Entente Gains and German Counterattacks Mark War News
British and French advances in Ypres clash with German counterattacks recapturing St. Julien and part of Westhoek. Russian and Romanian fronts see pressure and limited gains as Entente attacks begin in Flanders. A German bomber hits a Red Cross hospital. Senate passes prohibition amendment resolution with six year ratification window. Heat wave kills and ties cause distress while I W W agitators face roundup in the West.
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Epit
L. Werling
Ypres
St. Julien
Westhoek
Treason charges and wartime unrest flare in scattered reports
The report lists Rev. John Reichart's bond for preaching treasonable sermons, the hanging of Frank Little in Montana, I W W deportations near Arizona, a walkout telegram to President Wilson, and arrests of alleged threats against Morgan and Rockefeller. It notes a collision near an Atlantic port, a California oil executive’s death, a deadly Indy train collision, and oil fire losses near Drumright. It also covers McKay indicted for misusing funds, July cattle arrivals, fires in British Columbia, and wartime dispatches from Europe and Russia.
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John Reichart
Government moves to seize ships amid war needs
Washington reports the shipping board plans to commandeer all American tonnage for trans Atlantic service. President Wilson orders suspending steel exports to Japan unless Japanese vessels divert to war use. Norway and Holland ready to release tonnage. Britain and United States seek joint world tonnage control to lower freight rates.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Wilson
Japan
Norway
Holland
United States
Great Britain
Atlantic
Pacific
The
Slackers Face Punishment Over Fake Draft Addresses
Washington reports by the Department of Justice show hundreds of men in major cities used fictitious addresses for draft registration. Some listed bridges vacant lots streets and even factory sites as locations and have since disappeared. Slackers who fail to report for physical examination after registering will be ordered into military service without further preliminaries and lose exemption claims.
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Washington
Department of Justice
United States
Pro German mob incident sparks arrests in Iowa
United States marshals investigated a near riot in Lowden and London Iowa after Rev John Reichart was arrested on treasonable remarks. A mob threatened to lynch attorney Dan McGillivray but cooler heads prevailed. Marshals planned further inquiries in Clarence and nearby areas.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
Lowden
John Reichart
London
Dan McGilivray
McGillvray
Marshal Moore
M. Healy
Clarence
Draft List Stolen in Marion County Incident
A list of registrants for Marion county outside Indianapolis was stolen from the exemption board chairmans office last night. German agents are blamed.
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Indianapolis
Marion County
Oil price up fifteen cents in mid continent
Sinclair Oil and Gas Company increased the price of mid continental crude oil by fifteen cents today in Tulsa Oklahoma. The new field price stands at $1.85 per barrel marking the first rise since January 12.
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Tulsa
Sinclair Oil and Gas Company
Knott Ends Career After Battle for Reappointment
John A. Knott, 68, longtime Hannibal Morn ing Journal editor and state oil inspector, died by suicide in Hannibal, cutting his throat. Health decline and failed reappointment, after visits by Senators Stone and Reed and Governor Gardner’s decision to appoint Omar D. Gray as oil inspector, preceded his passing. Knott had led Democratic activity in Missouri and directed publicity for Gardner’s campaign.
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John A. Knott
Hannibal Morning Journal
Hannibal
Knott
Major
United States
William J. Stone
James A. Reed
Jefferson City
Gardner
Omar D. Gray
Sturgeon
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Missouri
Democratic State Committee
St. Louis
Storm HITS Military Camp Kills Three. Lightning Wrecks Camp Maxwell
A thunderstorm at Camp Maxwell in St Louis county at 2 a.m. killed three soldiers of the First Missouri Infantry and injured about a dozen others. Dead are H. S. Davis Dwight L. Trump and Charles B. Carroll. Injured include Sergt Jack Allen and Corp Clarence Dunsford. many suffered severe burns. Trump had been en route to his mother’s bedside in Burlington Iowa.
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First Missouri Infantry
Camp Maxwell
St. Louis County
H. S. Davis
Dwight L. Trump
Charles B. Carroll
Sergt
Jack Allen
F Company
Corp
Clarence Dunsford
Trump
Burlington
North Missouri Crops See Excellent Yields in Daviess County
Crops in Daviess County show strong conditions with the season’s largest oats harvest on record averaging about sixty bushels per acre. Wheat is good though not large, hay is high quality, and corn prospects look positive though some areas need rain. Buckwheat and millet are progressing well amid timely showers and intensive cultivation.
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Missouri
Daviess County
Farmer Dies After Car Collision In Macon County
Luther Buster a 52 year old farmer of Callao Macon county died from injuries after being struck by a motor car driven by State Senator Walter C. Goodson.
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Luther Buster
Callao
Macon County
Walter C. Goodson
Children Bitten by Dogs in St Louis
Nine children in St Louis were bitten by dogs recently and two remain in critical condition. All received emergency treatment for potential rabies exposure.
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St. Louis
Obsession With Draft Triggers Boonville Man Suicide Attempt
Edwin Kramer of Boonville Cooper County shot himself in the forehead due to fear of being drafted for the new army. He was found by his parents in the yard with a bullet wound and is paralyzed with no hope of recovery. His number had been drawn for the draft list, though he likely would not have been called.
