Government assumes control of food and fuel supplies
Washington announces wartime control of food and fuel under new regulatory and survey bills. Herbert Hoover named food administrator as Hoover vows price stabilization and cooperation with producers, with power to fix prices and run mines if needed. The agriculture department will conduct a continuous food census.
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Washington
AWSTO
Wilson
Administration Food Survey
Herbert Troover
Hoover
Food Administration
Dny
Poever
Mr. Hoover
United States
Department of Agriculture
Germans Steadily Losing In Flanders Front Clash
London reports the battle of Flanders flared Friday with British and French forces pressing an offensive. By nightfall local gains were registered along a nine mile front between Bixschoote and Westbec, northeast of Ypres, before the Germans rallied and counterattacked fiercely along the line.
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London
Flanders
Bixschoote
Westbeck
Ypres
Army Reaches Full War Strength With Volunteers
The war volunteers of August plus the regular army bring total to 400000. Since April 193,808 volunteers have joined. Twenty three states met quotas while twenty five fell short. States in the roll of honor include California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Massachusetts Michigan Montana Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New York Oregon Pennsylvania Utah Washington Wyoming.
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Washington
California
Colorado
Delaware
Idaho
Indiana
Massachusetts
Michigan
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Utah
Wyoming
Insure Soldiers and Sailors Program Before Congress
Washington reports the administration's plan to insure soldiers sailors and marines was presented to Congress in identical form by Senator Simmons and Representative Teague. The measure will likely be acted on by the Senate and House as soon as the war tax bill is disposed of.
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Washington
Administration
Congress
Simmons
Alexander
Senate
House
Pittmans Bill Passes Senate in Contested Vote
Washington Senator Citi introduces a bill authorizing government operation or lease for exploration of government owned polish titles. In California San Bernardino county supporters say amendments exclude sodium aid while continuing operation of the TE to the Searles hike district.
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Washington
Citi
Sin Bernarding
Californiian
Senate
Searles
Justice to Fixe Price of Coal in Chicago
Chief Justice John T. Carter of the Illinois Supreme Court, named by Governor Lowden to head the coal price program, will set fixed coal prices for consumers for the coming year. The move aims to stabilize costs and ensure steady supplies in Chicago and surrounding areas.
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Chicago
ON. Carter
Supreme Court of
Timois
Lowden
German Ship Collides With Mine Disaster Report
A German naval ship collided with a mine off Copenhagen, causing heavy loss of life. The Stubbekjøbing report cited by the Telegraph Exchange notes thirty men were lost and details remain disputed between Copenhagen and British telegraph sources.
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London
Geri
Stubbekjoblog
Copenhaven
Exchange ‘Telegraph Company
Railroad Workers Win Wage Increase at Chicago Shop
A wage raise of 10 to 18 percent was announced for 18,000 employees of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad shop. The increase takes effect September 1.
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Chicago
Atchixon, Topeka & Bantu Fe
Crowder Tightens Draft Exemption Rules Amid Dependency Claims
Washington dispatch reports Provost Marshal General Crowder ordering governors to slash discharge grants for dependency. Local boards must limit exemptions to clearly defined needy cases to avoid undermining army recruitment, with district boards reviewing departures but not opening every case.
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Washington
Crowder
Mexicans Kill Texas Cotton Planter Near Tornillo
J. F. Burton, a cotton planter once in California's Imperial Valley and Arizona's Salt River Valley, was shot and killed on his farm near Tornillo Texas. Authorities believe Mexican assailants carried out the murder.
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el Paso
Texas
J. F. Burton
Imperil Valley
California
Salt River Valley
Arizona
Tornillo
Murdered Girl Found Near Lyndon Swamp in Vermont
The body of Alice Bradshaw, a little girl described as crippled, was found on the border of a swamp about a mile from her father’s house in Lyndon, Vermont. Authorities believe she was killed July 5 because she was a bother.
