Pope Benedicts Peace Proposal Sparks Mixed Reactions
United States and Allies signaled no surprise at Pope Benedicts peace note. Officials caution a decisive reply is needed, while Vatican terms prompt cautious optimism and questions about acceptance amid Allied insistence on maintaining the status quo.
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Washington
D. C
Pope Benedict
United States
Balfour
Vivian
Germany
Point Ifs
Vatican
Austria
Wilsey
Burlington to Pay Higher Taxes on Main Line in Wyoming
Wyoming Board of Equalization raises valuation on Burlington main line from Orin Junction to Frannie by about ten percent lifting total appraised track value by roughly $750,000. The change affects over 300 miles of Burlington track with a new per mile valuation of 22 600 to 27 500 dollars. An appeal is possible and officials cite rapid regional growth and profitability of the line.
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Burlington
Wyoming
State Board of Equalization
State of
Orin Junction
Frannie
County Wealth Up Over Six Hundred Thousand From 1916
County assessor EB J Smalley announced that Laramie county’s taxable wealth for 1917 rose by 686100 over 1916. The total taxable wealth listed with the assessor reached 16506279, with gains across real estate and personal property while farm and ranch land values remained unchanged.
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EB. J. Smalley
Laramie County
State Board of Equalization
Sixty Die as Trains Collide Between Petrograd and Moscow
Sixty people were killed and 160 injured when a passenger train crashed into a freight train between Petrograd and Moscow. Four coaches were crushed in the catastrophic wreck reported today.
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Petrograd
Moscow
Banker Husband Missing After Cemetery Sighting
Mrs. Irving Despres of Elma Iowa traveled to Chicago to search for her banker husband, last seen at his father’s grave near a cemetery gardener. The notice places the missing man in Chicago and connected to a graveside sighting.
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Chicago
Irving Despres
Elma
Iowa
Burlington Pullman Train Yields Highest Profit Per Mile
The Burlington lines report the Denver to Billings train handling most Pullman business and showing a better profit per mile operated than any other Burlington west line train.
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Burlington
Denver
Billings
Immigration officer used as decoy in German prisoners plot
Patrick J. Farrally, the U S immigration inspector at Angel Island, arrested as a decoy in a plot to release interned Germans. Ring leaders D J Harnedy and H Delacey were jailed for conspiracy to liberate Franz Bopp and aides. Farrally reported movements to federal agents while aiding the scheme.
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San Francisco
Cal
Patrick J. Farrally
United States
Angel Island
Fort McDowell
D. J. Harnedy
H. Delacy
Franz Bopp
Farrally
Preston
Farraly
Immigration Service
LaDelacey
Harnedy
Bopp
Mexico
Chicago Board Ends Wheat Trade Upon Hoover Notice
Chicago board of trade halted wheat trading following a notice from Herbert C. Hoover the feed administrator that the government would begin purchasing wheat at internal terminals starting September trade here concluded today
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Chicago Board
Chicago
Herbert C. Hoover
Two Rear Admirals Will Be Created
Naval promotions recommended by the war expansion selection committee and approved by President Wilson include Captain Thomas Snowden and Emil Theiss to the permanent rank of rear admirals.
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Washington, D. C
War Expansion Selection Committee
Wilson
Thomas Snowden
Emil Theiss
Senate Moves Toward Passage of War Tax Bill
In Washington the senate neared final debate on the 2 billion war tax bill as finance committee amendments progressed. Senator Simmons said he would seek a time limit on debate and a date for the final vote, with leaders predicting passage late next week.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
House
Simmons
Illinois Miners Refused Wage Demands in Strike
The Illinois Coal Mine Operators Association in Chicago today refused wage increase demands of United Mine Workers on strike across the state. Operators warned they would fill jobs if miners do not return to work. About fifty mines idle due to the stoppage.
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Chicago
Ilinois Coal Mine Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers
Porto Ricans Demand Independence From U S Rule
In San Juan Porto Rico Aug 14 both houses of the insular legislature passed resolutions to President Wilson demanding complete self government for Porto Rico.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Wilson
Plans to relieve coal shortage with preferential shipments
Washington August 14 plans to relieve the northwest coal shortage propose 100 percent car service for bituminous coal operators who ship to Cleveland and eastern take ports with 50 percent of output sent to western ports for reentry. Daniell Willard chairman of the advisory commission and aides Peabody and Sheaffer will seek final approval.
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Washington, D. C
Northwest
Wilson
Cleveland
Eastern
Perth
Western Territory
Daniell. Willard
Council of National Defense
F. S. Peabody
C. M. Sheaffer
Only Enough Wool For One Bathing Suit Per Man
Chicago experts report US wool output could supply each man with a bathing suit for a year. Some beaches would ban such suits. W B H Tyrell, president of the National Sheep and Wool Bureau, announced a Chicago committee to push production, and the bureau offered services to Herbert Hoover, food administrator.
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Chicago
National Sheep and Wool Bureau
W. B H. Tyrell
Bureau
Herbert ©. Hoover
Sixty-Eight Accused in Illinois Rioting
A grand jury in Belleville indicted 105 persons on 68 counts including murder arson conspiracy rioting and assault to murder related to race riots in East St Louis area. The indictments cover charges from July and involve alleged participation in the violence and arson.
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Illinois
Baleleville
British Forces Push Front After Attack on Pres
British units gain ground on the eastern river frontier after a renewed push that repelled an assault and tightened positions along the Melefan front. Allied forces established extended lines and pressed the enemy back toward Vor Therrot ridges.
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France
Hrma Awe 14
Unitien
Turke Atrocities Alleged in Aela Minor Civil Conflict
Unreadable fragment reports alleged Turkish violence including attacks on women and children in Aela Minor. Text references Menace of Turkish forces and a government inquiry from the interior department.
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Washington, DC
Aela Minor
Antique Eggs Used in Storming Suffrage Quarters
A rough, humorous crowd of about 100 demonstrated against a suffrage parade in Washington. The event featured egg throwing and disorder as women’s marchers faced interference and mischief from onlookers.
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