Troops Ordered to Support U.S. War Effort
In a rapid mobilization, 725,000 troops are to join the U S war effort within weeks. About 687,000 men called by draft will supplement army forces as production and training accelerate.
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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
2
Lens Shaken by Drive Near Coal City Battle in Flanders
Western Newspaper Union reports Crowder and aides drafting final regulations for selective draft mobilization. National Guard to federal service totals about 11,732, with 180,766 volunteers recruited for regular service since April. Canada and ANZ forces setting lines near Lens as grand Allied push and German actions ripple through Flanders and Champagne fronts. Liberia declares war on Germany. Colorado Attorney General Leslie Hubbard touts Masonry’s role in postwar peace at Scottish Rite meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newpaper
Union News
Merylee
Washington
Crowder
Te War de Tment
National Guard
National Army
Guard
Colorado
Duluth
Minn
Leslie E. Hubbard
Supreme Council of the
Masonry
Mr. Hubbard
Germany
Austria
Great Britain
Copper Strike Blamed as Mine Lines Break Try
A disrupted breakthrough at the Ol Domin ion mine near the smelter ends when Deputy Sheriff Chapman fires thrice at two intruders who crossed the railroad onto company property. Soldiers assist in the pursuit. no intruders found. Montana congresswoman Jeannette Blankin urges government takeover of metalliferous mines amid copper trouble. Mrs. Timberlake suffers a fractured ankle after a pavement slip in Washington. The Loyalty League of America is organized in Phoenix to exterminate the I. W. W. roots of labor turmoil.
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Globe
Aii
Ol Dominion
Chapman
W. W. Phoenix
Ariz
Loyalty League of America
Viscount Ishii Heads Japanese Mission to United States
Viscount Kikujiro Ishii serves as chief of the Japanese mission to the United States. He formerly acted as ambassador to France and, from 1915 to 1916, held the post of minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viscount Kikujiro Ishii
United States
France
Tian
Erdelli Shot and Petrograd Governor Killed in Assassination
The Bourse Gazette reports the millinery governor of Petrograd Erdelli was treacherously shot. Cabinet resignations followed with several ministers reconsidering their steps amid political turmoil. Premier Kerensky’s position was debated as ministers and diplomats reevaluated the government’s lineup. In London, Lloyd George claimed German world conquest ambitions have been checked while Germany seeks peace terms. Dresden conversations suggest Germany must show strength before peace. Washington updates note army rations will include pinto beans, with Colorado bean acreage rising to 200000 acres the current year.
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Erdelli
Petrograd
Bourse Gazette
Kidelli
Trognid
Poloviceff
George
London
David Lloyd George
Entente
Quiven’s
Hertain
Colorado
U. S. Army
Washington
Sharpe
Army
China to Declare War Against Kaiser
Peking acting president Feng Kwo Chang approved a cabinet decision to declare war on Germany and Austria Hungary. Reports from London note war loan totals and government watch on mobilization delays. Paris reports Capt George Guynemer has shot down his fiftieth enemy aircraft. July British casualties total 71,832 with 2,503 officers and 69,329 other ranks.
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China
Kaiser
Peking
Feng Kwo Chang
Chines Cabinet
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Guynemer
Paris
France
George Guynemer
London
Mexico Raises Rail Fare in State Railways
Mexico City reports government run rail lines raised ticket prices for trains and sleeping cars by a notable percentage, affecting travellers nationwide.
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Mexico
Mexico City
German cabinet resignations shake coalition as five ministers quit
Zimmerman and Associates resign from the German cabinet along with five state secretaries, triggering a leadership shake before the next government phase. The move affects key ministries and prompts calls for stability amid political rearrangement.
Von Kuehlmann Named New Foreign Secretary Opponent of U Boat War
Official announcement in Berlin states five ministers resigned, including Foreign Secretary Zimmermann. Richard von Kuehlmann, German ambassador to Turkey, named secretary for foreign affairs. Nieuwe Courant notes von Kuehlmann opposed ruthless submarine warfare and favors improved relations with Britain after the war.
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England
Aeticnl
Von
Trott Zu Sole
von Seherlether
Finnner
Dr. Lente
Herr von Loetell
Imperial Post Office
Herr Kraczki
Imperial
Drideo
Alfred Zimmer Haan
Novenber
Krause
von Waldew
Justice
Peter Sphan
Reichstag
Jary Drews
Sehmidt
Agriculture
Kanen-Hartruthe
Finance
Herta
Awsterian
Richard von Kuehlmann
Nieuwe Courant
the Hague
Ays
von Kuehlmann
Great Britain
Germany
Nieuwe Courant Adda
Oklahoma Anti Draft Rioters Led by Slain Leader Captured
Oklahoma City reports say one leader Wallace Cargill died from a gunshot near Rock Point while others were captured. About twenty five alleged objectors were jailed in Holdenville pending hearings. Federal judges overruled demurrers in cases against members of the Jones family anti draft group. Trials set for September with several detainees transported to Konawa. A large posse operated across Seminole and nearby counties as arrests continued.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Wallace Cargill
Rock Point
Cargill
Federal District Court
Konawa
dHeir
Sasakwa
Seminole County
J. F. Moose
Okemah
Holdenville
Drowned Trooper from Walsenburg Drowned in Willamette
Corporal Edwin M. Orabood of Company F Fourth Engineers drowned while bathing in the Willamette River. Private Meldrum Rinrarson attempted rescue as effort by comrades failed. Orabood hailed from Walsenburg Colorado. Russian women head to sea as sailors in Petrograd. first detachment of 150 preparing for Murman voyage.
