Russians gain in Galicia push as German fronts hold
Petrograd reports Russian forces breaking the Austro German line west of Stanislau and south of Ralicz with cavalry pursuing retreating troops. In Galicia hundreds of villages and over 7,000 men are captured, along with forty-eight guns. German claims say French trenches on the Raisne front were captured with 800 prisoners.
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Galicia
Stanis- Yau
Ralicz
Offici
Petrograd
T Bracsya
Lembe
Lal
Hulicz
Stanislau
Brusgiloff
Brzezany
Koniuchy
Lemberg
Chemin-des-Dames
Berlin
Catamylas
Raisne
War Office
German Political Shakeup Rumors Surface in Foreign Dispatches
News from July 9 reports Berlin officials exploring changes in the chancellorship with names like Prince Von Buelow and Count Von Hertling. Other items note Hindenberg and Ludendorff returning to headquarters and Erzberger's parliamentary stance against navalists and Pan Germans as peace efforts intensify.
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Berlin
von Hindenberg
von Ludendorff
Wilhelm
Amsterdam
Tagblatt
von’ Bethmann-Hollweg
Prince von Buelow
Count von Hertling
Count von Roedern
Switzerland
Copenhagen
Thedenblatt
Reichstag
Mathias Erzberger
Wehmaen-Hotlwee
Road district meeting adjourned with plan for Duffee visit
A county road district committee met in the Cham ber of Commerce rooms but could not proceed due to the absence of county surveyor Lloyd Duffee. County Treasurer I C Stevenson attended with valuation and tax figures. A later meeting is planned to continue boundary work on the proposed district.
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Chamber of Commerce Club
Lloyd Duffee
I. C. Stevenson
Duffee
Mare Island Yard Explosions Kill And Injure Dozens
Reports from Mare Island Navy Yard say five men were killed and thirty one injured when two storehouses exploded at 7 44 am. The blast damaged magazines and a ferry boat, felt as far as Santa Rosa, with about 200 workers in the area and no final casualty count.
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Washington, D. C
Mare Island Navy Yard
the Commandments
Navy Department
Valero
Cal
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Naval
Southern Pacific
Santa Rosa
Mare Island
C. C. Bird
U.S. Marine Corps
Calif
Peel
Maresland Navy Yard
Anger Over Air Raid Sparks London Editorial Furor
London newspapers condemn Saturday air raid as a national humiliation and demand accountability at the War Office and Admiralty. They warn of possible total destruction of London by air and debate reprisals while awaiting American help.
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London
Chatham
War Office
Admiralty Air Service
Koelnische Zeitung
Rotary Invades Tonganoxie for Dinner
The Lawrence Rotary Club travels to Tonganoxie Wednesday evening in motor cars with about seventy five Rotarians. Dinner is served in Tonganoxie at 7:30 p.m.
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Lawrence Rotary Club
Tonganoxie
Breaking Camp Moves Near Front
French seaport buzzes as Major General William J. Siebert completes plans to move American troops to a hastily prepared training camp. Local crowds, curious residents, and civilians visit the site as the unit readies for departure toward closer action and a village near the front.
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William J. Siebert
France
American Steamer Massapequa Sunk Off French Coast
The American steamer Massapequa, 3,200 tons gross, was sunk by a German submarine on Saturday. The crew landed on the small island of Seine, 28 miles southwest of Brest. Built in 1804 in England, owned by New York and Porto Rico Steamship Co, she sailed June 18 for France with a general cargo under Captain A. W. Strunm and a 31-member crew, ten Americans.
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France
London
Seine
Brest
Massapequa
England
New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co
United States
A.W. Strunm
Rain Lifts Crops and Sparks New Camp Plans
Rain last night brought 28 of an inch easing drought concerns for corn and wheat in the county. Farmers expect more showers as unsettled weather looms. Black & Veatch are hired to lay out two new training camps at Deming New Mexico and Fort Sill Oklahoma for the city water department.
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Douglas County
Black & Veatch
City Water Department
Deming
New Mexico
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Fort Logan
Saloons Forced Out by New Legislation
Chicago July 9 Charles H Herrmann president of a major whisky firm and head of the National Distillers and Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association estimated that within 60 days at least 2000 Chicago saloons would be forced out of business by the new law and a similar proportion nationwide would be affected He warned that existing whisky supplies in the United States would be exhausted within a year at current consumption rates
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Chicago
Charles H. Hermann
National Distillers and Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association
United States
Red Cross Expands With Three City Auxiliaries
The Lawrence Red Cross adds auxiliaries in Baldwin Eudora and Lecompton to support knitting surgical dressings and fund work. Ruth Anderson oversees supervision. new classes meet at Red Cross HQ in the Watkin Bank basement. New members and donations bolster local efforts.
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Lawrence Society of the Red Cross
Baldwin
Eudora
Lecompton
Lawrence
National Society
M. 1D. Goeve
Real Cross
Ruth Anerson
Red Cross
Watkins Bank
Ruth Anderson
Oirls
Lucile Roberts
Seagie
I. J. Snow
Sands
James Shearer
W. C. Richardson
R. K. Carter
Hiram Smith
J. B. Watkins
Lawrence Society
Rona Crowder
Addie Lescher
Ernest BR. Erie
Filly McAllister
Florence Rices
James Stevens
Kate Noble
J. R Topping
BE. J. Bailey
Dd. C. Asher
Wm. M. Bele
G. H. Neste
J. H. van Neste
M. Drake
J. H. Youngmeyer
H.W. Swingle
Lesley DeForest
J. &. Wood
Frank Ninesbury
G.R. Hibner
Frank Strong
Evelyn Strong
Ambrose Wogsby
Hattie Sparks
Ruth Jackson
0. G. Colwell
Edna Payne
Evadna Laptad
Carrie Jones
Sadie Stone
Almetta A. Riley
Florence Seals Douglas
L. M. Peace
Lillian Williams
Florence Kiser
Mary Hughes
Selina Holmes
Sallie Jiarkey
Walter H. Lee
Asa Sampson
Win. Harvey
John Chapman
G. N. Jackson
Nelson Pryor
F.D. G. Harvey
Royalist Troops Fortify Forbidden City for Last Stand
General Chang Hsun tightens defenses at the Forbidden City in Peking as imperialist forces mass for a potential last stand if Feng Tai falls. The Thirteenth Division and artillery move from Peking toward Feng Tai to support the defense.
