German and Austro German Peace Talk Stir World
London and Washington note statements by Dr Michaelis and Count Czernin as collusive. Officials say Berlin Vienna aim to sway public opinion and delay war while no real concessions are offered. They warn peace would bow to militarist dictates and fear renewed Reichstag pressure if talks fail.
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London
Michaelis
Count Czernin
Belgium
Serbia
America
Herr Michaelis
France
Washington
Berlin
Vienna
Germany
Russia
Hollweg
Austria
Reichstag
Hans Sulzer Named Swiss Minister to the United States
Hans Sulzer has been appointed as the new Swiss minister to the United States. He succeeds the previous envoy and begins his diplomatic duties in Washington with a focus on strengthening bilateral ties and representing Swiss interests.
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Mr. Sulzer
Washington
Dr. Ritter
Germany
Sweltering Heat Threatens U S Perishable Foods
Washington reports sweltering heat across the nation endangering perishables. The Agriculture Department warns housewives to buy, can or dry surplus immediately or risk loss, as temperatures hit 90 to 100 degrees.
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Washington
America
Department of Agriculture
Department
Government Weather Bureau
No. 258 In Jail In Monmouth County Murder Case
Louis Vona holder of red number 258 in the fourth district of Monmouth county is jailed in Freehold awaiting trial for the murder of Joseph Lasalle in Asbury Park on the night of June 5.
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Asbury Park
Louis Vona
Monmouth County
Freehold
Joseph Lasalle
Harrison Gray Otis Dead
General Harrison Gray Otis president and general manager of the Los Angeles Times died at his son in law Harry Chandler's home in Los Angeles. Born February 10, 1837 in Ohio, he served in the Twelfth Ohio volunteers, was wounded twice and retired as major. His October 1910 building bombing killed twenty of his workers. Arrests and trials drew national attention.
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Los Angeles
Harrison Gray Otis
Los Angeles Times
Harry Chandler
General Otis
Ohio
Ohio Volunteers
Market Reports From Hogs Cattle and Grains
Hogs receipts 16 000 with light to fancy prices 13 50 to 15 95. Cattle receipts 6 500 with steers 12 00 to 13 25 and cows 7 75 to 8 50. Kansas City reports stronger hogs 15 20 to 16 15 and steady to higher cattle 12 75 to 13 90. East Buffalo quotes prime steers 13 00 to 13 50 and hogs 16 50 to 16 65. Cash grains corn 2 83 to 2 37, oats 81 82 c. Butter eggs poultry prices listed.
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Kansas City
East Buffalo
U S Transport Saratoga Collides With Panama Ship
July 31 report says the U S transport Saratoga at anchor was rammed by the Panama of the Panama Railroad Steamship Line. Rescue ships, including an American cruiser, evacuated all on board. no injuries reported. Also reported: British cruiser Ariadne torpedoed and sunk with 38 dead. crew saved.
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Atlantic
U. S
Saratoga
Panama
Panama Railroad
Tuel
London
Admiralty
Baseball Results From National League Games Summary
National League results show varied scores across cities including Pittsburgh Cincinnati St Louis Philadelphia and Boston. Notable pitchers Tesreau Marquard Rixey Bagby Ceveleskie and Sotheron appear with teams New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Chicago Boston and Cleveland.
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Pittsburgh
R.H.E. New York
Tesreau and Rariden
Carlson and Fischer
Cincinnati
R.H
Brooklyn
Marquard and
Meyers
Ring
Wingo
St. Louis
R. H. E. Philadelphia
Rus
Rixey
Killefer
Doak
Gonzales
Chicago
Philadelphia
R. H. EB. Cleveland
Bagby
Billings
Myers and
New York
Sotheron
Severeid
Fisher
Nanamaker
Boston
Switchmen Strike Ends in Chicago Railroads Restore Traffic
Locomotives pulled freight trains out of Chicago yards as strike ends at 5 30 am and traffic returns to normal. The conciliators announce that the closed shop issue is settled with a clause that guards all other workers rights and rejects a closed shop rule.
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Chicago
Too Near Track Three Hit
Three men were injured when a southbound C O train sideswiped an express track too close to the main line at Richmond station. Leo Holm of Beesons Station, 34, is hospitalized with internal injuries and may die. William Fitzgibbons a plumber and Frank Veal a shopman were also hurt as the engine threw the truck into a crowd waiting for the train.
