Japan and United States discuss Siberia troop plan
Tokyo reports say Japan will accept a U S proposal to send troops to Siberia with plans for allied contingents. Emperors schedule altered as talks discuss military aid to Czecho Slovaks and wider Siberian actions. Washington avoids comment as developments loom.
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Tokyo
Siberia
Japan
Yoshihito
Great Britain
France
United States
Washington
Amercan
Siberian
Nationwide call mobilizes 46000 troops for August camps
Washington reports General Crowder orders 46000 men from all states and the District of Columbia to move to camps between August 5 and 9. An August entrainment target of 860000 men is set with quotas by state and camp including Illinois 1000 to Jefferson Barracks Missouri 1000 to Jefferson Barracks and Camp Fremont Ohio 2500 to Columbus Barracks Oklahoma 1200 to Camp Fremont and Texas 1800 to Camp Cody.
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Washington
States
District of Columbia
Crowder
Illinois
Jefferson Barracks
Indiana
Fort Thomas
Iowa
Kansas
Fort Riley
Kentucky
Carpathia Sunk Off Irish Coast By German Submarine
The transport Carpathia, 13 603 tons, sunk off the Irish coast while outbound from a British port. No lives known to be lost. Carpathia had served as an American troop transport. London reports Barunga, outbound with unfit Australian troops, also sunk July 15 with no casualties.
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New York
Carpathia
Cunard
London
Admiralty
Ment
Potatoes Rate Cut by Railroads to Texas
Washington July 22. A commodity rate of 70 cents per 100 pounds on potatoes from Minnesota and Wisconsin to Texas was declared excessive and reduced to 65 cents by railroads.
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Washington
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Texas
Arrest Alleged Slackers in Milwaukee Draft Evasion Case
Milwaukee July 22 twelve suspects in draft evasion case are accompanied by two women who claim to be their wives as authorities probe the group.
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Milwaukee
Roosevelt Son Quentin Roosevelt Shot Down in War front
London reports Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt son of former President Roosevelt was shot down and killed on the Chateau Thierry sector of the Marne front Sunday. A Paris dispatch says Philip Roosevelt saw him fall in combat with two enemy planes ten miles inside German lines. A cable to Col. Theodore Roosevelt says Quentin may have landed unhurt and is a German prisoner.
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London
Quentin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Paris
Philip Roosevelt
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Saratoga
Maj
Richard Derby
Quentin
Hoover Arrives in Britain for Allied Food Talks
Herbert Hoover, United States food administrator, arrived in Britain from America and announces a forthcoming round table with allied food officials in Europe. The meetings will set annual needs and production estimates as the allies pool resources and the United States covers deficits.
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London
Herbert C. Hoover
America
Washington
England
Herbert Hoover
United States
Hoover
Europe
US Ship Westover Sunk with Ten Men Missing
The American steamer Westover, an army supply ship manned by navy personnel, was torpedoed and sunk in a war zone on July 11 while bound to Europe. Ten officers and men of a 90 crew are missing, including Robert Halstead, Ralph Caldwell, Frank Holloway, James Estis, Austin Wilson, Harvey Harrison, Edward Griffin, John Cole, Wilfred Serey, and a Water Tender unnamed in the list.
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Washington
Westover
Europe
Navy Department
Sims
Robert Herbert Halstead
Lansing
Mich
Ralph Dillingham Caldwell
Woodsfords
Frank Willard Holloway
Washington, D. C
James Brown Estis
Hartwell
Austin Clyde Wilson
Muncie
Ind
Harvey Harrison
Noblesville
Edward Lewis Griffin
Baltimore
Treasury Advances Loans To Italy And Belgium
The treasury department announced new credits totaling 760 million dollars to Italy and 145.25 million dollars to Belgium, plus a loan of 100 million dollars to Italy, updating total credits and aiding allies.
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Washington
Italy
Belgium
Treasury Department
Quits Trade Board for Army
W. T. Chantland of Iowa resigns as chief examiner for the federal trade commission to accept a commission as major in the army.
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Quits Trade Board
Army
Washington
W. T. Chantland
Iowa
Federal Trade Commission
U. S. Cruiser Sunk Off Fire Island New York
The armored cruiser San Diego was sunk ten miles off Fire Island at 11 am Friday. Survivors said torpedo strike on the port side caused boiler and magazine explosions. about 1,187 saved, no known casualties. Navy issued submarine watch warning as rescue ships search for more survivors.
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Washington
San Diego
Tire Island
New York
Navy Department
Fire Island
United States
New York Harbor
Long Island
Baseball Declared Nonessential Occupation In Draft Rules
Secretary Baker ruled baseball a nonproductive occupation and indicated draft rules may expand to include entertainers and movie workers. The Eddie Ainsmith case prompted the appeal to reexamine whether ball players should be exempt from induction under the existing regulations.
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Baker
Eddie Ainsmith
Washington
Orders 2 lightless nights begin July 24
The fuel administration on Friday night ordered lightless nights in effect again beginning July 24. The order bans any use of light for illuminating or displaying advertisements or signs or for external illumination of buildings on Monday to Thursday nights in New England New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Maryland and District of Columbia and on Mondays and Tuesdays in other states.
