Draft Regulations widen draft scope for height teeth and sight
Washington issued revised selective service rules expanding allowances for height and chest expansion and tightening dental and sight scrutiny. Unnaturalized citizens may face conscription. tall men face lower weight standards. hearings may recall some previously rejected for physical reasons. Prison term status and local board reports influence certification and timelines.
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Salt Lake City
United States Senate Military Committee
Q. R. Kelly
Bingham Commercial Club
United States
Reed Smoot
Washington
Gorgas
Army
Sir Arthur Currie New Commander of Canadians in France
Sir Arthur Currie is appointed major general and commander of Canadian forces in France, succeeding earlier leadership as Allied forces organize Western Front operations. Currie brings long service and strategic command experience to the role amid ongoing mobilization and trench warfare developments.
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France
Julian Byng
Plan Labor Adjustments in government contracts
Washington announces a labor adjustment commission with three representatives from government, employers, and labor to rule on wages and employment conditions on government contracts. The plan includes compulsory arbitration and aims to prevent work stoppages on federal projects. Details on personnel and AFL acceptance remain undecided.
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Washington
Labor Adjustment Commission
American Federation of Labor
Council of National Defense
Former Star Passes Naval Test
Detroit Aug 10 Justin Clarke former baseball star quietly climbed two flights of stairs and passed the Marine corps physical examination He will take the oath Sunday behind the plate at Navin field where he once played catcher for the Cleveland team
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Detroit
Justin
Nig) Clarke
United States Marine Corps
Navin Field
Cleveland
Baseball Results From Three Cities
At Pittsburgh Philadelphia 19 runs on 2 hits in a 19 to 8 rout. Alexander and Killefer, Jacobs and Schmidt. At Chicago Brooklyn 6 to 3 after a 8 run night. Smith and Wheat, Douglas and Elliott. At St Louis New York 8 to 2 in a high scoring game. Schupp and Rariden, Meadows and Snyder.
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Pittsburgh
R. H. E. Philadelphia
Alexander
Killefer
Jacobs
Schmidt
Chicago
Brooklyn
Ceeees
Kiss
Smith and Wheat
Douglas
St. Louis
R. H. F. New York
Schupp and Rariden
Meadows and Snyder
Baseball scores from baseball league games
In Washington Chicago won 3 to 2 with Benz Danforth Lynn Gallia Shaw and Ainsmith credited. Philadelphia beat St Louis 7 to 2 with Davenport Severeid Bush Meyer. New York beat Cleveland 5 to 3 with Wieke Lambeth ONeill Shocker Walters.
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Washington
R. H. E. Chicago
Benz
Danforth
Lynn
Gallia
Shaw
Ainsmith
Philadelphia
R. H. E. St. Louis
Davenport
Severeid
Bush
Meyer
New York
R. H. B. Cleveland
Wieke
Lambeth
O'Neill
Shocker
Walters
Kaiser Calls In German Chiefs at Essen Conference
At Amsterdam Aug 10 Kaiser summons prominent German leaders including Crown Prince Hindenburg Ludendorff and Helfferich for a high level conference at grand headquarters. New program expected amid cabinet changes and policy planning for military and foreign affairs. Eight thousand Essen miners press for peace by agreement and democratic reforms, backing Reichstag majority peace. Von Kuehlmann begins duties as foreign minister joining top officials at army HQ.
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Amsterdam
Michalis
Berlin
Marshal von Hindenberg
Ludendorff
Hindenburg
Heliferich
Dr. von Stumm
Foreign Office
Essen
Germany
Reichstag
Vorwaerts
von Kuehlmann
Copenhagen
Michaelis
William von Stumm
Helfterich
Baden
Darmstadt
Indian Agent Dies Quieted Uprising Heroine Sugar Point Chief Bug
Gus H. Beaulieu age sixty five longtime Chippewa agent who helped quell the Sugar Point uprising led by Chief Bug in 1893 died of heart disease in Brainerd Minnesota on August 10.
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Brainerd, Minn
Gus H. Beaulieu
Sugar Point
Man killed in pistol duel with Pontiac police officer
In Pontiac Illinois on August 10 a man named Alexander Letven of Iroquois County was shot and killed in a pistol duel with Policeman Henry Redman.
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Pontiac, Ill
Alexander Letven
Iroquois County
Henry Redman
Train Hits Auto, Kentland Three Die In Collision
A two-vehicle crash near Enos crossing on the New York Central Danville division left Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hoaks and Neddie St. Pierre of McClellen township dead. Fireman Oscar Ewing of Danville was killed at the overhead bridge crossing near Hartsdale, Lak county.
