Battle near Riga fuels new front in WWI
Roving fronts south of Riga see Russian forces break German first line at several points and raid a German position on the Lipa near Zweniatchi. Sakharoff’s offensive on the Russian front drives about 26 000 Austro German captives since July 16 as artillery duels persist along the Somme and Dvina fronts.
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Petrograd
London
Riga
War Office
Lipa
Zweniatchi
Sakharoff
Styr
Lutsk
Belrestechk
Eastern Front
Somme
Armenia
Erzingan
Nicholas
Black Sea
Beljams
German East Africa
Usambara
Katya
Suez Canal
Kuropatkin
von Hindenburg
Dvina Front
Smorma
British Defend Blacklist and Lincoln Proclamation Debate
The article reports on British defense of a blacklist affecting American firms tied to enemies of Britain, with Sir Cecil Spring-Rice and Acting Secretary Polk discussing the issue in Washington. It notes Lincoln era proclamations and U S acts cited as legal underpinning, plus British Foreign Office statements on list logic and the extent of its publicity.
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Washington
State Department
Cecil Spring-Rice
Polk
Lincoln
Ambassador Page
United States
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Bult
Evans
Knauth Nachod and Kauhne Company
Zimmerman and Forshay
Muller, Schall and Company
MacLaren and Gentles
Senate Cuts Down Army Bill Budget
Washington July 23 Millions of dollars in appropriations for an army campaign were voted out of the army bill on the recommendation of the military committee. More than 36 million in foreign service pay and related expenses were removed, with warnings that further reductions may follow. Senator Lee warned the risk of conflict with Mexico remained and urged maintaining preparations.
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Washington
Senate
Military Committee
Chamberlain
Lee
Maryland
Mexico
United States
Quarantine Debate Over Strict New York Travel Rules
New York health officials clash with broader state quarantine measures over infantile paralysis containment. Dr C T Lavinder warns that overly strict travel bans backfire as healthy people are blocked, while Emerson cites unnecessary stiffness near New York. Mountainview scenes show 22 families forced back home amid delays and dislocations.
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New York
C. T. Lavimder
U.S. Public Service
Emerson
New Jersey
Mountainview
Hundred Fail in State Bar Test
Chicago is the site where 383 applicants took the state bar exam on July 21. Of 283 passers, 204 were from Chicago, including nine young women, with 79 non residents succeeding. The list names successful applicants by city and individual.
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Chicago
Membes
State Board of Examiners
Springfield
Walter T. Day
Mariy M. Faher
Ora Jacobs
Deedur
WW. Alien
Carl E. Phillips
Frank O. Turner
Blo
E. T. Cooke
Wilbur R. Cooke
Edward W Donnelly
W. O. Donovan
Elmer R. Neisiger
Roy A. Ramvser
EL W. Sutherland
Wilbur R. Wicks
Champaign
H. R. Dinsmore
Donald A. Crossman
Roland J. Klinger
Carl K. Rang
Frank F. Slatter
Frank Ss. Stroehier
Charles F. Hough
Macomb
Charles E. Flack
George R. Kerman
Batavia
W. Z. Coragan
Dwight K Emigh
Carlinville
Thomas K. Rinacker
William A. Reagg
Alton
E. R. Coppington
John PF. McGinnis, Jr
Mt. Carmel
Charles H. Schafer
Benjamin H. Townsend
Poet James Whitcomb Riley Dies in Indianapolis Home
James Whitcomb Riley died Saturday night at 11 05 in his Indianapolis home nursing staff present. He had a violent stroke earlier Saturday and paralysis caused his death. He had battled paralysis since 1910 and learned to write with his left hand. Born in 1833, Riley spent winters in Florida and remained active until Friday.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James Whitcomb Riley
Mr. Riley
Clementia Prough
Carleton B. McCullough
Riley
Henry Eitel
Edmund H. Eitel
Elizabeth Eitel
Florida
Lack Reply of Gen. Carranza
Washington reports Acting Secretary Polk held a fifth conference with Eliseo Arredondo Carranza’s ambassador designate to negotiate settlement of disputed matters. No announcement followed, seen as no satisfactory reply from Mexico City to amendments to the plan. US seeks broad negotiator latitude over Carranza’s narrow instructions. If no compromise by mid next week, expectations fall for peaceful border solution. bandit violence in Parral region reportedly does not affect talks.
