Troops redistributed as camps fill in major United States
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports Provost Marshal General Crowder set new entrainment dates for 637,000 National Army troops with 30 percent leaving Sept 5, 3 percent Sept 19, 30 percent Oct 4 and the last 10 percent later in October. Divisions and state troop allocations are listed. large-scale moves affect American Lake, Fort Riley, Des Moines, Louisville, Rockford, Battle Creek, Little Rock, Chestnut camps, and more. Also notes reductions in beer alcohol content from 34 percent to 4 percent to save grain and remarks on Rainbow divisions preparing to go abroad.
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Washington
Crowder
National Army
Rainbow
National Guard
New England
Clarence Edwards
Department of the Northeast
Europe
Forty-second
W. A. Mann
War Department
American Lake
Alaska
Oregon
California
Idaho
Nevada
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Fort Riley
Kan
Kanasas
Missouri
South
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Battle Creek
Mich
Michigan
Chillicothe
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Litte Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Louisiana
Misalasippi
Alabama
Atlanta
Tennessee
Georgia
Columbia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Porto Rico
Florida
Petersburg
Virginia
West Virginia
Annapolis Junction
District of Columbia
Maryland
Wrightstown
N. J
New Jersey
Delaware
New York
Federal food commissioners named for 28 states
President Wilson approved twenty eight men as federal food commissioners in as many states. State appointees will administer the food control bill on state matters and coordinate with the federal food administration. All will serve without pay. Notable appointees include Timothy A. Riordan Arizona Ralph P. Merritt California J F Deems Iowa Alfred Atkinson Montana Gordon W Wattles Nebraska Henry M Hoyt Nevada Ralph C Bly New Mexico W B A Utah W W Are Oregon Charles Hebberd Washington Theodore C Diers Sheridan
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Washington
Wilson
Food Administration
Arizona
Timothy A. Riordan
Piagetatt
California
Ralph P. Merritt
Ban Franciaco
Iowa
J. F. Deems
Hurlington
Montana
Alfred Atkinson
Bowoman
Nebraska
Gordon W. Wattles
Omaha
Nevada
Henry .M. Hoyt
Reno
New Mexico
Ralph C. Bly
Santa Fé
Oregon
Utah
Salt Lake City
Charles Hebberd
Ees. Syenine
Theodore C. Diers
Sheridan
British and French Advance Near Ypres Front Line
British headquarters in France report no change on the British front as German counterattacks cease. In the Ypres area near the River Steenbeke French and Pivoting troops advance, seizing twenty four German guns. Canadian forces have taken 1,120 prisoners at LugeLens seeteron.
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London
Ypres
Steenbeke
France
Pivitiah
LugeLens Seeter On
Premier Lloyd George Urges Patience in Great War Speech
In a House of Commons address Premier Lloyd George reassures Britain that resilience and unity will win the war. He notes a one third rise in wheat stocks, improving harvest prospects, and reports over 1,800 prisoners taken with some German guns seized. Ship losses have fallen and total tonnage for 1917 nears two million tons.
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Union News Bervice
London
House of Commons
Lloyd- George
British Isles
Germany
Great Britain
Colorado Guardsmen Assigned to Multiple Army Divisions
War Department announces Colorado National Guard troops will join the Fortieth division under Maj. Gen. Fr. Strong, with Colorado National Army units in the Eighty-ninth division led by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. Wyoming guardsmen join the Forty-first division under Maj. Gen. H. Liggett, and drafted Wyoming men enter the Ninety-first division led by Maj. Gen. H. A. Greene. Fortieth division includes guards from California Nevada Utah Arizona and New Mexico.
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Denver
Colorado National Guard
Fr. 8. Strong
Colorado
National Army
Leonard Wood
Southern Department
War Department
Wyoming
H. Liggett
H. A. Greene
Fortloth
California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
China Declares War on Germany and Austria Hungary
Reuter's limited reports China has declared war on Germany and Austria Hungary. The declaration is dated August 14 at approximately 2 o'clock.
