Nine German Ministers Quit In Major Cabinet Shakeup
Berlin reports that five ministers and four secretaries of state have resigned, including Foreign Secretary Zimmermann and Finance Minister Lente, in a broad ministry reshuffle. Dr. Richard von Kuehmann named new Foreign Secretary, seen as anti-ruthless submarine warfare and pro-Britain détente postwar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Olliclat
Tmde
Zimmermaon
Finance
Lentae
von Loebell
Utel
Richard von Kruehmann
Lurkey
Zim- Mermann
Beseler
Croven ‘Troi Zu Solz
Agricultuure
Potuniis
van Sehoriemer
Lentee
Herr von Loebell
Herr Kracke
Doctor Lisco
Alfred Zimmermann
Food Regulation Board
Adolph von Brtocki
Lichter
Imperial Home Office
Karl Delfferich
Ministry of State
Interior
Peter Spahn
Reichstag
Drews
Herr Schmidt
Essen Hartruthe
Doctor Hertz
Kuehlmann
Amsterdam
Holland
Richard von Kuehlmann
Nieuwe Courant
The
Hague
Doctor von Kuehlmann
Great Britain
Germany
Doeter von Kuehmann
Britain
Draft ruling clarifies dependency and marriage effects on exemptions
Washington reports that Provost Marshal General Crowder informed governors that the selective service law permits discharges for dependency only when advisable. It states hasty or post‑induction marriages do not create a dependency status. President Wilson added a order deeming those who miss examination reports physically fit for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baker
Crowder
Willson
Submarine Losses Decline in British Merchant Fleet
London reports a drop in submarine losses with 18 ships sunk this week over 1 000 tons and three vessels under that tonnage. The official summary notes fewer merchantmen lost to submarines during the period.
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London
Kaleer Orders Salute
Berlin reports Emperor William ordered flags raised and salutes fired in Prussia and Alsace Lorraine to mark the capture of Cserpowits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaleer
Berlin
William
Cserpowits
Prussia
Alsace-Lorraine
Americans Beat French at War Training Camp Meet
At a French American training camp on Aug 6 the Samies and French teams competed in grenade throwing and automatic rifle firing. The Americans won both events with slight margins, praised for baseball trained throwing and improving marksmanship, while the French showed strong accuracy in both contests.
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France
Sumimies
States
St Julien Reclaimed by British Forces in Flanders
British Haig forces regain St. Julien northeast of Ypres after earlier withdrawal. South of Hollebeke gains reported between Ypres and Warneton. East of Monchy Je Preux Germans pushed back from most front captured Thursday. On Tuesday Anglo French line took 6122 prisoners. Canadians advance 1000 yards toward Lens to 200 yards depth.
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London
Ypres
Flanders
Haig
St. Julien
Whech
France
Hollebeke
Warneton
Monchy
Je Preux
Belgium
Lens
United States Must Aid War Effort Promptly
London Aug 3 Maj Gen Frederick B Maurice chief director of military operations at the war office said in a weekly talk that Russia’s setbacks will prolong the war and the United States must enter the field at once with maximum force. He called the Flanders battle an entire success.
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London
Russia
Frederick B. Maurice
War Office
Rud
United States
Maurice
Flanders
Revised $2 Billion War Tax Plan Faces Senate Debates
The revised tax bill seeks about 2.0 billion in new federal revenue mainly from income, war profits, liquor and tobacco taxes. It halves retroactive income changes, boosts surcharges on the wealthy, and taxes corporations. Beer and wine duties rise, with a prohibitive beverage tax. The measure aims for final enactment early next month, with House and Senate committees debating details.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House Hill
House
Senate
Chaitinai Simmons
Congress
Congress Early Next Thonth
House Passes Food Bill Amid Near Consensus
The House adopted the conference report on the food control bill with no dissent. Caleb Powers briefly opposed then changed his vote while Jeff McLemore voted present. The chamber also backed the oil survey report nearly unanimously and approved the overall package 357 to 0, despite Republican objections to coal and coke regulation and oversight changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Caleb Powers
Kentucky
Jeff McLemore
Texas
Powers
Pomerene Section
31 Killed in Mine Blast at West Kentucky Coal
Clay Kentucky August 6 31 dead in the explosion at the south entry of No 7 mine West Kentucky Coal company officials say 24 bodies were removed and most victims were negro. 15 to 20 men remain in the workings with little hope of survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay
West Kentucky Coal Company
Charles 8. Richardson
Richardson
War Declared by China Against Germany and Austria Hungary
Acting President Feng Kwo-Chang approved an unanimous cabinet decision to declare war on Germany and Austria Hungary. Entente ministers may meet at the Chinese foreign office to discuss China's declaration expected to be issued soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Feng Kwo-Chang
Germany
Austria-Hungary
China
Wealthy New York broker slain by divorced wife
John de Saulles a former Yale football star and wealthy real estate broker was shot five times by his wife Blanca de Saulles in Hempstead after she traveled from Roslyn seeking their four and a half year old son. She was arrested and held for arraignment.
