The Strongest Navy Mobilization Off Pacific Coast
A planned January mobilization of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets off the Pacific coast aims to showcase a large but not all inclusive navy. Admiral Henry B. Wilson will command, with Admiral Hugh Rodman second in command, featuring 300 vessels and modern dreadnoughts like the Tennessee. The exercise emphasizes quick, simple drills, competitive exchanges, and staff notes rather than grand maneuvers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Panama
Navy Department
Henry B. Wilson
Hugh Rodman
Guantanamo
Cuba
Navy fleet shifts from cruisers to submarines and auxiliaries
By 1910 the navy carried 16 submarines on active list with nearly 100 at fleet level and about 75 under construction. The cruiser force barely changed in ten years, the big eight armored cruisers reduced to six after San Diego and Memphis losses. Light cruisers remain scarce. A marked gain is seen in auxiliary vessels across Atlantic and Pacific Fleets, including hospital ships, supply and repair ships, fuel and ammunition vessels, and various support craft.
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San Diego
Memphis
Atlantic
Pacific
English Economy Sees Surge in Bankruptcies Due to Costs
English economy report notes a rise in bankruptcies across London and provinces amid strict consumer economy. Despite increased failures, total 1919 bankruptcies remain well below 1914 figures as buyers focus on absolute necessities, collapsing stockpiled goods and overstocked shops. Demobilized veterans and inexperienced traders join the wave, while high living costs and servant wages curb discretionary spending.
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Associated Press
Lodnon
London
Bond Street
Lincoln statue for Britain unveiled in London ceremony
The St. Gaudens Lincoln statue gifts the United States to Britain will be formally unveiled in London tomorrow. Elihu Root will speak, Lloyd George will give an acceptance, and veterans from both nations will lead the procession past Westminster Abbey. Attendees include John W. Davis Viscount Bryce the Duke of Connaught and other dignitaries.
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London
United States
Great Britain
St. Gaudens
Lincoln
America
England
Ireland
Securite
Elihu Root
Root
Lloyd George
Westminster Abbey
Canon Carnegie
Canning Enclosure
John W. Davis
Viscount Bryce
Washington
Duke of Connaught
King George
Canada
Social Calendar Highlights from The Sunbeam Band
The Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church meets at the church Tuesday at 4 pm. Circle B W M S hosts a splash party in the evening honoring their husbands. On Wednesday Mrs M J Diaz entertains from 6 30 to 7 30 pm for her son Quintin's birthday with a party for several children.
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Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church
Circle B
M. J. Diaz
Quintin
Miss Martha Anderson to visit Comfort Texas guest of Deaconess Ickford
Local notes list multiple travelers and visits across Texas and beyond. Martha Anderson leaves today for Comfort to stay with Deaconess Ickford. Mrs. Ira O’Meara enjoys Van Horn. J J Howell and mother sail to Atlanta. Gus Becker and Dora return from San Antonio. A R Vidaurri to Eagle Pass. Annie and Frances Alexander travel to Rochester to visit Mrs. Mayer. Miriam Chapter 86 Eastern Star meets tonight at 8 at Masonic Hall.
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Martha Anderson
Comfort
Texas
Ickford
Annie
Frances Alexander
Rochester
N. Y
Samuel Mayer
Miriam Chapter No. 86
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Cholera Cases Reported in Kobe Japan
By Associated Press Kobe dated July 27 reports twenty four cholera cases found in Kobe. Medical officials monitor spread as health measures begin to curb transmission in the port city.
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Associated Press
Kobe
Japan
International Council of Women set for large Christiania convention
The quinquennial International Council of Women meeting in Christiania in September will attract delegates from Europe Canada the United States Australia New Zealand South Africa India Japan and several South American countries. Public sessions will cover education health housing women police emigration and League of Nations issues with five public meetings plus a welcome session where Lady Aberdeen responds to officials in English French and German.
