Hoover outlines food program to stabilize prices and aid allies
Hoover declares the food administration will curb speculation and extortion, stabilize prices, and coordinate supply to aid allies. He stresses cooperation with business and warns that the full powers may be used against profiteers to ensure sufficient wheat, flour, meat, and dairy for war needs.
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OY Morning Journal
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Food Administration
Paith
Congress
Weather Outlook for New Mexico This Weekend
Saturday brings unsettled conditions with local showers and cooler air in the northeast. Sunday looks fair in the west with showers and cooler conditions moving eastward.
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New Mexico
Weather summary for yesterday ends 6 pm
The 24 hour period closed with a maximum of 93 degrees and a low of 48. The evening reading at 6 pm showed a temperature near S1 with a southwest wind and partly cloudy skies.
War time food plan urges substitutions and waste cuts
A wartime exhortation argues for substituting abundant perishables and reducing waste to spare allies and maintain democracy. It stresses 70 percent thrifty Americans, asks 20 percent to cut consumption, and notes shipping limits force reliance on substitutes to prevent starvation and support fighters in Europe.
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Europe
Russell Severs In Denunciation Of Peace Talk
Washington, Aug 16. Charles Edward Russell, former socialist now on the commission to Russia, denounces peace proponents and those supporting the administration. He blasts socialists in Congress aiding peace propaganda and says peace moves have ruined their party, leaving it with an alien pro German element. He warns that one peace resolution is a Kaiser asset.
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Washington
Charles Edward Russe
Returned Commission
Russia
Nr Russell
Congress
United States
Russell
United States Congress
Kaiser
Trusselh
Rebert Smillie
Stockholm
International Socialist
Chicago Livestock Exchange urges corn price fix
Resolutions adopted by the Chicago Livestock Exchange urge the federal government to set a minimum price of 75 cents and a maximum of $1 per bushel for corn to ensure sufficient acreage for stock feed. They also seek exemption from the draft for stock feeders and were sent to President Wilson, Herbert Hoover, and Secretaries Houston and Baker to boost livestock production.
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Chicago
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Wilson
Herbert
Hoover
Houston
Baker
Seamen's Union Opposed to Stockholm Delegation
London reports Labor conference votes 1,946,000 to 550,000 to send delegates to Stockholm with strong Seamen's and Firemen's union opposition. Speakers criticized wartime peace aims and Russian influence while urging caution about sailing delegates and potential ship refusals.
Taft Shows Marked Improvement From Illness
Clay Center Kansas August 19 1915 Dr Thaf Morgan reports former President William Howard Taft is much better and has taken food for the first time since Monday His recovery is described as wonderful though no date is set for resuming his speaking tour as strength returns.
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Clay Center
Kans
Taft
Thaf Morgan
William H. Taft
Oval Hotel
Morgan
Fleet Corporation Loses Legal Staff in Mass Resignation
In Washington on August 10 the emergency fleet corporation's entire legal staff quit. Leaders include George Rublee Joseph Y. Cotton George Savage Charles P. Lowland and Edward B Burling. Most resigned without pay amid sympathy for GM Goethals whose resignation as general manager was recently accepted by President Walser.
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Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
George W. Goethals
President Walser
George Rublee
Federal Trade Commission
Joseph Y. Cotton
George Savage
Charles P. Lowland
New York
Edward B Burling
Chicago
Mr. Savane
Three Exemption Board Members Removed in New York
Deputy Attorney General Conkling removed three members of exemption board No 98 in New York City under Wilson administration orders due to irregularities. The 666 examined registrants will be reopened by a new board as charges pursued, with records in police custody.
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New York
East Side
Conkling
Stutesbury
New York State
Louis I. Cherry
Henry M. Groehl
J. Bernfeld
Wilson
Department of Justice
Mr. Conkling
Peru Looks to Break With Germany Soon
Peru appears poised to sever relations with Germany after the German foreign office failed to placate Lima. The Peruvian chargé d’affaires was told Peru would not submit the case of the Peruvian Bark Lorton to prize court as urged. Officials in Washington foresee an imminent break, with the Peruvian senate backing President Wilson's war stance.
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Washington
Peru
State Department
Manuel de Freyre Y Santander
Barki Lorton
Wilson
Economic policy statement from Petrograd finance minister
N V Neraseff, vice premier and finance minister, told reporters that government plans to establish commercial monopolies would soon stabilize the country’s credit and financial resources. He described the move as a step toward economic stability.
Ferguson Impeachment Hearing Focuses on Abilene Site
Texas House investigates Governor Ferguson over allegations tied to locating the West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College in Abilene. Testimony shows three votes for Abilene on the site committee were disputed by two members and Speaker Fuller. The session adjourned as Fuller prepared to testify.
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Austin
Tex
Texas House of Representatives
FO. Woller
James B. Ferguson
Abilene
West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Governors
Perguson
Bpeaken Puller
W. H. Colby
Fred W Davison
Canadians Repel Heavy Teuton Fire Near St Quentin
Allied forces report renewed heavy artillery duels along the front from Netmort to the France Belgium border. British and French troops gain ground in Flanders while Canadians endure shelling near Lens and Vimy Ridge as German attacks elsewhere falter. A British delegation to Stockholm is approved by a large margin.
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Flanders
Ruppprecht
Bavaria
Netmort
Ypres
Haig
Hoege
Frezenbere
Ypres-Menin Road
Westhoek
Bixschoote
Landmarck
Ostend-Lille
Hooge
Lens
Vimy Ridge
St Quentin
Petain
Aisne
Diermans
Salazar Stricken with Dementia After Mule Kick
Jose Ynez Salazar once chief of staff to Francisco Villa has become demented from a mule kick and will seek treatment in Mexico City possibly including an operation. A Mexican commission aims to bring him to the border to surrender and travel to the capital for care. He is due in Juarez Monday with three others who also wish to surrender.