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Edwin Kramer
Boonville
Kramer
Blackwater
Cooper County
Montgomery Coroner Named Army Surgeon in Fort Riley
Dr. B. F. Menefee coroner of Montgomery county received a telegram calling him to Fort Riley on August 10 to report as a surgeon with the rank of lieutenant in the United States Army.
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Montgomery
B. F. Menefee
Montgomery County
Fort Riley
United States Army
Sewer Gas Knocks Out Two Moss Brothers in Abandoned Cistern
Joseph and Louis Moss, brothers, were found dead in an empty cistern at St. Louis. Authorities believe sewer gas caused their deaths after they likely fell in while exploring the area.
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Joseph
Louis Moss
St. Louis
Keet Trial Delayed as Venue Change Ordered to Marshfield
Judge B G Thurman in the criminal court moved all Keet and related kidnapping cases from Springfield to the Webster County circuit court at Marshfield for trial on the second Monday in September before Judge C H Skinker. Defense cites bias in Springfield. prisoners held at Marshfield with no bonds.
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Springfield
Green County
B. G. Thurman
Criminal Court
Webster County
Marshfield
C.H. Skinker
St. Louis
Stockton
Court House
Claude J. Piersol
Cletus Adams
Taylor Adams
Lloyd Keet
Sam McGinnis
Dick Carter
Maxie Adams
C. A. Clement
Claude Piersol
War Exhibits Planned for Missouri State Fair
An enormous government exhibit on the war and its phases was decided at a Washington conference of the National Council of Defense and the National Security League. The display is planned for the Missouri State Fair from September 22 to 29.
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Washington
National Council of Defense
National Security League
Flood Replanting Boosts Corn in Chariton Valley
J. G. Yutz, a farmer near Callao, lost thirty acres to flood but replanted on overflow land. He could replant only after July 1, and his corn now stands over twenty four inches tall, growing more than an inch daily. Lowland farmers expect crops to recover to their pre flood potential as replanted fields mature.
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Chariton Valley
J. G. Yutz
Callao
To Widen Road to Liberty in Clay County
Clay county road project to widen Rock road to thirty two feet from Liberty to Winnwood under state aid specifications. Supreme Court still reviews the 1 percent million dollar bond issue. One hill between Kansas City and Liberty will exceed five percent grade.
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Liberty
Clay County
Supreme Court
Clay County Court
Kansas City
Winnwood
Slacker Brothers Arrested for Draft Registration Evasion
United States Deputy Marshal W T Brown announced the arrest of Marvin and Homer McManis brothers on draft registration evasion. Arrests occurred at their home fifteen miles east of Nevada with Deputy Marshal Maris of Joplin acting on instructions from the district attorney's office in Kansas City. Vernon county sheriff provided the information.
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United States
W. T. Brown
Marvin
Homer McManis
Nevada
Brown
Maris
Joplin
Kansas City
Vernon County
Rich Hill Women Send First War Surgical Dressings
The Rich Hill chapter of the national surgical committee with one hundred members sent its first shipment of surgical dressings to the national headquarters in New York City.
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John Ames
Professor Ames
Harvard Law School
Raymond Whitney
Bedford
Ind
Edward Diemer
New York City
Rich Hill
The
National Surgical Committee
Association
103-Year-Old Woman Enrolls to Aid War Effort
Mrs. Manora Johnston, aged 103, enrolled at Carthage as a civilian volunteer to assist the government in wartime efforts.
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Manora Johnston
Carthage
Old Liberty Resident Giles Clardy Dead at 68
Giles William Clardy 68 lifelong Clay County resident died at Liberty recently. Funeral services and obituary details are to be announced by local authorities.
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Old Liberty
Giles William Clardy
Clay County
Liberty
German Paper to Suspend in Osage County
The Westphalia Volksblatt announces it will suspend publication soon after decades serving Osage county. Capt. Henry Castrop has steered the German language paper for many years as an influential local voice.
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Westphalia
Train Hits Car. W. E. Barnard Dies in Lamar
W E Barnard a wealthy Lamar landowner was killed when a Santa Fe train collided with his motor car at a crossing. The accident involved no other listed casualties and officials are investigating the scene for contributing factors.
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W. E. Barnard
Lamar
Santa Fe
Western Canadian crops promise strong returns and wartime aid
Readers are told Western Canada faces an excellent 19 crop with good weather across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Higher land values and profitable yields are expected, aided by homesteading and railway land offers. The piece stresses wartime food needs and urges nationwide self denial and cooperation to boost grain supplies for the Allies.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alber
Western
Canada
Hit
Mr. Hoover
United States
W. J. Hanna
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Atlantic
Australia
New Zealand
Argentine Republic
Boarder Reputation Review at Local Table
Conversation hints at a boarding house where a landlady is criticized for underfeeding tenants. A resident asserts he receives enough food though others claim meals are insufficient, describing visible abundance at certain tables versus personal adequacy.
Sugar Production Doubled World Wide 1903 04 to 1912 13
World beet and cane sugar output rose markedly from about 11 million to around 20 million tons over the 1903 04 to 1912 13 period. The gain reflects expanding cultivation and improved yields across major producing regions.
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