Troops Move Blacks From Texas After Houston Riots
General orders return the Twenty fourth Infantry battalions to Columbus and Waco after a mob raid in Houston left 17 dead and 16 wounded. Martial law ends the riot as troops guard streets and arrest over fifty, with 38 still at large. A court martial considers death for mutiny.
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San Antonio
Tex
James Packer
Southern Department
Columbus
Twenty-fourth United States Infantry
Houston
Waco
Atart
Twenty Fourth United States Infantry
J. W. Mattes
Second
HlMnda Field Artillery
Atte
President Wilson fixes coal prices nationwide
The August 18 announcement sets anthracite prices from 4 to 6 per ton starting September 1 with caps on jobbers profits up to 60 cents east of Buffalo and 50 cents west. Bituminous price limits apply to all deliveries, with profits capped at 75 cents per ton. The move aims to ease household coal costs as the new scales take effect.
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Washington
Wilson
Blorry Ac Teattheld
Witbnims College
Aimet Ceat
Buffalo
Senate
Joseph Tuemulty
EL Ed. Wallace
St. Louis Coal Club
Aw Vulcan
Uos
Bmw Oe
Ferguson to Take Stand in Impeachment Trial
Gov. James Ferguson is summoned by Senate secretary John D. McCall to appear at ten o'clock Wednesday morning to answer impeachment charges. The Senate committee on procedure nears completion and plans to follow precedents set in prior high profile impeachments of New York and Lund Camper niener McCaughey in 1908.
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Austin
Tex
James @ Ferguson
John D. McCall
Senate
House
Sumner
New York
Lund Camper Niener McCaughey
Sending Mail to Soldiers in National Army Camps
Washington Aug 24 article explains mail procedures for soldiers in National Army camps. It outlines addressing format with known unit details and directs use of state delivery when unit is unknown. It notes eventual direct distribution to company and regiment once troops are organized.
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Washington
Camp Dodge
Lowa
Russians Repulse Attacks At Petrograd Front
Russian and Romanian fronts repelled attacks at multiple points according to war officials. A further push was reported on the Caucasian front while artillery and infantry clashes intensified elsewhere. Northeast of Monastir reconnaissance yielded no major success for German forces.
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Petrograd
Roumantia
Alfies
Crucasian
Bia Iapes
Bertin
Monastir
Bake Dolran
Government to pay wheat price difference if market surfeits
Kansans City dispatch notes that if world markets in 1918 are flooded with wheat due to wartime termination and farmer overproduction, the government will cover the gap between market price and the president’s established minimum price.
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Kansans City
Italians Rout Austrians in Isonzo Breakthrough
Rome reports heavy Austro-Hungarian losses as Italian forces push from Goritz to Triente. Italian troops take 23,000 prisoners and breach the Isonzo, with Monte Santo seized and 75 large guns captured. Austrian counter-attacks repulsed. total Austrian losses near 100,000.
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Rome
Italy
Goritz
Triente
Isonzo
Victor Emanuel Viere
Istrian
Monte Santo
Corso
Italiana
Chicago Wheat Pit Quiet After Hoover Trading Order
At noon Saturday the Chilenga wheat pit, famed for noise, ceased trading as Hoover’s food order ended wheat futures. Traders obeyed with cheerful patriotism, showing no dissent and a buoyant, exuberant mood in the pit as the war measure took effect.
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Chicago
Ita Alze
Hoover
Halt Big Shipyard Strike In New York District
Shipyard workers in the New York district vote to strike but delay action as United States mediator Charles Hughes facilitates talks to settle differences between strikers and shipbuilders.
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New York
New York District General
United States
Charles Hughes
Department of Inbor
American Flyers Killed in West Front Action
Paris reports the confirmed death of C. B. Chadwick of Lowell Massachusetts and Julian C. Biddle American aviators. Corporal Harold Willis of Boston a member of the Lafayette Escadrille is taken prisoner by German forces. Willis is twenty seven years old and has a distinguished record with the unit.
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Paris
C. B. Chadwick
Lowell
Mass
Julian C. Biddle
West Front
Harold Willis
Boston
Lafayette Escadrille
Willis
German Steamer Renate Leonhaart Torpedoed Off Dutch Coast
A Rotterdam dispatch reports the German steamer Renate Leonhaart bound for a German port was torpedoed off the Dutch coast and sank two deep water. A Amsterdam dispatch suggests the sinking occurred outside Dutch territorial waters. Portugal Banishes Cardinal from Lisbon
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London
Navy
Rotterdam
Renate Leonhaart
French Troops Capture Hill 304 at Verdun
Paris reports the army seized Hill 304 and fortifications between Hancourt and Bethincourt on the Verdun front. The capture follows heavy fighting with prisoners taken and gains averaging two kilometers along the left bank of the Meuse. The evacuation of Hill 304 by German forces is also announced.
