Kerensky Moves to Thwart Monarchy Revival in Russia
London reports a fast-developing crisis as Petrograd faces riots and a potential counter-revolution to revive the monarchy. Kerensky counters with measures including a Moscow national council on July 31, an ultimatum to Kronstadt, and orders to retake Tarnopol. The front in Galicia sees German progress and Russian resistance under Korniloff, with Roumanians pushing the Austro German lines. 30,000 mutineers cited as tipping the Russian defense into disarray amid political unrest in Petrograd.
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Petrograd
Kenensky
Kerensky
Constitutional Assembly
Moscow
Kronstadt
Tarnopol
Ternopol
William
Korniloff
Galicia
Kolomea
Czernowitz
Korniloft
Suchitza
Sereth
Dniester
Carpathians
Luther Burbank Plant Wizard At Home
Luther Burbank, famed plant wizard, remains at his California home amid ongoing work on horticultural methods and experimental trials. A celebrated figure in botany, he continues to influence gardening and agricultural science through his longstanding research and public lectures.
Wine and beer put up to Wilson again
Washington reports the food bill liquor section rewritten by the senate and house conferees. The President would hold power to halt wine and beer production during the war and to limit alcohol content, without the earlier bone dry or wine and beer specific prohibitions.
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Wilson
Washington
Senate
House
Strikes At Alien Slackers In War Effort
Washington reports the Senate military affairs committee voted unanimously to report Senator Chamberlains measure allowing aliens in the United States to be drafted under the Selective Service Act. Chamberlain plans to push the bill to the Senate promptly, though action may wait until after the prohibition debate ends Wednesday.
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Washington
United States
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Chamberlain
Senate
Four of Five Are Unfit in Pittsburgh Draft
Exemption board reports under-60 percent fit among first quota in Pittsburgh Twenty-third ward. From fifty-six examined Wednesday, thirty-six likely exempt. from thirty-two Thursday, twenty-two may be exempt.
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Pittsburgh
Lenine Captured After Broad Manhunt in Petrograd
Petrograd reports Nicholai Lenine a pacifist agitator and alleged German spy, a fugitive since July 22, arrested after the greatest manhunt Russia has known.
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Petrograd
Nicholai Lenine
Russia
Russian Mission Arrives in Topeka with Guards Salute
The Russian mission led by Lieutenant General Roop reached Topeka Kansas amid welcomes from hundreds of Russian residents and local and state officials. Battery A of the Kansas National Guard fired a salute as the train pulled in.
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Topeka
Kan
Roop
Battery A
Kansas National Guard
War Cost Estimates Seek 17 Billion First Year
Secretary McAdoo testified before the senate finance committee that the first year of the war could cost about 17 billion dollars. He detailed 11.65 billion in past and proposed expenditures with 10.74 billion to be spent this year, and noted the army and navy together near ten billion dollars in needs.
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Washington
McAdoo
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Shipping Board
Congress
Navy
War Department
War Divisions
General Crozier
Ordnance
General Black
Engineering
General Sharpe
Quartermaster’s Department
General Squier
Aviation
Finnish Independence Move Faces Russian Refusal
In Petrograd the socialist majority in Finland drafts an address to the Russian provisional government with the notification of Finland’s independence law. The provisional government rejects validity of the measure after Michael Stakovich’s report. Stakovich says he will resign, but Russia will keep his staff at Helsingfors to avoid recognizing Finland’s independence.
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Petrograd
Landtng
Michael Stakovich
Finland
Stakovich
Hellesingfors
Russia
Mr. Gould
Mrs. Gould
Germans Renew Attacks on Moronvilliers Front
Paris reports in Champagne Germany launched five successive waves against French positions near Moronvilliers after a heavy bombardment. The war office says French fire repelled and broke up the assaults.
