American Socialist loses second class mailing status
The American Socialist weekly, organ of the national Socialist party, reports that Washington revoked its second class mailing privilege. Editors say June issues were held unmailable under the espionage act censorship clause and note appeals to the president and court rulings in favor of the paper. They plan to reapply and issue under local censorship until then.
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Chicago
National Socialist Party
Washington
Post Office Department
J. L. Engdahl
Wilson
Department of Justice
Baltimore
New York City
Clatsce
Blame Labor for Cabinet Change in London
Premier Lloyd George announced Arthur Hendersons resignation from the war cabinet after the Labor party decided to send delegates to the Stockholm conference. Hendersons dual role as cabinet member and Labor leader caused friction, with labor groups split over delegates. Seamen threaten to block ships and unions weigh a referendum while newspapers show wide opinion.
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London
Lloyd George
Arrthur Henderson
Labor Party
Mr. Henderson
Stockholm
Henderson
W. A. Appleton
Federation of Trades Unions
Allied Democracy and
Labor
Seamen's Union
Socialist secretary released Saturday in Chicago
Adolph Germer national secretary of the Socialist party was arrested for alleged seditious utterances at an American Liberty and Defense League meeting. He was released Saturday after questioning by federal agents. Officials said there was insufficient evidence to press charges.
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Chicago
Adolph Germer
Socialist Party
American Liberty and Defense League
Federal Department of Justice
Germer
Volcano In Action Near San Salvador
The Salvadorean volcano near San Salvador continues to erupt sending lava. Thousands of natives and foreigners visit the scene daily to witness the burning spectacle, as the eruption sustains its dramatic display.
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San Salvador
Salvador
Draft law tightens exemptions to aid national war effort
Washington report on Provost Marshal General Crowder's emphasis that the draft law serves national needs over individuals. Married men exempt only when government interests require, with strict scrutiny of industrial cases and affidavits of indispensability. District boards to assess private-employment exemptions, while efforts to curb dependency-based evasion continue as Crowder’s office shifts to routine operations.
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Washington
Crowder
Congress
Focal Selection Boards
Gen. Crowder
National Army
Car Strike Off Brings New Wage Schedule
Springfield August 12. After three weeks of strike and rioting that left one policeman dead, concessions from both sides produced a settlement. All out car operatives return to work, wages rise 26c, 28c, then 30c per hour over four years, with arbitration to settle disputes.
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Springfield
State Industrial Board
A. D. Mackie
Springfield Consolidated Railway Company
Strict discipline for Russian army announced in Petrograd
M Savinkoff announced that government will appoint commissioners to replace elected troops’ commissioners. The new officials will oversee army self administration and political life while high command retains field operation power. They will review all capital punishment sentences. The government will promote young officers to high command.
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Petrograd
M. Savinkoff
Pacifist Riis Attacked by Mob in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City Utah August 12 A pacifist newspaper seller John Riis was attacked on a downtown street corner by a crowd of soldiers after refusing to stop selling socialistic papers He suffered serious injuries before police rescued him Riis declared I will not go to war and expressed defiance amid the mob action.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
John Riis
Riis
Epirus Asks Seat in Greek Chamber
Dispatches from Athens report upper Epirus deputies have sent a memorandum to the chamber of deputies affirming the Hellenic character of Greece and seeking admission to sit in the chamber. Premier Venizelos sympathized but said Greece cannot admit them without creating international difficulties since upper Epirus is at present occupied by Italy.
