Troops to be trained in Cuba. changes for Ohio units
United States forces will train in Cuba as part of a shift in cantonment plans. New England troops forming the Rainbow division will head to Europe via strategic routes, while Ohio and Pennsylvania units shift to Camp Sherman Chillicothe and Petersburg training sites. Allocation adjusts total numbers and assigns nine colonels to regiments as part of reorganization for a national army.
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Cuba
State de- Ashington
Europe
United States
State
Department
New
New England
War Department
Pershing
Ohio
Chillicothe
Camp Rman
Crowder
West Virginia
Petersburg
Virginia
Camperman
Pennsylla
Baker
R. C. Williams
G. C,mherdt
R. W. Mearns
K. W. Iker
J. E. Cossack
W. Wallace
W. Barker
E. J. Morrow
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Cossack
Boston
Ogle
John A
BE. D
Arthururray
William Carter
P. Duval
Ruckman
Hawaii
Ohio Masons Allow Direct Rise to Scottish Rites
Carlton lodge grants special dispensation letting U S Army volunteers in Canton units skip the chapter council and Knights Templar steps and move from Blue lodge to Scottish Rite. The program, first of its kind in Ohio, will take place Sunday with transport to Columbus Saturday, lodge covering travel and one year of dues. Six men departed under Lt. Stutzman for Columbus, with eligibility open to privates and officers who volunteered.
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Blue Lodge
Chapter
Council
Knights Templar
Carlton Lodge of Masons
United States Army
Canton Uits
Columbus
Stutzman
Co. C
Canton
Wilson supports considering aliens in draft and married man concerns
President Wilson replies to Senator Weeks opposing draft of married men. he says drafting aliens is essential and will be pressed with the War Department while noting the issue of men with families is well taken. Weeks argues married men draft is economically unsound as long as single men remain draft eligible.
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Washington
Senator Weeks
Massachusetts
Wilson
War Department
Weeks
Department of State
Mexico Amnesty Law Sets Exclusions on Return and Expulsion
Mexico City August 18 The political amnesty law to take effect soon will bar the men who toppled the Madera government from returning to the country and expel those who have troubled the government and remain in Mexico.
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Mexico City
Madera
Arrest of 900 agitators by Spanish government
The Spanish government ordered the arrest of 900 agitators amid disorders during a general work suspension. Arrests will be nationwide. Attempts to return miners in the Huelva District to work have failed. Garfield Council, Jr. O. U. A. M. informs members drafted into U. S. service to notify Fin. Sec. E. J. Follet for dues exemption while serving.
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Madrid
Arg
Agence Radio
Huelva
Ice Cream Festival Concert at Nimisila Park Tonight
United Alley Glee Club performs at the Ice Cream Festival in Nimisila Park this evening as part of a community event advertised locally.
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United Alley Glee Club
Nimisila Park
Adv
Canton Girl Fires On Burglars Forcing Escape
Miss Florence Hagen a Canton telephone operator fired a revolver at two black burglars on her home’s second floor forcing one to drop loot and leap from a window. The robbers fled with $76 three gold watches and a bag. Police searched for them Saturday while other local thefts included a $15 pocket book and $16 from a trunk and a $300 note.
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Florence Hagen
Canton
Hagen
Third-st NE
Miss Hagen
E. L. McKenzie
Walnut Motor Car Co
Eric Jones
Rexar SE
Jones
Charles Snyder
Massillon
Rebellion Gathers in Smyrna Under Turkish Governor
Athens reports rising revolutionary sentiment in war weary Turkey as Smyrna vali Rakhmi Bey gains influence and defies Constantinople. Typhus epidemic in Smyrna largely ended due to his strong measures amid shifting Allied-German alignments. Enver Pasha’s influence appears to wane despite Berlin backing.
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Athens
Turkey
Rakhmi Bey
Vali
Smyrna
Constantinople
Enver Pasha
Berlin
Enver
Young Turk
Abdul Hamid
Neff dies at 42 once helped subdue Czolgosz
Louis Neff, 42, longtime coast artillery private who helped overpower Czolgosz when he shot President McKinley in 1901, died suddenly aboard a train en route to hospital for an operation. He left the army five years ago. Festival and Concert at Nimisila Park tonight by United Alley Glee Club. Socialist Meeting tonight at Tusco and Walnut with E. L. Hitchins of Cincinnati.
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Pittsburgh
Louis Neff
Coast Artillery
Czolgoz
President McKinley
Buffalo
Neff
Tusco and
Walnut
E. L. Hitchins
Cincinnati
Germans Lose In Naval Fight As British Fire Damages Warships
London reports a German destroyer and two mine sweepers were heavily damaged after engaging a British light craft squadron on patrol. The British returned fire, the German destroyer caught fire, and two mine sweepers were badly hit. German U boats were driven off as the Lens area saw renewed fighting and artillery action near Ypres.
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London
Admiralty
Lens
War Office
Loos
England
Ypres
West Flanders
Veterans seek quick call to duty from Ohio unit
One hundred old soldiers with Civil War experience could entrain at the Dayton Soldiers home within 24 hours for active service. Charles S. Ely, former sergeant of Co B Forty third Ohio Veterans Volunteer Infantry, says transportation guns ammunition and uniforms are the only needs.
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Columbus
Dayton
Charles 8. Ely
Fortythird Ohio Veterans Volunteer Infantry
Ely
Suffragists Win in Columbus As Petition Battle Continues
Ohio suffragists scored another win in the effort to block a referendum on the Reynolds woman presidential suffrage act. Secretary Fulton sent referendum petitions back to the county election board. Suffragists plan court action to challenge the petitions as valid.
