Reichstag Strikes and Generals Summoned in Berlin
Berlin reports say the Reichstag went on strike suspending both full house and main committee work leaving the war credit bill in abeyance Emperor William summoned Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General Ludendorff for a conference amid cabinet and peace-resolution tensions Amsterdam dispatch denies Bethmann-Hollweg resignation in Berlin rumor mill
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Reichstag
Kaiser
Emperor William
Field Marshal
von Hindenburg
Gen. Ludendorff
Terrihc Storm Near Danville Causes Casualties and Damage
A cyclonic storm swept from Fairmount and Homer to St. Joseph and Ogden causing one death and many injuries. A shed in Fairmount killed a 3 year old girl. Mrs Murrell and two children were severely hurt near Wamner park to Ogden. An Illinois Traction car derailed. Big Four train windows shattered by hail. Telegraphs down north of Ogden. two severely injured at Osborns’ Danville hospital.
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Danville
Fairmount
Homer
St. Joseph
Ogden
Frank Pitchard
Illinois Traction System
Alva Huff
Wamner Park
H. L. Murrell
William Osborn
Illinois Quota for Army Sets State Totals
Washington July 14 The quota of men each state must furnish is listed with Illinois at 51 653 and California 23 060 among others. Hawaii shows none and Porto Rico 12 833. The document details state by state figures for wartime manpower deployment.
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Washington
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iown
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Newark
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Educators split on endorsing suffrage at N E A meeting
Mrs Ella Flagg Young former Chicago public schools head stirred the National Education Association by urging endorsement of woman suffrage after claiming President Wilson recently voiced support in Atlantic City. After a half hour of debate the convention defeated the motion, with L H Minker saying heckling the president is too serious for the association to risk.
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Portland
Qrc
Ella Flagg Young
Chicago
National Education Association
Wilson
Atlantic City
Young
United States
L. H. Minker
Fort Dodge
White House
German political crisis centers on peace and reform
A U.S. State Department review notes Germany faces a power struggle over internal reform and peace. It suggests no revolution, but warns the chancellor lacks authority over military leaders and real change hinges on reform, manhood suffrage, and Berlin’s stance on the 1914 war program.
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Washington
State Department
Committee On Public Information
Germany
Department of State
Berlin
Reichstag
Junkers
Junker
Five Arrests on Murder Charges in East St Louis Riot
Five suspects including Harry Robinson a 19 year old shoemaker and four or five Negroes were arrested on murder charges after the East St Louis riots. The inquest of the coroner will resume Monday and all detainees are held in Belleville jail. Attorney General Brundage vows to spare no one as threats of renewed rioting accompany troop deployment. A Texas call to keep Negro labor in the south follows reports of an exodus north with officials considering plans in multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Louis, II
Harry Robinson
Belleville
Brundage
Chicago
East St. Louis
South
Austin
Tex
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Rumors of Wilhelm Abdication Not Confirmed
A Morning Post dispatch from Amsterdam says rumors that Emperor William abdicated in favor of his son Prince Joachim are unconfirmed and should be treated with caution.
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Morning Post
Amsterdam
William
Prince
President backs first food control bill in Congress
President Wilson announced support for the administration food control bill as submitted, opposing the Gore substitute and Smoot amendment. He urged prompt action and noted no change to prohibition. Hoover and Chamberlain aligned against the Gore plan while the Senate debated preventing defense council commissioners from selling to the government.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate
Martin
Gore
Hoover
Chamberlain
Defense Council
Advisory Commission
Pomerensa
Harvest labor steady in western states says bureau
Western harvest labor is not in short supply, per the Department of Labor Employment Bureau. A Camanetti notes patriotism and federal, state agents boosting workers. Reports cite Missouri and Iowa as not facing acute shortages as harvests progress.
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Washington
Department of Labor
A. Camanetti
Employment Service
Patriotic War Service
William H. Lewis
Missouri
A. L. Urick
Iowa
Commissioner of Labor
Japan to retard naval building amid financial limits
July 11 report on a House of Peers interpellation where Vice Admiral Kato, minister of marine, stated Japan does not need to match American naval expansion and that an enlarged program is impossible under current financial conditions.
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RSO
House of Peers
Japan
Kato
America
Monarchists Defeated as Chang Hsun Flees to Dutch Legation
Chinese dispatches report a republican victory in Peking ending a three week monarchist uprising. General Chang Hsun fled to the Dutch legation, while Premier Tuan Chi-fui plans to reassert the republican regime and unite scattered forces. Rail links out of the capital were cut to trap him.
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Peking
Chang Hsun
Far Eastern
Tuan Chi-fui
Legation
Chang
China
Deportation order and arrest in Luna County
District Attorney J. S. Vaught and Sheriff Simpson with 50 deputies arrested 1,200 men deported from Bisbee to Columbus under arms. Gov. Lindsey warned of commandeering a train if federal charge isn’t assumed. Stockade confinement, fed at state expense pending takeover. W. B. Cleary, deported labor advocate, leads group and explains 1,286 miners and small business men on strike for better pay and ending of physical examinations used for blacklists.
