Lottery: Youths Listed by Numbers Under Selective Draft
Washington June 28 drawing of numbers to order call up youths from classes of 1918 under the Selective Service law was held in the senate office building. Secretary Baker presided as numbers were drawn and recorded for public record amid military committee observers and senior officials.
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Cheritian Chamberlain
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Sunk Canadian Pacific Ships Reported by Incoming Captain
An incoming vessel from Hogland reports that two Canadian Pacific steamships the Pomeranian and the Medora were sunk by German submarines near an Atlantic port around June 28. The captain’s formation notes only the second engineer survived from a 60 crew, while British shipping circles deem the Pomeranian sinking a mystery.
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Hogland
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General Semenoff Advances in Siberia Amid Western Countermove
Dispatches dated June 22 report General Semenoff leading anti Bolshevik forces toward Siberia while Manchurian border tensions rise. Opposing troops are ordered to return to Irkutsk to defend the Soviet cause against a counterrevolution threatening Western Piiber.
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London
Sémenoff
Teader-in-gastern
Esperla
Siberia
Froya
Bordé Recordi
Ton Példn
Times
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Semenof
Irkutsk
Western
Senate Defeats Draft Age Rise Amid War Bill Debate
The Senate rejected the Fall amendment altering draft age from twenty one to thirty one and kept the current twenty one to thirty year range. Several amendments were defeated as lawmakers debated universal military training and neutral exemptions while urging a 5,000,000 man army. Senator Warren warned shipping to France could fall as contracts expire.
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Hardwick
Georgia
Newes
Indiana
Warren
Wyorolay
France
Hitchcock
McCumber
North Dakota
Schwab predicts U.S. rise as maritime power after war
Charles M. Schwab, noted Chicago financier, declares the United States will become the world's greatest maritime nation. He forecasts 80 to 100 ships launched on July 4 totaling over 600000 tons and envisions the American flat expanding in every port after the war.
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Chicago
Charles
United States
Rumor of Russian Czar Return Sparks Telegraph Rumor
A Stockholm wireless dispatch claims the Bolshevik government was overthrown and Nicholas Nicholatevitch elected emperor. It says Lenin and Trotsky fled while Korniloff and Kalendines troops and German forces occupy Moscow, with Deutsche Tageszeitung noting imminent overthrow rumors.
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Lenine
Leon’ Trotzky
Bolebeyikx
Korniloff
Kaledines
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Deutsche Tagesaeltung
Etreles
Russia
House Approves Eight Billion Bond Issuance
Washington reports the House passed, with minimal debate, a bill authorizing an additional bond issue of 8 000 000 000. The move comes without a formal assent vote. New York dispatch notes Cuba sugar trade details and pricing options referenced by the International Sugar Committee.
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House
New York
Tuly
International Sugar Committee
Eight New Major Generals Nominated for National Army
President nominates eight brigadier generals to be major generals and 48 colonels to be brigadier generals in the National Army, sent to the Senate for confirmation in Washington.
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Washington
National Army
Senate
Germans Claim Initiative In France As War Prolongs
Amsterdam reports Foreign Secretary Richard von Kuehlmann says German victories give Berlin initiative in France and predicts a new great success this summer or autumn. He warns the war may not end this year and that diplomacy, not military action alone, will decide its course.
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Richard von Kuehlmann
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Kerensky Arrives in London Amid Allied Talks
Russian provisional premier Kerensky arrived incognito in London after fleeing Moscow. He met with British Labour delegates, declaring the Russian people fight tyranny and expecting to reach America within a week or ten days. He spoke to the Labour conference in Russian, receiving loud cheers.
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Alexander Keren
America
Kerensky
Moscow
England
Gaglefance
Head
Laborites
Arthur Henderson
British War Council
House of Parliment
Russian Emperor Nicholas II Murdered in Peterhof Residence
Dispatches report that Rus sian Red guards killed Nicholas Romanoff, the former Rus sian emperor, at his residence in Catherineburg. Stockholm dispatch in National Tidende confirms the assassination in a terse wartime bulletin.
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Copenhagen
Ruselon Red Guards
Nicholas Romanoff
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Stockholm
National Tidende
Kiev
Philadelphia Telegraph Purchased by Public Ledger Owner
In Philadelphia on July 1 an announcement said Cyrus H. K. Curtiss, owner of the Public Ledger, has purchased the Evening Telegraph, and the Evening Telegraph has ceased.
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Evening Telegraph
Cyrus H. K. Curtia
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Public Ledger
Former Czar Shot to Death in Exile Regime Turmoil
A June dispatch reports former Emperor Nicholas II killed by Bolshevik forces during retreat from Ekaterinburg. Rumors say Alexis Romanov, Nicholas’s son, died recently. Grand Duke Michael headed counter revolutionaries on the Siberian steppes.
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Ekaterinburg
Kiev
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Switzerland
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Geneva
Ukraine
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Petrogrl
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Copenhagen
Michael Alexandrovttey
Siberian
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House of Romanoff
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Alice of Hessi
Russia
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Etaterliburg
Draft E expansion plans cited for universal training aim
Washington reports indicate the administration may seek to extend the age for mandatory training and authorize non compulsory training for youths below draft age. Secretary Baker urged postponing action while the War Department finalizes a manpower survey to craft a comprehensive army expansion plan.
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Restos ‘Wilson
Congress
Algo
War Baker
War Department
Germany
Agricultural committee amends emergency bill on prohibition
The agricultural committee approved an amendment to the emergency agricultural appropriation bill proposing national prohibition after June 1 1919 and banning whisky sales. manufacture of beer would follow three months after passage. Senator Norris of Nebraska framed the amendment as an alternative to Jones of Washingtons plan. the committee adopted it 8 to 3. Chairman Gore indicated quick action on bringing the bill to consideration. Fox resigns Bible Society post in New York after 20 years as corresponding secretary. vacant July 1.
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Agricultural Committee
Tha
Ator Norris
Nebraska
Benator Jones
Ington
Mittee
Gore
Fox
Universal mileage book proposal discussed in Port authority meeting
Washington July 1 authorities consider a universal mileage book proposal to standardize miles for commercial use. The plan aims to streamline records and reduce discrepancies across vendors and regions.
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Ira Gerrit
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