Employers and Labor to Call Trage for War Strife
News wires report manufacturers proposed a joint employer and employee pact to outlaw strikes and lockouts during the war. They urged a conference of national and international union leaders to back arbitration on war production disputes. A coal wage conference in Indianapolis was postponed at Dr Garfield's request. The Shipping Board announced immediate control of American ocean freight rates with a general chartering board to approve charters and a rate cut of 65 to 75 percent.
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Washington, D. C
Council of National Defense
Ely
Indianapolis
Ind
J. A. Garfield
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John P. White
Washington
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The
Shipping Board
Italians Siege Monte San Gabrielle Amid Repeated Austrian Attacks
Italian forces on the Isonzo front press assaults on Monte San Gabrielle, repeatedly seizing the summit before Austrian counterattacks regain ground. In other fronts, Austrian defenses west of Gorizia falter under Italian pressure as 208 prisoners are taken and refugees flood toward Petrograd limits.
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Monte San Gabrielle
Isonzo
Central News
Amsterdam
Washington, D.C
Gorizia
St. Mark and
St. Catherine
War Office
le Ano Ind Gorizia
Carso Front
Rica
Petrograd
Rig
Melupe
Hospital Bombed by German Planes Killing Nineteen
Grand Headquarters of the French Army in France reports Verdun region hospital bombarded for six and a half hours last night by German aviators. Nineteen killed and twenty six wounded as huts containing severely wounded men were hit repeatedly from 8 30 p m to 3 a m.
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France
Vandelaincourt
Verdun
21 Saved from U-Boat Attack
An Atlantic port report tells of a French Ark Magdalene sunk by a German submarine and the rescue of twenty one crew members by an American steamship. Ten Magdalene crew were killed and nine wounded by shell fire during the attack.
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Atlantic
Magdalene
English Renew Raids Over Foe Front
London reports intensive bombing by British airmen behind German lines along the Franco Belgian front. Scores of bombs hit ammunition depots railway lines and other military establishments.
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London
Congress Asked to Build Fleet
Secretary of the Navy Daniels asked Congress for 225 million dollars to begin a large destroyer building program in Washington D C on September 6.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Official Overnight Entries 1ace Claiming Purses
Overnight entry list shows multiple claiming races at six and seven furlongs for horses ages three and up. Purse amounts range from 150 to 200 dollars with listed entrant names and trainer initials, though OCR yields fragmented details.
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Cathayn Dolger
Kitty Stanfields
U S Troops Alarmed by Pacifists and I W W Propaganda
Washington reports a serious government crisis as antiwar agitation and I W W activity spread nationwide. Attorney General Gregory and the White House warn drastic enforcement to prevent soldiers and National Guard units from taking control amid pro German influence and racial tensions. A raid in Berion Pa. exposes I W W eastern headquarters and informs Wilson-Covington discussions.
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United States
White House
Department of Justice
Gotorney
Gregory
Regu
Great
Middle West
Pacific Coast
East St. Louis
Chester
Thompson
Chicago
Boy Suffering Fifth Arm Break At Age Six
Fred L. Thompson Jr. the six year old son of Secretary Thompson of the state board of Livestock commissioners fell from a see-saw at the school grounds and broke his right arm. This marks the fifth time he has sustained a broken arm with previous breaks in Lander and Cheyenne.
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Fred L. Thompson, Jr
Thompson
State Board of Livestock Commissioners
Dr. Johnson
Young Thompson
Lander
Cheyenne
Proof money from foreign countries found in seized papers
Federal officials announced that papers and books seized in yesterday’s raids showed IL W. W. received money from foreign countries. No further details were released. Ringling Oklahoma reports twenty two men charged with conspiracy to oppose the government are held in Chicasha federal jail after transfer from Waurika county jail. Further arrests are expected hourly.
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Cleveland
Ohio
IL W. W
Ringling
Okia
Chicasha
Waurika
Hoover rejects price fixing on meat and dairy products
Herbert C. Hoover, food administrator, told the national livestock conference that price fixing for meat and dairy products has no place in the government's food control plan. He said it would be undesirable and that the food administration has no such powers.
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Washington, D. C
Herbert C. Hoover
National Livestock Conference
Food Administration
Fronte Interno Aims War on Pacifists In Rome
Italy launches Fronte Interno, an afternoon paper in Rome, to combat pacifists, officials, socialists, German sympathizers, cowards, and war opponents. It is edited and printed by veterans and individuals disabled from service.
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London
Helsingfors
Finland
Gulf of Finland
Copenhagen
Hteval
Krontare
Rome
Fronte Interno
Behind the Front
Tobacco Shipment Heads to Yankee Troops
An Atlantic seaport reported a four-masted schooner laden with Virginia tobacco sailing for a port to onward deliver cargo to American soldiers abroad. The ship departed today, marking another effort to supply troops overseas.
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Atlantic
Virginia
Strike at Barbers Ends with Partial Wage Concessions
The Barbers' union and the bosses reached a deal ending the city strike. Barbers will be paid 65 percent of receipts up to 60 per week, then 60 percent thereafter. Under 65 dollars earned, commissions shift to 6 percent above 35 dollars. Average weekly pay cited is about 55 dollars, with higher earners possible in rush weeks.
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Boss Barbers
Barbers’ Union
Petrograd Safe, He Says Declares Capital Not Threatened
General Alexieff, former commander-in-chief, says Riga's fall does not threaten Petrograd. General Vassilkovskii agrees, noting Riga’s loss is war related but not strategic, while Metrograd’s garrison remains disciplined and loyal. Authorities impose drastic measures to avert civil unrest.
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Petrograd
Riga
Alexieff
Vassilkovsk
Two Kaisers 10 Slige Poland in Teutonterest
News wires report a central powers plan to partition Russian Poland with annexations by Germany Austria and possible creation of a united Polish region under monarchy. Immediate effects include military conscription changes and parliamentary reshuffling in Austrian and Polish territories.
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Poland
Zurich
Switzerland
Viena
Germany
Austria
United Kingdom
Vehand
Polvaul
Two German Papers Raided by U S Agents in Chicago
Chicago reporters note federal agents raided two German language papers the Arbeit er Zeitung and the Social Demokrat en seizing papers and materials and leaving guards in plants after the I W W crackdown. The raids follow nationwide actions against disloyalism and arrests of officials.
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Chicago
Flags Peace Council
Arbeiter-Zeitung
Social Demokrat
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