Pope's Peace Proposals Draw Mixed Global Response
Washington reports the pope's peace note from London seen as valueless by Taft while Bryan hopes Vatican terms spark discussion. Patten attacks the pope, calling for Germany's defeat as Wilson signals a firm stance against autocracy. Taft and Bryan urge caution and dialogue to hasten an armistice or end of war.
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Chicago
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Belgium
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Col N J Boardman Leads Women's League for U S Defence
Col N J Boardman commands the Women's League for United States Defence organizing supporters, fund drives, and public demonstrations to bolster national security efforts. The group mobilizes volunteers across communities to aid civilian defense measures.
States Move to Tighten Coal Controls and Curb Profits
Northwestern states in Chicago launch immediate measures to stock coal and curb war profits while awaiting federal action. Illinois faces tense standoffs as Chief Justice Carter and Governor Lowden pursue fair mine prices amid operator silence.
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Chicago
Illinois State Council of Defense
Ilinois
Illinois
Orrin N. Carter
State Supreme Court
Lowden
Washington
Hogs Reach New Market High At Chicago Stockyards
Hogs advanced to 18.25 per hundred pounds at Chicago stockyards, up 25 cents since Wednesday, with receipts about 10,000 and expectations for 20 by September. Cattle receipts were higher than hogs at some western markets, grass fed cattle priced 25 to 50 cents under 14.20.
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Aus
Hog Prices Soar at National Stockyards in East St Louis
Hogs opened 254740 cents higher at the National Stockyards Thursday with good hogs selling at 18.45 dollars. Weather fair and warmer in East St Louis as livestock market activity increases.
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East St. Louis
East Stt. Louis
Hoxe
Two Hundred New Officers To France From Fort Sheridan
Chicago August 17 Two hundred newly commissioned officers from Fort Sheridan are to depart immediately for France to finish training and fill gaps from promotions and casualties. They form part of a 2 000 strong U S first reserve officers contingent. Half are from Illinois and half from Michigan Wisconsin, with prior language or college training in French. Washington has confirmed the plan. Separately Minister Stevail of Berne was asked to probe Swiss police raids on the Freie Zeitung.
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Chicago
Fort Sheridan
France
United States
Plains
War Department
Washington
Ilinois
Stevail
Berne
State Department
Freie Zeitung
Wilson
Chicago and Kansas City live stock markets and prices
Market reports from Chicago and Kansas City show hogs and cattle receipts and ranges for light, heavy, and good to fancy pigs. prime fed steers and dressed beef values. sheep prices. East Buffalo quotes. and Midwest cash grain and produce levels for wheat corn oats eggs butter poultry and regional vegetables fruits.
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Kansas City
East Buffalo
Dunning and
Stevens
Livestock Commission Imerchants
East Bufalo
N. Y
Kaiser Boosters Warned Lectured by Federal Agents in Iowa
United States Marshal Moore and Deputy Marshal Healy rounded up pro German agitators in Cedar Rapids and several counties. They were taken to the public square and lectured on duties to the United States and the sedition laws during the rounds in the federal district.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
R. Moore
Healy
Baltic and Gulf of Bothnia naval losses reported
Petrograd reports a Russian mine sank a German steamship in the Gulf of Bothnia while a Russian submarine destroyed a torpedo boat in the Baltic. The dispatch notes ongoing naval actions with multiple vessel losses.
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Petrograd
Baltic
Gulf of Bothnia
Mexicans Guard Against Kaiser
In Mexico City on August 17 gunboats were ordered to patrol the gulf shore to prevent neutrality violations by German agents.
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Kaiser
Mexico City
Gulf
Ger. Blan
Execute Traitors Elihu Root Demands
New York Aux. 17. Elihu Root returned commissioner to Russia denounces pro German press and agitators. He told Union League club crowds that traitors deserve removal by sunrise and execution for treason, naming city editors as targets. The cheering audience endorsed the call.
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Aux
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Elihu Root
Russia
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Root
Kaiser Cuddler Is Chased From Aurora
William Stocker, ally of Fred Lundin and an organizer of a local Republican paper, faced a city drive from fifty businessmen led by James McCredie and T. W. Sanders. They warned him against distributing the un-American paper and urged him to leave town. He departed immediately.
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Aurora
William Stocker
Fred Lundin
William Hale Thompson
James McCredie
Masonic Order
T. W. Sanders
Edward Rorchester
Stocker
Kingdon Gould Declared Available for Draft in New York
New York reports Kingdon Gould, millionaire once linked to a claim of exemption, is certified as available for the national army draft. He did not press his exemption claim before his local board.
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New York
Kingdon Gould
National Army
Esterhazy to Resign as Hungarian Premier
Count Moritz Esterhazy, premier of Hungary since last June, is expected to resign due to ill health, according to a Vienna telegram printed in the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin. The notice places Esterhazy’s resignation as imminent and notes the origin from Amsterdam Aus. dated 17.
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Aus
Moritz Esterhazy
Hungary
Vienna
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Inventor of Chinese rd Dies at South Beast it George
Fragmentary OCR notes report the death of an inventor connected to a Vanusee- Curing company and Credoat: ons homes. The text is garbled, mentioning titles, a president role, and adaptations to a typewriter keyboard, with unclear references to Japan and other persons.
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South Beast
George
Tie
Lie
Toioat Ib
British and French Forces Score Early WWI Gains
Aug 17 dispatches report Hale’s forces capturing Langemarck with 1,600 prisoners and five guns. British and French troops advance on multiple fronts including Steenstraete Pike line and Aisne trenches as German losses mount and cathedral at St. Quentin is set ablaze per German staff.
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Belgium
Langemarck
Teutons
London
Daily News
Bath
Lloyd George
House of Common
Field Marshal Hale
Hale
Langenarck
Berlin
St. Quertin
Atiz
Sereth
Wield Marshal von Mackensen
Paris
Steenstraete
Pikemadé
Steenbeke
War Office
Aisne
Sugar Futures Trading Suspended by New York Exchange
The New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange suspended all sugar futures trading until further notice on the suggestion of Herbert Hoover, the wartime food administrator. The move halts activity on the futures market pending updated guidance.
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New York
Herbert C. Hoover
New York Cofee and Sugar Exchange
Justice Dept Vows Swift Action Against IWW
The Department of Justice said it would swiftly and severely act against Industrial Workers of the World activities in the northwest and beyond if they hamper war essential production. Prosecutions would target conspirators responsible for organizing strikes or disruptions affecting crops harvest, aircraft material, or minerals needed for the war effort.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Northwest
Eye Disease Case Reported in Fort Wayne Army Exemption
Physicians found an infectious eye disease in a Fort Wayne man during a medical inspection for the conperiot army. He was exempted and placed in the care of doctors for treatment.
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Pachoma
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wen
Conperiot
Taft On Fast Trip to Canada from Chicago
Former President Taft, still recovering from illness, passed through Chicago while en route to Canada to recuperate.
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Taft
Canada
Chicago
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