Draft Increments Set For Army Camps In Oct
Washington reports 687000 men in the first army draft increment will be trained in October in three groups. Entrainment starts Sept 5 for 30 percent, Sept 15 for another 30 percent, and Sept 30 for the final 30 percent with the remaining ten percent mobilizing soon after. About 12000 men will reach each of 16 cantonments after Sept 6 as doctors screen them. There are rulings on dependents abroad, conscientious objectors, and exemptions for certain railway and post office staff. Camps may host newspaper offices and private communications lines as arranged by camp commanders.
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Washington
Crowder
Post Office Department
Navy Department
War Department
Navy
National Army
National Guard
Madrid strike spreads to all city artisans
MADRID Aug 14 The general strike began Friday night with railroad employers, and by early Monday morning magans, printers, carpenters and others quit work. Workers returned home quietly as orders to lay down tools were issued. Some strikers expect the 24 hour stoppage to suffice, sympathy with railroad men noted. Shops mostly open, public indifference reported. Time Strike Settled in Lima Ohio. Aug 14 Street strike ended after employees waived union recognition and accepted lower wage scales.
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Madrid
Lima, O
Telegram Between Kaiser and Wilson Made Public
The August 1914 telegram from Emperor Wilhelm to President Wilson, denying the alleged message to Gerard, is published by the State Department and recounted by the Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. It details Kaiser's private notes on England, Belgium, neutrality, and mobilization, with Gerard's account echoed by Copenhagen and Cologne reports.
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Kaiser
Wilson
Gerard
Egram
William
Germany
State Department
Berlin
Amsterdam
Norddeutsche Allgemein Zeitung
James W. Gerald
Belgium
Switzerland
Copenhagen
Washington
Cegrasn
Prince Henry
George V
London
England
France
Austria
Russia
Edward Grey
Pyres
Wilhelm
Cologne
Emperor William
James W. Gerard
Fix Wheat Price and Bread Costs in New Controls
Washington plans to regulate wheat distribution and flour manufacture with a new wheat control board, awaiting presidential approval. Regulations will cover wheat from producer to baker starting September 1, aiming to keep farmer prices fair while lowering bread costs. No immediate cereals controls beyond wheat. sugar may follow. In Springfield, Iowa, Dr. E J Dooring resigns from Illinois district board as he receives a U S Army commission.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
Wheat Control Board
Wilson
Von Mackensen Takes Pantziu Rumanian City
Berlin dispatch reports Field Marshal Von Mackensen's forces captured Pantziu a Moldavian railroad hub after stiff Russo Romanian defense. British and German statements note artillery activity, Romanian gains, and Allied air actions including bombing of four German airfields and loss of nine German aircraft.
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von Mackensen
Pantziu
Berlin
London
Moldavia
Berlin War Bulletin
War Office
Planders
Verdun
Romania
German plane lands near Belgian border in Oostburg
A German airplane landed Sunday at Oostburg near the Belgian border and the two occupants were interned. A Berlin financial state ment from the German war office reports a Teuton aircraft that bombarded England on Sunday is missing.
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Amsterdan
Oostburg
Berlin
German War Office
Teuton
England
Japanese War Ally Arrives in Pacific Port in 1941
Viscount Ishii and a Japanese mission arrived at a Pacific port proclaiming alliance with the United States, saying they come as friends in a common cause. They praised American courage and pledged loyalty to the principles for which America has fought, as crowds cheered. Plans include troop reviews and mobilization camp visits, with a banquet hosted by a resident Japanese.
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Pacific
United States
Viscount K. Ishii
Japan
Fraise
U. S
America
Breckinridge Long
Gavin McNab
Washington
Army
Navy
Ishii
Exemption Plea For Young Doctors To Aid Army
Springfield August 14. Illinois district appeal boards asked Provost Marshal General Crowder to exempt young doctors who wish to finish a medical course fitting them for army medical corps service. If exemption not allowed, boards urged keeping records to contact conscripted student doctors later. Eight boards attended the conference at the state arsenal to coordinate work. Crowder will decide on occupation grounds for exemption and relevant industrial workforce statistics. Debate touched on farmers and agricultural exemptions until harvest.
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Springfield
Army
Illinois
Crowder
Army Medical Corps
Dickson
Soldiers Called to Quell Springfield Mob Riot
The Ninth regiment Indiana National Guard was called out at 11 pm after rioting began near the street car barns. Police initially charged about 300 rioters, then regrouped. shots struck a street car as deputies followed. The car derailed after being hit, wrecking windows and crashing on a turn near the barns.
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Springfield
Dickson
Kentucky Miners Strike Spreads Across Regions
In Jellicoe Tennessee and across southeastern Kentucky, about 2,000 of 17,000 miners who walked out Saturday returned to work Monday as large mines in the district shut down. Reports say more than 10,000 miners quit, demanding union recognition eight hour day and higher wages. In Pana Illinois, 300 miners idle as drivers strike for a one dollar daily raise.
