Warning on Race Tensions Near Chicago and St Louis
Labor leader warns Northern cities of possible white labor displacement as unrest grows in East St Louis and Chicago. Black community leaders urge self defense while police hold reserves. East St Louis reports 30 dead. Illinois guards and police ready to enforce order.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Victor Va Olander
Illinois Federation of Labor
State Council of Defense
East St. Louis
F. L. Barnett
Charles A. Maronde
Schuettler
Fiftieth Street
North Carolina Governor Bickett Forecasts End of Prussianism
Governor Thomas W. Bickett spoke at the Baptist Seaside Assembly predicting the downfall of Prussian militarism and urging a diplomatic, just world order. He praised North Carolina for wartime support, defense of liberty bonds, and Red Cross efforts while calling for global unity and accountability.
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J. F. Cates
Young Davids
Thomas W. Bickett
North Carolina
Harbour Island
Wilmington
Baptist Seaside Assembly
Governor Bickett
Bickett
State Bar session debated jury reform and legal standards
W H Pace of Raleigh urged replacing county commissioners with a permanent judicial body to select jurors drawing tales jurors rather than random sheriff choices. The State Bar Association discussed law reform, funding for chartered institutions, and urged higher education standards for lawyers as Circuit Court of Appeals visits Asheville. Senator T J Walsh was slated to speak that evening.
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Asheville
N. C
W. H. Pace
Raleigh
State Bar Association
J. S. Manning
General Assembly
T. W. Davis
Battery Park Hotel
A. L. Brooks
Greensboro
Circuit Court of Appeals
T. J. Walsh
Russians claim large wartime captures in KS fighting
Petrograd reports on July 4 that Russian forces captured 300 officers and 18000 men along with 29 guns and 33 machine guns in fighting at KS and Monday, according to the war office.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
War Office
Bomb raids carried out on Bruges docks and Harwich air defense
London reports Monday night and Tuesday morning raids by Royal Air Force on Bruges docks with several tons of bombs and no loss of aircraft. Harwich faced a 12 to 14 plane attack. eight killed and 22 injured with limited damage as anti aircraft fire and allied fighters repulsed the raid. Paris notes violent fighting on the front with Germans routed after strong French counterattacks and repulsed surprise posts near Sapigneul and Vauquois.
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Associated Press
London
Bruges
Royal Service
Harwich
Paris
War Office
Sapigneul
Vauquois
Verdun Front
Positive Denial by Lloyd George
Paris July 4 The Matin prints an interview via Hughes Le Roux with Premier Lloyd George who refutes claims Britain is half pleased with America entering the war He says Britain not only wanted but solicited US entry and seeks large American troop contributions to share in victory for the common cause.
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Associated Press
Paris
The
Matin
Hughes Leroux
Lloyd-George
Great Britain
America
England
M. Leroux
United States
France
Uncle Sam's Boys to Start Air School
Seventy American mechanics and bluejackets arrived at Toulon to begin an aviation school at the French naval air center in St Raphael. They will study construction and repair of airplanes under Lieuts Kenneth Whiting and Griffin.
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Associated Press
Toulon
France
Kenneth, Whiting
Griffin
Americans Held in Germany Await Passports and Prisoner Status
About fifty American civilians remain detained in Germany with release conditioned on passport formalities, while talks via Spain continue over the Moewe sailors. Germany calls the men prisoners of war as they were armed enemy merchant seamen, and no reply to a June 12 note on mutual treatment of officers has been received.
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Germany
Ovenng Bickett
Wes See
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Spain
General Scott Observes Russian Front Offensive Near Zlotsch
Major General Hugh L. Scott chief of staff to the U S army and attached to the American Commission to Russia arrived at the southeastern front to witness the Russian offensive starting July 1. He described the artillery preparation as excellent and watched the Sixth corps of the Eleventh army take three lines of Austrian trenches.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Hugh L. Scott
United States Army
Russia
Robert E. L. Michie
T. Bentley Mott
Wm. St. Judson
Elihu Root
Scott
Zlochoff
Cotton Exemption Feared in Food Control Bill
Senators from cotton states vow the Souths staple will be removed from the Food Control bill before final vote. A Fort Worth telegram warns cotton declined two and a half cents since inclusion and predicts widespread business stoppage if the measure extends beyond food feeds and fuel.
