Names of Men Who Fail to Answer Call Will Be Sent to Adjutant General
District No 1 board reports eight of seventeen summoned for physical examination appeared today. Five called yesterday failed to show. Two of ten passed but not claimed exemptions. 35 to be examined this afternoon. Four hundred may be needed as more men are prepared to be called.
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Adjutant General
AK. West
Nelson Jerome Haner
West Eleventh Street
Clarence High Rey
Nobrly
West Sixth Street
Toup Te Sic
LJ Sartaus
Focal Board
Franklin H. Grant
Grant
Oklahoma City
Tire and Tube
North
Hudson Avenue
Rubbish Burners May Be Arrested
Public safety commissioner Mark Kesler says officials will stop warning households about burning rubbish amid a critical low water period. Anyone seen setting fires will be taken to the police station and charged with violating the ordinance.
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Sant Mark Kesler
Public, Safety
Powdered Glass Found in Bandage Discovery
Powdered glass was found in a bandage bolt at Wandlage cotton delivered to Duluth Rel Crees headquarters. The incident sparked an investigation for possible enemy plots. An eastern factory purchase traced to a Duluth archive began an investigative effort.
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Duluth
Minn
Duluth Rel Crees
Dnst
Hawee
Bras
Ain Vestiganiant
Eight U S gunners lost with Mopar submarine sinking
London reports that eight U S gunners aboard the American tank steamer Mopar perished when a submarine attack sank the vessel. Seventeen crew members survived, and the wreck occurred in unclear waters. The incident adds to wartime losses among merchant and naval personnel.
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London
Alen
Telegraph Station Ordered at Capitol by Commission
The Western Union was ordered to establish a telegraph station at the state capital and the American and Western Union companies were notified to provide service to the capital by order of the corporation commission.
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Western Union
State Capitol
American
Welle Paria Beniees
Corporation Commission
Training Camp Total Boosted Thirty Percent
Washington Aug An increase of 2 percent for the number of candidates to be admitted to the second officers reserve training camp opening Aug 27 has been ordered by the War Department Sixteen thousand were to have been admitted The number has been raised to 20 800 500 Fall to Get Commissions Fort Riley Kan Aug in accordance with an order from the War Department between four and five hundred student officers at the training camp here today were notified that they would not receive commissions The noncommissioned officers urged to enlist in the national army where they would be recommended for appointment Non commissioned officers
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Washington
Traimuie Carnge
War Department
Arinittel
Fort Riley
Kan
Awe
Tate Totay
National Army
Local Forecast Notes Cloudy Tonight and Saturday
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. Weather outlook emphasizes cloudy conditions across the area with modest cooling tonight into Saturday.
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Kanhas Ce Aukansas Party
Vlnvel Hy Tym
Waruar
Alabama Negro Hanged for Murder in New Orleans
Brooks, an Alabama taxi driver, was hanged for the murder of Julia May Hess of Malton. The crime occurred early May 2 with robbery suspected as motive. Sanders, another man, faces the death penalty on August 24. Brooks claimed sole guilt and expressed hope Sanders would not be executed.
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New Orleans
Brooks
Julia May Hess
Malton
Ala
Troha
Allert Sanders
Mra
Hess
Multan
Sanders
Stories Rejected Writer Kills Self in Los Angeles
Walter Kerr, a novelist and short story writer, was found dead at his home in California. A poison container and a note cited despondency over unsold stories, blaming wartime setbacks and a pen name St Ho Whopperton. His wife and two children reside in California.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Walter Kerr
J FE Sullvan
Hanes
St. Ho Whopperton
France
Skul Puller
California
Beer tax lowered as war bill nears final passage
Washington reports the war tax bill, rising to about 2.002 billion dollars, was finalized by the Senate Finance Committee. Beer tax was cut by 28 cents per barrel to 1.504 dollars, while wire taxes were nearly doubled, with total revenues estimated around 17.09 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Heat wave ends nationwide as weather bureau reports break
Washington reports the heated spell is at an end in all parts of the country the weather bureau announced. New York states the heat wave that gripped the city for days and caused deaths has been broken with showers forecast for today and tomorrow.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
New York
Rod
Focal Weather Bureau
Italians Bomb Austro Arsenal And Work Sites
Italian war department says yesterday Italian aircraft bombed the arsenal and military works at Mola the chief naval station at Austela Hungary along the Adriatic in an official statement released today.
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Rome
Mola
Austela
Hungary
Adriatic
Italian War Department
Austro Russian Peace Predicted by International Secretary
Ange Camille Huys Gr and the Belgian secretary of the international socialist conference told a Copenhagen dictated cable that Russia and Austria Hungary were near a mutual understanding. The correspondent for the London paper Handelsblatt reported the interview via Fox Telegraph.
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London
Ange
Camille Huys
International Socialist Conference
Tatch
Handelsbladt
Russia
Austria
Copenhagen
Fox Rhange
Agitator Arrested for Damning Flag in Salt Lake City
A Salt Lake City demonstrator, Caietal W. Fongtacs, described as an industrial worker of the world, was arrested after resisting local authorities and allegedly cursing the government and United States. The incident occurred in Salt Lake County with authorities detaining him in Chiogham.
