National Army to Move Into Camps by Sept 5
Washington reports the national army will begin encampment at cantonments on Sept 5 with 30 percent moved that day 30 percent on Sept 15 10 percent later. Mobilization aims for most of the first 500 000 men in training by early October amid planned patriotic demonstrations and 24 hour entrainment after report to boards.
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Washington
Crowder
War Department
Chicago
Major Chiperfield
E. Irons
Chiperfield
Covington and Partners Rally in Philadelphia and Washington
In Philadelphia the teams J. Harry Covington Martin Severeid Covelskie and Spencer compete while R H E Bosombe is noted. In Washington the teams Leonard and Thomas Myers and Schang face R H E New York. Additional lines show Fisher Nanamaker Harper and Henry with scores and affiliations.
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Spencer
Philadelphia
R. H. E. Bosombe
Leonard and
Thomas
Myers and Schang
Washington
R. H. E. New York
Fisher and Nanamaker
Harper and Henry
Baseball Results From New York Brooklyn Boston Chicago St Louis
Baseball scores from multiple cities include New York Brooklyn and Boston games with detailed inning runs. Brooklyn beats New York in one doubleheader while New York loses in another. Philadelphia falls to Chicago and Pittsburgh edges Chicago. St Louis defeats Cincinnati with high run totals in a later matchup.
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New York
Rhe
Brooklyn
Smith
Meyers
Sallee
Raviden
R.H. B. Brooklyn
Cheney
Miller
Perrit
Gibson
Boston
R. H. B. Philadelphia
Bender
Killefer
Barnes and
Tragessor
Chicago
R. H. E. Pittsburgh
Grimes
Schmidt
Hendrix
Dilhoefer
St. Louis
St. L
Reuther
Wingo
Meadows and Snyder
Market prices listed for hogs cattle and grains
Hogs receipts 16 000 with varied quotations from 13 70 to 17 60 in several markets including Kansas City and East Buffalo. Cattle receipts 13 500 with steers 11 00 to 13 75 and cows 6 00 to 10 00. Chicago grain and produce quoted. wheat 2 33 to 2 55. corn 1 78 to 2 00. oats 0 65 to 0 67. eggs butter poultry and vegetables with multiple price points.
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Kansas City
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Chicago
Missionary Ship Sunk. 19 Perish Near Cape Town
Five American passengers were lost when the steamer City of Athens hit a mine near Cape Town on Aug 10. Ten other passengers and four crew members also perished. four missionaries named, including Mrs. Naggard and Caroline Thompson, were aboard. Nineteen missionaries were saved. list includes Moody Bible Institute members and several others. The Campana sinking and capture of her guard by a German U-boat also drew U.S. concern.
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Washington
City of Athens
Cape Town
South Africa
State Department
Naggard
Robinson
Caroline Thompson
Methodist
Pointer
Bridge Street
Brooklyn
Sumner
Duckworth
Denver
American Inland Mission Party
Arthur X. Davis
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
William J Gee
Bennett
Neb
Amelia Buchanan
Kewanee
Hulda FE. Danielson
Myrtle B. Wilson
Camden
N. J
H. E. Bowe
Candy
Minn
Earl I. Camp
Tolmes
N. Y
Raymon L. Davis
Philadelphia
Verba B. Furness
Lyndonville
Benjamin F. Harter
Bible School
Bertha Henry
Berwick
Florence M. Levy
Blanche Magnin
Darby
C. H. Mount
Loneview
Tenn
Tenn., and Mrs. Mount, Grand Rapids, Mich., and Rev. and Mrs. B. M. Scudder
Charleston
New York
Ireland
U. S
Campana
Navy Department
Wife of Princeton school head dies by poison
In Wabash Indiana on August 14 Mrs Chi Waggoner aged 29 wife of the Princeton school superintendent died after taking poison at her mother's home in La Fontaine Family says domestic trouble led to the act Her sister interrupted moments after the poisoning and cried I couldn't help it I had to Ilah Menllough a seven year old girl was struck by a car driven by Henry Baker near Warsaw Indiana and severely hurt.