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Washington
Polk
Eliseo Arredondo
Commission
Arredonde
Parral
Villa
Determined Exiles Threaten Action Across Nations
A San Francisco note from an anti militarist group signed The Determined Exiles from Mil iaristic Government warns of a planned “direct action” on the 22nd, promising warnings to those who support war and urging the Chamber of Commerce to march in solidarity. The letter, written in Roman script with indelible pencil and heavily underscored, claims to echo around the earth and to expose hypocrisy in patriots.
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San Francisco
Italy
Germany
U.S
Russia
Frisco
Chamber of Commerce
Bomb blast at San Francisco parade kills and injures many
A timed bomb hidden in a suitcase packed with iron, glass, and other debris exploded on Market Street during a preparedness parade. At least several killed and dozens injured as a brick wall building crater formed. Eyewitnesses described victims blown apart and objects hurled into nearby sites. Police noted the blast drew attention to the brutal danger amid the festive crowd.
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San Francisco
Stuart
Market
Kinsley van Loom
Oakland
Northern Pacific Railroad
Dead and Injured Report From Alameda Cal
A list details fatalities and serious injuries from an incident in Alameda California. Names include Mrs H E Knapp and Dr George Painter among others with addresses in Berkeley Oakland Alameda Mill Valley and San Francisco. Injuries range from lacerations to skull fracture and leg loss with amputations.
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H. E. Knapp
Alamaeda
Cal
George Painter
Berkeley
Villa defeated in all day fight near Hacienda El Florido
Details of a full day engagement near Hacienda El Florido south of Parral on the Chihuahua border report that Villa and Carranza troops battled under Gen. Jacinto Trevino. Dispatches claim Venust power in Mexico broken and say Villa will be captured or killed within days as government forces attacked the Viliistas from the flanks and routed them.
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Chihuahua City
Mex
Hacienda el Florido
Parral
Chihuahua
Villa
Carranza
Jacinto Trevino
Mexico
Garment Workers Strike Settled in New York
Sixty thousand New York garment workers face a return to work next week if a ratified referendum approves a settlement reached Saturday. The deal grants a 5 percent wage rise, a 4 hour work week, union preference for hires, and a minimum piecework wage. The strike, long and costly, saw no violence. federal mediation was invoked with President Wilson urged to intercede.
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New York
Louis Levy
Levy
Stritte
Tewen
Wilson
Washington
Parade Keeps Moving After Explosions Amid Urban Carnage
A parade continued without a break after a bomb blast in Steuart Street injuring spectators and shoppers. Police arrested Frank Josephson, a lodger, amid claims of a mind unbalanced by preparedness debates. DA Charles Fickert blamed anarchist influence. Ambulance crews attended victims as shattered items and torn garments marked the scene. The official headcount listed 1319 marchers as chaos erupted, and witnesses recounted a tidal surge of frightened crowds.
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Frank Josephson
Charles M. Fickert
Grand Army of the Republic
Steuart Street
Josephson
Progressives Fail to Endorse Hughes in Syracuse Meeting
Syracuse, N Y The Progressive state committee adjourned at midnight Saturday without endorsing or selecting a candidate for the U S presidency. The meeting ended with no date set for future sessions this year and no endorsement of Hughes despite speculation and internal discussions.
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Hughes
Syracuse
N.Y
Oloack
Viet
Horace So Woonan
Cees
W Perkins
Csing
G Hlughes
United States
British destroy six enemy aeroplanes in air war report
London July 33 The War Office states a quiet day with notable action. British fire shot down six hostile aircraft and forced several more to descend. One of our planes was shot down and two airmen are missing.
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London
War Office
Bremen Mission Report From Norfolk Pose
In Norfolk Virginia reports say the Bremen is expected to reach port before Monday. The sister ship to the Virginia capes craft is seen near Cape Henry with pendents and photos onboard, en route to Baltimore with a stop to pick up a Marylong pret ty re.
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Virginia Capes
Norfolka
Marine
Virgina Capes
Carrain
Cape
Rginstown
Baltimore
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U. S. State Department
America
Laming Worthington Evans
Department of Foreign Trade
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Europe
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice
Gotham
Cook County
THE
Middle West
First California Infantry
Trevino
Division of California
Bremen
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