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Richmond
Ind
Leo Holm
Beesons
William Fitzgibbons
Frank Veal
Beer buried for a hot day unearthed in Russiaville
In Kokomo Indiana on July 31 police dug up three hundred beer bottles buried in a large wooden box across from the traction station in Russiaville. Asbury Willis is charged with illegal possession and sale of the beer.
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Kokomo
Ind
Russiaville
Asbury Willis
Shells Rain on the Aisne Paris Frontline Duels
French official statement reports violent artillery duels in the Aisne and Verdun regions with German surprise attacks repulsed at various points along the front.
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Aisne
Paris
Verdun
New York Man Named to U S Shipping Board
Bainbridge Colby of New York is appointed to the United States Shipping Board, a post expanding government oversight of maritime affairs. The appointment places Colby among key figures shaping national maritime policy amid evolving trade and wartime logistics.
British Aviators Arrested Near Roanoke For Forged Orders
In Roanoke Virginia on July 31 L F Dean and Frank Farber wearing Royal Flying Corps uniforms were arrested twenty miles from the city for allegedly delivering forged orders to a local hardware firm. They claimed credentials and said they were bound from Toronto to Miami on a secret mission awaiting British officer confirmation in Canada.
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Roanoke
Royal Flying Corps
L. F. Dean
Frank Farber
United States
Canada
Dean
Toronto
Miami
New Browning Gun Claimed to Be Illinois Troop Game Changer
Chicago July 31 An improved Browning machine gun may replace the Vickers Maxims and Lewis guns as Illinois militia regiments prepare for firing line service. Officers praise its light weight about 75 pounds versus 175 for the Maxim, and test reports cite a Browning firing 40 000 rounds without jamming. Captain Patrick J. Dodd notes southern practice shows high reliability.
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Chicago
Ill
Patrick J. Dodd
7Th Infantry
Illinois
Springfield seeks mayor aid to end car strike
Springfield Illinois strikers urge Mayor Baumann to convene a conference with A J Mackie general manager of the street car company and union representatives to settle the labor dispute. The union seeks recognition as the obstacle to a settlement while Mackie again refuses to meet with union men. Also mentions a car accident injuring Vonlfurm Falley and August Bregeman returning from a picnic.
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Springfield
Baumann
A. J. Mackie
Mackie
Ceterwinton
Wilson Victory In Food Fight Conferees Upheld One Administrator
Washington July 31 Conferees accepted the house plan for a single food administrator not subject to confirmation, over a proposed three member board. President Wilson pressed against a three member board and a congressional committee on wartime expenditures. Debate noted possible veto, though no intimation given. Senate began debate on prohibition amendment.
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House
Committee
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Chamberlain
Smith
South Carolina
Kenyon
Warren
Gore
Georgia
Page
Congressional
Senator Chamberlain
White House
Congress
Iowa Troops Begin Deming Training Camp Move
Des Moines July 31. One company from each Iowa national guard unit will depart for the Deming New Mexico training camp immediately under War Department orders. The rest of the troops will leave about August 10.
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Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Deming
N. M
War Department
Rioters Are Captured in Waco Guarded by Army
All of the negro soldiers of the Twenty-fourth Infantry who engaged in the rioting Sunday night have been captured and are under guard in Waco Texas July 1.
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Waco
Tex
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Washington moves to probe bread production and pricing
A conference involving the federal trade commission, the department of agriculture, and the food administration completed plans to investigate breadstuffs. The inquiry will study grain production and bread manufacture for economic violations, with findings referred to justice and administration authorities.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Agriculture
The
Food Administration
Trade Commission
Agricultural Department
Department of Justice
TROOPS FOR GOGEBIC STRIKE PREPARED GUARDS ON DUTY
Go gebic iron range readies for strike after a mass meeting. Guards at mines on duty since 5 a m with twenty extra police sworn in at Ironwood and similar numbers at Bessemer. Michigan constabulary to augment with fifty troopers and horses ordered by Governor Sleeper to deter illegal disruption of workers heading to their jobs.
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Bessemer
Mich
Gogebic Iron Range
Ironwood
Michigan Constabulary
Sleeper
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August Bregeman
Wilson Victor
Herbert C. Hoover
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