Atlantic Fleet Reorganization Under Navy Plan
Secretary Daniels orders a major Atlantic fleet reorganization to handle wartime expansion. Admiral Maye stays in general command while Vice Admirals Coffman and Grant split immediate authority over Force No 2 and Force No 1 respectively. Captain Robinson will command the submarine force, with Grant moving to head the Atlantic fleet. The changes aim to keep battleships in peak readiness for action.
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S. S. Robinson
Coffman
Europe
Navy Department
Daniels
Albert W. Grant
Maye
Grant
Sims
Granta
Congress
Atlantic
Grrant
Robinson
South Carolina
Benson
Mayo
French chamber passes graduated income tax 442 to 1
Paris July 18 The chamber of deputies passed the graduated income tax after years of debate since 1907 when Joseph Caillaux introduced it. The vote stood 442 to 1. The contentious obligatory declaration of profits subject to verification by fiscal authorities has been eliminated.
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Paris
Chamber of Depreies
Tedlay
Joseph Caillaux
Finance
Clemenceau
Lansing to Meet Russians at Madison Barracks
Secretary of State Robert Lansing will meet the Russian party visiting Madison barracks. The 2,600 officers in reserve trainings will be reviewed by the party Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrentown
N. OV
Robert Lansing
Madison Barracks
Finland Faces Anarchy If Separation Decree Passes
Finland faces a constitutional crisis as the independence bill moves forward. Officials warn the senate will resign, leaving the country without a government and risking anarchy if Petrograd does not approve. Premier Tokol notes support for independence but rejects defying Russia. Governor Staksovitch pushes for restraint to avoid martyring socialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
Senate
Helsingfarg
Olonday
Bolshevyiki
Social Democrats
Land Tage
Setlaelae
Associated Press
Russia
Landtng
Petrograd
Landtag
Helsingfors
Tokol
Settaelaen
Gov
Staksovittch J
Rllssia
Three Liners Attacked by U Boats Bring Tales of Sea Fights
Atlante Port July 18. Two runners and one big British ship arrived with reports of intense U boat activity off Ireland. Three liners were attacked despite precautions. One American vessel escaped at over 1600 miles from the Irish coast. a torpedo passed 66 feet astern. A gun crew fired at a periscope and a destroyer engaged a U boat as the liner sped away. Passengers note the U boat was sent to the bottom. The trio left England together but were sent back twice amid patrols before waters were deemed safe. Passengers include six Cranmore crew members torpedoed June 17 under US convoy.
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Atlante Port
Atlante
Ireland
Irish
England
Col. A. C. Greame Harrison
Sunday Day of Prayer for District Soldiers Proclaimed
Commissioners Brownlow and Knight designate Sunday July 22 1917 as a district wide day of prayer for soldiers entering Federal service and for the draft quota. Churches across the city will hold services to honor the young men going to battle in France under the national cause and divine protection.
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Brownslow
Knight
France
National Guard
United States Army
Louis Brownlow
John G. D. Knight
District of Columbia
Two YWCA Workers in Petrograd Study War Aid Methods
In New York on July 18 Miss Claricia Spencer and Miss Elizabeth Boise, YWCA secretaries, went to Petrograd to study how to assist Russians during the war. The national board says four more American secretaries have passports and will sail for France for similar missions. No announcements will be made until these secretaries report back.
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Petrograd
New York
Claricia Spencer
Elizabeth Boise
France
National Board
Y. W
Europe
Rousing unrest in Petrograd as Maximalists clash with government
Rioting continues in Petrograd with government forces clashing yesterday. Reports place 6 dead and 235 wounded. Cossacks fired on, causing panic. Maximalists seek Kronstadt aid while the St Peter and St Paul fortress withholds arms. Minister Tehernoff seized and released. martial rule prepared as generals order troops to patrol.
