President Wilson studies war costs and orders price inquiry
President Wilson visited the federal trade commission to urge rapid investigation into the production costs of basic war materials. The commission will study costs for coal, steel, iron, petroleum, tin, aluminum, copper, lead, cement, lumber and derivatives with preliminary results in weeks. The issue includes keeping prices down for the public while allowing allies to share reduced costs and avoiding broad legislation.
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Washington
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Go Cnment
War Board
Central Purchasig Committee
Trade Commission
Draft resisters rounded up in Oklahoma counties
Oklahoma City Aug 8 more than 50 draft resisters have been arrested including two chief agitators as authorities in Hughes Seminole and Pontotot counties sweep the hills for stragglers. The roundup will take at least a week to complete as the band tightens its grip.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Hughes
Seminole
Pontotoc
Wewoka union organizer faces charges in uprising case
MOY Webttene Ge Kerenn Barnhart of Wewoka and other organizers of the working class union will face penalties as the district attorney's office outlines. Dozens of others are charged with treason and conspiracy to evade the selective craft act. Among fifty prisoners are "Doc" Caleb and a man named Fink, noted as moving spirits in the uprising.
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Moy Webttene Ge Kerenn Barnhart
Wewoka
Etthes
Doc” Caleb
Fink
Apirita
Senate Revenue Measure Heads to Senate Debate
Washington Aug 8 Senate debate on the house war tax bill rewritten and raised to levy 2 006 970 000 in new taxes is set to begin Thursday. After food legislation disposal arrangements, Finance Committee Chairman Simmons said he would call up the revenue measure immediately after the vote. Debate is to last at least a fortnight with leaders aiming to pass within two weeks and adopt the conference report early in September, placing Congress in recess for six to eight weeks.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Simmons
Finance Committee
Hissectof
Congress
Crowder To Issue Final Rules for New Army Soon
Washington reports Provost Marshal General Crowder and assistants are drafting final mobilization rules to organize the selective draft war army. War department figures show 13,093 National Guard officers and 419,884 men in federal service, with 180,766 regulars recruited since April and about 2,000 regular vacancies.
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Washington
Crowder
War Department
National Guard
Navy
Marine Corps
National Army
Guard
Army of the United States
Root says Russia has less disorder than US
Aug 8 Chicago Elihu Root of the American mission reports in Chicago that Russia shows similar or less disruption than the United States during radical government change. He argues that sensational cable dispatches exaggerate unrest while real governance work proceeds.
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Chicago
Elihu Root
Russia
United States
Mr. Root
Aim of Kamine group sparks call for women to join
Aims of Kamine and allied groups are praised for mobilizing men to fight and urging American women to follow their example. The remark underscores wartime recruitment and social mobilization, reflecting the era's gender roles and patriotic rhetoric.
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Kamine
Asecen
Shipping Board to Create Operating Bureau for Merchant Ships
Washington Aug 8 The operating department will be created soon to run all government owned merchant ships. The Shipping Board seeks a head for the new department and continues to consider requisitioning American ships now on the seas. An announcement will follow once legal technicalities are settled.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Morgan County Exemption Board Reports on 77 Examined
In Morgan County on August 8 77 men were examined with 57 passing the physical test. Six required another exam in two weeks and 14 were rejected. Of the 57 who passed 19 did not seek exemption.
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Jacksonville
Morgan County Exemption Board
Treasury's quick oversubscription of $300 million bonds
Washington Aug 8 The treasury's offer of 300 million dollars in certificates of indebtedness maturing Nov 15, first financing under the second liberty bond offering, was largely oversubscribed when subscriptions closed at 3 p m Tuesday.
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Washington
Treasury
Germany seeks gold loan from Switzerland over coal deal
Washington report says Germany demands gold from Switzerland in exchange for coal. Officials view as sign of Germany’s financial strain as depreciation hits the mark. German paper money loses value, and the mark weakens amid looming obligations to international lenders.
