Catholic Party Grows Defiant as Prince Gains Power
Rome dispatches report the Kaiser is gradually ceding authority to the German crown prince amid Reichstag conferences. Michaelis’s maiden Reichstag speech is awaited as Hindenburg and Ludendorff press military and political talks. The Pan German Independent League opposes the majority peace program, warning of continued war and German ruin. Michaelis, a father of six, experiences war losses and public welfare duties.
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Washington
Rome
Germany
Italy
Berliner Tageblatt
Reichstag
Marschal von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Michaelis
Copenhagen
George Michaelis
von Bethmann-Holloweg
Marshal von Hindenburg
Ludendorf
Berlin
Emperor William
Dr. Michaelis
Pan-German Independent League
League
William
Hurley Set to Succeed Redfield in Cabinet
E Win N Hurley is reported to win a cabinet post by replacing Secretary Redfield. The move signals a reshuffle in the administration and could shift policy direction in the health and public service area.
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Redfield
I W W Held by U S as Columbus internment drags
El Paso July 17 military commanders lack instructions on how to deal with I W W inmates at Columbus. Eight alleged I W W agitators were seized by police for inquiry. William Moeller, wealthy real estate operator, was arrested by federal agents and is under investigation for alleged pro German activities.
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el Paso
Columbus
Washington
William Moeller
Illinois to Build Big War Aviation Center in Illinois
Illinois aims to become a great war aviation field with plans for Ashburn field Chicago as an aviation training camp. Other camps at Rantoul and Belleville are in operation, enabling hundreds of airplanes to fly between Chicago and Belleville via Rantoul.
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Washington
Illinois
War Department
Ashburn Field
Chicago
Rantoul
Central
Belleville
Militiaman Faces Trial After Riot Death
Private John McCafferty of the Second Illinois infantry is held by East St. Louis authorities after fatally stabbing seventeen year old Essenger. McCafferty says he acted during an altercation while returning on Collinsville avenue. Civil authorities will try him following a military inquiry.
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ST. Louis
John McCafferty
Company I
Second
Illinois Infantry
East St. Louis
John Risenger
McCafferty
Collinsville Avenue
Essenger
Henry R. Hill
Baseball results from Boston and New York games
The results show Boston beating Pittsburgh 8 16 2 in the first game with Cooper Ragan Grimes and Schmidt top hitters. Second game Pittsburgh 2 8 1 defeated by Boston 7 11 1. New York defeated Chicago 4 10 1 with Tesreau Benton and Rariden aiding. Brooklyn beat St. Louis 3 9 0 while Brooklyn 1 3 4 featured Pfeffer Meyers. Philadelphia beat Cincinnati 0 6 1 and 1 6 0 with Alexander Killifer.
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Pittsburgh
Jacobs
Grimes
Schmidt
Boston
Barnes
Tragessor
New York
Chicago
Vaughn
Douglas
Dilhoefer
Tesreau
Benton
Rariden
Brooklyn
Louis
Meadows
Snyder
Pfeffer
Meyers
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Cleveland New York 2 9 4 Bhawkey Nannamaker Bagby O Neill
Scores and lineups show Cleveland New York 2 9 4 with Bhawkey and Nannamaker against Bagby and O Neill. St Louis Boston 0 2 2 lists Fos ter Jones and Thomas versus Davenport and Severeid with final counts 2 5 0.
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Cleveland
New York
Bhawkey
Nannamaker
Bagby
O'Neill
St. Louis
Boston
Foster
Jones
Thomas
Davenport
Severeid
Four U boats sunk by U S fleet in France convoy action
German reports via Bern claim four of the largest German submarines were destroyed by American warships escorting the first American troop convoy to France. Separately the American steamer Grace was torpedoed and sunk with three dead and two wounded, including one American, and two large British liners Leyland and White Star were reported sunk by U boats last week.
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London
France
Bern
Rome
Central News
Washington
Grace
Naval Armed Guard
State Department
Standard Commercial Steamship Corpooration
Whitehall Street
New York
E. J. Farrell
New Jersey
van Wyke
Anderson
White Star Line
Manchester
Anne Morgan
Marshal Joffre
Poincare
Viviani
German plan to get Roosevelt is upset
Copenhagen reports President Wilson rejected sending Col Theodore Roosevelt to command an American army division in France. German navy circles feared a Teddy chaser flotilla of U boats would pursue Roosevelt, but his elimination reduced urgency for such action and dampened wartime expectations.
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Roosevelt
Copenhagen
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
France
America
Navy
Jay
T. R
Teddy
Quebec Mob Fights Draft at Anti Conscription Rally
Several thousand people gathered in Jacques Cartier market square for an anti conscription meeting. Senators and activists including Landry Lavergne Roy Letourneaux spoke and a resolution against conscription was adopted. Demonstrators smashed windows of the Quebec Chronicle and L Evenement which supported the draft law.
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Quebec
Jacques Cartier Market Square
Senator Landry
Armand Lavergne
Laetare Roy
Louis Letourneaux
Quebec Chronicle
L'Evenement
Friend of Roosevelt Ends Life in West Lake Park
Eugene Brady O'Neill, once a rough rider and a close associate of Colonel Roosevelt, an Arizona lawyer, shot himself in West Lake Park after leaving a note to his wife stating he feared insanity. He died instantly.
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Los Angeles
Eugene Brady O'Neill
Roosevelt
Arizona
West Lake Park
Russians Halt Foes March in Northern Front Shifts
War dispatches from Washington report a broad Russian battlefront from the Gulf of Riga to Roumania alive with action. German reinforcements move by sea toward Riga while Korniloff’s forces threaten Lemberg and the Carpathian front Germans retreat under Russian pressure. The Russian war department says 834 officers and 35,809 men were captured July 1–13 with 3 guns, 28 machine guns and other equipment seized.
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Washington
Gulf of Riga
Roumania
Petrograd
Riga
Lemberg
Korniloff
Carpathians
von Moedre
Kalusz
Carpathian
Trosdansky
Galicia
Russian War Department
Brussiloff
Lynn Shot Manufacturers Reject Conciliator Plan
Lynn Massachusetts on July 17 reports shot manufacturers rejected the plan of Federal Conciliator Benjamin to settle the strike that has closed thirty factories.
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Lynn
Mass
Benjamin
Willard Wild West Show Injunction Denied
Justice Hendrick rejected Jack Curley’s bid to bar Jess Willard from appearing with the Wild West show until September. He ruled Willard may earn summer income and Curley faces damages in an ongoing contract dispute.
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New York
Supreme Court
Hendrick
Jack Curley
Jess Willard
Curley
Willard
Oust Mooney Juror Upheld in Murder Trial
San Francisco reports juror John Welby was discharged from the Mooney murder case panel. His seat was automatically filled by the thirteenth juror as July 17 proceedings progressed.
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San Francisco
John Welby
Rena Mooney
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