Hoover to enforce patriotism on curb profiteers
President Wilson signed the food control bill and Herbert C. Hoover was named United States food administrator. Hoover vowed to fight war profiteers and force them to adopt patriotic principles, aiming to curb hoarding and price gouging through regulatory schedules on wheat sugar fats meats and other key commodities to ensure allied supply and curb wasteful practices.
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Washington
Wilson
Herbert C. Hoover
United States
Food Commission
Decisive Battle in Belgium Front Lines Advance
British Haig forces push forward near Hoge Belgium as French shells pound enemy lines from Newport to the Franco-Belgian border. Canadians hold trenches at Lens doorstep while German assaults near St Quentin and along the Aisne fail amid ongoing battles in Galicia Bukowina and Southern Moldavia. Attorney General Wiley Jones denounces I W W, saying no place for such doctrines under the American flag during a July 12 Warren district deportation case visit in Bisbee Arizona.
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Haig
Ines
Belgium
Hoge
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Nieuport
Lens
St. Quentin
Aisne
Galicia
Bukowina
Moldavia
Berlin
Teutona
U. S
Bisbee
Aris
Wiley
Jones
Warren District
McAdoo Seeks Six Billion Dollar War Bond Plan
Washington reveals Secretary McAdoo plans to ask Congress soon for authorization of a 6 billion dollar bond issue. If approved, total revenue for the first year of the war would reach 15 billion dollars, not counting ordinary government income. Nine Thousand Coal Miners Strike in Illinois shuts twenty one mines. In Phoenix eight Molokanas are fined for draft riots. Selden G Hopkins of Cheyenne is named assistant secretary of the interior to succeed Bo Sweeney.
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McAdoo
Washington
Donarose
Chicago
Tlinois
Wyoming
Selden G. Hopkins
Cheyenne
Wilson
Interior
Bo Sweeney
Draft poised to swell army with 687000 recruits
Washington reports final draft rules near publication. Crowder and aides finalize mobilization plans as about 726000 troops already under arms, including National Guard and volunteers, will be augmented in weeks by 687000 drafted men to form the third great element of the war army alongside regulars and guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Nova Service
Washington
Crowder
War Department
National Guard
Navy
Marine Corps
National Army
Guard
Masonry Will Help Peace Says Colorado Official
Leslie E Hubbard Colorado attorney general speaks at a Masonic conference in Duluth asserting Masonry will aid final postwar peace. He says the order has a mission to promote brotherly love and democracy and will influence nations including Germany Austria Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Leslie E. Hubbard
Colorado
Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third Degree
Masonry
Germany
Austria
Great Britain
Russian Molokan Draft Objector Convicted in Arizona
Iszy Bogdenoff, the first of 35 Molokan Russian religious dissenters near Glendale nine miles west of Phoenix, found guilty in federal court of failing to register for the selective draft. He offered no defense beyond his religious belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Iszy Bogdenoff
Glendale
Call to Colors on September 1 Washington
More than 200000 men of the selective draft forces will be called to the colors Sept. 1 to go immediately to their divisional training cantonments. This will raise the U S army to nearly 1,000,000 men.
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Washington
United States Army
Edward Dickinson Dies After Long Railway Service
Edward Dickinson died in Miltona Minnesota after a career as a dispatcher for the Union Pacific here. He later served as Wyoming division superintendent and became general superintendent in Omaha. Post Office Clerk and $10,000 Gone. Tucson Arizona. Walter D. Coakley, a post office clerk, is missing with $10,000 in currency, announced by Postmaster J. M. Ronstadt.
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Edward Dickinson
Laramie
Wyo
Miltona
Minn
Union Pacific
Wyoming
Omaha
Poal
Tucson
Aria
Walter D. Coakley
J. M. Ronstadt
Nationwide carpenters threaten government work strike
Union spokesmen warned that more than 60000 carpenters could quit if the closed shop demand on government contracts is not met. Disputes cover army cantonments port terminals aviation camps and New York navy yard with thousands already on strike. Washington and Phoenix portions note a labor adjustment commission planned by the Council of National Defense and Governor Campbell declines to intervene for Ferdinand Schumann drafting abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carpenters’ Union
War and Navy Departments
New York Navy Yard
Eastern Territory
Washington
Council of National Defense
Governor Takes Charge in Bisbee
Governor Thomas E. Campbell arrives in Bisbee from Phoenix and stays in the Warren district until Cochise county officers promise to keep within the law or the situation is fully cleared. He says deportations must stop and constitutional rights must be granted to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bisbee, Ariz
Thomas E. Campbell
Arizona
Bisbee
Phoenix
Warren District
Cochise County
Campbell
Value Vanderbilt Estate at 17 Million Appraised
New York appraisal of Alfred G Vanderbilt’s estate filed in the surrogate’s court shows a total of 17 360 522 dollars. The chief beneficiary is his widow Margaret Emerson Vanderbilt who is to receive 5 100 930 dollars. William H Vanderbilt is given power of appointment in a trust fund of 4 612 080 dollars and a life interest in 400 000 dollars. The medal Congress voted to Cornelius Vanderbilt.