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Washington
State Department
Germany
Switzerland
Allies May Meet Coal Shortage With Land Tabled Hope
Under present coitus, land is depend it upon Germany for her coal, but it is believed that the allies may be able to mot her needs.
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Germany
Export Ban Likely Adds Cotton Lumber and Sugar
Washington officials said three key commodities cotton lumber and sugar likely will be placed under export control by adding them to the list requiring licenses. The export council already recommended extending license requirements beyond foods feed stuffs iron steel and explosives. Cotton is singled out due to German demand and prior shipments to neutral European countries. Reports that coal embargoes to Canada would follow were officially denied.
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Washington
Wilson
Exporta Council
Germany
United States
Canada
Senate Set for Final Vote on Administration Food Bill
Washington Aug 8 After another day of debate the Senate reached a unanimous consent agreement to vote finally at 4 o clock on the conference report approved by the House. Few speeches are expected as administration leaders predict less than a dozen votes in opposition.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wilson
First Administration
Railroads Report Revenue Gains in July Returns
Interstate Commerce Commission data show 153 roads covering three fourths of U S mileage posted a nearly eight million dollar rise in net revenue for July compared with June 1911. The record indicates broad prosperity across the railroad system.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Increase in Western Roads Revenues in Six Months
The greatest increase is among western roads whose operating revenues rose from 94,000,000 to 110,000,000. Expenses jumped about 10,000,000, leaving net revenues around 39,616,950, about 6,000,000 higher than June 1916. Total six month operating revenues for 153 roads reached 1,480,248,702, up 163,000,000 from 1916. Expenses 1,065,281,720, about 166,500,000 above last year. Full six month totals likely near 1,100,000,000 in operating incomes, signaling around 6,000,000 for 1917 operations, a 20 percent rise.
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Mwany Western Roads
Navy orders plant for League Island yard aircraft factory
Secretary Daniels ordered construction of a Philadelphia aircraft factory at League Island Navy Yard. The plant, costing about $1,000,000, will take 100 days to complete and employ about 2,000 workers capable of producing a thousand small planes yearly. The move is part of the navy air program separate from the larger aircraft act.
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Washington
League Island Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Daniels
Navy
Prominent Drug Man Found Dead in Apparent Suicide
Detectives probe the death of St Louis billionaire John W Lambert after he was found dying from a gunshot in his apartments. A woman phoned the building and urged the maid to check on him, while letters from his wife and another unsigned note hint at a troubled affair and possible motive. Relatives cite long nervous strain from overwork as a factor.
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ST. Louis
John W. Lambert
St. Louisan
Lambert
East
Rock Island telegraphers to arbitrate wage and hour disputes
G W W Hanger of the federal board of mediation left Rock Island for San Francisco to arbitrate issues between the Southern Pacific and its train and enginemen. The Rock Island mediation led to agreements to arbitrate requests for an eight hour day Sunday vacation pay and wage increases within a month. Similar demands are reported on Illinois Central Burlington and St Paul and may spread to other roads. The Rock Island decision is seen as a valuable precedent for arbitration.
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Chicago
G. W. W. Hanger
Federal Board of Mediation
Rock Island
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Illinois Central
Burlington
St. Paul
Navy orders vast woolen uniform cloth contract
Wash ington reports a Navy Department contract for four and a half million yards of woolen uniform cloth at over 16 million dollars. The agreement spreads the work among 35 firms nationwide and will supply 1,000,000 shirts 800,000 trousers and 350,000 overcoats for delivery in about seven months.
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Navy Department
Miners of Kentucky to Strike Next Saturday
Miners of southeastern Kentucky and northeastern Tennessee adopted resolutions at a conference in Pineville calling for a strike to begin next Saturday. About ten thousand men would be affected, demanding wage scale readjustment recognition of the union and better working conditions.
