Miners from Biobee Sent to Columbus
Deportees from Bisbee arrive under guard in Columbus New Mexico after the special train from Hermanas. Col. Hoolbrook takes charge as 192 soldiers and local deputies aid in orderly transfer to a stockade. Many exiles hold Liberty Bonds and property in Bisbee.
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Columbus
Hoolbrook
Douglas
George Bell Jr
el Paso
Bell
Simpson
Luna County
Deming
J. 8
Vaught
Co Ze
W. B. Cleary
Bisbee
Arizona
Cleary
Iles
Wild crop protection linked to treason plot
Casper A. Ornbaum, assistant United States district attorney, said here today that efforts claimed by the I. W. W. conspiracy to destroy crops amount to a conspiracy to commit treason. Federal aid appeals to halt the alleged plot had been received from several California counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper A. Ornbaum
United States
California
No Strike at Leadville Miners. Government May Take Over
The Leadville miners strike planned for today is postponed for at least seven days. Charles H. Moyer and Joan Anson depart for Washington to press mediators proposals with government officials, potentially leading to government operation of the properties.
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Leadville
Colo
Charles H. Moyer
Joan A.nson
Washington
Troops to Strike Zone in Kentucky Provocation
Governor A O Stanley ordered Adjutant General J Tandy Ellis to proceed at once to Providence Wester county with Company A signal troops. The move follows reports of unrest and potential violence prompting military readiness. Ellis was dispatched from Frankfort early today to reinforce the area and maintain order.
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Frankfort
A. O. Stanley
J. Tandy Ellis
Providence
Wester County
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Tonight and Sunday, fair conditions across San Antonio and surrounding areas. Clear skies and comfortable temperatures expected with no precipitation in the immediate outlook.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Home Weather For Tourists Forecasts By The Light
Weather summaries for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington DC. Temperatures range from 58 to 72 with conditions including rain clouds and wind directions. Sunday rain possible in Kansas City and New York with highs up to 96 in some locales.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington, D. C
Peking reports cease fire after nine hours of bombardment
A dispatch from Peking claims the capital endured a nine hour bombardment with no major damage. Washington reports quiet as republican forces overwhelm Chang Hsun monarchists. The monarchist general is said to be a refugee at the Dutch legation.
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London
the Times
Peking
Washington
D. C
Chang Hsun
Attacks Hit Spanish Ship and French Vessels
The Spanish steamer Eolo, 3803 tons, towed into a British port after a German submarine attack forcing the crew into lifeboats. In Paris reports, three French merchant ships over 1600 tons and one smaller were sunk by mines or submarines in the week ending July 8.
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London
Holo
Paris
Admiralty
Will Aid Dependents Program Proposed by Defense Council
Samuel Gompers announces creation of a special Defense Council branch led by Judge Julian W. Mack to recommend separate allowances and insurance for dependents of soldiers and sailors and indemnity for war injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
National Defense Council
Julian W. Mack
Chicago
Samuel Gompers
The
Defense Council
Russia Faces Severe Financial Strains With Gold Reserve Gap
Deputy Bublikoff told a private Duma meeting that Russia's gold reserve of 1.711 billion rubles covered 13.6 percent of the state currency in circulation. He cited the national debt rising from 8.8 billion rubles at end of 1913 to 33.6 billion at the start of 1917.
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Petrograd
Duma
Bublikoff
Liberty Bonds Decline to New Low on Exchange
New York July 14 Liberty Loan Bonds continued to fall on the Stock Exchange with small lots trading at 99 25 50 for a full $100 bond a drop of 50 cents. Later transactions over $1000 moved at 99 41 50.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Mrs Amy Archer Gilligan Sentenced to Hang
Mrs Amy Archer Gilligan is condemned to death for first degree murder by poison of Franklin R. Andrews, an elderly Windsor resident, killed May 30, 1914, in Hartford Superior Court. The hanging is set for November 6.
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Hartford
Conn
Amy FE. Archer-Gilligan
Superior Court
Franklin R. Andrews
Andrews
Windsor
Drowning in Concho River Near Edith
J W Early a 44 year old farmer from Edith Coke County sought relief from heat by bathing in the Concho River at midnight and drowned. A saw and several children survive him.
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San Angelo
Tex
J. W. Early
Edith
Coke County
Concho River
Armadale Sinks and Vanguard Explodes in Atlantic
London reports two British naval disasters. The transport Armadale torpedoed by an enemy submarine on June 27 off the Atlantic coast with six soldiers, one passenger and four crew missing. The battleship Vanguard exploded at anchor on July 9 with three survivors on board. 71 not aboard at the time and an inquiry ordered. Vanguard details: 19 250 tons, St Vincent class, launched 1909, armed with 12 inch guns and torpedo tubes.
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Armadale
Atlantic
London
Vanguard
Admiralty
H. M
James D. Dick
Exemption Districts Await Great WWI Draft Drawing
Washington reports 947 of 4553 exemption districts still unheard from as the nation prepares for the army selective service draw. Officials expect the draft to begin next week with district appeal boards awaiting action by President Wilson after the Crowder nomination list.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
Crowder
Japan says no need for navy expansion to match US
Vice Admiral Kato, minister of marine, told the House of Peers that Japan would not increase naval strength to offset America’s expansion and that enlarging the program was impossible under the present financial situation.
