Hundreds Called in District No 1 for Exam Next Week
Exemption boards will examine 400 men in district No 1 next week. Reporting begins Wednesday at 9 AM with 50 men morning and 50 afternoon until quota reached. Names include Kearl We mc ireas Jonn Pater and others listed with addresses in Times article.
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TD 7
Sartain
Times
Thureday
Kearl
Ireas
Jonn Pater
Harvnn
Weat
Mt—Grover
Turner
Herbert Eugene Bradburn
Eorth
Ik Marry Wo Prieat, 1015 Went Thirty-fourth 475 Richard BT. Bonar
George Towle Weight
Orth
Broadway
Fifen Hawking
Foo Paul McElVin Cremtley
North Walk
Wittard Meiple
Pyrog Herald Ant Building
West
Marcus Cloya
Loran Hirel
Taft Ends Speeches as Health Improves in Taft Canada Move
Taft plans no further speeches for August as he shows improvement after illness in Clay Center Kansas hotel. Doctors report he can take nourishment and feels better. Taft will skip remaining engagements this month and relocate to Point au Pic Quebec Canada for the summer.
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Clay Center
Kan
Aug
William H Tale
Taft
United States
Point Au Vir
Quebeer
Canada
Ninety Percent of Men Rejected Can Be Reclaimed
New York August 11 Ninety per cent of men rejected for physical disabilities can be reclaimed for military service says John A Quayle of Cleveland Ohio author of a bill discussed in Senate yesterday by Senator Pomerene. In conference with New York men he outlined that many defects are minor and easily corrected enabling most men to return to duty in two or three months.
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New York
John A Quayle
Cleveland
Obi
Pomerene
Neutral Parley Reported Called
Stockholm August 1 reports say a neutral conference invitation is being discussed by European states in response to Americas entry into the war. The tentative plan follows a prior Christiania report of Sweden initiating talks to discuss the wartime situation.
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Stockholm
Foreden
Christiania
America
Karl Liebknecht Freed From German Prison Health Fears Grow
Paris reports Dr Karl Liebknecht a socialist trader in the Reichstag was released to private hospital care after a court martial sentenced him to prison for military treason. Reports say he suffers tuberculosis and mental distress while under pressure from unions for his release.
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Paris
Karl Liebknecht
Berlin
Geneva
Germany
Liebknecht
Safe Cracked at School Board Office on Walnut and East Thin
Night break in at the board of education safe yielded 35 dollars in cash, 1089 dollars in warrants, and a 105.32 dollar check. Police search city for the professional safe blower. Captain Snelson notes nitroglycerin used, explosion nearly silent, no arrests yet.
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Yegaman
Board of Education
Walnut Avenue
East Thin Street
Snelson
Det Nichols
Local Forecast Overview With Showers and Storms Ahead
The forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow with partly cloudy skies. A weekly outlook from Sunday, August 12 shows generally fair to normal temperatures, with a mix of showers likely and limited rainfall totals across the period.
Peddler Held Awaiting Test of Toothpicks
A man calling himself Lapgin ekeys was arrested by Captain Post on West Pottawatomie Avenue for peddling without a license. He is held at the police station awaiting examination of toothpicks labeled Golf Medal sold door to door amid claims he is deaf and dumb and fears of poisoning.
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Lapginekeys
Fince
Post
Ligaingley
West Pottawatomie Avenue
Lipgioekt
Clifford
Lafollette Seeks Peace Resolution in Senate
Washington August 11 Senator Lafollette introduced a peace resolution in the Senate outlining definite American war aims. The allies also restated the peace terms they will demand as part of the public note on end conditions.
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Washington
Lafollette
United States
Simmons Renews War Tax Speech in Senate
Senator Simmons resumed his explanation of the war tax measure as the Senate debated the bill rewritten by the finance committee. Senator McCumber planned to speak after Simmons concluded.
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Washington
Senate
Simmons
Diayenan
McCumber
Rioters Attack Kansas City Strikebreakers
Rioting broke out as Kansas City Railways strikebreakers from St Louis were pelted with bricks and stones. Six injured, none seriously, with cars wrecked and service promised to resume by Monday as officials prepared sleeping quarters for the injured men.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Railways Company
St Louis
Battle near Kiev interrupts Ukraine convoy line
Report from Petrograd and Kiev describe fighting as a train carrying Ukrainian troops passed through Kiev. Cuirassieurs at the station exchange fire with advancing Ukrainian troops, with many killed or wounded. Mutineers surrender after machine guns arrive. fourteen dead and about fifty wounded reported. In Mexico City, Zapata sends emissary Colonel Reyes to negotiate with President Carranza, while other agents are detained.