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Forbidden City
Peking
Chang Hsun
Feng Tai
Kansas Weather Report Brief
Rainfall 0.28 inch. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Likely unsettled Tuesday with little temperature change.
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Kansas Weather Report
Nations mull mass draft draw in Douglas county lists
Unofficial notices indicate 687000 men to be selected for the first national army from the June registration and likely double that number in names to be drawn with about half exemptions. Next Saturday is eyed as the draft date as serial numbers guide the process. Washington has not released full details. Douglas county names with serial numbers will be published in three installments, the first listing local registrants such as Jere Ve, Bradies, Gerke, Wallies, Drage, and others.
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Washington
Journal-World
Douglas County
Lo Apristinines
Jere Ibn Ve
Mate WY
Bradies
Rott
Boks
Hiuvebetr Pike
Theirs Reneatiet
Tiye Gerke
Marien
Ke Holi
Bile Tintow
Bronk Albec Avila Wallies
John Drage
Age Devlian
Ich
Corn crop to be big this year nationwide forecast
The Agriculture Department reports a record corn crop projection for the year with 3 124 million bushels forecast. Wheat totals and state by state corn conditions are listed alongside area planted figures and farm inventory. Potsy Clark visits Lanark and Fort Riley training.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
America
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Warrants for Plotters Tied to German Ship Plot
One hundred thirty nine warrants were issued based on Saturday indictments by a federal grand jury. The case concerns a German plan to foment revolution in India and violate neutrality by provisioning German warships in the Pacific from San Francisco. Warrants target individuals in California and nationwide.
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San Francisco
India
Pacific
United States
Holhan
California
Peas Bring Money to County Farmers
About 200 acres were planted to crop in the valley for the Kaw Valley Canning Company. The factory will handle little corn and beans this year, with tomatoes and beans expected to be canned locally. Will Pendleton cites an average gross of $4 per acre, while Albert Pine reports up to $100 per acre for exceptional plots.
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Willi Pendleton
Kaw Valley Canning Company
Albert Pine
Milk Shippers Association Formed for Kansas City Market in Tonganoxie
In Tonganoxie a meeting organized the Kansas City Milk Shippers Association to unite milk producers shipping into the Kansas City market. A. W. Garvin was named to represent Lawrence as vice president of the local association. Local groups will be auxiliaries, with charter member status given to those elected before the annual officers' election. An organizer may be hired to support dairy communities, with costs shared among locals.
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A. W. Garvin
Lawrence
A. Wo.iaevin
Letal Association
Faimens City
Fonganoxie
Kansas City
SIL
Tonganoxie
Jd Eee
Teaching First Aid and Lectures at Fraser Chapel
Miss Nell Crouch named chief of the Kansas side emergency detachment of the National Red Cross Nursing Service and teaching a Red Cross methods class. Dr. Coulter of the University of Chicago opens a lecture series in Fraser chapel on evolution and heredity. University professors A J Boynton and B F Moore visited Fort Riley, noting K U men in attendance with Manley Michaelson among them.
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Nell Crouch
Kansas City
Nelllo Crouch
Kansas Side
National Red Cross Nursing Service
Coulter
J M. Coulter
University of Chicago
Fraser Chapel
K. U
Riley
A.J. Boynton
B. F. Moore
Fort Riley
Professor Boynton
Manley Michaelson
K. A
Bartlesville
Lena
Miller
Winona Avenue Opened For Traffic In Lawrence
City announces Winona avenue is open to traffic after asphalt paving on a concrete base. Workmen move to Thirteenth street to surface macadam with asphalt, curbing Elm street, and extend paving toward Fourth street North. With the water plant underway, demand for labor remains strong through the season.
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Lawrence
Winona Avenue
Thirtenth Street
Surs
Tie
Propeter
Tory
Elm Street
Se ‘ Street
Fourth Street
Colorado Trip When Lawrence Party Heads West
Mr and Mrs Ernest Young and family with Mrs Elizabeth Young and Mr and Mrs F S Williams and Sam Holcomb of Powherton left Laference this afternoon for a Colorado motor trip. Arrangements for an enjoyable journey were made.
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Lawrence
Overland
Ernest Young
Young
Elizabeth Young
F. S. Williams
Sam Holcomb
Powhetton
Colorado
County Board appoints Olney and Wiley as examiners
F. H. Olney the high school principal and Miss Grace Wiley were confirmed by county commissioners as members of the county board of examiners. They have been assisting this spring with county examinations under County Superintendent Dr. J. Lams. A report on the high school examinations, held recently, will be ready early this week. Thirty students took the test.
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F. H. Oiney
Grace Wiley
F. H. Olney
Or. J. Lams
Appointed Constable in Eudora Township
John W. Thackston of Eudora was appointed constable of Eudora township by the county commissioners to fill the vacancy after Ben Deck's death. Thackston, who has lived in Eudora just over a year, previously served as city marshal and also holds roles as street commissioner sexton and tax collector.
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John W. Thackston
Eudora
Eudora Township
Board of County Commissioners
Ben Deck
Thakston
Deck
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