German cabinet resignations shock wartime government
Berlin reports five ministers of state including Foreign Secretary Zimmermann quit their posts. Dr Richard von Kuehlmann named foreign affairs secretary. others shifted to new roles as the cabinet reshuffles amid World War I pressures. A Hague paper portrays von Kuehlmann as anti annexationist seeking postwar Anglo-German reconciliation and restraint in submarine warfare.
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Wahington
Wilson
Lewis
Germany
Illinois
Congress
Berlin
Zimmermann
Lentze
von Loebell
Richard von Kuehlmann
Turkey
von Kuehlmann
Herr Reudlin
von Krause
von Walden
Department of Army Nourishment
U-Boat Foe
Amsterdam
Nieuwe Courant
the Hague
Great Britain
Nieuwe Courant Adds
England
Rear Admiral M Gowan Paymaster General Now Busiest Man
Rear Admiral M Gowan is described as the Navy’s busiest officer as he oversees paymaster operations and broad financial duties across the service. His role expands with wartime needs and budget pressures. The article highlights his leadership and workload.
British Drive Report 25 Tanks Lost Before Berlin
Berlin reports twenty five British tanks destroyed in the Flanders battle with several machine guns salvaged from wrecks. The war office adds Russians are prepared for battle between the Dniester and the Pruth rivers.
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Berlin
Flanders
War Office
Dniester
Pruth
Submarine Losses Largely Surpassed by Construction In Germany
Berlin reports the monthly average of submarine losses from February 1 to August 1 is a little over three, while submarine construction shows a manyfold rise, countering rumors of heavy wartime losses and signaling stronger shipbuilding output.
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Berlin
Secret IWW Meeting Sparks Strike Call in Crosby
In Crosby Minnesota on August 7 the Industrial Workers of the World held a secret midnight meeting and circulated handbills urging a strike. The demands mirror those on the Gogebic range in Michigan.
France to Erect Statue For American Poet Seeger
Paris reports France will erect a statue honoring Alan Seeger the young American poet killed July 4 1916 while fighting with the French Foreign Legion.
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France
U. S
Paris
Alan Seeger
Foreign Legion
Markets Snapshot From Chicago and Kansas City Livestock
Chicago and Kansas City markets show hogs rising and cattle holding. Hogs receipts around 32,000 in Chicago with varied class prices. Kansas City hogs higher, bulk demand at 15.00 to 16.25. Cattle receipts near 12,500 Chicago and 16,000 Kansas City with steers and cows in strong to higher ranges. East Buffalo listings mirror regional demand across cattle hogs and sheep, with prime steers around 13.00 to 13.50 and hogs at 16.65 to 16.80. Grain and produce quotes follow, including wheat at 2.40, corn 2.40, oats around 0.70s, eggs and poultry varying by grade.
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Kansas City
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Russian General Shot After Retreat On Southwest Front
Petrograd reports General Macovisky, commander of the guards corps, has been ordered shot for retreating on the southwest front after a court martial ordered by General Korniloff. Also noted are 160 women scouts leaving Kharkov, and denials concerning General Erdelli’s assassination. The Kerensky cabinet nears completion with participation of the constitutional democrats.
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Petrograd
Murman
London
Macovisky
Guards Corps
Korniloff
M. Kerensky
Constitutional Democrats
Reuter
Kharkov
Erdelli
Bourse Gazette
War tax bill reported by senate finance committee
The revised war tax bill would raise 2,006,970,000 in new taxes, with the House proposing 1,867,000,000. No extra bonds are included. Chairman Simmons plans to bring up the measure for debate late this week and aims for enactment early next month, largely from income taxes, war excess profits, and liquor and tobacco taxes.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Simmons
Congress
Navy to Expand Destroyer Building Amid Submarine War
Washington reports the shipping board cooperates with the navy to widen the destroyer program. Factories will produce many 315 foot destroyers to combat submarines in European waters. The navy plans to finish several hundred submarine chasers next year and then halt that class.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Navy Department
Navy
Ten Million More Credit to Italian Government
Washington on August 7 reports a further credit of ten million dollars was extended to the Italian government by the treasury department.
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Italy
Washington
Thetalian
Treasury Department
Bride In Khaki Carter Goes With Husband To France
Mrs Hazel Carter, titled Bride In Khaki, accompanies her husband on a journey to France. The couple's move highlights civilian support and wartime duty during deployment abroad.
Love finds a way around army rules for officer's wife
Mrs. Hazel Carter, wife of a corporal in Pershing's army, cut her hair and wore regulation uniform to accompany her husband to the front. She was discovered aboard the transport and sent back from France, but she says she will try again.
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Hazel Carter
Pershing
Rance
U. S. Food Army mobilizes 1.0 million in conservation clubs
Washington August 7. Eight hundred thousand workers join food and garden clubs as part of a nation-wide home economics drive. An additional 200,000 enlist in emergency food production and conservation efforts. Clubs focus on home gardening and canning campaigns.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Rioters Face Execution as Draft Uprisings Target Treason
United States District Attorney W P McGinnis announced that men arrested for resisting the draft in Oklahoma will be tried for treason with the death penalty sought. Bonds are set high to deny bail, and prisoners will be held at McAlister State Penitentiary and Muskogee federal jail pending trial.