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Maximilista
Staht
Nadezhdenskaia
Moscow
Nevsky Prospect
Kronstadt
St. Peter and St. Paul
Folovtseff
Militar
Troitsky Bridge
Liteiny
Duma
Petrograd
Stbelna
All Russia
President Li Quits and Feng Chosen Acting President
Tientsin reports Li Yuan Hung resigns and urges support for Feng Kwo Chang as president. Morning Post confirms Feng has accepted acting president duties at Li’s urging. Tokyo notes Germany financed the monarchist effort in Peking and German participants fought with the monarchists. ties with Germany would be restored.
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Tientsin
Li Yuan Hung
Feng Kwo Chang
London
Morning Post
China
Tokyo
Germany
Chang Hsun
Peking
War in the air theme dominates patriotic event
At a Washington Board of Trade meeting in Central High School, Secretary Daniels praised aviation’s role in victory and urged national unity. Capt. Amaury de la Grange described aviation’s battlefield uses while war pictures and Marine Band entertainment accompanied the program.
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Daniels
Aero Service
Board of Trade
le Grange
France
Navy
Josephus O’ Daniels
Washington Board of Trade
Central High School
Benjamin Franklin
America
Lafayette
Amaury de la Grange
French Aviation Commission
la Grange
Marine Band
Pershing Welcomes Comfort Kits From Home Aid
Red Cross officers explain rushed thousands of comfort kits sent to War Department for Gen Pershing's forces in France. Pershing thanks the home front noting the kits boost morale as soldiers carry the flag abroad. Contents include writing paper tobacco and knives among other gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Red Cross War Council
War Department
Pershing
France
Doubles Chance in Draft for Albert Lloyd
Albert Henry Lloyd has two draft numbers and two chances, hoping to be drawn once. He registered twice, once as Albert Henry Lloyd at No 292 and again as Albert H. Lloyd at No 508, learning he is liable twice. He said he does not care whether he is drafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Albert Henry Lloyd
Lloyd
Albert H. Lloyd
Episcopal Church Leaders Confer With Food Admin Officials
Leading Episcopal churchmen met food administration officials to plan cooperation for food conservation and war measures. Delegation included Bishop Thomas F. Gailor of Tennessee, Bishop William Lawrence of Massachusetts, Bishop Alfred Harding of Washington, Dr. William T. Manning of Trinity Church New York, Dr. William D. Maxon of Christ Church Devel, Dr. C. D. Wilmer of St. Luke's Atlanta, George Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia, Joseph Packard of Baltimore, and Wendell Sayre of New York.
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Food Administration
Firal
Thomas F. Gailor
Tennessee
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
Alfred Harding
Washington
William T. Manning
Trinity Church
New York
William D. Maxon
Christ Church, Devel
C. D. Wilmer
St. Luke's Church
Atlanta
George Wharton Pepper
Philadelphia
Joseph Packard
Baltimore
Wendell Sayre
High peseta premium debated by Fed officials and bankers
A conference among Federal Reserve officials and New York bankers examined the high premium of the Spanish peseta over the dollar in foreign exchange. Officials did not adopt a corrective measure, and the issue will be kept under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve
New York
Charles L Winston Enlists in Army for France
Charles L Winston secretary to Representative Peter F Tague of Boston and former theater manager and newspaper man enlisted yesterday as a private in the army field service He will be sent to France after receiving a 100 percent rating in the physical examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlesl. Winston
Peter F. Tague
Boston
France
Winston
Widow Reveals Son's Death On French Front
Mrs Mary Young Craig of Boston tells of the loss of her son Harrison Craig a Harvard ambulance unit member killed July 2 in France after escapes from Argonne and Verdun. She has another son at the front. Harrison was born in New York and studied at Harvard.
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Harvard
Verdun
Washington Post
Atlantic
Mary Young Craig
John Craig
Boston
Mrs. Craig
Young Craig
New York
France
John, Craig, Jr
Prudentia C. Leavitt
Paris
A. A. Curtis
Pasadena
Cal
Leavitt
Crowder Faces Draft Machinery Fate Hangs on System
Enoc H Crowder brigadier general in charge of draft machinery is described as the war department’s chief law officer and chief of the draft. The article notes his meticulous, camera-averse persona, his height and appearance, and his habit of working long hours to organize mass paperwork for tens of millions of men. It recalls his reluctance to allow photos and his preference to be photographed only if he is already away from work.
