Draft Age Limits Now 8 to 45 Under New Act
President Wilson signs manpower act extending draft age to 18 45 and proclaims September 12 registration day. About 13 million men subject to call for war service with 18 year olds placed in a separate group for educational programs. Registration hours 7 am to 9 pm. tardy enrollments by mail acceptable. those abroad must enroll within five days of return.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
War Department
Crowder
House
Senate
White House
New York
Maxwell Lustig
National Defense
Young Men Ready and Older Citizens Answer Call to Duty
The nation mobilizes for war emphasizing voluntary enlistments by younger men and steady service by older men. It stresses eligibility, exemptions for nonfit or alien-backed individuals, and the need to register all to enable intelligent selection. The message frames the draft as a democratic duty and a unifying national effort.
Tug Triton Reports Submarine Fire Near Boone Island
The crew of the tug Triton, arriving at Atlantic Port yesterday, said they were fired upon in fog off Boone Island by an enemy submarine. One shot was fired and the sub submerged as an American steamer appeared. Both vessels sought shelter from the fog and headed toward safety.
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Triton
Boone Island
Lenin shot in Moscow as assassin strikes premier
A Petrograd telegram reported Bolshevik premier Nikolai Lenin was shot twice Friday night in Moscow. The dispatch notes no inflammation from the wounds and a temperature rise due to pleural effusion, detailing a cautious update on Lenine’s condition.
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London
Moscow
Lenine
Nikolai Lenine
Petrograd
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Allies reject enemy safe conducts in Paris decree
Paris August 31 a new Allied decree states neutral ships using enemy safe conducts will not be recognized and may be seized. Vessels and cargo under such unsafe arrangements are considered navigated for enemy interests and subject to capture and confiscation.
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Paris
Government fixes 1919 wheat price at 2.20 per bushel
President Wilson issued a proclamation keeping the minimum price for No 1 northern spring wheat at 2.20 a bushel for the 1919 crop. The note outlines regional prices and notes possible future adjustments based on labor costs, with a potential half billion dollar exposure if Europe resumes supplies from the south.
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Wilson
Europe
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Newport News
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Minenapolis
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
New Orleans
Galveston
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Seattle
Portland
Astoria
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Great Falls
Pocatello
Spokane
Lanstrum Leads Rankin in Montana GOP Senate Race
Helena reports Dr O M Lanstrum trails Miss Jeannette Rankin by 1 575 votes in the Montana Republican U S senate primary from 1 218 precincts with 14 499 to 15 924. Rankin’s fate unclear for the nomination as her advisers decline comment. Other races show Sydney Lanner ahead for state supreme court and various contests for railroad commissioner and congressional seats.
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Helena
O. M. Lanstrum
Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Dr. Lanstrum
Miss Rankin
National Party
United States
Supreme Court
Sydney Lanner
John A. Matthews
R. Lee McCulloch
J. H. Hall
Lee Dennis
Thomas C. Penny
Carl W. Riddick
Frank B. Linderman
Tom Kane
John M. Evans
H. C. MacDonald
Harry Mitchell
Great Falls
Spanish Government Takes Over HM Ships
Madrid reports the Spanish government will seize all German steamships interned in Spanish ports following Berlin notes. Foreign Minister Cato announced that the steamship Ataz Mendi carrying coal from England to Spain was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine.
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Madrid
Spain
Berlin
Cato
Ataz-Mendi
England
Reduction In Wine Output In California
San Francisco reports two thirds drop in the 1918 California sweet wine crop as wartime prohibition looms. Officials say last year’s output reached 14 million gallons, with a 5 million gallon cap likely for the coming autumn despite an excellent grape crop.
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San Francisco
California
Wine Growers’ Association
Congress
Actress Anna Held leaves estate to daughter in will
Anna Held died recently and bequeathed nearly all her about 300 000 dollar estate to her daughter Liane Cervera. The will is filed in New York for probate with cash legacies to Paris and the United States.
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Anna Held
Liane Cervera
New York
Paris
Alexander P. Moore
Lilian Russell
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