Germany proposes peace hints to Spanish govt
Amsterdam July 24 Germany suggests a peace inference to the Spanish government. The program calls for no west annexations or indemnities, peace with Russia and Romania, self determination to be settled at a conference, Balkan questions to be decided, freedom of the seas, dismantling of Gibraltar and Suez, and colonial questions on a status quo basis. The Vorwaerts calls this a reasonable peace program.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Russia
Rumania
Belgium
Gibraltar
Suez
Sheriff Seizes Large Red Liquor Shipment at Short Line Depot
Sheriff George Mabey halted a major bootleg haul at the Short Line depot. Four twelve gallon kegs of Echo Springs liquor were en route from Butte to Salt Lake, hidden in trunks labeled Campbell's Soups. The liquor, totaling fifty gallons, was stored in the county building's haunted chamber pending action.
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Short Line
George Mabey
Echo Springs
Butte
Salt Lake
Mabey
Pocatello
Huns Confused by Latest Allied Drive
Amsterdam July 24 American troops suffered a heavy loss at Epieds on July 22 as German reserves tried to stabilize the line from Soissons to Rheims. Allied advances press vital sectors south of Soissons and near Rheims amid weather delays and rumors of a German retreat toward the Vesle.
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Amsterdam
Epieds
Associated Press
Soissons
Rheims
Mangin
Vesle River
Paris
Havas
Germany
Wrigny
War Office
Washington
Aisne-Marne Salient
March
Fismes
Fereen Tradeno
Salient
Flanders
Major Theodore Roosevelt Jr Wounded Leading Attack
Paris reports Major Theodore Roosevelt Jr was wounded by a machine gun bullet behind the left knee while leading an assault on a nest at Ploisy near Soissons. He reached a Red Cross hospital the same day and underwent midnight surgery. prognosis suggests six weeks until return to the front.
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Paris
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Ploisy
Soissons
Chicago Tribune
American Red Cross
Joseph A. Blake
New York
Bannock County Men To Leave For Camp Lewis
A large Bannock county contingent of 72 registrants from Idaho will depart for Camp Lewis next Friday. They will assemble at the Y M C A at 4 30 pm for a supper arranged by Mrs Hannah Ash, with talks by local officials and a flag presentation. The train from Pocatello leaves at 6 30 pm, escorted to the depot by veterans and the Municipal band.
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Idaho
Camp Lewis
Bannock County
Pocatello
Hannah Ash
William White
Archdeacon Stoy
Episcopal Church
A. B. Bean
Scott
Fred W. Dickerson
Henderson
W. R. Ferris
Misa Adelaide Anderson
Congregational Church
Ezra’ Merrill
Allied Advance Keeps Up Speed at Front Visit
Major General Goethals quartermaster general of the American army and war council member arrived at the front today in Paris. He was met by General Pershing and proceeded to inspect positions with the advancing Allied forces in the area.
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Paris
Goethals
War Council
American War Department
Pershing
Profit and patriotism clash in war contract probe
Washington reports uncovering fraud and profiteering on army shoes shirts leggings and other soldier supplies through army intelligence and justice agents. The dispatch also covers Allied gains along the Aisne Marne line with German divisions throwing in to defend a critical railway and ongoing American French operations north of Montdidier Chateau Thierry and Soissons.
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Washington
Army
Department of Justice
Aisne-Marne
March
Italy
God
Montdidier
Ourcq
Oureq
Pershing
War Department
Marne
Oulehy le Chateau
Oulehy
Seville
Soissons
Aisne
Associated Press
Chateau-Thierry
Chattelet Forest
Epieds
Chateau- Thierry
White Star Liner Justicia Sunk Off Ireland
London reports the White Star Liner Justicia sunk with a crew of six to seven hundred aboard. At least eleven crew members are dead. New York confirms the ship, believed to be off the Irish coast, was returning to America after delivering a large contingent of American troops.
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London
Justicia
New York
Ireland
America
Four Hundred Crew Land After Justicia Sinking
Four hundred crew members from the liner Justicia have landed here. They report the vessel was sunk after a twenty four hour battle with submarines.
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Trish Port
Associated Press
Justicia
Atherton of Twin Falls Nominated for Governor
Boise July 24 S P Atherton state senator from Twin Falls county was formally nominated for the Republican gubernatorial nomination by M E Lewis Republican senator for Larah county visiting Boise. Henry F Ensign was nominated by Hailey bar for judge of the Fourth judicial district to succeed himself. No other nominations were received by the secretary of state Tuesday.
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S. P. Atherton
Twin Falls County
M. E. Lewis
Larah County
Henry F. Ensign
Hailey Bar
Fourth Judicial District
Secretary of State
Chink Merchant a Busy Citizen in Honolulu
Konk Lee, a Chinese storekeeper in Honolulu, has a family of seventeen with three sons in the army and one in the navy. One son is a second lieutenant at Camp Gordon, Georgia, showing a busy military family scene on July 24.
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Honolulu
T. H
Young Mayor Goes to Front in Colorado Draft
Vernon Tovatt, 21, mayor of Swink Colorado, resigned to enlist in the army. He sold his mercantile business and received a farewell from Swink citizens. A Swink native, he is a graduate of Iowa State College. his father A Tovatt is superintendent of Holly Sugar at Swink.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Vernon Tovatt
Swink
Tovatt
Iowa State College
A. Tovatt
Holly Sugar Corporation
Former Wyoming educator dead in Indiana
Professor Charles Merica aged 54 editor of the Kendalville Daily News and Weekly Standard died today in Fort Wayne Indiana from organic heart trouble He was once president of the University of Wyoming.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Charles Merica
Kendalville Daily News
Weekly Standard
University of Wyoming
Dormitory Opens in Old Seattle Court House
Seattle and Puget Sound shipyards faced a housing surge for workers soldiers and sailors. The old King county court house is to host 1500 cots with jail trusties serving as chambermaids. The building was abandoned three years earlier after the new courthouse opened.
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Seattle
Wash
Puget Sound
Bnet
King County Court House
Japan to Join U.S. Russia Aid Expedition Plan
Washington reports the president has completed a pronouncement on U S participation in aiding Russia by military expedition and will release it once Japan replies to the American proposals.
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Japan
Washington
United States
Russia
Russian Army Mobilization Opens July 7
From Moscow reports general mobilization of the Russian army began on July 7. The dispatch notes that preparations were completed in the weeks prior and mobilization affects all military districts.
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Amsterdam
Moscow
Death of Alexis Romanoff Follows Father's Execution
Amsterdam reports Alexis Romanoff former heir to the throne died of exposure days after his father was executed. A Moscow dispatch to the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger provides the outline of events and timing.
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Amsterdam
Alexis Romanoff
Moscow
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Left Social Revolutionists Shot by Bolsheviks in Berlin Dispatch
Berlin dispatch reports that more than two hundred left Social Revolutionists were shot by Bolsheviks up to July 19 for involvement in the assassination of von Mirbach and a counter revolution.
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Amsterdam
von Mirbach
Berlin
Former German Leader Helfferich Appointed to Moscow Role
London dated July 24 reports former German Vice Chancellor Helfferich named Germany's diplomatic representative in Moscow. He is to bring two battalions of troops to guard the German embassy, per Reuters via Amsterdam wireless.
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London
Helfferich
Germany
Moscow
Reuter
Amsterdam
Figured Usual Trick Washington July 24
Fragmentary item notes suggestions and a German offer via Spain and officials. The text is garbled but references Germany and political maneuvering tied to Washington events on July 24.
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Washington
Vorwaerts
Germany
Spain
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