Pacifists Protest at Wilson Administration Meeting
Chicago Aug 20 more than 5000 pacifists joined a joint meeting of the People’s Council and the Progressive Cigarmakers Union denouncing suppression of socialist press meeting disruption and conscription leaders included Max Eastman J L Engdahl Laura Hughes Ernest Reichman and E C Wentworth speakers warned of German autocracy while urging American vigilance and peace terms no arrests were made by Secret Service or police
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People’s Council
Progressive Cigarmakers’ Union
Socialist Movement
Max Eastman
J. L. Engdahl
The
American Socialist
Laura Hughes
Toronto
Canada
Ernest Reichman
E. C Wentworth
Colonel Thompson Urged to Resign Over Mare Island Inquiry
Secretary Daniels urges Colonel Thompson to resign for laxity in the Mare Island navy yard inquiry. Daniels says the League should be led by those who would not release statements discrediting the navy and who would be acceptable to every honest citizen of America.
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Thompson
Danies
Mare Island Navy Yard
Daniels
League
Navy Department
America
Indiana fruit crops fall short as growers report slim yields
Reports from many fruit growers show Indiana will harvest about 65 percent of normal apples and 25 percent of normal peaches. Grimes Golden and Ben Davis apples are notably short due to cold rain at bloom, winds, hail, and pests. Rains hindered spraying and diseases. some areas face total peach crop failure, with overall fruit yield roughly one quarter of normal.
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Indianapolis
Ind
S. Grimes Golden
Ben Davis
American Minister Egan Undergoing Danish Operation
Dr. Maurice E. Egan American minister to Denmark was operated on August 20 by Professor chou, a Danish specialist. The operation was reported successful and his condition is favorable.
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Copenhagen
Maurice E. Egan
Denmark
Chou
Fire destroys Montgomery garage in Scottsburg loss $20,000
A morning blaze at John M Montgomery’s garage and machine shop in Scottsburg Indiana caused about 15000 in property damage and destroyed several autos. The fire spread to nearby homes of William Davis and Fred Densford with combined losses around 5000. Origin undetermined.
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Scottsburg
Ind
John M Montgomery
William Davis
Fred Densford
Ex czar's new home in Tobolsk Siberia
Petrograd says the deposed Russian emperor Nicholas Romanoff and his entourage will reside in Tobolsk western Siberia for state reasons under guard. The move follows Rasputin's controversial role and a train delay due to locomotive breakdown on the journey north.
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Petrograd
Nicholas Romanoff
Tobolsk
Siberian
Russia
Gregory Rasputin
British freighter reports sinking of German U boat
British freighter officers arriving at an Atlantic port say a German U boat on an eastbound voyage to England collided with the ship off Ireland. The surfaced sub struck the freighter, lost its periscope, then a midship diver and the submarine’s petrol tanks exploded and tore the craft apart.
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New York
Dutch Shoot Pawn Kaiser's Plane Near Winschoten
Two German airplanes with three men aboard landed near Winschoten in The Netherlands. One plane was in flames and the other was shot down by Dutch soldiers. The occupants were uninjured.
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Kaiser
The
Hague
Winschoten
Iowa Steamer Employee Drowns in Keokuk
Fred Schever aged nineteen of Dubuque a helper on the steamer Sidney drowned at Keokuk when a small boat he was working in capsized, the accident reported from Keokuk.
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Iowa
Employe
Keokuk
Fred Schever
Ninteen
Dubuque
Sidney
U S Air Raider Fails to Return in Massive Allied Raid
Paris, Aug 20. The Lafayette squadron aided a French air raid dropping 238000 pounds of bombs on German targets. Corporal Harold Willis of Boston is missing after the raid. Dudley Hill of Peekskill escaped injury from incendiary bullets. Adjutant Masson’s group repelled a three-plane patrol. Campbell Jr. survived a heavy machine landing incident.
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Paris
Lafayette
Harold Willis
Boston
Lafayette Squadron
Raoul Lufbery
Wallingford
Conn
Dicien Masson
San Francisco
Rhine
Lufbery Command
Dudley Hill
Peekskill
N. Y
Corporal Willis
W. A. Courtney Campbell Jr
Kenilworth
Russ to Cut Expenses
Petrograd reports Finance Minister Nekrasoff says the government will sharply reduce unnecessary expenditures and a special commission will be appointed to oversee the program.
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Russ
Petrograd
Finance Nekrasoff
Japan buys 500000 bales of American cotton
Japan in the market for 500000 bales of American cotton valued at about $65,600,000. Shima, a Tokyo cotton buyer, announces the prospective purchase in San Francisco on August 20.
