Capital Police Arrest Thirteen Women in White House Protest
A suffrage demonstration before the White House sparked a comedy riot with arrests and crowd amusement as President Wilson lolled on the Potomac. Thirteen women of the Woman's party were held for unlawful assembly, refusing bail while four men faced disorderly conduct charges. detainees include Lucy Burns Joy Young Vida Milholland and others from New York Detroit Cincinnati Norwalk Baltimore Amarillo Marysville Wilmington Philadelphia and more.
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Washington
Women’s Party
White House
Wilson
Potomac
House of Detention
A. L. Simpson
John Joes
W. J. Cain
C. E Morgan
Kitty Marion
Woman
Jones
Lucy Burns
Joy Young
Vida Milholland
L. A. Green
New York
Margaret Whittemore
Detroit
Walter Adams
Norfolk
Elizabeth Stuyvesant
Cincinnati
Helena Hill Weed
Norwalk Conn
Gladys Greiner
Baltimore
Alexander Shields
Amerillo
Tex
Iris Calder
Marysville
Kan
Annie Arneil Wilmington
Del
Lawrence Lewis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati Bathing Suit Edict Bans Kneelength, One Piece
Cincinnati reports a bathing suit edict by Police Chief Donna restricting Ohio river beaches at Dayton Kentucky. Women must wear stockings and outfits must reach from the shoulders to cover the knees. White men’s suits are banned and two piece or dainty socks are not allowed.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Dayton
Donna
Poles Starve in Streets Appeal from Warsaw
Three Poles in Stockholm named N. Scheko once a Russian upper house member, M. Bobiezki and M. Sobanski issued an appeal for Poles in Warsaw. They report people dying in the streets and note grave conditions across Poland, especially in Lodz, as relayed by press sources.
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Stockholm
N. Scheko
M. Bobiezki
M. Sobanski
Warsaw
Hunter
Poland
Lodz
Chicago Education Board Grants 40000 Spelling Books
The Chicago board of education awarded a contract for 40 000 new spelling books to replace a previous volume that contained a eulogy of the German emperor and stirred agitation months earlier.
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Chicago
Board of Education of Chicago
Canton saloonkeepers clash over glass sizes in beer and whiskey
Canton saloonkeepers argue over the size of the largest five cent schooner and a dime whisky glass. Outlying mill district vendors say they cannot provide small drinks for thirsty workers, sparking a bitter dispute about fair measures.
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Canton
Rio Janeiro Parade Welcomes Allied Troops
In Rio Janeiro July 5 crowds cheered American, British, French and Brazilian troops marching through the streets. President Wenceslau Braz reviewed four battalions landed from the American squadron as flowers were strewn along the route.
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Rio Janeiro
Wenceslau Braz
Hoboken Bars Ordered to Close by 10 PM
Hoboken mayor received a notice from the Department of the East of the United States Army directing saloon owners in the central district to shut their bars at 10 o'clock each night. About 100 of the 326 saloons fall under this control.
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Hoboken
N. J
Department of the East
United States Army
Sugar Reserve Rules Stimulate Fruit Growers
London July 5 The sugar commission issued a notice reserving sugar for growers who wish to preserve their own fruit. The move has drawn 350000 applications for supplies to be reserved.
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London
The
Sugar Commission
Army to probe East St. Louis race riot aftermath
East St Louis on July 5 saw a federal inquiry led by Colonel George H Hunter into a race riot that left 41 dead including 37 negroes and four whites. Roughly 310 negro homes were burned as 2000 National Guardsmen kept order while crews cleared wreckage at the Broadway opera house and Main street building where bodies were found. Civil authorities prepared evidence for a grand jury ahead of July 9 sessions.
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East St. Louis
Broadway Opera House
Main Street
George H. Hunter
Central Department of the Army
Hunter
Sean
Barry
Chica
Central Defence
Illinois National
Not Wisely But Too Well In Martins Ferry
A Chicago college student sent to work at Charles Thorburn's farm in Martins Ferry pulled up nearly every vegetable plant along with weeds. He is now reportedly working elsewhere in America.
