War Department denies rations shortage for mobilized guards
Reports from the War Department deny charges of insufficient rations and sanitation while mobilizing National Guard troops. A preliminary review by Dr. Thomas Darlington found medical and sanitary conditions reassuring with no contagious diseases. The notice lists duty districts and which Regulars and National Guards are stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Douglas, and El Paso.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Thomas Darlington
New York City
National Guard
National Civic Federation
Darlington
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
San Antonio
Third
Fourteenth Cavalry
Third Field Artillery
Florida
Maryland
Illinois
Kansas
Indiana
Maine
Missouri
Minnesota
Nebraska
New York
New Hampshire
Texas
Virginia
Vermont
Wisconsin
Swiss Minister Discusses Peace Prospects
Dr Paul Ritter Swiss minister met Acting Secretary Polk at the State Department to seek any basis for peace talks. He left noting no tangible results and no immediate steps toward initiating negotiations, with the US stance unchanged.
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Paul Ritter
Polk
Washington, D. C
Switzerland
Europe
State Department
Wilson
Swaite House
Injunction Hearing Begins In San Antonio Traction Suit
Argument started Wednesday in the Sev enty third District Court over a bid to enjoin a defendant from stirring up damage suits against the San Antonio Traction Company. Judge W F Ezell expected to rule after the afternoon session. A related case Uhr vs Mayor Brown awaits Ezell’s decision, with city action likely to be heard Thursday morning.
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San Antonio Traction Company
Seventy-third District Court
W. F. Ezell
Ezell
Robert F. Uhr
Brown
Thirty Babies Die In New York Infantile Paralysis Epidemic
New York July 19. In the latest 24 hour report the epidemic caused thirty deaths and 142 new cases among children in the five boroughs of New York City. The figures reflect another sharp rise in the spread of infantile paralysis.
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New York
Five Boroughs
New York City
Texas policyholders sue to overturn state fire policy
The Texas Policyholders Protective Association of San Antonio leads a suit in the Twenty sixth District Court in Austin challenging the Texas Standard Fire Policy. Plaintiffs argue the policy has unjust forfeiture conditions and that the commission ignored requests for revision. Attorney Charles M Dieckson of San Antonio represents the association.
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Austin
Tex
Twenty-sixth
Texas Policyholders’ Protective Association
San Antonio
State Fire Insurance Commission
Texas Standard Fire
Texas Standard Fire Police
Commission
Charles M. Dieckson
Plaintiff Association
Wood's Ruling Sustained on Army Dismissals
The War Department affirmed Major General Leonard Wood action that ordered Colonel Louis D. Conley and Lieutenant Colonel John J. Phelan of the Sixty Ninth New York Infantry mustered out of federal service due to physical disability.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Leonard Wood
Louis D. Conley
John J. Phelan
Sixty- Ninth
New York Infantry
Premier to seek eleventh war credit vote next week
London July 19. the premier said in the House of Commons a new vote of credit will be asked next week. It is likely to be 300,000,000 pounds, matching the last request, bringing total war funding to 2,682,000,000 pounds.
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London
House of Commons
McNeil Is Dismissed as Pittsburg Postmaster
Postoffice Department officials admitted Dr George W Mc Neil the Pittsburg postmaster was dismissed for failure to cooperate with the department He refused to follow instructions tied to a reorganization meant to boost office efficiency.
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Washington, D. C
Postoffice Department
George W. McNeil
Pittsburg
First Oklahoma Guardsmen Leave for Border Deployment
The First regiment, Oklahoma National Guard, broke camp at Fort Sill on July 19 to depart for the border. The first section left at noon while the destination was not disclosed, believed to be Llano Grande near Mercedes, Texas.
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Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Okla
Oklahoma National Guard
Llano Grande
Mercedes
Tex
Weather forecast for San Antonio area unsettled tonight
The forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for unsettled conditions tonight and Thursday with possible changes in cloud cover and scattered showers. Temperatures will trend mild with variable winds across the region.
