Lottery Draft Counts 10500 Numbers for Army Service
Washington July 21 The drawing for the United States army selection extended from Friday morning into Saturday. Secretary Baker and other officials drew the first eight numbers, then regular tellers continued until 10 500 numbers were drawn. The first 1000 numbers cover over one million men. few numbers beyond the first two thousand affect the first army. Districts range from 185 to 10,200 numbers, with many around 3,000.
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Big Fish Bowl
War Baker
Senator Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Congressman Dent
House Military Committee
Senator Warren
Representative Kahn
Senate
House
Tasker H. Bliss
Enoch Crowder
McCain
Army
Insurance Black-Edged Cards Aid Honest Firms Abroad
London Tit-Bits describes a mutual system among top insurance offices. When suspicions arise, officials circulate black edged warning cards bearing the issuing company name and recorded alternate names and addresses. Cards are confidential, used only after strong evidence is found, and kept in regularly updated ledgers that deter fraud and protect clients.
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London
Saving coal at home urges efficient fuel use
The University of Illinois Engineering Experiment Station argues that careful fuel selection and prudent operation of home heating plants could save 4 500 000 tons of coal in Illinois and over 60 000 000 tons nationwide. The circular explains economical firing of soft coal and practical house heating installations.
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Illinois
Engineering Experiment Station
University of Ilinois
United States
Russia likely to resist separate peace, Boynton says
C H Boynton in Petrograd reports Russia will not seek a separate peace, predicting public opinion will curb extremists and a capable ministry will reshape policy within months. He warns against alarming appearances and asserts unity with the United States in opposing any separate settlement.
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Union News Servic
New York
Russia
United States
C. H. Boynton
Mr. Boynton
America Feeding the World as Exports Rise and Fall
Washington reports show April wheat exports at 14,234,013 bushels vs 11,392,788. Beef exports rose from 22,295,972 to 48,211,592 pounds. Sugar jumped 1,500 percent then fell from 103,486,176 to 92,283,738 pounds. Fish exports markedly declined from 15,122,474 to 7,544,877 pounds.
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America
Washington
Food Administration
Germany Justifies Submarine War as Lawful Measure
Berlin declares submarine warfare lawful, forced by Russian mobilization and Britain's blockade. Chancellor Michaelis praises Bethmann-Hollweg, credits failed peace efforts for the shift, while Washington notes Americans face strict draft fitness tests with about 40 percent rejection at the first exam and a need to recruit nearly one million for 625,000 initial troops.
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Germany
Copenhagen
Doctor Michaelis
Doctor von Bethmann-Hollweg
Great Britain
America
Reading Matter for Soldiers in Washington
Magazines and newspapers bearing one cent stamps may be posted unwrapped and unaddressed by publishers and will be forwarded by postal authorities to American soldiers and sailors in Europe.
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Washington
Europe
Cuba votes for $30 million treasury bonds for war effort
Cuba's congress unanimously passes a bill to issue a 30 million dollar treasury bond to fund participation in the European war. Bonds will be offered in Havana and New York. The report notes political shifts as socialist factions debate strategy in New York.
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Cuba
Havana
Treasury
New York
Montenegrins Die of Hunger in War-Torn News Dispatch
A Rome dispatch quotes Montenegrin officials detailing Austrian ferocity aimed at exterminating Montenegrin people. The report notes widespread hunger and collapse as Belgrade and Romanian fronts suffer. Severe casualties and famine are described amid the conflict.
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Paris
Rome
Tribuna
Serbia
Havas Sa78
Bel
Rumania
Plot to spread tetanus germs thwarted in Kansas
Government tests by chemist W. Smith and three aides revealed tetanus germs in plaster samples connected to three men arrested in different towns of Kansas. The plot to terrorize the state appears broken up by these arrests.
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Kansas City
Kangags
Kas
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