Rioters Redraw Houston as Army Quells Black Infantry Mutiny
Gen. James Parker orders Twenty fourth Infantry battalions to columbus new Mexico as Houston recovers from Thursday night riot by Black soldiers. Dozens killed and many captured as martial law restores order with saloons closed and troops patrolling streets.
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San Antonio
Tex
James Parker
Southern Department
Columbus
N. M
Twenty-fourth United States Infantry
Houston
Waco
Twentyfourth United States Infantry
Negro
J. W. Mattes
Second
Ilinois Field Artillery
Second Illinois Field Artillery
Ira D. Rainey
Rafe Daniels
Smith
Sutton
J. Meinke
Ferguson to Take Stand in Impeachment Trial
Austin Aug. 27 Cog Janes B Perginson has been summoned by John P D McCall secretary of the senate to appear before the bar of the Senate at seven o clock Wednesday morning to answer impeachment charges. The Senate committee on procedure for the trial has nearly finished its rules and will follow the Sulzer and McCaughey precedents.
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Austin
Tex
Janes B. Perginson
John PD. McCall
Senate
Wtven
House
Sulzer
New York
McCaughey
Naval officer serves on Japanese mission committee
Capt. C. C. Marsh, U. S. N., acts as Chevy's representative on the American committee overseeing the Japanese mission to the United States. He previously held the post of naval attache at Tokyo.
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C. C. Marsh
Chevy’s
United States
Tokyo
French Troops Capture Hill 304 at Verdun
Paris reports Hill 304 at Verdun was captured along with Camard wood and fortified works between Hancourt and Berthincourt. French forces reached an average depth of two kilometers and took prisoners as they gained key Verdun positions long held since last year’s German push. Berlin confirms German evacuation of Hill 304 with a weak garrison left behind.
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Paris
Meuse
Avecourt Wood
Dead Man’s Hill
War Office
Camard Wood
Hancourt Wood
Bethincourt
Dead Man's Hill
Hancourt
Berthincourt
Verdun
Berlin
Verdun Front
British
War Department
US Rejects Pope Benedict Peace Plan Over Russia Autocracy
Washington signals rejection of the pope’s peace proposals citing failure to demand end of Germany’s autocracy. The State Department releases a cable greeting from President Woodrow Wilson to the Russian National Council in Moscow praising democracy and unity with the United States.
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Washington
United States
Benedict
Germany
State Department
Great Council of the Russhan People
Moscow
National Counci of Assembly
Russia
Great Council
Woodrow
German steamer Renate Leonhart torpedoed off Dutch coast
A Rotterdam dispatch reports the German steamer Renate Leonhart en route from Rotterdam to a German port was torpedoed off the Dutch coast and sank in deep water. An Amsterdam dispatch adds the steamer Profutably was sunk outside Dutch waters.
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London
Italy
Rotterdam
Renate Leonhart
Amsterdam
U. S. to Draft Policemen and Firemen
New York police commissioner says policemen and firemen eligible for the draft will not be exempt from military service. The communication came from Provost Marshal General Crowder to the police department.
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U. S
New York
Italians Capture 23,600 Austrians in Isonzo Drive
Reports from Rome say Italian forces under Count Cadorna press the front as Austria retreats along the Isonzo. They seize Monte Santo and advance toward Trieste while taking 23,600 prisoners and 75 large guns. Austrian losses run about 100,440.
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Rome
Corso
Count Cadorna
Italy
Goritz
Trieste
Isonzo
Victor Emanuel III
Istrian
Monte Santo
Carso
Hoover Urges Farmers to Support Allied War Effort
Federal Food Administrator Herbert C Hoover spoke at the Hotel Sherman before 126 farm journals, outlining policy and the nation’s food challenges. He warned the war is shared by all and stressed intelligent coordination to feed allies, noting the stakes include national existence and freedom.
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Chicago
Herbert C. Hoover
United States
Hoover
Sherman
Atlantic
England
Chicago Wheat Pit Quiet as Hoover Order Enforces Trade Halt
At noon on August 27 the Chicago wheat pit fell silent as Hoover ordered a halt to wheat futures trading. Brokers responded with patriotism and strong national spirit, replacing the usual bustle with a calm, orderly mood and no dissent.
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Chicago
Pit
Riot suspects placed in stockade after Houston riots
A detachment of the States Infantry arrived from Houston under Maj. H. Bradford Jr. to Columbus to guard men implicated in Houston riots. Those charged were placed in a stockade while others were disarmed and assigned quarters.
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Columbus
Twenty-fourth United States Infantry
Houston
Tex
Duluth Miller Heads $50 Million Wheat Trust
Julius Barnes of Duluth Minnesota serves as president of a fifty million dollar wheat corporation organized by Herbert C Hoover. The photo shows him at his desk in the food administration serving without pay.
