Facing Attack on Two Fronts
A London dateline reports a renewed German threat on both eastern and western fronts as Russian forces press in the Carpathians and at Kovel. Paris notes French troops advancing and capturing about 2,900 prisoners as British and French lines shift, with Petrograd and London dispatches detailing heavy artillery duels and gains in the Caucasus.
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London
Hardecourt
Kovel
Carpathians
Vladmir-Volynski
Riga
Petrograd
Brussiloff
Stokhod
Lipa
Berlin
Germany
Prench
Paris
Estrees
Vermandovillers
War Office
France
Revantin-Longueval Line
Longeuval Village
Delville Wood
Dyina
Volhynia
Zwenitatchi
Gorohovo
Syr
Caucasus
Negotiations Near Start Between U S and Carranza
Washington reports indicate Acting Secretary Polk and Mr Arredondo will resume talks once Carranza confirms the tentative plan for negotiations. If approved, commissioners from both governments would meet to settle border protection issues and discuss a staged U S troop withdrawal from Mexico in response to bandit raids.
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Washington
Polk
Arredondo
Carranza
Pork
United States
Mexico
Close Spar Mines in Hardin County
In Rosiclare and Fairview Spar mines at Rosiclare, Indiana, officials announce an indefinite shutdown due to a strike and violence. After a Thursday conference, most workers were discharged while a few watchmen remained, Superintendent Hansen left for St Louis, and state guards were stood down as tensions risk renewed clashes among non union miners.
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Elizabethtown
Rosiclare
Fairview
Hansen
Rossclare
St. Louis
Quinine Injection Report Promises Infantile Paralysis Aid
New York health officials and doctors observed a Brooklyn physician noting beneficial results from quinine and urea hydrochloride injections in about a dozen infantile paralysis cases. The doctor prefers injections, with marked improvement visible within hours. Health Commissioner Emerson cited wide use of the treatment.
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Health Department
Brooklyn
New York
N. McL. Whittaker
Whittaker
Emerson
Matthew Carney
Big Border Army Whipped In Shape
In San Antonio Texas on July 21 staff officers continue shaping the border force into an efficient unit as orders for Pershing withdrawal loom. Five regiments will be stationed at Deming New Mexico to bolster frontier strength per Gen Funston. Guardsman movements slow as home station equipment completes and recruits wane.
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San Antonio
Texas
Pershing
Deming
N. M
Funston
Delayed Irish Bill Urged by Redmond Memorandum
London July 21 John Redmond nationalist leader released a memorandum to Premier Asquith and David Lloyd George urging no further delay in publishing and pushing the Irish bill. He warned that delay threatens the settlement and imperial interests. A Sinn Fein meeting is set for Saturday to review the situation.
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London
John Redmond
Asquith
David Lloyd George
Lord Lansdowne
Ireland
Lloyd George
Trish Party
Strict quarantine rules in Kankakee city
Following a state health order after a second infantile paralysis case Health Officer Thomas Bowman ordered all children under 16 kept away from public gatherings. The Presbyterian Sunday school outing is canceled and junior and primary departments are ended in several churches. Theaters and public venues were notified to exclude children.
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Kankakee
State Board of Health
Thomas Bowman
Presbyterian
Vermilion County Records First Infantile Paralysis Case
Vermilion county reports its first infantile paralysis case of the year. A one year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Burres, residents on a Ridgefarm area farm, was diagnosed by physicians as suffering from the disease on Thursday.
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Vermilion Danville
Vermilion County
Thomas Burres
Ridgefarm
Insane From the Heat in Mason County Family
In Havana on July 21 authorities report excessive heat over ten days drove John Hirst, a member of a prominent Mason county family, to madness. A board of physicians examined him and he was committed to the state hospital for the insane.
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Havana
Tohn Hirst
Mason County
Board of Physicians
State Hospital For
Breton Troops Impress At Somme Front Breakthrough
Paris reports a Breton contingent of elderly reservists marching with the gusto of youth. The observer notes the force advanced ten miles on a front of about ten and a half miles, to a depth near six miles, securing 380 square kilometers of fortified ground and capturing 225 officers and 12,000 men.
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Paris
Somme
War Secretary Explains Mesopotamian Difficulties
Lloyd George told the Commons that Mesopotamian problems stemmed from India home authorities relations. He cited Sir William Robertson directing operations while the Indian government supplied troops. India would remain the main base, with Robertson and the army council responsible for personnel, supplies, and transport.
