United States to buy Danish West Indies for 25 million
The White House announced negotiations nearly complete for the U S purchase of the Danish West Indies from Denmark for 25 million. The islands St Croix St Thomas and St John would come under U S control with a treaty likely sent to the Senate for ratification.
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White House
Danish West Indies
United States
Denmark
Senate
Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
Seward
West Indies
United States Senate
Congressional
Grant
Roosevelt
Hay
Germany
Treaty calls for twenty five million purchase of West Indies
Copenhagen dispatch reports a US Danish treaty for the purchase of the West Indies. The United States would pay 25 million dollars and relinquish Greenland discovery rights, gaining full possession of St. Thomas St. John and St. Croix amid Senate and Danish Parliament review.
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Philadelphia
West Indies
United States
Denmark
Public Ledger
Copenhagen
Senate
Greenland
St. Thomas
St. John
St. Croix
Santa Cruz
President Wilson backs naval bill with dreadnoughts and cruisers
Official word from Washington states President Wilson supports the naval construction as the Senate considers the bill, calling for four dreadnoughts and four battle cruisers to be built at once. In Los Angeles Mayor C Sebastian proclaims a five minute period of general prayer for peace in Europe at 11 am August 1.
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Capitol
Wilson
Senate
Los Angeles
Cal
Europe
C. Sebastian
Weather Guide for Tourists Across Major Cities
The Light reports temperatures for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington with conditions ranging from clear to cloudy. Winds vary from west to southeast and highs reach 88 to 96 degrees while lows hover around 70 to 78.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Texas returns shape runoff for Colquitt Culberson in tense race
Early Tuesday the Texas election bureau showed Colquitt and Culberson leading the U S Senate runoff, with 146 394 for submission and 142 618 against. Ferguson led Morris for governor, while Ro binson law support held, and Graves led McManus in appellate court races as statewide totals were still coming in.
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Texas Election Bureau
el Paso
Fayette
Johnson County
Clay
Wise County
United State
Colquitt
Culberson
S. P. Brooks
Thomas Mitchell Campbell
R. I. Henry
John Davis
Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
C. H. Morris
Morris
B. F. Looney
Looney
John W. Woods
Charles T. Rowland
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Hall
Houston
Jeff MelLemore
Daniel E. Garrett
Cox
Firmin
Lackland
Harrington
Texas
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Jenkins
Phillips
Daniel
Mayfield
Robbins
Harper
Morrow
W. E. Neeley
Anderson
Oscar Davis
C. F. Sentell
Weatherford
W. E. Cox
Waxahachie
H. F. Schlosshan
Lexington
Edwin R. Spencer
Graves
Texas Appellate Courts
S. A. McManus
George W. Graves
McMeans
B. H. Rice
N. A. Rector
Anson Rainey
Robert R. Owen
Will Boyce
L. B. Hightower Jr
A. B. Conley
A. E. Davis
W. E. Middlebrook
A. G. Brooke
Hugh Short
J. J. Mansfield
Columbus
George Burgess
Mansfield
Martin Dies
C. W
Villa's "New Army" mainly in newspapers
General Murguia of the Carranza army says the impression of a large Villa force is mostly in U S newspapers. He notes Villa captured Jimenez with 600 men and attacked Parral, but Mexican forces pursue him with several thousand. He hopes U S Mexico talks bring lasting peace and normal business.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Villa
Mexico
United States
F. Murgula
Rio Grande
Carranza Army
Piedras Negras
F. Peraldi
Murguia
E. H. Schmidt
Texas
Jimenez
Parral
British Hold Most of Pozieres in World War I Action
British troops report capturing the majority of Pozieres as German reinforcements pressed to recover ground. British counterattacks repulsed by the British forces. German line penetrations acknowledged on the eastern front near von Linsingen as Russian troops claimed progress.
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London
Pozieres
Germany
von Linsingen
Berlin
Russian detachments reach Pons near Erzingan in Ararat
Petrograd reports some Russian detachments have reached Pons about ten miles from the Turkish fortified town of Erzingan in Ararat. The official statement notes progress in the Ararat area as the campaign continues.
