Oklahoma anti draft riots claim three lives in Holdenville area
Local unrest over the draft in Southeastern Oklahoma escalated with three deaths and multiple injuries. J F Moose of Okemah was killed after failing to halt a police order while fleeing in a car. Ed Blaylock died in a crossroad schoolhouse ambush as rioters attacked. Wallace Cargill, a Work- Class Union official, was also killed while armed. A train carried 56 captured rioters toward imprisonment as the turmoil continued.
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United Prere
Oxkla
Oklahoma
J. F. Moose
Okemah
Idenville
Moose
Ed Blaylock
Holdenville
Jack Paige
Henry Johnson
Wallace Cargill
Friendship Chapter
Work- Class Union
Root Mission Pictures Shown In Star Liberty Weekly
The Star Liberty motion picture weekly at the Liberty theatre through Thursday features landing scenes in Seattle of the Root mission returning from Petrograd. Photographed by Frank Jacobs, the film shows Senator Root and party leaving the dock in auto with Dr. Suzzallo Governor Lester and Judge Burke aboard the Buffalo with Maj. Gen. Scott.
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Seattle
America
Petrograd
Star Liberty
Bill
Liberty Theatre
Frank Jacobs
Root
Suzzallo
Rhodes
Chamber of Commerce
Gov. Lister
Judge Burke
Buffalo
Echo Zahl
Scott
Charles Edward Russell
Scripps
Rotary Club
Wildwood Park
Reynolds
Charlie Stapp
Coast Artillery
Ft. Worden
Colman Dock
Draft Won t Hurt Fall Harvest Work
The draft will not interfere with fall harvesting says Provost Marshal Gen Crowder. Seven farm hands of military age will not receive temporary exemptions but will be called in last quotas enabling them to stay on farms until the final week of September. Local boards are to note men needed for crop gathering. Deserters and anti conscriptionists are reported under control by the Justice Department.
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United Prees
Washington
Gen. Crowder
Crowder
Department of Justice le
Local Men Enter WWI Exemption Examinations
Eight of twelve Seattle service districts began medical examinations for volunteers to join the national army. Two physicians per man conducted the checks at board headquarters, with exemptions sought for dependents, occupations, or alien status. Named individuals include Jung Sing, George Christensen, and John Johnson, who states he is a potato broker and plans to enlist.
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Seattle
Uncle Sam
National Army
Altho
Jung Sing
George Christensen
Arthur Frederick Christensen
United States Flak Commission
Roosevelt
Gilman Ave
Root mission warns America faces lone fight against Germany
The Root commission, returning from Russia, warns Seattle and the nation that the United States must act now to mobilize for war. They describe a scenario where Germany defeats Russia, then crushes France and England, leaving America to fight alone with millions of troops and billions in costs. The call is to recruit a five million strong force and refocus from avoidance to readiness.
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United States of America
Seattle
Washington, D. C
Russia
America
Washington
The
Star
Returning Root Mission
United States
Petrograd
Russian Empire
France
England
Germany
Root Mission
Romania
Elihu Root
Pacific Coast
Uncle Sam
China
Japan
Siberian
Germans Build Submarines Faster Than Allies Sink Them
Berlin reports between February and August the Allies sank an average of slightly more than three U boats per month while German submarine production ran well ahead of losses.
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United Prees
Copenhagen
Berlin
Hazen Titus Aids Hoover In Rail Food Conservation
Hazen J. Titus, superintendent of dining cars for the Northern Pacific, returned from Washington with a brief to aid Herbert Hoover in a national campaign to conserve food on dining cars across all railways.
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Hazen J. Titus
Herbert Hoover
Northern Pacific Railway
D. C
Titus
Hoover
Seattle Men Win U. S. Commissions
United Press reports Seattle students at the reserve officers training camp have been commissioned and ordered into active service George N. Browning and Curtiss R. Gilbert named first lieutenants of infantry with Carl Zeno Draves promoted to second lieutenant of infantry in San Francisco on August 6.
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United Press
San Francisco
Seattle
Reserve Officers’ Training Camp
George N. Browning
Curtiss R. Gilbert
Carl Zeno Draves
50 Butchers Quit Frye & Co Plant
A strike by the I. W. W. led to about 60 workers leaving Frye & Co. South Seattle plant, though management reports the plant running normally. The Frye plant employs 300 to 400 butchers and about 200 have walked out, 160 already joining the Amalgamated Meat Cutters' and Butchers' union seeking an eight hour day and better conditions.
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Frye & Co
South Seattle
H. M. Scaritt
Joe Hoffman
Amalgamated Meat Cutters’ and Butchers’ Union
Frye
Suzzallo Hosts Meeting Between Lumbermen and Strikers
Dr. Henry Suzzallo convenes Seattle talks Tuesday morning with the International Union of Shingleweavers led by J G Brown and the lumbermen's defense committee led by E S Grammer to present views to the state council for defense. Neutral business leaders headed by A J Rhodes attend. The aim is to seek a settlement of Northwest lumber industry strike tensions.
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Henry Suzzallo
Lumbermen's Protective Association
Seattle
State Council For Defense
Northwest
J. G. Brown
International Union of Shingleweavers
Lumbermen's Defense Committee
E. S. Grammer
Dr. Suzzallo
A. J. Rhodes
Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
Hell with the Draft Mockery Shocks Butte Labor
Open opposition to the draft complicates Butte labor troubles as Silver Bow county begin examinations for draftees outside the city. Twenty percent of those summoned failed to appear and almost all claimed exemptions while the phrase to hell with the draft echoed through the courthouse corridors.
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Butth
Butte
Silver Bow County
Money not beauty lured football hero in murder case
New York reports custody fight over 4 year old Jack De Saulles, son of John L. De Saulles and Mrs. Fianca De Saulles, who shot her husband after he refused to surrender the boy. The child may testify as a witness. custody moves hinge on court battle and public perception.
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Uni@l Press
New York
Jack de Saulles
Fianca de Saulles
John L. de Saulles
Jack
Caroline Degener
de Saulles
Paris
Bethlehem
Uruguay
Little Jack
Uncle Sam seeks marine firemen to fill vacancies
The government will conduct examinations for applicants at the room 303 post office building.
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Uncle Sam
Japan’s bargaining in war aid and open door policy
Washington asks how a Japanese mission could shape the war by trading military and shipping leverage for open door policy in China and broader wartime goals. The piece analyzes Japan’s potential economic and troop assets, shipping routes, and possible concessions on immigration and China relations.
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Milton Washington
D. C
Uncle Sam
United States
Japan
Italy
China
Panama Canal
American Shipping Board
Zimmerman Steps Out of His Post In Berlin Cabinet Shakeup
London reports Dr. Von Kuehlmann was installed as foreign minister succeeding Alfred Zimmerman. U S dispatches confirm Zimmerman's resignation and cabinet changes in Berlin including a new minister of munitions led by Dr. Gess and four Prussian state ministry shifts.
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United Press
London
von Kuehlmann
Alfred Zimmerman
Berlin
U. S
Zimmerman
Gess
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John Johnson
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Root Commission
Montana
United Preas
Bronner
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