Alaska Grand Jury Completes Record Time 1917
The Alaska district court praised the Iditarod grand jury for swift service after a single-day session. Eighteen men were summoned, sixteen served, and by 8 p.m. the panel presented its report. The panel found two indictments Not a true will, examined nine witnesses, and recommended reducing federal jail rent from 75 to 50 dollars and moving several offices to Fiat. The term included naturalization proceedings and multiple civil cases, with adjournment to Monday.
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District Court
Alaska
Bundell
Special
United States Marshal’s Office
United States
Town of
Fiat
Monarchy and Republic in deadly clash near Peking
Civil war erupts in China as forces of General Chang Hsun and republican troops maneuver toward Peking. Reports from Tientsin and Shanghai indicate mass troop movements, ultimatums, and mounting danger to the Manchu monarchy amid diplomatic and military upheaval.
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Peking
Lang Fang
Cheng Hsan
Tuan Chi Jui
Tientsin
Hankow
Chang
Tuan Chi
Jui
Japan
Torio
China
Shanghai
Chang Hsun
Chini
Kang Yu Wei
Progressive Party
Hsu Shih
Tsao Kun
Chili
Tseo Kun
Alaska Governor Strong Not Sought For Reappointment
July 3 report from Juneau says Governor Strong of Alaska will likely not be reappointed. Protests pour in from all regions as dispatch notes the prior week report was erroneous and Strong is not expected to be named.
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Juneau
Alaska
Washington
Empire
Strong
U-Boat Sighting Reported in Hampton Roads
Secretary of the Navy Daniels announced a German submarine was sighted in Hampton Roads. Atlantic fleet officers reported a ship had seen a periscope, and he contacted Admiral Mayo to verify details and relay them to Washington promptly.
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Washington
Daniels
Hampton Roads
Atlantic Fleet
Mayo
Prohibition Leader Blames Wilson for Brewers Aid
Virgil G. Hinshaw, chairman of the Prohibition party national committee, issued a statement accusing President Wilson of aiding the brewers. He asserted that national prohibition could have been achieved within thirty days but for Wilson's intervention in the final hour.
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Washington
Virgil G. Hinchaw
National Committee
The
Prohibition Party
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
American managers eyed for empire mineral assets
Petrograd reports the special mining commission of the ministry recommended transferring the majority of the empire's mines and mineral deposits to American bonds. The move highlights a shift in control of strategic resources and signals international involvement in resource management.
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Petrograd
Special Mining Commission
Ministry
Empire
Those martyrs freed by suffragettes in Washington
June 30 report from Washington states suffragette prisoners have been released. The brief item notes the release of suffragists described as martyrs in the coverage and mentions no further details.
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Washington
Importance of Canal Recognized by Roosevelt
Seattle July 5 Former President Roosevelt telegraphing his congratulations on the completion of the Lake Washington canal said the canal is likely to become of as much consequence from a naval standpoint as it is commercially.
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Seattle
Roosevelt
Lake Washington Canal
Fatalities at Tacoma speed contest claim two lives
In Tacoma on July 4 the Pacific coast championship race at the Speedway ended in tragedy when the racing machine skidded. Driver Conrad M. Hanson was killed and mechanician Fred Johnson was seriously injured.
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Tacoma
Wash
Conrad M. Hanson
Fred Johnson
Old Glory Flies Over Tower and Parliament
London dispatch reports the American flag flying from the Tower of London and the houses of Parliament by order of King George the sixth, marking a notable display of allied signals on July 6.
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London
King George
Houses of Parliament
Widow of Seattle Pioneer Bequeaths 200000 to Charity
The will of Mrs. Sarah Louise Ackerson who died in Los Angeles leaves $200,000 to Seattle churches and charitable institutions. She was the widow of John W. Ackerson, founder of the state's first sawmill.
