Rules for Army Drafting Issued at Washington
Washington July 8 proceedings outline Wilson era draft regulations for local and district boards. Exemptions cover officers ministers divinity students military or naval service and German subjects. other residents await eligibility and appeals. Registration, board composition, appeals, and quota apportionment are defined with oversight by Provost Marshal General Crowder.
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United States
Washington
National Army
Baker
Wilson
Congress
Iistary
United Staes Ated
Germany
Trienals
Qiarshal
Crowder
Enoch E. Crowder
Aod
Ariaere
Certin
Stemg
Vach
Federal Judicial Dister
District of
Olurotia
Indy
Bos
Columbine Caetas
Cael
Columubia
National Guard
Ephe District Boards
United States Marshal
Ustrict Board
Exemption Categories in Wartime Civil Service
List outlining groups exempt from wartime service or duties including officers, ministers, military members, aliens without first papers, local officials, clerks, workers in arsenals, pilots, married men with dependents, dependents’ kin, morally deficient individuals, and members of pre-1917 religious sects forbidding participation in war.
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United States
States
Territories
District of Columbia
Germany
Honus Wagner Named Manager of Pittsburgh Pirates
Honus Wagner, the veteran star, is appointed manager of the Pittsburgh baseball club to succeed James Callaghan. The move places Wagner at the helm as the Pirates seek leadership beyond Callaghan’s tenure.
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Honus Wagner
Pittsburgh
Pirate
Pittsburgh Baseball Club
James Calla- Tha
Wilson Calls For Equality In National Army Draft
President Wilson unveils draft regulations aiming for equal treatment and minimal personal headship in selecting soldiers. He urges local and district boards to perform duties impartially, stressing loyalty, patriotism, and justice to recruit a front line army without sense of injustice. Signed Woodrow Wilson.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Selec
National Guard
Agnd
Woodrow Wilson
Senate Prohibition Clash Eases Over Gore Substitution
Washington on July 8 the agriculture committee endorsed Senator Gore's substitute to halt beverage distillation and grant the president power to suspend beer and wine production. The chamberlain plan was rejected by the committee.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Gore
Chamberlain
British in successful raid east of Hargicourt
An official statement reports a successful raid east of Hargicourt with seven prisoners captured. Several Germans were killed as a raiding party attempted to regain trenches near Loos but was pushed back.
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Hargicourt
London
Ndt
Loos
Auto bandits flee with payroll near Chicago
Five armed men halted Clarence Beard a cashier for National Tea as he left John Rump's private bank with the firm payroll. They escaped with an estimated 15 000 to 20 000 dollars during a July 3 incident in Chicago.
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Chicago
Clarence Beard
The
National Tea Company
John Rump
Pershing absolves American correspondents over premature landing report
General Pershing in Paris absolves U S correspondents for a premature landing story as editors praise American troops arriving in France. A Paris editorial notes the high pace of U S entry, the sizable force, and the strong equipment as Gen Pershing praises restraint and warns of public danger from early reports.
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General Pershing
Paris
Trench
Journal Des Debats
New World
John J. Pershing
United States
America
Intelligence Department
Lens Wrecked as Fierce Fighting Rages Around Lens
Berlin reports Lens is a heap of ruins with British encirclement continuing strongly. In Vienna a Vienna report says Field Marshal von Hindenburg has gone to the eastern front to direct Austro German armies amid intensified Russian offensive pressure.
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Hindenburg
Berlin
Lens
Amsterthan
von Hindenburg
Hong
Vienna
28 Drown When Car Plunges Into Niagara
Niagara Falls New Jersey July 3 A Niagara Gorge route car crowded with sightseers plunged into the river above Whirlpool Rapids. Thirteen bodies recovered and police with National Guard officers report 28 dead and 39 injured. Rescue by guardsmen using ropes and emergency cars saved survivors as the car slid 60 feet below the diversion point on a washed out roadbed.