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St. Johnsbury
Alice Bradshaw
Lyndon
Pacifists Demand Repeal of Draft Law at Capitol Meeting
Pacifists gathered near the Capitol Thursday calling on Congress to stay in session until the draft law is repealed. They threatened an impeachment attempt against President Wilson if their demand was not met.
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Washington
Capitol
Congress
Wilson
Peru Votes Sympathy With U S For European War Motive
The Peruvian senate on August 9 adopted a resolution expressing Peru's sympathy with the motive of the United States as declared by President Wilson for participating in the European conflict.
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Peru
Liman
United States
Wilson
Bishop Matz Dies in Denver After Ill Health
The Right Rev. Nicholas Matz, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Denver, died in a local hospital Thursday after more than a week of illness. His health had declined since a fall four years ago.
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Matz
Denver
Nicholas Matz
German Cabinet Shakeup Brings Kuehlmann Foreign Affairs Head
Berlin announces August 6 that five state ministers resigned including Foreign Secretary Zimmermann and Finance Minister Lentze. Richard von Kuehlmann, ambassador to Turkey, is named secretary for foreign affairs. The Nieuwe Courant lauds him as an anti submarine warfare opponent favoring Britain reconciliation after the war. Berlin papers view limited reforms and a fresh bureaucratic infusion with mixed tone.
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Berline
Zimmermann
Lentze
von Loebell
Richard von Kuehlmann
Turkey
Nieuwe Courant
The
Hague
von Kuehlmann
Great Britain
Germany
Nieuwe
Courant
England
Berlin
Partia Inen Hurisio
Vogeblatt
Vossische Zeitung
Volke Zeitung
Government maps vast wheat and rye push for next year
Washington expects wheat demand to exceed supply and launches a war agricultural program aiming for more than 1 000 000 000 bushels of wheat and over 83 000 000 bushels of rye next year. Officials warn early frosts could threaten breadstuffs and stress the corn crop.
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Washington
U Boat Sinks Nineteen Vessels In Atlantic Port
A German submarine during three weeks ending July 19 sank nineteen vessels totaling 66 000 tons. Harold Hansen of Detroit, a crew member from one of the ship hulls, reported the U boat commander gave the account.
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Atlantic
Harold Hansen
Detroit
Hile
Poisoned plaster sold in Colorado and Kansas City
Dr C W Waynard a Pueblo Colorado bacteriologist has informed the United States district attorney of Kansas that he has found tetanus germs in a brand of Court plaster circulated in Colorado Kansas City and surrounding areas.
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Colorado
Kansas City
C. W. Waynard
Pueblo
Colo
United States District Attorney of
Kansas
Five Thousand Men Needed for Regular Army Quota
Officials reported fewer than 5000 men needed to meet the regular army quota across states. Critics accepted figures on Saturday with 1400 cited. The final deployment goal set for April 1 stood at 170,850 men.
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Washington
Armoy
Fondas
No Place for I W W Under the Flag Declared
Attorney General Wiley E. Jones in Bisbee Arizona denounced the Industrial Workers of the World as an organization that cannot be tolerated and said there is no place for such doctrines under the American flag. Speaking to 800 women, many wives of deported I W W members, he stated that I W W should not be employed in the Warren district or any other district and warned that those husbands will not find work there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Workers of the World
Jones
German plane lands on Ameland due to motor trouble
A German airplane landed Sunday on the Island of Ameland because of engine trouble. The occupants of the aircraft were interned by local authorities.
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Amsterdam
Ameland
Police Clash With agitators spreading literature
Police were reported to fire shots in a clash with agitators in Minnesota near I, W, W, headquarters spreading literature similar to material circulated on the Gogeble wane last month.
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Fibbing
Minn
Butte Car Lines Tie Up Over Wages in Butte
Street cars were not operated in Butte Montana on Saturday due to wage and working conditions disputes between the railway company and its employees.
