guards keep peace as illinois guards patrol east st louis
East St Louis observed quiet by night with 1400 Illinois National Guardsmen patrolling streets. Minor fires caused slight damage and deaths totaled 30 with four whites killed after Det Wogley died. Governor Lowden said soldiers will stay while needed and more guardsmen would come if rioting resumes. Streetcar service resumed and saloons remained closed.
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Illinois National
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Tense as Racial Tensions Rise After St. Louis Slaying
Vietor A. Olander warns of danger where conditions mirror East St. Louis. Labor unrest over alleged importing of negroes and women for cheaper war labor sparks protests. In the South Side, Charles Maronde is killed by negroes, police resupply forces confront crowds, and reserves guard the 50th Street station to curb disorder.
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Chicago
F. L. Barnett
East St. Louis
Speedway auto race draws 16 cars for 150 mile main
Omaha July 4 The third annual speedway auto race starts today with 16 top drivers competing for 11250 dollars. The feature is 150 miles followed by a 50 mile consolation. Most entrants hit over 100 mph in tests on a 1.25 mile track shown as one of the fastest in the country.
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Omaha
President Wilson sails for rest aboard Mayflower on July 4
President Wilson embarked the naval yacht Mayflower with family for a rest trip down the Potomac river possibly to Chesapeake Bay. The voyage began on July 4 as the nation celebrated Independence Day.
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Washington
President Wilson
Mayflower
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
Hollweg Preparing An Important Utterance
London July 4 Dr von Bethmann Hollweg German chancellor will deliver an important speech in the Reichstag Thursday a Copenhagen Berlin report to Exchange Telegraph.
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London
von Beth
mann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Women picket White House on Independence Day
Suffragists from the Woman's Party attempted to defy police and picket the White House at noon on Independence Day. Large police forces blocked them and driven away. Thirteen women were arrested for obstructing traffic after two picket attempts.
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Washington
Woman’s Party
White House
America Celebrates Fourth as War News Shifts War Front
Washington reports a major World War II moment as U S transports land troops in Europe while German U boats fail to disrupt the voyage. A joint patriotic celebration at the Washington monument featured Speaker Clark as the orator and officials attended.
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Washington
United States
Spain
Cevera
Santiago
America
Europe
Washington Monument
Clark
Eight Die in German Raid on Harwich
London reports that 12 to 14 German airplanes bombed Harwich in Essex early today. Eight people were killed and 22 injured as anti aircraft fire and defense aircraft responded. raid lasted only a few minutes before attackers withdrew.
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Harwich
Essex County
London
Essex
Troops Deploy to Globe to Break Mine Riot
United States troops arrived on a special train to open the picket line at the old Dominion mine in Globe Arizona where more than 300 strikers guard the scene Governor Thomas E Campbell is present to take charge of the operation.
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Globe, Ariz
United States
Old Dominion
Thamas E. Campbell
Death of Belgium Governor General Von Bissing
General von Bissing, who succeeded General von der Goltz as Governor General of Belgium in 1914, has died. Born in 1844, he oversaw events including the Edith Cavell case, clashes with Cardinal Mercier, and the deportation of Belgians. Reports say he ordered a spy roundup in 1915, leading to numerous executions.
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General von Bissing
General von der Goltz
Belgium
Edith Cavell
Cardinal Mercier
Railroads Withdraw Intra State Freight Increase Petition
Representatives of North Carolina furniture manufacturers and shippers learned the railroads withdrew a request for about a 15 percent intrastate freight rate rise. The hearing planned for July 3 is off and the campaign to explain rate impacts ends. Experts link the national interstate commission's refusal to raise rates on interstate shipments to the local withdrawal.
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Corporation Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Freght
National Commission
North Carolina
Violent Night Fighting on Aisne Halts German Advance
Official reports from Paris on July 4 describe extremely violent combat on the Aisne, yielding a rout of German forces with heavy losses. London notes artillery activity at many points with nothing else significant to report.
