Ship building held up by Goethals Denman clash
Washington July 17 The government merchant ship program faced a pause as Maj Gen Goethals postponed plans to requisition steel merchant ships and shift building to government yards. Chairman Denman sought more information delaying decisions while authority over a $750 million fleet remains disputed between the Shipping Board and the Goethals corporation.
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Washington
N. Goethals
Shipping Board
Gen. Goethals
Denman
Wilson
Congress
Poison And Rope Fail Restaurant Stew Fatal
A Prague artist aged 45 failed to kill himself with poison and a rope made of paper pulp. After two botched attempts, he consumed a meat stew at a restaurant, which was also tainted by a counterfeit poison. He died two hours later, the report states.
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Amsterdam
Prague
Kaiser Promises to Respect Papal Flag
Washington July 17 Archbishop Bevanture Cerretti sails shortly from an American port on an Italian liner for Rome to become assistant papal secretary of state. The ship will fly the papal flag under an arrangement by which Germany has promised immunity from submarine attack.
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Washington
Bevanture Cerretti
Rome
Germany
Miners Union Postpones Colorado Strike Plan
Officials of the United Miners of America announced Monday night the postponement of the safarerenum rate strike set for today. The action targets coal miners at Colorado Fuel and Iron with an effective date of Aug 1. Company officials agreed to a conference after notice of strike intent was filed with the state industrial commission.
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Denver
United Miners of America
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
State Industrial Commission
Congress Likely to Authorize Second Allied Loan
Washington July 17 Congress probably will be asked before adjournment to authorize a second giant loan to the allies. The present $3,000,000,000 loan will exhaust in 3 to 4 months, with indications the next authorization may reach $5,000,000,000. Congress may act as an amendment to the revenue bill.
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Washington
Congress
McAdoo
Liberty Loan
Illinois to draft about 51000 men for selective army
Springfield July 17 Illinois probably will furnish 51000 men for the selective conscription army though the figure is 15000 over the war department’s earlier estimate. Major B M Chiperfield at Washington advised Governor Lowden to apportion the draft on the 51000 basis while noting a self factory settlement is in prospect. He will return to Springfield and explain the ruling in person after his mission to Washington.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
War Department
B. M. Chiperfield
Washington
Lowden
Ilnots
Chiperfield
Shence 2
Students Engage In Sham Battles At Fort Sheridan
In a July 17 drill at Fort Sheridan Illinois student officers simulate real combat with sham battles and night attacks part of their training. Gov Frank O Lowden and Mrs Lowden reviewed the troops praising their quality as regiments passed in review. A machine gun company from an Illinois national guard regiment joined to instruct the students in rapid fire handling.
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Fort Sheridan
Illinois National Guard
Chicago
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Anti-Conscription Meeting in Quebec Sparks Vandalism
A crowd of several thousand gathered in Jacques Cartier market square to protest conscription. Speakers included Senator Landry Armand Lavergne La Etate Roy and Louis Letourneaux. A resolution against conscription was adopted and afterward the crowd smashed windows of the Quebec Chronicle and lEvenement.
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Quebec
Jacques Cartier Market Square
Senator Landry
Armand Lavergne
la Etate Roy
Louis Letourneaux
Quebec Chronicle
l’Evenement
European Press Attacks on Bethmann Hollweg in Copenhagen
European press reports accuse German chancellor Bethmann Hollweg and foreign secretary Zimmerman of deception toward the United States, suggesting submarine policy was mishandled. Georg Michaelis may rise as chancellor, widening parliamentary control debates. Emperor William accepts Hollweg’s resignation in a formal note. Reichstag is portrayed as sidelined in the appointment.
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Vossische Zeitung
Georg Bernhard
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Dr. Zimmerman
Washington
Wilson
Germany
Herr Bernhard
United States
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Count von Bernatorff
Georg Michelis
Reichstag Meimberg
Imperial Council of Representatives
Berliner Tageblatt
Frankfurter Zeitung
The
Hague
Berlin
Reichsanzeiger
William
Tageblatt
Vorwaertz
Michaelis
Reichstag
Greece Declares War on Four Central Powers
Washington dispatch reports Greece severed relations with the central powers and is in a state of war. Greek minister in Paris relayed to France that Greece is a belligerent, no formal declaration needed, citing Venizelos.military strength around 60,000 Venizelos army and up to 300,000 possible with munitions.
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Washington
Greece
State Department
Paris
Saloniki
Venizelos
Athens
Balkans
Constantine
Hoover is Day Long Debate Over Hoover Food Office
Washington and senate leaders clash over Hoover as food administrator in food control bill. Debate centers on authority, domestic relevance, and plans for a board while compromise amendments narrow scope to foods fuels and gasoline. White counters Reed allegations of Hoover gambling operations in Belgian relief purchases.
