Kerensky cabinet resignations and turmoil in Petrograd
Premier Kerensky and most cabinet members resigned Friday night amid accusations against Agriculture Minister Tchernoff and failed efforts to form a constitutional ministry. Resignations were withdrawn except for Tchernoff who stepped down to defend his name. Petrograd reports also note the death of Gen. Ercehli and arrest of Gen. Gurko in connection with the upheaval.
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M. Tchernoffaig
Kerensky
Petrograd
Auy
M. Pehernoff
Daliot
Nerevisky
M. Techernoff
Staf
M. Tehernoff
Tarnopol
Pe Gansrih
Premer
Nicerensky
M. Terestchenko
M. Tchernoff
Agricultture
Nevensky
Erdelli
General Gurko Retires Amid Provisional Government Row
The retirement of Gen. Gurko was announced last May after he was ordered dismissed for opposing interference by the council of workmen and soldiers delegates with the provisional government.
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Gurko
Council of Workmen's and Soldiers
Promises Drive on Oklahoma Slackers
Oklahoma City Aug 4 reports of disturbances in Ada and surrounding towns reached midnight. Adjutant General Anclet Earp and Gov Williams said no large gathering near Heldenville Seminole, with a planned drive at daybreak to disperse those congregated. Several appeals for aid had been made, but officials expected the situation to be under control.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Missouri Pacific
Illinois River
Gore
Sallisaw
Seminole County
Oklahoma
Holdenville
Wewoka
Adjt
Earp
Okmulgee
Donnahue
Fate labor chief offers to mediate in street car strike
Springfield Aug 4 Barney Cohen director of the state department of labor offers to intervene in the street car strike as workers press to have the union recognized by the car company. Both sides weigh the offer. Cars run until 6 pm daily with no disturbances for a week.
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Springfield
Barney Cohen
State Department of Labor
A.D. Mackie
Two Clerical Rioters Arrested After Anti American Bus Outcry
In Chicago on August 4, two men in clerical garb shouting anti American sentiments aboard a motor bus in the Italian district sparked a riot. Ten women and the two men, identified as W. S. Fleming and Joseph Papa, were taken into custody as a crowd hurled tomatoes and glass and shouted stone them. Police arrived to end the disturbance.
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Chicago
W. S. Fleming
Joseph Papa
Holland Releases U Boat
Amsterdam reports a semi official Berfi statement that UB-6 will remain interned in Holland while UB-30 will be released The UB-30 was stranded on a Dutch island last February No records exist for UB-5 or UBS indicating their status
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Holland
Amsterdam
Berfi
Grenade Accident Wounds Americans in France Training
An American interpreter and a lieutenant were slightly wounded and a French instructor killed when a live grenade fell near a box during training at American training quarters in France on August 4.
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France
Rivera Budget Approved by House on Rivers and Harbors Bill
Washington Aug 4 The conference report on the 25 million rivers and harbors bill was accepted by the House and now goes to the President for action.
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Rivera
Washington
Confer Gence
Sh House
War Tax Bill Nears Senate Debate With Major Increases
The war tax bill in final form for Senate report Friday proposes about 2 billion dollars in taxes to fund war expenses. It adds 327 million beyond the committee draft, boosting corporate income levies, individual surtaxes, distilled spirits, beer, wines, war excess profits, bank checks, and selective goods taxes. The increases target high income individuals and large-quantity businesses, with broader tax on checks and new rates for spirits and wines, awaiting bipartisan passage and potential debate next week.
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Washington
Senate
House
LaFollette
Gore
Thomas
Tee
Chicago Red Cross bars benefits in chapter actions
The Chicago chapter executive committee adopts resolutions to stop any benefit performances selling tickets publishing programs or charging admission. Protests say many contributors face repeated solicitations and harassment for donations.
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Chicago
the Red Cross
Marks Mutineers by Black Emblem
Petrograd August 4 The commanding general of the 120th Russian army orders that all soldiers belonging to units disbanded due to mutiny or refusal to fight must wear a black emblem on their arms. Once their conduct under fire is rehabilitated they may discard the emblem.
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Petrograd
Swiss and Germans Reach Economic Credit and Coal Pact
A Berne dispatch reports Germany and Switzerland striking an economic agreement. Switzerland will advance Germany 40 million francs monthly for nine months at a 6 percent rate, and Germany will supply Switzerland with 290000 tons of coal monthly.
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Paris
Berne
Germany
Switzerland
Boone County Draft Board Reports Second Batch Fitness
Belvidere Illinois August report shows 60 men examined with seven found physically unfit and none disqualified for other reasons in Boone County. Presidents of local draft process note all men passed initial screening with no medical disqualifications among the 30 men in this batch.
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Boone County
Belvidere
Ill
Greece Fleet Restored After Entente Control
Athens August 4 The restitution of the Greek fleet by the entente powers who had controlled it during the events before King Constantine's abdication began Friday. The move marks a return of naval assets to Greece after political upheaval and marks a shift in Allied oversight.
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Greece
Athens
Constantine
King George Sends Greeting to Allied Nations
London dispatch says on the third anniversary of the war King George sent cablegrams to the presidents and sovereigns of the United States France Portugal Italy Japan Serbia Cuba and Romania and to King Albert of Belgium. He pledges the unwavering determination of the British empire to pursue the contest until common aims are attained and expresses confidence Belgium will be restored to her rightful position among free nations.
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London
George
United States
France
Portugal
Italy
Japan
Serbia
Cuba
Romania
Albert
Belgium
Europe
Wabash Engineer Dies From Derailed Train Injuries
Decatur Illinois August 4 John E Odems veteran passenger engineer in the Springfield Hannibal district of the Wabash died Friday night from scalds suffered June 8 when his engine derailed at Valley City He was 58 and had worked for the Wabash since 1879.
