Denied curtailment of several local passenger trains
The Arkansas Railroad Commission denied Missouri Pacific requests to discontinue eight local passenger services serving Helena Knoble Brinkley McGehee Warren Batesville Newport and intervening points. A court appeal was threatened while new depot orders and evolving rail agreements were outlined amid state transportation and penitentiary fund notes and local civic protests.
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Helena
Bald Knob
Brinkley
Warren
Batesville
Newport
Linke Rock
Missouri Pacific
Arkansas Railroad Commission
BB Kinsworthy
Knoble
McGehee
T. F E. Wood
HD. Moore
Fop Kitchens
J. Tt. Andersen
W. White
W. W. Moore
TW. Keesee
MW Martin
Commu
Nion
Railroad Commission
Blytheville
Frisen and
Cotton Belt
Lansing
Iron Mountain
Levehyle
Joneshors
Lake City & Macbenn
Cotton Het
State Collects Judgments in Tax Case Suits
Attorney General John D Arciette appeals the state treasury with 956.03 in judgments for taxes from three sand companies. From C M Johnson Sand Co Helena 88. per cent. Southern Sun Valley Little Rock 80. Mine Bhant Southernstorm Railroad Lake Village 291.03. New Justices appointed by Governor Proust via long distance call from Hot Springs. Camp Pike bank to be established by Little Rock banks under state charter. Dandridge resigns as state feed inspector to join Third Arkansas Infantry. Jacob Foohtiel Devall's Ridge and W. Weoblond named to lower house.
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State
Atorney
John D. Arciette
Sinmietts
Proust
Ovec
Hot Springs
Gibbs
Rawles
Ashley County Cour
Camp Pike
Little Rock Banke
Little Roark Clearing Himnes Assochat Jor
Ateekwalders
Tri County Drainage District to Sell Bonds in Jonesboro
Commissioners Roh Berger S C Dowell and A W Hall announce the sale of 200000 dollars in bonds on August 17 in Jonesboro to fund a ditch through three counties and about 20 tiles. Other notes report Baxter county housewives drying corn as grandmothers did before canned corn, Mulberry shipping 25 to 30 cars of peaches with at least 10 more expected, a Joplin company negotiating for glass sand lease near Guion, a failed attempt to steal an illicit still in Murfreesboro jail, Forrest City streets treated with oil to curb dust, and J J Doyne of Arkansas State Normal School elected vice president of the Southern Association of High Schools, Normal Schools and Colleges.
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Roh Berger
S.C Dowell
A. W. Hall
Tri County
Jonesboro
J. J. Doyne
Arkansas State Normal School At
Conway
Southern Association of High Schools, Normal Schools and Colleges
Treason Trials in Lowden Iowa Arrest Four Citizens
Four Lowden residents, three over 60, are arrested on treason and resisting federal orders amid a near riot over pro German sentiment. Albert Schaefer 65 William Richmann 66 Fenst Meter 66 and Carl Gerhl 26 bound over to October court on $5,000 bonds. Sheriff detail says others questioned as countryside polarizes over minister led views. Richmann's son in the army and the father reportedly said he would rather his son were dead than fight Germany. Rev John Reichert pastor of the German Evangelical church is charged with treason, fueling regional tension.
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Lowden
Iowa
Criminal Court
Germany
Albert Schaefer
Willian Richmann
Aler
Fenst Meter
Carl Gerhl
United States
Moore
Healey
Cedar Rapida
Richwann
John Reichert
Washington orders wartime ship requisition and Japan risk
The Shipping Board, under President Wilton, plans a commandeering program within days to divert American tonnage from Japan and direct routes under government control. It may permit owners to operate only under strict supervision and could return ships to owners after the war. Norway and Holland ready to release tonnage for allied needs in exchange for food shipments as Britain and the U.S. seek to control global merchant ships.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Wilton
Japan
Norway
Holland
United States
Great Britain
Cabinet Crisis Expected as Government Weakness Grows
London reports rapid shifts in political power as a MP predicts another crisis before month end. Since Balfour’s Mesopotamia speech his standing has improved, while a Liberal veteran argues for a Conservative government to secure peace, citing historical precedent and Turkey as a guide.
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London
Mesopotamia
Balfour
Turkey
Entente Strains and Starvation Tragedy Reported From Clipperton
Berne notes England backs French aims in Alsace Lorraine signaling fragile entente as war drags on. Mexico City reports a harrowing rescue on Clipperton Island where 100 colonists perished or starved. Maria Arnaud and eight others survived aboard a gunboat after a brutal voyage and mutinous hunger.
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Mexico City
South Sea
Maria Arnaud
Clipperton Island
Arnaud
Vessel escapes submarine off French coast during battle on outward voyage
An American steamer reported sighting a German submarine near France on a July morning. The ship zigzagged and manned its gun as the submarine fired a torpedo, surfaced, and engaged for an hour. After firing 21 shots with no hits, the steamer returned fire with 16 shells and escaped. A second submarine sighting occurred without incident.
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France
Mestesmer
Root Mission on Way Home From Russia Visit
The American mission to Russia led by Elihu Root arrived in the city en route to Washington. Gov. and Mayor welcomed the delegation which includes Charles Edward Russell CHO McCormick Lanne Barton James Duncan Charles Crane John Robb Maj Gen Hugh J. Scott Rear Admiral James H. Glennon and other notable figures. The group has been abroad since May 19. Red Cross drive nears 700000 members with many counties doubling participation.
