Riots Spread to Chicago North Side and Martial Law Looms
Rioting widens to the North Side with a five negro barricade at 500 West Division street. Captain Mueller deploys police and rifles as mobs of whites confront black residents. Governor Lowden vows martial law with 4 800 troops ready. 38 killed and many injured as violence extends to the Loop.
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Chicago
Mra. W. C. Cominiti
Larrabee Street
North Side
Division Street
Sedgewick Street
Chicago Avenue
South Radge Avenue
Taylor Street
Maxwell Street
County Hospital
Hoowdums
Lowden
Camp Logan
Br.c McDuffy
Great Lakes
Morgan Collins
Kauffman
Stock Yards
Wentworth Avenue
Wentworth
South Wabash Avenues
Sixty-third Street
Riots Across the Loop Prompt City Crises and Police Action
Reports describe brutal rioting affecting the Loop with shootings stabbings and loot. Police set deadlines dividing whites and blacks restrictively and summon coroner's jury while officials vow impartial punishment and martial aid.
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John J. Garrity
Daniel L. Callahan
Cottage Grove
Callahan
Twenty-ninth Street
Hoffman
South Side
R. B E. Parker
The
Advocate
Negro Belt
Bulgarian Reds Stage a Revolt
A wireless Moscow dispatch reports a Bolshevik uprising in Bulgaria centered in a garrison town named Amboli where troops joined the revolt. A strike by Bulgarian railway and transport workers is noted, with Albanian resistance to Italian occupation growing as Albanian chiefs align with Exssad Pasion. Italian countermeasures fail to curb prorebellion propaganda amid reports of propaganda assassinations near Kravaya and Berat.
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London
Bulgaria
Moscow
Amboli
Saloniki
Greece
Pevelt
Macedonia
Exssad Pasion
Albania
Kravaya
Berat
Washington County Evening Journal Summary
Washington County daily newspaper notes local events and highlights from the region. Details remain unclear due to damaged or partial text but emphasis on community updates and public notices typical of a local paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Journal
Washington County
Chicago Striking Transit Workers Halt City Activity
Fifteen thousand streetcar and elevated workers went on strike at four am, halting all service. The mass meeting opposed a wage compromise with Governor Lowden, as cars were locked and crowds sought alternative transport. Taxicabs, jitneys, and trucks rushed to meet demand while many Chicagoans walked to work.
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Chicago
Eorlier
Lowden
Wiliam Quinlan
Leonard A. Busby
Surface Lines
Cleveland
Boston
Detroit
Workforce hampered by unreachable employees during operations
The article notes that operations were badly hampered because scores of employees could not reach their work, causing significant disruption and delays in service.
Sherman assails Densmore in Senate over Mooney report
Senator Sherman of Tennessee assailed John B. Densmore, director general of the United States Employment Service, in the Senate accusing him of official mendacity and of denying involvement of employment service officials in the Mooney case. He charged suppression and denial of evidence and alleged the service has been prostituted.
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Washington
John B. Densmore
United States Employment Service
Mooney
Congress
Senate
Sherman
Timets
Densmore
Ey Dence
United States
Shermai
British Troops To Leave Russia By Winter
London July 30 All British troops will be out of Russia before winter according to War Minister Winston Churchill in the house of commons. He cited efforts by leaders alleging criticism of the government's policy and pledged a withdrawal timetable.
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London
Russia
Winston Churchil
House of Commons
Leberiies
Monarchism and Militaries Blamed for World War
Amsterdam reports at the International Trades Union congress saw President Oudegeest claim capitalist systems caused the war. American delegate Tobin rebutted, blaming monarchistic and militaristic elements of Germany and Austria. Tobin said Americans would not back capitalistic fault declarations. Herr Lewin, German Federation of Trades Unions president, asserted American militaristic elements bore responsibility.
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Amsterdam
Oudegeest
International Trades Union Congress
Tobin
Germany
Austria
Herr Lewin
German Federation of Trades Unions
America
Treaty With France Approved by Senate Pivots on Aid Pact
President Wilson sent to the Senate the Franco American treaty pledging U S aid to France against unprovoked German attack. The pact mirrors a British Franco agreement with one key difference that the United States commits to immediate assistance rather than mere consent. The measure aims to act under the League of Nations framework rather than independently.
