Midnight City Council Session Deliberations End Quietly
A late night Wichita council meeting began in the mayor's office at 11 20 pm with rapid bills read and bids opened. An executive session on payment postponed the adjournment, with councilors debating a Tuesday 6 pm return and one member racing to catch a Tulsa train.
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Anonhe
Law
Durstin
Russell DeGon
Toto
Young City
Moore- Siég Construction Company
Bryant Asphalt Paving Company
Morgan
Caward
Coward
Tulsa
Okla
Rickert
Lawrence Smith Seeks Early Draft Intake and Passport Rule
Registrants leaving the United States must obtain passports from the local exemption board. The notice quotes the new selective draft plan as a voluntary mass call, with Lawrence Smith urging certification for service in the Des Moines cantonment. At Waterloo the War Department’s first 5 percent selection criteria are not yet issued, but may favor those with prior military training. Passports are required for travel through Canada or other foreign areas.
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United States
Exemption Board
Canada
Mexico
Lawrence Smith
B. Smith
Paul W. Smith
Des Moines
Smith
Uncle Sam
War Department
Waterloo
Reg
Hang Together Miss Rankin's Plea
Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin spoke to striking coal miners at Klein Montana urging laborers to hang together to secure just demands. She sought to mediate between Republic Coal and miners after five weeks on strike and planned meetings with mine officials and United Mine Workers in Chicago on her return to Washington.
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Mont
Jeanette Rankin
Montana
Klein
Miss Rankin
Republic Coal Company
Chicago
Washington
Coal Company
United Mine Workers of America
Art treasures stolen from Grand Duke's museum
Petrograd reports a theft at the late Grand Duke Michael Wicholaievitch museum estimating losses at 5,000,000 rubles with a Correggio valued at 500,000 rubles among the stolen items. Earlier reports note six robbers seized silver statues and antiques worth 1,500,000 rubles from the senate building.
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Petrograd
Great Historical Museum
Michael Wicholaievitch
Corregio
Senate
One Thousand War Dogs to Be Trained for France
Washington reports 1,000 dogs will be gifted and trained for military use in France. Secretary of War Baker approved the bill introduced by Senator Brady Idaho to accept the canine gift for the U S war effort.
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Ald
U.S
Washington, D. C
America
France
Baker
Brady
Idaho
Red Cross Forms Transportation Service for Europe Aid
Washington Aug. 2 The Red Cross war council announces a new transportation service to handle daily shipments of medical and relief supplies to Europe. The service operates with cooperation from French, British and Italian governments to aid the stricken peoples of France Belgium Serbia Russia and other belligerent nations.
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Washington, D. C
Red Cross Commission For Europe
France
Belgium
Serbia
Russia
Red Cross
Red Cross War Council
United States Shipping Board War Effort Expands Red Cross Aid
President Wilson champions a broad effort to move Red Cross supplies abroad with ships and rails. Edward N. Surley and A. C. Fetterolf lead volunteer efforts. Mack and Walter Moore assist. railroads grant priority and embargo exemptions. Local note: theft of roasted pigs and other food offerings from Chinese graves reported in New York.
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United States Slipping Board
Wilson
Fetterolf
A. Tr. Mack
Cosmopolitan Shipping Company
Walter Moore
Lanhan & Moore
Moore
Red Cross
Railroads' War Board
War Council
Seaboard
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Elzie
Leonard Brown
B.C. Wilson
Marie Blanchard
Fern Lucas
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Elothia Fuller
Barclay Cemetery
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