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Gen
Hill, Jr
Gov
Lindsey
State
War Departments
Wilson
Arizona
W. B. Cleary
Cleary
Bisbee
Nation to Draft 687000 Men Under Wilson Policy
Washington July 14 The War Department issued a formal order by President Wilson to raise 687000 men under the selective draft. Governors will apportion quotas to local boards ahead of a forthcoming lottery to determine order of service. Net quotas reflect national guards and war volunteers, with Oregon leading in adjustments while Illinois and Pennsylvania show large reductions from gross to net quotas.
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Washington
Wilson
War Department
Regular Army
National Guard
National Army
Baker
Congress
United States
District of Columbia
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Missouri
Nebraska
New York
Wisconsin
Oregon
Arizona
Pennsylvania
British Vanguard Blows Up at Anchor
London July 14 The British battleship Vanguard blew up and sank on July 9 according to a British admiralty statement. An internal explosion at anchor caused the disaster leaving only 3 survivors, one of whom later died. Twenty four officers and seventy one men were not aboard at the time. The Vanguard displaced 19 250 tons with a wartime complement of 870 and carried ten 2 inch guns.
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London
Vanguard
Admiralty
Russian Westward Drive Across Lomnicka Dniester Front
Advancing along a 50 mile front from Halicz to the Carpathians the Russians press westward across the Lomnicka and north across the Dniester in Galicia capturing villages and enemy positions. They take Kalusz and Perehinsko with nearly 1000 prisoners and several heavy guns. fighting continues on key crossings and along the Dniester while British and German forces on other fronts engage in raids and aerial combat.
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Petrograd
Admiralty
Halicz
Carpathians
Lomnicka
Dniester
War Office
Khilus
Kalusz
Perehinsko
Bohorodozany
Galicia
Halice
Bukazowice
Lemberg
Dolina
Korniloff
Pripet Marshes
Romania
Dvina
Shara
Smorgon
Pinsk
Stanislau
Rumania
France
St. Quentin
Alon
Aisne
Meuse
Verdun
Hungary Seeks Peace Without Conquests Amid German Crisis
Amsterdam report from July 14 quotes Count Michael Karolyi stating Hungary pursues an honorable peace with no annexations. He cites Czernin as ready for peace, while Baron Beck and Moritz Esterhazy discuss a peace-driven policy. Esterhazy defends the dual monarchy alliance and says Hungary fights defensively, blaming the enemy for continuing the war.
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Amsterdam
Michael Karolyi
Hungarian Independent Party
House of Deputies
Budapest
Germany
Czernin
Julius Beck
Hungary
Moritz Esterhazy
Baron Beck
Yeager Named Colonel to Lead Illinois Tenth Infantry
Springfield July 14 Danville native Philip S Yeager has been promoted to colonel and will command the new Illinois tenth infantry. Adjutant Gen Dickson announced Col C B Eyman of Effingham will lead the new ninth infantry. The eleventh regiment lacks a commanding officer and assignments for companies in formation statewide are pending.
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Springfield
Ill
Philip S. Yeager
Danville
Illinois Infantry
Dickson
C. BE. Eyman
Effingham
Ninth Infantry
Eleventh Infantry
Postpone Finn Bill Delays Finnish Independence Bill
HELSINGFORS July 14 The third reading of the Finnish independence bill has been postponed until Tuesday. All the workmen will cease work on that day.
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Helsingfors
DARE MINISTER CHARGES AT WOMEN'S TRADE MEET
The Women's Association of Commerce in Chicago challenged Rev. J P Frost of Evanston to explain quotes about feminism at a Des Plaines camp meeting. Frost denied misquotation and did not speak. J Edgar Burton argued half of working women seek matrimony, and Anna L Quinby claimed women control most money. ABE Rice praised women's railroad efficiency as a pageant on progress was shown at the American League Park.
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Chicago
Women’s Association of Commerce
J. P. Frost
Evanston
Des Plaines
Frost
J. Edgar Burton
Indianapolis
Anna L. Quinby
Columbus
BE. S. Rice
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Officers Arrested for Dice Games at Post
A raid at Fort Sheridan captured 22 men seeking commissions in the new army while playing dice for large sums. Fourteen from the Illinois regiment and eight from the Michigan Wisconsin regiment were arrested. The group was led by Lt Travana engineers acting as military police at the post. Col Nicholson will decide if the guilty are dismissed or placed under restrictions.
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FT. Sheridan
Illinois Regiment
Michigan-Wisconsin Regiment
Travan Ca
Nicholson
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von Bethmann-Hollweg
Joachim
Gen. Hsun
LW. W
Columbus, N. M
Bohorodczany
Captain Yeager
Dare
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