Twenty Years Sealed for IWW Leaders in War Plot
The IWW leaders including William D. Haywood and 14 accomplices were sentenced to 20 years in Leavenworth Federal Prison. Other defendants received ten, five, and shorter terms. sentences run concurrently. Prosecution stressed wartime treasonous acts and the preamble for class warfare while the defense vows a likely new trial.
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Chicago
William DD
Haywood
Leaven- Worth
Kan
K. M. Jaci
Benjamin Sehraeger
W. W. Paber
Pietro Nigra
Nanegrranzme
Taywood
Washington senator Lodge elected floor leader in senate
Republicans in conference chose Lodge of Massachusetts as floor leader to succeed the late Gallinger of New Hampshire. The draft bill with the work or fight clause passes the senate unanimously after debates over age limits, with conference between houses planned. Also, Crowell and Ryan receive key wartime posts and other war and industry news noted.
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Senate
Senator Gallinger
New Hampshire
House
Foreign Rebels Make Gains Near Amoy As Chin Troops Strain
Dispatch from Peking says rebel forces advance near Amoy and Fukien government troops face a dangerous position. Alberta coal miners strike. Talks underway for settlement but potential government intervention if work does not resume. Samuel Gompers visits England to link British, French and Italian union leaders with American labor aims during wartime.
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Amoy
Peking
Fukien
Alberta
Death of Senator Ollie M James reshapes Kentucky politics
Kentucky Senator Ollie M James died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore Maryland from an acute kidney condition. James was a leading Democratic figure and a long dominant force in Kentucky politics.
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Ollie M. James
Ketucky
Johns Hopens Hospital
Baltimore
Democratic Party
Kentucky
Ruling Orders Preapproval Of Phone Rate Changes
Washington DC telegraph and telephone firms must file every rate change with the Postmaster General Burleson for approval before taking effect. The note says new charges for installing phones or moving lines are required to cover labor and material costs. Approval prior to implementation is the only change. operations continue through normal channels until then.
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Washington, D. C
Burleson
Expelled Iowa publisher over antiwar league bid
Des Moines published Pierce of the Iowa Homestead was charged and expelled from defense council membership with governor approval pending. The council said he led a drive to form a nonpartisan league in Iowa and aided disloyalty and sedition in a piece titled Iowa's Reign of Terror. Sick and wounded arrive in Washington 423 in week ending August 23, up from 333 the prior week.
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Des Moines
James m. Cierce
Iowa Homestead
State Defense Council
Iowa
Pierce
The
Defense Council
Washington, D. C
United States
Beerenbrouck Asked to Form Dutch Cabinet
Queen Wilhelmina nominated Jonkheer G L M H Ruijs de Beerenbrouck to form a cabinet as he weighs the proposal amid political maneuvering in The Hague. An additional 400 million dollars in British credits was approved by the treasury, boosting Britain’s total to 3.725 billion and allied credits to 7.99204 billion. At Chanute Field Lieutenant Guthrie aviation instructor died in a crash during a flight. cadet with him escaped serious injury.
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Great Britain
Washington, D. C
Treasury
Rantoul
Lieut. Guthrie
Chanute Field
European War News and Mixed Frontline Updates
The Newfoondland schooner Bianca was captured and sunk by a German submarine, its crew landing safely in a Canadian port while its tobacco cargo vanished. Reports say 80 lives were lost aboard the French steamer Lydiana after a submarine attack off Spain, with the death toll allegedly murdered. Geovera Semenoff has crossed Siberia to recapture Matslevski west of Manchun, taking prisoners. Japanese forces clash with Bolsheviks at Raura. Austrian war offices announce the capture of Berat, Albania. Italian planes reportedly dropped propaganda on Agram. A German battalion rumored ordered to the front reportedly faced mass executions. On the Ussuri front, Bolsheviks retreat as Allied forces advance. American and Japanese troops move toward the front. The steamer Eric of Phantong is added to submarine victims off Canada, with a Newfoundlander crew member killed when the submarine opened fire.
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Bianca
Brazil
Iowa State News Military Orders and Local Affairs
Iowa reports Maj Frank Love unit to Fort Riley Kansas induction by war department and Lyman named lieutenant colonel on governor staff. George J Homan paroled after conviction. Camp Dodge to install A A modern laundry valued at 176000 with a special power house. 21 camps designated for laundries. Nonpartisan League activity noted. 700 service stars in Buchanan county flag dedication. John L Brown and Sarah Grarbill wed then killed crossing an interurban track. Private James Estell held at Camp Pike and Grace Manning to isolation hospital. George B Ward plans English estate hospital for Yankee soldiers. Labor shortages and Rivens incident at Camp Dodge. Train wreck near Chariton kills Boltz and two stockmen. Devil's Backbone park site eyed near Manchester. July Camp Dodge entertainments total 192000 soldiers. 315 events including 126 moving pictures. H W Dueker expands sheep herd. cattle reduced. No German taught in Iowa schools. French favored in high schools. German dropped from colleges for entrance.