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Kentland
Ind
Philip Hoaks
Neddie St. Pierre
McClellen
Danville
New York Central Lines
Enos
Oscar Ewing
Hartsdale
Laka County
Kokomo Teens Detained En Route to Jeffersonville Wedding
Geoffrey Stilwell, nineteen, and Fay Griffin, seventeen, both from Kokomo, were arrested in Tipton by Patrolman Coy and kept until Fay’s father arrived. The pair were traveling to Jeffersonville to be wed.
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Tipton
Ind
Geoffrey Stilwell
Fay Griffin
Kokomo
Coy
Jeffersonville
German Plot Spoiled Bread Spoiled by Yeast Shortage
Washington reports a German spy tale about poison in army bread. An army bakery ran low on ice and yeast, spoiling 6,000 loaves that troops could not eat, sparking reader alarm at breakfast.
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Washington
Army
Government says no troop deployment to Russia now
Washington officials state the United States has no plan to send troops to Russia at the current time. The announcement clarifies policy as relations and strategic aims are reviewed by the administration.
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Washington
Russia
Lowden Presses Last Coal Proposal Before Seizure
Governor Lowden arrives in Chicago to press coal operators to cut fuel prices before his seizure plan. He met with operators and state governors, reviewing the state council of defense report. If no agreement by August 16, he will move to take over and operate Illinois coal mines.
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Chicago
Lowden
State Council of Defense
Dlinois
State Council
Conference of Representatives of
Mid-West States
Indiana coal crisis sparks talk of special legislature session
Indications point to a forthcoming call by Governor Goodrich for a special session as Indiana coal operators ignore appeals for fair prices. A federal food control bill and a heat company conference set the stage for winter preparations amid rising coal costs and a surcharge request from Indianapolis light and heat companies after a recent hearing.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Goodrich
Special Coal Committee
State Council of Defense
Indiana
Indianapolis Light and Heat Companies
Governor to Investigate Bisbee labor clash
Phoenix Aug 10 Governor Campell heads to Bisbee to personally investigate the disturbance after the Arizona State Federation of Labor turned back six investigators and Attorney General Wiley Jones struggled to manage the situation.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Wiley Jones
Bisbee
Arizona State l Federation of Labor
Campell
Accused of Robbery in New York and Colombia Connection
Local court in New York hears an accused man linked to a robbery case involving $159.00. The suspect Mencel Aguilar, reportedly a former chef from Bogota, faces charges tied to a Colombia incident. Colombian Consul General confirms the matter and notes the man confessed to the robbery.
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New York
Mencel Aguilar
Velice
Bogota
Colombia
Alvre O
Leon
Three Shot in Street Car Strike Disturbance
Lima reports three men shot during clashes between strike sympathizers and guards aboard the Gia Electric Railway cars. Two cars burned as a crowd of about 6,000 gathered near the interurban depot. Mayor Simpson ordered saloons closed and troops may be requested to quell riots. Kansas City street cars remain tied up as workers demand union recognition and reinstatement of discharged colleagues.
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Lima
Heitain
Gia Electric Railway Company
Kaiia
Simpson
al S
Kansas City
Kansas City Railways Company
Atficals
U. S. Carpenters
New York
French Renew Pressure on Flanders Front
Berlin reports artillery activity in Flanders at peak intensity with heavy bombardment along the Belgian coast from Loxhoote to Hollebeke. Paris notes continued artillery activity around Chevregny Panthon ridge. In the Aisne, a French detachment cleared a Teuton trench north of Vaux les Palameix and withdrew after inflicting losses.
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Berlin
Uel
Flanders
Lixschoote
Hollebeke
London
Pinders
Bixschoo 4
Paris
Chevregny
Pantheon
War Office
Vaux Les Palameix
Aisne
Teuton
Giant anti draft plot uncovered in Seattle
United States agents expose a large scheme to evade selective service by engineers issuing wholesale exemptions. Propaganda, deemed German in origin by District Attorney Clay Allen, targets men called for physical exams urging conscientious objection. No arrests yet.
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Seattle
Wash
United States
Selecs Tive Service
Clay Allen
Portland
Alva von Alvensleben
Wilsor
Theorthwest
Peru Adopts Sympathy Resolution For U S War Aims
Lima Peru August 10 The Peruvian Senate adopted a resolution expressing sympathy with the motive of the United States as declared by President Wilson for participating in the European war.
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Peru
U. S
Lima
United States
Wilson
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