Kern Defends War Court Proposals in Report
Secretary Baker backs Major General Kernan on keeping the present courts martial system with minor fixes. The board’s report notes lack of competent trial judges and urges defence counsel for general and special courts martial. It criticizes enlisting troops on juries and warns changing to civilian review would paralyze military discipline and command.
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Washington
Francis J. Kernan
Special War Department Board
Baker
Kernan
War Department
Beara Raport
Cera
Court of Military Appeals
Judge Advocate
Geneval Kernan
Eembors
Europe
What Will Wilson Do If Senate Declares For Amending Treaty
Washington speculation centers on President Wilsons possible options if the Senate amends or reserves parts of the peace treaty. He hinted changes would reopen negotiations, or he could return to Paris, reassemble the conference, or pocket the treaty and refuse further action unless Senate yields.
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Wilson
Senate
Washington
Repubican
Germany
Paris
Mr. Wilson
Mao
Republic Ansenttora
Hitchcock
Lodge
Knox
Isaberg
Tréaty-Mat Rg
Se-Eoma
Verasg
Peace Treaty Spotlight Dominates Congressional Week
Washington reports the peace treaty will again take center stage as the foreign relations committee considers ratification this week. Democrats expect action if possible while Lodge remains cautious. Hearings resume and amendments discussed. Senate debate continues with Nugent Kirby Owen set to speak. Additional measures on living costs, liquor, and oil development loom in both chambers.
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Washington
Congress
Lodge
Republiiany
Wilson
Senate
Nugent
Idaho
Kirby
Arkansas
Owen
Oklahoma
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
New Jersey
Smoot Hill
Baker names board to pass on Benning project
Washington August 24 A board of officers headed by Major General Charles Farnsworth will thoroughly examine Camp Benning Georgia and recommend whether it should be completed or abandoned The board includes Col M C Kerth Col Clarence Sherrill Lt Col C B Koerper Lt Col D Sawyer and Maj George F Bartzell They must submit findings by August 29 according to Secretary Baker’s orders
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Washington
Charles 3
Farnsworth
Baker
Camp Benning
Georgia
M. C. Kerth
General Staff
Clarence ©. Sherrill
Engineer Corps
C. &. Koerper
Medical Corps
Vote to Wear One Size Signpledpledge for August
Fragmentary OCR notes show a pledge related to clothing, urging wear of old clothes and mentioning August 24. The text is garbled but indicates a local promissory pledge event or sale tied to prior attire usage. No clear names, locations, or organizations are readable.
Atlanta pledge funds for Confederate veterans reunion decorations
Atlanta citizens subscribed eighty thousand dollars for the Confederate veterans reunion and its campaign. Plans focus on housing thousands of veterans and visitors and running a large commissary camp on the Capitol grounds with army style meals twice daily and a third daily served by Atlanta housewives. An executive committee meeting is set to discuss decorations and the contract for decorations, the largest ever let in the city, with eighty five blocks to be elaborately decorated. Coronel George M. Hope will head the camp and H E Pickens of Tulsa will advise on commissary operations.
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Atlanta
Capitol Grounds
Walter P. Andrews
Chamber of Commerce
HE. A. Pickens
Tulsa
Okla
Coronel George M. Hope
G. FP. Willis
Amundsen Drifts Toward Pole In Ice Locked Ship Maud
Roald Amundsen, bound for the North Pole, drifts in the ice north of western Siberia aboard the Maud. Two airplanes are part of the equipment. no news has reached shore since September 1, 1918, with plans to reach Melville Island or Grand Land and possible return via Nome or Dawson if the drift allows.
