Court martial ordered by Major Bonfoey
A police court report describes Major Bonfoey ordering a court martial for soldiers involved in a reported assault on municipal judge and a local reporter outside the police station. Sergeant Vance failed to appear for a charge of assault, bond forfeited, and Judge Mitchell criticized the handling of arrests, calling for all four soldiers to be detained. Major Bonfoey stated he did not want names of the arrested soldiers used in papers until identities were confirmed.
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Rontues
Vanier
William
Gormley
Wester
Martin
Major Bentoey
West Grand Avenue
Vance
Mitchell
Bonfoey
Virginder
Preference for younger children in new school lists
Kindergarten pupils aged five to six will be given priority in class list allotments under the upcoming restriction. Superintendent A Whiteford denied a cap of 825 due to crowding. once reached, remaining children go on a waiting list in enrolment order. Susatt Thompsity, supervisor at Hintergarter, is distributing supplies this week.
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I T
A. Whiteford
Misa Susatt Thompsity
Hintergarter
Huey
Express company valuations raised in 1917 tax assessment
State board of equalization at Hay fixed higher valuations for express firms than 1918 figures. The American Express Company is to pay taxes on a valuation of 410000. In 1915 the company paid an assessment of 2780. The Wells Fargo Express Company faces tax on a larger assessed value.
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State Board of Equalization Thay
Fepress Company
Welle Pando Express Company
Governor to Probe Buffalo Slaughter
Governor Wills received a request to prevent the slaughter of a buffalo at Wondwart next week during a fair. He will decide if holding the buffalo with howsaulates as Contemplate would violate statutes and whether it could be a lawful measure.
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Wills
Four Prisoners Escape From Jail
Four inmates escaped from Ure County jail early this morning. Sheriff Howat Motlite was alerted during the escape attempt and a jail delivery was prevented. The men lowered from an upper window using blankets to a ground thirty feet below.
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Pell
Ure
Howat
Pope Preparing Second Peace Note Reported
A clerical source reports Pope Benedict is preparing a second peace note. The patch from Bertin and Luwane Switzenland are cited in a Voasteehe Zeinine report dated September 6. Details are unconfirmed and sourced from a church bulletin.
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Copentiagen
Luwane
Switzenland
Bertin
Henediet
Ex-Emden Crew Member Seeks Draft Exemption in Tenn
Frederick Nelson, who says he served on the German raider Emden, filed for exemption from military service in West Tennessee. He stated he went to Germany ten days before WWI began and later overstayed shore leave before drifting to Lauderdale County as a farm laborer. Nelson cites agricultural pursuits as the basis for exemption as he appeals to the district board of appeals.
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Emphis
Tenn
Frederick Nelson
New National Army
Lauderdale County
District Board of Appeals
Weat
Tennessee
United States Army
Nelson
Iit Germany
Emden
New Orleans
Lauderd County
Kin
Nelson W
Picked Chinese Army to Go to European Front
San Francisco dispatch reports the twenty fourth Chinese army corps of 15,000 picked troops being mobilized in a northern Chinese city for immediate departure to Europe. The convoy is to travel via Siberia to the eastern front, with gaps in Russian forces to be filled. The corps includes engineers educated in the United States and an aviation corps trained by American and French forces.
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San Francisco
Europe
Chinese Daily World
Shanghai
Siberia
Petrograd
Twenty Fourth Corps
Stanford University
University of
German predicts peace by January in war outlook
Copenhagen dispatch reports Merr von Heydebrand, conservative leader, forecast peace by January. He previously predicted submarines would crush England in two months. He now says the war will likely last through the winter and end soon, opposing war extension to neutrals while noting Germany faces many adversaries.
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Copenhagen
Merr von. Heydebrand
England
Heer von Heydebrand
Germany
Henson Faces Third Murder Trial In Wichita Case
Jurors are scarce for the murder trial of Henson, a retired cattleman, charged with shooting his wife and beating her to death with a shotgun during a 20 years ago city crime. One hundred and eighty potential jurors have been summoned. This would be Henson’s third trial after two earlier hung juries.
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Wichita
Han
Henson
Catlletian
Vette Anil Stepeon
Thin City
Heneon
Wang
Stepely
Othe Hare
Merson
Guard Rifles Shipped for Ancel Earp Oklahoma Home Guard
Ady Gen Ancelarp has received notice from the War Department that rifles are being shipped to Ancel Earp for the Oklahoma Home Guard. General Earp requested 1,000 rifles and 5,000 rounds of ammunition and may obtain 15,000 rounds with the shipment. Further supply requisitions are to follow as the guard organization forms.
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Ady
Ancelarp
War Department
Oklahoma Home Guard
French President Poincare and Petain Visit Pershing
Paris Sept 6 President Poincare and Secretary of War Paul Painleve with General Petain visited the American army's headquarters. They were received by Major General Pershing and inspected the training camp examining the Allied forces' readiness.
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Paris
Poincare
Paul Poinleve
General Petain
Pershing
Boy Dies After Gasoline Fire In McAlester
In McAlester Oklahoma on September 6 Leroy Cook, a boy who poured gasoline on his clothing and set it alight after being scolded by his mother for hopping into cars, died eight days after the burns. Neighbors wrapped him in blankets as he ran from the house, but the severe flesh burns proved fatal.
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Mcalester
Okla
Leroy Cook
Income tax clause before Senate now
Washington Sept 6 Senate consideration of the income tax section in the war revenue bill began today after yesterday’s rout of forces advocating higher levies in war profits. Ant proposals were beaten as the Senate voted 72 to 7 to retain the finance committee’s provision for a total levy of 128,000,000 an average of $1,060,000,000 over present taxes.
