Provisional Government Hears Move to Move Seat to Moscow
In Petrograd officials report control of the city but discuss transferring the government seat to Moscow. Winter Palace and staff buildings are fortified with cannons as clashes occur in the streets. Ministers resign and inquiries link Lenin to German aims as authorities seek peaceful means to enforce order.
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Petrograd
Moscow
M. Tseretelli
Council of
Winter Palace
Winter Palace Square
Tauride Palace
M. Skobeleff
Teserelli
Posts and Telegraphs
M. Tiehernoff
Agriculture
Bourgois
M. Skobeloff
Brussiloff
Nikolai Lenine
Ermilenko
Germany
Lenin
London Hears Many Killed and Wounded In Petrograd
A Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports about five hundred killed or wounded over two days of disorder in the city. The tally reflects the chaotic violence affecting civilians and authorities alike during the unrest.
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London
Petrograd
Reuter
Will Keep Roster of Aviators
A foreign service commission chaired by William G. Sharp American ambassador to France will maintain a roster of American aviators in Europe and provide emergency aid, announced by the Aero Club of America.
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New York
Foreign Service Commission
William G. Sharp
France
Europe
Aero Club of America
Weather fragment for July 18 19 and 19 with temperatures
Fragmented OCR weather card lists temperatures for multiple locations with times midnight noon and evening readings. Reader should verify legibility and source dates.
San Antonio Area Weather Tonight and Friday
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for unsettled conditions tonight and Friday. Expect varying clouds and possible showers with mild to moderate temperatures and breezes.
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San Antonio
Weather Forecasts From Major Cities
The Light reports city temperatures with winds from varied directions. St Louis 72 clear 4 mile south wind with possible rain. Chicago 79 clear 4 mile west wind warmer. Milwaukee 64 clear 4 mile southwest wind warmer. Kansas City 70 clear 4 mile southeast wind with rain. New York 72 rain 12 mile southwest wind. Washington 72 cloudy with high around 82.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
President Wilson Grants Pardons to Sixteen Suffragettes
President Wilson pardons sixteen suffragists jailed for 60 days in Occoquan Virginia for White House picketing. Secretary Tumulty says the pardon speaks for itself and offers no explanation. Woman's Party leaders react with surprise and vow to continue picketing in support of national suffrage.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Occoquan
White House
Tumulty
Woman's Party
Work House
Mabel Vernon
Suffrage Leaders Denounce White House Pickets in Texas
Mrs Minnie Fisher Cunningham, Texas Equal Suffrage Association president, appeals Texas editors to feature that the National Suffrage Association with 2,000,000 members disapproves of White House pickets. She calls the picketing disloyal and useless, urging papers to publicize the stance amid wartime efforts.
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Dallas
Tex
National Suffrage Association
White House
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
Texas Equal Suffrage Association
Congressional Union
Woman's Party
National Association
Texas
Habeas corpus challenge to El Paso pawn and junk dealer ordinance
Exparte A. Goldburg of El Paso seeks a writ in the Court of Criminal Appeals challenging the city ordinance regulating pawn shop and junk dealer transactions and mandating daily reports. Goldburg, fined in Corporation Court, was granted bail of 300 dollars by Presiding Judge Davidson who awaits submission on July 23.
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Austin
Tex
Davidson
Chambers
Goldburg
Police
el Paso
Court Plaster Suspected in Kansas Nus Plot
Federal chemists and bacteriologists prepared to inoculate guinea pigs with cultures from court plaster specimens believed impregnated with tetanus germs. Authorities say the plaster distributors may have spread the disease across Kansas as part of a plot. A Winfield man died after using court plaster on a leg sore, raising concern but no proven link to the arrestees.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Winfield
Kan
Poles Organize Kingdom Judicial Plan
The provisional state council in Warsaw outlines a plan to organize the Polish kingdom's judiciary, detailing steps to establish a formal legal structure. The plan signals a move toward central authority and rule of law within the evolving Polish state.
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Warsaw
Poland
London
Provisional State Council
Archbold Torpedo Narrowly Missed By Periscope Sighting
A sea captain recounted watching a German U-boat periscope pass two feet from his own bow while the tanker Archbold sank on June 16. He steered clear, fired four shells at the U-boat, and saw a splash and vapor before the submarine vanished, with hope it was destroyed.
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Atlantic
John D. Archbold
Great Lakes
Archbold
Peace Resolution Motion Moves in Reichstag
From Amsterdam and Copenhagen reports, the German Reichstag committee of the majority parties unanimously supports moving the peace resolution. An expected 221 deputies are said to back the peace measure as a test vote approaches between bloc and annexationist aims. Admiral Tirpitz appeals to Ernst Baehrmann to oppose the bloc resolution.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Reichstag
Copenhagen
von “Tirpitz
Ernst Bassermann
von Tirpitz
Germany
Alliance With Allies Seen in Austria Says Correspondent
Vienna correspondent of Deutsche Tages Zeitung via Reuters Zurich claims non-German parties in Austria ally with Entente powers France Britain and Russia. He cites the emperor amnesty as first result of this blackmail policy and a victory for anti German factions.
