Ceremony for Draft Card Draw Reveals Nationwide Plan
Secretary of War Baker outlined the draft drawing to determine who will be conscripted for the national army. The process involves numbered cards, glass capsules, and a public ceremony with prayers and officials present, as states calendar their registrants for one day of drawing.
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Washington
Baker
Wilson
Pla
Senate
Alabama
Wyoming
District of Columbia
New York
Ilinois
Republican troops enter Pekin as coup fails
A dispatch to the Chinese legation reports Republican troops advancing into Pekin sealing the monarchial coup d etat failure. General Chang retreats to the imperial city as rail lines come under Republican control. officials see an end to his insurgent threat and hope China dismisses his military rule.
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Washington
Pekin
Chang
Imperial
China
Wife Freed In Acid Case At Brooklin Home
A Boston grand jury did not indict Mrs. Cleopatra Cole in the Brooklin acid burn case. Her husband William Cole, an automobile dealer, died from the burns after a struggle over a bottle of acid at their home. Police had accepted her claim that both were burned while trying to knock the bottle away.
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Boston
Cleopatra Cole
William Cole
Brooklin
Mrs. Cole
Speculators Hit Hard in Chicago Grain Board Action
Chicago directors of the board of trade fixed a price of 1.28 for December corn deliveries of 1918 after a three hour closed meeting. No action was taken on September corn. Formal notice released after adjournment gave the course adopted with no explanation.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Conservation receipts hit record with $462,134 tally
Albany reports the Conservation Department ended the fiscal year June 30 with $462,134 in receipts, a near $70,000 rise from last year and a record. Fish and game reported $365,691, Saratoga Springs reservations $53,518, and lands and forests $26,625, noting substantial gains overall.
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Albany
Conservation Department
Bureau of Fish and Game
Saratoga Springs
Division of Lands and Forests
Russia's Great Kerensky at the Front
The photograph shows Kerensky with soldiers at the front and has just reached America. No word on his injured arm, but he is described as delicate in health.
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Russia
Kerensky
America
First Victim of East St. Louis Race Riots
The article reports a brutal East St. Louis race riot with whites attacking Black residents, many killed or injured. A mob leader is held by a policeman as militiamen gather, with an ambulance arriving and over 2,000 Illinois National Guard members called in to restore order.
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East St. Louis
Collinsville Avenue
Illinois National Guard
Ambassador Elkus Returns from Turkey to New York
Abram I. Elkus arrives in New York City after serving as ambassador to Turkey. He is greeted by cheering crowds and an official committee at City Hall steps, looking fit despite illness and the demanding mission.
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Turkey
Abram I. Elkus
New York
City Hall
Pay War Wives Allowances Bill Introduced in Congress
Washington July 12 Dependent wives and children of all soldiers would receive federal allowances during the war under a bill from Representative Rankin Montana. Wives with no children would get 30 a month with one child 45 two children 60 and more than two 75 dollars.
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Washington
Rankin
Montana
Root to Start for Home from Russia Mission
Washington July 12 America’s commission to Russia headed by Elihu Root has nearly finished its work in the new democracy and will soon begin homeward travel. It is reported the mission may stop in Japan for an official call on the return trip.
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Washington
America
Russia
Elihu Root
Japan
Shoe Prices to Stay High Says Leather & Shoe Leader
Milwaukee July 12. J H Martin president of the National Leather and Shoe Finders association says shoe costs will stay high indefinitely. He notes that general saving of shoes would save thousands of tons of hides annually.
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Milwaukee
J. H. Martin
National Leather & Shoe Finders’ Association
Harper elected grand exalted ruler of Elks
Boston July 11 Fred C Harper a Lynchburg Virginia lawyer was elected grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Atlantic City was named as next convention city Harper won 1293 votes to 105 for John W Stevenson of Putten? New York.
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Boston
Fred C. Harper
Lynchburg
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Atlantic City
Harper
John W. Stevenson
Putton
N. Y
Russians Press On in Galicia and Carpathians Amid Italy Dolina Take
Russian forces push from Halicz toward Lemberg and from Stanislas toward the Dniester as Austria Germany retreat after Halicz. In Belgium British and German forces clash along the Yser while Italy reports Dolina occupied in Austria. The front remains fluid with heavy artillery on the Aisne Champagne fronts and Verdun region.
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Halicz
Lemberg
Galicia
Stanislas
Dniester
Zolotvin
Korniloff
Laliaz
Lomnicend
Th Carpathians
Dunkirk
Yser
Nieuport
Berlin
Lombaertzyde
Calais
Aisne
Champagne
France
Meuse
Verdun
Selo
Dolina
Tornado Carried Post Card Over One Hundred Miles
A Kansas tornado hurled a post card beyond a hundred miles to a distant recipient. A farmer helper in Greely Nebraska had his first citizenship papers carried away by an eagle while at work in the field, leaving his coat behind.
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Kansas
Aundred Miles
Eagle
Greely
Neb
Paris Buys Coal Supply and Stockpiles Food
Paris authorities announce coal cards to start in September with 800000 tons already secured from England and a plan to raise reserve fuel for households to 300000 tons. Hudelo the new prefect pushes to ensure fuel, gas stock, and a 100000 cord wood reserve, plus large dry vegetables and rice stocks for winter.
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Paris
Hudelo
England
Army plans to build crippled soldiers homes nationwide
Mexico City on July 12 reports that several homes for crippled soldiers wounded in the last six weeks of campaigning may be established across the republic. The current National Soldiers Home is said to be totally inadequate to house those eligible for entry.
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Mexico City
The
Republic
Nationa
President appeals to 10 business leaders for war aid
President Wilson urged coal operators and manufacturers to set patriotism above profits, pledging fair prices during the war and warning against windfall profits. He said government and public must pay one price and praised loyal business support while condemning shipowners for high ocean freight rates blocking government efforts.
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Washington
Wilson
France
Mt Wilson
Draft Keeps Them Aliens
Stark county aliens prefer to remain aliens rather than face possible military service. After the entry of the United States Canton's foreign born residents rushed to seek naturalization with 28 applying in a single day. They fear draft if not citizens and have stopped pursuing naturalization in recent weeks.
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Canton
Stark County
United States
Georgia wrestles with 20000 gallons wine bequest
The Georgia legislature faces 20000 gallons of wine left to the University of Georgia by Judson L Hand. Executors withheld the bequest as its transfer may violate state prohibition laws. A bill proposes selling the wine out of state to fund a university scholarship.
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Atlanta
Georgia
University of Georgia
Judson L. Hand
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