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China
Germany
London
Reuter's Limited
Austria- Hungary
Hoge Geli Price Peak Reaches $18.45 in St Louis
Hog prices in St Louis continued upward on August 16 as the Hoge Geli rate rose to a new high of 18.45 dollars. The record price reflects ongoing market strength for the commodity in the city.
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St. Louis
St. Louie
Burbank Announces New Wheat Varietal High Yield
Luther Burbank announced readiness to distribute a new wheat that will yield 49.88 bushels per acre regardless of soil conditions, as described in Santa Rosa, California.
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Burbank
Santa Rosa
Calif
Luther Burbank
Oil Price Hits Fifty Year High in Pennsylvania crude
The Joseph A. Beep Oil Agency reported a 16 cent per barrel price increase. Pennsylvania crude rose to 1.46 a barrel, the highest in fifty years.
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Pittsburg
Pau
Joseph A. Beep Oil Agency
Pennsylvania
Hoover Heads Grain Board Seeks Wheat Control Plan
Washington report outlines government move to regulate wheat and flour through a new grain corporation funded at 50 million dollars. President issues licensing orders for wheat and rye, with Herbert Hoover chairing the board and Julius Barnes named president of the wheat corporation.
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Washington
Food Administration Grain Corporation
Food Administration
The
Wheat Corporation
Herbert Hoover
Julius Barnes
Duluth
Minn
New York
Harry A. Garfield
Williams College
James F. Bell
Minneapolis
A. P. Husband
Chicago
San Francisco
National guard units slated for France division
War Department completes plans to send the first national guard troops to France, forming a division drawn from twenty-six states and the District of Columbia. States include Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New York, Ohio, Georgia, Alabama, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Maryland, South Carolina, California, Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina, Kansas, Texas, Michigan, New Jersey, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colorado, Oregon, plus DC.
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Washington
National Guard
France
War Department
States
District of Columbia
Lousiana
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
New York
Ohio
Georgia
Alabama
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Maryland
South Carolina
California
Missouri
Virginia
North Carolina
Kansas
Texas
Michigan
New Jersey
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Colorado
Oregon
French Run True to Polite Form in French Front Camp
A grim point of French etiquette in World War I was settled by French politeness. American officers visiting the front may carry revolvers or rifles and shoot any German who exposes his head. American officers had hesitated, fearing to trespass on French rights to shoot invaders.
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France
Governor Lister seeks eight hour day for lumber
Governor Ernest Lister issued a proclamation urging an eight hour day in Washington state lumber mills. He made the appeal as strikes crippled the industry across the state.
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Olympia
Wash
Ernest Lister
Coast Welcomes Japanese. A Pacific Port
The Far West extended hospitality to a Japanese mission landing at a Pacific port en route to Washington, with cordial reception and official greetings marking the visit.
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Pacific
Far West
Washington
Hog and cattle prices hit record highs in Chicago market
Anglé-All reports show hogs selling to a top $18, cattle at $14.90, and sheep at high levels as prices shattered previous records. The surge followed Tuesday’s $17.76 hog peak and $14.60 cattle mark, with many cattle held near $16.00 amid limited relief from government intervention.
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Chicago
Anglé
British Ship Hits Mine Off Africa. Nineteen Die
City of Athens carrying missionaries including Rev Arthur Duckworth and his wife and six children from Denver perished near Cape Town when the ship struck a mine Aug 10. Twelve others, four crew and five Americans, also died. The Duckworths lived at 2838 High Street Denver. They planned to resume work in India after a year’s vacation.
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Union News Service
Denver
Arthur Duckworth
Cape Town
Africa
City
Athens
India
Duckworth
Ethel
Rosalind
Edith
Martha
Scoville
High Street
Viramgam
Christian Missionary Alliance Board of New York
New York
Taft comments on peace plan and German leadership
In Chicago, William Howard Taft said the pope favors peace but Germany’s Prussian military caste blocks any such result. He travels to Canada to recover from illness and dismissed Mayor Thompson’s boast of a "sixth German city" plan for keeping a new American army here as silly or worse.