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San Antonio
Weather outlooks for major cities with tourist focus
The Light reports St Louis 86 clear with southerly wind and possible Thursday clouds. Chicago 78 clear with southerly wind. Milwaukee 76 clear southerly wind and Thursday clouds. Kansas City 78 clear with southwest wind and cloudy hours. New York 72 clear northeast wind. Washington DC 74 cloudy with northeast breeze and Thursday clear spell.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington D. C
Marshall's Habeas Corpus Dismissed in Contempt Case
New York July 19. Federal Judge Hand dismisses the writ of habeas corpus filed by U S District Attorney H Snowden Marshall to stop removal to Washington over alleged contempt of the House. Marshall remanded to custody of House sergeant at arms Robert B Gordon and says he will appeal amid conference with counsel. The contempt charge stems from a letter criticizing the judiciary sub committee investigating misconduct charges brought by Representative Buchanan Illinois.
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New York
United States
H. Snowden Marshall
Washington
House of Representatives
Hand
Marshall
Robert B. Gordon
House
Judiciary Sub-Committee
Buchanan
Illinois
Unserved warrant linked to Chicago killings trigger riot fears
In Chicago at 320 Irving Avenue Henry McIntyre, an armed Black man, killed by police after an unserved warrant for disturbing the peace sparked fears of race rioting. Fifty officers dispersed crowds as authorities opened gun weapon searches with warrants.
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Chicago
Irving Avenue
Henry P. McIntyre
McIntyre
Henry J. McIntyre
George Flower
Healy
Four Miners Rescued From Babcock Mine Near Joplin
Four men trapped in the Babcock mine near Joplin Missouri since Monday afternoon were rescued alive after a 41 hour vigil without light, food or water. The miners said they felt little exhaustion, but missed water and learned a wife of one was ill at home.
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Joplin
Babcock
Here
Howard Gideon
Prohibition Party Conventions Open With Bitter Debates
The National Prohibition party at St Paul opens its twelfth quadrennial convention as Sulzer and Hanly fans clash over nomination. Delegates clash in lobbies while Lotus Club leaders discuss a compromise candidate. Ira Landrith named possible vice president as Sulzer, Hanly, and Foss potential presidential contenders emerge.
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Paul
Minn
William Sulzer
J. Frank Hanly
National Prohibition Party
Daniel A. Poling
Boston
Virgil G. Hinshaw
Chicago
National Committee
Francis E. Beauchamp
Lexington
Poling
Sulzer
Hanly
Lotus Club
Chatin
The
Chafin
Ira D. Landrith
Nashville
Tenn
New York
Indiana
Eugene N. Foss
Massachusetts
Sumner W. Haynes
Portland
Ind
Foss
Haynes
Storm Along East Coast Moves North Across Atlantic
A newer West Indian storm grows in strength as it travels northward over the Atlantic, about 350 miles east of Charleston. It could threaten the coast from Virginia to Maine with winds around 64 mph. Weather Bureau radios report pronounced form and prior sightings near Turks Island and the Bahamas, with storm warnings from Wilmington, North Carolina to Boston.
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Washington, D. C
Gulf Coast
Mobile
Pensacola
Atlantic
Charleston
S.C
Virginia
Maine
Weather Bureau
Turks Island
Bahamas
Wilmington
N. C
Boston
Naval Bill Fights Over Armor Plant and Ship Revenue
The Senate resumed work on the naval bill with approval of the costliest building program already in place. Two amendments face likely opposition: one to have the federal trade commission study armor plate needs before building a plant, the other to bar a U S warship in Latin American waters from collecting a private debt. Leaders aim to pass the bill and move to conference amidst expected resistance.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Osteopath President Shot in Boston Hotel
Wilfred F. Harris, 45, president of the Massachusetts College of Osteopathy, lay near death after a shooting at a Boston hotel. Doctor Eldridge D. Atwood, also an osteopath and former pupil of Harris, was arrested on charges of attempted murder. Also reported, Dr Celia Adams, another osteopath, died from an alleged drug overdose amid personal crisis.
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Boston
Mass
Wilfred FE. Harris
Massachusetts College of Osteopathy
Eldridge D. Atwood
Adams
Harris
Canadian Club of
Massachusetts
Atwood
Miss Adams
College of Osteopathy
Americans Return Across Laredo Border Amid Mixed Travel
At Laredo Texas July 19 the border tide shifts with more Mexicans crossing into Mexico while Americans head back to interior Mexico. Immigration officers note three Mexicans re engaging in pursuits for every American refugee. Nuevo Laredo reports Luis de la Rosa recruiting men in Monterey. Local businessmen plan talks with General Funston in San Antonio to influence troop withdrawals between Laredo and San Antonio.