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Washington
Fuel Administration
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
District of Columbia
Nitrate Plant Explosion in Marquette Area Kills Three
An explosion at the Aetna Explosives nitrate plant near Ishpeming, Marquette County, July 22 killed three workers. The blast caused damage estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Marquette
Mich
Aetna Explosives Company
Ishpeming
Deport Belgians by Germany Reported in Amsterdam
Amsterdam reports another deportation of Belgians by German military authorities. The brief message notes Belgians being taken away, with limited details on locations or numbers.
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Amsterdam
Austria-Hungary backs Wilson terms for peace
Amsterdam reports Baron von Burian states Austria-Hungary is ready for peace on 1913 territorial limits. He praises President Wilson and his Fourteen Points while urging allied powers to seek mutual agreement, not through past East peace treaties.
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Amsterdam
Baron von Burian
Austria-Hungary
Wilson
Wilcon
Nis
Mank’a
French Traitor Duval Executed For Treason
Paris reports the execution of M. Duval director of the Germany friendly Ben net Rouge newspaper for treason. He died instantly at Vincennes after the firing squad. This follows the execution of Bolo Pasha and precedes the trial of Duval and six others.
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Paris
M. Duval
Bennet- Rouge
Vincennes
France
Bolo Pasha
Duva
Wilson Abandons Vacation to Stay in Washington
President Wilson will not take a summer vacation as urgent matters demand his attention daily. The White House announced he will remain in Washington throughout the season to handle matters of tremendous importance.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
French steamer sunk by submarine raid. sole survivor found
London reports a French steamer attacked and sunk by a 7 boat. The crew escaped in two boats but both were rammed. only one survivor remained in the water for 14 hours before rescue.
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London
Reuter’s
Japanese Battleship Kawachi Sinks After Explosion
The battleship Kawachi of 21 420 tons displacement blew up and sank in Tokio yama bay 150 miles northeast of Nagasaki on July 12. Five hundred crewmen lost their lives.
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Tokyo
Tokoyama Bay
Nagasaki
Malvy Charges Modified by State in Paris
Paris reports charges against Louis J. Malvy former premier of the interior were modified by state authorities as of July 20. The case centers on prior allegations and ongoing adjustments to the prosecutor’s file.
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Malvy
Paris
Louis J. Malvy
The
Interior
Chateau Thierry Taken by French and Americans
The French and American forces report a major breakthrough at Chateau Thierry with rapid advances north of the Marne. General Pershing notes 17,000 prisoners and 560 guns captured, while the Germans retreat toward the Aisne amid heavy Allied air and artillery pressure.
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Chateau Thierry
Washington
Pershing
Marne
Aisne
Soissons
Paris
Reims
Vaux
War Office
Brases
Brasses
Ourcq
Billion for booze menaces Congress war tax plan
Washington reports a proposed wartime revenue bill aims to raise eight billion dollars this year. A prohibition period could erase a billion in new taxes, forcing lawmakers to seek broad consumption taxes on essentials or raise rates on whisky wine and beer.
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Washington
Congress
National Prohibition
Prohibition
Ways and Means Committee
Army and Marine Casualties Reported by Pershing
Washington July 22 casualties total two hundred twenty five from General Pershing Ameri can expeditionary force in France. Army casualties include 43 killed in action 23 died of wounds 83 died of disease nine died of accidents one plane accident 11 wounded severely 30 missing. Marine corps casualties include 12 killed in action two died of wounds and 12 severely wounded in action.
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Washington
Pershing
France
Army
Marine Corps
British air raid damages enemy aerodromes report
London reports extensive damage at Merhange aerodromes from a photographic reconnaissance on July 20. One large shed and three hangars destroyed during attacks on the nights of July 19 and 20. No further details released.
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London
British
Air Ministry
Merhange
Interstate Commerce Commission lowers potato shipping rate
The commission ruled the Western railroads charge of 70 cents per 100 pounds for Minnesota and Wisconsin potatoes to Dallas Fort Worth Tex. and nearby points was excessive and set the rate at 65 cents.
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Washington
Western
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dallas
Fort Worth
Tex
Interstate Commerce Commission
All Must Work or Fight Warns California Men
San Francisco on July 22 reports a state council of defense order requiring every able bodied man in California to work during the war regardless of age or wealth. The directive emphasizes universal labor duty amid wartime mobilization.
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California
San Francisco
State Council of Defense
Quentin Roosevelt Confirmed Dead by German Report
Paris dispatch reports German aviators dropped notes confirming the death of Quentin Roosevelt in battle. The communication states the U S aviator died during combat over European skies, adding to the war’s toll and prompting tributes from allied nations.
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Young Roosevelt
Paris
Aviaati
Ieat
Quentin Roosevelt
McAdoo on Way Home From Seattle Trip
Director General McAdoo and the McAdoo party left Seattle for Spokane en route to Washington. Mrs. McAdoo and Oscar A. Price accompanied him as the federalized railroads leader travels homeward after a Washington visit.
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McAdoo
Seattle
Wash
Oscar A. Price
Spokane
Washington
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Foch
Maine
Sourth
Ludendorff
Crally
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