Texas Operators Say They Cannot Mine Without Loss
Coal operators at a Texas mine conference say production costs exceed prices set by President Wilson. A Texas delegation may visit Washington to seek revision of local fields. Wilson fixed US bituminous coal prices nationwide after FTC cost of production estimates. Prices apply regionally with each district selling output at the same rate.
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Amendment Passes Texas Voters Creating Reclamation Districts
Voters in Bryan showed strong approval for a constitutional amendment authorizing conservation and reclamation districts to manage natural resources and water, with statewide results totaling 23,140 for and 7,056 against. The Galveston News notes broad support across more than 150 towns, with a light overall turnout.
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Draft Regulations To Change Draft Rules For Married Men
President Wilson plans to modify draft regulations affecting married men. He will outline changes by letter to Secretary Baker, including exemptions for dependent fathers, protections for employed wives, and potential exemptions for sole providers of professional or business households, with limits based on wealth and income.
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Exemption Board Calls 150 Men for Exam in Brazos County
Brazos county exemption board issues notices to draft age men with lottery numbers 435 through 684 to report Monday for examination. Army aims to select 217 men. if the first call fails, more will be tendered, with the board projecting 238 total. Some cases include appeals, physical rejections, and unintended evaders, including a note on a San Antonio priest allegedly aiding Mexican men for fees.
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Second Draft of 730000 Men Set for Jan 1
Washington indicates January 1 as the tentative date for the second draft and about 750000 men will be called. Officials say the United States will focus on moving troops to France rather to expanding the draft, with equipment shortages looming for October 3 when the last conscripted increment reaches colors.
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British At Dawa Tart New Attack On Front
British forces launched another dawn operation northwest of Ypres between Langemarck and Frezenberg amid battle scarred terrain. London reports heavy German counter attacks but British positions near Lens remain held with some progress noted at certain points.
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German offensive opens on Russia front near Tirul marshes
Petrograd reports the German offensive has started along the northern Russian line between the Tirul marshes and the river. Russians have fallen back a distance between the marshes and the river as the war office announces.
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Training Facilities Delay Organization Training Facilities Delay
Washington reports Provost Marshal General Crowder says training facilities are already taxed and the organization of the extra half million men in the national army cannot begin before next spring.
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French Retain Hold At Verdun After German Counterattacks
Paris reports violent German counter-attacks east of the Meuse at Verdun. The Germans penetrated French lines in attempts to recapture ground but were driven out by French forces. Prisoners taken total 6 116 as German attacks east of the river were repulsed.
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French Troops Gain Foothold on Verdun Front
Allied forces report French troops have gained a footing in the southeastern Avecourt wood and on the knolls to the east on the Verdun front, according to official announcement.
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Austrians Concede Defeat on Isonzo Front
Vienna reports new Italian attack pushes back Austrian line and captures Seloon village on Carso plateau. War office says over five thousand six hundred Austrian prisoners taken. Rome confirms more than thirteen thousand Austro Hungarian prisoners captured on Isonzo offensive.
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School Trustees Meet August 27 In Brazos County
From Saturdays Daily Eagle Brazos county and district school trustees will meet here Monday August 27 at 10 am. Prof Frank Kadanka of Smetana will discuss district trustee relations. State aid under a two million dollar subscription and a talk on compulsory education law by W C Davis are planned.
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All Accounted For On Exemption Board Lists
The Daily Eagle reports that 434 men were accounted for at the exemption board headquarters on Monday. Those examined and exempted, those who failed physical exams, and those who did not appear are noted, with some located in prison camps or unable to be found. If Brazos does not meet 217, a second call will follow. otherwise the general call will be issued.
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Count Von Tarnow Named Swedish Minister, Report Says
A Stockholm report states former Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States Count Von Tarnow will soon become minister to Sweden.
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Mexico City council cracks down on theatre ticket speculation
The Mexico City town council ordered the arrest of any person caught speculating in theatre tickets, signaling a strict approach to ticket scalping and price manipulation.
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Governor Ferguson Refuses to Name Backers in Funding Case
Testimony in the Ferguson hearing ends without disclosure of loan sources for 156000 dollars used to pay bank debts. House voted 70 to 56 to compel disclosure. lawmakers expect possible contempt measures but may drop the issue.
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Rich Tax Dodgers Beat Government
Washington reports that Senator Lewis accused wealthy individuals of defrauding the government of 300 million dollars by evading income taxes. He claimed the treasury department had the proof.
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Consumers coal firm cuts prices amid Wilson price fix
Chicago based Consumers company, one of the world’s largest retail coal dealers, announces an immediate cut of one to one eighty in soft coal in line with President Wilson’s price fixing. Other dealers expected to follow, reducing Chicago’s coal bill by thirty million nine thousand and nine dollars.
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Marshall Negro Seized by Mob From Jail
A mob in Marshall Texas took Charles Jones from jail at noon and drove away in an automobile. Sheriff and officers pursued shortly after. Jones, a Black man, had been arrested at Elysian Fields yesterday on charges of entering a white woman's room the prior night.
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Mrs Ellen Withers Dies at 3 45 P M
Obituary notice reports the death of Mrs Ellen Withers aged mother of W A Withers at 3 45 P M today in a brief local death notice.
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International Spy 5 to Be Interned
Instructions to interne Earl Armgard Graves, the alleged international spy, were received here today from Washington by United States District Attorney Wilson.
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Daylight Air Raid on English Coast Causes Small Damage
Ten German aeroplanes reached Kent today, two shot down as bombs hit Dover and Margaret. Three prisoners were killed and two injured. Raiders did not penetrate far inland per the British War Office statement.
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Night raid off the Yorkshire coast reported
London reports a German airship raid off the Yorkshire coast during the night. Initial assessments indicate the damage was small and limited to a few targets with no confirmed casualties.
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Senate Votes to Repeal Texas College Laws
Austin August 22 The senate approved Floyds resolution by sixteen to eleven urging the Governor to ask the legislature to repeal the laws creating new Texas educational institutions including West Texas A M College and East Texas Junior A M College The measure also eliminates East Texas Normal College Commerce John Tarleton College Stephenville and Wips Vocational School Arlington and asks to repeal or amend the two million dollar rural schools appropriation.
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