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Great Britain
France
Washington
Wilson
Senate
United States
Germany
Aiong
Foreign Office
Council of the
League of Nations
United States and France Treaty Pledge Conditions and Debt
President Wilson defends treaty with France noting it lasts only until the League Council agrees protections are sufficient. He cites friendship and France’s aid in American independence as the basis for gratitude and debt. The pact hinges on League approval and possible renewal or termination by council vote.
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Council of the League
America
Tornado destroys planes at Hazelhurst field total losses billowed
A Hazelhurst flying field tornado wrecked five airplanes including three large craft, leveled 40 temporary buildings and wiped out a 300 tent camp. The Martin bomber carrying Capt Roy N Prancis for an imminent cross continent flight and a Caproni triplane and an 11 ton Handley Page were destroyed. Thirty crewmen struggled to ground the Handley Page as it tore loose and toppled.
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Mineola
L. L
Hazelhurst Flying Field
America
Roy N. Prancis
Explosion Kills Entire Family
In Kim berly near Nelsonville seven children aged six weeks to ten years and their mother Mrs Tony Stravisar died from fire and poisoning after their home was doused with coal oil and they were tied to beds. Authorities later found another blast at Denver involving E Molonsky a fruit peddler his wife and two children with a house wrecked and all missing.
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Nelsonville
Athens County
Tony Stravisar
Kimberly
Here
Denver
Colo
E. Molonsky
American POW totals and uniform fitting plan announced
The War Department reports 4480 Americans captured in France up to June 3 with 316 officers among them. The Twenty-eighth Division suffered the heaviest losses with 18 officers and 714 men. A uniform fitting program will use manikins from measurements of 100000 servicemen. The American Legion received recognition and aid as bills for federal incorporation were pending in Congress.
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Washington
War Department
France
Army
American Legion
Organization of American Veterans of the War
Congress
Department
Allies Give Her Six Days to Sign Up
Allies demand that she join the coalition within six days as discussions with the Supreme Council reportedly hinge on her enrollment and support.
Austria Granted Extra Time in Peace Terms Review
Paris July 30 Austria gains six more days to study proposed peace terms with August 6 set as final day for inquiries. The supreme council refused Von Bethmann Hollweg’s plea to stand trial for the former emperor and ordered a commission of experts to apportion control of rolling stock on the German Austrian and Bulgarian railways. The Bulgarian treaty economic clauses near completion pending boundary definitions and postal relations with Germany are to resume under allied oversight.
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Paris
France
Austria
Supreme Council
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Bulgaria
Special Postal Commission
Germany
Legion Plan Details Camp Dix Headquarters and Activities
The legion proposes a headquarters at Camp Dix led by an ex service man with legion posters on display in the camp. It calls for distributing legion literature and allowing ex service men to speak to theater and motion picture audiences on site. It also outlines aiding veterans to secure back pay war risk allotments and related benefits.
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Legion
Camp Dix
Army Officers Ordered to Chicago Amid Race Riot Tension
Adjutant Frank L. Beals director at Camp Roosevelt Lieutenants Gregg and Shepherd and six army sergeants were ordered back to Chicago by the war department in connection with race riots. They left immediately with full equipment and ammunition.
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Muskegon, Micb
Odapt
Frank L. Beals
Camp Roosevelt
Gregg
Shepherd
Chicago
War Department
Strike throttles Lackawanna valley industry idling 100000
Scranton July 80 The strike has shut off Scranton Electric Company operations and idled more than 100000 workers across Sik mills iron works and numerous small mines as the industrial situation in the Lackawanna valley enters a critical phase.
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Scranton
Lackawanna Valley
Scranton Electric Company
Sik Mills
Illinois corn crop saved by heavy rains
In Central Illinois a major rain event of 112 inches revived the corn crop after drought concerns. Local reports credit substantial rainfall for saving yields and stabilizing harvest prospects for the season.
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Pontiac
Tinois
Police report on tragic shooting and suicide in Ontario case
In Pontiac Michigan a man named Near shot and killed his young wife and then died by suicide in a state hospital for the insane. The report notes Near had left his husband in London weeks earlier and mentions Ontario connections.
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Pontiac
Mich
Coorge Near
Lendem
Ontario
Field Seag
State Hospital
Near
London
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Escad
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W. M. Weatherwax
Britton I. Budd
Employment Service
World Trades Convention
U. S
League
Hazelhurst
Ion
von Hollweg
Kaiser—Commission
Scranton, Pa
Illinois
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