Roosevelt calls for suppression of German press and loyalty tests
Former President Roosevelt denounces certain senators and editors as copperheads and urges Congress to ban German and other opponent papers while the war lasts. He says 50-50 Americans must be deported or fully become American and urges nationwide effort to win the war. He confirms Meyer interview details and accuses pro Germans of dual loyalty.
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New York
Roosevelt
Kuno Meyer
Berlin
Amsterdam
Meyer
Germany
United States
Chicago
Detroit
Congress
Reason
U. S. Soldier and Tag
A metal identification disk worn by a U. S. soldier serves as his tag. The disk bears the service member’s name, service number, and blood type for quick identification in case of injury or death.
Russell Denounces Peage Socialists in Peace Debate
Washington figures condemn pacifist moves as the capitol debate inflames. Charles Edward Russell, ex socialist and Root commission member, attacks peace supporters and socialists in congress for aiding pro peace propaganda and claims American socialists have become alien pro Germans. He warns loyalty means upholding democracy and reform.
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Washington
Capitol
Charles Edward Russell
Root Commission
Russia
Russell
Congress
United States
Mr. Russell
McAdoo Seeks Billions in New Bond Issue
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo plans to seek an additional bond issue in this congressional session after a Capitol meeting with House leaders. The total expected size runs into billions.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Capitol
House
Wilson Signs Priority Shipment Bill
The president signed a bill authorizing the executive to require priority in shipping food and war materials in interstate commerce. Government action aims to speed essential supplies during the war.
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Wilson
Washington
Baseball Results From Four Cities Reported
Scores from Pittsburgh Cincinnati St Louis and Chicago show varied outcomes. Key players Rixey Killefer Rudolph Tragessor Wingo Packard Gonzales and Pfeffer figure in the box scores with multiple runs and errors noted.
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Rixey and Killefer
Cooper and Schmidt
Cicinnati
R. H. E. Bogron
Sakae
Cincinnati
Rudolph and
Tragessor
Mitchell and
Wingo
St. Louis
R. H. EB
New York
Union Heads Charge U S Breaks Strikes
Illinois labor leaders allege false arrest and abuse of government power by the local bureau of justice led by Hinton G. Clabaugh and petitioned President Wilson and top officials. The protest names Victor Olander John Fitzpatrick and fifty AFL officers over Chicago and Moline strike actions at L. Wolff Manufacturing Co.
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Chicago, Ill
Illinois
Department of Justice
Hinton G. Clabaugh
American Federation of Labor
Victor Olander
Illinois State Federation of Labor
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
Bureau of Justice
Wilson
Gregory
Samuel Gompers
Labor Committee
Council of National
John McGowan
Moline
L. Wolff Manufacturing Co
Overtime Pay Boost for Mobile and Ohio Workers
Representatives of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and its Southern Illinois division employees agree on a wage increase. Machinists boiler makers sheet metal workers blacksmiths and car men gain 814 cents per hour helpers 6% cents and apprentices 2% cents. The raise applies to related workers on the Southern Railway and allied lines with a new eight hour day rate plus overtime at time and one half.
Tomato Corner Is Charge
Federal Trade Commission investigators in California report three large canning firms Armour & Co Morris & Co and Libby McNeil Libby are accused of colluding to corner the California tomato crop and push up prices as they seek to buy out local canners.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Federal Trade Commission
California
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Libby, McNeil & Libby
Exempted Man Drowns While Fishing at White River
Vincennes Ind Aug 11 Henry Armuth aged twenty two married was drowned in White river near here while fishing He had been worrying since examination for the national army The local draft board granted him exemption two hours before but he had not been informed of the decision.
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Vincennes
Ind
Henry Armuth
White River
Here
Armuth
National Army
Bonar Law Signals No War Loan During Recess
London Aug. 11 A Bonar Law chancellor told the house of commons on the second reading of the war loan bill that no new loan would be issued during the parliamentary recess unless events demanded it He noted US advances had been on short term notes and suggested a long dated loan might be preferred, requiring authority to issue it.
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London
A. Bonar Law
House of Commons
United States
General Peyton C. March Named Chief of Artillery Abroad
Brigadier General March now in France has been designated by the War Department as chief of artillery for all American forces abroad. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1888 and served in the Philippines. He was military attache to observe the Japanese army during the Russo Japanese War.
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March
France
War Department
United States Military Academy
Philippines
Allies Gain In Belgian Fight In Big Battle
British and French forces broke through east of Hooge and across the Frezenburg and Ypres Menin road area on daybreak. Haig reports most objectives captured with German dugouts and balloons disrupted as Allied gains widen along the Belgian front.
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France
Douglas Haig
Hooge
Frezenburg
Ypres-Menin
Flanders
Westhoek
Belgium
Bixschoote
War Office
Sir Douglas Haig
Labo Day Set for Army Move
Washington reports a possible Sept. 3 national holiday to mark the entrainment of draft levies for training cantonments. Officials coordinate rail transport for 230,000 men from 4,570 districts while local boards may tighten dependents exemptions as cases are reopened. Civilian boards manage shelter food and induction, with meals and comfort liabilities emphasized.
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Washington
Crowder
Military Vic
Probing Treason Charge Targets Lithuanian Priest
Sioux City Iowa August 11 More than forty people are under investigation on anti draft and treason charges after Rev M Cybulski of the Lithuanian Catholic church said he had been threatened with death unless he halted his enlistment sermons. He resigned as pastor. Hoover Named Food Administrator Washington August 11 President Wilson announces Herbert C Hoover as food administrator with full powers under the new food control law. The appointment follows a meeting with Hoover and approval of the program. Demands U S Terms of Peace Washington August 11 Representative John M Baer of North Dakota sworn in and says the government should declare specific terms of peace as he spoke for the National Nonpartisan League.
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Sioux City
M. Cybulski
Hoover
Washington
Wilson
Herbert C. Hoover
U. S
John M. Baer
North Dakota
National Nonpartisan League
Walter Coakley Confesses Theft of Registered Package
Lebanon Indiana August 11 Walter Coakley a Tucson postoffice employee was arrested by Postoffice Inspector Ashton on charge of stealing a registered package containing 59 000 He confessed but refused to say what he did with the money.
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Lebanon
Ind
Walter Coakley
Tucson
Aziz
Postoffice
Ashton
British Labor Party to Send Delegates to Stockholm
London August 11 The British Labour Party conference at Westminster voted 1 046 000 to 55 000 to send delegates to the Stockholm consultative conference. A subcommittee is drafting a memorandum on war issues and peace proposals endorsing reparation for Belgium and other invaded nations and urging self determination for peoples, liberation from Turkish misgovernment, and a league of nations to maintain peace.
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London
Westminster
Stockholm
British Labor Party
Daily Telegraph
Belgium
League of Nations
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