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Fl Paso
Tex
Jose Ynez Salazar
Francisco Villa
Mexico City
Eduardo Bertano Bravo
Salazar
Ascension Chihuahua
Manuel Prieto
Asgension
Slackers Cross Rio Grande as Exemption Board Grows
El Paso Aug 10 slackers cross the Rio Grande in numbers jeopardizing national army quotas. U S officials confirm slacker companies on the Mexican side opposite Palos San Elizario Sierra Blanca and other settlements. About one hundred slackers of Mexican parentage crossed near Sierra Blanca and settled eight miles into Mexico from the boundary.
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Morning Journal
Leesteo
el Paso
Tex
Rio Grande
Exemption Board
el Cure Counts
National Army
United States
Palos
San Elizario
Sierra Blanca
Mexico
Bootleggers Build Arizona Highway Between Tombstone and Bisbee
Auto tourists will travel Bootleggers road during most of the Cochise county highway construction. Prisoners sentenced for liquor selling are housed in a barbed wire stockade at night and work on the road by day, preferring the outdoor labor to Tombstone jail.
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Ning Jotirinal Erecta
Laeacerrene
Bishee
Ariz
Cochise County
Tombstone
Army Ration Cut By German Commander
London Aug 19 Reuter reports a Ypres group order from Crown Prince Rupprecht’s armies states economy in bread cereals justifies only limited increases in rations where truly needed. Officers must reiterate the seriousness of the German economic situation and ensure strict economy in all supplies with no waste.
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London
Reuter
Ypres
Rupprecht
Germany
Castro Finds Refuge From U S Espionage
Gen Cipriano Castro former president of Venezuela arrived in Vera Cruz from Havana aboard a Spanish line steamship. He expressed pleasure at being in Mexico and said he could now enjoy a life free from American secret service surveillance. He predicted postwar U S would face accounts with smaller nations and be very weak.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Cipriano Castro
Verezuela
Havana
Mexico
Mysterious Plane Found in Mojave Desert Bed
Federal and county officers traced a night sighting over Antelope valley to a mono plane buried in a dry lake bed in the Mojave desert. An armed guardian and hired helper protected the craft until its discovery, according to late reports.
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Los Angeles
Antelope Valley
Los Angeles County
Dry Lake
Mojave Desert
Post Office Clerk Arrested in $10,000 Missing Money Case
Walter D. Coakley, a Tucson postoffice clerk, was arrested in Lebanon Indiana on theft charges after disappearing with a $10,000 package of bills. Authorities say most of the money has been recovered and a larger shipment from a Tucson bank to Los Angeles was involved. Coakley was later tied to sending Wells Fargo money orders to a Tucson merchant for distribution. The case involved a destroyed receipt at the local post office and a follow up by Post Office Inspector Ashton.
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LRT Morning Journal
Tucson
Ariz
Walter D. Coakley
Postoffice
Lebanon
Ind
Post Office
Ashton
Coakley
Louisville
St Louis
Jerry O O. Leary
Los Angeles
Socialist candidate arrested by U S authorities in Minnesota
Prominent socialist and last election candidate for Minnesota governor was arraigned before a U S commissioner in Minneapolis on charges of attempting to suborn mutiny and refusal of duty in the military forces. He waived examination and was held to the October federal grand jury with bond set at five thousand dollars not furnished, remanded to Hennepin County Jail.
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OY Morning Journal
Urigeo
Minneapolis
Minn
Tentall
Minnesota
United States
Hennepin County
Government to insure military personnel under new indemnity plan
Senate and House leaders introduced bills creating life and disability insurance for soldiers sailors and marines. A compulsory family allotment of 15 dollars from pay funds wives and children while government supports 1 000 to 10 000 dollar life policies with premiums paid from pay. Indemnities range from 40 to 200 dollars monthly for disabilities with education programs for disabled servicemen. The program costs are estimated at 176 million dollars for year one and 450 million dollars for year two.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Congress
Senator Simmons
Representative Alexander
Senate
House
War and Navy Departments
McAdoo
Labor Federation Passes Resolution After Seat Debate
At Boulder Colorado on August 10 the Colorado state federation of labor adopted a resolution withholding endorsement from any publication not published by the federation. Several resolutions urged wage protections for women and children and opposed repealing laws safeguarding women workers while another favored keeping retail store deliveries during wartime.
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Spec AL
El Paso Quota Criticized as Too High for Aliens
Mayor Charles Davis plans a trip to Austin to urge lowering El Paso County’s national army quota. Officials say 50 percent of registered men are aliens and the count of 697 may force nearly every able bodied American to be drafted to fill the quota.
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el Paso
Tex
Charles Davis
Austin
Adjutant General
EL Paso County
National Army
Entente Warships Bombard Asia Minor Batteries
London reports from Athens that since yesterday Entente warships bombarded Turkish batteries along the Asia Minor coast. British monitors silenced one battery and destroyed an air dome near another.
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London
Entente
Asia Minor
Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
American Life Insurance Convention Names Dallas Man President
Grand Rapids Aug 10 The American life insurance convention named Harry L Seay of Dallas Texas president at the final session. See Tree TV W Blackburn of Omaha was reelected.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
American Life Inssurance Convention
Harry L. Seay
Dallas
Tex
See -Tree
W. Blackburn
Omaha
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