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Enoch H. Crowder
U.S. A
War Department
Crowder
West Point
America
News Photo Corporation
Gen. Crowder
Berlin plans to disarm world proposal eyed
Paris dispatch cites Geneva information that Germany seeks total disarmament except for forces for compulsory peace. The Temps suggests Berlin aims to appear invincible now, then stage a theatrical push to disarm later as internal crisis subsides.
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Paris
Temps
Geneva
Berlin
Germany
Looting Quelled in Lead Districts by Missouri Guards
Flat River Missouri July 18 Looting in the lead belt ended after strict guardsman patrols at the mines and a night firing incident where troops returned fire with no injuries. American miners at Leadwood resumed work after striking over foreign labor, following guidance from Labor Commissioner Lewis.
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Flat River
Moc
Lead Belt
Missouri
Leadwood
Lewis
Trench Play Tragedy Kills Boy in Mock Battle
In Chicago on July 18 Tommy SBeutsch eighteen died when a trench play collapsed on him while his friends acted as Pershing's Americans. A heavy woman crossing the sidewalk above caused the earth to cave in and smother him.
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Chicago
Tommy Sbeutsch
Pershing
Tommy
Draft Day At Capitol: Army Selection Draws 9000 Registrants
A local draft board in a capitol room conducts the physical examination and outlines a five day window to file exemption affidavits. No penalty for missing the appearance. land exemptions may be forfeited. Detailing district sizes, Detroit hosts the largest with over 9000 registrants, Wyoming the smallest at 187. Gen. Crowder and Baker outline the process with blindfolded draw and a blackboard for posting numbers.
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Detroit
Wyoming
Crowder
Baker
Connecticut Draft Quota Plan Stance by Defense Council
The Connecticut State Defense Council instructed Chairman Richard M. Bissell to write to the Secretary of War and copy Provost Marshal Crowder, Director Gifford, and the state’s delegation. It urged a new method to apportion state quotas and to credit Connecticut for the excess men under the first draft, deciding not to press correction of the initial estimates to avoid delaying the draft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Richard M. Bissell
Secretary of War
Gen. Crowder
Gifford
Council of National Defense
Connecticut
Marine Killed in France in World War I Death
A message from Sherwood Wisconsin dated July 18 reports Robert Munketvitch a United States marine from the city was killed in France with no further details provided.
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Sherwood, Wis
Robert Munketvitch
United States Marine Corps
France
Food Conservation Lessons Urge All Americans Cooperation
The Food Administration issued Lessons of Food Conservation urging voluntary national cooperation to ease postwar shortages. Hoovers' plan emphasizes price stabilization, non dictatorship, and a cooperative international effort while praising local organization and peas for the army supply.
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The
Food Administration
Congress
Mr. Hoover
Washington
Army
Navy
Hoover
London
Government awards 506000 cases of canned peas for the army
The public information committee announced a contract award for 506000 cases of canned peas to meet next year's needs for the army and navy. Hoover, Quartermaster General Sharpe, and defense council officers outlined government requirements to canners last Saturday, noting prices are well below current market levels.
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Army
Navy
Public Information Committee
Herbert Hoover
Sharpe
Defense Council
France imposes general control of mercantile fleet
Paris July 18 Anatole de Monatte newly named undersecretary of maritime transports wins cabinet approval for a decree to regulate freight, route, and ship usage. All ships over 100 tons require a license and must present it at ports to allow voyage and cargo control. He can requisition ships deemed underutilized.
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Paris
Anatole de Monatte
M. de Monttis
Brazilian Riots Spread Across Cities
Rioting by anarchists spread to more Brazilian cities today with four killed at Campinas and many wounded. General strikes have been proclaimed at Bantes Sao Paulo and Campinas.
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Rio de Janeiro
Campinas
Bantes
Sao Paulo
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Long
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Milakoff
Lyoff
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Women’s League For
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Work Corps
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Gingham
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