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Salt Lara City
Utah
Atta
National Vearitemen
Tevit
Caietal W. Fongtacs
Saltake County
Ciogham
United States
Bukowina Cities Fall as Frontline Shifts in War
News despatches report Czernowite the Bukowina capital captured by Teuton forces after bitter fighting. Kimpolung in southern Bukowina evacuated by Russians as Austro German forces press on along the river Ayrstriten amid shifting front lines.
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Czernowite
Hukowina
Teuton
Hrusiloff
Bukowina
Cacnowiteia
Rheerp Ruthant Dr
Lemberg
Gal
Muselans
Kimpolung
Petrograd
War Office
Ayrstriten
McMullen Named for Whitten Place in Trade Group
McMullen, credit manager at Madansky Heathers, was unanimously elected secretary of the Oklahoma Retailers Association for the western district. He will assume duties as successor is named for him.
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al) McMullen
Madansky Heathers
Oklahoma Retailers Association
McMullen
Frisco ordered to restore tank cars in Oklahoma
The Frisco railroad must restore about 1400 tank cars, valued around ten million dollars, to service in Oklahoma after a state corporation commission ruling. Lawton Refining had claimed cars were furnished by Frisco and urged restoration to prevent monopolies harming small refiners unable to buy cars. The commission ordered the cars returned or proportionally shared.
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Frisco
Frisen Railroad
Oklahamma
Commissant
Lawton Refining Company
Freen
Commisson
Etate
Lannie
Companion
Oklahoma
Chicago
Vrisco
Mey
Germany knew Austro ultimatum days before Serbia note
Washington Aug. 1 Germany had possession of Austria's ultimatum to Serbia fourteen hours before Belgrade received it, officials say. Former Foreign Secretary Zimmermann admitted Germany had foreknowledge, noting a Potsdam war council on July 5 aimed to plunge Europe into conflict.
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Ashington
Germany
Austria
Serbia
Belgrade
Zimmermann
Altimatum
Barbia
Tesse
Lal
Conaldar
Mainte
Carmine
Barefoot Shoes Donated by Rotary Club Volunteers
A Rotary volunteer arrives at a doorstep amid a muddy kitchen scene where a family and children look on. The visitor asks about shoes for the people of France as children bring several pairs from a hidden area, all barefooted, while the host serves a meal and the Rotarian thanks the gatherers.
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France
Rotary Ste
Rao
Kansas Missouri gas order ends five year dispute today
Nearly five years of litigation over natural gas pricing in Kansas and Missouri likely conclude late today as law orders new rates signed by Hodge Wille F Roath of the United States district, marking a major regulatory settlement in the region.
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Minneapolis
Aug
Kansas
Missouri
Hodge Wille F Roath
United States
Husband jailed for contempt over alimony payments in district court
Wealthy Brockway was ordered jailed today by District Judge Hayson Brockway for contempt of court after allegedly failing to pay alimony to his wife as ordered by Judge Hayrot. The case centers on court-ordered support and Brockway faces immediate incarceration pending compliance.
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Wealry Brockway
Yait
Hayson Brockway
Hayrot
State of siege declared in part of Greece Athens under martial law
A dispatch from Athens to Exie Teles graph company reports a state of siege for the entire Attica department including Athens and Pireaus with martial law also extending to neighboring Boeotia. The move follows unrest, placing major urban areas under military authority.
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Greece
London
Attica
Athens
Pire
Athena
Exie Teles Graph Company
Boeotia
County Valuation Work Is Postponed
The state board of equalization will not fix the state tax levy or the Oklahoma county assessment until August 18 due to adjournment. The board planned to act yesterday but two members were absent, and the day was used for minor county assessment changes.
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State Board of Equalization
Oklahoma County
Prince Vierling
Fred Parkinson
Realtors Probe Tax Rate in Oklahoma State
The Oklahoma City Real Estate board formed a five member committee at today’s noon meeting to study tax rates and property values across Oklahoma counties. EF Sparrow was named chairman to coordinate with the Chamber of Commerce director in gathering county level data.
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Oklaahoma County
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Real Estate Board
Chamber of Commerce Directure
EF Sparrow
Frisco Bridge North of Ada Is Partly Wrecked
Turmoil in Seminole and Pontotoc counties as mobs claim ties to the Western Slane Union and Industrial Workers World. Deputies and sheriffs battle ambushes near Wewoka and Seminole, a Frisco bridge dynamited, wires cut, and rail traffic halted. Governor Williams orders possible troop deployment. Adjutant General directs readiness. Five alleged members of the union arrested in Holdenville.
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Frisco Bridge
Ada
Seminole County
Williams
Wewoka
Mama
Ancel Karpinto
Jitf N'Rfock
Sembenole County
Tech
Earp
Hughes
Pontetoe
Gesaeka
Bed
Holdenville
Okla
Nole
Wesh Slane Union
Frisco
South River
Fransphone
Basakwa
Sasakwa
Uni
Grall
Wewoka, Thirty-five Pm Were Pr Anes
Ity Crous
Francia
Francis
Pontotos County
W Claas Union
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Whitten
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Rotary Club
Kase Boat
Kansas-Missouri Gas
Piraeus
Oklahoman
Ambassador Gerard
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