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International Council of Women
Christiania
Europe
Canada
United States
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
India
Japan
League of Nations
League
Lady Aberdeen
International Council
Norwegian National Council of Women
Americans Establish New Hospital Center in Constantinople
In Constantinople on July 27 Americans opened a hospital aimed to grow into a regional medical center. Admiral Bristol chairs the board with prominent figures from the American Red Cross, Near East relief groups, and Constantinople College for Women. The 100-bed facility will be supplied by relief bodies, with Dr A R Hoover as director and Dr Elsie Richards Graff as assistant. A nurses school and a women’s medical college for Balkan women are planned, with Rockefeller Foundation cooperation and an open-air tubercular hospital nearby. The hospital leases a large residence in Stamboul to house operations.
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Constantinople
Near East
Admiral Bristol
G. B. Rayndahl
American Chamber of Commerce
G. Claflin Davis
American Red Cross
James P. Coombs
American Committee For Relief In the
Turkey
Elsie Richards Graft
Vassar College
Wellesly
Young Men’s Christian Association
Young Women's Christian Association
Spokes
Elsie Richard Graff
Stamboul
How I Cleared the Mill of Rats
By J. Tucker R. I. A night watchman claims he eradicated a rat infestation using RAT-SNAP. He reports seeing more rats than any man and that dogs wouldn’t approach them. He says a $1 package cleared them inside six weeks, with many killed nightly and the remainder deterred. The ad lists three sizes two dollars? No. Three sizes 2i 50c 1.00. Sold and guaranteed by A. Deutz & Brother City Drug Co. and Sanitary Grocery.
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A. Deutz & Brother
City Drug Co
Sanitary Grocery
Kansas City Milk Dealers Quit Over Milk Grading
Four leading dairies in Kansas City Missouri stopped deliveries today citing the milk grading ordinance as unreasonable and prohibitive. They notified customers they would not supply milk under the current rules, despite a morning paper notice of a milk famine.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Murdered wife of young farmer found in trunk
In Birmingham on July 27 the body of Katherine Jackson Fondren Jackson aged 19 from Sturgis Mississippi was found jammed in a trunk at a New York express office. McCoy Jackson her husband is a young farmer. Parents dead and a brother in Idaho are named. Police in Detroit report Mrs Leroy slain in a Harper avenue apartment and seek a second trunk with wrapped organs.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
New York Express
Katherine Jackson
Sturgis
Mississippi
Starkville
Birmingham News
McCoy Jackson
Katherine Fondren
Idaho
Detroit
Micch
Leroy
Harper Avenue
Bailey Extends Lead in Texas Runoff Returns
Dallas July 27 With 881 672 of 600 000 votes counted Bailey increases lead over Neff by 4 149 votes Bailey 128 348 Neff 124 199 Thomason 86 658 Looner 42 875 Returns come in slowly. full count may take days Vote tabulated from 240 counties Home ownership 66 036 against Davidson leads lieutenant governor race with 78 337 Johnson 65 123 Greenville July 27 B F Looney says he will not back Bailey calling him an enemy who tried to destroy the Democratic party
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Bailey
Neff
Thomason
Looner
Davidson
Johnson
Greenville
B. F. Looney
Bubonic Plague Reported in Beaumont Texas Coast City
Austin Texas July 27 Another bubonic plague case is reported at Beaumont by the state health officer. Twenty thousand rats a week have been caught. Infection rates are one fifth of one percent at Beaumont and two percent at Galveston. The health department records total 11 cases in Beaumont including today, the previous case dated July 19.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Beaumont
Galveston
State Health Department
Extravagant buying subsiding in Eighth District says report
The July monthly report of the Eighth federal reserve district notes that extravagant buying is subsiding while purchasing power remains strong. Department store feedback shows customers seeking quantity and quality for their money and bond houses report continued eager Liberty bond purchases.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Eighth
Federal Reserve District
King Alexander Enters Adrianople with Greek Troops
Adrianople headlines report King Alexander of Greece making a formal entry with troops today. Nationalist forces reportedly fled to the mountains along the Bulgarian frontier, reflecting ongoing turmoil on the front.