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Chicago
Germany
William ‘Howard Taft
Canada
Kansas
Taft
Thompson
Root Defends Russian Self Government in City Addresses
Elihu Root, leading the special diplomatic mission to Russia, praised the Russian people's character and condemned the local extremist elements aligned with German interests. He criticized the Socialists and anarchists likened to enemies of order and cited the peril Russia faced.
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New York
Elihu Root
Russia
Grand jury indicts 105 in East St. Louis riots
Sixty eight indictments against 105 persons were returned charging murder arson conspiracy rioting and assault to murder in connection with race riots in East St Louis from July 1 to 3.
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Belleville
East St. Louis
Ex-Czar and Family Sent to Siberia
The semi official Russian News Agency reports former Emperor Nicholas II and his family were removed from the palace at Yekaterininskoye Selo and are being transported to Tobolsk in Siberia.
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Czar
Siberia
Petrograd
Nicholas
Vyaarakoe-Selo
Tobolsk
Street Car Strike Ends in Kansas City Compromise
Street car motormen and conductors in Kansas City end a strike after a compromise proposed by a delegation of businessmen and city officials is accepted by the strikers and the Street Railway Company.
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Kansas City
Street Railways Company
Forty second National Guard to France mobilizes
The Firat Union field artillery and troops from Iowa Indiana Wisconsin Michigan and other states form the new Forty second National Guard division to include the Pirat Field Hospital Company of Colorado. They are ordered to mobilise at Mineola Long Island to prepare for embarkation to France under Gen Barry until turnover to Gen Bell.
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Colorado Field
France
Washington
Firat Union Field Artillery
Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
States
Forty Second National Guard Division
Pirat Field Hospital Company
Colorado
Mineola
Long Ialand
Wetaila
Barry
Bell
Canadians Storm Lens After Capturing Hill 70 In Ypres Sector
British and French forces push along a nine mile front east and northeast of Ypres in Flanders claiming most objectives. Canadians seize Hill No 70 dominating Lens and enter the city after heavy close combat, with Germans counterattacks repulsed. Artillery and raids continue along the front as fighting persists in Flanders and Champagne areas.
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Belgium
Lens
Pas de Calais
Flanders
Moldavia
Ocna
London
Europe
Ypres
Steenbeke
Field Marshal Haig
St. Quentin
Rheims
Champagne
Cerny
Aisne
Carspach
von Mackensen
Foksham
Bomb Attacks Hit Venice Maritime Arsenal
Vienna reports four tons of bombs dropped by aircraft on the Maritime arsenal at Venice. The Austrian war office states the raid caused multiple fires and widespread damage.
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Vienna
Venice
Austrian War Office
Capt Boy Ed Joins Field Army in Germany Return
Capt Boy Ed, former military attache of the German embassy in Washington, has resigned and will join the army in the field. In Madrid, Spain, martial law has been declared after disorders sparked by a general strike, with the nationwide strike spreading rapidly.
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Boy Ed
Field Army
Paris
Washington
Army
Spain
Madrid
Genod
Exemption Board Members Arrested in New York Case
Louis L. Cherry and Dr. J. Bernfeld, members of the local draft exemption board, were ordered removed by President Wilson and placed under arrest by Department of Justice agents in New York.
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New York
L Louis L. Cherry
8. J. Bernfeld
Wilson
Department of Justice
Provisional governor De la Huerta moves to Yucatan
Adolfo de la Huerta, previously provisional governor of Sonora, is appointed provisional governor of Yucatan, noted as the republics wealthiest state.
Late Market Prices for Livestock and Grains Mixed
Regional commodity notes show carload price quotes for livestock including hogs cattle sheep and feeders with varied grades from fair to prime along with per ton buying prices for hay grains and concentrates. Market figures include Colorado Nebraska Kansas and New York references with metal and grain prices and Chicago live stock quotes for cattle hogs and sheep.
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Colorado
Nebraska Upland
Golo
Neb
Colo
South Park
Gunnison Valley
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