President Wilson Calls Prussian Rulers Fearful of Their People
President Wilson, at Mount Vernon on Independence Day, argues Washington and allies sought freedom for all mankind not a single class. He warns that Prussia’s rulers have awakened forces they cannot crush and urges a worldwide settlement based on peace, law, and the rights of all nations.
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Mount Vernon
Kaiser
George Washington
America
Wilson
Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Runnymede
Virginia
United States
Prussia
Waves of American troops land at French port
U S troops arrive in rapid waves at a French port, forming on docks and marching to camps with identification tags on rifles. Transports bring equipment and barracks with iron roofs, as black stevedores exchange jokes with new arrivals at the terminal. The harbor buzzes with transports, fighters, destroyers, tugs, and unloading ships. French observers note the surge in arrivals over the past month.
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U. S
NIP MEXICAN REVOLT PLOT IN NOGALES
Twenty people were captured in Nogales Arizona and Sahabe Sahabe on charges tied to a Mexican revolt plot. Authorities seized over 20000 rounds of ammunition several hundred rifles and haversacks under Capt Lipscomb with DOJ agents US cavalry deputy sheriffs and Mexican officials assisting.
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Arizona
Nogales
Ariz
Sahabe
A. Lipscomb
Department of Justice
United States Cavalry
United States Marshal
Launch of 100 ships marks fourth day of US war effort
Washington reports America’s merchant fleet reached 10 040 659 gross tons with 1 622 new ships. the Fourth of July launchings add 100 slips. President Wilson and General Pershing praise the effort, while Warley of the Shipping Board vows victory and Redfield tours yards. The day also sees the destroyer Maury launched at Bethlehem Fore River and Lloyd George sending congratulations.
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Washington
America
Royal Army of
Wilson
Pershing
Warley
Shipping Board
Kaiser
Redfield
Philadelphia
Schwab
Pier
Emergency Fleet Corporation
San Francisco
Tuckahoe
Bath
Tampa
Fla
Tacoma
Wash
Los Angeles
Superior
Wis
Anrice
Quincy
Muass
United States
Maury
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Bethlshem
Fore River
London
Lloyd George
Big celebrations on 4th parade through New York crowds
New York crowds of more than 75 000 from two races and nationalities marched up Fifth Avenue in the July Fourth parade. Secretary Daniels reviewed the marchers as New Yorkers cheered with patriotic fervor, while Chicago echoed with similar Independence Day celebrations across the nation.
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New York
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
Daniels
Berlin
America
Sultan Mohammed V of Turkey Dies in Constantinople
Mohammed V, sultan of Turkey and 35th Osmanli sovereign, died Wednesday night in Constantinople. He seized the throne in 1909 after 83 years as a prisoner and issued a wartime proclamation in 1914 blaming the Triple Entente. Next heir is Yusseff Izzedune, son of Abdul Aziz.
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Amsterdam
Mohammed V
Turkey
Constantinople
Vienna
Sultan Abdul II
Royal
Moamamed
Yusseff Izzedune
Sultan Abdul Azzizi
Storey Named Federal Manager for Santa Fe Line
W. B. Storey, vice president of the Santa Fe railway, was appointed federal manager of the line for the central western region by Hale Holden, federal director, as he heads Santa Fe operations in Santa Fe and Chicago on July 4.
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W. B. Storey
Santa Fe
Chicago
Santa Fe Railway
Hale Holden
Five Hurt as Elks Block Burns in Omaha
Fire devastated the Elks block at Fifteenth and Harney streets in Qimaha Nebraska. Five firefighters were injured during the blaze. The building had been bought by the Elks for $150000.
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Elks
Burne
Qimaha
Neb
Fifteenth and
Harney Streets
The
Governor orders saloon closings in Minnesota crackdown
Governor Burnquist directs Adjt. Gen. Rhinow to shut all saloons in Blooming Prairie that violate the law and deploy the National Guard of Minnesota to enforce the order.
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St. Paul
Minn
Burnquist
Adjt
W. F. Rhinow
Blooming Drairie
National Guard of
Minnesota
Aged 73 Admits Killing Three in Oswego
Oswego New York July 3 Aged 73 Charles Gero confessed to police to the murder of his wife 72 and his brother 79 and a third person in a troubled family case. The statement follows inquiries into a series of killings.
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Oswego
N. Y
Charles Gero
Miss Olga Masaryk Calls for revolt Against Austrian Rule
Miss Olga Garrigue Masaryk known as the Jean d Arc of the oppressed Czecho Slovak race declares a revolt against Austria Hungarian tyranny. Her mother is American and her father Dr Thomas G Masaryk heads the provisional Bohemian government and seeks U S recognition.