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Seattle
Sarah Louise Ackerson
Los Angeles
John W. Ackerson
Washington
Conscription for Canada Likely to Become Law
Ottawa July 6 The house of commons adopted the Premier Borden resolution and passed to second reading the compulsory military service bill. The vote was 117 in favor and 55 against as scenes of excitement marked the proceeding.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Borden
Government to commandeer ships for wartime use
Washington July 3. The department of commerce will issue an announcement directing all ship owners to prepare for requisitioning by the United States government, according to Secretary Redfield.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
Redfield
Dreadnaught Idaho launched at Camden yards today
The super dreadnaught Idaho was launched in Camden New Jersey from the New York Shipbuilding Company yards on July 3.
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Camden
N. J
Idaho
New York Shipbuilding Company
Emulate James Brothers in Russian Bank Robbery
Ten masked bandits in Petrograd staged a bold Oceanic Leak robbery in a Jesse James style raid. They seized 100000 rubles and valuable documents, killed several people, and vanished.
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James Brothers
Petrograd
Jesse James
Mexico Aroused For War With Germany Now Feared
In Mexico City and beyond, prominent Mexicans in touch with the capital predict a German war declaration within a month. Francisco M Gonzales rebukes a German demand. Carranza attends Fourth of July at the American hospital. war reports from Verdun and Lens describe heavy fighting, prisoner captures, and German advances amid fierce Allied and Russian offensives.
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EL Paso
Texas
Mexico
Germany
Francisco Gonzales
Carranza
Mexico City
American Hospital
Great Britain's Premier Speaks on Peace Aims
Glasgow June 30 Premier Lloyd George stated peace requires allied victory and that indemnities are essential. He warned peace before victory would be a disaster and argued civilization needs safeguards against a repeat war. Copenhagen reports discuss Austrian separate peace efforts complicating Germany relations.
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Glasgow
Lloyd George
Austria
Copenhagen
Rundschau
Vienna
Germany
Dredge Installation Delayed by Litigation in Oregon
J M Saupe of Kimball Flume Dredge Co visited from Ophir noting the Yankee creek dredge is in operation in Eastern Oregon but no new unit will be built until ongoing litigation is resolved. The Kimball company suspends Yankee creek activity pending court outcomes affecting its Imoke country project.
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J. M. Saupe
Kimball Flume Dredge Company
Imoke
Ophir
Federal troops quell striking miners in Globe Miami district
Four cavalry troops and a machine gun squad arrived in the Globe Miami copper district to help quell a strike by seven thousand copper miners, producing a quieter scene in the area.
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Globe, Ariz
Globe-Miami
Trolley Collision At Niagara Falls Leaves Twenty Missing
July 2 report states a trolley car jumped the track and plunged into the Niagara River whirlpool. Twenty persons are missing after the accident near Niagara Falls.
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Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Liner Believed to Have Sunk Sub
An Atlantic port report says a British liner, arriving today, believes her gunners sunk an attacking submarine on June 26. Other notes from Boston and Paris report the sinking of four British cargo steamers totaling 20,000 tons and a Greek destroyer, blown up in the Mediterranean with 25 men lost.
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Ponta del Guda
Azores
Sub
Atlantic
Boston
Paris
Mediterranean
Uncle Sam's Fighters Attack Socialist Parade in Boston
American soldiers and sailors mobbed a Socialist parade in Boston on Sunday. Protesters trampled flags and unpatriotic mottoes, wrecked the Socialist headquarters in Park Square, and dumped contents into the street before burning them. The peace demonstration swifted into clashes with hundreds of attendees, while federal agents arrested several who made unpatriotic remarks though no servicemen were detained.
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Boston
Park Square
Federal Department of Justice
Goldberg
Yukon Gold Co Manager May Have Army Command
Washington July 6 O B Perry the high salaried manager of the Yukon Gold Company is doing hard work at the army training camp and has bright prospects of command in the new National army.
