Russian political strife overshadows broader wartime actions
A broad dispatch notes that in Russia the political situation dominates amid reports of potential open conflict between rival groups unless an agreement is reached. London reports optimism from Gen Maurice on the Russian front while peace talks remain unsettled and German aims in Riga are only superficially successful.
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Russia
Petrograd
Maurice
London
War Intelligence Office
Riga
Grave situation in Russia darkens August outlook
Associated Press reports officials in Washington warn of a grave internal crisis in Russia. Moscow's council may yield a strong centralized government or open strife as Petrograd moves to convene an extraordinary national meeting with Kerensky presiding and delegates from workers soldiers peasants Cossacks and municipalities represented.
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Associated Press
Washington
Russia
Moscow Council
Kerensky
Petrograd
Moscow
Council of Workmen
Peru Ready for Break with Berlin
Peru signals open waters for U S ships and endorses entry into the war while awaiting a German reply to Argentina over a torpedoed vessel. Berlin hints at possible settlement but does not concede.
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Peru
Berlin
Germany
Red Cross Plans Campaign In Italy
The American Red Cross commission to Italy will depart soon for Rome to study base hospitals and ambulance units for rapid collection and treatment of the wounded.
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Red Cross
Italy
Associated Press
Paris
American Red Cross Commission
Rome
Overland Company Posts Record 240000 In Year
Mr. P. H. Smith president of Athens Overland Co. reports that by August 22, the company sold and deposited 240000 for Overlands and Willys Knights in the past year. The firm distributes Cars in ten counties and expects higher sales next year.
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P. H. Smith
Athens Overland Co., Inc
Overlands
Willys-Knights
Willys Knights
Athens Overland Company
President fixes coal prices. Garfield named coal administrator
Prices of anthracite coal fixed by the president, effective late September, ranging four to five dollars a ton at the mines. Harry A. Garfield of Williams College named coal administrator. Jobbers may add up to 25 cents per ton for deliveries east of Buffalo and 30 cents west of Buffalo. Bituminous coal profits capped at 15 cents per ton. Producers rescreening at Atlantic or Lake ports may add up to 5 cents per ton.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Harry A. Garfield
Williams College
Buffalo
Atlantic
Lake
Anti-Drafters Face Fate Across Georgia and Nearby States
In Macon Georgia seventy five delegates converge for a state wide anti draft meeting, with no mass gatherings. In York South Carolina a mob beats and shoots W T Sims after alleged anti draft remarks. In Panama City Florida H C Waldo and others are held to a federal grand jury for making scurrilous remarks about the president.
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Associated Press
Macon
York
W. T. Sims
Sims
Red Penninger
Frank JL. Twitty
Panama City
H. C. Waldo
Port St. Joe
Gustav Stevens
Millville
G. G. Robinette
Banquet to the Soldier Lawyers Honors Athens Bar
Tonight at the Georgian Hotel at 8 30 oclock the ten members of the Athens bar recently commissioned majors captains and lieutenants for service in the National Army will be honored guests at a banquet given by the Athens Bar Association All members are expected to attend
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Athens Bar
National Army
Camp Gordon
Athens Bar Association
Athens Bar 1
Senate Rejects LaFollette Amendment to War Tax
Washington Aug 23 The Senate defeated 58 to 22 LaFollette’s plan to raise more than 658 million dollars from individual incomes, exceeding the 490 million proposed in the bill. Debate grew bitter over war funding politics as leaders warned against raising rates on war profits. The fight resumes, with leaders indicating current rates may hold.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
LaFollette
Wit
Winder Blacksmith Shot Dead in Busy Street Killing
In Winder Georgia on August 23 7 pm C H Stewart a blacksmith was killed after a confrontation with W G Graham a cotton factor Graham was taken into custody and later surrendered He was a married man with children and had long been known in local commerce Stewart also a longtime Winder resident and family man was killed after being attacked on Broad and Athens streets.