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Associated Press
Athens
Alexander
Greece
Adrianople
Excitement in Japan over Nikolaievsk massacre details
Reports from Tokio indicate Japan faces internal splits between military and foreign affairs over the Nikolaievsk massacre. Navy officials say about 301 Japanese troops died after stiff resistance on May 12 13 while about 100 prisoners were killed by Bolsheviks before evacuation. Investigations probe Chinese gunboat involvement as a possible basis for diplomatic action.
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Associated Press
Nikolaievsk
Move to form Muslim state in trans-Caucasia aims at Turkey tie
A Warsaw dispatch reports a rising movement to create a large Mohammedan state from the Caspian Sea to Erzerum in trans-Caucasia. The plan would make the new state a satellite of Turkey and stems from a pure nationalist aim rather than bolshevism. Leaders Lenin and Kemal Pasha are described as rivals in the broader aim to oppose Britain.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
trans-Caucasia
Caspian Sea
Erzerum
Turkey
Lenine
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Great Britain
Kemal
Moscow
Armenia
Mohammedan Caucasus
Caucasus
Pacific Fleet Ships Through Panama Canal to San Diego
One year ago today July 27 the Pacific Fleet passed through the Panama Canal en route to San Diego. A race riot in Chicago left three dead and many injured, prompting citywide tension and police activity.
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Panama Canal
San Diego
Chicago
Sailors Buy Whiskey in Kingston Amid Smuggling Rumors
Kingston Jamaica July 27. Ships from America frequently have crew buying rum and whiskey. Reports show up to 60 for a case, a 100 percent rise. Evidence suggests whiskey and other spirits are smuggled into the United States in bags of coconuts.
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Associated Press
Kingston
Jamaica
America
United States
Villa Reported at Allende After Wire Conference
Eagle Pass Texas July 27 Francisco Villa reported yesterday at Sabinas negotiating by wire with President de la Huerta for surrender today said to be at Allende. He is said to command 800 to 3000 men. Outcome of the telegraphic conference with the Mexican president not learned.
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Associated Press
Eagle Pass
Texas
Francisco Villa
Sabinas
de la Huerta
Allende
Drifting Race Predicted At Sandy Hook
Weather at 8 o clock clear with smooth seas and a seven knot northwest wind as the final cup race at Sandy Hook began. The Shamrock led at the start, with expectations for another drifting match prevailing today.
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Associated Press
Sandy Hook
Shamrock
Slight earthquake shock felt in Los Angeles early
A minor earthquake tremor was reported in Los Angeles at 2 02 this morning causing brief alarm but no injuries or damage. The quake was felt briefly by residents across the city and neighboring areas. Emergency services reported no aftershocks.
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Associated Press
Los Angees
Cal
Montreal Port Ranks Second in Western Hemisphere Trade
Montreal ports report for 1919 shows the harbor ranking second in the western hemisphere and seventh globally for foreign commerce value. Harbor Commissioners’ annual review highlights port operations and trade volume for the year.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Harbor Commissioners
Sinn Fein courts set up in Ireland with parish and district courts
Dublin July 27 Sinn Fein establishes a judicial system in Ireland including parish and district courts and a court of final appeal. Judges swear allegiance to Dail Eireann. litigants agree not to submit matters to enemy tribunals. Parish judges earn one pound daily, district judges two pounds. costs paid from litigant deposits. The Irish Bar Council brands appearance before these courts as professional misconduct, though some barristers will appear for a fee. The government views civil matters as arbitrations, but criminal cases before the Republican courts are illegal and offenders lack police protection.
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Dail Eireann
Council of the Irish Bar
Weather forecast and Fort McIntosh observations
Tonight and Wednesday expected to be mostly cloudy. Fort McIntosh reports 24 hour period ending 7 am with a maximum of 103 degrees and a minimum of 75 degrees. Wind generally from the southeast. Clear conditions noted.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
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