Senate Puts Food Control Under 3 Men for Bill Debate
The Senate debated a food control bill restricting regulation to foods, feeds, and fuel with authority placed in three salaried officials. Amendments proposed by Reed sought to exclude Hoover and expand the board, while administration-backed changes aimed to tightening control and prices.
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Ion
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Ms Hoover
Watts
Amer
Food and Fuel Administration
New Hampshire
Suffrage Pickets Accept Pardon From Wilson
Washington reports all sixteen women jailed for a White House suffrage protest accepted pardons from President Wilson after two days of a sixty‑day sentence. Prisoners left the workhouse quietly as plans to resume picketing were announced by the Women’s Party.
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Malone
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Ge Gordon Battle
Jane
Mora
German War Losses Reported by War Office
London July 19 Germans killed and wounded in the war totals given by the War Office. The July report lists 1 032 800 killed, 2 325 581 wounded with additional figures for those dying of wounds and other casualties. Details cover sick and missing, prisoners captured, and colonial losses.
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Berlin Chancellor Georg Michaelis’s maiden Reichstag speech expected
Berlin held back the chancellors maiden Reichstag address amid wartime censorship. Reports from Amsterdam say the majority Reichstag parties will move the peace resolution, with 221 of 397 deputies likely to vote in favor as the Reichstag meets to decide policy for peace or war.
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Berlin police break up radicals' Berlin demonstration
Copenhagen reports a Socialist demonstration in Berlin Tuesday night was dispersed by police after reaching the city center. Official Copenhagen version notes only a few hundred participants and calls the event unimportant.
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Michaelis Urges Close Co operation Between Germany and Austria
Copenhagen July 1 report states that upon accepting the German chancellorship Dr Michaelis sent a message to Count Czernin Austro Hungarian Foreign Minister declaring his vow to preserve the alliance and lead Austria Hungary to victory while Count Czernin viewed close cooperation as key to a peaceful future. Austria signaled readiness for peace but vowed to continue the fight if necessary. Germany and Austria would act together to secure stable conditions for a peaceful future.
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Revolt in Petrograd Crushed Lenine Sought as Spy
Petrograd reports say loyal troops crushed a mutiny led by Nicolai Lenine with arrests and military blocks around the Winter Palace. A German spy link is alleged via a letter from General Brusiloff's staff, with Lenine's finances and German support under scrutiny. a special congress of Workmen and Soldiers delegates is planned for July 28 to shape policy.
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Lebeleff
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Ermo Jenko
Americans Try to Kill Kaiser Report
Reuters dispatch from London dated July 19 says two Americans were recently shot on the charge of attempting to assassinate the German Emperor. Amsterdam correspondent notes the information should be treated with reserve.
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Black Capsule Lottery Sets Draft Order Across Districts
Washington July 19 the draft lottery will begin at 9 30 tomorrow morning drawing 10 500 capsules from a glass bowl by a blindfolded man Numbers 1 to 10 500 will define each district’s reporting order for examinations A second report discusses plan changes abandoning a two thousand block draw for a single 10 500 number draw to simplify the process and speed it up Officials say the new method may take about ten hours to complete
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Schreiner Secures Visit Permit to Verboten Zones
Carl Schreiner, head of Munich Reinsurance interests in the U.S., obtained a temporary permit to visit and reside in barred New York zones. The permit, issued by U.S. Marshal McCarthy after Department of Justice instructions, carries no set time limit. Sponsors included Elbridge Gerry Snow and Senator Frelinghuysen, amid insurance industry efforts to protect Schreiner’s reinsurance flow. If Schreiner misbehaves, authorities reserve the right to arrest him.
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Gustave Reimark
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Pennsylvania
Frelinghuysen
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Daniela
Mongolia
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Navy Department
Stokes Attacks Socialist Draft Sabotage Move at Convention
J G Phelps Stokes and Rose Pastor Stokes critique the St Louis convention decision to remove the anti sabotage clause from the Socialist party constitution. They say the move could entice violence to resist draft enforcement while warning mass action harms world democracy. They report that many delegates opposed the change yet it passed quietly.
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Rose Pastor Stokes
Socialist Party
St. Louis
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Stoker
United States
First true account of Pershing Army in France
By Heywood Bromn the piece chronicles the Pershing Army's discovery of France and the American Regulars' adventures with the French people their reactions and interactions as seen through contemporary eyes.
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