British House Rejects Peace Resolution In Lively Debate
London July 27 the house of commons defeated the peace resolution by 148 to 19 after a full evening session. James Ramsay MacDonald led the motion as labor and socialist member with Asquith and Snowden among speakers. The debate questioned Belgium France and Alsace Lorraine restoration and urged a conference with Russia in autumn.
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House of Commons
James Ramsay MacDonald
Herbert H. Asquith
MacDonald
George James Wardle
Labor Party
Philip Snowden
Alsace
Lorraine
France
Charles P. Trevelyan
Belgium
Michaelis
Asquith
Berlin
Russia
United States
Serbia
Greece
Kenyon
King
Borah
Curtis
Stop Violence in Springfield Trolley Strike
Springfield It July 27 Police reserves and special deputy sheriffs prepared to prevent a recurrence of street car disorder after a strike. One motorman shot, several operatives rough handled. two deputies assigned to every car, police cars ready for emergencies. An injunction aimed to deter sympathizers, Jerry Burnette of Peoria released on bond to resume leadership. Demands include nine hour day, ten hour limit, wage scales, ten percent raise for barn employees, reinstatement of discharged workers since July 1 1917.
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Springfield
Circuit
Burnnette
Jerry Burnette
Peoria
Opposition to German policy shapes Liam Gloucester stance
In Mays July 27 Liam Gloucester, noted for neutrality in World War I, abandons that stance to oppose Teutonic invasion of small and free peoples rights, citing President Wilson's state letters on the German crisis. Walcott H. Pitkin, foreign affairs adviser to Siam, commented on Thursday.
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Gloucester
Mays
Liam
Wilson
Walcott H. Pitkin
Felton Named Director General of Railways
Samuel Felton president of the Chicago Great Western is authorized by the war department to oversee all purchases of railroad materials and supervise troop train routing in the United States. He will hold the title director general of railways, but his authority does not cover commercial railroading.
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Washington
Samuel Felton
Chicago Great Western
War Department
Department
National Prohibition Vote Planned In Senate Next Week
Washington July 27 Senate to vote by next Wednesday on Senator Sheppard’s national prohibition amendment. Unanimous consent to take up the measure Monday and dispose of it by Wednesday night with a proviso requiring states to act within six years. Adoption needs two thirds. ratification by three fourths of states. Senator Penrose to oppose. Senator Underwood also opposed.
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Washington
Senate
Sheppard
Prohibition
House
Congress
United States
Penrose
Underwood
Espionage Charge Made Against Chicago Man
George Koop socialist mayoral candidate in 1907 was held to the grand jury on charges of violating the espionage law after a speech opposing conscription and distributing a magazine with a coffin cartoon. Koop testified his father fled militarism to the United States. his son, drafted at No. 258, would not claim exemption.
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Chicago
George Koop
United States
Koop
United Siates
Awaiting Word on Selective Draft Selections
Washington reports expect first selection boards to fill draft quotas for ten million registrants. Projections indicate roughly one in four may be rejected for physical disability, with 25 to 30 percent countrywide. Industrial exemptions and dependents will shape district differences and well-to-do suburbs likely see lower rejection rates.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Mexican Fire Returns Expected Across Border
El Paso July 27 Brig Gen Bell Jr district commander said US soldiers on patrol will return fire if fired upon from across the border. Soldiers had been ordered to shoot to kill, per Gen Bell and Gen Pet.
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EL Paso
Texas
Bravo
Bell, Jr
United States
Pet Added
Two Killed in Chester and Youngstown Race Riots
Chester Pennsylvania July 27 two men one white one Negro were killed in race riots that flared after a day of quiet. About twenty others injured and many arrested as whites invaded the Negro district. Guardsmen and state police moved in forcing rioters from the area and patrols kept order in Youngstown where armed guards prevented further clashes between whites and Negroes.
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Chester
McKinney
Bill White
Joseph McCann
Ons
McCann
McDowell
Youngstown
Ohio National Guard
Kingstown
Partisan wrangle over war expenditures committee
Washington July 27 Senate and house conferees began work on the food control bill amid Republican resistance to delaying action by pursuing a separate war expenditures committee. Leaders urged unity. Cannon and Miller opposed continuing the fight, with Mann pressing for a joint legislative panel. Talks promised quick action, though a Senate fight remained possible.
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Senate
House
Mann
Congressional Committee On
Cannon
Miller
Minnesota
Lonworth
Ohio
Cooper
Wisconsin
Wilson
Food Control Board
Martin
Kenyon
Last Horse Car Vanishes From New York Streets
New York on July 27 reports the last horse car has disappeared from the city streets. After prior notices in different eras, no horse car remains in operation as directors of the New York Railways company decide to abandon the Bleeker street line.
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New York
Bleeker Street
New York Railways Company
Agricultural Leaders Form Organization in Washington
Agricultural leaders from 24 states met on Thursday to form a board of farm organizations to co-ordinate farmers with national deliberations and influence in affairs. Headquarters will be in Washington with plans for a permanent organization at the next regular meeting in January.
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Washington
Board of Farm Organizations
New Managers At Shipping Board In Shuffle
The Shipping Board accepted Theodore Brent’s resignation as vice chairman and Edward N. Harley of Chicago was sworn in to replace William Denman. The board will elect a new chairman and the Emergency Fleet Corporation will name Rear Admiral Capps to succeed Major General Goethals as general manager. The White House said no replacement for Brent yet, amid talk of a Republican pick to ease Senate objections to Bainbridge Colby’s confirmation. General Goethals denied seeking a France return with the engineer corps.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Theodore Brent
Wilson
Edward N. Harley
Chicago
William Denman
Hurley
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Capps
Goethals
Brent
White House
Senate
Bainbridge Colby
New York
Gen. Goethals
France
Engineer Corps
Heavy fighting reported along French front in France
Paris July 27 official war office bulletin describes intense bombardment and clashes at multiple points on the French front. French forces regain some lost ground while front lines remain volatile amid renewed troop movements.
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France
Paris
War Office
Congress Receives Estimates For War Budget Over Eight Billion
Washington July 27 The war budget to sustain government through next July and fund allied credits may reach ten billion dollars War department estimates sent to congress place military needs at 5 278 636 000 with more than 1 000 000 000 in other departments expected today and a possible 2 000 000 000 loan appropriation abroad before year end Senate finance committee to decide taxation on new expenditures while preparations for a revised bill begin New bond issues treasury certificates and higher taxes are discussed with the emphasis on war profits and income levies The largest item is 2 468 613 000 for fortifications with pay transportation clothing subsistence and other military needs also itemized and a Rock Island arsenal appropriation noted The new estimates will heavily burden Congress and prolong the session
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Washington
War Department
Congress
McAdoo
Senate Finance Committee
Department
Treasury
Finance Committee
Quartermaster’s Department
Rock Island, Ill
Lewis predicts second call for new army recruits
Chicago, July 27. Senator James Ham Lewis, Democratic whip, with Fort Sheridan officers, says Oct 1 will bring a second call for men for the national army. He believes the secretary of war will announce a second group to begin training for the next draft. He estimates first-unit trainees will be sent to camps within 30 days.
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Chicago
National Army
United States
James Hamilton Lewis
Fort Sheridan
Secretary of War
Second Army
Pes
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