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Iowa City
Frank Love
War Department
Fort Riley
Kans
Frank Lyman
Harding
Iowa
Department of Justice
George J. Homan
Dibnaus
Leavenworth
Friends
Homan
A&a
Camp Dodge
Nonpartisan League
Buchanan County Bose
J. E. Bramwell
Marton
John L. Brown
Logan
Sarah Grarbill
St. Joe
James Estell
Waterloo
Camp Pike
Ark
Grace Manning
Davenport
Geo. BE. Ward
Sioux City
England
Mr. Ward
Jowa
Federal Labor Department
AL. Urick
United States Employment Service
Lewis Rivens
Vieux City
National Army
Montana
Rivens
Boltz
Chicas, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Troy Hetweer Chariton
Delaware County
State Executive Council
Manchester
Camp Dodge Army Y. M. GC. 4
A. Bryan
H. W. Dueker
Wellman
Finance problem in easy terms shows wartime budget burden
A columnist compares U S war finance to household budgeting, urging universal sacrifice. He explains next year requires about 24 billion dollars, to be raised by 16 cents per dollar of income and two thirds by bonds, with 8 billion taxed and 16 billion via securities. The piece urges personal economy, cites Heber Grim’s tale of sacrifice, and ends by asking Americans to be ready to make real cuts.
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Labert ST. Clair
United States
France
Belgium
Goshen
Heber Grim
Indiana
Heber
NO WASTE IN ARMY CAMPS
Government efforts to curb propaganda about food waste show the army’s conservation division works to maximize use and minimize waste. Soldiers’ rations are managed by careful waste separation, with farming and garden work supporting rationing and forage. Prisoners and conscientious objectors assist in agriculture, reclaiming materials and boosting troop fitness and morale.
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Army
Like Their Desert Bedouin Women in Decorous Splendor
Elizabeth Cooper describes a Bedouin village gathering where women display lean, athletic figures and elaborate dress. They wear blue or black gowns with colored sashes, braided hair with gold coins, henna dyed hair, blue tattoo lines, and heavy gold jewelry including ear hoops, coin necklaces, and bracelets, blending tradition with evolving modernity.
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Elizabeth Cooper
Asia
Electic welding tested for ship plates at Kearny yard
The Emergency Fleet corporation tests electric welding at Federal Shipbuilding in Kearny New Jersey on a 40 foot section of a 9600 ton cargo steamship. Spot welding connects frames and plates while arc welding joins seams. Water-filled hulls will be stressed to gauge joint strength. If successful, weight drops by 10 percent and fabrication time and railroad transport costs fall, saving about 40.4 dollars per ton of the structure.
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Emergency Fleet Corporation
Federal Shipbuilding Company
Kearney
N. J
Scientific American
Art Worke In Demand In Japan
Prices paid for rare art in Japan set records. Ogata Korin screens sold for 105000 yen, Keishoki Shoahai scenes for 140000 yen, Nobuzane scrolls for 116000 yen, Royokai snow landscape for 210000 yen, and Nobuzane scrolls in Satake collection for 953000 yen, the highest price yet for a single work.
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Japan
Higashi Hongchall Sies
Ogata Korin
Viscount Akimoto
Keishoki
Nobuzone
Royokai
Joeme
Nobuzane
Marquia Satake
Center of Production in Illinois Indicates Dominant Agricultural Region
A department of agriculture diagram shows west central Illinois as the heart of U S agricultural production by crop and animal products for 1917. Leading states by production include Iowa 1.32 billion, Illinois 1.255 billion, Texas 1.045 billion, Missouri 0.447 billion, Ohio 0.851 billion, Nebraska 0.774 billion, Indiana 0.766 billion, Kansas 0.735 billion, New York 0.700 billion, Minnesota 0.446 billion, Pennsylvania 0.634 billion, Georgia 0.605 billion, Wisconsin 0.598 billion, California 0.575 billion, Michigan 0.584 billion, and Kentucky 0.529 billion.
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Illinda
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Texas
Missouri
Ohio
Nebraska
Indiana
Kansas
New York
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Crorgia
Wisconsin
California
Michigan
Kentucky
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American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
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