Battle at Ojo de Agua Near Mission Claims Mexican Attack
About five hundred shots were exchanged across the Rio Grande at Ojo de Agua near Mission between American border patrol and unidentified Mexicans. One report says two or three Mexicans fell. Americans suffered no casualties. Col. Delamater and reinforcements from the Second Texas Infantry participated as the six hour engagement ended with Mexicans retreating into brush.
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Mission
Texas
Rio Grande
Ojo de Agua
Patrot
Kent
B. F. Delamater
K and M Companies
Second Texas Infantry
Col. Delamater
Brownsville
Army District Headquarters
Delamater
Farrand Sayre
Associated Press
Penitas
Red Cross Calls Illinois Members to Recruit New Members
In a effort to boost Illinois Red Cross membership to one million, 610,000 members were told they should recruit a new member in the coming week. The period July 30 to August 5 was set as humanity week with county chapters urged to organize a special program. Civic and business groups will be invited to cooperate in the membership drive.
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Chicago
Red Cross
Illinois
Humanity
W. D. Thurber
Illinois Red Cross
Coal Rate Hearing Extended in Chicago
July 20 Chicago. B J Rowe coal traffic manager Illinois Central and L E Wetling head of Western Railroad Statistics bureau testified on higher costs of labor equipment and shipping at a public utilities commission hearing. The railroads seek a 15 cent per ton coal rate increase. The hearing was to end Thursday but will continue as more witnesses wished to testify. a decision was not likely before August 1.
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Chicago
B. J. Rowe
Illinois Central Railroad
L. E. Wetling
Western Railroad Statistics Bureau
Public Utilities Commission
German Casualties Reported by War Office
German official lists for June show 28,819 killed or died of wounds and 3,218 died of sickness. Prisoners and missing total 38,606. Since war start totals are 1,032,800 killed or died of wounds, 72,960 died of sickness, 591,968 prisoners and missing, 2,825,581 wounded. Naval and colonial losses are excluded.
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London
War Office
Ship argument noted as Senate acts on shipbuilding plan
Washington July 20 Congress passed without debate a Smoot resolution demanding information on the government ship construction program. Shipping board and Gen Goethals continue talks on two government ship plants and using private yards. Board seeks full study, may oppose parts, leaving Wilson to decide supreme control if conflicts persist.
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Congress
Senate
Smoot
Wilson
The
Shipping Board
Gen. Goethals
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Denman
Friends of
German and Austrian Offensive Across Galicia and France
War report says German and Austro Hungarian forces push in eastern Galicia against Russians with heavy reinforcements. German counters claim success near Ziechoff and Lemberg while artillery duels occur in Volhynia and along the Baltic. In France, Germans press near Craonne and Hartebiz but attacks fail to break French lines around Soissons Rheims and St Quentin.
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Germany
Reichstag
United States
Galicia
Brody
Kalusz
Lemberg
Ziechoff
Tarnopol
Volhynia
Baltic Sea
Smorgen
Dvinsk
Lutsk
Volhynian
Soissons
Rheims
Craonne
Hartebiz
St. Quentin
Move Much Coal
Washington reports to the railroad war board show that in June the nation’s railroads moved 750,323 cars of bituminous coal, a 26 percent rise from June last year.
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Washington
Railroad War Board
Michaelis Approves Submarine Campaign Speech
July 20 in Copenhagen Dr Michaelis the new German chancellor told the reichstag he adheres to the submarine war as lawful and necessary to shorten the war He credited Von Bethmann Hollweg and blamed Russia and Britain for forcing the conflict He warned neutrals against hoping America could restrain Britain and praised his own authority and resolve to serve Germany.
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Copenhagen
Michaelis
Germany
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Great Britain
America
Holiweg
Sees Victory As German Chancellorship Accepted
Vienna dispatch reports Dr. Michaelis told Count Czernin that Austria-Hungary and Germany would win and that war would grant a bright future for their peoples. Czernin echoed a guarantee of peace through close cooperation with Germany, while Austria prepared for peace but would fight to the last if needed.
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Copenhagen
Vienna
Michaelis
Count Czernin
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Peooples
Count Czesnin
Austria
Free Rein To Solve Court Plaster Problem
Kansas City July 20 An AG free rein to solve the court plaster plot was given to Fred Robertson Kansas US district attorney and assistants Ten guinea pigs were inoculated with a culture from plaster samples lab tests showed tetanus bacteria and results were due in days Two of three men arrested for peddling court plaster were released one man John Lyng remained jailed in Marysville with tampered adhesive samples Federal authorities investigate the Winfield tetanus death linked to court plaster use on a leg.