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Butte
Mont
Food Control Bill Passed Senate Adopts Drastic Provisions
The food control measure, with broad powers for Hoover as food administrator, was approved by the Senate 66 to 7 and signed by President Wilson. It bans use of foodstuffs for distilled beverages after 30 days and allows commandeering bonded spirits for military needs.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wilson
Hardwick
Hollis
Reed
France
Gronna
la Follette
Penrose
Herbert Hoover
Congress
Civilian Control of Draft Outlined for National Army
Washington reports new regulations by Provost Marshal General Crowder on the call up of men into the selective draft starting September 1. Civilian local boards will handle recruitment, intake, shelter, food, transport, and induction through to training camps, with soldiers eventually sent to France.
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Washington
National Army
Crowder
France
Russian return ban reaches San Francisco
Premier Kerensky orders foreigners from Russia to be barred from returning home. A consular document received in San Francisco confirms Russians abroad are blocked from reentry to Russia.
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San Francisco
Kerensky
Austrian Miners Strike Over War Stance in Gilbert Mines
Austrian miners at the Gilbert iron mines in Virginia and Minnesota walked out on Wednesday, refusing to produce metal they described as used to kill countrymen. The strike caused no disorder as workers left the job in protest against wartime policies.
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Virginia
Mino
Gilbert
Interstate Commerce Increase Signed by Wilson
The bill to increase the Interstate Commerce Commission from seven to nine members was signed by President Wilson in August.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilson
Butte Car Strike Settled In Mont Conference
A street car strike in Butte Montana ended after a Wednesday conference between officials of the Butte Electric Street Hallway company and its employees. Traffic had been tied up since the previous Saturday.
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Butte
Mont
Butte Electric Street Hallway Company
Trains to Run Food Instruction Cars Nationwide
American Defense Society calls every railroad to operate food instruction trains to promote wartime food conservation along rail lines and reach travelers and communities.
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New York
American Defense Society
Russians Hold Ground Across Wider Front as Canadians Add Pressure
Across the Austro German front between the Pruth and Sereth rivers fighting stiffens with some Russian reverses yet no general rout. Canadians thrust near Lens report progress around the coal center as German defense uses curtain fires. In France the French push German lines near Champagne and at Verdun's Avocourt wood hill 804 sector with notable losses to the enemy.
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London
Kerensky
Bukovina
Czernowilcz
Pruth
Sereth
Teutonic
Sadautz
Suchowa
Lens
Cieneral Petain
France
Champagne
Avecourt Wood-Hill
Verdune Front
Final Regulations Shaping Selective Draft War Army
Washington reports Crowder and aides finalize rules this week to organize the selective draft effort. Total force details show 13,008 officers and 419,800 enlisted from the national guard into federal service by August 5, with 1,180,766 war volunteers already in regular service by April 1 and about 2,000 regular vacancies remaining. Approximately 725,000 under arms now, plus 687,000 drafted in coming weeks to form the national army and to fill regular and guard reserves.
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Washington
Crowder
War Department
Nation Guard
National Army
Ree Lara
Guard
Apaches Barricade High In Sierra Anchas Range
Nine white men, armed with limited ammunition and provisions, holed up in the Sierra Anchas cliffs fifty miles northwest of Globe. They are besieged by a mob of Indians and Mexicans from nearby asbestos mines who have set fires on mountain slopes. Forest rangers from Roosevelt and Wirrow and cowboys from the Tonto are escorting supplies toward the site.
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Globe, Ariz
Sierra Anchas Mouains
Jhe
Tonto
Roosevelt
Wirrow
Indian Shoots Two of Tribe
Reno dispatch reports that two Walker Lake Piute Indians named Cap Quarts and Prin' Queep were killed by Jimmy Josephus early Tuesday after being called from their cabin aboard a Walker Lake reservation. The motive remains unclear.
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Reno, Nev
Cap Quarts
Prin’ Queep
Walker Lake Reservoires
Jimmy Josephus
Josephus
Will Erect Aircraft Factory at League Island Navy Yard
Secretary Daniels orders construction of an air craft factory at League Island Navy Yard Philadelphia to cost about 1 000 000 dollars and be completed in 100 days
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Washington
League Inland Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Daniels
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Bisbee
Holland
Frank E. Compton
Glencoela
Annie Howe Cothran
Compton
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