Eager for Action as American Troops Mobilize for Trench Camp
In a French seaport on July 8 the American forces entered final mobilization steps for a permanent training camp near the front. Unloading and rolling stock are nearly finished, with eight hour drills and sea plunges led by experienced French officers. Camp facilities expand to accommodate many men with modern water systems and a five mile daily hike. Some will be billeted with townspeople at permanent camps. Letters to relatives flood officers as censorship remains strict. One death since arrival, Boatswain's Mate J. J. Dunn, drowned when he fell overboard from a launch.
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J. J. Dunn
Olympia Floatation After Rock Collision Near Block Island
The famous cruiser Olympia, beached recently in Block Island Sound after striking an uncharted rock, was floated on Saturday and anchored in a sheltered position. Poets are born. Blame their ancestors.
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Cruser Olympia
Washington
Olympia
Block Island Sound
How They Voted on Prohibition and Beer Powers Senate Debate
In a lengthy roll call the Senate split over the Pittman amendment to authorize the President to suspend beer and wine manufacture and limit alcohol content. The final Robinson substitute passed after prolonged votes, with 45 for and 37 against, as Democrats and Republicans aligned differently on prohibition and government purchase measures.
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Smoot
Robinston
Cummins
Iowa
Senate
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Pittman
Nevada
Gore
Oklahoma
Senate Agriculture Committee
Beckham
Chamberlain
Fletcher
Hollis
Hasting
Johnson
South Dakota
Jones
New Mexico
Kendrick
King
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Arizona
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Walsh
Wolcott
Colt
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Hitchcock
Martin
Myers
Overman
Phelan
Pomerene
Ransdell
Reed
Shields
Simmons
Maryland
Swanson
Underwood
Williams
Borah
Brady
Brandegee
Curtis
Dillingham
Fernald
France
Frelinghuysen
Grenna
Hale
Harding
Washington
Knox
LaFollette
Lodge
McLean
Page
Penrose
Sherman
Michigan
Townsend
Wadsworth
Warren
Watson
Red Flag of Russian Revolution Sparks Madison Square Garden Rally
More than 10,000 attended a mass meeting at Madison Square Garden in New York to honor Boris Bakhmetieff and the Russian mission, with proceeds near 20000 for Russian prisoners of war. A dispute arose when A Reutovich urged carrying the war to victory, provoking hisses before soldiers reassured the crowd and the Hymn of New Russia was played.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Friends of Russian Freedom
Boris Bakhmetieff
United States
America
A. Reutovich
Reutovich
New Russia
Bold Raid on London by Trubes
The attack on civilians and key buildings shows the German raid targeted nonmilitary areas. Despite heavy bombardment and many onlookers, casualties were limited as workers took shelter in basements and sturdy structures with no reported injuries in several offices and a hospital area. Naval airmen claimed three downed planes while British fighters destroyed seven more as the raid crossed London.
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Metropolis
Admiralty
Dunkirk
Channel
London
EIGHT SALOONS ARE CLOSING BUSINESS
Several Quincy saloons will go out of business after prohibit tions pass. Only 126 of 131 saloons renewed licenses. Beginning January 1, 1918 grace period for closing after license expiry ends. Unrenewed days open must be paid for. Seven thousand dollars lost to city next fiscal year. R W Dauber and Frank Quirk of National Oil Co visiting Quincy yesterday.
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Quincy
Thompson
R. W. Dauber
Frank Quirk
National Oil Co
Hannibal
Indictment for Plots Reveals German Seizure Papers
New York reports seized papers from Wolf Von Igel, secretary to Captain Franz Von Papen, proving German plots to foment uprisings in India and Ireland. Indicts Dr Ernest Sekunna and two Hindu students Chandra Chakraborty and Hr Gupta at Columbia University for organizing a military enterprise against a friendly nation. Evidence links payments from German agents, a 1915 Papen payment in Japan, and plans to send armaments via a Chinese intermediary.
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New York
Wolf von Igel
Franz von Papen
India
Ireland
Sir Roger Casement
van Igel
Ernest Sekunna
Columbia University
Chandra Chakraborty
Hr. L. Gupta
Foreign Office
Berlin
Chakraborty
Wilhemstrasse
Sekunna
China
von Igel
von Papen
Japan
Gupta
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
To Ladies Who Are Stout Fat Reduction Pitch
Advertising copy touts a fat reduction system promising health and beauty benefits. It claims easy weight loss from ten to sixty pounds without exercise or strict dieting and urges readers to visit a druggist and follow simple directions. It promises renewed youth and confidence and appeals to social admiration.
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Hampshire St. Quincy
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