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Washington
O. B. Perry
Yukon Gold Company
Army Training
National Army
Californians to Encamp in Their Own State
The War Department substituted Palo Alto California for American Lake Washington as the site for the California National Guard division encampment.
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Washington
Palo Alto
Cal
American Lake
War Department
California National Guard
President Wilson declares no class exemptions in conscription
President Wilson announces regulations for national Army selection and refuses to grant class-based exemptions. In Seattle, four men F Gilman Charles Gray David Anderson and Bernard Schmidt receive one to eight months in county jail for failing to register under the draft. Their sentences include a mandate to register after release as fourteen other cases are postponed.
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WV Hington
National Army
Wilson
Seattle
Cal F. Gilman
Charles Gray
David Anderson
Bernard Schmidt
Jere Neterer
Tom Aitken Returns to Flat Creek After Two Years
Mining operator Tom Aitken returned Thursday with Mrs. Aitken to Flat Creek after a two year absence. Mrs. Aitken had been at Marietta near Flat Creek. Aitken had just come from Candle Creek where a dredge is being installed. The visit revived talk of a wireless station for McGrath or Tokoma in the Kuskokwim district. Aitken dismissed a rumor that he sold his interests to Henry Riley, noting广告 in this paper about acquiring Riley's interests.
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Tom Aitken
Aitken
Flat Creek
Marietta
Mr. Aitken
Candlereek
City
Iso
McGrath
Tokoma
Kuskokwim
Henry Riley
Mr. Riley
Oine Instruments
Recorder
River Bulletin Tracks Alaskan Boat Movements
Washburn moves up the Iditarod river while the Susie passes Holy Cross bound up river on the 5th. Schwatka at Kokrines with a broken shaft and Seatile No. 3 leaves St Michael for up river on the 4th. Sarah at Kokrines bound up river on the 4th. Herb Kearney and Tom Shallow reach Discovery Otter Thursday from Tolstoi with J. E. Riley's horses.
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Washburn
Iditarod
Susie
Holy Cross
Schwatka
Kokrines
Sarah
Herb Kearney
Tom Shallow
Discovery, Otter
Tolstoi
J. E. Riley
American Troops Arrive Safe in France amid Submarine Attacks
Secretary of the Navy Daniel s reports the last American troops reached France safely as submarines attacked the transports. Two U boats were engaged, one sunk, with others suspected sunk. Pershing complains over premature Reuters release exposing troops.
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Washington
Daniels
France
Atlantic
Renewal of Race Riots Shocks South Illinois Town
East St. Louis July 3 large scale racial violence as fires and shootings strike the black community. Estimates of dead run high, martial law proclaimed, National Guardsmen overwhelmed, mayoral and federal authorities weighing troop requests amid widespread arson and casualties. By July 5 order partly restored with 33 blacks and 4 whites killed and over 300 homes burned, damage near a million dollars. federal probe launched. By July 6 some 2400 Black residents have fled the city.
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East ST. Louis
Mosman
Tgre
East ST Louis
Mysterious murder case likely sparked by jealousy
Seattle reports Samuel Clump a Ballard painter stabbed to death in Bell street basement. Police suspect the murder occurred in Maud Hallock's house across the alley. Mrs Hallock says George Brown, her sweetheart, killed Clump over her attentions. Brown is arrested, denying the tale.
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Seattle
Samuel Clump
Ballard
Bell Street
Clump
Maud Hallock
Brazil Joins U S in Anti Raider Patrols at Sea
Brazil's navy begins cooperation with the American fleet in South American waters to hunt German sea raiders and submarines. An Argentine ultimatum to Germany was delivered from Buenos Aires on July 5.
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Washington
Brazil
Buenos Ayres
Germany
Noted English Actor Dead in London
Noted English stage figure Sir Beerbohm Tree died in London last night. The renowned actor, celebrated for leading roles in the late Victorian and Edwardian era, passes away at age unspecified, prompting tributes from theatre circles.
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London
Sir Beerbohm Tree
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