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Washington
Senate
Weather forecast and exemption claims reported denied
Cloudy tonight and Friday with little change in temperature. In Chicago on September, Provost Marshal Crowder orders denial of exemption claims tied to wartime service rework by France. Few claims have been allowed. new ones denied.
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Chicago
Sep
Crowder
France
Hytherta
France Rejects Alsace Compromise in Paris Address
Premier Prater declares France will not compromise on recovery. He speaks at an anniversary event of the Battle of the Marne, asserting France will not consent to automatic conclusions on proposed evacuations.
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Paris
Lorraine
the Marne
France
Gasoline Price Hearing to Open Tuesday
Attorney General Freehing announced the state will proceed with suit against Magnolia Petroleum and other refiners over gasoline pricing. The case, set before the state corporation commission next Tuesday, seeks to challenge alleged price excesses while government price fixing remains unsettled.
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Freehing
State Corporation Commission
Magnolia Petroleum Com
Wreeling
Washington
Tom PD
McKeown
Oklahoma
Chicago Mayor Sues for Libel Over War Attitude
Chicago Mayor Thomp son files a 250000 libel suit against the Chicago Herald company and publisher James Keeley citing articles attacking his antiwar stance. He says newspapers have grown bolder and intrusive with alleged wiretaps, dictographs, and spies, and plans further suit.
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Chicago
Thompson
Chicago Herald Company
James Keeley
The
Herald
Old Fashioned Stock Chair Revived for Traitors
In Cincinnati Ohio a revived stock chair is installed on Government Square by patriotic citizens to punish traitorous speech or conduct deemed un American toward government policy. The device aims to publicly shame offenders as a historical warning and educate the public about loyalty.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
America
Government Square
Cincinnath
Addy
Green Sea Turtle Joins Gotham Menu Story
New York report notes green tea turtle prepared in varied ways as part of a Gotham menu. The feature discusses demand and pricing, with speculation on market value and potential shifts in culinary offerings.
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Green Sea
Turtle
Gotham
New York
Mandamus to force bond approval for Karl Lindberg
Attorneys say district court will hear mandamus to compel the county attorney to accept a bond for Karl Lindberg. A bond signed by a woman with property valued over 15 000 was presented but not approved. Lindberg’s $10 000 bond was fixed by the criminal court of appeals last week and a new bond listing substantial Oklahoma City property was proposed for approval today.
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Karl Lindberg
Rkc
Oklahoma City
Imandamas Action Iy
German Lutheran pastors interned amid wartime roundup
United States Marshal Flynt and deputies detained Rev. Wm Kyau leidis former pastor at German Lutheran church Rivertale Nebraska and two others. They were taken to Fort Riley Kansas and Port Pleasants Utah for internment as enemy aliens during World War II.
Grandson of French Officer German Hero In Riga Attack
COPENHAGEN Sept capture by Germany of Riga brings mention of Von Haier, a young German commander linked to independence struggles and major operations. Refers to General Slubereeweng and Mackeneen, with ties to the Faith Cavell case and the Tiret quand division’s Riga actions.
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Riga
Copenhagen
Germany
Thas
von Murer
Bersett
Slubereeweng
Mackeneen
Hue
Mies Faith Cavell
Tamapal
Mexican barge sinks. 200 sailors drowned
Los Angeles reports a Mexican government barge carrying soldiers and equipment sank in the Gulf of California. A sudden squall capsized the vessel en route from Point Elizabeth to La Paz, Sonora, with around 200 sailors drowning.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gulf of California
Point Elizabeth
la Boles
Sonora
2000 Men Strike In Cudahy Plant
2000 workers at the Cudahy plant in Kansas City Missouri walk out, involving over 75 percent of the factory force. Reports say some employees at the Wilson S Cy plant may join the strike. Strikers demand a raise of one cent per hour above current wages, with broader demands facing company executives.
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Kansaspity
Cudahy
Aleg
Sone Enpleere
Wilson S Cy
Dicenian
Wilson
Chicago
Tuberculosis Toll Rising in Berlin Reports
Berlin vital statistics show 56 percent higher deaths from tuberculosis in March April and May compared with 1916 figures. Winter months also displayed high rates for other lung diseases, signaling a troubling health pattern in the city.
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Berlin
Maren
Apel
Germans Drop Borate On Three Hospitals Incident
German aircraft dropped borate on three by age tulay's official communication. Local patrol encounters occurred southeast of St Julien and east of Eleuiibe in September.
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London
Borate
Age Tulay
St Julien
Eleuiibe
Russian Armies and Navy Threatened as Teutons Break Riga Front
Associated Press war summary notes German forces threaten both Russian armies and the navy. Morale among Slav forces shows improvement as Germans push along the Riga front. Russian retreat continues toward Reval though morale remains better. Italian war effort advances in the Austrian theater with Italian troops gaining prisoners and reducing Austrian hold on passes.
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Associated Press
Riga
Rwi
Reval
Iian
Tyre
San Gabrielle
Plans for Defending Petrograd Prepared
ETROURKAD September 0 The Russians from a tract of land near Lake Kish and Lake home advanced with the enemy shelling the rear guard along the Pskoff railway at the only exit from the rear. The Russians were cut off to the southeast as special committees of the Petrograd defense appeal to work out the defense of the capital.
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Etrourkad
Kish
Lake Home
Pskoff
Alexieff Declares Petrograd Safe Despite Riga Threat
Petrograd contracted to be safe says General Alexieff as Riga falls looms. General Vassilkopski backs view that Riga’s loss is moral but not strategic. Government imposes drastic steps to avert unrest. railroads barred from selling tickets. Chicago report notes a violent incident and financial details in Glencoe.
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Petrograd
Alexieff
Jenny
Vassilkopski
Alexie
Riga
Ood
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Hite
Rome
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