Bandits Resist Army Draft Law Amidst Rural Uprising
Thirty alleged draft resisters believed to have shot the sheriff and dynamited a railroad trestle near Francisco and Ada are said to have established themselves near Saskwa to resist attack. Posses are engaging the bandits as reports say the men head toward Saskwa to seize arms while forcing civilians to join them.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Capes
Francisco
Ada
Selves
Saskwa
Strong Arm of Law to Grab Draft Resisters
Washington reports the department of justice will pursue draft resisters nationwide including Oklahoma North Carolina Georgia and Oklahoma locales. Crowder and Assistant Attorney General Fitts outlined steps to checked draft agitators with Ward and wife noted visiting town.
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Wwasiington
Oklahoma
Crowder
Fitts
North Carolina
Georgia
Federal troops considered for Oklahoma anti-draft protests
Washington reports federal troops may be sent to Oklahoma and other states to quell growing anti-draft demonstrations. War and justice department officials discussed the subject at a conference and a decision was expected within twenty four hours.
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Associated Press
Washington
Oklahoma
Discu
Justice Department
Merchant Fleet Requisitioned In War Emergency
Washington reports on August 4 that the emergency fleet corporation requisitioned all merchant vessels over 2500 tons. The action expands wartime control of shipping to secure cargo capacity amid ongoing hostilities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Murder of Yale Star John De Zaules Shocks New York
John Longer De Zaules, a former Yale football star, was shot and killed last night. His wife, heiress Bianch rraguri De Zaules, reputed as one of the world’s most beautiful women, is connected to the mystery surrounding the shooting in New York.
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Associated Press
New York
John Longer de Zaules
Yale
Bianch Rraguri de Zaules
Chili
Eight American Naval Gunners Drowned In Sinking
London reports eight naval gunners died when the American tank steamer Montana was sunk by a submarine. Sixteen crew members perished in the attack. Official dispatch notes the loss occurred on the high seas with combat action confirmed.
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London
Montana
Miners Trapped After Gas Explosion In Kentucky Mine
Two hundred miners were entombed in West Kentucky Coal Company mine number seven after a gas explosion. Three men were rescued and forty five brought to the surface alive with four bodies recovered. Smoke pours from the entry as fire is thought extinguished.
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Associated Press
Clay
Kentucky
West Kentucky Coal Company
Bridge Burned and Wires Cut on M O G Railroad
Muskogee August 4 General superintendent W Humghey reports the Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf bridge near Calvin eight miles south was burned last night and all railroad wires were cut. Ottawa August 4 The Canadian senate moved the conscription bill to a second reading ensuring passage into law.
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Associated Press
Muskogee
W. Humghey
Issouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Calvin
Ottawa
Canadian Senate
French Chamber Votes to Keep Albert Thomas in Government
Paris reports the chamber votes six to nine to retain Albert Thomas as minister of munitions and continue him as a government member amid wartime cabinet reshuffles.
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Paris
Albert Thomas
Complete victory must be ours says Lloyd George
London reports Premier Lloyd George addressing a London audience on the war’s third anniversary. He stresses that victory must be total to safeguard national liberty, rejects a sectional army committee, and asserts that both war and peace must be decided by the nation as a whole.
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Associated Press
London
Liv. George
Pope Opposes Germany Conduct in Vatican Circles
Rome August 4 Vatican circles report a shift in the popes attitude toward Germany. The pontiff reportedly regrets Germany actions regarding deported Belgians. Major William Hoffman, a Civil War veteran, shot his wife and himself. the motive remains unknown.
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Associated Press
Rome
Vatican
Germany
Rostow, Aliguat 4
William Hoffman
Citizens in Pen May Be Sent Home to V Carranza
Santa Fe August 4 state authorities weigh sending about 100 convicts, all citizens of Mexico, back to V Carranza. The move would cut costs as feeding prisoners has risen from 16 to 29% cents daily, amid higher prices across lines.
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V. Carranza
Santa Fe
Mexico
War tax bill nears passage with larger two billion figure
A Senate committee has nearly completed the war tax bill now estimated at about two billion dollars and will report it to the Senate today or Monday. The bill seeks increased taxes to fund wartime needs and represents a substantial rise from earlier proposals.
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Senate
Government hunter nets third big bear near East Las Vegas
Fisher of Miner Hill employed by the biological survey has trapped his third big bear, a silvertip, noted as harder to trap. Bears have killed many unprotected cattle in the Pecos division of the Santa Fe forest this year. The Pecos train ran late yesterday due to cattle loading. Elaworth James reports good rains and cool weather at the ranch.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Fisher
Miner Hill
Biological Survey
Pecos
Santa Fe Forest
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