Oklahoma County Plans Patriotism Fest For Draft Men
Adj Gen Ancel Earp supports a September 19 celebration to honor selective service draftees. State Council of Defense and county officials plan a patriotic event with the executive committee to be named soon.
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Hoppr
Oklahoma
State Council of Defense
Oklahoma County
County Contrcil of
Defense
State Council
Oklahoma City
County Council
Adj
Ancel Earp
Sugg
West Point Graduates 1918 Class With Filipina Cadets
Secretary of War Maker to attend the graduation exercises at the United States Military Academy in West Point New York where the class of 1918 will be commissioned. Filipinas Salvadore Formosa Reyes and Ridplventura Segunda are among the graduates and will join the Philippine Scouts.
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West Point
United States Military Academy
Salvadore Formosa Reyes
Ridplventura Segunda
Philippine Scouts
British party founded to speed up war effort
A manifesto from twenty seven peers and Commons members announces a new political party in Great Britain. They secede from the Unionist party and vow to act independently with national concerns, aiming to speed up the war and improve administration and social conditions.
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London
Great Britain
House of Commons
Unionist
Uip
Million Bushels of Potatoes Saved for Next January
Chicago dispatch reports the middle western section of the national food administration began plans to chase and store bushels of potatoes in Chicago for use after January 1 next. Potatoes will be sold to consumers at cost with prices fixed after all expenses including financing are determined.
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Chicago
National Food Administration
Senator Walsh's Wife Dies in Baltimore Hospital
Mrs. Thomas J. Walsh wife of the Montana senator died in a Baltimore hospital after several months illness. She led a women's group allied with President Wilson's campaign during the last election. A separate dispatch reports a devastating Kazanon fire in Petrograd injuring many and prompting martial law.
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Washington
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Baltimore
Walsh
Russias
Petrograd
Ang
Kazanon
Frame up claim surrounds Dilworth telephone attack
In Dilworth Oklahoma two masked men attacked the local telephone exchange injuring operator Maud Smith who was burned while tied to a cot. Citizens and investigators question the seriousness of the assault and suggest a possible frame up tied to a love interest. results of probes by Pioneer Telephone Co remain pending.
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Dilworth
Okla
Ang W
Ineal
Pioneer Telephone Company
Oklahoma City
Miss Smith
No Room In The Sun For Kaiser Says Naval Chief
Secretary Daniels in Charleston declares Germany seeks sunlit place in the sun and warns there will be no peace relaxation in U S military program until the peace treaty is signed. He stresses competition in ammunition production and readiness on sea and shore amid wartime preparations. Peace conference plans at Hudson Wisconsin announced for September 2 with safeguards against mob violence in Fargo preparations.
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Kaiser
Naval Chief
Germany
Gergey
Wisconsin Town
Minneapolis
Louis P. Lochner
People’s Council of America
Hudson Wis
Frazier
Fargo
New York
Habeas Corpus Granted Lindberg By State Court
A writ of habeas corpus has been granted by the criminal court of appeals for Karl Lindberg. He is held in the county jail without bond on a charge of murdering his wife. The hearing will be this afternoon in the supreme court room at the capitol.
Beer found in hardware warehouse in R Oklahoma
Federal officers uncovered 480 pints of beer in a hardware warehouse in R Oklahoma. Fred C. Russell, a prominent wholesale dealer, faces a preliminary hearing tomorrow after claiming he did not order the beer and that it was stored by young men at his facility. He said he planned to keep it for a lunch during the state hardware men’s convention.
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R, Okla
Fred C. Russell
Tus
Russell
Ins Place
American schooner Laura C Anderson sunk by submarine
The American schooner Laura C Anderson was sunk by bombs from a submarine on Thursday. All crew members were rescued and landed at an English port.
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London
Laura C Anderson
Laura Anderson Ship Details and Ownership
The Laura Anderson a four master of 940 tons gross built in Bath Maine and owned in Philadelphia is noted. In St Joseph Missouri Cyrus Leland Jr a veteran Kansas Republican leader died at age 74 with funeral planned in Troy Kansas and his May operation described as leading to partial recovery.