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Funston
Here
San Antonio
Burleson Seeks One Cent Letter Postage if Reforms Pass
Postmaster General Burleson told the National Association of Postmasters that higher second class mail revenue rural extravagance would be curbed and railroad payments cut under the new space basis. He said he could urge Congress next year to reduce letter postage to one cent.
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Washington, D. C
Burleson
National Association of Postmasters
Congress
Kaiser Says Germans Criticize Too Much
Amsterdam July 19 The German emperor told army chaplains at main headquarters that the war is a time of trial and urged practical Christianity. He warned against fault finding and said inner peace is the remedy for a nation facing hardship and for soldiers in the trenches.
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Amsterdam
Vossische Zeitung
Ott
Frisco Railroad Sold for 45.7 Million Under Reorganization
The St Louis and San Francisco Frisco system was sold to bondholders for 45 7 million under a reorganization plan. A new company will take over early in August with capitalization including 321 688 million and bonds from the old firm exchanged for new securities. Reorganization managers are J and W Seligman and Speyer and Company.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Frisco System
United States
Sanborn
Frisco
J. and W. Seligman and Company
Speyer and Company
Kansas City
Fort Scott
Memphis
Pershing tightens censorship at Columbus and Mexican front
Military headquarters report that General Pershing has issued orders requiring stricter censorship of news from Columbus and the Mexican field than before. The move aims to control information flow and reduce sensitive details reaching the public.
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Columbus
N. M
Pershing
Mexican Field
Russians Penetrate into Hungary. Germans Hold Delville Wood
Russian forces reportedly crossed the Carpathians and pushed into Hungary threatening the Austrian rear. On the Western Front, Germany recaptured part of Delville Wood and gained a foothold near Longueval after a major assault, with fierce night fighting and continued clashes at Waterlot farm.
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London
Hungary
Petrograd
Letchitzky
Delville Wood
Longueval
War Office
Bazentin
Delville
Waterlot Farm
Germans Claim Longueval Recaptured
Berlin announces recapture by German troops of Longueval and Delville Wood. The report also notes strong Russian reinforcement and heavy attacks along the Riga front south and southwest of the Baltic hub as Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s forces face renewed pressure. the Russian attacks are said to have failed with heavy losses.
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Berlin
Teutons
Delville Wood
von Hindenberg
London
Longueval
War Office
Riga
Russia
von Hindemdburg
Asso
Three Important Advances In Eastern War Theaters
Russian forces report three advances across eastern fronts. A Volhynia push southeast of Lutzk strains Boehm-Ermolli near Soyininsky. Brussiloff’s southern wing advances toward Hungary along the Kirlibaba road. Caucasus gains complete the Bukovina objective with Baiburt taken.
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Petrograd
Stokhod
Volhynia
Lutzk
Brussiloff
Hungary
Caucasus
Boehm-Ermolli
Soyininsky
Dubno
Brody
Kirlibaba
Maramaros
Sziget
Bukovina
Baiburt
Erzerum
Tur counter offensive seen near Trebt zond Erzerum area
Military opinion notes chances of a Turkish push to regain control of the Trebt zond Erzerum sector using Bai burt as a base. For months Turkish forces have pursued the objective of reclaiming the region despite uncertain success.
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Baiburt
Trebtzond-Erzerum
Smuts Forces Advance in German East Africa
Telegraphed report from London July 19 says Smuts forces have driven German units from the Han dent and Usambara railway area toward the river, clearing the zone of a field gun. Crewe’s column at Kongoro Muangza seized during the night of July 14 15, German forces fled south, leaving rifles a supply column and a naval gun. ships and armed lake vessels pursued along Stuhlmann Sound.
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London
German East Africa
Smuts
Handent
Usambara
Korogwe
Tanga
Lake Victoria
Sir C. Crewe
Kongoro
Muangza
Konigsberg
Stuhlmann Sound
Nine Men Take A Port In Samm Offensive
Paris reports a bold operation during the Samm offensive with nine French soldiers storming a fortified post. The 113 men at the fort resisted heavy shelling and infantry assaults before falling to the attackers in a pivotal moment.
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Paris
Mos
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