Wheat crop price fixed at $2.29 per bushel
The 1917 wheat price is set by the food administration under President Wilson after a lengthy vote. The No 1 Northern Chicago price is $2.29 after a compromise between labor and farmers, with Hoover not involved. The administration pledges strict adherence and may buy all crop to stabilize flour and bread costs.
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Union News Service
Washington
Wilson
Special Committee
the Food Administration
H. A. Garfield
Herbert Hoover
Chicago
Food Administration
Forest Fires Sweep Western States
Fires ravage Montana Oregon and Idaho as Lolo Springs blaze extends about 40 miles in Western Montana. Idaho reports a fire near the Bitterroot Divide west of Wallace. Montana exhausts firefighting supply prompting Eastern Washington aid. Two Oregon fires in the Siskiyous remain uncontrolled per Portland Federal Forestry offices.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
Montana
Oregon
Idaho
Lolo Springs
Wallace
Bitter Root Mountain Divide
Coeur d'Alene
Siskiyou Mountains
Portland
Vessels Lost by British Increased Last Week
The Admiralty reports a rise in British ships sunk by mines or submarines last week. Eighteen ships over 1,600 tons and five under 1,600 tons were lost, up from the prior week. No fishing vessels were sunk. Since April 25, 111 ships over 1,600 tons and 120 smaller ones have been destroyed.
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London
Admiralty
Standardize Arms Work Expands With New Bureau Building
Washington reports a $250 000 Bureau of Standards project to erect a temporary facility for standardizing arms and supplies for the army and navy. In Indiana, State Senator John E. Spaan was killed when his car was hit by an Interurban south of Kokomo. his wife, son, and Mrs. John A. Kingham were injured.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Bureau of Standards
Indianapolis
Ind
John E. Spaan
Revenue officers ambushed after destroying illicit still in Blue Ridge
Lynchburg reports officers returning from destroying a still in the Blue Ridge Mountains 40 miles from the city were fired on from ambush. Three officers were wounded slightly. one attacker believed killed and another wounded. Ottawa reports over 1,000 weekend casualties with 327 listed at noon including 19 KIA and 33 DOW.
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Lynchburg
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ottawa
Ontario
Government buys Craney's Island for quarantine base
Norfolk Virginia moves to establish a quarantine base on Craney's Island with a modern hospital planned at a cost of 500000 dollars. The project marks a major public health investment by the government and sets the site for the new medical facility.
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Norfolk
Craney's Island
SENDING MAIL TO SOLDIERS
Washington amid military buildup instructs correspondents to address mail by soldier’s unit when known. Private John Jones, A Company First Infantry Camp Dodge Iowa illustrates proper format. if unit is unknown, mail goes to the state section until troops are organized.
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Washington
National Army
Post Office
John Jones
First Infantry
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Wilson pledges aid to Russia at Moscow assembly
President Wilson informed the National Council Assembly in Moscow that the United States will extend every material and moral assistance to the Russian government. Officials did not comment on Premier Kerensky’s speech, but American sentiment approved his firm stance against enemies of the new regime.
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Washington
Wilson
National Council Assembly
Moscow
Russia
Kerensky
Council
Slavs Plan New Kingdom Uniting 14 Million Under One King
Premier Nikola Pasic of Serbia outlines to Associated Press the plan for a Southern Slavs state uniting about 14 million people under a single flag and king. He notes broad participation by Slav leaders and strong Entente support making it a real state, not a dream.
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Corfu
Serbia
Nikola Pachitch
Associated Press
Mail pouch theft nets $17,000 in Toledo remittances
Government agents hunt thieves after a mail pouch containing $17,000 in checks and drafts was stolen at a Hillsdale Michigan railroad station ten days ago. One forged $5,800 check was deposited in a Toledo bank and $4,000 withdrawn before the depositor vanished.
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Toledo
Hillsdale
Mich
Lone Bandit Defies Police in Chicago Barricade
Edward Wheetle alias The Ammunition Kid, sought for payroll robbery and murders, held off over a hundred officers for an hour from a barricaded cottage on Thomas Street. He fired repeatedly injuring three officers, then dashed for freedom and was captured.
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Chicago
Edward Wheetle
Thomas Street
Libery
Fierce Blows Hit Teutons on Plateau Front
Italians win ground north of Gorizia though pressured on the Trentino. Austrian lines on the Bainsizza Plateau resist as Italy reports heavy fighting for three days. Italian war office says bold hammer blows threaten the entrenched defense. Over 1,000 more prisoners taken as advances continue.
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Gorizia
Trentino
London
Bainsizza
Italian War Office
Pacifist meeting driven from Hudson by mob of 1000
A mob of about 1,000 forcefully expelled pacifists from Hudson Wisconsin after plans by the National People's Peace Council to hold a meeting there following a ban in Minnesota by Governor Burnquist. The group included Secretary Lochner publicity agent William Charles Kruse and New York figures Miss Florence Margotz and a Workers' Council president.
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Hudson
Wis
Lochner
William Charles Kruse
New York Brotherhood Welfare Association
Florence Margotz
New York
Workers’ Council
National People’s Peace Council
People's Peace Council
Minnesota
Burnquist
Senate Finance Committee Seeks Seizure of War Profits
The Senate Finance Committee advised seizing more than a billion dollars in war profits. It then revised its plan to take almost $500,000,000 more, in addition to a like sum in the bill, as supporters race to preserve the revenue measure from radical opposition.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Friends of the War Revenue Bill
Dutch bread ration cut to eleven days after September 2
The Netherlands announces bread rationing will cover 2,800 grams per person for 11 days after September 2. Earlier periods were seven and nine days as scarcity rose, prompting the reduction.