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Julius Barnes
Duluth, Minn
Herbert C. Hoover
Food Administration
First Drafted Men to Report for Camp September Fifth
Washington reports two major orders on mobilizing the National Army. Married men dependents or with children are exempted. Only 5 percent of those drafted will go to camp September 5, with the rest spread through September and October. White men with certain trades and experience receive precedence in the first 5 percent.
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Washington
Wilson
Miarshal
U.S. Loans Russia $100 Million Amid Optimism
The United States boosted its support for the new Russian democracy by a $100 million loan to the Provisional Government. Secretary Lansing stated Russia’s government appears stronger politically and militarily, based on confidential dispatches to Washington.
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Washington
United States
Land
The
Treasury
Lansing
State Department
Russia
Petrograd
Officers Camp Opens at Fort Sheridan Training Regiments Listed
Fort Sheridan opens the officers reserve camp to train leaders for the National Army. James A. Tt. Ryan commands. Provisional regiments include the Tenth Michigan Wisconsin with 1 1 382 men total. the Eleventh total 1 518. the Fourteenth with Kansas Missouri and Colorado totaling 1 104.
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Fort Sheridan
National Army
Cal
James A. Tt. Ryan
Privatonal Training Regiment
Michigan
Wisconsin
Pls) Men Per Company, Eleventh Provisional Training Regiment
Nots
Fourteenth Provisional Training Regiment
Kansas, Missouri
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Wilson imposes broad export control for all goods
President Wilson issues a proclamation placing the United States under control of all exports. An exports administration board led by Vance McCormick will issue licenses for shipping commodities from American ports to enemy and neutral nations during wartime. The policy aims to safeguard U S needs without prohibiting trade.
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Vance McCormick
Washington
Wilson
United States
U. S
Germany
Secretary of the Treasury
Exports Administrative Board
Bryan says unpatriotic talk stems from heart not mind
Chicago August 28 Bryan in an interview says unpatriotic utterances by prominent men arise more from a wrong attitude of heart than an error of the mind. He adds the tongue slips only if the heart skids and urges Americans to be on the side of the United States to avoid aiding the enemy.
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Chicago
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
United States
Russians Repulse Attacks Across Fronts in War Report
Reports from Petrograd say Russian and Romanian fronts repelled attacks at multiple points. A new Caucasian front advance is noted. Berlin confirms limited Russian front activity with artillery and small infantry clashes. German reconnaissance succeeds north of Monastir as Bulgarians repel British detachments near Like Dotran.
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Petrograd
War Office
Berlin
Annoummce&ment
Monastir
Dotran
Bulgarinox
Tighten Ltd orders saloon closures near Camp Upton
New York Aug 28 Qordera issued to close all saloons within five miles of Camp Upton at Yaphank J T with aim to make the army Cantonment one of the cleanest in the country.
Willam Zinke Ends Life in Gas Room
Davenport Iowa August 28 William Zinke secretary of a German socialist group killed himself by turning on gas in his room. He was said to be under secret service surveillance by authorities.
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Davenport
Willam Zinke
War News: Prices, Quotas, and Battles Across Fronts
Reports from Washington to Chicago and beyond cover sugar price investigations, draft quota updates, and a wave of military losses. Arnold Henkel’s escape tale ends with capture near Fort Oglethorpe as a farmer recovers him. Chicago completes its draft quota with more exemptions than allotted.
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Arnold Henkel
Fort Oglethorpe
The
Food Administration
Washington
Chicago
Joseph W. Mattes
Battery A
Second
Illinois Field Artillery
Stars and Stripes
Houston
Irish Sea
B. D. Whitelaw
St. Louis
Bert Stanley
Federal Trade Commission
Bureau of Statistics
France
Navy Department
George Herbert Manley
Cyrus W. Crooks
Christiane
Azores
Pogososki
Sereth
Moldavia
London
Harvard Alumni Bulletin
Cambridge
Harvard
Senate
Carl Reichmann
Germany Planned War on U S After Defeat of France
Washington reports the state department holds evidence supporting Lord Cecil’s claim that Germany planned to attack the United States following France and Britain’s defeat. Secretary Lansing declined to specify the evidence publicly.
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Germany
America
State Department
Washington
United States
France
England
Lord Robert Cecil
Lansing
Major Reed Named Commander of Fort Benjamin Harrison Camp
Washington announces Major Alvin C. Reed, previously senior instructor, as commander of the second officers training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis. General Glenn had recommended Colonel Gignilliat, who was already assigned to a National Army post.
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Washington
Alvin C. Reed
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Reed
Glenn
Gignilliat
National Army
Markets Report Shows Wide Wheat Prices and Livestock Quotes
Grain prices list spring wheat and patent varieties with jute and export bag terms, plus rye figures and hay values. Cattle quotes cover good to choice steers and cows, with calves, hogs, and sheep prices across weight ranges and categories.
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Taois
Camp Logan
Vuncene
Joseph Mattes
Texas
C. C. Margh
Holland
24Th U. S. Infantry
Bryan
Allen
Indiana
Fort Harrison
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