War Board to Fix Prices for Allies and Public
Washington reports the War Board, the Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General outline powers to set maximum prices for war materials and foods. The board will coordinate production, ensure uniform pricing for the government and its allies, and prevent profiteering while meeting wartime needs.
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Washington
War Board
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Russia
American War Board
Women May Be Called to Fight in European War
Elihu Root, head of the commission from Russia, says American women may fight on Europe battlefields. He praises Russian women who joined the army and predicts American women could shed blood if the call comes, recalling the sight of Petrograd’s Women’s units marching away.
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Root
Chicago
Europe
Elihu Root
Russia
Petrograd
Root Mission Sure of Russia Speeds to Washington
A Pacific Port dispatch notes the Root mission left on a special train for Washington and expresses confidence that Russia will overcome its difficulties. The statement pledges faith that Russia will work out and sustain a great free self governing democracy through trial and tribulation.
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Washington
Pacific
Russia
Mexican and German leaders meet in Juarez conference
Gen Murguia commander of the Mexican northeast zone and Chihuahua residents conferred with German Consul Goeldner and German officials in Juarez while Gov Gonzales and other Mexican leaders observed.
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Ens
Juarez
el Paso
Fransico Murguia
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
Murguia
Armulfo Gonzales
Goeldner
Germany
Frisco Opens Women’s Hire Drive for Rail Jobs
The Frisco Railroad plans a Springfield Missouri employment bureau to train women for railroad work due to a shortage of men. Women will fill vacancies and returning soldiers will regain equivalent positions. a similar move was made by the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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St. Louis
Bureau of Employment
Springfield
San Francisco
Frisco
Pennsylvania R. R
Americans Beat Blue Devils in French Rifle and Grenade Contest
A detachment of American troops defeated a French unit of instructors in automatic rifle work and grenade throwing in France. Americans scored 12 to 18 hits per clip, rival teachers impressed by their rapid mastery. The contest occurred despite rain and mud as nations shared mutual respect.
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France
Blue Devils
Pershing
Illinois
el Paso
Texas
Sammies
Russian cabinet in crisis as Kerensky resigns again
Russia faces a fresh political crisis as Premier and War Minister Kerensky resigns and recalls his resignation amid chaos in Petrograd. The cabinet reshuffle aims to form a Socialist Radical government while opposition charges linger from Tehernoff case. The Kaiser signs to appoint von Kuehlmann as Foreign Secretary, signaling a shift toward peace.
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London
Russia
Kerensky
Petrograd
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Teuton
Gurko
Ruzsky
Cabinent
Nekrasoff
M. Tehernoff
Constitutional Democrats
M. Tchernoff
M. Terestchenko
Zurich
Richard von Kuehlmann
Alfred Zimmerman
von Kuehlmann
Constantinople
Zimmerman
Kuehlmann
France
Engand
America
Germany
Zimmermann
Kary Helffrich
Ludwig Theodore Wellraf
Cologne
Rudolph Schwander
Strassburg
Justice
Paul von Krause
National Liberty
Herr Muedlin
Department of Supplies
Herr von Waldow
Baron Braun
Augustus Mueller
Holland
von Kuehlmanns
Margaret
Hugo von Stumm
War Industries Board to end extortion on Allied munitions
President and the War Industries Board announce no more bleeding of the Allies in American munition contracts. A plan to create an agency to buy all supplies for the Allies in the United States is outlined, including a proposal for uniform pricing that will anger American manufacturers and exporters.
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War Industries Board
Washington
United States
France
Russia
British and Allied Forces See Mixed News on Fronts
In German Southeast Africa a heavy battle near dense bush proved indecisive with heavy losses. Canadians advance on Bethune road toward Lens, while Austro Prussian troops fall back ten miles from Chotin. Russians retreat elsewhere as Galicia hosts a Teuton crossing observed from an imperial balloon. Barlin notes a stand between the Dniester and the Pruth.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Galicia
Sereth
Barlin
Dniester
Pruth
House defers Ques tion on Prohibition until December
Washington report says the House will not consider the Sheppard amendment to the Constitution until December. Prohibitionists accused the ruling party of stalling as the water wagon was set aside for the interim.