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Laura Anderson
Irol
Bath
Maine
Philadelphia
ST. Joseph
Cyrus Leland Jr
Kansas
Troy
Kan
Leland
Fair and Warmer Weather Forecast
Forecast predicts warmer conditions with increasing temperatures tonight and Friday. The southeast region may see continued mild weather with some clouds and light rain chances distant, while overall conditions remain fair across areas.
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TATE
Anger in Ireland Over Book Illinois in 1818
Chicago readers react to a passage on page 165 of the new Illinois in 1818. Irish criticism targets an offensive paragraph likening Irishmen to drunken profane speakers. Movements seek removal before market release as officials libraries and universities receive the volume.
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Illinois
Chicago
Tlinois
Missouri
John Mason Peck
Alleged Slayers Waive Arraignment in Miss Stone Murder Case
In Seminole County Oklahoma Dr A H Yates and Fred O Neil of Konawa waived arraignment on charges of killing Miss Elsie Stone a 19 year old teacher. Preliminary hearing set for next Tuesday as crowd gathers. Yates held in Ot-taw County jail and O Neil in Seminole County jail to prevent collusion. Prosecutor Nichols opposes bond and the defense is Pryor and Stoker of Wewoka. Miss Stone was nearing motherhood and died after an alleged operation conducted at Yates office. funeral held in Seminole cemetery.
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Seminole
Okla
A. Hy Yates
Fred O'Neil
Konawa
Elsie Stone
Wamoosa
Seminole County
Justice of the Peace
M. L
Rasco
O'Neil
Yampona
Yates
Oottawatomie
Shawnee
Wewoka
Hira
Nichols Hae
Pryor & Stoker
Mise Stone
Seven Men Killed at Maryland Rail Crossing Tragedy
Seven men died and two were seriously injured when a wagon carrying tomato pickers was struck by a train at a crossing near Aberdeen Maryland. The workers, traveling to harvest, were identified as laboring men from the area and the accident prompted investigations by local authorities.
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Aherdeen
Aux
Sevenmen
Pennsylvania
Here
St Louis Youth Wins War Cross for Thirty Prisoners
Allen Blount, St. Louis youth and son of Richard Blount, reports to his father that he has been proposed for the war cross with palm for single handed capture of thirty prisoners at Verdun. He was wounded in the hand but inspired his father, who had urged him to aim high in the war effort.
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Paris
W.4allen
Richard Blount
St. Louis
Verdun
Blount
More Artillerymen Than Infantry Men In Verdun Battle
The Temps correspondent at Verdun notes artillerymen outnumber infantry in cent operations. heavy shells required long hours of hauling by gunners in gas masks, hindering breathing and vision. artillery aims to force German miners to abandon action and seek shelter.
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ARIS
Verdun
Arts Shelly
War Tax Bill Debate Faces Senate After Cloture Fight
Senate deliberations on a war tax bill intensify as leaders seek unanimous consent to avoid cloture. Senator Simmons pursues a deal while Senator LaFollette objects, opposing measures until war profits and income provisions clear. Underwood argues taxation of wealth over consumption taxes, warning the bill risks prosperity. White House Wheat Price debate looms as fixing committee signals possible price guidance for 1917.
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Finance Committee
Simmons
LaFollette
Senate
Underwood
Congress
Medical students ordered ce wartime draft exemptions
Washington reports medical and dental students with over a year of college exempted from the selective draft. Officials fear pulling doctors from training could delay wartime medical capacity. Some students will enter jury service and may later be assigned to continue their education or practice.
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Washington
Leyder
Wer
Etudent
German Count Von Reventlow Desertion Shocks New York
Paris dispatch details Count Rolf von Reventlow a nephew of the pan Germanist Deutsche Tages Zeitung editor who deserted at Locarno and crossed into Swiss territory. The report notes his mother secured leave and helped him escape by motorboat across Lake Constance. In New York, the 110th Infantry Division marched from One Hundred and Tenth Street to Washington Square as the city watched the mobilization for training in South Carolina.
