Pontiff calls for disarmament and global peace plan
The pope urges disarmament and a moral shift to resolve the three years of war. He appeals to leaders of belligerents to adopt a concrete program including territorial restitutions and equitable mediation to ensure durable peace and safety for all nations.
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Gasparri
Europe
Universal Law of Charity
Christ
Delerenti Brothers
Althionel
Caton
Montis
Tsien
Nathona
Tering
Canadians Invade Lens In Major WWI Assault
London reports Canadian forces on August 15 push forward near Lens in the fourth month of the battle. Dominion troops reach a 4000 yard front amid fierce shelling as peace talks drift and the war continues.
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Dominion
London
Douglas Bate
Coul Erty
Lena
Lons
Government to form Wheat Corporation to stabilize bread prices
The Food Administration forms a $50,000,000 wheat corporation owned by the federal government to buy and sell wheat at principal terminals. Hoover chairs the group with Julius Barnes as president. A price committee, led by Garfield of Williams College, will set this year’s wheat price, with producers and consumers represented.
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Washington
Food Administration
Wheat Corporation
Herbert Hoover
Julius Barnes
Duluth
Garfield
Williams College
Britons Cheer Our Troops Parade Through London
Londoners celebrated a second American day as a large contingent from a training camp marched to the capital. King George Queen Mary Dowager Queen Alexandra and other royals reviewed the procession at Buckingham Palace. Ambassador Page and Vice Admiral Sims reviewed from the American embassy.
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London
George
Mary
Alexandra
Buckingham Palace
Page
Sims
Women Picketing White House Face Daily Attacks
Suffrage pickets from the Woman's party confront daily assaults at the White House gates and at Lafayette Park headquarters across the street, banners torn and protests ongoing as tensions rise.
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White House
Washington
Woman's Party
Lafayette Park
Gambling crackdown nets fines for nine men in Boston
The National Baseball Commission act to curb bets at major league games led to arraignments in Boston. Nine men were charged and most pleaded guilty, with fines ranging from $10 to $20.
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Boston
National Baseball Commission
Swift action planned to curb I W W disruptions in war effort
Officials warn Industrial Workers of the World on the Pacific coast and Northwest threaten war production with strikes and lockouts spanning seven states. Department of Justice considers swift prosecutions for conspiracy under the espionage act, focusing on aims of disrupting essential materials and government war support.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Far Northwest
Department of Justice
Department
Famous Mexican Leader Salazar Shot Near Nogales Ranch
Juarez reports Jose Ynez Salazar a revolutionary leader and former Villa chief of staff was killed at Nogales ranch near Ascension. Three of his men were mistaken for raiders by home guards and killed, then Salazar who went to inquire was killed as well.
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Juarez
Mexico
Jose Ynez Salazar
Francisco Villa
Nogales Ranch
Ascension
Casas Grandes
Salazar
Coal Strike Widens as Eighteen Mines Idle
Chicago reports show eighteen coal mines idle and about fifteen thousand workers out of employment after a hurried conference of coal operators. President Wilson may be asked to intervene to help settle the dispute.
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Chicago
Wilson
Woodmen Join Food Conservation Campaign Effort
The Modern Woodmen of Averlea with over a million members pledge to educate the membership on food conservation. A Washington commission plans to enlist fifteen thousand secretaries and ten thousand field deputies to spread the message and mobilize support nationwide.
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Washington
Averlea
Wife Shoots Husband in Chicago Office Case
Hartig secretary and manager of the Chicago Motor Liverymans association was shot likely fatally by his wife Rowe in his office Sunday amid domestic difficulties, leaving questions about motive and circumstance.
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Chicago
N. CC
Hartig
Chicago Motor Liverymans’ Association
Rowe
Miners Strike in Kentucky and Tennessee Demands Union Recognition
Eight thousand miners in the southern Appalachian coal fields of Kentucky and Tennessee walked out demanding recognition of the United Mine Workers' organization.