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New York
John de Saulles
Yale
Renal
Blanca de Saulles
Roslyn
S. 1
Hempstead
Rublway
de Saulles
de Suaulles
Joan Sawyer
United States
Blanca Hrrazuria
Chile
de Saulies
Kerensky Crisis Deepens as Premier Refuses to Quit
Premier Kerensky returns to Petrograd and withdraws resignation after all night talks. Kerensky vows changes to government while urging a strong revolutionary leadership to carry out state affairs. A joint council vote confirms confidence in Kerensky 147 to 46 as troops report clashes near Czernowicz Balari. Czernowitz falls to Austro-Hungarian forces. Bukowina front reports Teuton advances and Russian retirements near Kimpelung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Kerenski
M. Kerensky
Bnt
Russia
Tereschenko
Alexander Kerensky
Kerensky
Duma
MM. Kerensky
Czernowicz
Bukowina
Balari
Kimpelung
Kovel
Volhynia
Teutonia
Czernowitz
Vienna
Draft rioters face death penalties in Oklahoma uprising
Provost Marshal General Crowder warns that resistance to the draft will meet federal troops when arresting deserters. In Muskogee, District Attorney McQuinnis says defendants in the Oklahoma uprising will be tried for treason and death penalty sought. Posse from Sasakwa arrives with 20 prisoners as tensions persist in Seminole county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowder
Washington
General Crowder
Fitts
Muskogee
Okia
W. P. McQinnis
Okahoma
Sasakwa
Seminole County
Darren
Pottawatomie County
Shawnee
Asher
Here
Working Class
General Macovisky Ordered Shot by Petrograd
A dispatch from Petrograd reports General Macovisky, commander of the Guards corps, has been ordered shot after a court martial instigated by General Korniloff for disobeying orders to shoot deserters during the Husksian retreat on the southwest front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macovisky
Petrograd
London
Guards Corps
Korniloff
Four Lowden Germans Arrested on Treason Charges
Cedar Rapids agencies arrested four prominent German citizens from Lowden on August 3 for making treasonable utterances. The detained are Albert Schaeffer sixty five retired farmer William Reichman sixty five furniture dealer Ernest Meier sixty five retired farmer and Carl Gerhl thirty six farmer.
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Cedar Rapids
Lowden
Here
Albert Schaeffer
William Reichman
Ernest Meier
Carl Gerhl
U S Takes Over Shipyards Under Government Direction
The United States Shipping Board orders 24 major shipyards to requisition all ships of 2,500 dead weight tons or more. Management remains with current owners but under government direction. Admiral Capps signs the requisition, affecting about 675 ships and over 1.5 million tons, with costs estimated above 125 million dollars.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Admiral Capps
United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
World and Local War News Flash From The Era
A wide span of wartime items is summarized, including a $10 million Italian treasury credit, the sailing of Dr Paul Ritter home, a German munition factory destroyed at Henningsdorf with heavy casualties, and a fatal auto train collision in Altoona Rock Island. Others note Norwegian ship sinkings, a Fort Bills fire loss, a U boat sighting near New York, and strikes at Mitsubishi yards in Nagasaki.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Paul Ritter
United States
Switzerland
Atlantic
Henningsdorf
Germany
Edna Larson
Hazell
Altoona
Hilda Boquist
Kenneth Swanson
Rock Island
River
Slotne War Office
Fort Bills
New York
War Department
London
Charles Fleischmann
Julius Freischimann
Cincinnati
Perry Wits
Great South Bay
Witlan J. Carr
Appellate Division
State Supreme Court of New York
Good Ground
L. l
Brooklyn
Villa Neva
Fordham
Thomas DD. Joel
Chicago
Edward N. Hurley
Shipping Board
Mitsubishi
Nagashi
Japan
Nine U S gunners lost as Matanno sinks
Nine gunners and 24 crewmen of the American steamer Matanno were lost when the vessel sank. Nine were saved. Names and homes of the missing include James A. Sokel of Chatsworth TL and A H Vogel of Baltimore among others with next of kin listed. The state department issued the notice on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
James A. Sokel
Af Chatsworth
A. H. Vogel
Baltimore
Don W. Bannore
New York
Joseph Frank Carlin
Boatswain
Pittsburgh
Andrew
Chicago Honors Draft Men
Chicago watchers paused as drafted men paraded through main streets in honor of the draft army. Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Barry and the Russian democracy commission led the reviewing stand in the first of a series of demonstrations ahead of departures for France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
France
Thomas H. Barry
Central Department
United States Army
New
Russian Democracy
Markets Offer Wide Range Of Grains And Livestock Prices
Prices shown include flour and wheat at various brands and grades with several figures for jute sacks. Hay, Timothy, red top mixes, and new timothy priced from around 15 to 21 dollars per unit. Cattle ranges from good to prime, hogs from 12 to 16 dollars, sheep listings from 9 to 14 dollars, with multiple weight and quality brackets.
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Timothy
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von Kuehlmann
Zimmermann
Burwell
S. Cutler
Burwell S. Cutler
Buffalo
N. Y
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Edward Ewing Pratt
Bureau
Department of Commerce
Pollus
U. S
America
Federaa
T. P. O'Connor
Arris & Ewing
T. P
Tay Pay) O’connor
Russ
Ascher
Okla
JOWA
Washington Telegraphs
Matano
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