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Paris
Journal Des Debate
Zurich
Rolf von Reventlow
Count von Reventlow
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Locarno
Switzerland
Arma
Baden
Berlin
Lake Constance
Count von Rey
Germany
Tronpa
New York State
National Guard
States Army
Spartansburg
S. C
One Hundred and Tenth Street
Washington Square
France
United States
Chamber extends invitation to American Consul to speak
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce vote at the noon meeting to invite American Consul Weasley Frost, formerly stationed at Queenstown during the Lusitania disaster, to address Oklahoma City this fall. Consul Frost is presently in the United States for a few months.
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Chamber of Commerce
Skirvin
Weasley Frost
Queenstown
Lusitania
Oklahoma City
America
Valuable timber in path of fire near Missoula
A stand of several million feet of timber valued in the tens of dollars per acre is threatened by fire on the lower south fork of the river. Fire crews have been dispatched. Montana has not seen rain in sixty five days.
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Missoula
Mont
Lower South Fork
Montana
Aerial attack thwarted on Main by anti aircraft guns
Paris police report a 16 year old French Youth held for a theft attack on McLellan, a former Louisiana senator, after a provocation involving a Lyons meeting. A failed assassination attempt was foiled as a Western squadron reportedly withdrew under anti aircraft fire.
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Amsterdam
Vrankfort
Herliner Tageblatt
Paris
McLellan
Louisiana
Lyons
Robillotte
Rar
Thef
McKellan
Periuus
Ferguson impeachment trial postponed to Monday
The trial of impeachment charges against Gov. James E. Ferguson before the senate high court in Austin, Texas, was postponed again to Monday to allow service of processes and more time for counsel to prepare.
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Austin
Texas
James E. Ferguson
Senate
OAR HITS MOTOR THREE ARE KILLED IN VIRGINIA CRASH
A line of text reports a fatal crash near Ashland Virginia where Howard the prominent lawyer and his brother Thomas Po Howard were struck by an electric car. The incident occurred in August leaving three dead and prompting investigations by local authorities.
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Richmond
Ton Howard
Thomas Po Howard
Redershire
Ashland
Tamulty Adopts Wrist Watch Set to Spark Trend
In Washington August special dispatch notes wrist watches entering administration circles after Joseph Tamulty, the president's secretary, wore one among officials. The trend spreads from soldiers to aides and may become a national fad as the president potentially adopts the accessory.
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Ashington
Augus
Adinistration
Joseph Tamulty
Washington Hears Debates on Quick Passage of Wae Bill
In August a House debate centers on opposition to swift passage of the new war bill and the sailors insurance bill. The administration faces division over a tentative plan to let the secretary raise foreign bonds to fund loans and to grant authority for financing changes.
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Washington
Fee and Sailors’ Insurance
Automobile accessory makers and executives indicted in New York case
New York prosecutors indict Awe TM Manufacturers and William M Webster along with nearly a score of others in a sweeping case involving automobile parts. Investigators allege conspiracy and fraud across multiple firms. Police declined further comment as the case proceeds.
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New York
Awe
William M. Webster
Coal association announces price approval without protest
A terse notice states the coal association, directed by its board, approved the price with no protest expected before the close of the specified period. President Wilson is referenced in the announcement.
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Washington
Aug
Yaston
Wilson
Price
Red Cross to Meet All Troop Trains in Oklahoma City
Red Cross representatives will meet all troop trains passing through Oklahoma City to provide food and combat readiness supplies. Local committees plan to gather schedule details and distribute comforts to soldiers. A Friday reopening probe referenced in Houston reports ties to responses from officials and Chamberlain era discussions.
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Red Cross
Oklahoma City
Hocking
Houston
Texas
Peldayeral Chamberlain
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