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Pacife
Russia
Elvhu Root
Washington
Besidue Reot
Charles Edwart Russell
Cho McCormile
International Marvester Co
Lanne Ro Barton
New York
James Doncan
American Federation of Labor
Charles H Crane
America
John Robott
YM Coa
Hugh J. Scott
Staf
United States Arty
James H. Glennon
United States
Roosevelt and Wadsworth named for state food commission
Theodore Roosevelt James W Wadsworth of Livingston County and Morgan J O Brien are named as the proposed state food commission. Women floor walkers in Chicago at Marshall Field Co the largest dry goods house have been installed and other big stores plan similar moves.
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T. R. Albany
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
James W. Wadsworth
Livingston County
Morgan J. O'Brien
State Food Commission
Chicago, Ill
Marshall Field & Co
Wear
Four Die In Accident In West Altona Crossing
A Burlington train struck an automobile at a crossing in West Altona killing four people. The victims include Hilda Boquast and her 4 year old son and Misses Ha xe and Edna Larnon of Altona. Police investigated the fatal crash and the station reported the figures.
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Kewanee
Hilda Boquast
Ha Xe
Edna Larnon
Altona
Weat Altona
Fort Riley Failures in War Department Order
Interordance with a War Department order at Fort Riley Kansas affected four to five hundred student officers of the training camp who were notified they would not receive commissions due to youth. The action reflects wartime personnel decisions impacting cadets at Fort Riley.
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Mark L. Chase
Hanson
L. Murphy
S.C. Browning
AC. Owens
GH. Schmidt
le Roy Baumbach
A. Kiving
A. N. Blood
RJ. Braener
Quartermaster Department
Quartermaster Depot
Omaha
Williams
Camp Pike
Fort Roos
Wiliamstd
Onee
Awartermaster
Pike
Fort Riley
Kan
War Department
Chancellor warns German people over nerves in wartime
According to published speeches in Dresden Chancellor Michaelis urges Germans not to show nervousness despite possible demonstrations by former pressure groups. He says peace talks possible only on terms that preserve the empire’s rights. He also calls for the entire German press to back the government under all circumstances.
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Conerhacen
Dresden
Michaelie
Nnions
New York Detective Indicted in Police Bungling Case
Lieut Alonso J. Cooper, acting captain of detectives, indicted by the grand jury probing Ruth Craver's disappearance and Alfredo Coeigh’s escape. Cooper posted $1,000 bail on neglect of duty for failing to supervise the body search, with a presentment condemning police department methods.
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New York
Alonso J. Cooper
Ruth Cruger
Elrl
Alfredo Coeeh
Iiden McIntyre
Cooper
Ruth Craver
Cooner
Oda
German Officials Resign Portfolios Amidwide Changes
The Nieuwe Courant reports Berlin announcement that five ministers of state including Foreign Secretary Zimmermann and four secretaries of state resigned. Richard von Kuehlmann named foreign affairs secretary. others moved or reassigned in a broad cabinet overhaul. The paper notes Zimmermann’s opposition to ruthless submarine warfare and hopes for cordial Britain-Germany ties. Washington senator Hardwick introduces a bill requiring consent of conscripts before deployment to Europe.
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Berlin
O Meral
Zimmermann
Lentzag
von Loebell
Richard von Kuehlmann
Turkey
Beseler
von Trott Zu Solz
von Schorlemer
Finance Lentzen
Interior
Herr von Laobell
Imeperial
Herr Kraetke
Imperial
Likcom
Alfred Zimmermann
Food Regulation Board
Adolph von Batock
Richter
Imperial Home Office
Landvrat von Graevinity
Suce Arnold Wannschaffe
Ministry of Economiot Uy Mately
Herr Walaraff
Cologne
Herr Schmander
Strasaburg
Herre Reudelin
Railways
Posta
Counellion Vor
Senate Adopts Draft Proposal on Meleaten Nationals
Move to draft aliens advances as Washington Senator McCumber’s resolution urges the president to negotiate with allies for agreement allowing drafting of Meleaten nationals in the United States. The measure passed the Senate amid wartime debates.
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Washington
McCunber
Senate
Kaiser bell seized by German authorities in London cathedral
government agents in Hinghamton New York report experts traced plaster sold under a fake brand linked to a Kaiser bell hoax. the bell at a london cathedral weighs 27 tons and reportedly fell from the dome during a German collection drive.
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Hinghamton
N. Y
Hinghampton
Kaiser
Lonone
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Brough
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New Bank
State Bank Department
Citizens Bank of
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Cross County
R. J Kibler
L. Cooper
WN. Townsend
J. A. Melson
Pete Imboden
F. W. Beede
J.B. Hargis
WO. Poole
Edmondson Farmers’ Gin Co
Edmondson
Capital
A. Morris
Guy Anderson
W. Rooks
W. M. Wofford
Model Window Glass Co
Fort Smith
Lewis Maxwell
Weat Unior ‘A
H. Zenorof
Ith
Detroit
Arkansas City
Infantry
Wiljprint General's Office
Bryant Lee
William B. Crow
Will Po Adis
Charles P. Mullins
Aaron Higeinhottom
Fred Tolbert
Herman P Chalk
John H Wixginbottom
Clift BR. Duncan
Nat Allen
Charles Burgesman
Robert von Ro Setzer
Ben W. Smith
Lewis Noll
James A. McMillan
Janice Grantham
Sars Moore
Berald Porter
Seth Oher
Kat Norton
Ray
John A
Hou. Dandridge
Third Arkansas Infantry
Bianas
Iren
Flor
Jacob Foohtiel
Devall
Rhiffae
Euee
W. Weoblond
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Joplin
Guion
Murfreesboro
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W. H
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ROOT
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Red Cross
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White House
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Georgia
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