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Martins Ferry
Chicago
Charles Thorburn
Thorburn
America
German Air Raiders Hit Harwich Coast In Raid
London reports German airplanes attacked Harwich on the English coast. British airmen shot down two enemy planes and damaged a third. eleven people were killed and 36 injured by bombs. The raid lasted only a few minutes with several other hostiles engaged and several more aircraft reported.
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London
Harwich
Essex
Dover
Dunkirk
England
Lames
German export bank project launched in Hamburg
At a large Hamburg meeting of trade groups and Latin American export houses the plan for a German export bank to aid Central and South American trade and promote exports was announced. The bank aims to counter American and Japanese competition in South America.
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Copenhagen
Central
South America
Hamburg
Coal prices in Chicago hit Civil War era highs
The agreement on coal price reductions by mine operators with the coal production commission noted that Chicago still faced the highest prices since the Civil War. Only West Virginia and Kentucky mines cut prices. Illinois coal sells at 225 to 350 a ton at the mine and 3.05 to 4.60 a ton delivered in Chicago.
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Iriy
Commission On Coal Production
Chicago
West Virginia
Kentucky
Illinois
Newspapers suspend publication in Germany amid wartime costs
Amsterdam reports that fifteen hundred German newspapers and periodicals halted publication due to rising costs of materials and labor. The Wurzburg Landeszeitung notes paper prices have become ruinous for all but wealthy papers and that grease and oil for machines are available only at usurious rates.
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Amsterdam
Wurzburg Landeszeitung
Soldiers to Learn French in State Education Plan
Soldiers mobilized in armories and encampments in this state will receive a 20 lesson course from the state board of education to learn the rudiments of French and converse if sent to France. The program begins as local units prepare for deployment.
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Boston
France
State Board of Education
Grounds For Divorce From Connecticut Wife
Cruelty cited in a divorce suit based on the wife forcing the husband to wear cheaper stockings, twenty five cents instead of the three dollar kind he preferred, as the alleged mistreatment.
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Connecticut
Princess Vlora of Albania and other World News
The piece notes the news of Princess Vlora of Albania, formerly Helen Kelly Gould Thomas, and mentions her late marriages and wealth. It also reports a memorial statue by Onorio Ruotola for Ruth Cruger’s family and Anton Lang being conscripted by Bavaria to serve in World War I.
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Princess Vlora
Albania
Helen Kelly Gould Thomas
Eugene Kelly
Frank Jay Gould
Ralph Hill Thomas
Ruth Cruger
Onorio Ruotola
Anton Lang
Christus
Mr. Lang
Christ
Germany
Russian Offensives Reach Crown Prince Ground
Russian reports say eighteen thousand German troops and 300 officers were captured by General Brusiloff along with twenty five heavy cannons and 33 machine guns on Sunday and Monday as the Lemberg drive advances. Berlin claimed renewed Russian attacks near Brzezany while Teutons hold strong positions, and Petrograd news remained sparse as the big battle continues.
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Douglas Haig
Teuton
Brusiloff
Lemberg
Galicia
War Office
Petrograd
Berlin
Brzezany
Teutons
Zlochoff
Koniuchi
Bomb Found in Coal Cargo at Newport News Dock
Laborers unloading coal from the Danish steamship Newa reported a small dynamite cartridge with fuse hidden in the load at Newport News dock. An examination confirmed it as mine-use explosive. This follows a recent coal mine explosion aboard the Lackawanna that killed two workers.
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Havana
Newa
Newport News
Dock
Lackawanna
British government auctions 195 planes for disposal
London July 5. The British government advertised a sale of air planes. It has 195 airplanes to dispose of immediately. Only one is complete with engines. The others await engine mounting. Most are believed to be obsolete models.
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London
Swiss Minister Delays Trip to United States
Berne reports Hans Sulzer the new Swiss minister will delay departure and the extraordinary Swiss mission to the United States is postponed for a fortnight.
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Trio
Berne
Hans Sulzer
United States
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