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Aisne
War Office
London
France
Russians Fail to Advance in Galicia Attacks
Berlin reports continued Russian assaults near Brzezan y in eastern Galicia yesterday but gains were not achieved according to the war office.
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Berlin
Brzezany
Galicia
War Office
Republican Support Shapes Shanghai Crisis
Favor toward the Republicans grows in Shanghai as navy backing appears likely while civil authorities declare the republic and oppose the monarchy.
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Shanghai
China
City Budget Adopted Amid Garnishment Plan For Taxes
City council adopts a budget showing major spending on streets and sewers and announces garnishment of all persons owing city poll and personal taxes. Auditors Scales of Greensboro recommended the action, with over 20 000 dollars to be collected. Police to garnish back costs and fines, with papers prepared soon. Budget details include 149 472 spent on streets and Imhoff tanks in 1916 17 and 214 500 for 1917 18, with departmental appropriations listed and Oakwood cemetery funds increased to 500. A horse and power flusher will be purchased for street cleaning, boosting health and street costs.
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Greensboro
Imhoff
Oakwood Cemetery
Murphy
Health Department
Ted
Luxuries 10 Help Pay the Big War Tax
Washington July 4 war finance plan allocates most revenue from luxuries totaling 1 277 800 000 of the 1 670 000 000. Taxes include tea coffee sugar tobacco and indulgences for the rich while prices rise for everyday goods and services across the country.
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Senate Finance Committee
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Thomas
Colorado
Gore
Oklahoma
City Offices Close For Half Day Fourth Of July
The city manager and tax collector offices shut at noon for a half day Fourth of July observance. They will reopen tomorrow morning as usual.
Herbert Hoover Honored by French President
Paris July 4 Herbert C Hoover the American food controller was awarded the cross of commander of the legion of honor by the president of France for his services in Belgium and France on American Independence Day.
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Paris
Herbert C. Hoover
France
Belgium
Spain Expels British Ambassador Amid Royal Crisis
Reports from Buenos Ayres claim Sir A H Hardinge, British ambassador to Spain, has been sent to the Spanish frontier on a special train. The Spanish government allegedly believes he was fomenting plots against the monarchy, signaling a potential serious crisis between Britain and Spain.
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A. H. Hardinge
Spain
Buenos Ayres
Great
Britain
Government orders 2,000,000 feet of lumber for Columbia Cantonment
The Snow Lumber Company in this city reports a federal contract for 2,000,000 feet of lumber 38 700 windows and 9 000 doors to outfit the army cantonment at Columbia Washington within 60 days. Delivery speed is critical as the draft army concentration is anticipated by September.
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Columbia
D. C
Snow Lumber Company
Snow [Lumber Company
Slacker Bound Over to Federal Court in Militia Evasion
Three young men from High Point Township Charles Spencer Lee Wright and J C Lowry were heard by U S Commissioner Warren G Brown on charges of evading selective service registration. Spencer is held on a 1000 bond to Greensboro federal court Wrights case was dismissed after registration was proven Lowry was discharged as he was over age Commissioner Brown urged citizens to report known slackers.
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High Point Township
Charles Spencer
Lee Wright
J.C. Lowry
United States
Warren G Brown
G. W. Poplin
Spencer
Greensboro
Wright
Lowry
Brown
American Troops to Begin Training Camp This Week
Paris July 4 American troops now at a French port will move to training camps behind the lines by week’s end. The first contingent may depart after the Fourth of July celebration.
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Paris
Roosevelt Urges Total War Loyalty Against German Sympathy
In a Fourth of July speech at Forest Hills Roosevelt denounced German sympathy in the United States as moral treason. He called for a single patriotism, rejecting dual allegiance and insisting Americans support allies and the United States in the war against Germany.
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America
Germany
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
United States
Republic
Europe
Support of Strike Claimed by I W W Leaders
In Bisbee Arizona on July 4 strike leaders at I W W headquarters reported telegrams from the agricultural division offering support. They claimed SADOC farm laborers in the central western region are counted to assist in the wheat harvest, opening to participation.
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Ariz
Industrial Workers of the World
SADOC
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