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Decatur
Ill
John E. Odems
Springfield-Hannibal
Wabash
Valley City
Care to weed nerves from Army in World War I drive
Washington reports a new nerve check in national army training camps. Surgeon General Gorgas has organized a corps of 150 nerve specialists to examine every man in training for signs of neurasthenia or nervous disorders.
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Washington
Gorgas
National Army
Bread in Slices Only Under Paris Bread Card
Paris regulations tighten bread service in hotels and restaurants banning loaves. Bread may be served only in slices at one centime per slice under the new bread card rules.
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Paris
Eight Gunners Perish in Tank Steamer Sinking
London reports the American Motano was sunk by a submarine. Eight naval gunners were lost and sixteen crew members perished, abruptly ending the vessel's voyage.
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London
Recapture of Saint Julien by British Forces
London reports Field Marshal Wasp’s troops have reentered Saint Julien northeast of Ypres after capturing 6,122 German prisoners on the first day of the Allied advance. Near Monchy le Preux Germans briefly breached British trenches but were driven back. Russian political turmoil grows as cabinet resignations ripple through Petrograd and military actions shift along the Dniester and Pruth fronts.
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London
Ypres
Flanders
Wasp
Saint Julien
France
Monchy-le-Preux
Arras
Cerny
Aisne
Nver Zbrocr
Dniester
Pruth
Bukowina
Teutons
Czernowitz
Kimpelung
Galicia
Odessa
Russia
Black Sea
Norway’s Trade With Germany and Britain 1915
Norway’s 1915 census figures show US imports of 50 million and German imports at 42 million, with Britain supplying 67 million in goods. Exports to Germany reached 50 million, while exports to the US fell to 7 million, amid a push to curb food exports as embargos rise and tensions with Germany grow.
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Christiania
Norway
Europe
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Census Bureau
Arctic Ocean
Storthing
Knudsen
House Adopts Two Food Bills in Vote Light
Washington reports conference reports on the administration food control and food survey bills were adopted with little opposition by the House on Friday. They head to the Senate, likely no action before Tuesday. Representative Kahn urged unity with the President as he praised conferees for scrapping the Senate war expenditures committee amendment. Barkley praised the revised prohibition section amid concerns the war could last years and affect food supplies.
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Washington
House
Senate
Kahn
California
Germany
United
Wilson
Mr. Kahn
Congress
Army
Navy
Barkley
Kentucky
Survivors recount cruel sinking of Belgian Prince by German sub
British survivors tell how the steamship Belgian Prince was torpedoed 200 miles off land. After hit, the sub shelled the ship and forced lifebelts off, leaving crew on deck. Lifeboats were wrecked, eight men kept alive in water until morning. many drowned from exposure. Two engineers survived to relay the tale, one after being aboard the wreck and looting by the submarine.
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Gennans
Ferguson Hearing Set for Monday in Texas Impeachment Probe
Austin Aug 4 The second inquiry into Governor James E. Ferguson official acts will start next Monday with the full Texas House participating. If a majority sustains charges a bill of impeachment would be presented to the Senate, which would conduct a trial and require a two thirds conviction to impeach.
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Austin
Tex
James E. Ferguson
Texas
Senate
Admit serious loss of German man power
British headquarters in France reports German officers captured in Flanders admit Germany’s loss of manpower is serious. They say the 1919 recruit class is in the field along with elements of that class, though claimed as volunteers. The captive officers imply fear they may lose the war.
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Associated Press
France
Flanders
Germany
Heflin Attack Expunged From House Record
A heated exchange over conscription led Representative Heflin to denounce Representatives Mason and Britton of Illinois. Heflin’s remarks were expunged from the record after the two men were absent, while friends protested. The expunging vote was 180 to 122.
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Washington
Heflin
Alabama
Mason and
Britton
Linois
Red
Armed groups threaten central Oklahoma riots in draft clash
In central Oklahoma hundreds of men gather near Shawnee and other areas prepared to resist the draft. Gov Williams considers arming civilians as sheriffs form posses to quell rioters. Reports describe a strong “working class union” network and I. W. W. influence amid broader disorder across Seminole Pontotoc Okmulgee and Pottawatomie counties with arrests and scattered violence.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
Shawnee
Williams
Seminole
Hughes
Pontotoc
Okmulgee
Pottowatomie
Ada
Bob Duncan
Pontotoc County
Sasakawa
Duncan
Grall
Cross
South Canadian River
Francis
Francis County
Postal men exempt from draft ruling issued
Washington government announces that postal department officials will seek broad exemptions for postal employees from military service. Rural carriers are excluded from exemptions except for compelling reasons, while clerks in certain grades face tight tests. Provost Crowder orders reduction of dependent exemptions and instructs governors to organize appeals, with Iowa boards demanding absolute dependence proof and planning early meetings in Des Moines and Waterloo.
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Washington, Ang
Fasta
Wison
Crowder
Hig State
Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Exemption Boards
State House
Waterloo
Desaulles Shot by Divorced Wife in Roslyn
John L. De Saulles former U S minister to Uruguay was shot and killed at his Roslyn Long Island home by his divorced wife Miss Blanc quitta Errazuriz of Santiago Chile. She fired four shots as a custody dispute over their four year old son preceded the tragedy. The boy had been visiting his father when Mrs DeSaulles arrived and demanded the child be taken back. She was arrested and charged with murder. A referee had recommended the decree granting her divorce last December. The note ends with a reference to Yale quarterback DeSandes and his wife, a niece of a former Chilean president, at a Valparaiso area meeting in 1910.
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New York
John L. DeSaulles
United States
Uruguay
Roslyn
L. I
Blancquitta Errazuriz
Santiago
Chile
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