First Photo of I. W. W. Riots at Bisbee
Washington July 18 Provost Marshal Crowder prepares for the national lottery drawing after seven states report. Secretary Baker approves the plan and presses for a public explanation. The exact drawing place and date remain undecided though a Capitol committee room is suggested. The government awaits final state telegraph confirmations before scheduling.
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Washington
Marshal Crowder
Baker
Capitol
Plans for a Moros regiment in American expedition army
Manila reports plans underway to form a full regiment of Moros with the aim of attaching it to the American expeditionary force in France. The move reflects efforts to diversify colonial forces for service abroad.
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Manila
France
Atlantic steamship recalls encounters with German U-boats
Officers and passengers aboard a U S steamship recount three Atlantic crossings where a U boat surfaced broadside, naval gunners opened fire, and the submarine vanished. On the return trip wireless warnings prompted rapid port stay as destroyers drove off subs and the ship dodged a torpedo wake minutes from impact.
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Atlantic
Pasengers
Troopers Open Personal Post Office at American Training Camp
A July report from the American Training Camp in France notes troops can send letters home or abroad without revealing exact locations. Summary mail should be addressed to Training Camp Expeditionary Forces, Paris, for forwarding to the proper address.
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France
Expeditionary Forces
Paris
New Attorney Named for Southern California U S Attorney
President nominates Albert Schoonover of Los Angeles as United States Attorney for the Southern District of California. Ceremony and nomination announced in Washington on July 18.
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Washington
Albert Schoonover
Los Angeles
United States
Southern District of California
Mexico rescinds light globe tax replaces with 10 percent current tax
President Carranza ends the ten centavos per globe lighting tax in Mexico and imposes a new levy of 10 percent of the cost of current to the consumer. A separate 3 percent tax on the price paid by the consumer is mentioned in the notice.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Carranza
Reichstag summoned for government communication
London July 18 dispatch from Berlin reports Chancellor Michaelis asked the Reichstag president to summon members Thursday afternoon for a communication from the government.
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London
Exchange
Berlin
Michaelis
Reichstag
Peace Talk To Be Continued In Reichstag
Basel July 18 The Neutes Nachrichten of Munich says a declaration by the new German chancellor before the reichstag tomorrow will press for peace, aligning with a left party resolution in general.
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Basel
Neutes Nachrichten
Munich
Reichstage
Russians and Germans Near Major Front Clash
Kroniloff’s armies in eastern Galicia are stalled as German reserves rush to the front. Austrian defense along the Lomnica River is stiffened to safeguard the Teutonic position, with strong resistance anticipated north toward the Galician border.
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Kroniloff
Galicia
Lomnica
Verdun Battle Update: Germans Fail to Reclaim French Ground
Paris reports heavy shelling and German counterattacks through the night in Verdun. Despite multiple assaults, German forces do not regain the parcel of ground captured by the French yesterday.
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Paris
Verdun
Increased activity on the Romanian front reported
Berlin reports heightened action on the Romanian front with renewed artillery fighting in Archduke Joseph and Field Marshal von Mackensen sectors. On the northern Russo Galician front in the Riga Divinsk and Smorgon areas artillery engagements were more severe.
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Berlin
Archduke Joseph
von Mackensen
Riga
Divinsk
Smorgon
Braves Observe Bannock Medicine Dance At Portneuf
The Bannock rite near Portneuf bottoms draws a large crowd as a multi day medicine dance unfolds. Dancers, in waist‑bare forms, move to tomtom rhythms under a pine post as squaws provide the orchestra and a medicine man leads prayers.
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William Sunday
Portneuf
Willine
Ever
Anow
Cossacks Take Hold Of Troubled Russian Affairs
In Petrograd clashes flare as armed sailors soldiers and workers confront paramilitary forces. The snow body council condemns external influences and warns against actions that threaten the revolution.
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Petrograd
Nevsky Prospect
Russia
Billy Sunday Speeding Auto Was Pinched
In Portland on July 18 the Rev William A Billy Sunday was arrested for speeding on the Broadway Bridge over the Willamette River. The chauffeur drove over twenty five miles an hour. Sunday, en route from his Hood River ranch to Portland, paid a $5 fine.
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Portland
Ore
William A
Billy) Sunday
Broadway
Williamette River
Sunday
Hood River
Boosts Feng for President
Tien Tsin reports President Li Yuan Hung announces his resignation and urges support for Feng Kwo Chang to become president. Feng has declined the bid.
Framing It on the Speaker in Colorado Legislature
Denver July 18 The joint session opening was delayed as the house debated unseating the speaker. The attempt failed as 44 voted against displacing the speaker and 19 supported it.
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Denver
Interstate Commerce Commission Upholds East Fare Increases
The ICC upheld existing one way first and second class passenger fares from points east of the Missouri River to Arizona points. The complaint alleging unreasonableness was dismissed.
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Washington
Jan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri River
Arizona
Copper Market In New York Quiet Ahead Of August Demand
Copper nominal prices in New York show large dealers out of the market while small lots for August and later trade 23.50 to 27.00 cents per pound.
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New York
Back of the Revolutionary Army Faces William’s Troops
Fragmentary note describes forces aligned with the Revolutionary Army fighting against troops of William. The text mentions opposing sides but provides no dates locations or clear outcomes. Further detail is unavailable in the readable fragment.
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Revolutionary
William
Idaho Employers Must Provide Worker Compensation Coverage
A new Idaho workmen's compensation law requires nearly all employers to secure medical and hospital care and wage loss coverage for work accidents. Agricultural and some domestic labor exemptions apply. The mandatory coverage becomes effective July 1, with the employer payment portion starting January 1 next year. Continued on Page L.
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Idaho
British Forces Reported On Russian Front
Washington reports on July 18 that British armored motor detachments are taking part in the Russian offensive in Galicia, marking the first stated involvement of British forces in Russia.
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Washington
Galicia
Russia
I W W Members Ordered Out of Warren District
In Bisbee dated July 18 the investigating committee ordered three I W W members to leave Warren district amid a drive to screen all entrants. About fifty newcomers lined up for questioning, mostly Americans seeking mining work. Guards monitor all roads and trails, with entry or exit allowed only with explanation.
Liberty Loan planning meeting in New York hosts reserve bank officials
Governors and officers of federal reserve banks from districts gathered in New York for an all day session to design plans for the next war loan campaign. The group will reconvene tomorrow and forward recommendations to Secretary McAdoo. L. Aiken of the Boston Fed was chosen as chair on the committee.
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New York
Federal Reserve Banks
Pa Ri
Eel Liberty
Loan Committee
Liberty Loan Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Central Committee
L. Aiken
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Colonel Ferguson Leaves Most Property to Elks in Will
The late Col. H. V. A. Ferguson filed his last will in Pocatello naming Lodge No. 674 of the B P O Elks as heir to nearly all remaining assets. He left specific legacies to his sister Emma A. Ferguson, attorney Isaac F. McDougall, Boise judge F. G. Dietrich, and Miss Edythe Stoker, along with manuscripts and poems to various friends. Executor D C McDougall was named without bond.
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Col. H. V. A. Ferguson
West
Fremont Street
Hyde
Col. Ferguson
Idaho
Pocatello
Emma A. Ferguson
Lancaster
Erie County
N. Y
United States
Isaac F. McDougall
American Falls
D. C. McDougall
Hon
F. G. Dietrich
Boise
Fabie
Maxon
Catalina
Edythe’ Stoker
B. P. O. Elks
Elk Lodge
Steger
City of
Ferguson
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Nicket
White House
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Council
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Feng
Willie
Elks
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