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Washington
Athens
Legation
Upper Epirus
Chamber of Deputies
Venizelos
Greece
Italy
Mill Hands Called Out in 2 States
Striking lumber and mill workers in western Washington extend their fight for an eight hour day by calling a mill strike in Washington and Oregon. The action follows failed negotiations between mill owners and labor union representatives under the state council of defense. Secretary of War Baker urged a settlement in a telegraph to all parties.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
Oregon
State Council of Defense
Baker
Prominent Men to Plattsburg Camp
New York Aug 12 Among those designated by the war department for the second Plattsburg camp of the officers reserve corps who will start training on Aug 27 are Deverux Milburn polo player Meuben L Haskell member of Congress P C Bud Fisher cartoonist James Eyre banker William Evuarts grandson of the famous lawyer Rufus Gaynor son of the late Mayor Gaynor and Henry Fairfield Osborne Jr son of the president of the American Museum of Natural History)
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New York
War Department
Plattsburg
Officers Reserve Corps
Deverux Milburn
Meuben L. Haskell
Congress
P. C
Bud) "Fisher
James E. Eyre
William M. Evuarts
Rufus Gaynor
Gaynor
Henry Fairfield Osborne, Jr
American Museum of Natural History
Recruit 5000 for British Army Arrives in Washington
Washington, Aug 12 More than 5 000 men for British and Canadian forces have been recruited in this country by the British recruiting committee About 4 400 have already gone forward to depots in Canada with 600 granted time to arrange their affairs
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Washington
Canada
Warden of State Penitentiary Resigns for Health Reason
C Sanders who has led the FT Madison Iowa state penitentiary for nine years filed his resignation to take effect Sept 1. Ill health is named as the cause. Sanders established the prison honor system during his tenure.
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Madison
Iowa
C. Sanders
I Health
Sanders
Arthur Henderson Resigns From British War Cabinet
London dispatch reports Arthur Henderson, a labor member of the British wartime council, resigns his cabinet membership. The note mentions Smee Yetee in the conflicting line.
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Arthur Henderson
London
British War Council
Smee Yetee
Drive Out 400 Strike Breakers In Kansas City
In Kansas City on August 12, about 400 strike breakers arrived to help end the streetcar tie‑up. Strikers formed a cordon, ordered the men to raise their hands, and marched them through town amid cheering. Police and motor vanguard maintained order as rioting and car arsons were reported elsewhere. Officials proposed mediation and urged a return to work during talks.
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Kansas City
Union Station
Flahave
Kansas City Street Railway Co
Street Car
Kentucky Miners Strike For Shorter Day
Thousands of miners in Kentucky and Tennessee walked out at 4 o clock Saturday seeking UMWA recognition and an eight hour day. Over 8,000 quit work with officials predicting up to double that number, and reports indicate the government may intervene through the national council of defense within 48 hours.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Appalachian
Kentucky
Tennessee
United Mine Workers’ Organization
United Mine Workers of America
National Council of Defense
Second Contingent Plans Are Complete Fort Sheridan
Fort Sheridan Illinois August 12 The first contingent of student officers at the training camp has finished three months of instruction and plans for a second contingent are nearly ready Major Janes Roynane announced 3 661 students will be trained in the camp with Illinois providing 1 162 Quotas from Michigan Wisconsin Missouri Kansas and Colorado are listed Additions may be made Training runs Aug 27 to Nov 26 and the same training method used for the first contingent will apply to the second.
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Fort Sheridan
Janes Roynane
Tlinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Des Moines Hardware House Burns In Downtown Fire
A six story wholesale hardware building home of Brown Camp company burned Saturday night in Des Moines causing an estimated 300000 dollars in losses. The fire also damaged a neighboring wholesale spice house and lit up the business district along the Des Moines river drawing thousands of onlookers.
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Des Moines
Brown Camp Company
Death toll from heat wave reported in city bulletin
New York August 12 The health department weekly bulletin estimates 955 deaths from the heat wave ending August 4.
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New York
Department of Health
War News From Europe Tides of Battle Shift Amid Offensives
Russian forces show improved resistance on the eastern front near Galicia while the Austro German drive in Moldavia worries Entente observers. In the west British and French pressure recaptures ground in Flanders as German efforts falter near Wensthoek and along the Aisne front. Berlin claims a limited victory as French and Romanian forces press the Russo Romanian front.
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Russia
Flanders
Petrograd
Brody
Lemberg
Rumania
Putna
Smarshal von Mackensen
Moldavia
Pantzin
Suchitza
von Mackensen
Fokshani-Ocna
Berlin
Wensthoek
Irench
St. Quentin
Crown Prince
Altes
Aisne
Carnilet
Champagne
Carnillet
Refuse Passports To Stockholm Meeting
Washington reports that any passport application for a delegate to the Stockholm consultative conference will be refused. The government stance mirrors its view of the recent Stockholm socialist conference, deeming any such gathering untimely. If British delegates attend and learn statements from others, those remarks will be made available to the U S government.