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Wilson
Herbert C. Hoover
Senate
Reed
Hoover
Phelan
Board of Food Administrations
House
Senate Democratic Steering Committee
Woover
John Beaver White
American Committee
Belgian Relief Commission
Senator Reed
Herbert Hoover
Commission
United States
Mr. White
List of Exports Requiring Licenses Under Wilson Proclamation
Washington reports the Administrative board of the exports council announced a long list of commodities that require licenses for shipment abroad, though not named in the proclamation. Items include sulfur, saltpeter, nitrate of potash, benzol, rice, dried beans, pans, condensed milk, structural steel and shapes, mild steel, angles, beams, channels, steel plates, tank and boiler plates, rosin, turpentine, washing powder, lamp oil, lubricating oil, malt, soap and soap products, vegetable oils.
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Washington
The
Exports Council
Wilson
Railroads plan food and coal conservation during war
Chicago July 17 Dozens of railroad executives from 15 central war department states met to discuss conserving food coal and manpower. Herbert Hoover urged dining car cuts on meat bread and butter with fees for extra portions while railroads prepare to ratify Hoover plans and reduce passenger service to save coal.
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Central War Department
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Michigan
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Colorado
Herbert C. Hoover
Hoover
Civilians Guard Box Factories in Oregon
Two hundred armed civilian guards guard Klamath Falls box factories and plants. About 30 men arrested at the I W W headquarters are jailed after a Sunday flour mill fire, estimated loss $150000. Officials say I W W started the blaze.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Thousands File for Reserve Officer Camps in Texas
About 80,000 applications were filed for the second series of reserve officers training camps in the central army department before midnight. Illinois led with 971 trainees at Lew Springs Texas within a 5,796 total capacity for the central quotas. Major Horace Stebbins now heads the camp division, with Col. Thayer and Col. Penn reassigned to Des Moines and Columbus respectively.
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Chicago
Central Department of the Army
Central Department
Illinois
Lewn Springs
Horace Stebbins
U. S. Reserve Corps
Department
Arthur Thayer
Julius A. Penn
Des Moines
Columbus
War Fronts See Gains and Setbacks Across Europe
Reports from the front describe Teutonic setbacks in Lodziany and Champagne with Russian and Allied forces counterattacking, capturing thousands of officers and men along with guns and materiel. In Galicia Russians press advantages as British and German raids continue, while Rome signals renewed Austro Italian front bombardments and a raid yielding prisoners and war matériel.
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Lodziany
Lomnitca
Galicia
Kalusz
Champagne
France
Riga
Baltic Sea
Rumanian
Brusilloff
The
Teton
Mont Haut
French War Office
Petain
Belgium
Berlin
Lombaertzyde
Rome
Jamania
Riots Diminished as Guard Enforces Peace in Lead Belt
Dangers of renewed riot in southeastern Missouri fell after national guard officers and Sheriff Adams swore in 12 deputies. About half the mines in the Lead Belt resumed, though workers were short handed due to foreign-born labor exodus. Guardsmen kept potential troublemakers in check and seized all liquor in the belt. The Alliance of Protestant miners condemned mob actions in a Monday resolution.
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Flat River
Missouri
National Guard
Adams
Bonneterre
St. Joseph
Change Draft List Locations To Aid Access
Washington July 17 Provost Marshal General Crowder telegraphed governors to post draft lists in central offices such as police headquarters rather than board offices to ease access. Most states have completed numbering and registration cards though a few districts remain. Industrial exemptions remain to be decided by superior boards with careful steps for absent registrants and examinations.
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Washington
Crowder
Guardsmen Mobilize As New York Prepares For War
In New York 18000 national guard members assembled to mobilize for federal service on August 5. The force includes infantry, artillery, cavalry, engineers, coast defense, signal corps and hospital units. The 15th regiment, with a Black division, left for Camp Whitman Beekman to await Southward training. State guard strength ~40,000. war strength 41,476. Many men enlisted Monday.
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New York
National Guard
Camp Whitman St Beekman
State Guard
Four German Subs Sunk by U S Destroyers
London July 1 reports four of the largest modern German submarines were destroyed by American war ships escorting the first installment of American soldiers to France. The German claim came via a Rome dispatch and was forwarded by Central News.
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London
France
Bere
Rome
Central News
Spy Suspect Held in San Francisco Jail
July 17 reports signal flashes from Mill Valley in Marion County indicating an attempt to contact enemy aliens. A man detained as a spy suspect was arrested Monday and is held in custody in San Francisco, his name not released by authorities.
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Mill Valley
Marion County
Ijaland
San Francisco Bay
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