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Niagara Falls
N. J
Niagara Gorge
National Guard
Marton Lloyd Schumaker
Akron
P. Mack
Princeton
Ind
Ars
I. M. Raftery
Leland Are True
Chicago
James
Kemp
Scranton
Harvey G. Phelps
Schenectady
N. Y
Bertha Seastrom
Jamestown
N.Y
Alexander Heron
LF. Wallace
Louis E. Crandall
Alexander Treron
Lewiston
Two More Negroes Killed in Race Disturbance
East St. Louis August 32 Two Negroes were shot and killed Monday afternoon in race riots after their attempt to kill William Keys er a local hardware merchant Keys er was shot and seriously wounded Himais Guardsmen patrol streets with fixed bayonets as a result of renewed disturbances about fifty Negroes held in police station
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East St. Louis
William Keyser
Keyser
Himais
Aviator Riessinger Dies in Air Duel Over Europe
Amsterdam reports the German aviator Riessinger who had four kills died after his last flight. He reportedly set fire to a British aircraft but the enemy rammed Riessinger’s plane, and both men perished in the fall.
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Amsterdam
Frankfurter Zeitung
Riessinger
Reissinger
French Regain Trenches in Aisne Offensive
Paris July 3 The French countered with a tunnel attack and recaptured positions along the Aisne front near the Aitley Paissy road as the war office reports.
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Paris
Sevens Mans
Aisne
Aitley-Paissy Road
Prohibition Leader Attacks Wilson on Beer Provisions
Virgil G. Hinshaw, chairman of the national committee of the Prohibition party, issued a statement criticizing President Wilson for asking Prohibition leaders not to delay the food control bill by insisting on retaining provisions affecting beer and light wine manufacture.
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Virgil G. Hinshaw
National Committee of
Prohibition Party
Washington
Wilson
Prohibition
Heavier Tariffs Aimed At Railroads In 1916
The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected a petition for 15 percent tariff increases, with Commissioner McChar dissenting. It ruled 1916 the most prosperous year for railroads and suspended increases until October 28, 1917, except for coal coke and iron ore in certain districts. The order notes some interterritorial adjustments and acknowledges needed eastern district revenue despite the coal and iron rates. The war is not deemed to have harmed railroads as severely as feared.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
McChiard
Greece Breaks with Kaiser Over War Allies
The Greek government breaks diplomatic relations with Germany Austria-Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey as it regards a state of war since coming to power. The Athens action instructs Greek ministers to leave Berlin Vienna Sofia and Constantinople with staff and place archives with the Netherlands legation.
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Athens
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Paris
le Temps Sys
Switzerland
G, Caradia
Berlin
Vienna
Sofia
Constantinople
Bulgarian
Netherlands
Jail militant suffragists fined for White House protest
Six militant suffragists who rioted in front of the White House displaying banners and attacking President Wilson were fined 25 dollars each or three days in the workhouse. They defended the picketing as lawful and declared they would choose jail over the fine.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Potato Prices Fall at Chicago Market
Wholesale prices for medium grade potatoes in Chicago dropped to 20 dollars per bushel, down from 8.20 dollars the previous week, signaling a sharp price decline in the local potato market.
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Chicago
Three Killed In Du Pont Blast In Trinidad Colo
Three men die and several injured when two mills at the Yup Powder company plant explode in Trinidad Colorado on July 2. More than 120 workers were in the buildings destroyed. The blast drops into chaos as emergency crews rush to the scene, with details still emerging about the cause and the extent of damage.
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du Pont
Trinidad
Colo
Yup Powder Company
Destyant Aguilar
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E. A. Deeds
National Cash Register Company
Dayton Engineering Laboratory Company
Council of National Defense
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Pershing
Great Gorge
National Guardsmen
Violet Seastrom
K. Brown
Warren
O. Rains
Elie Jerk Gelliani
Interstate
Riers
McChar
Greece
Kaiser
Austria
Herbert C. Hoover
Milous
Hoover
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