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Winder
C. H. Stewart
W. G. Graham
Cottom
Broad
Athens
Graham
Stewart
Winder Off
Trouble in a Negro Camp near Town in Texas
Houston reports three persons including two girls were shot near the Twenty fourth Infantry camp. The shooting lasted an hour as armed citizens moved toward the camp but were halted by soldiers. Communication is cut off. The Twenty fourth infantry is composed of negroes.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Merchant Fleet 10 Cost Two Billion Sought
Washington officials report the Shipping Board sent estimates totaling 1.123 billion dollars to Secretary McAdoo for completing the shipbuilding program. The request would fund the merchant fleet through the end of the fiscal year, bringing total building and purchase costs to just under two billion.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Shipping Board
Exemption blanks urged as thousands report for examination
Five hundred young men are summoned to a local army examination next week with sessions on Monday to Thursday. The board asks all to obtain exemption blanks on the day of examination and again on departure for proofs. Notaries are sought to assist. eight volunteers are needed for four days at the courthouse to speed exemption claims.
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Superior Court
Max Michael
D. G. Bickers
Hart County Farmers Visit State College on Hart County Day
More than two hundred Hart county farmers arrived in forty cars for Hart County Day at the State College of Agriculture. The delegation, led by county demonstrator Mr. Clarke and Joseph Hodges of the superior court, toured the college farm and city with local officers, bankers, supply men, and visiting families part of the annual event.
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Hart County
State College of Agriculture
Athens
Mr. Clarke
Joseph Hodges
Superior Court
Arnold & Abney Produce Ad Promotes Fresh Fruits
Local grocer Arnold & Abney advertises extra fancy Delaware grapes Bartlett pears and California oranges with prices on lemons celery lettuce beans and potatoes. The ad also markets macaroon treats and Irish potatoes with notes about window displays and a chilled Coca Cola ice block at Thornton's Window.
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Frank
Arnold & Abney
Mrs. Bancroft Sr. Dies After Long Illness in Athens
Mrs. E Bancroft Sr oldest Athens resident dies at 85 after a prolonged illness on Childs street widow of Edward Bancroft prominent citizen. Survived by seven children sister Sister Scholastica Washington Ga and several grandchildren. Funeral at Emmanuel church at five this afternoon with Rev J L Jewett Williams officiating. Interment in Oconee cemetery. Pallbearers include A R Nicholson Sylvanus Morris Arthur E Grimth A P Dearing James Barrow J N Webb.
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Athens
E. Bancroft
Childs Street
Edward Bancroft
Scholastica
Washington
R. K. Bloomfield
W. B. Epps
A. H. Steadman
Atlanta
Emily
Daisy Bancroft
BE. B. Bancroft
M. P
Oconee Cemetery
Messrs
A. R. Nicholson
Sylvanus Morris
Arthur E. Grimth
A. P. Dearing
James Barrow
J. N. Webb
Japan Delivers Endorsement Message to U S
Washington receives a Japanese envoy who presents credentials and pledges support for enduring peace with the United States. The ambassador states pride in U S efforts and confirms the mission’s greeting to the president. Gardner's Pound Cake is advertised as fresh today by King Hodgsom Co.
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Associated Press
D. C
Peru
Congress
United States
Peruvian
Washington
Viscount As
Japan
Ainner
Last Batch of Draft Exemption Claims Acted On
Twenty claims were disallowed in the latest batch and forty five more drafted men remain for local board review. Several appeals filed or signaled, with some claimants lacking proof or filing errors, while others were upheld. A third certified list is to be sent forward today, detailing claimant names, grounds, testifying heads, and dispositions.
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Otis Hiram Peeler
H. M. Fullilove
Jerry Bowden
P. L. Davis
Morton
Hodgson
H. H. Gordon, Jr
Thurston Burroughs
W. P. Elrod
Fred Houston
J. M. Barry
Ossey Brown
Eugene Corrie Bird
Hunter
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Luther ‘Young
Eddie Dean
Earnest Fleming
Henderson Gales
Andrew McCauley Jones
Chariie Will Neeley
B. R. Greer
Pete Blasingame
R. L. Autry
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A. G. Wright
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Clinton Stephens Winter
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H. L. Seagraves
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Lee Collins
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Roy Dean
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