Predict Open Conflict When Council Meets
Petrograd reports signal a likely clash as the extraordinary national council opens. Cabinet backed by socialists may clash with bourgeois Democrats and discontented Moscow businessmen and officers. Finnish cabinet formation troubles persist as socialists push to renew the landtag session, with measures to disperse members if needed.
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Petrograd
Moscow
Landtag
Kerensky
Stakhovitch
Peete
Atlanta Youth Kidnapped In Broad Daylight
In Atlanta on August 23 seven year old Wootie Guillrida son of Dr. Frank Guillrida was grabbed from Rwlings street by four veiled women in a car. He was placed in the tonneau and the auto sped away as police and court officials investigate. The father suspects the kidnapper may be his former wife or someone seeking ransom.
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Atlanta
Wootie Guillrida
Frank Guillrida
Ormond Street
Rwlings Street
Wootie
Awlings Street
Guillrida
Men Held For Threatening President Wilson
Panama City Florida August 23 H C Waldo of Port St Joe Gustav Stevens of Millville and G Grobinette of Panama City were held to the federal grand jury for uttering scurrilous and threatening remarks about President Wilson.
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Panama City
Fla
H. C. Waldo
Port St. Joe
Gustav Stevens
Millville
G. Grobinette
Federal Grand Jury
Wilson
Large shipbuilding estimates sent to McAdoo
Washington August 24 estimates totaling 1 123 000 000 dollars for completing the national shipbuilding program have been sent to Secretary McAdoo by the Shipping Board.
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M’adoo
Washington
McAdoo
Shipping Board
Texas Governor Ferguson Impeachment Move Advances
Austin Aug 23 The house of representatives adopted a committee report recommending that the impeachment bill against Governor Ferguson be presented to the senate marking a key step in the impeachment process.
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Austin, Tex
House of Representatives
Committee of the
Ferguson
Senate
Georgia Houses Move To Fortify Brunswick Port
A joint resolution passed by the Georgia house and senate requests immediate coast defense for Brunswick port. Forwarded to Washington with copies to the secretary of war and Georgia delegation, it notes fifty ships under construction and large munitions shipments from Brunswick.
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Georgia House
Senate
Brunswick
Washington
Georgia
Atlanta
Secretary of War
Congress
United States
United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Europe
War Department
Secretary of State
Dixie Highway meeting set for Brunswick and Savannah
County and city leaders, Georgia Dixie Highway officials, and major editors plan a seacoast route meeting in Brunswick on September 1, with pre events in Waycross and Savannah. Delegations will inspect the Seacoast Route from Milledgeville to Atlanta, as concerns about road conditions and wartime highway plans grow.
Suspected Spy Detained as German Agent in U.S.
Richmond reports a man calling himself William F. Nain was arrested in Louisa and claimed to be one of fourteen spies directed by Germany. He admits forwarding maps and papers to Charlottesville for an alleged agent, with intercepts returned. He says he hails from Montreal, with a Scotch Irish father and German mother.
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Richmond
William F. Nain
Louisa
United States
Charlottesville
Montreal
Japanese Mission Presents Credentials to Wilson
Viscount Ishii head of the Japanese mission to the United States presented his credentials to President Wilson. He said it was a source of great pride to every Japanese that the United States was fighting side by side with Japan for safe and enduring peace. The mission were guests of the president at a dinner that evening.
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Washington
Viscount Ishii
United States
Wilson
Japan
Wilson names Garfield coal administrator to fix prices
President Wilson designated Harry M. Garfield head of Williams College as the coal administrator. Prices set today become effective September 1, with mine prices from four to five dollars per ton. Jobbers may add at most twenty cents per ton for deliveries east of Buffalo and thirty cents west of Buffalo.
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Washington
Wilson
Harry
Garfield
Williams College
Buffalo
N. Y
Senate rejects LaFollette amendment to war tax bill
Washington August 23 The Senate rejected 58 to 21 Sen LaFollette's amendment to raise more than 658 million dollars from individual incomes instead of 490 million as proposed The vote followed a day of bitter debate with charges that supporters sought to make war unpopular to embarrass the administration
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Washington
Senate
Lafolette
Yaryan Employes to Hold Meeting Today
A general meeting of the employes of the Yaryan Rosin and Turpentine company is convened this morning. It is expected to address a circulating petition showing the workers will support management if the plant resumes operation. Over 90 percent have signed, and every employee is urged to attend.
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Yaryan Rosin and Turpentine Company
Ammunition Policy Doubled After Campana Loss
Washington reports the official ammunitions status will double for merchant ships following the Campana’s capture after its ammo supply ran out in a fight with a German submarine. The piece notes rising road travel to army camps, calls for better highways, and previews a major Dixie Highway military roads plan to be discussed at Brunswick city hall on Saturday drawing road advocates from Brunswick, Savannah, and Jacksonville.