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Paris
Meuse
Avecourt Wood
Dead Man's Hill
War Office
Camard Wood
Hancourt Wood
Bethincourt
Avocourt Wood
Dead Man’'s Hill
Hancourt
Verdun
Berlin
Verdun Front
Gurrison
British War Department
France
Belgium
Langemarck- Frezenberg
Ypres
Iverness Copac
Lens
New Officers Camp Opens at Fort Sheridan Ui
The officers reserve camp opened to train leaders for the second batch of 500,000 National Army recruits. Col James A. Ryanta commands. Provisional regiments list numbers for Michigan Wisconsin Indiana Kansas Missouri Colorado and others with company strengths noted.
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Fort Sheridan
National Army
James A. R. Ryanta
Provsional
Michigan
Wisconsin
Fourteenth Provisional Training Regiment
Major Reed Named Commander of Indiana Training Camp
Washington August 27 Major Alvin C Reed was designated commander of the second officers training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis He was a senior instructor in the first camp General Glenn recommended Colonel Gignilliat but he had already been assigned to a post in the National Army
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Washington
Alvin C. Reed
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Reed
Glenn
Gignilliat
National Army
Drafted Men to Camp September 8 Exemptions Expanded
Washington reports two key actions on mobilizing the National Army. President Wilson orders exemptions for married men with dependent wives or children, delaying mass deployment. Only 5 percent to camp on September 5, then 40 percent by September 1 and October 8, with remaining 15 percent thereafter. White men with prior skills prioritized in initial 6 percent.
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Washington
Wilson
Hoover Urges Farmers Aid to Feed Allies in War
Herbert C. Hoover, federal food administrator, told 120 farm journal representatives in Chicago at the Hotel Sherman that Intelligent coordination is vital as the nation and its allies fight the war. He warned the race of world dominion and stressed feeding women and children of allies to prevent a threatened impact on the western line and Canada.
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Chicago
Herbert C. Hoover
United States
Hoover
Sherman
Atlantic
Canada
England
U. S. Accepts Russian Democracy. Grants Loan
The United States renews confidence in the Russian Provisional Government by lending 100 million dollars. Secretary Lansing denies unfavorable Russian reports and says confidential dispatches indicate Petrograd’s government is strengthening its position politically and militarily.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Lansing
State Department
Russia
Petrograd
Russa Na
War News Briefs From Across the Nation
Arnold Henkel a German army officer captured near Fort Oglethorpe Ga after escaping prison was recaptured. The food administration in Washington researches sugar cost and price fixing with hopes of lower prices for housewives. Chicago completes its draft quota with 25 078 exemptions. A running fight between an American liner and a U boat in the Irish Sea ends as the liner arrives. B D Whitelaw slain in a saloon hold up in St Louis. The federal trade commission charges concerted action to raise book prices against 23 manufacturers. A German steamer Renate Leonhart torpedoed off the Dutch coast and sunk. Maj Alvin Reed named commander of the Fort Benjamin Harrison second officers training camp. Carl Vrooman urges local buying clubs to curb war profits in Washington. Anaconda Copper announces another Mare Island shutdown affecting about 15 000 workers. A Mare Island powder magazine explosion deemed deliberate and not accidental. Albert B Lamb of St Louis resigns as Navy League vice president amid Daniels Thompson dispute.
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Arnold Henkel
Fort Oglethorpe
The
Food Administration
Tn Washington
Chicago
B. D. Whitelaw
St. Louis
Patrofinin
Bert Stanley
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Bureau of Statistics
London Daily Telegraph
Rotterdam
Renate Leonhart
Alvin ©. Reed
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Carl Vrooman
Washoe Works
Anaconda
Mont
Mare Island Navy Yard
Naval Investigation Board
Daniela
Albert B. Lamb
Navy League
Navy
Daniels
Thompson
Fight Tax Bill Amendment
Washington Senate rejects Senator La Follette amendment to raise 658.8 million from individuals' incomes, 88 to 21, after debate on war tax bill criticism of antiwar efforts.
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Washington
Senate
la Follette
Warship Sinks Sea Raider In Atlantic
An Atlantic port reported that the German raider Sea Adler, once allied with Moewe, was sunk in the Atlantic after being surprised by a British warship. A British steamer bearing part of the Sea Adler crew delivered the news, and the vessel went down fighting with some crew members lost.
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Sea Adler
Atlantic
Moewe
Wheat and livestock market roundup with varied prices
The report lists prices for flour spring wheat, patent and patent-type wheats in jute and export bags, rye grades, and assorted cattle, hogs, and sheep. It notes ranges from $9 to $18 for cattle, hogs from about $16 to $18, and lambs around $14 to $16, with many grade distinctions and packaging terms.
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Choiece Wethers
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Rafe Daniels
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Manuel Garredo
Fred E. Winkler
Bryant Watson
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Camp Logan
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Charles J. Barrett
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Farmere’ Union
Wheat Price Fixing Commission
Marry A. Garfield
Williams College
Evernor
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U. S
Halt Big Shipyard Strike
Chadwick
J. C. Biddle
Wil Ile
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Portugal
Lisbon
Anthony Mendes Bello
John F. Hylan
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Democratic Fusion Committee
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Fort Hazeleon
Union
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