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Muskogee
Okla
United States
W. P. McGinnis
Oklahoma
McGinnis
McAlister
United States District Court
Holdenville
Here
Wallace
Ottumwa
Davenport
Daniel Wallace
Chicago
Scott County
Dr Fridtjof Nansen Presses for U S Embargo Setup
Norwegian polar explorer Dr Fridtjof Nansen urges American authorities to establish a comprehensive embargo. He argues the measure could curb wartime supply disruptions and pressure neutral nations to seek peace negotiations through targeted economic pressure.
Chase Draft FoE With Rope
Evansville Indiana August 7 Frank La Monte an attorney and Socialist mayoral nominee narrowly escaped violence from six men on a country road at midnight. The assailants reportedly carried a rope intent on lynching him. La Monte spoke at Elderfield twenty miles north, urging that the government lacks the right to compel conscription for Europe. He was pursued by men in an auto and sheltered in a farmhouse with his wife and child.
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Evansville
Ind
Frank la Monte
la Monte
Elderfield
Here
Europe
Hessians Active In Illinois Wheat Fields Urged Action
Illinois farmers urged immediate action against the Hessian fly to protect wheat crops. Stephen A. Forbes state entomologist and University of Illinois professor warns of a real emergency requiring individual and community measures. Stockholm date set for a September international socialist conference.
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Urbana
Ill
Illinois
Stephen A. Forbes
Forbes
University of Illinois
Stockholm
Noordam Hits Mine En Route to Holland
The Holland American Line steamship Noordam struck a mine while bound for Holland and, though badly damaged, reached port under her own steam.
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Amsterdam
Holland
American Line
Noordam
Auto Kills Lafayette Man in West Archerville Crash
Hugh J. Conner forty five year old vice president and general manager of Western Construction company was killed instantly and Charles Mutehsler of Misawaka Ind was seriously injured when the automobile they rode in sped eastbound two miles west of Archerville overturned in a cornfield injuries.
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Auto
Lafayette
Ind
Hugh Ji. Conner
Western Construction Company
Charles Mutehsler
Misawaka
Archerville
Jones Succeeds Urley on Experts Administrative Board
Chicago businessman Thomas D. Jones, once rejected by the Senate for the Federal Reserve Board amid a fight over big business ties, is named to the Experts Administrative Board succeeding Edward N. Hurley, who becomes Shipping Board chairman. Senate approval remains required.
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Washington
Thomas D. Jones
Chicago
Federal Reserve Board
Senate
Experts Administrative Board
Edward N. Hurley
Shipping Board
Jones
Tragic shooting kills wife as toddler fires rifle
In New Albany Indiana on August 7 a three year old boy, Austin Hough Jr., shot and killed his mother Edithna Hough by placing a cartridge in an unloaded robert rifle and firing at her at the home of her father William Thompson eleven miles north.
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New Albany
Ind
Edna Hough
Austin Hough
Austin Hough, Jr
William Thompson
Strike Halts Ship Repairs Amid War Labor Tension
Washington reports a general strike of metal trades unions has frozen repairs on interned German steamships at the war's start. AFL leader Frank P. Walsh blames manufacturers for wage pressures while asserting workers face rising living costs and patriotism charges.
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Washington
Frank Pretary
American Federation of Labor
Fiancee Is Diver Victim Under Ocean War Tale
Swedish captain Lars Larsen claims Hans von Teubinger commanded the U-boat that sank the Baldar killing Minna Larsen, his daughter, whom he was engaged to before the war. He says Minna’s fiancee was aboard the vessel when the attack began and von Teubinger directed the firing.
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New York
Hans von Teubinger
Minna Larsen
Lars Larsen
Larsen
von Teubinger
Stockholm
Minna
Three Killed in Auto Crash Near Payette Idaho
Frank Hon Council Idaho stockman, his wife and son are dead and three others injured in an auto crash between Payette and Wood's Spur. Two victims are believed fatally hurt. The tragedy occurred August 7 near Payette.
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Payette
Idaho
Frank Hon. Council
Stockman
Wood
Submarine Sighting Report Near New York Harbor
A report claimed a U boat was sighted near New York harbor causing the gate to close briefly. A merchant ship sighted a periscope on Saturday night, with passengers taking life belts and preparing to abandon ship. Washington received a preliminary sighting report and Navy investigators found no solid evidence to justify further port closure.
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New York
War Department
de Groot
Salvation Army
Navy Department
Carmen Plan Strike
Kansas City street car conductors and motor men plan a midnight strike unless their demands are met by the Kansas City Railways Co. The action could affect public transit starting tonight.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City Railways Co
Baseball Results From Chicago and St Louis Games
Box scores show Chicago game 3 runs 5 hits 2 errors with Cheeso pieces on the mound and Oeschger-Killefer in the field. St Louis defeated Brooklyn 1 to 0 with Cheney and Miller pairing and Watson-Gonzales in action.
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St. Louis
R. H. EB
Brooklyn
St. Louis i
Cheney
Miller
Watson
Gonzales
Baseball Scores From Early AL Games
In Philadelphia St. Louis beat Washington 5 to 1. At Boston New York won 12 to 3. In New York Cleveland lost 6 to 2. Chicago defeated Washington 7 to 4. The box scores list pitchers and batters such as Plank Severeid Johnson Ainsmith Mogridge Walters Klepfer ONeill Foster Thomas Russell Scott Schall Noyes Schang.
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New York
R. H. EE
Cleveland
Momgr. Incenks
Klepfer
O'Neill
Foster and
Thomas
Washington
R. H
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