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Columbus
Ohio
Fulton
Fulton Co- Election Board
Zeppelins Seen with German Trawlers in Baltic Raid
A report from Copenhagen describes 28 armed German trawlers moving through the Baltic with a fleet of Zeppelins. The note appears amid an item listing an Ice Cream Festival at United Alley Glee Club and an advertisement for Hillcrest Suburban Homesites with Bell phone contact.
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Hillcrest
Jan Morron
Bell Phone
Copenhagen
Agence Radio
Baltic
City Treasurer race shows low campaign costs in filing day
N. H. Hill topped the cost list with 47.40 in a three way Republican bid for city treasurer. Others listed include W. T. Kirk 3.76 James E. Milner 7.50 Fred Hafer 4.25 and Herman R. Witter 2506. Some candidates spent nothing beyond petition fees and all must file sworn expense records by Friday to avoid prosecution.
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Board of Elections
N. H. Hill
W. T. Kirk
James E. Milner
Fred Hafer
Herman R. Witter
Election Board
Canton Hogs Price Up Amid Market Surge
Canton boosted hog prices to 20 cents a pound dressed as wholesale gains continue from big markets. Chicago reported top hogs at 19 dollars with a 25 cent rise, while Pittsburgh pegged hogs at 19.25 per 100 pounds. St Louis noted a 25 cent advance to 19 per 100 pounds.
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Canton
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Louis
Submarine threat grows as U boats extend reach
The master of a British steamer arriving at Galveston reports German submarines have widened operations. He witnessed the destruction of an American ship about 500 miles off the British coast and counted five submarines at the scene. His vessel escaped as subs attacked the American vessel.
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Galveston
Tex
Federal action on coal prices awaited after Wilson decision
Columbus reports the federal government will move to reduce coal prices soon after President Wilson designates whether Hoover or the trade commission will handle the task. Attorney General McGhee said the commission relayed this word.
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Columbus
Wlson
Herbert CC. Hoover
The
Trade Commission
McGhee
Commission
Typhus Outbreak Hits Mulhausen Alsace Region
Epidemic typhus reported in Mulhausen with additional outbreaks in neighboring Alsatian towns blamed on food shortages. The notice ends with an unrelated advertisement for used upright pianos and piano rolls.
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Geneva
Agence Radio
Mulhausen
Canton Plane Firm Formed With $500000 Capital
Canton, Aug. 18. The Benoist Aeroplane Co. of Canton received authorization to form a $500,000 corporation. Incorporators are Charles E K Benoist J A Bernower Charles A Mullally W L Ney and Ed L Smith all of Canton. The company may manufacture buy sell and deal in aeroplanes parts and aviation schools. Philip A Mullaly declined to discuss details stating secretary Charles A Mullaly will provide information when available.
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Columbus
Benoist Aeroplane Co
Canton
Fulton
Charles EK
Benoist
J. A. Bernower
Charles A. Mullally
W. L. Ney
Ed. L. Smith
Philip A. Mullaly
Mullaly
Standard Motor Car Co
Charles A. Mullaly
Oddities Today Suit Over Manly Beauty Spoiling Knife Battle
Elyria collects 2600 from Sam Lauck against Mike and Radu Dokmanoich for spoiling his manly beauty after a knife fight. Columbus reports Charles M. Zook died of blood poisoning from a wound from a gas explosion 28 years ago. Bucyrus says Mike Roseio arrested for murdering Ben Catellis after a four shot attack. Catellis's daughter stones five year old son. Columbus<.- Federal board of appeals denies Oscar Chaz dairyman’s war conscription plea claiming 500 families would lack milk.
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Elyria
Sam Lauck
Mike
Radu Dokmanoich
Columbus
Charles M. Zook
Bucyrus
Mike Rose
Ben Catellis
Rose
Catellis
Federal Board of Appeals
Oscar Chaz
Delaware-co
Restrictions On Czech Workers At Skoda Works
Disruptions at the Skoda gun works in Austria lead to Czech workers being banned from public meetings political clubs and Socialist newspapers as issued information from the frontier today.
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Geneva
Agence Radio
Skoda
Austria
Railroad sues Fisher brothers to gain land for new tracks
The Pennsylvania Railroad sues John and Paul Fisher to acquire land southwest of Canton necessary for expanding from two to four tracks. McCarty Armstrong and McClintock represent the railroad in the suit.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
John and
Paul Fisher
Canton
Fisher
McCarty, Armstrong & McClintock
Portugal Plans War Expenditures At Ten Million Monthly
Premier Costa announces Portugal has spent 110 million dollars on war supplies with government expenditures running at 10 million dollars per month. The report cites ongoing fiscal commitments and defense spending.
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Lishon
Agence Radio
Portugal
Costa
Dragon munitions factory blast wipes town near Ottawa
An explosion destroyed the Curtis and Hervey munitions works in Dragon Ontario 75 miles east of Ottawa causing many deaths and massive destruction. Wreck trains with doctors rush to the scene as telegraph and rail service fail and government and military aid mobilize.
Ex Senator Kern Dies in North Carolina Return
The body of John W. Kern former Indiana senator and 1908 Democratic vice presidential candidate arrived at the Kern summer home in Hollins West Virginia after dying in Asheville North Carolina. Kern began life on an Indiana farm and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1864 at age 20 after being elected state representative at 31.
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Hollins
W. Va
John W. Kern
Indiana
Ashville
N. C
Kern
University of Michigan
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