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Olga Garrigue Masaryk
Jean d'Arc
Austria-Hungary
Miss Masaryk
Thomas G. Masaryk
United States
German submarine sinks hospital ship Llandovery Castle
The British admiralty says the German U boat torpedoed the hospital ship Llandovery Castle 116 miles southwest of Fastnet on June 27. The vessel carried 258 people including 80 Canadian Army Medical Corps men and 14 nurses. one lifeboat with 24 survivors reached port while another with 12 nursing sisters capsized with deaths recorded.
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London
Llandovery Castle
Fastnet
British Admiralty
Lilandovery Castle
Canada
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Lyon
Medical Corps
Profiteering Found in American Industries Report
Federal Trade Commission says investigations show profiteering amid war pressure and greed. Unprecedented profits appear in packing and sectors including steel copper zinc nickel sulfur lumber coal flour canned milk and canned salmon. High salaries and bonuses for top officials also examined.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Commission
Turkey Must Explain to U S
Washington reports that Turkish regular troops burned and looted the American hospital at Tabriz. The finding was conveyed through the Spanish government to the state department. A formal protest and demand for satisfaction have been presented to Turkey via Sweden, with next steps to be determined after the reply.
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Washington
Tabriz
State Department
Sweden
United States
Allies asked to protect entente by Murmon and White seas
July 6 report that consuls of France the United States and Great Britain received a deputation of delegates from the Murmon coast and the White sea coast asking for protection of the entente allies.
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Archangel
France
United States
Great Britain
Murmon
White Sea
Copper Price Set At 26 Cents A Pound
President Wilson approves an agreement between copper producers and the War Industries Board price-fixing committee fixing the maximum copper price at 26 cents per pound.
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Washington
Wison
The
War Industries Board
Hail Wrecks Crops Across North Dakota and Minnesota
A severe hail event on Monday afternoon caused extensive damage to growing grain and truck gardens in North Dakota and Minnesota. Estimated losses range from three to three and a half million dollars, affecting multiple farms and fields across the two states.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Minnesota
Prisoner Confab Delayed by German Delegates
Washington reports the German government informed the United States it cannot have its delegates at Berne in time for the August 5 prisoners of war conference.
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Washington
United States
Berne
Men of draft age urged to take war work
Washington July 5 General Crowder clarifies the new work or fight order does not apply to men outside draft ages It aims to free fit fighters and requires deferred men in classes 2 3 and 4 to seek productive work rather than idle dependency The speaker urges all eligible men to engage in war service or related economic tasks to support the nation during wartime
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America
Washington
General Crowder
Crowder
Army
Navy
Daniels Lands Ship Gunners
Secretary Daniels commended naval armed guard members of the William Rockefeller after torpedoing May 18. Gunners mates Huston Moorhead Burke Martin Kasper Mimins Mulligan Burch Schroeder sent ammunition to the gang and stayed at their posts in the powder magazine until ordered to abandon ship.
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Washington
Daniels
Naval Armed Guard
William Rockefeller
Myron EF. Huston
Gault
John Robert Moorhead
Hartwell
Raymond P. Burke
Boston
Carl C. Martin
Two Harbors
Minn
Ladislaus J. Kasper
Cleveland
Sam Mimins, Jr
Dallas
Tex
Arthur J. Mulligan
Lowell
Mass
William S. Burch
Washington, D. C
William B. Schroeder
Moorhead
Powder Blast at Split Rock Kills Dozens in Syracuse
Two TNT explosions at the Semet Solvay plant near Syracuse after a fire wrecked the Split Rock facility. At least 65 were killed and about 200 injured as 9:30 PM blasts toppled buildings and shattered windows in the city center.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Semet- Solvay Company
Split Rock
Here
German Prisoners Fight for Bolsheviks in Russia
Amsterdam reports the Koelnische Zeitung admits Austro Hungarian and German war prisoners are fighting with the Bolsheviks against Czech and Slovak forces in Russia.
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Amsterdam
Russia
Koenische Zeitung
Doctor Roberts Sentenced in Milwaukee Case
Milwaukee judge sentenced Dr. David Roberts to one year in the Milwaukee house of correction after a guilty plea to statutory charges. He acted in the company of Grace Lusk in Milwaukee.
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Doctor Roberts
Milwaukee
David Roberts
Milwaukee House of Correction
Grace Lusk
Reward of 50000 Dollars For Transatlantic Flight
Washington July 2 reward of 50000 dollars to the first person who makes a transatlantic airplane flight is proposed in a resolution introduced Saturday by Representative Lunn of New York.
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Atlantic
Washington
Lunn
New York
Survivors Reach Hampton Roads After Dwinsk Torpedoing
Twenty more survivors of the British ship Dwinsk arrived at Hampton Roads today, reported by the Navy Department. The vessel had been torpedoed about 700 miles from the Delaware capes on June 18.