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London
David Lloyd George
India
William Robertson
Imperial Staff
War Office
Lloyd George
Army Council
Robertson
Attempt To Settle Cloak Makers Strike In New York
Washington reports a twelve week cloak makers strike in New York City may be settled by the federal Bureau of Conciliation. President Wilson received mediation request from Henry Morgenthau Cleveland Dodge and Barton Hepburn urging mediation to avert a serious curtailment of women’s clothing. In Chicago, witnesses at the Interstate Commerce Commission lumber rates hearing argued current classification rates are satisfactory.
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Washington
New York City
Federal Bureau of Conciliation
Wilson
Departments of Commerce and Labor
Henry Morgenthau
Cleveland TH. Dodge
Barton Hepburn
New York
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Argentine Inauguration Proclaims New Leaders
BUENOS AIRES July 21 Dr Hipolito Irigoyen and Senor Don Pelagia Luna were proclaimed president and vice president at a joint session of senators and deputies. They were elected to office June 12.
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Buenos Aires
Towa
Hipotito Irigoyen
Senor
Don Pelagia Luna
Deutschland Faces 60 Foot Chesapeake Exit Test
Captain Paul Koenig must navigate the German submarine Deutschland out of Baltimore harbor while British ships loom beyond the three mile limit. With only sixty feet of water to depth, periscopes and masts must be lowered. the sub could rest on the bottom near Cape Henry until darkness.
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Paul Koenig
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Capes Henry and
Charles
Cape Henry
Definite Protest Looms Over Deutschland Mission
The Deutschland situation sparks diplomatic protest fear as Britain and France weigh a formal note to the United States. Indications point to allied embassies drafting a protest over U S clearance for the German sub and its status as a merchantman. A second submarine sighting report heightens tensions as Onondaga sails to monitor patrols off the Virginia capes.
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Baltimore
Timmins
U. S
Washington
State Department
United States
Norfolk
Coast Guard
Virginia Capes
Three Mile
Mexican Bandit Killed in Sonora
Douglas Ariz July 21 Tose Valensuela a Mexican declared by his wife to be the slayer of Mr and Mrs William Parker at the Double Adobe ranch 55 miles southeast of Hachita N M early in June was killed in the wilds between Sonora and Chihuahua according to advices here Thursday from Hachita The posse returned with the statement that Valensuela had escaped The same report added that Valensuela s wife confessed that her husband had been a soldier with Villa and had killed Parker and his wife She is said to have alleged further that other men had been similarly instructed by Villa.
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Douglas
Ariz
Tose Valensuela
William Parker
Double Adobe Ranch
Hachita
N. OM
Sonora
Chihuahua
Valensuela
Villa
Parker
Eastland Suits Filed in Chicago for Victims Relatives
Administrators for the Eastland disaster victims filed 315 suits in Chicago circuit court on behalf of relatives. Defendants include the city of Chicago Western Electric and Indiana Transportation. Each suit seeks 10000 in damages as the one year anniversary of the capsizing nears.
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Chicago
Eastland
City of
Western Electric Company
Indiana Transportation Company
Mexican Ambassador and Polk Reach Border Accord
Mexico City July 21. A brief Washington statement said Eliseo Arredondo the Mexican ambassador designate and Acting Secretary of State Polk reached a general basis for solving border difficulties in a conference.
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Mexico City
Washington
Eliseo Arredondo
Polk
Town Troops Off
DES MOINES Iowa July 21 The first troop train carrying the First battalion of the Third Town infantry left Camp Dodge at a 0 clock Thursday night over the Chicago and Great Western. A second train followed at 2 30 and a third at 3 20.
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Des Moines
Third Town Infantry
Camp Dodge
Ab Oeclock
Columbia Loses Million-Dollar Will Case
New York July 21 Columbia University loses about 4 000 000 in a jury verdict setting aside a will by Amos F Eno executed shortly before his death a year ago The estate’s residuary bequest to Columbia is challenged as made while he was mentally incompetent Ames R Pinchot Gifford Pinchot and other heirs hold a competing will from Jan 9 1914 They will probate that document seeking about 1 000 000 more for each claimant than in the rejected 1915 will
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New York
Columbia University
Amos F. Eno
Eno
Columbia
Ames R. Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Von Holtzendorff assigned to post in naval service
London July 21 A Reuters dispatch from Copenhagen reports Admiral Von Holtzendorff, retired, appointed to a new administrative post in the naval service. The move is seen as a step toward an active command and linked to Germany's submarine activity renewal efforts.