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Tokio
House of Peers
Japan
Kato
America
Fire Devastates Lawson Arkansas Town
Fire wiped out Lawson Arkansas early today with estimated losses around 40000 dollars and only partly insured. Authorities suspect incendiary origin as firefighters battled the blaze.
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Lawson
Arkansas
Eldorado
Ark
Debate on Mesopotamian report defends findings
London July 14 Sir Archibald Williamson defends Mesopotamia commission report. He argues full justice requires considering evidence behind the report and its published details. Lloyd George urges fair judicial review and insists on accountability for all involved.
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London
House of Commons
Archibald Williamson
Mesopotamia
Archibald
Aubrey Herbert
Townsend
Kut
Eccles Nixon
Lloyd George
J. Austen Chamberlain
India
Army Council
Army
War Cabinet
Mr. Lloyd George
Acquith
Bagdad
Glycerine From Sugar Breakthrough Reported by Treasury Lab
Discovery of a secret process to make glycerine from sugar announced by the Treasury Department promises to cut production cost to just over one fourth of current levels. Glycerine, a key explosive component, is now mainly produced from fats at about 90 cents per pound, six times prewar costs.
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Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue Division
Treasury Department
German Agents Active in South America Warn U S
Continued and unrestricted activities of German agents in South American countries lead to a suggestion that the United States use a new law to retaliate against nations allowing such actions. German consular officers and large mercantile firms conduct the campaign to discredit the United States and limit American involvement in the war.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Washington suffragettes arrested during White House protest
Sixteen suffragettes from the Woman's Party were arrested at the White House gate while staging a Bastille anniversary demonstration. Police escorted the demonstrators to waiting automobiles as cheers and jeers erupted from hundreds watching. Each woman posted a $25 bail at the station to face traffic obstruction charges on Monday.
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Washington, D. C
Woman's Party
White House
the Bastile
Henderson Finds Hopeful Signs In Russia Visit
Arthur Henderson, British war council member and labor envoy, reports a more hopeful mood in Petrograd amid government confidence and resumed offensives. He cautions that political and economic fragility persists and supports a conference of Russian Socialists with Entente Socialist and Labor parties under proper conditions.
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Petrograd
Arthur Henderson
British War Council
Russia
Henderson
London
Striking Brazilians clash with police in Sao Paulo
Federal troops move to Sao Paulo as fighting erupts in several districts. Strikers attack water works and four are reported killed with a gas supply cut off. Anarchists from Argentina linked to the movement are mentioned.
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Rio Janeiro
Lorena
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Argentina
No Arms to Mexico Export License Change Announced
The division of export licenses will issue permissions for arms and munitions into Mexico not the State Department. The announcement says this change does not signal lifting the current embargo.
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Mexico
Washington, D. C
State Department
Py Ng Ye
Cabinet Crisis Threatens Roumanian Government
In Roumania four Conservative ministers refuse to cooperate with Premier Bratiano and demand two more conservatives be admitted. They insist Bratiano resign and Take Ionescu be appointed to succeed him as minister without portfolio.
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Jassy
Roumania
Roumanian
Bratiano
M. Bratiano
Ionescue
Pees
Airplane bill moves in House with broad support
In Washington July 14 the House began consideration of the administration’s 640 million dollar airplane bill. The measure has the military committee’s unanimous approval and passage appears assured.
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Washington, D
House
Military Committee
Paris celebrates national fete amid Russian arrival and American help
Paris rejoices in July 14 events with 134 battle flags carried through the streets. Each flag bore a regiment’s cross awards while soldiers, many wounded, led displays. Paul Deschsnel questions German view as Russia and the United States lend money, planes, ships, and men to the Allied cause. Funds for POW relief support the city’s celebrations.
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Paris
France
America
Paul Deschsnel
Chamber of Deputies
Legion of Honor
City of Paris
Washington
Lafayette
Showers Possible Around San Antonio Amid Drought
Major Allen Buell of the local weather bureau says showers may fall in or near San Antonio despite ongoing drought. An atmospheric low over the west central U.S. with highs to the east and west keeps unsettled conditions, though further development is not likely to bring rain.
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Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Antonio
United States
Upper Lake Region
Buell
San Antonio
Couty Tax Collectors’ Association Chooses Fort Worth for Meeting
Elliott of Fort Worth was elected president at the sixteenth annual convention in Austin. Fort Worth will host the next convention. Officers elected include W. E. Elliott president Charles Tosch first vice president H. R. Chaddick second vice president Green Prescott secretary and George F. Smith treasurer.
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Austin
Tex
Fort Worth
Couty Tax Collectors’ Association of Texas
W. E. Elliott
Charles Tosch
Dallas
H. R. Chaddick
McKinney
Green Prescott
Liberty
George F. Smith
Waxahachie
Texas potato crop average price set at 2.81 a bushel
The Texas State Department of Agriculture released figures on the 1917 Irish potato crop showing the average price paid across grades was 2.81 dollars per bushel loaded at shipping points.