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Washington
Hampton Roads
Delaware Capes
Navy Department
War Senate Passes Record 21 Billion Funding Day
Washington July 2 Saturday marked a record 21.0 billion dollars in congressional appropriations for wartime effort. The Senate approved a 12.0 billion army bill and a 1.5 billion navy bill, with 3.0 and 0.5 billion sundry civil and fortifications measures, while adopting key conference reports. The House also backed the navy conference and sundry civil reports. Provisions include creating Slavic and Russian volunteer legions, promoting Crowder to lieutenant general, training foreign troops, and updating the draft quotas based on class 1 counts rather than state populations.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
U. K
House
Crowder
Yanks See 3 Subs Sunk in Irish Sea Battle
An Atlantic port report says a British transport with 7400 American soldiers engaged German submarines off the Irish coast. With a destroyer, the U boathunt ended as three subs were sunk, one by ram. Soldiers cheered the British gun crew as subs fell.
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Atlantic
Irish
Washington
England
Wheat price increase announced by food administration
New York on July 2 the food administration announced a change in government wheat pricing. The statement said the rise was needed due to new freight rates set by the railway administration.
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New York
Food Administration
Railway Administration
German Troops Land on Finnish Coast
Stockholm reports Germany landed large military forces at Hangoe on the Finnish coast west of Helsingfors last week. The troops are equipped for winter and arrived with full equipment according to reliable sources.
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Stockholm
Germany
Hangoe
Helsingfors
Russian Royal Family Flees by Steamer from Murman Coast
A dispatch to the Berlinske Tidende from Bergen reports several members of the Russian royal family boarded a steamer that recently sailed from the Murman coast on the White Sea. The note is dated Copenhagen July 6.
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Copenhagen
Murman Coast
White Sea
Berlinske Fidende
Bergen
Three Years for Sedition in Providence Case
Joseph M. Coldwell state organizer for the Socialist party sentenced to three years in the Atlanta federal penitentiary for seditious utterances and opposing the draft. He appealed.
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Providence
R. I
Joseph M. Coldwell
Socialist Party
Atlanta
Doctor Cladden Near to Death
Rev. Dr. Washington Cladden eminent Congregational divine of Columbus Ohio hovers near death after a second stroke of paralysis as his physicians report the outlook remains grave and death possible at any moment.
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Cladden
Columbus, O
Washington Cladden
U S Transport Sunk After Torpedo Hit
The American army transport Covington was torpedoed and sunk in the war zone last Monday night while returning from France with thousands of soldiers. Six crew members are missing. all others, including officers, were landed in a French port. No army personnel aboard.
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Washington
Covington
France
Cincinnati
Boston
United States
Ernest C. Anderson
Lynn
Mass
Joseph B. Bowden
Mountain Lake
N. J
Ambrose C. Ford
Somerville
William Henry Lynch, Jr
Manchester
N. H
Albert 8. Payne
Seaman
West New Brighton
Staten Island
N. Y
Lloyd H. Silvernal
Bain’ Bridge
Navy
Premier Botha Warns of Enemy Plots in South Africa
Pretoria reports serious unrest with strong police and military actions. Premier Botha says enemy agencies seek to stir strife among Europeans and natives and view any method as acceptable to achieve their aims.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Botha
Union of South Africa
Hhis
Shows Huge Food Profits
Treasury figures sent to the senate in response to Senator Borah's profiteering inquiry show dairy profits rising to 180 percent banks to 80 percent contractors up to 596 percent and flour mills to 487 percent The top gain listed was 2183 percent for a food dealer with 1000 capital and another food firm with 325000 capital reports a 475 percent excess while a clothing firm with 400000 capital shows a 15 percent profit rise.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
Borah
Idaho
Votes to Seize Telegraph And Telephone Systems
The House approved a war time measure granting the president authority to seize the nation’s telegraph and telephone networks for the remainder of the war. The vote stood 221 to 4, amid administration pressure as Western Union telegraphers planned a strike for union recognition. the resolution went to the Senate.
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Washington
Telegraphers’ Union
House of Representatives
Senate
Express wage raises planned under government control
Chicago July 8. George C Taylor president of the Railway Express company said wage raises for federalized express companies' employees are the first steps planned under government control.
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Chicago
George C. Taylor
Railway Express Company
Navy Aviator Ensign George Roe Reported Captured
Ensign George Roe of Scituate Massachusetts, a U S Navy aviation pilot, has been captured and imprisoned at Camp Landschut Germany. The navy was advised by Vice Admiral Sims.
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U. S
Speed Boat Pilot John Mulot Dies in Detroit
Detroit July 8 John Mulot a noted automobile racer and speed boat pilot died here He piloted Miss Detroit I over the Detroit river course to win the event in 1915 Other details note his prominence in racing circles and his recent involvement in speed boat competitions
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Detroit
Mich
John Mulot
Detroit River
Illinois Aviator Safe After Landing in Allied Lines
Lieutenant William H. Brotherton of Guthrie Oklahoma, an American aviator, lands safely within Allied lines in Alsace after being reported missing June 26 while serving with the American Army in France.
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Illinois
France
William H. Brotherton
Guthrie, Tl
Thas
Alsace
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