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Washington
Stockholm
State Department
U. S. Submarine Rams Steamer in Boston Bay
In thick fog on Boston harbor a U S submarine collided with the Nantasket Beach excursion steamer Mayflower. The submarine sustained slight damage while the Mayflower suffered a hole in her port side near the paddle box. About 1500 passengers were transferred safely and the Mayflower was towed to East Boston with a list. Officers kept the crowd calm as tugs and nearby boats aided the passengers and crew.
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Boston
United States
Navy
Exemption by Use of Money in Draft Evasion Case
A third arrest in an alleged conspiracy to evade the selective draft law targeted Louis L Cherry and Dr. S. J. Bernfeld. Kalman Gruber, a laboratory dentist, was jailed after admitting he supplied exemption blanks. A clerk spoke of money paid for exemptions, while affidavits from three East Side youths alleged improper board conduct.
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New York
Louis L Cherry
S. J. Bernfeld
Kalman Gruber
United States Attorney’s Office
Tombs
Cherry
Dr. Bernfeld
Gruber
Max Noble
Board 88
Swann
East Side
PLAN RECEPTION FOR JAP MISSION ON PACIFIC COAST
A Japanese mission heads for the Pacific coast en route to Washington with a grand welcome planned. The party includes Viscount Ishii, Vice Admiral Takeshita, Gen. Sugano, Nagai, Hanihara, Shinto ri, and Dunbar, with Lang, Miller, Trens, and Marsh aiding the reception on behalf of the U.S. government.
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Pacific Coast
United States
Washington
Pacific Slope
State Department
Viscount K. Ishii
T. Takeshita
S. Sugano
Matsuza Nagai
Foreign Office
Masano Hanihara
Honolulu
Toshio Shintori
Douglas L. Dunbar
Breckinridge Lang
Ransford S. Miller
Seoul
Korea
James A. Trens
U.S. A
C. C. Marsh
U.S. NL
Relief mission halted by war in Palestine
Felix Frankfurter and colleagues arrived in Washington after a European trip on a Palestine relief mission. Morgenthau and Epstein remain in Europe. The commission says military conditions prevented action, but gathered information to aid future relief once the British campaign advances.
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Washington
Felix Frankfurter
Morgenthau
Louis Epstein
State Department
Balkan States
Europe
Palestine
Washinton
Lansing
Messrs
Epstein
British Front Holds After Six German Counter Attacks
British forces repelled six German assaults on the Westhoek ridge near Belgium and France. German artillery bombarded the sector through the night as heavy fighting continued, with five infantry lines driven back by steady British rifle and machine gun fire. Allied naval attachés report additional Japanese naval units joining allied squadrons in European waters.
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Associated Press
France
Belgium
Westhoek Ridge
Teutons
Westhoek Village
Westhoek
Shipping Board Seeks Half Billion More for Shipbuilding
Washington reports the Shipping Board will request an additional 500 million dollars to fund shipbuilding after current contracts absorbed all prior war budget funds. The Emergency Fleet Corporation has approved about fifty ships totaling around 200000 tons with costs near 25 million pounds. Major General Goethals and Chairman Denman signed contracts as they reached the desk, with plans for two government shipyards to fabricate steel vessels under Goethals oversight and Denman’s revisions aimed at lowering costs from the original 150 dollars per ton.
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Washington
Congress
The
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
General Goethals
Denman
Fleet Corporation
Award Commissions at Fort Oglethorpe
Washington August 12 Commissions awarded to the students at the Fort Oglethorpe Ga officers training camp announced by the adjutant general include Illinois Alexander BD Cameron Chicago second lieutenant Early Af 17 Streator second lieutenant Dan War old Ryner Mason City second lieutenant Paul Mitchell Arnold Evanston second lieutenant Missouri Paul Harrison Arthur Columbia second lieutenant
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Washington
Fort Oglethorpe
Tllinois—Alexander BD. Cameron
Chicago
Leutenant
Streator
Dan Warold Ryner
Mason City
Paul Mitchell Arnold
Evanston
Missouri
Paul Harrison Arthur
Columbia
Local Rain Forecast For Week Ahead
Weather bureau predicts the week starting Sunday will bring local rains in the Great Lakes region and focal rains in the plains and upper Mississippi valleys. Temperatures stay below normal early, then rise toward the end of the week with generally fair conditions after Tuesday.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Plains
Mississippi
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Withan ©Eilts
William C. Fitts
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Holy Land
Ally Squadron
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FT. Oglethorpe
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