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Minera
Knoxville
Tenn
Felda
Kentucky
Tennessee
Unt Mine Workers’ Organization
Pope Seeks Response to Peace Proposals In Senate Action
Washington diplomats read Pope Benedicts move as unlikely to shift allied or U S stance while urging a comprehensive reply beyond mere receipt. Senate leaders plan executive sessions to block open debate on peace talks and the war question as the capitol braces for peace discourse.
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Senate
Washington
Benedict
Wilson
Congress
Germany
Capitol
Silver Reaches New Record in New York Market
The silver price jumped on August 15 reflecting strong demand from abroad and the U.S. government for coinage and domestic use. Silver rose 3 cents to 86 3/8 cents an ounce, the highest in a decade since the Civil War era.
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New York
United States
President's Stenographer Drafted in New Jersey
Charles Lee Bwem private stenographer to President Wilson registers with Draft Board No 4 in Trenton New Jersey for compulsory military service. He will not seek exemption and proceeds to be drafted into the national army.
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Trenton
N. J
Charles Lee Bwem
Wilson
Ware
National Army
Sugar Speculation Banned on New York Exchange
Speculation in sugar, rising for months, was banned on the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange on Thursday by order of Herbert Hoover, food administrator, ending trading activity on the commodity.
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New York
Entente Armies Win New Laurels at Ypres Front
British and French troops gain ground along a wide front east and northeast of Ypres. Dreigrachten to St Junshoek area is seized. Langemarck and areas west of Polygon Wood show progress. Heavy artillery bombardment devastates German positions and defenses, with limited German counterfire.
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London
Planders
Ypres
Flanders
Dreigrachten
St. Junshoek
Steenbeke
St. Julien
Langemarck
Polygon Wood
Lloyd George says England not starved and food stocks strong
British Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons that England cannot be starved and food conditions are better than in years. He noted huge food stocks and said wheat on hand in the United Kingdom stands at 163000000 bushels above last year’s level.
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London
England
Lloyd George
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Redmen Pledge Food Conservation During War Effort
A special commission of the Improved Order of Red Men pledged its 450 000 members to food conservation at a meeting here last week. The group proposed daily wheatless and meatless meals for all members for the duration of the war limits.
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Washington
The
Great Council of the Improved Order of Red Men
National Organization
Congressional leaders told of war funding need to June 30
Secretary McAdoo informed Congress that an extra 0.0 billion dollars in war expenditures and further loans to allies may be required through June 30. The note emphasizes authorized funding for ongoing sessions and support to allied nations.
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Washington
McAdoo
Congress
Five Pacific Ships Lost Overdue at San Francisco Port
Five ships have disappeared at sea with three American vessels, one British, and one Japanese. The largest group of ships overdue at San Francisco at once leads agents and owners to practically give up hope of their return.
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San Francisco
German Casualties Reach Four and a Half Million
London reports German losses during July totaling 80,863. The German official lists show total casualties of all classes since the war began estimated at 4,500,000.
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London
German Spy Captured Under Presidential Warrant
Erwin K. Schneider a Bon Franciano Lieut in the German naval reserve was arrested here on a presidential warrant as a spy three days earlier officials from the Department of Justice announced on Thursday.
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Bon Franciano
Erwin K. Schneider
German Naval Reserve
Department of Justice
Taft Improves Rapidly in Kansas Clinic
Clay Center Kansas reports former President William Howard Taft recovering steadily from an intestinal indigestion attack. His physician says Taft will continue to get well and is improving daily.
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Taft
Clay Center
Kan
William Howard Taft
Trolley Cars Collision Kills Seventeen in North Bradford
Seventeen people died and many others injured when two Shore Line Electric Railway trolley cars collided at high speed near North Bradford. Authorities fear several more may die. rescue teams search the wreckage as the injured are taken to local hospitals.
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North
Bradford
Cong
Shore Line
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