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Jellicoe
Tenn
Tennessee
Kentucky
Lexington
Southeastern
United Mine Workers of America
Betwen
U. S
Louisville
Hywell Davies
Pana
Ill
Spring Side
Smith Lohr Company
War News Roundup From Fronts Abroad And Sea
Reports show infantry fighting on the western front has subsided for 24 hours while Teuton advances threaten Moldavia and Pantziu, with French resistance and minor Russian Romanian withdrawals to the Sereth river. German raids toward London fail. four Americans and 14 others die when the City of Athens hits a mine off South Africa. Christianes sunk near the Azores, crew saved.
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Moldavia
Teuton
Flanders
Teutons
Ailles
Sereth
Amsterdam
England
Athens
Cape Town
South Africa
Christianes
Azores
Waterway Development Push Warns Rail Use For War Material
Secretary Redfield urged expansion of inland waterways as American railroads shoulder growing war materiel traffic. The Commerce Department created a waterways division led by Walter Parker of New Orleans to aid communities in boosting water commerce and efficiency.
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Redfield
Commerce Department
Waterways Transportation
Walter Parker
New Orleans
Ing
Officers named in Arkansas camp
Washington Aug. 14 Commissions awarded students at Fort Logan H Roots Ark officers training camp announced by the adjutant general included the following Illinois A J Rodgers Chicago captain R R Tushek Joliet first lieutenant P E Lestourgeon Chicago first lieutenant V N Brown Joliet second lieutenant E F French McLeansboro second lieutenant G V Alstrom Chicago second lieutenant F L Miller Pontiac second lieutenant R J Riddell Spainand second lieutenant R F Duncan La Grange captain J P Gaugler Chicago first lieutenant C F Geiger Chicago second lieutenant W M Kirby Chicago second lieutenant A B Stiles Chicago second lieutenant R D Burran Chicago second lieutenant H L Robinson Springfield second lieutenant F A Pope Wheaton second lieutenant H E B Peterson Oak Park second lieutenant P Winlock Chicago second lieutenant G H Watson Chicago second lieutenant J A Speyer Chicago second lieutenant R R Collins Chicago second lieutenant G A Royal Chicago second lieutenant H W Shadbolt Chicago second lieutenant W J Miller Chicago second lieutenant P L Porter Galesburg second lieutenant F G Hinman Maywood second lieutenant P Steele Chicago second lieutenant R K Lear nard Joliet second lieutenant R F Locke Chicago second lieutenant
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Washington
Fort Logan
H. Roots
Ark
Illinois
A. J. Rodgers
Chicago
R. R. Tushek
Joliet
P. E. Lestourgeon
V. N. Brown
E. F. French
McLeansboro
G. V. Alstrom
H. L. Robinson
Springfield
F. A. Pope
Wheaton
H. EB. Peterson
Oak Park
P. Winlock
G. H. Watson
J. A. Speyer
R. R. Collins
G. A. Royal
Leutenant
H. W. Sha
Penrose Upholds Senate War Tax Bill Debate
In Washington on August 14 the senate war tax bill debate nears conclusion with Senators Penrose and McCumber urging non partisan revision and temporary scope. Penrose criticizes administration delays in price disputes with manufacturers and stresses the need for a high tariff after the war to sustain industrial prosperity. He cites allies spending a hundred million dollars and daily Allied casualties as urgency for swift delivery.
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Washington
Senate
Simmons
Finance Committee
Penrose
McCumber
United States
Pennsylvania
Seventeen Die In Connecticut Trolley Wreck
Seventeen people were killed and more than forty injured when two trolley cars collided head on near the North Branford local station. The wreck trapped passengers in a tangled mass, most of the dead were women, and the injured were rushed to New Haven hospitals for treatment across Guilford Madison Saybrook and nearby towns.
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Branford
Conn
New Haven
Guilford
Madigan
Saybrook
Marooned and deported strike breakers face movement to other cities
Hundreds of strike breakers, held for twenty four hours in Selza Missouri after being brought to end a street car strike in Kansas City. They are to be moved to Chicago New York Philadelphia St Louis and other recruitment points as talks fail. Federal mediation is sought and a court injunction may follow to protect property and avert violence.
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Kansas City
Selza
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Kansas Cities
George H. Edwards
Louis F. Post
Fred L. Ferck
Indiana
Harry Hoffman
Ssiga
Seiza
Jeavz
Chamber of Commerce
Dry Camp Rule Closes Kansas City Saloons
In Kansas City on August 14, 260 saloons and drinking places voluntarily closed as US district attorney agents began gathering evidence against liquor outlets within the half mile dry zone around military camps. Hotels and breweries affected. troops and artillery units nearby in Convention Hall.
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Kansas City
United States District Attorney's Office
Wilson
Convention Hall
Crew of Schooner A B Shemman Rescued After Adrift
The American schooner A B Shemman crew, recently found adrift at sea, has been brought into a U S port. A consul reports the vessel was attacked June 8 by a German submarine, which fired on lifeboats. one seaman was wounded in the foot. A passing ship rescued the crew and delivered them to port.
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Washington
A. B. Shemman
Anndoeed
Lish
Ean
Arenas
Su Schodler
Elesher
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Belgrade
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E.J. Dooring
Division No. 1
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Dooring
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Teuton Airplane
Holland
U.S
Ninth Regiment
Arkansas
Southern
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