German Chancellor Michaelis faces peace choice with no annexations
Amsterdam reports a confrontational session forcing Dr George Michaelis to answer if he favors peace with no annexations and indemnities. The crisis tests if he can steer Germany from war or be sidelined by a Reichstag bloc. Washington sees peacelike terms with freedom of seas and no sting in a proposed settlement.
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Amsterdam
Reicheiag
George Michaelis
Michaelis
Teuton Empire
Bethmann-Hollweg
Kaiser
Berlin
Reichstag
Washington
State Department
Center
Progressives Social Democrats
Wilson
Stein
von Stein
Anzeiger
Duesseldorf
German National Union
Germany
Tirpitz
Admiral von Tirpitz
Goethals Aids Path To Dictatorship With Ludendorff
The passage claims Gen George W. Goethals will prepare the way for a dictatorship with General Erich Ludendorff in supreme control, signaling a shift toward autocratic power in the military leadership.
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Ludendorff
German gains in trench near Malancourt wood confirmed
Berlin reports enemy trenches captured near Malancourt wood and along the Malancourt Esnes road were penetrated. In the north the front from the Yser to the Lys saw intensified artillery fighting.
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Berlin
Malancourt Wood
Malancourt-Esnes
War Office
Yser
Lys
Lioness Elusive in Death as When Alive Near Sangamon River
July 19 Monticello Illinois Theodore Roosevelt will not join Pratt county lion hunt after a phantom lioness carcass is found in the Sangamon river near Allerton ranch. Elmer Dewitt, who lost a collie to the animal, rediscovered the carcass in a decoy canoe after a capsized trip along riverbanks. The lioness remains elusive even in death as in life.
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Monticello
Ill
Theodore Roosevelt
Pratt County
Sangamon River
Allerton
Elmer Dewitt
Dewitt
Cattle Killer Still Busy Across Elkhart County
An unknown assailant prowls Elkhart County Indiana striking cattle. Milo Hershberger reports a cow killed by blunt force near Middlebury. Addison Swart finds a cow slashed to death. Christian Umbaugh loses 25 cattle to poison in Nappanee pasture. eight die and others critical. Authorities have not located a culprit or crew.
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Goshen
Ind
Elkhart County
Milo Hershberger
Middlebury
Addison Swart
Christian Umbaug
Nappanee
Senators Attack Big Aviation Bill With Amendments
Washington July 19 Senators Hartwick and Owen blocked the $640000 aviation bill by offering amendments. Vardamen said he would not vote for the bill as it stood. Hartwick attacked the draft clause saying it could force aviator drafts and was unwise and unnecessary. Owen urged committee review of contracts to curb graft and questioned paying 25000 for a 5000 dollar plane.
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Washington
Hardwick
Georgia
Owen
Oklahoma
Vardamen
Mississippi
Hartwick
Orders Negroes Be Searched In Omaha Riots Fear
Omaha, July 19. Chief of Police orders all negroes to be searched for firearms. Tension rises as negroes take over white men's jobs amid union strikes and riots are feared.
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Omaha
Neb
Baseball Results From NYC Chicago and Other Games
Scores show New York beating Chicago 4 10 1 in two games with Prendergast and Wilson on New York. Brooklyn defeats St Louis 5 7 1 as Ames Horstman May Watson Snyder work for Brooklyn. Philadelphia tops Cincinnati 3 6 2 while Mayer Killifer c ollects for Philadelphia. Boston defeats Pittsburgh 6 10 4 with Tyler Barnes Ragan Trages sor in two games. Second game Pittsburgh loses 2 6 1 as Rudolph Tragessor helps Boston.
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New York
Chicago
Douglas
Prendergast
Wilson
Perritt
Rariden
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Ames
Horstman
May
Watson
Snyder
Cheney
Miller
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Toney
Clarke
Mayer
Killifer
Boston
Pittsburgh
Baseball scores from a doubleheader across American League teams
In Detroit and Chicago matchups plus Cleveland New York and St Louis Boston games the columns show inning by inning scoring with pitchers and catchers named. Notable line shows Cleveland beating New York in ten innings and Chicago defeating Washington with strong later innings.
