Henry Morrell John Anderson Mrs William Osborn and Dora Morrell among others Homes barns and the Homer high school were destroyed crops damaged and wire communications cut off The storm originated from the northwest and damaged areas from Ogden to Georgetown with reports of unroofed houses and crushed skulls in Champaign County
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Danville
Ill
Fairmont
Homer
Champaign
Fanny Pritchard
Frank Pritchard
Ogden
Here
Georgetown
Henry Morrell
Urbana
Fannie Pritchard
John Anderson
William Osborn
John Freeman
Dora Morrell
Sinking of Kansan Halts US Troop Supplies
War supplies consigned to American troops in France were lost when the American steamship Kansan was sunk by a German submarine. The vessel carried critical materiel for U S forces overseas and the incident underscores ongoing risks to convoy shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New York
France
Young Roosevelt Accepts British Army Commission
News that Roosevelt junior, training at Plattsburg, has accepted a commission with the British army causes a stir. While the exact status is unknown, he is said to be attached to a British army staff operating in the east, likely Egypt, Asia Minor, or Mesopotamia. The Roosevelts have strong field experience, with two other sons serving under General Pershing in France.
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Roosevelt
Plattsburg
East
Egypt
Asia Minor
Mesopotamia
Exton
Africa
South America
Pershing
France
Theodore
Archibald Roosevelt
Man Declares Bryan Nominated Him for Congress
Danville Illinois July 14 A former census bureau worker William L Cundiff confined six weeks in an Insane hospital at Washing ton secured a new hearing and convinced Judge Siddons and a jury he was sane He claimed he was a personal friend of William Jennings Bryan and had nominated Bryan for congress at Weeping Water Nebraska in 1890 He defended himself and impressed court attaches with a logical argument that led to his release
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Danville
Ill
Washington
William L. Cundiff
Lane
Cundiff
Census Bureau
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Congress
Weeping Water
Neb
Bryan
Miners Leader Questions Federal Coal Rate
President Frank Farrington of the United Mine Workers of America doubts the FTC coal rate set after a Washington hearing. He believes Illinois residents had coal too cheap but may accept the new price once adjusted. He commented while visiting the governor’s office in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Frank Farrington
United Mine Workers of America
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Illinois
British May Revise Terms Amid War Talks
In London Lord Robert Cecil announced to the House of Commons that Britain has informed Russia of a readiness to discuss war aims with the Entente allies. He noted Britain was consulting with allied powers on the form such talks might take to advance the peace effort.
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Lord Cecil
Russia
London
Robert Cecil
House of Commons
States Called On For Quotas In Draft Plan
President Wilson lays out first draft call for 500000 men with 187000 more to fill regular army and national guard. New York tops quotas with 69241 followed by Pennsylvania 60859 and Illinois 51653. District of Columbia 929 and Oregon 717 taxed lowest. Quotas based on population estimates. final drawing rules to be announced after public posting.
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Washington
Regular Army
National Guard
New York
Empire State
Penneyivania
Oregon
Alaska
District of Columbia
Wilson
Ces Os Bureau
Moe
House
Rogers
Mascasetts
Arizona
Massachusetts
West
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Charlotte
N. C
Spartanburg
S. C
Pennsylvania
Augusta
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Anniston
Ala
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Greenville
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Macon
Michigan
Wisconsin
Waco
Texas
Illinois
Houston
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Deming
N. M
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Missouri
Fort Sill
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Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Ohio
West Virginia
Montgomery
Kentucky
Indiana
Hattiesburg
Miss
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alexandria
California
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Nevada
Linda Vista
Cal
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Idaho
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Palo Alto
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I. W. W. Teutons
Seattle
Wash
United States
Clay Allen
Allen
Santa Fe
Indiana Rolling Mills
Mrs. Bradford
Rose Pastor Stokes
Socialists
American Press Association
Louis
Bend
National League
Ww.l Pet. Or
Wil. Pet. N. Y
Chi
Phil
Brook
St. L
Best
Cin
Pitts
Illing
Fairmount
Champaign County
Kermit Roosevelt
Asylum
Miners’ Union
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