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The
Hague
Wilson rejects Pope Benedict XV peace proposal
President Wilson dismissed the pope's peace plan and said the United States must continue fighting until a treaty safeguards lasting peace. He warned against accepting Germany's rulers as guarantors and urged new evidence of good aims from Central Powers before any settlement.
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Washington
Wilson
Benedict XV
United States
Germany
Pope Benedict
Bitter clash as Irish Freedom rally ends in riot
In New York a 5,000 strong mob at the Friends of Irish Freedom meeting on Thirty-fifth Street and Broadway clashed with police. Six arrests reported. Inside Night Court a riot erupted as prisoners arrived, police reserves cleared streets, gates closed, and trampling injuries occurred.
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New York
Friends of Irish Freedom
Thirty-fifth Street
Broadway
Court House
Woman Speculator Held in Des Moines Case
Des Moines police learned in New York City that Mrs. C V Dale alias Mrs J Y Seart 50 is held there as part of a group of speculators accused of selling imaginary land near Carlsbad New Mexico and netting more than 15000 in Des Moines. A Greek steamship Nea Ellas of 3517 tons, carrying grain to Italy, was sunk June 9 in the Mediterranean by a German submarine.
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Des Moines
Iowa
New York City
C. V. Dale
J. Y. Seart
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Italy
Atlantic
Nea-Ellas
Baltimore
Mediterranean
William White
Gale Sweeps England Causes Crops Damage Across Isles
A great gale with heavy rain swept England and the British Isles, causing considerable damage to fruit and grain crops. Local ports reported disrupted shipping and property damage in rural areas as crews assessed losses.
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England
London
British Isles
Seven Thousand Freight Cars Ordered for Grain and Lumber
Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the railroad war board, announced that over 7,000 additional empty freight cars have been allocated to the south and southwest in ten days to secure grain and food movements and to aid lumber transport for cantonments and shipyards. About 2,500 cars are in grain states, 4,537 in lumber states, and 400 to an Atlantic coast line to cover rising general freight traffic.
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New York
Fairfax Harrison
Railroad War Board
Woman Fined for Disrespectful Reference to Marine
Mrs. Bertha Fraser was fined $50 or 30 days in jail by a Magistrate for disorderly conduct in a New York city campaign to curb treasonous street speeches. The judge warned that continued rhetoric attacking the U S marine uniform would be stopped with an iron hand.
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New York
Bertha Fraser
United States
Unconstitutional Keating-Owen Child Labor Law Shocks Court
Federal Judge Boyd of the Western District of North Carolina ruled the Keating-Owen act unconstitutional and barred federal enforcement in the district. The injunction arose from Roland Dagenhart and his sons seeking to stop a Charlotte mill from firing the youths. Judge Boyd credited Prof. Parkinson for acknowledging Congress over commerce power aimed at interstate regulation rather than local labor conditions.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Greensboro
N. C
Boyd
Western District of
North Carolina
United States District Attorney
William C. Hammer
Roland H. Dagenhart
Reuben
John
Charlotte
Thomas I. Parkinson
Columbia University
Department of Justice
Congress
Bread to Cost Ten Cents
Washington reports prospects of bread price cuts fading as Food Administrator Herbert Hoover says a 16 ounce loaf may cost 10 cents or perhaps eight. The eight cent loaf requires unified action from bakers retailers and consumers to standardize and reduce wasteful distribution. Hoover also notes family flour prices should fall with wheat but bakers flour prices will not drop much.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Treasury sets October 1 start for next liberty loan
Washington says the Treasury plans a October 1 start for the next liberty loan with subscription books closing November 1 unless changed. Officials expect about 3 billion dollars in bonds with details to be announced after Congress acts on the bond bill. The possibility of paid newspaper advertising is under review as McAdoo notes funding limits.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
McAdoo
Bill to Ban Sending Troops Abroad Faces Senate Adverse Report
Washington report notes the Senate Military Committee rejected Senator Hardwick's bill to prohibit drafting troops for overseas service without consent. The committee favored Senator Fletcher's measure that enlistment with nations at war against Germany would not strip American citizenship.
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Washington
Hardwick
Senate Military Committee
Senator Fletcher
Germany
Austrian 1916 17 budget shows large deficit
Zurich reports the Austrian budget for 1916 1917 projects a deficit of 344 million crowns, up from 49 million the prior year. Major costs include 171 million for interest on war loans and 1.65 billion for support of soldiers families. Special war expenses are excluded.
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Zurich
Confessions Help Solve Two-Year Robberies Murders
Edward Taylor led police to Edward Wheed's home providing information to clear up robberies and murders from the past two years and aided the search for the missing slayers of the Winslow Bros. ex press messengers.
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Chicago
Ill
Edward Taylor
Edward Wheed
Winslow Bros
Britain’s August Casualties Reported Near Sixty Thousand
London reports total British casualties on all fronts in August at 59,811. Breakdown shows killed or died of wounds: officers 1,278 and men 10,942. wounded or missing: officers 4,122 and men 43,469.
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London
Nation II Takes Inventory Of U S Food Stocks
A volunteer army of 10,000 house wives 350,000 merchants and 35,000 farmers surveys pantry closets shelves warehouses grain elevators barns and bins to estimate national food stocks for the Bureau of Markets.
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Washington
Bureau of Markets
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