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Detroit
Philadelphia
Seobold
Schang
Boland
Stanage
Johnson
Bush
Haley
Meyer
James
Cunningham
Chicago
Washington
Harper
Shaw
Henry
Ainsmith
Benz
Schalk
Gallia
Ayers
Danforth
Russell
Cleveland
New York
Caldwell
Fisher
Morton
Covaleski
Billings
Deberry
St. Louis
Boston
Mays Smd Agnew
Koob
Rngers
Severeid
Police arrest three East St. Louis officers in riot
On July 19 Coroner C C Renner issued mittimus orders for Sergeant Don Meehan Patrolman James O Brien and Chauffeur Albert H Wilson of the East St. Louis force for alleged participation in the levee riot. They face charges connected to the July 3 shooting that left two black men dead and two white men later dying, raising white fatalities to nine.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Don Meehan
James O'Brien
Albert H. Wilson
C. C. Renner
First Woman Applies for Farm Labor Job in Chicago
Miss May Moore of Kansas Montana becomes the first woman to seek a farm labor position at the local United States employment bureau in Chicago. She requests work and faces the bureau's inquiry into her suitability for agricultural labor.
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Chicago
United States Employment Bureau
May Moore
Kansas
Montana
No Draft In Hamilton County Nebraska Volunteers Rise
Omaha Nebraska July 19 No man will be drafted from Hamilton county Neb Hamilton county s quota is 145 men but the county has furnished 151 volunteers
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Omaha
Neb
Hamilton County
Increased fighting on Roumanian and Russian fronts reported
Berlin reports heightened activity on the Roumanian front with artillery battles in Archduke Joseph and Field Marshal von Mackensen sectors. In the Riga region including Dvinsk and Smorgon the artillery fighting intensified on the northern Russo Galician front.
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Berlin
Archduke Joseph
von Mackensen
Riga
Dvinsk
Smorgon
Dr. Paul Ritter Leaves Here August 2
Dr. Paul Ritter is set to depart the area on August 2. He will relocate to pursue new medical opportunities and will conclude duties at the local clinic by the departure date.
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Ritter
Hague
Washington
Berne
Moros Plans Forming Regiment for American Force
Manila July 19 plans are under way to form a full regiment of Moros with the aim of eventual attachment to the American expeditionary force in France.
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Manila
P. I
France
Markets Bid on Hogs and Cattle Across Regions
Chicago live stock receipts 29 000 hogs with light shipping prices 14.30 to 15.00 and heavy packing 13.75 to 14.75. Cattle receipts 15 000 with steers 12.25 to 13.10 and cows 8.40 to 9.40. Kansas City hogs 7 000 with values around 14.60 to 15.55 and cattle 10 000 with prime fed steers 12.50 to 13.80. East Buffalo quotes prime steers 13.00 to 13.50 and hogs 15.80 to 15.90, lambs 15.00 to 16.00. Wheat 232 per spring, corn around 2.04, oats 0.76 to 0.77. Poultry and produce varied with prices for fowls, broilers, and eggs listed.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Ewestern
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Revolt Rife in Russ Garrisons Amid Petrograd Turmoil
In Petrograd a counter revolution grows with army unit participation and a weakened provisional government led by Kerensky. Finnish and Ukrainian independence drives deepen Russia’s internal split while front line reverses and British tanks aid in Galicia.
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Petrograd
Ukraine
Russia
Galicia
Kerensky
Finland
Nevsky Prospekt
All Russia
M. Kerensky
Russian War Office
Kalusz
Hovica
Teutons
Korniloff
Teuton Big Gang
Brzezany
Halicz
Berlin
Held in Court Plaster Plot in Kansas
Fred Robertson United States district attorney of Kansas said three men were arrested in separate towns for a plot to spread terror by disease inoculation with court plaster. Government tests found tentanus germs on plasters and more germs pending identification. Names of the three men were withheld to prevent lynching. An 18 month old baby fell from a third story window in Omaha but was unharmed aside from crying.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Fred Robertson
United States District Attorney of
Kan
W.S. Smith
Robertson
Omaha, Neb
Samuel Parker
Angelus Apartments
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Geo. W. Goethals
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Tragessor
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Kenensky
Galician Front
Paul Ritter
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Cash Grain
Tpinach
T. Lobu
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