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London
Vienna
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Reuter
Zurich
Austria
France
Great Britain
Russia
Draft Exemption Schemes Target Immigrants In Chicago
The Y M C A and others are planning actions to curb confidence men selling fake draft exemptions. Impostors target foreign language communities with many dependents, promising exemption in advance for cash. They already allegedly cheated a sizable number of people.
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Chicago
Vanderbilt Enlists In New York Field Artillery
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., 19, son of Col Cornelius Vanderbilt, enlisted last night as a private in the field artillery section of the ammunition train New York division. He is a grandson of Commodore Vanderbilt.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr
Col
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Twenty-second Regiment of Engineers
Young Vanderbilt
Commodore Vanderbilt
Nieto to Travel From Mexico City for Loan Talks
Rafael Nieto Under Secretary of the Treasury leaves Mexico City for the north with no fixed destination. It is believed he will visit the United States to discuss loan negotiations.
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Mexico City
Rafael Nieto
the Treasury
United States
Second Texas Field Artillery Officers Named
San Antonio leaders secure key posts as the Second Texas Field Artillery heads to federal service planned for August 5. Claud Birkhead becomes lieutenant colonel, John Carrington is adjutant, and San Antonio batteries A B C are led by Raymond Phelps Douglas Mackenzie and Davis McGown with Perry Dewees and others in key roles. Infantry units will be mustered soon with all Texas National Guard units awaiting federal muster.
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Second
Texas Field Artillery
Texas National Guard
Houston
San
San Antonians
San Antonio
Raymond Phelps
Birkhead
Douglas Mackenzie
Davis ‘Ie
W. G. Tobin
San Seaenie
G. H. Fletcher
Freeport
Homer T. Wilson
W. A. McDuffee
Waco
M. E. Yinger
Dowell Naylor
M. Erskine
A. I. Dechman
B. H. Tucker
J. M. Champeno
D. Mackenzie
Kenneth CC. Perry
G. D. Dewees
D. W. Murphy
R. E. Isom
Davis McGown
J. W. Wallace
J. B. Shaw
Walter Lokey
M. E McFarland
Murray
Floresville
W. ©. Murray Jr
A. Cc. Eschenburg
Paul Brown
R. E. Ezell
J. T. Houston
E. J. Clark
F. M. Fitzpatrick
J. R. Donaghue
W. W. Naman
C. B. Collins
O. E. Sanguinet
D. G. Howard
Jack Watkins
Robert W. Shaw
Robert F. Campbell
Market Hall
Second Field Artillery
W. A. McDufffee
Battalion
East Crockett Street
Oscar C. Guessez
Negroes Buy Arms In Omaha Causes City Warning
Reports from Omaha indicate residents in the negro district are buying ammunition. Mayor Dahlman urged calm and discretion in arms sales after a mysterious Tuesday night explosion. Police increased patrols as unrest spread, though officials found no concrete cause for alarm.
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Omaha
Neb
Central Police Station
James C. Dahlman
United States to Skip Paris Allied Conference Now
Washington officials say the United States will not participate in the inter allied conference in Paris this month as it does not directly affect US war aims. The move does not indicate a permanent policy and reflects focus on Balkan issues including Greece and Saloniki.
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Washington, D.C
United States
Paris
State Department
Greece
Saloniki
Italy
Balkans
Tompkins Admits Triple Shooting in Pa Case
George C. Tompkins of Philadelphia confessed to killing Edmund N. Humphreyes, his wife Carrie Humphreyes, and their 15 year old son on a country road near Carrollton last Saturday. The admission was made in the county jail in the presence of Jailer Edward Knee and Tompkins’ attorneys.
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Johnstown
George C. Tompkins
Philadelphia
Edmund N. Humphreyes
Carrie Humphreyes
Edmund
Carrollton
Edward Knee
Tompkins
Villa takes Jiminez in bold Mexican advance
Francisco Villa led his forces to seize Jiminez, an important railroad junction 131 miles south of Chihuahua City. Reports state a government garrison was massacred and residents looted as Villa’s men moved through the town, cutting off Torreon and Parral from Chihuahua City.
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Juarez, Mex
Francisco Villa
Jiminez
Chihuahua City
Villa
Torreon
Parral
Woman ticket seller at Union Station in Kansas City
The Pullman Company hires a woman to work as a ticket seller at Union Station in Kansas City as part of replacing men drafted into federal service. Additional women will fill vacancies as they arise, an official said.
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Kansas City, Mo
Pullman Company
Union Station
Light Want Ads Offer Wide Reach in Crockett
The Light Want Ads promise to fill homes and offices by locating buyers, tenants, and employees. They urge callers to ring Crockett 1742 to place ads via the Want Department.
Process for National Army Draft Drawings Outlined
Washington details the two stage drawing to establish order of appearance before local exemption boards for ten million registrants. A master key links a thousand numbers to district totals, with exemptions estimated at fifty percent and 1,374,040 men to be summoned for examination.
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Washington, D. C
Toomorrow
Senate
National Army
Cypher
Detroit
Baker
House
Crowder
Washington
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