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Vanderbilt
New York
Alfred G Vanderbilt
Lusitania
Margaret Emerson Vanderbilt
William H. Vanderbilt
Congress
Cornelius Vanderbilt
West Strife Probed by Justice Covington Commission
President Wilson ordered a personal investigation into the L. W. W. agitation and labor troubles in the West. Chief Justice Covington of the District of Columbia Supreme Court was selected, conferred with the President and Secretary Wilson before beginning his inquiry.
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Washington
Wilson
West
Covington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Department of Labor
Governor Warns for Civil Action in Bisbee Riot
Must Protect Law Abiding Citizens. Governor Campbell telegraphed Attorney General Jones in Bisbee asking if civil action had begun against members of the Citizens' Loyalty League who refused entry to five investigators from the Arizona State Federation of Labor. If not started at once, a request for federal troops to protect law abiding citizens would be made.
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Phoenix
Arla
Thomas B. Campbell
Wiley B. Jones
Bisbee
Citizens’ Loyalty League
Arizona State Federation of Labor
Food control bill passed by Senate with 66 to 7 vote
The food control bill clears Congress with broad powers for the President over food and fuels. It creates a one man food director, imposes licensing, authorizes requisitioning and closing exchanges, sets price supports, and appropriates funds including 152.6 million to carry out the act and 10 million for fertilizer purchases. If signed, it becomes law.
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Union News Service
Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Herbert C. Hoover
Food Control Department
Wilson
Need Men and Supplies for a World War Effort
Washington reports a stark call for hundreds of thousands of troops and vast supplies to France Russia and Italy to overwhelm Germany. The American commission to Russia says the situation is hopeful and that Russia is resilient and advancing militarily. Mr Root notes America's entry has a positive impact.
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Washington
America
Germany
France
Airoad
Russia
Italy
Teuton
American Commission
Mr. Root
Chilean Mother's Cable for Daughter in New York Aid
Mrs Blanca de Saulles mother Blanca Bexa rioz cables Washington officials and friends to intervene on behalf of her daughter in New York seeking liberty. She is Chilean president’s sister and cites influential contacts to secure assistance until the arrival of the next ship from Santiago, Chile.
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Washington
Blanca Bexarioz
Mra
Blanca de Saulles
Santiago
Chile
New York
Berty
Lens Shift By Canadians Near Lens Bethune Road
Canadian outposts around Lens have created a new line near the Lens Bethune Road, advancing close to the city. Other fronts report standstill operations except for small-scale infantry actions in Flanders and limited British raids at Lombaertsyde.
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Coal City
Flanders
London
Lombaertsyde
Berlin
Teutons
Bitschoote
Dixmude
Ypres
Chotin
Brody
France
Lens
Lens- Bethune
Petain
Champagne
Galicia
Bukowina
Moldavia
Bessarabia
Navajo S S Burned At Sea. Crew Rescued At Sea
The American steam ship Navajo was burned at sea with the entire crew and naval armed guard rescued. They have been landed at an unspecified port, no port name provided in the report.
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Washington
Commissioned: Gilbert becomes provisional cavalry officer
Harry C. Gilbert of this city is appointed by President Wilson as provisional second lieutenant of cavalry after becoming the first drafted man to qualify for the National Army. The Senate confirmed the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry C. Gilbert
National Army
Wilson
Senate
Flint Market Quotations Reported Hides Prices
Market quotations show dry hides and salt hides with prices for various grades. Flint butcher and local traders list per to, creaces, and creases, with values around 18 to 39 cents per pound for green salted hides.
Market Quotations From New York and London
Miscellaneous market data lists metal prices including copper at 26.50 to 27.00 per unit, tin spot at 64.75 bid, bar silver at 2.5 percent, copper casting at 27124 per unit, and London prices for bar silver at 42 1/164 per ounce. Also notes tungsten concentrates at 17.00 unit and crude ores at 16.00 with variations.
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New York
London
Chicago Live Stock Quotations Summary
Chicago market notes mixed cattle beef and calves prices with hogs and sheep quoted. Flaxseed futures for September to November listed at 3.30 to 3.35 dollars. Chicago butter and eggs receipts noted with price levels and packing terms. miscellaneous potato and poultry prices included.
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Chicago
Ohio
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Alexander OF
Greece
Alexander
Constantine
Scottish Rite
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Western Newspaper
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Madame Schumann-Heink
Schumann
J. W. W. Strife
Oklahoma City
Okla
Enoch H. Crowder
Mra, de Baulles
Hallebeke
Flanders Drive
Bixcoote
Copenhagen
Michaelis
Herr Hirsch
Hollebeke
Westhoek
Arleux
Verdun
Globe
United States Asbestos Company
Sierra Anchos
Forest Rangers
Montana
Johnny Cook
Victor
Burnet
Mary Kromm
Mareha
Fort Benjamin
Irs
HAY and Gerain Market
Denver
Carload Price
Hay
Odense
South Parr
Gunnison Valleey
Colo
Cholee
Brollers
Cecsesccsess
F. O
Lens Commission
W.esweues
Hutter Keye
Caleago
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