German Chancellor Faces Yes or No Peace Ultimatum
Amsterdam reports Dr. George Michaelis, new imperial chancellor, must answer yes or no to peace without annexations and indemnities. The Reichstag bloc reportedly backs removing him if he defies it, signaling whether he can steer Germany toward peace or fall from power. The U S signals peace by negotiation with freedom of seas and no postwar sting. General von Stein and Admiral von Tirpitz urge confidence and time for U boats.
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Amsterdam
George Michaelis
Michael Is
Teuton Empire
Bethmann-Hollweg
Kaiser
Berlin
Reichstag
Washington
State Department
Center
Progressives Social Democrats
Pat
Wilson
Stein
von Stein
Anzeiger
Duesseldorf
German National Union
Germany
Tirpitz
Admiral von Tirpitz
Michaelis
Gen Goethals Shipbuilding Plan Halted After Start
General Goethals shipbuilding program aimed to commandeer 1.5 million tons new construction, federalize yards to build standardized ships, contract two government plants for 400 steel merchantmen, and invest 3,000,000 for production in eighteen months. The shipbuilding board has halted the plans.
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General Goethals
The
Shipbuilding Board
Military Aims Outlined Under Ludendorff Control
A fragment recalls a plan to prepare the path for a dictatorship with General Ludendorff in supreme command, signaling a shift toward centralized military authority and concentrated power.
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Ludendorff
German gains near Malancourt wood reported
Berlin reports trenches recently captured by Germans near Malancourt wood and on both sides of the Malancourt Esnes road were penetrated by the French. Northern front from the Yser to the Lys sees increased artillery fighting.
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Berlin
Malancourt Wood
Malancourt-Esnes
War Office
Yser
Lys
Lioness as Elusive Dead as When Alive
Teodore Roosevelt will not join a Pratt county lion hunt. The phantom lioness carcass was found in the Sangamon river near Allerton ranch after Elmer Dewitt, whose collie was killed by the lioness, capsized a decoy canoe. The carcass floated downstream, elusive in death as in life.
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Monticello
Ill
Teodore Roosevelt
Pratt County
Sangamon River
Allerton Ranch
Elmer Dewitt
Dewitt
Cattle killer roaming Elkhart county arouses panic
In Goshen Indiana on July 19 a mysterious cattle killer strikes across Elkhart county. Farmers report missing cows half a dozen casualties with deaths after axe or knife wounds and poisoned stock. Milo Hershberger Addison Swart and Christian Umbaug witness losses totaling about 1500 dollars while authorities seek leads.
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Goshen
Ind
Elkhart County
Milo Hershberger
Middlebury
Addison Swart
Christian Umbaug
Nappanee
Senators Ask Light On Big Aviation Bill
Washington July 19 Senators Hardwick of Georgia and Owen of Oklahoma delay a 640000 aviation bill by offering two amendments Other lawmakers object Vardaman Mississippi would not vote for the bill as written Hardwick opposed a clause letting the President draft aviators Owen urged committee review of contracts to curb graft and cited paying 25000 for a 5000 airplane as wasteful
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Washington
Hardwick
Georgia
Owen
Oklahoma
Vardamen
Mississippi
Police orders spark tension over job shifts in Omaha
Chief of Police announces searches for firearms among all African Americans as riots feared amid union strikes. City officials express concern over rising number of Black workers taking white jobs.
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Omaha
Neb
Baseball results from New York Chicago and other games
Baseball scores show New York beating Chicago 4 to 1 with Prendergast and Wilson. Brooklyn defeating St. Louis 5 to 1. Philadelphia over Cincinnati 3 to 1. Boston blanking Pittsburgh 8 to 0 in the first game and 12 to 2 in the second. Pittsburgh’s other game 6 to 2 loss to 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
Steele
Fischer
Tyler
Barnes
Ragan
Tragessor
Carlson
Rudolph
Baseball Scores and Lineups From Early American League Games
In Detroit and Chicago matchups the box scores show pitchers and catchers listed with team names and run totals. Notable pairs include Seobold and Schang for Detroit against Philadelphia, and Johnson and Haley against Detroit. Cleveland faced New York in a ten inning affair with Caldwell and Russell, while St Louis battled Boston with Mays and Agnew delivering run relief.
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Detroit
Philadelphia
Seobold
Schang
Boland
Stanage
Johnson
Bush
Haley
Meyer
James
Cunningham
Chicago
Washington
Harper
Shaw
Henry
Ainsmith
Benz
Schalk
Cleveland
New York
Caldwell
Russell
Fisher
Morton
Covaleski
Billings
Deberry
St. Louis
Boston
Mays
Sid Agnew
Koob
Rngers
Severeid
Rioting Arrests in East St Louis Officials Named
Police Sergeant Don Meehan Patrolman James O Brien and Chauffeur Albert H Wilson were ordered arrested on min timuses by Coroner C C Renner for rioting. They faced charges tied to the levee shooting on July 3 in which two Black victims died and two additional white men killed raised the toll 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 apply at the local United States employment bureau for a position as a farm laborer in Chicago on July 19. The applicant seeks farm work and notes her background in agriculture.
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Chicago
United States Employment Bureau
May Moore
Kansas
Montana
Hamilton county to furnish 151 volunteers
Omaha Nebraska July 19 report states Hamilton county will not see any draft. The county quota is 145 men but has contributed 151 volunteers. Local authorities confirm excess volunteers beyond the quota.
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Omaha
Neb
Hamilton County
Increased activity on Roumanian and Russo-Galician fronts
The official bulletin reports heightened activity on the Roumanian front with revived artillery fighting in Archduke Joseph and Field Marshal von Mackensen sectors. In the north, around Riga Dvinsk and Smorgon, artillery exchanges grew more severe.
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Berlin
Archduke Joseph
von Mackensen
Riga
Dvinsk
Smorgon
Markets Report From ChicagoKansas City and East Buffalo
Chicago hogs and cattle prices and receipts. Kansas City hogs and cattle prices and receipts. East Buffalo livestock quotes with hogs cattle sheep and produce values. grains and produce prices including wheat corn oats and berries and apples.
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Kansas City
Ewestern
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Revolt Rife in Russ Garrisons and Independence Moves
Petrograd reports a counterrevolution brewing with army participation in city garrisons. Kerensky clings to power as Fin land and Ukraine push for independence amid internal disunity. British tanks aid Russians in Galicia as front setbacks and clashes escalate.
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Petrograd
Galicia
Council of Workmen’s
Kerensky
Finland
Ukraine
Nevsky Prospekt
All Russia
M. Kerensky
Russian War Office
Kalusz
Hovica
Teutons
Korniloff
Teuton
Brzezany
Halicz
Berlin
Plans for Moros regiment in American force
Manila reports plans under way to form a full Moro regiment with the aim of attaching it to the American expeditionary force in France. Local officials expect recruitment and training to begin promptly.
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Manila
P. I1
France
Plaster Plot Arrests Reported In Kansas Inoculation Scheme
Kansas City officials say three men were arrested in separate towns for a plot to spread terror by inoculation through court plaster. Tests found tentanus germs on plasters. other germs may exist. Names withheld to prevent lynching. In Omaha an eighteen month old baby fell from a third story window and cried out, with no injuries found by the doctor.
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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
American Press Association
Carcass
National League
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W._L
Gallia
Ayers
Danforth
W. L. Pet W._L. Pet Chi
Det
Bost
Wash
Cleve
Phil
St L
Roumania
Alexander Kerensky
Kenensky
Galician Front
Cash Grain
T. LO
Paul Ritter
U. S
Ritter
Hague
Berne
Russia
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