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Allison
Georgia
Dixie Highway
Clark Howell
Atlanta Constitution
W. T. Anderson
Macon Telegraph
Board of Trade
Seacoast
Georgia Commissioners
Waycross
Brunswick
Brunswick-Waycross
Waycross Chamber of Commerce
Brunswick Board of Trade
Savannah
Jacksonville
Brunscheck
Seaboard
Dixie Highway Association
Good Roads
Milledgeville
toSne Mountain
Atlanta
Washington
War Department
Council of National Defense
Interior Army
Canada
Mexico
Fire Prevention Meeting in Brunswick on Monday
A Georgia Fire Prevention Committee meeting will be held Monday at 4 PM in Brunswick City Hall. City officials, Board of Trade leaders, harbor authorities, and shipbuilding and manufacturing executives are invited as national defense fire safety measures are explained.
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Georgia Fire Prevention Committee of National Defense
Board of Trade
Retail Merchants and Business Men's Association
Harbor Commissioners
Women’s Club
Ever Shipbuilding
Brunin
United States
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Atlanta
Brunswick
Augustus Wilkerson
Georgia Fire Underwriters Committee of National Defense
Mr. Wilkinson
Liberty Bonds Delay Delivery in Sixth District
Atlanta reports Liberty Bond deliveries to sixth district purchasers will not begin for some time. Bonds totaling 1 500 000 dollars for district buyers have been received by Joseph McCord, governor of the Atlanta bank.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
Liberty
Joseph McCord
Seventy-Five Delegates Attend Antidraft Meeting in Macon
Macon on August 22 saw seventy five delegates arrive for a state wide antidraft gathering. They believed the mass meeting was still on despite no attempt to convene it. Mr Watson reportedly wired that his family would not allow him to attend.
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Macon
Watson
Indian Chief 15 to Lecture Here
Chief Red Fox son of Chief Blac Eagle of Rosebud South Dakota will lecture in Brunswick soon. An educated native, in full Indian costume, he will describe western hemisphere customs and history, perform native dances, and translate chants into English. Organizers expect strong local turnout for an educational presentation.
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Red Fox
Blac Eagle
Rosebud Agency
South Dakota
Carlisle Indian School
Pennsylvania
Naval School
Anapolis
Brunswick
Western Hemisphere
Ays
Northwestern Guard Division to Train at Charlotte NC
Washington Aug 23 Indicated at the war department today that the Forty first national guard division composed of northwestern troops will be sent to Charlotte NC for training It is understood the Palo Alto Cal cantonment has been discontinued because city authorities require a sewerage system while the government contends such is not necessary
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Washington
War Department
Forty-first National Guard
Charlotte
Palo Alto
Cal
Kneeling Protest Over Flag Incident in Kaukauna
In Kaukauna Wisconsin on August 23 two men John Collins and Joe Madigan were forced to kneel and kiss the American flag ten times in a public location in front of the library after alleged insults to the flag.
Suggest Establishing Trench Paper in France
Washington reports war department suggestions for an overseas newspaper for Americans in areas of operation. Trench papers are distributed by France and Britain, but Americans lack home news. Proposals call for brief daily cable reports for service members abroad.
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Washington
War Department
Italian Gains Near Trieste and Verdun Front Reports
Allied dispatches note Italian advances near Trieste with Austrians unable to dislodge them, while Canadians push deeper into Lens. French hold gains near Verdun as German shells lash lines. Russians retreat in Riga and Volhynia, and Russo Romanian forces attack in Romania. Political tensions rise in Petrograd amidst possible open conflict.
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Associated Press
Betile
Triest
Lens
Verdun
Riga
Volhynia
Russia
Petrograd
German Hazardous Devices Strike Verdun Hospitals
French Front Aug 23 reports German devices dropped on Verdun area hospitals fatally wounding ten men and a nurse, injuring many others including nineteen male nurses and a woman nurse. Hospitals were clearly marked on roofs, aiding German aviators in identifying targets.
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Verdun Line
Leland Liner Devonian Sunk by German Submarine
Boston reports the Leland liner Devonian sailing from an Italian port has been sunk presumably by a German submarine. Line officers confirm the loss but have no word on the crew's disposition.
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Boston
Taly
Line
Newton Nominated Patent Commissioner in Georgia
Washington August 23 John T Newton of Georgia was today nominated by the president for commissioner of patents.
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John T. Newton
Washington
Georgia
Germany Replies to Argentine Demands on War Losses
Zurich Aug 23 Germany has replied to Argentina's note seeking compensation for ships torpedoed. Berlin says it will not concede to demands but leaves open the possibility of an amicable settlement.
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Zurich
Germany
Berlin
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Brunwick Board of Trade
Ers
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Ment
Yaryan
Georgia Fire Prevention
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Italy
MLL
Leland
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