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Walsenburg
Portland
Ore
Edwin M. Orabood
Company F
Fourth Engineers
Willamette River
Meldrum Rin Rarson
Petrograd
Murman Sons
Fire Destroys Roundhouse in East Las Vegas NM
The abandoned Atchison Topeka Santa Fe roundhouse in East Las Vegas was wiped out by fire with an estimated loss of 25000 dollars. Authorities believe crossed electric wires started the blaze.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad
Lens Falls Slow in East Lens as Canadians Close In
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports heavy fighting around Lens and Arras where British and Canadian forces press forward. Canadians push along a wide front toward Lens center while German raids near Arleux and Hollebeke fail. Russian positions in Bukovina and Galicia shift as alliances realign and Kerensky cabinet forms.
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London
Hollebeke
Ypres
Rupprecht
Westhawk
Lens
Arras
Arleux
St. Quentin
Verdun
Bukowing
Berlin
Duluster
Pruth
Kerensky
Constitutional Democrats
Monchy Te- Preux
Balun
Czernowicz
Bukovina
Petrograd
Criss
Requisition 700 Merchant Ships in American yards
Emergency fleet corporation requisitions merchant vessels over 2,500 tons now building in U S yards. Dou ble and triple shifts to speed up production. Shipping Board records indicate about 700 vessels totaling nearly 2,000,000 tons across classes are under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Guardsmen Enter Federal Service Drafts National Guard
Washington dispatch reports about the National Guard totaling about 350,000 being drafted into federal service. Five divisions from Georgia Alabama Florida Colorado Missouri Kansas Indiana Kentucky Missouri and western states moved to active service prior to the draft proclamation. Meanwhile a prohibition vote move is postponed until December. Also noted Denver dentist Robert Maxwell named for probationary naval dental surgeon post.
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Washington
National Guard
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Colorado
Missouri
Kan
Indiana
Kentucky
Missori
Denver
Navy
Daniel
Robert 8. Maxwell
Bride Wins After Rescuing Drowning Fiancée at Revere Beach
Ludger Gagne Jr of Boxton survived loss of a leg and arm from a train accident to rescue Louise King of Winchester at Revere Beach. He saved her from drowning, and the couple, once urged to wait until Louise was twenty one, wed in the Municipal building chapel as she turned twenty.
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New York
Ludger Gagne, Jr
Boxton
Mins
Louise King
Winchester
Mass
Revere Beach
Boston Harbor
Boston Light
Gagne
Ufeguard
Miss King
Mars First Aid to Cupid in Gates Mills Match
Second Lieut Charles Bailey of the Ohio Field Artillery and Audie Schmunk daughter of motor magnate Robert Schmunk were first wed in a Justice of the Peace office two years ago. The marriage was annulled by parents and later they remarried after Bailey’s graduation and Army commission. The second ceremony was a social highlight of the season in Gates Mills.
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Gates Mills
Charles 8
Bailey
Ohio Field Artillery
Audie Schmunk
Robert J. Schmunk
Bulley
Ohio University
France
Ittle
Man in Jail to Stay as Sheriff’s Clerical Confidant
Hackensack New Jersey Ten months into a Bergen county Jail term for embezzlement from Englewood Golf Club George Wilkins of Englewood has become a local figure. He won admiration with songs hosted a Christmas reception and impressed reformers with his manners. Despite plans to recruit him away from Sheriff Courter he chooses to remain in custody as the sheriff’s confidential clerk after his release.
Hutchinson Swine Farmer Bets on Red White and Blue Hogs
J E Griffeth of Hutchinson Kansas promotes a herd of red white and blue hogs. He raises Duroc Reds and Whites and a blue breed called Sap Griffeth. He claims the blue hogs have no blue in them despite the nickname and ships in corn at $1.65 a bushel to feed his red white and blue hogs.
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Hutchinson
Kas
J. E. Griffeth
Griffeth
Lost Dollar Recovered from Old Barn Wall
Fort Wayne Indiana resident Washington Burrel after fourteen years retrieved a silver dollar jostled between the sticksman feed barn walls. Burrel found the tarnished coin during demolition. In Wheeler Wisconsin John England examined a cow’s stomach and found bolts tacks nails and hardware inside.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Washington
Low
Wheeler
Wis
John England
Dorens
Late Market Quotations From Denver and Chicago
Market bulletin lists late quotations for hay and grain including Colorado upland and prairie hay prices, Nebraska hay, Timothy, and new crop alfalfa. Also shows metal prices, copper, tin, zinc, lead, butter and egg quotes, potatoes, poultry, linseed, and Chicago grain and live animal standings with hogs, cattle, and pork rinds.
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Denver
Carivad
Colorado Upland
Nebraska
South Park
Wales
Boulder
New York
Tron— i Northern
Southern
Spot
St. Louis
Rex
Gil
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