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London
Reuters Telegram Company
Copenhagen
Vonchitzendorff
Naval Service
Germany
Peoria Transcript Sold for 60000 at Bankruptcy Sale
The Peoria Transcript was sold for 60000 at a bankruptcy sale conducted Thursday. Attorney George T. Buckingham of Chicago, representing the McKinley interests holding 46000 of the paper’s stock, was the buyer. Creditors may receive about ten cents on the dollar unless cause is shown to halt the sale.
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Peoria
Peoria Transcript
George T. Buckingham
Chicago
McKinley
Villa Located Near Meno City Report
Gen Obregon reports a report that Francisco Villa, the bandit chieftain, has been located and that troops were sent to capture him. War offices made no formal announcement about his whereabouts or the pursuit.
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Villa
Meno City
Obregon
Francisco Villa
Rumors Fly on Carranza Garrison Surrender at Torreon
Reports from El Paso describe rumors that the Carranza garrison at Torreon surrendered to the Villista force led by Villa. Officials in El Paso doubt the story but note accompanying reports of a Villa attack on Parral that allegedly failed due to a subordinate disobeying orders.
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EL Paso
Texas
Carranza
Torreon
Durango
Villista
Villa
Francise Gonzales
Bell
Parral
Chihuahua City
Gonzales
Andres Garcia
Juarez
Oueretaro
Mexico
United States
President Wilson Guest of Honor at Postmasters Banquet
Washington July 21 President Wilson was guest of honor at the annual banquet of the National Association of Postmasters. Several cabinet officers attended as the convention closed with no reelection of officers. An Immigration official urged postmasters to cooperate toward a free employment bureau in every town and hamlet, inviting citizens to use post offices for job searches.
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Washington
Weson
National Association of Postmasters
Cruicers
Anthony Cantinetti
Sant
Uncle Sam
LaFollette Delays Naval Bill as Debate Bites Debts
Senator LaFollette again delays passage of the naval bill in the Senate with an amendment aimed at prohibiting the navy from collecting private debts or enforcing citizen or corporate claims. The vote ends 44 to 0 against his amendment as he warns of a policy to build a navy as large as Britain within ten years.
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Washington
LaFollette
Senate
Wall Street
Morgan
Standard Oil
Carranza
United States
Great Britain
England
Germany
Chamberlain
Rotary Session Ends Thursday in Cincinnati
Arch I. Stiumph of Cleveland elected president of International Rotary clubs at closing sessions in Cincinnati. New officers include E W Galbrain Cincinnati first vice president Guy Gundacher Philadelphia third vice president E Leslie Pidgeon Winnipeg treasurer Rufus Chapin Chicago sergeant at arms Joseph Connable Memphis. Board members include J A Oswald Dayton Frank P Manley Indianapolis Orville J Fee Lincoln. Tacoma Rotary club won the Houston attendance cup for the delegation from the farthest distance. A resolution urges Rotary clubs to study civic matters while limiting activities to informed individual efforts.
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Cincinnati
Arch I. Stiumph
Cleveland
International Rotary Clubs
E. W. Galbrain
Guy Gundacher
Philadelphia
E. Leslie Pidgeon
Winnipeg
Can
Rufus Chapin
Chicago
Joseph Connable
Memphis
Manley
J. A. Oswald
Dayton
Frank P. Manley
Indianapolis
Orville J. Fee
Lincoln
Neb
Houston
Tacoma
Crewe Defends Asian Campaign in Lords Debate
Lord Crewe defended Britain's Mesopotamian campaign amid denunciations, arguing in August 1914 it was vital to reassert imperial position in the Persian Gulf and avert a holy war. Lord Cromer noted the statement shifted the debate, while Earl Curzon reported an official dispatch showing efforts to sustain the Mesopotamian effort.
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London
Lord Wemyss
House of Lords
Marquis of Crewe
Great Britain
Africa
Iskim
Ife
Lord Crewe
House of Commons
Cromer
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