Regulations for Army Drafting Issued by Secretary Baker
Washington July 8 The War Department issued the regulations for local and district boards to draft the new national army. Exemptions cover officers ministers divinity students and certain aliens with other categories allowed on application. Boards will determine exemptions within three days and appeals go to district boards. Quotas will be apportioned to states and districts and districts handle discharge and exemption appeals.
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United States
Baker
Wilson
Congress
Germany
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Crowder
Enoch H. Crowder
District of Columbia
Mitters
Humber
Toad Ruiming
Seria Nmaker
Wshington
Evervising
District of Columbian
National Guard
Regular Army
Loreal Board
Lonrd
Cppse
Miarshal
Exemption Provisions Listed in Military Draft Text
The document enumerates classes exempt from service in the U S military draft including ministers students of divinity physicians and surgeons officers of districts and territories and Columbia aliens with no first papers dependents of married men and certain family dependent categories and men with religious objections dating before May 18 1917. It outlines exemptions for merchant sailors pilots and other specified groups and notes moral or religious grounds as valid for exemption.
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United States
States
Territories
Columbia
Germany
Honus Wagner Named Manager of Pirates
Honus Wagner, veteran star, is appointed manager of the Pittsburgh baseball team to succeed James Cullinane, effective immediately in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Honus Wagner
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Hespball Club
James Cullaned
Wilson Urges Equality in National Army Draft
President Wilson announces draft regulations to ensure minimal inequality and hardship in selecting volunteers for the U S armed forces. He calls on local and district boards to act with impartiality and loyalty, stressing that fair treatment strengthens morale and national honor.
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Wilson
National Army
Senate Prohibition Fight Narrowly Shifts as Gore Substitute Endorsed
Washington July 3 The agriculture committee endorsed Senator Gore's substitute to halt distillation of beverages and grant the president power to suspend beer and wine manufacture. The administration plan by Senator Chamberlain was rejected by the committee.
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Washington
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Gore
Chamberlain
British Raid Yields Seven Prisoners East of Hargicourts
An official report states a successful raid east of Hargicourts resulted in seven prisoners captured and several German fatalities. It notes a German raiding party east of Loos reached British trenches but was driven back promptly.
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London
Hargicourts
Loos
Auto Bandits Steal Payroll From Chicago Banker
Five men robbed Clarence Beard cashier of the National Tea company near John Rump's private bank. They escaped with a payroll estimated between 15 000 and 20 000 dollars.
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Chicago
Clarence Beard
National Tea Company
John Rump
Pease
Americans land in France in a grand display of resolve
Paris notes the landing of American troops as a striking demonstration of U.S. resolve. The Journal des Debats lauds the rapid, substantial arrival and equipment of forces, while The Temps highlights youth and military ability. General Pershing meets correspondents and commends press balance and patriotism.
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Paris
Journal Des Debats
New World
John J. Pershing
United States
Aad
America
Intelligence Department
Lens Ruins Reported as German Offensive Fails
A semiofficial Paris broadcast says Lens is a heap of ruins and the British offensive continues fiercely. Von Hindenburg travels to the eastern front to direct Austro German forces amid a Russian offensive.
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Hindenburg
Berlin
Lens
28 Drown When Car Plunges Into Niagara Gorge
A Niagara Gorge trolley car carrying more than fifty passengers plunged into the Whirlpool Rapids after a washout on July 3. Thirteen bodies recovered with 28 dead and 39 injured known, while National Guard troops and rescuers aided in pulling victims from the turbulent water.
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Niagara Gorge
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Marion
Lloyd Schumaker
Akron
O. J
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Princeton
Ind
B. M. Raftery
Leland Avefuue
Chicago
James S. Kemp
Scranton
Harvey G. Phelps
Schenectady
N. Y
Bertha Seastrom
Jamestown
N.Y
Alexander Heron
L. F. Wallace
Violet Seastrom
K. Brown
Warren
Niagara River
Louis EB
Crandall
Two More Negroes Killed in East St. Louis Race Riots
In East St. Louis Illinois two African Americans were shot and killed Monday afternoon during race unrest after an attempted assault on William Keyser a local hardware merchant who was seriously wounded. Illinois Guardsmen patrol with fixed bayonets as disturbances renew. Fifty negroes are held in the police station.
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East St. Louis
Ill
William Keyser
Keyser
Illinois
Aviators Die In Air Duel
Amsterdam reports German aviator Riessinger who had four kills died in combat. He set fire to a British machine before being rammed by his foe as both aircraft crashed.
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Amsterdam
Frankfurter Zeitung
Riessinger
Relssinger
French Regain Trenches On Aisne Front
Paris dispatch reports French forces counterattacked and recaptured trenches along the Aisne front in a road offensive. The army press release from the Aisne-Paissy front area confirms gains and ongoing actions.
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Paris
Aisne
Aisnes-Paissy
Prohibition Leader Attacks Wilson Over Beer Provision
Virgil G. Hinshaw, chairman of the Prohibition Party national committee, denounces President Wilson for urging Prohibition leaders not to delay the food control bill by insisting on keeping beer and light wine manufacture provisions. The July 3 statement frames the issue as a clash over policy and party timing.
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Virgil G. Hinshaw
National Committee of Prohibition
Washington
National Committee
The
Prohibition Party
Wilson
Prohibition Jenders
Heaviest Tariffs Debated as 1916 Profits Noted
Washington July 2 The Interstate Commerce Commission denied a 15 percent rail rate increase petition. Commissioner McChord dissented. The panel found 1916 the railroads’ most prosperous year and suspended proposed increases until October 28 1917 with limited exceptions for coal coke iron ore. The order aims to equalize rates while acknowledging eastern railroads need higher revenue. The war’s impact is judged less severe than feared.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
McChord
Greece Breaks With Kaiser and Central Powers
Athens reports break in diplomatic relations with Germany Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey as Greece asserts a state of war exists since its new government took power. Le Temps correspondence notes Greek ministers ordered to leave posts and consign archives to the Netherlands legation.
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Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Paris
le Temps
Switzerland
G. Caradja
Berlin
Vienna
Sofia
Constantinople
Netherlands
JAIL MILITANT SUFFRAGISTS FACE FINES OR WORKHOUSE
Six militant suffragists who rioted at the White House and attacked President Wilson were fined 25 dollars each or three days in the workhouse. They defended picketing as legal and threatened jail, insisting they would choose prison over payment.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
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