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Associated Press
Washington
South
House
Gore
Senate Agriculture Committee
Fort Worth
Texas
Congress
Interred Germans See Fourth July Celebration at Fort Oglethorpe
Four hundred German prisoners at Fort Oglethorpe watched the Fourth of July events on the drill grounds in Chattanooga Tennessee. Regulars and cadets from training camps joined in a program of outdoor sports including a baseball game between former college stars from Fort Oglethorpe and Fort McPherson.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort McPherson
Dixie League to Close Season in Southeast Georgia
Baybridge Ga July 4 The Dixie League which includes teams from Southeastern Georgia and Eastern Alabama will close its season after today’s games. President Ward announced last night that lack of public support prompted the action. The first half of the season ends tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Baybridge
Dixie League
Georgia
Alabama
Ward
French Deputies Sit Behind Closed Doors
Paris July 3 the chamber of deputies continued to sit behind closed doors and probably will do so tomorrow The secret session will be followed by a public debate before the vote on interpellations regarding the ambulance service and the use of French efffectives in the recent offensive operations.
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Associated Press
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Export Control to Begin Monday
Washington July 4. Exports to be controlled under a recent act with a proclamation by President Wilson likely next Monday licensing coal shipments and bunkering. Food shipments may come under control at the same time as the government moves to regulate trade.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Hsun Tung
Chang Hsun
China Press
Kuo-Min-Pang
Democratic Party
Shanghai Times
Feng Kwo Chang
North China Daily News
China
Shanghai
Chile Relenses Six Submarines
Six submarines built at Quincy for Great Britain and turned over to Chile were commissioned at Boston navy yard. The transfer received U S approval and Chilean officers watched as colors flew on all subs with a Chilean Marine Band playing and the Star Spangled Banner.
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Associated Press
Boston
Quincy
Great Britain
Boston Navy Yard
Washington
Luis Gomez
Alberto Gorgas
Wm. R. Rush
German Chancellor to Speak Tomorrow
London July 4 Dr Bethmann Hollweg the German imperial chancellor will deliver an important speech in the Reichstag Thursday according to a report received at Copenhagen from Berlin by the Exchange Telegraph correspondent.
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London
Bethmann- Hollweg
Reichstag
Copenhagen
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph Company
American hospital units observe Fourth of July with parade
American hospital units attached to the British army celebrated the Fourth of July with a parade at noon. Doctors nurses and orderlies stood with flags and addresses while British patients watched. A strawberry festival and two baseball games followed at a camp housing two hospitals. A boxing tournament featured international bouts and a playful event between two French boys sparked a coin shower from soldiers.
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Associated Press
France
Universal suffrage demand in Prussia outlined
Radical and Socialist papers publish an appeal to the government urging immediate adoption of universal, secret, direct suffrage in Prussia. Signers are nationally prominent men who had supported wartime postponement but now fear defeat of reform if delayed.
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Prussia
Copenhagen
Decree Grants Equal Postal Rates to American Troops in France
Paris July 4 The Official Journal publishes a decree giving American soldiers and sailors in France the same postal privileges as the French military. Letters will be carried free and money orders up to 50 francs issued without commission.
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Associated Press
Paris
Official Journal
France
Patriotic Meetings Arranged by Council of Defense
Local councils organized patriotic meetings across the state of Carolina, coordinated by the Council of Defense to boost morale and support for national efforts during the period. Citizens gathered at multiple communities to hear speakers and participate in coordinated activities.
Independence Day Celebrations Across Several States
North Carolina held patriotic meetings urging wartime thrift and food production. Greensboro staged a sham battle with scouts aiding recruitment, while South Carolina observed a statewide holiday with closures and a University of South Carolina address by Governor Manning. President Wilson rested on the Mayflower, with wireless updates. New York hosted a broad program in Central Park and parks statewide to aid National Guard recruitment, featuring a Governor’s Island gun salute, schoolchildren singing, and a city hall park address by Mayor Mitchell.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
North Carolina Council of Defense
North Carolina
State Council
Greensboro
N. C
Guilford Pore
Patanolte Patriotics
Boy Scout
South Carolina
Columbia
8. C
University of South Carolina
Richard S. Manning
George B. Cromer
Newberry
Augusta
Washington
Wilson
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay
Gotham
New York
Governor’s Island
Central Park
National Guard
City Hall Park
Mitchel
Mobilization Plan for State Guard and National Guard
Secretary Baker announced the United States will draft the entire National Guard on the same day to avoid rank confusion. Mobilization dates are July 16 for the East, July 25 for the Central region, and August 5 for the West, with three increments to muster guards at divisional training camps.
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Associated Press
Washingtons
National Guard
Baker
Army of the United States
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Association
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Uncle Sam
AIR School
General Scott
Chile
Relenes
Council of Defense
Carlina
the State Guard
War Department
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