Pope's Peace Proposals Prompt Mixed Reactions
The pope's peace message provoked varied responses. Taft calls the proposals valueless while Bryan hopes Vatican terms spur global discussion. Wilson intends to defend fighting until autocracy ends. Patten denounces the pope and urges Germany's defeat.
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Vatican
Bryan
Jim Patten
Washington
State Department
Page
London
Foreign Office
Lansing
Germany
S. Amsterdam
Benedict
Lokal Anzeiger
Wilson
United States
Patten
Chicago
James A Patten
Belgium
Congress
Sherman
la Foliette
Taft
William Howard Taft
Canada
Kansas
Kankakee
Lll
William Jennings Bryan
Hogs Rally to 18.25 At Chicago Stockyards
Hogs rose to 18.25 per hundred pounds at the Chicago and Aus stockyards, up 25 cents since Wednesday. Receipts totaled 10,000, far below normal, while cattle arrivals outpaced hogs at several western markets for the first time. Grass fed cattle sold 35 to 50 cents under Wednesday’s 14.20 price.
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Chicago
Aus
Col N J Boardman Leads Women's League for U S Defense
Col. N J Boardman commands the Women's League for U S Defense as she mobilizes volunteers and resources to bolster national security efforts. The group endorses civilian support, fundraising, and public awareness campaigns across regions.
Markets Report From Chicago Area On Hogs Cattle And Grains
Chicago live stock totals and price ranges for hogs cattle and oats with receipts around 10 000 hogs 7 000 cattle. Quotations show light to heavy hogs at 17 40 to 18 15 and cows and steers in the mid teens. Illinois prices tied to a crisis fuel policy while East Buffalo and Kansas City summaries add regional figures.
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Kansas City
East Buffalo
Hog Prices Rise Sharply at National Stockyards East St Louis
In East St Louis Illinois on August 17 hog prices opened 25.40 cents higher with good hogs selling at 18.45. The Weather was fair and warmer.
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East St. Louis
East Stt. Louis
Ill
National
Two Hundred New Officers to Go to France
Chicago reports that 200 newly commissioned officers from Fort Sheridan will immediately proceed to France to complete training and join a 2,000 strong U S contingent from first reserve officer training camps. The officers hail from Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and are slated as first and second lieutenants. Most have military or college language experience. In a separate note Washington asks Swiss authorities to explain the raid on the Freie Zeitung newspaper in Lerner.
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Chicago
Fort Sheridan
France
United States
War Department
Washington
Illinois
Michigan-Wisconsin
Root Calls Treasonous Press to Be Convicted and Shot
Elihu Root, returning commissioner to Russia, denounces New York pro German press and agitators as treasonous. Addressing the Union League club crowd he says some editors deserve conviction and execution for treason and that dawn executions may come to light enemies.
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New York
Elihu Root
Russia
Union League Club
Root
Kaiser Cuddler Chased From Aurora Town by Officials
William Stocker, ally of Fred Lundin and a founder figure in local politics, faced a hostile reception as a Republican paper tied to city administration was about to be distributed. A 50‑member business committee led by James McCredie, T. W. Sanders, and Edward Rochester demanded he halt distribution and leave town. Stocker departed immediately.
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Aurora
William Stocker
Fred Lundin
William Hale Thompson
James McCredie
Masonic Order
T. W. Sanders
Edward Rorchester
Stocker
Battles, casualties and advances on Western Front and Belgium
British Haig reports Langemarck captured with 1,800 prisoners and five guns seized. French and British forces push along Steenstraete to Steenbeke and across the Aisne, while German claims of Cathedral fire and Russian Romanian fronts reflect ongoing heavy fighting. Prisoners and gains are noted with multiple fronts in Belgium and eastern lines.
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Langemarck
London
Lloyd George
House of Command
Field Marshal Haig
Lansemarck
Jlanzemarck
Berlin
Sereth
Vield Marshal von Mackensen
Paris
Belgium
Steenstraete
Steenbeke
War Office
Aisne
Kaiser Boosters Warned In Cedar Rapids Patrol
United States Marshal E. K. Moore and Deputy Marshal Healy visited several counties in the district rounding up pro-German agitators. In each town they were taken to the public square and lectured on duty to the United States and penalties for seditious talk. A Russian torpedo boat was destroyed by a mine in the Baltic. A German steamship was sunk in the Gulf of Bothnia by a Russian submarine.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
EK. R. Moore
Healy
Petrograd
Baltic
Gulf of Bothnia
Mexican Gunboats Guard Gulf Shore For Neutrality
Mexico City reports gunboats ordered to patrol the gulf shore to prevent any violation of neutrality by German agents. The measures aim to stop attempts by Blan agents to disrupt the region.
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Kaiser
Mexico City
Gulf
Ger. Blan
Exemption claim task forces Gould draft status
New York August 17 Kingdon Gould millionaire once pushing exemption is certified available for draft by the national army after failing to press his exemption claim before the local board.
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New York
Kingdon Gould
National Army
Esterhazy to Resign as Hungary's Premier
Vienna telegram reports Count Moritz Esterhazy likely to resign from the Hungarian premiership due to ill health. He has served since last June, with the notice appearing in the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin.
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Amsterdam
Moritz Esterhazy
Hungary
Vienna
Vossische Zeitung
Berlix
Inventor of C and the shifting tale of its creation
Fragmentary notes recount the inventor linked to a C shaped symbol and a factory origins that inspired a writer then adapted into a four letter alphabet. The tale hints at Japan revising the script for a typewriter like device.
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George C
Turing
Japan
Sugar Futures Trading Suspended by New York Market
On Herbert Hoover’s suggestion the New York Co-Op Exchange halted all sugar futures trading until further notice.
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New York
Herbert C. Hoover
New York Coie and Sugar Exchange
Justice Department Pledges Swift Action Against I W W
Washington announces the department of justice will act swiftly and severely against I W W activities in the northwest and elsewhere that threaten war essential production. Any action retarding crop harvesting, spruce lumber for airplanes, or mineral output will be met with conspiracy charges, with Bannet Per Gone named as responsible.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Northwest
Per Gone
Trachoma Reported in Fort Wayne Soldier Exam
Fort Wayne Indiana August 17 doctors found trachoma an infectious eye disease among men examined for the conscript army. The man was exempted and placed in care of those in charge at the hospital.
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Fort Wayne
Fort Way
Ind
Taft On Way to Canada After Illness
Former President Taft, weakened by illness, travels through Chicago en route to Canada seeking recovery. The trip aims to regain health following a recent ailment.
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Taft
Canada
Chicago
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Thompson
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Ottawa
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Detroit
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Esterhazy
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