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Kansas City
United States
Fred Robertson
Kansas
John Lyng
Marysville
Winfield, Kas
Charles Mulford
Suffragists Pardoned After Workhouse Stay at White House
Sixteen women sent to the work house for taking part in a White House suffrage protest were pardoned by President Wilson on Thursday after two days served of their 60 day terms. The group, lauded as martyrs by their party, planned continued White House picketing and anticipated further arrests. Dudley Field Malone, their counsel, retired briefly but may return if more actions occur as efforts to secure a federal suffrage amendment proceed.
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Washington
Work House
White House
Wilson
Dudley Field Malone
New York
STUDENT OFFICERS CHARGE THE ENEMY AT FORT SHERIDAN
At Fort Sheridan Illinois on July 20 student officers trained at the reserve camp staged a mock assault on a fiber enemy target. Details included bayonet charges over wire entanglements trenches and a parapet as well as tackling another enemy detachment. Barrat O’Hara former Illinois lieutenant governor was examined as an applicant for the second series of camps. he previously served as a corporal in the Spanish-American War.
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Fort Sheridan
Barrat O'Hara
Illinois
France continues to teach its children in war torn France
New York report by J. L. Finley describes France keeping education going amid war. Pupils and teachers wear gas masks in caves while women fill in as teachers, and front line soldiers return to teach when possible. Finley urges US preparedness and closer Franco American university cooperation.
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New York
France
University Staff of
J. L. Finley
University of State of New York
Finley
United States
Recruits Accepted Reach 1,276 Total
Washington dispatch reports regular army recruits accepted on Wednesday totaled 1,276. The figure reflects ongoing enlistment patterns in the postwar buildup as officials note steady manpower intake.
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Washington
Food Bill Moves Toward Final Form In Senate
The administration food control bill neared final form in the Senate after rapid progress under a limited debate. An amendment limiting government control to food, feeds and fuel including kerosene and gasoline was approved 60 to 18, with authority to be vested in three salaried members. The chamber envisages final action by Saturday and House conference approval. Debate erased partisan lines as Hoover figures reappeared in criticism of Reed. Sixteen voted against accepting the substitute, and other amendments on iron, steel, and other products were rejected.
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Washington
Senate
House
Herbert Hoover
Food Commission
Reed
Hoover
Senatoreed
Hollis, Williams
Mr. Hoover
Food Board
Borah
Cumming
France
Grenna
Hitchcock
Hasting
Jones
Kelley
LaFollette
McNary
Nelson
Norris
Sherman
Sutherland and
Townsend
Kenyon
Newlands
Little Danger of Subs If Boats Go 20 Knots
New York July 20 A shipbuilding conference under the New York Chamber of Commerce displayed charts showing submarine danger falls with higher speeds. The figures urge immediate action to require vessels to reach at least 16 knots, noting 100 percent loss for five knots slower vessels attacked.
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New York
Chamber of Commerce of
State of
Stewart Fortune Found in Six Chicago Banks
Chicago, July 20. Two million and fifty thousand dollars in six Chicago banks, mostly large denomination bills, were revealed in probate court as part of the fortune left by the late John M. Stewart to his two daughters, ages 3 and 15. Their guardian, cousin Leander H. Lachance, was unaware of the fund until records were opened. The girls also inherit 690 thousand dollars from their mother, making them among Chicago’s wealthiest heiresses.
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Chicago
John M. Stewart
Leander H. Lachance
British War Mission Names Secretary to U S Role
New York July 20 Col Campbell Stuart attached to the British embassy is named military secretary to the British war mission to the United States and will establish his headquarters in New York alongside Lord Northcliffe.
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New York
Seigt
Col
Campbell Stuart
United States
Lord Northcliffe
Plans for Drawing for Military Liability are Given Complete Change
Washington July 20 plans for the drawing to fix the order of military liability for nearly 10 000 000 registered men were abruptly changed late Thursday abandoning the double drawing method. Instead of two stage draws the process will draw at least 10 263 numbers and possibly 10 500, taking ten to twelve hours. The drawing will be public and numbers will be telegraphed to newspapers as they are drawn.
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Washington
Crowder
Long Diance
Senate
Baker
War Department
House
Adjutant General of
New Jersey
Hsts
Lansing
Mich
Alabama
Illinois
Iowa
Georgia
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Missouri
Texas
Vermont
Directors empowered to take full action
Chicago July 20 Members of the Board of Trade voted to delegate full powers to the board of directors to take action at any time during the war. President Griffin said directors must have power to take instant action and make unusual motions or risk the board of trade and country.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Board of Directors
Griffin
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