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House
Washington
Crowder Sets Incremental Call for National Army
General Crowder announces the new national army will be raised in increments of 100 000 men rather than a single 500 000 force. Essential government workers may be spared from the first increment, focusing on vital war industries and farms as workmen and harvest hands are called gradually.
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Crowder
Washington
General Crowder
First National Army
United States
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
United Services
National Guard
National Naval Volunteers
National Army
American Forces Top 809 743 With Rapid WWI Draft Expansion
Washington reports over 800000 Americans bearing arms for the war against Germany. The National Guard was drafted, naval and army forces expanded rapidly, with 687000 in the first draft and plans for further National Guard and Naval Reserve mobilization, pushing total under arms toward 2 million.
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Washington
United States
Germany
National Guard
United States Navy
Army
Navy
Guard
Three Thousand Attend Frank H. Little's Funeral
Three thousand I. W. W. members marched behind the red sash bearing casket through Butte Montana for the lynched executive Frank H. Little. Red carnations covered the coffin as thousands stood along the streets, and the procession remained orderly.
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Butte
Mont
Frank H. Little
The
Orienteation
Gilbert Appointed Provisional Second Lieutenant in Cavalry
In Washington Harry C. Gilbert of this city becomes the first drafted man to qualify in the National Army and is appointed provisional second lieutenant of cavalry and confirmed by the Senate. The note cites other world updates on Liberia declaring war, Kerensky’s virtual dictatorship, and wartime economic measures including a revenue bill.
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Washington
Harry C. Gilbert
Wilson
United States Senate
Liberia
Africa
Germany
Petrograd
Russia
Kerensky
Chicago
State Council of National Defense
Lowden
Ilinoise
Commonwealth
House
Senate
Philadelphia
United States
Make Every Minute Count at Camp Dix Big Drive On
Four thousand workers, engineers and contractors race to finish Camp Dix barracks by September 1 for National Army arrivals. Major Williams leads the effort as 71 main barracks and 17 latrines rise, railroad spurs expand daily and 125 teams recruited amid worker shifts and new cafeterias. General Bell reviews New Jersey troops at Camp Edge after arrival from state guards to regular army.
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Camp Dix
Wrightstown
National Army
Williams
Company C. Engineers
Uncle Sam
Mamouth
Quartermaster’s Department
Lakewood Road
Irwin & Leighton
Cantonment
Canton
Bell
Franklin J. Bell
Department of the East
New Jersey
Camp Edge
Sea Girt
General Bell
Governor Edge
Mutilation case and town notices mark Jersey items
Atlantic City tests on Pacific avenue end in a $100 fine for Andrew Williams after he whacked vending machines with a club. A 12 year old from Laurel Springs dies in a trolley collision near Philadelphia. Other items report air plant plans near the inlet, street widening in Woodbury, a borough charter move in Ashland, and varied local happenings from Gloucester to Millville and Pitman including harvest festivals, watches for enlistees, and carnivals.
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Atlantic City
Andrew Williams
New York
Recorder's Court
Nickle Chasera
Pacific Avenue
Williams
Laurel Springs
Clementon
Joseph Neuman
North Juniper Street
Philadelphia
Curtiss Airplane
Coast Defense Flying Corps
Woodbury
Broad
Cooper
Delaware
Public Service Company
Ashland
Westmont
Cookstown
Wrightstown
Gloucester
King and
Ridgeway
Pedricktown
Lumberton
Millville
Gloucester Home Guards
J. S. Schmaltz
C. S. Redpecker
R. A. Nichols
Harry Green
the Baptists
Lquor
John Snyder
John Chard
Sea Girt
South Jersey
Clayton
Glassboro
Whitney Glass Works
Gibbstown
Pitman
New South Jersey
Sept
Amber
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New Industries Bureau
Frisco Road
Kaiser
M.tchernoff
Teutons
Gampelung
Akuehlmann
Turkey
Little
W.w.s
World’s News
Burlington County
State Utility Commission
Pennsylvania
Burlington
Mount Holly
Jersey
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