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Wabash, Ind
Chi Waggoner
Princeton
Ind
Indiola Scott la Fontaine
Warsaw
Ilah Me Nllough
Henry Baker
Scandinavia to discuss America's entry in war conference
Washington reports that Scandinavian countries plan a conference to focus on the effect of the United States entering the war. Official channels indicate this will be the main topic of discussion at the gathering.
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Washington
America
Lumber Orders Placed for More Ships
Washington August 14 orders for lumber for additional ships have been issued by the emergency fleet corporation through the Southern Pine emergency bureau.
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Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Southern Pine Emergency Bureau
Pastor Perkins Named Fort Madison Penitentiary Warden
Rev. J. R. Perkins of the First Christian church in Sioux City Iowa was appointed warden of the Iowa penitentiary at Fort Madison. The appointment takes effect September 1.
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Mace
Sioux City
J. R. Perkins
First Christian Church of
Iown
Fort Madison
U S Hand Moving After Flour Trade
Washington Aug. 14 a grain control board will supervise wheat flour distribution and manufacture and sale. The food administration will issue executive orders to empower controls with Sept 1 enforcement. Licensing forms for grain elevators and flour mills are being prepared as the wheat move begins to accelerate.
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Washington
Grain Control Board
Food Administration
Wilson
Coal Mine Strikes Sweep Illinois and Kentucky
Illinois and Kentucky coal districts face broad shutdowns as 32 of 40 Springfield area mines halt production. Justice Carter calls public hearings to set mine mouth prices while Farrington skips a conference, sending Fishwick. Other notes report 3000 Clinton field miners returning to work and 33 strikes tracked by the national defense council.
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Springfield
Lil
W. W
Illinois
Orrin N. Carter
Lowden
State Council of Defence
Justice Carter
Farrington
Frank Farrington
Illinois Miners’ Union
Fishwick
Parrington
State Council of Defense
Terre Haute
Ind
Clinton Feld
U. S
Washington
Aus
Peabody
Real Production Committee
National Defense Council
United Mine Workers
Ilinois
Kentucky
Lexington
United Mine Workers of America
Federal
United States
Destroy 2 Raiding Planes On Britain Is 23
Two German aircraft raiders over the southeast coast were destroyed by British naval planes. One was a Gotha and the other a sea plane. The Sunday raid killed 23 people and wounded 50, with nine women and six children among the dead.
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London
Gotha
Armed Lovelock men seize mining camp leaders in midnight capture
Reno Nevada August 14 fifty armed Lovelock businessmen seized C W McKironon brother in law of W D Haywood and an LW W organizer at Rochester Mining camp then spirited them to Lovejoy and shipped them away by timeway to den
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Reno, Nev
Lovelock
Rochester
C. W. McKironon
W. D. Haywood
LW. W
Tim
Lovejoy
Den
Port Restrictions Revoked by Navy Department
The Boston port was closed between sundown and sunrise but a Navy Department announcement revoked the restriction. Public concern noted by port officials.
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Revere
U. S&s
Boston
Aus i
Navy Department
Elala
German Socialists May Balk at Stockholm Conference
Semiofficial reports in the Frankfurter Zeitung say German socialists may refuse to take part in the Stockholm conference if Entente socialists demand discussion of responsibility for the war as a condition of the program.
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Amsterdam
Frankfurter Zeitung
Stockholm
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Martin
Covelskie
American Pross Association
Covington
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
West
I. W W
Department of Justice
Justice Covington
National League
W. L. Pet
W. AL
N. Y. Chi
Best
Wash
Cleve
Phil
Det
Detroit
R.H. B. St. Louis
Koob
Severeid
Boland
R. H. B. St. Louis
Nvu. S
Wabash
Mate
Princeton, Ind
Joseph P. Tumulty
Adolphe Max
Brussels
American Press Association
M. Mar
Germany
Celle
Bar Association
U.S
Hoover
Union Puzzles
PubNec
Britain
Mr. Tumulty
Catskills
Cary T. Grayson
W. W. Man
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