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San Francisco
Japan
Shima
Tokyo
Miss Marian Grimes Weds Dr. Charles Campbell in Brazil
Miss Marian Grimes daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel M Grimes and Dr Charles D Campbell son of Mrs Mary Campbell of Bloomington were married at the bride's parents home Brazil Indiana The ceremony was read by Reverend George E Frances of the First M E Church Dr Campbell heads the music department at Indiana University Bloomington The bride is an Indiana University graduate.
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Brazil
Ind
Marian Grimes
Samuel M. Grimes
Charles D. Campbell
Mary Campbell
Bloomington
George E. Frances
M. E. Church
Campbell
Indiana Univeristy
Indiana University
Johns' Day Reunion Invites John D Rockefeller in Eaton Event
In Eaton Indiana on August 20 secretary John Cooper Props announced the twelfth Johns day celebration at Riverside Park. Thousands of invitations mailed to Johns nationwide invite attendance at the reunion with a special invite to John D Rockefeller and former congressman Joan A M Adair set to deliver the principal address.
Tragedy Near Connersville Ends in Double Fatality
In Connersville Indiana Aug 20 the coroner and police find no motive for the killing of Mrs. Lawrence W Rowton and the suicide of her husband three miles south of the city. Rowton about forty a farmer from Perry Township Henry County drove with his wife to the scene. Emery Pike found the bodies and they were taken to a morgue.
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Connersville
Ind
Lawrence W. Rowton
Rowton
Pery Township
Henry County
Emery Pike
Mrs Astor Aids Allies Through Red Cross Relief Work
The graph of Mrs Astor notes she has lived in London for some time and is devoting herself to Red Cross and other relief work for the allies.
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Thi
Mrs. Astor
London
Red Cross
Allies
Heavy fighting on Meuse river shifts trench warfare
British forces stormed German trenches near Gillemont Farm on the Somme front between Lempire and Bony as the Germans begin a new depth defense. Reports note violent artillery duels around Braye and Cerny with 600 shells fired at Rheims. The war enters a fourth year with revised German tactics and heavy artillery pressure.
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Paris
Braye
Cerny
Meuse
Rhems
Ger
London
Gillemont Farm
Lempire
Bony
Somme
France
Havrincourt
Begium
Russians Break Up Attack by Germans
Petrograd reports German troops attacked Russian positions near Starkhovey on the Vilna front but the assault collapsed under Russian fire. Austro German forces repeatedly struck the Russo Romanian line south of Grozacthi in Moldavia but were repelled. The battle in the Slavic region lasted all day and ended with the Teutons repulsed.
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Petrograd
Starkhovey
Vilne
Grozechti
Moldavia
East Germantown Renames to Pershing in Honor of General
Richmond Ind Aug 20 Permission to rename East Germantown to Pershing has been granted by the Post Office Department. Residents sought the change to remove odium tied to the old name and honor the World War commander, with the town dating back over a century to Pennsylvania settlers.
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Richmond
Ind
East Germantown
Pershing
Frank Gipe
Postoffice Department
Here
Odium
Ger
Pennsylvania
France
Venizelos Sees Triumph Greece Pledges Aid Democracy
Greek premier M. Venizelos sent a message from Athens to the British at the war’s fourth year opening. He expressed conviction in the final triumph of democratic nations and the pleasure of Greece joining their cause.
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London
Aus
M. Venizelos
Athens
Greece
Andrassy to Be Premier in Hungary
Budapest reports say Count Julius Andrassy will succeed Count Moritz Eszterhazy as premier of Hungary as the current prime minister prepares to resign due to ill health.
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Andrassy
Copenhagen
Budapest
Count Julius Andrassy
Moritz Eszterhazy
Hungary
Record Wheat Harvest Totals From Orange County Area
An official report from a United States Department of Agriculture agent records a large wheat crop in Orange County. The statewide crop total is estimated at 122,000 bushels with several county records shown, including Lawrence 135,384 bushels and Dubois 498,528.
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Orleans
Warning of disguised submarine off Atlantic coast
An oil steamer reported a wireless message warning of a submarine near the Atlantic coast, said to be disguising as a schooner with the top half of its hull resembling a different vessel. The captain believed the message originated near Bermuda, and urged crews to watch for the decoy craft.
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Atlantic
Loorida
Bermuda
73 Held as Anti-Draft Rioters in Oklahoma
In McAlester Oklahoma on August 20 thirty three anti-draft rioters from Seminole county were bound over to the federal grand jury with bonds near half a million dollars. The court released twenty seven prisoners but kept them as witnesses on ten thousand dollar bonds.
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McAlester
Okla
Seminole County
Federal Grand Jury
United States
R. P. McMillen
Twety
Nick
Berlin
Amsterdam
Aus
Weserseibung
Nicholas
Martial Law Extends Across Greece
In Athens on August 20 martial law was extended to cover all of Greece expanding the prior measures. The move broadens government control amid ongoing unrest and security concerns.
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Greece
Athens
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