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Petrograd
Ukraine
Kiev
Stont
Novgorod-Volynak
Sinure
Draft resistors threaten to burn McAlester facilities
Nightwatchman Clough repelled an arson attempt aimed at McAlester Grain & Elevator, a boxcar fire and crude explosion at Magnolia Petroleum plant reported. Witnesses say resistors bellowed threats to burn the town as they fled, leaving several blocks of damage and ongoing investigation.
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Alester Olla
McAlester Grain & Elevator Company
Hoa Clough
Clough
Manhe
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Henderson Quits War Council Indorsed Socialist Conference
London report states Arthur Henderson, labor member of the war council, resigned after urging labor delegates to attend the Stockholm socialist conference. Lloyd George accepted the resignation as the Labour conference at Westminster voted to send a delegation despite dock workers opposition. J M Barnes supported the federation stance opposing attendance of delegates from enemy nations.
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Henderson
War Council of England
Indorse Socialist Conference
London
Ang
Arthur Fenderson
British War Council
Stockholm
Lloyd George
Labor Party
Westminster
Stockhami
J. M. Barnes
Pens
United States
Belgium
France
Italy
Crigs
Greorge
Henry Roberts
Labor
Norwreh
Ship's first shot destroys U boat off Irish coast
A Canadian steamer reports sinking a German submarine during Atlantic crossing near the Irish coast. The escort vessel signaled surrender as the submarine rose, and the gunner fired three shells hitting the conning tower and turning the submarine over. Crew waved white handkerchiefs and were rescued by the patrol boat.
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Atlantic
Million Dollar Explosives Plant Fire Strikes Gary
In Gary Indiana a million dollar Aetna Explosives plant burned early today suspected incendiary origin. Two employees Holt and Choisier were arrested as investigators assess motive and connection. The factory, under government contract, produced about 46 000 pounds of powder daily and faces extensive repair time.
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Gary
Indiana
Ind
Aetna Explosives Company
Here
Holt and
Choisier
Ho! Chorsare
Assessment Review Planned By State Board Of Equalization
A special meeting of the state board of equalization was called by Governor Williams for Monday to assess the Oklahoma County report. The board plans a close examination as members consider upward revisions. After Monday, the board will be ready to set the levy at the following Wednesday regular meeting.
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State Board of Equalization
Williams
Warning to coal dealers over price increases in anthracite
Washington August 11 warning to coal dealers who raise anthracite prices more than ten cents a ton per hour after September 1. Federal trade commission will consider such moves as profiteering. Indications suggest prices for bituminous coal may fall in the near future.
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Washington
Trate
Cennenes Tne
Russell Placed in Charge of War Exhibit at Fair
Russell of Oklahoma City has been named by the state council at defense to head the war exhibit at the state fair on September 22 29 Preparations for an unusually attractive exhibit of items related to the war are underway A special spur track is being constructed to the fair grounds to handle the exhibit Trench warfare with actual trenches will be among the features shown
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Russel
Oklahoma City
State Council At Defense
Kaiser in Balloon Sees East Drive Over Galician Front
Kaiser Wilhelm observed from a balloon as German forces pushed Russians back in Galicia. He witnessed a Teutonic advance including a crossing of the Sereth River during his recent eastward journey.
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Kaiser
Freeling Sees Benefit From Muskogee Trial Proceedings
Freeling expects the Muskogee trial and related investigations to prove fruitful for law enforcement. He notes the verdicts will not affect his cases against Sheriff John S. Harper and Sheriff William McCullough. The major trial remains continued to September with McCullough’s hearing set for September 4 by the supreme court. Cipriano Catto, former Venezuelan dictator, is reported to have secured passage back to New York after landing at Vera Cruz, with Mexico allowing him to remain if desired.
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JE Wyand
Muskogee
Gieneral Prince Feeling
Thenu Wihout
Peeeling Eas Ti Day
John S. Harper
Muskogee County
William McCullough
Tulsa County
McCullough
Supreme Court
Stro
New York
Mexico City
Cipriano Catto
Venezuela
Vera Cros
Mexico
Notice to reader for soldiers at the front
Army and Navy notice directs readers to place the paper with a postal worker or in a drop box so it can be delivered to soldiers and sailors at the front. Burleson signs as postmaster. No wrapping or address required.
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A. S. Burleson
Canal
Official List Publicized by Captain Kieffer in Oklahoma Camp
A partial list from Leon Texas shows forty six Oklahoma City men admitted to the second officer reserve training camp. Names include Wright, Buckley, Site, Lauermann, LeBailein, Whittensell, and many others from Oklahoma City. Forty one Tulsa applicants and thirteen from Muskogee are noted among successful entrants with additional names from various towns such as Enid, Ardmore, Chickasha, and Bartlesville. Training continues until November twenty seven with state residents listed by city and surname.
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Okahhoma
Leon
Texas
PV. Keiffer
Oklahoma
Jahoma
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Enid
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Ocmulgee
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