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Pineville
Kentucky
Tennessee
Bank Officials Must Serve Time In Tonica Case
The appellate court affirmed three year prison terms for John Hartenblower of Chicago and Tonica Exchange bank president George D. Hillabrand cashier, ending a case tied to the bank’s 1918 failure with about half a million dollars in liabilities.
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Ottawa
John Hartenblower
Chicago
George D. Hillabrand
Tonica Exchange Bank
Second District
Policeman Shot Sparks Springfield Riots and Arrests
Springfield Illinois August 8 Gov Lowden ordered 500 guardsmen on strike duty after Policeman Noah Roll was shot fatally by a crowd around a street car operated by non union men Conductor Oscar Strok motorman Joe Frese Ralph Castles admitted firing five shots Castles acting as a special deputy Five men arrested include Strok Frese Castles and two others Guards placed at power house and car barns amid mob violence arrests followed including a jail scuffle involving a prisoner who took the turnkey's pistol Firearms fired over the crowd intended to disperse missiles
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Springfield
Lowden
Ninth
Ilinois Infantry
Noah Roll
Claude E. Ryman
Effingham
Dickson
Oscar Strok
Joe Frese
East St. Louis
Ralph Castles
Castles
Mavarer A
Blackie
Power House
Col. Ryman
Springfield Gas and Electric Company
Roll
Mackie
Russian Leader Near Collapse
London dispatch reports Alexander Kerensky’s health gravely deteriorating with every public appearance. English observers note his emaciated frame, frequent coughing, and strained voice, yet his will keeps him going amid the heavy 24 hour demands and the fate of free Russia.
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London
Alexander F. Kerensky
Russia
Petrograd
Kerensky
Bis
Free
War Fronts Report Across Multiple Theaters
The war news notes a near standstill on most fronts aside from sporadic bombardments in Flanders and small maneuvers. Canadians push from Lens toward the coal center, using curtain fire to blunt German countermeasures as they extend saps toward the town’s outskirts. French forces under Petain gain ground in Champagne and on the Avocourt Road as Crown Prince's efforts to seize terrain falter.
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Flanders
Lens
Petain
France
Champagne
Turbulent fronts as Austrians and Germans press on
At Fokshani the enemy struck a swift blow forcing defenders across the Tyrladesus and threatening the lower Sereth crossing toward Galats. 1,300 Rumanian prisoners and various guns fell to invaders. In Bystritza two Russian regiments defected and fled, allowing Russians to retreat. Austrians and Germans harvest crops as Russians retreat west of Sebrocz. Artillery remains dominant. fighting continues in southeastern German East Africa with no decisive result, while British gains are modest.
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Moldavia
Bessarabia
Fokshani
Tyrladesus
Sereth
Galats
Danube
Bystritza
Romania
Kimpelung
Bukowina
Molit
Sebrocz River
Brussiloff
German East Africa
Apache Indians on the War Path
Apache Indians on the war path threaten border safety as tensions rise amid reports of clashes near Arizona asbestos mines. Rangers mobilize to patrol routes and safeguard workers, with authorities warning involved factions to stand down.
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Arizona
Uin—Rand
Rangers Ride To Quiet Indian Mine Uprising
A telephone message to the sheriff reported a mine uprising with Indian workers marching out and out of control. Deputy Dan Anmer led a ranger party toward the Sierra Anchos at 7 pm, road conditions delaying arrival past midnight. Cowboys from Tonto were asked to stand by if rangers fail to subdue the situation.
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Tom Arthur
Dan Anmer
Sierra Anchos
Tonto
Tri-City Labor Leader Arrested During Strike Address
Charles Mac Gowan president of the Tri City Federation of Labor representing unions in Moline Rock Island and Davenport was seized by federal authorities Tuesday while speaking to strikers at the Silvis shops of the Chicago Rock Island Pacific railroad in East Boling.
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Moline
Charles MacGowan
Tri-City
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