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Austin
Tex
State Department of Agriculture
Texas
No Liquor to Dry Territory Prohibition Expanded
Government orders United States attorneys to enforce a ban on any liquor entering dry territory. The directive covers all modes of transport whether by person, carrier, private vehicle, or baggage. The Department of Justice issues the instruction to Ven Coens attorneys.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Ven Coens
Department of Tice
Baronet Rhond da Takes Over 1917 Grain and Potato Crops
London reports Baron Rhond da as food controller has by order seized control of the 1917 crops of grain and potatoes. The action aims to stabilize supplies and pricing amid wartime pressures affecting Britain.
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London
Italy Refuses Extradition of Cocchi for Ruth Cruger Case
Rome reports the foreign ministry cannot extradite Alfredo Cocchi without breaching Italian law. In New York, Edward Swann, district attorney, received a Presidential warrant for Cocchi’s arrest and detectives will carry it to Italy to press for his return for trial in the Ruth Cruger murder.
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Rome
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Alfredo Cocchi
Ruth Cruger
Cocchi
New York
Wilson
Italy
Edward Swann
Miss Cruger
Ouimet Opens Lead In Western Amateur Final
Francis Ouimet of Boston led Kenneth Edwards of Chicago 2 up at the end of the morning round of the Western amateur championship final at Midlothian. Edwards struggled on the first nine with a weak putting game, while a new rule on stymies was adopted, allowing the farther ball to be played first unless a stymie existed.
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Chicago
Francis Ouimet
Boston
Kenneth Edwards
Midlothian
Edwards
Ouimet
Board of Directors
Quimet
American Troops Reach Permanent Camp in France
Paris July 14 The vanguard of American troops arrived at their permanent camp after leaving the seaport town where they had been encamped. They began training immediately as Major General Sibert assumes command at the camp and General Pershing will join later.
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Paris
Sibert
Pershing
Eleven neutral steamers set to brave Atlantic blockade
Eleven neutral steamers loaded with grain and other cargoes left this port today for European ports without British letters of assurance, aiming to run the allied blockade after President Wilsons embargo proclamation takes effect Monday.
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Atlantic
Wilson
Danbury Hatters Case Settled Ending Proceedings
Danbury Connecticut July 14. The Danbury Hatters versus Loewe and Company case has been settled and the proceedings are ended.
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Danbury Q. Conn
Danbury Hatters
Loewe and Company
Army Appeals for Bakers Before Draft
On the eve of the draft the War Department highlights forty baking companies offering 100 men per unit for volunteers to learn the trade, receive pay, serve abroad, and seek promotion.
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Army
Washington, D. C
War Department Today
Light Want Ads Reach San Antonio Quickly for Classifieds
The Light newspaper offers inexpensive want ads with home circulation across San Antonio. Ads can be placed by phone with Sunday classification accepted until eight P.M. Saturdays at Crockett 1742.
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Light
San Antonio
Rumors of German Leadership Shifts Surface in Europe
Dispatches report rumors of William’s abdication in favor of Prince Joachim though unconfirmed. Welff bureau notes Vonmann Hollweg’s retirement deemed certain. General Von Stein, Prussian war minister, may have signed his resignation as the imperial ministry faces socialist opposition.
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London
The
Morning Post
William
Prince Joachim
Berne
Switzerland
von Stein
Empire
N Oo Vorwaerts
pan-Genell
Resignation Accepted as Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg Dismissal Discussed
Copenhagen dispatch reports Germany's cabinet resigned as Emperor William II considers dismissal of Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg. Cen trists rally in Berlin amid reports of peace talks without annexation. Reichstag abstains from voting as political crisis suspends war bill debate.
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Copenhagen
Wolff News Bureau
Germany
Taeglische Rundschau
von Bethmannweg
Lin
Belingske Tidende
Berlin
No Revolt in Germany, U.S. Reports Caution on German Crisis
The Washington dispatch argues Berlin's strife may spark internal reforms rather than revolution. It predicts key changes like ending three-class voting, extending equal suffrage, and demanding Reichstag adherence to a war program, but notes true political freedom requires a chancellor answerable to the Reichstag and military restraint.
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Germany
Reichstag
Junker
Bse
German peace and democratization debated in Budapest House
Count Michael Karolyi says telegram from Budapest stresses peace as the general German crisis aim and calls for democratization of Germany, while Count Czernin refrains from words alone and pledges peace without annexations. Baron Julius Beck adds that there is no war policy today.
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Amsterdam
Michael Karolyi
Hungarian Independent Party
House of Deputies
Budapest
Germany
Czernin
Austro-Hn
Baron Julius Beck
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Biobee
N. M
United States Cavalry
Hermanas
H. G. Sickles
W. A. Hoolbrook
I. W. Ww
Kentucky
M. Seeves
Seven
Forbidden City
Eolo
Mrs. Gilligan
Williamson
Commons
Revenue Department
South America
Bastile
Elliott
Hatters Vs. Loewe and Company
Basel
Welff Bureau
Vonmann-Hollweg
Hollweg
Lokal Anzeiger
Austrogary
Count Czernin
Karolyi
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