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Petrograd
London
Pons
Ergingan
Arom
Italian Troops Capture Monte Cimone from Austrians
Rome reports Italian troops seized Monte Cimone from Austrian forces in a latest official statement. The capture marks a strategic breakthrough as operations continue in the theater.
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Rome
London
Monte Cimone
Third Degree Charges in New York Police Bribery Probe
Deputy Assistant District Attorney James E. Smith alleges prisoners including women were framed and beaten in star chamber sessions amid a graft probe that has led to indictments of five policemen taking money from disorderly house operators. He cites two women from a white slave case under medical care and notes threats to witnesses require protection before the grand jury. Police Commissioner Woods denies organized graft compared to the Rosenthal era.
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New York
James E. Smith
Woods
Rosenthal
Conscience Fund Grows with Donations to Treasury
Contributions to the conscience fund for the year ending June 30 totaled 54 923 15, raising the national total to 496 763 54. The fund began in 1811 with a five dollar gift and has since grown as citizens sent money to atone for government frauds.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Maine primary tightens race for U S Senate nomination
In Maine, former Governor Bert M Fernald led Congressman Frank E Guernsey by about 600 votes with over two thirds of results in. Democrat Kenneth M Sills ran unopposed for the nomination as the state awaited final tallies to determine who will fill the late Senator Edwin C Burleigh’s unfinished term.
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Portland
Bert M. Fernald
Frank E. Guernsey
United States
Gernald
Kenneth M. Sills
Bedwein College
Edwin C. Burleigh
Mo. Guard Private Falls Silent From Worry News
Private George Reagan of Carthage Missouri who came with the national guardsmen is asleep since Saturday in Laredo Texas. Doctors attribute the condition to nervousness caused by not receiving a letter from home and report only brief awakenings.
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Laredo
Tex
George Reagan
Carthage
Wireless Communications With Germany Suspended
The Western Union Telegraph Company announces that wireless communications with Germany by way of Sayville New York and Tuckerton New Jersey have been suspended until further notice.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Germany
Sayville
N. Y
Tuckerton
N. J
Mormons Depict Arrival in Mexico In Juarez Pageant
A pageant depicting the entry of Mormons into Utah nearly sixty years ago and into Mexico in 1884 was presented before General Pershing and his staff at Colonia Juarez. The Twenty fourth Infantry band helped in the celebration, reflecting the colony’s presence in the area.
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Colonia Dublan
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Utah
Pershing
Colonia Juarez
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Allies Ready Second Line To Seize Deutschland
Reports from an authoritative source say a strong second line of allied warships lies twenty miles off Cape Henry prepared to seize or sink the Deutschland if she evades the first three mile limit patrol today. Rumors of armed German submarines nearby boost demand for small seaworthy craft as private parties and officials seek vessels to join the chase. A British scout cruiser relieved a French ship on the front line and German Bremen rumors circulate about possible fate of the sister ship.
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Norfolk
Cape Henry
Bremen
Heatwave Grips Kansas With 100 Degree Readings
Temperatures climbed across Kansas with many areas hitting 100 degrees as of July 22. In Topeka the morning reading reached 92 degrees and the state has not seen significant rainfall for 29 days.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Freight Train Fire Kills Two in Pueblo Derailment
A Denver and Rio Grande freight train derailed west of Pueblo Colorado last night and burned, killing two people and leaving several believed burned. About twenty workers en route to harvest in the Midwest were aboard. five were accounted for.
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Pueblo
Colo
Denver and
Rio Grande
Here
Middle West
Tragic Gas Blast Kills Twenty-Two in Lake Erie Tunnel
A gas explosion in a waterworks tunnel under Lake Erie seven miles from shore near Cleveland last night left twenty-two dead and many more dying. Rescue efforts failed to reach eleven trapped workers as two rescue parties perished and several survivors later died from fumes. The cause remains undetermined and authorities promise a full investigation into lack of oxygen equipment.
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Lake Erie
Gustav C. van Duzen
van Duzen
van Duren
Harry L. Davis
Morgues
Peter McKenna
Michael Gallagher
Leroy Dunn
Peter McCaren
Peter Sullivan
G. van Duren
Water Works Construction
Harry Wolkes
William Dolan
Dolan
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Conscience Fund Grows
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International Compressed Air and Foundation Workers’ Union
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