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Seattle
North Pole
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Siberia
Beattie
Vilhalmur &Jesansson
Pole
Grand Land
Greenland
Melville Island
Arctic Ocean
Canada
Nome
Alaska
Dawson
Yukon Territory
Maud
Norway
Nat Dash
Amundsen
Dixon Island
White Sea
New Siberian Islands
Arctia
Fridtjor Nansen
Nansen
Fram
Cape Columbus
Robinson Channel
Iliar
Carranza Dictatorship Lacks Power to Curb Bandits
San Antonio dispatch reports on a Mexico border crisis led by Jesus Renteria gang looting Americans for ransom. Carranza's federal troops are portrayed as ineffective, with many officers aligned with outlaw factions. The piece argues for strong U S action against Mexico City and notes a governmentless state with low voter turnout and confiscations.
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San Antonio
Texas
Mexico
Jesua Renteria
United States
Villa
America
Cote Oe Sean
Caprubi Dege
Prt
Ant Stewart GH
Cabradds
Catranza
Jesus Renteria
Carranza
Kolchak Feared by Russian People as War Fails
Copenhagen August 24 The Danish Red Cross head Dr Camilo Martiny reports fear and prejudice against Admiral Kolchak and General Denikin among Russians and bourgeoisie. He cites British withdrawal from North Russia risking German dominance and discusses the Bolshevik moderation then extremism and the rise of Kameneff, noting military power shifting to the Bolshevists.
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Copenhagen
Associated _Press
Uniess
Admiral Kolchak
Denikine
Camilo Martiny
Russia
Danish Red Cross
Germany
Martiny
Nikolai Lenine
Hoghe
Bolshevists
Peters
Dershinsky
Red
Europe
Benine
Mog
Odeass
Petrograd
Kolchak
Kameneff
Plans to Satisfy United States on Mexican issues
Mexico City August 24 The highest Mexican government officials study principal points of dispute with the United States to reach arrangements favorable to the U S without harming Mexican sovereignty. Secretary of the Treasury Luis Cabrera outlines reciprocal border guard, debt, indemnifications, and frontier safety measures, promising detailed figures soon. Obregon pledges aid to Cabrera as tensions rise over international questions and debts.
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Mexico City
Associated Press
United States
Luis Cabréra
the Treasury
Senor Cabrera
Mexico
Senate
Cabrera
Obregon
Cabranza
Fresa
Alvara Obregon
Car
Tanga
Red Cross
Warsant
Preeh Gor
Washington
Nurase
Carranza Troops Force Withdrawal Amid Storms
Continual rain wrecked pursuit as bandits who kidnapped U S aviators scattered. American expedition met Carranza troops and, after officers’ council, ordered withdrawal. A report claims bandit chief Rantia may be killed, but no confirmation.
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United States
Rentia
Two U S Airplane Missing Near Marfa Texas August 24
An American army aircraft from Royce field with Lieutenants George E K Rice and UT Boquet on board departed at daylight for a Mexico reconnaissance mission. Wary of a drifted rainstorm, officials fear the aviators were lost or confused. Royces field commander Lt Colonel R L Royce believes they likely landed on the American side after misrouting.
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U. S
Marfa
Texas
Royce Field
George EK. Rice
UT. Tt. Boquet
Mexico
R. L. Royce
Punitive American Expedition Returns From Border Chase
Marfa Texas reports the first troops of the punitive expedition crossing back to the Rio Grande after eight days below the border. Three hundred cavalry retreated through a heavy rainstorm while pursuing bandits who seized Lieutenant Harold G. Peterson and Lieutenant Paul H. Devin. Carranza troops were met, trails washed out, and pursuit abandoned until morning. Nine bandits were captured at Coyame. Jesus Renterla reportedly killed but unconfirmed. Langhorne announces withdrawal with forces resuming Rio Grande stations tomorrow.
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Marfa
Texas
Rio Grande
Harold G. Peterson
Paul HH. Devin
Carranza
Alx
Renterla
Coyame
Jesus Renterla
George P. Langhorne
Langhorne
Weather Prophecy Local Showers Forecast
Forecast calls local showers and thunderstorms in Georgia and North Carolina Monday into Tuesday. Expect winds from the southwest and periods of lighter to moderate rainfall across the region.
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Washington
Georgia
North Carolina
Tues
Fein Paoder
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