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Paris
Champagne
Moronvilliers
War Office
M'adoo Delays Congress to October or Later
Washington reports that Congress likely will not finish work before October 1 with some predicting adjournment as late as November 1. Officials doubt the August 15 adjournment, noting Secretary McAdoo's request for a large war budget as a key factor delaying action.
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Washington
Congress
McAdoo
Live Stock Markets Across Markets and Commodities
Chicago live stock prices show hog receipts 19,000 with light shipping at 15.25 to 15.60 and heavy packing 13.25 to 14.35. cattle receipts 4,000 with steers 11.85 to 13.25 and cows 7.75 to 8.50. vealers 13.00 to 13.50. Kansas City hogs 2,000, packers and butchers 15.30 to 15.80. cattle prime fed 12.75 to 13.80, western steers 9.00 to 12.80. Dunning and Stevens in East Buffalo quote slower cattle and stronger hogs. wheat 2.55 for No 2 rough, corn 2.26 to 2.82, oats 0.79 to 0.81. Produce prices include butter 36 to 38 cents, eggs 26 to 32 cents, poultry and dressed poultry varying by type, vegetables with cabbage 1.50 to 2.00 per 100 pounds and potatoes 1.25 to 4.40 per unit. Fruits show apples and berries with varied prices across regions.
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Kansas City
Allies Declare War to Finish Peace Resolution Rejected
Paris report: allied powers vow to continue the war until their aims are achieved and to prevent a German crime. London: MacDonald’s peace resolution is defeated 148 to 19 as Parliament discusses terms and calls for broader inclusion of peoples in postwar talks.
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Paris
Balkan
London
House of Commons
James Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Great Britain
Admiral Capfs Succeeds Goethals in Cargo Fleet Build
Admiral W. L. Capfs takes over from Goethals as head of a project to construct a cargo fleet. The shift signals continuity in shipping expansion and planning for wartime logistics.
Illinoisan killed in Upset on state road near Beardstown
William Summers of Meredosia Illinois was killed when the automobile he rode in turned turtle on the state road east of Beardstown.
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Jacksonville
Ill
William Summers
Meredosia
Beardstown
Baseball Results From City Matchups
Results from four games include Cincinnati beating Philadelphia 6 to 4 with Mayer Bender and Burns credited, Toney and Wingo for Cincinnati. Chicago over New York 11 to 3 with Sallee Gibson and Rariden. Demaree and Dilhoefer for New York. Pittsburgh defeated Brooklyn 5 to 1 with Coombs Wheat. Cooper and Fischer. St Louis edged Boston 14 to 3 behind Allen Ragan Necht Barnes Tragesser and Rice. Packard Ames and Snyder.
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Philadelphia
Mayer
Bender and Burns
Toney
Wingo
Chicago
New York
Sallee
Gibson
Rariden
Demaree
Dilhoefer
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Coombs
Wheat
Cooper
Fischer
St. Louis
Boston
Allen
Rag
Baseball score summary from early American League games
In New York Chicago and Philadelphia Detroit matchups the box scores show teams posting varied runs and hits. Pitchers Rus, Cicotte, Lynn, Ehmke, Stanage, Boehling, Lambeth, Coombe and Billings contributed in separate games with Caldwell, Love, Mogridge, Shock er, Walters, Johnson, Anderson, Meyer, Gallia, Henry, Morton, Gould, Deberry, Shaw and Ainsmith listed among the players.
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Chicago
Russell
Cicotte
Lynn
Caldwell Love Mogridge
Shocker
Walters
Philadelphia
Detroit
Ehmke
Stanage
Johnson
Anderson
Meyer
Washington
Cleveland
Boehling
Lambeth
Coombe
Billings
Gallia
Henry
Morton
Gould
Deberry
Shaw
Ainsmith
Wheat 54 Bushels to Acre Near Acra
Brookville Indiana July 27 4 BF Walthers thrashed thirty one acres of wheat averaging nearly forty four bushels per acre in a local field report shipped from Acra.
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Acra
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