Wilson Acts to Seal Up Germany
President Wilson issues a broad export licensing proclamation giving the government control over all U.S. commodities leaving for enemy nations and neutrals alike. An administrative board oversees licenses with branch offices in major cities and immediate licensing for raw materials used in explosives. The move aims to safeguard domestic needs and support Allied war efforts while avoiding unnecessary disruption of foreign trade.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Experts Administrative Board
Vance McCormick
Lansing
Administrative Board
Department of Commerce
New York
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
New Orleans
San Francisco
Seattle
Government plans and wartime measures summarized
Secretary of War Baker estimated the American army at about 2 million men with more needed awaiting new legislation. The government will fund Second Liberty Loan advertising at 900 dollars per million bonds, totaling 2.7 million for 3 billion in bonds. Whitman Food Control bill passes New York legislature. embargo tightened for European neutrals with grain to Belgians. a Hamburg source cites Germany facing severe food shortages.
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Washington
Baker
McAdoo
Albany
House
Senate
New York
Food Commission
Germany
Hamburg
Wilson notes no peace with German government until Prussian militarism ends
President Wilson rejects negotiating with the Hohenzollerns while urging the German people to reject autocratic rule. He welcomes peace with Central Powers but insists on victory over Prussian militarism, signaling no immediate settlement and highlighting Entente alignment. The reply, drawn with input from the President, underscores a path to peace only after internal or external change within Germany.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Germany
Entente
Colville Barclay
State Department
Lansing
Robert Lansing
M Cormick Named Export Dictator in Wilson War Cabinet
Washington reports Vance McCormick installed as exports dictator and head of the Exports Administration Board. The board declares no steel or sulphuric acid will depart without its approval to keep materials from aiding Germany in the war.
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Washington
Wilson
Vance McCormick
Exports Administration Board
Mr. McCormick
Germany
Gripples Forced Back Into German Army Amid Coal Shortage
Copenhagen reports Reichstag discussions reveal Germany recalling disabled pensioners to military service, hospital releases cut, and miners' strikes in Silesia cutting coal output by over one million tons. Officials warn of food shortages and insufficient manpower for defense needs. A proposal to restrict iron production is seriously considered.
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Gripples
Copenhagen
Germany
Reichstag
Berlin
Davidsohn
Silesia
Helfferich
Moscow Conference Riot Costs Seventeen Lives
Report from Moscow describes the State Council opening with pomp while security is tight. In Houston Texas peace riot after negro soldiers from the Twenty fourth Infantry left seventeen dead and many wounded. District Attorney charges murder against thirty four soldiers and custody remains with the county jail.
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Houston
Texas
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Columbus
N. M
Mattel
J. W
Ilinois
Carstens
A. R
Garredo
Manuel Winkler
Fred E. Watson
Bryant
Everton
M. D
Wright
C. W
John Crocker
Governor bars Peace Council meeting in Minnesota
Governor Burnquist issues a proclamation prohibiting the Peoples Council of America for Democracy and Peace from holding its promised meeting in Minneapolis or anywhere in the state. He cites a Hennepin County sheriff report predicting bloodshed and riots and says the gathering would aid enemies of the United States. State peace flyers are urged to aid enforcement.
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St. Paul
Burnquist
People’s Council of America For Democracy and Peace
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Hennepin County
United States
Italians Tighten Grip on Balasizza and Trieste Front
War dispatches report Italian forces holding Balasizza plateau and breaking Austrian lines on multiple points. Russian troops retreat east of Czernowitz with heavy prisoner totals cited, while Vienna faces alarm as Emperor travels to the front amid Italian advances. Japan may redeploy forces to Russia as China declares war on Germany.
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Stefani
Balasizza
Czernowitz
Petrograd
Berling
Japan
Russia
China
Germany
Bainsizza
Triest
Paris
Verdun
Switzerland
Austria
Vienna
United States to Aid Russia in Mutual Support
Moscow delegates cheer President Wilson's message reading by Premier Kerensky as the first instant of full unity at the convention. The dispatch notes the National Council's unanimous response with widespread wild cheering and strong allied sentiment.
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Moscow
Wilson
London
United States
National Council
Kerensky
Exchange Telegraph Company
New Jersey State Briefs Reflect Economic Struggles and Local Happenings
South Jersey households hesitate on preserves as sugar costs rise. Gloucester county faces shy winter yields. Malaga camp meeting closes with record crowds. Millville conference seeks Glass Bottle Packers Union national membership and wage rise. Vineland sends 60 comfort bags to the Navy. Turnersville camp meeting continues. draft board recalls 26. Hail damage hurts crops near Mantua. Gloucester reports 300 annual arrests. Riverside plans combine teams. bank reorganizes Riverside National Bank as trust company. Local resignations include Wood School head Ira Steiner and Peddie supervisor Mount. Canning factory restarts in Glassboro. Edgarton memorial near Newfield. Hadon Avenue library foundation underway. Woodstown prepares farewell to drafted men. Conscription strains Carney Point Powder Works. Millville students harvest beans. multiple local civic and church activities noted.
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South Jersey
Gloucester County
Malaga
Millville
Glass Bottle Packers’ Union of the East
Voll
Jenkins
Glass Bottle Blowers’ Association
Vineland W. C. T.U
Navy
Methodists
Turnersville
Vineland Draft Board
Schlear
Bridgeport
Baltimore
Mantua
van Meter
Gloucester
Riverside National Bank
Barnesboro Fire Company
Howard Thompson
Picture Rock
Woodstown Baptist Church
Ira B. Steiner
Richard D Wood
New Haven
Riverside
Bridgeboro
Delanco
Thomas Horsey
Atlantic City
Pleasantville
Earl B. Sitley
Simon Pure Bottling Company
Sitley
John S. Mount
Peddie Institute
Hightstown
Institute
Albert C. P. Ashman
Bridgeton
Thomas J. St. John
Trenton
United North and
Company I
Sea Girt
Jaggard
Jauggard
Glassboro Canning Factory
Edgarton Memorial School
Newfield
War Era Manufacturers Plan State Association Meeting
Warren C. King announces the formation of a State Association of Manufacturers of New Jersey with a planned dinner at the Robert Treat Hotel Newark on September 26. Notable firms invited include J A Roebling, Weidman Silk Dyeing, Standard Oil, Colgate, Johnson & Johnson, Westinghouse, Michelin, Ingersoll Rand, and many others. Governor Edge expected to attend amid wartime regulatory pressures shaping industry.
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Trenton
Warren C. King
King Chemical Co
Manufacturers’ Association of
Bound Brook
Association of Manufacturers
New Jersey
Robert Treat Hotel
Newark
John A. Roebling Sons Company
Weidman Silk Dyeing Company
Congress
Empire State
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M'Cormick
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Volga
Ecumenical Church Congress
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L. §. Snow
Camp Logan
BARS
Peace Council
Minn
National Army
Post Office
John Jones
First Infantry
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Stato
New Jersey State
Plan Business Union For
New Jersey State Association
Gloucester Militia
France
Clayton
Westville
Samuel W. Downer
Downer
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