Government drives to end antiwar activity nationwide
Government orders marshal actions across towns at 2 p m to seize I W W materials and arrest leaders as part of a broad campaign against antiwar propaganda. Haywood, head of the I W W, was arrested then released. The action precedes a presidential report on the western labor situation by Chief Justice Covington after weeks of investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Teduatriat Workers of the World
Socialist Party
United States
Gregory
Industrial Workers of the World
Chicago
Wiliam D. Haywood
I W. W
Whit
Haywood
Department
Wises
Covington
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
West
Pacife Court
W. W. Property Seized in Utah Raid
Federal officers led by W. W. Ray and Aquila Nebeker seized five tons of W. W. literature and materials from headquarters in Salt Lake City after a warranted raid. No arrests were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fat Lake Univ
W. W. Ray
Caltec ‘Staten
Aquila Nebeker
United States
Silt Lake
Gompers Pledges Labor Support for War Effort in Minneapolis
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, endorsed united labor support for the war in a Minneapolis conference. He denounced peace propagandists and disloyal labor factions while challenging pro German groups to expose their stance. About 200 delegates attended the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Samuel Gorgers
American Federation of Labor
United Support of
Organized Labor
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
Gompers
Labor
Cormier
Socialiet Jarty
Drafted Into Service First National Army Contingent Trains
The first contingent of the national army begins training for actual warfare. Groups of recruits are issued khaki uniforms, tents, rifles, ammunition, and blankets as the draft proceeds. Hoover controls sugar industry in the United States under food administration oversight to import all new sugar through a channel named by Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firat
National Army
Bette
Hoover
Food Administration
Penner
Herbert Hoo
Preparing Prison for Winter in Fort Douglas Area
Washington War Department stated on Wednesday plans to reduce garrison at Fort Douglas Verh and to send 40 men to stock cantonents for winter readiness. The notice emphasizes fiscal restraint and troop reallocation to ensure suitable winter facilities for the cantonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department of Hetule
Fort Douglas
Verh
Oklahoma Conspiracy Arrests Reported in Waurika
Sixteen of twenty seven men charged with conspiracy against the government were arrested in the southern part of Jafferman county. Pye was placed in the county jail at Waurika as part of the probe. Washington ordered an investigation into defective ammunition at the Frankford arsenal by a two-person committee led by a civilian and an army officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Magbiog
Okla
Jafferman
Pye
Waurika
Washington
Frankford Arsenal
Ans Army
Baker
Nation's Tribute to Drafted Men in Washington Parade
Washington witnessed a grand procession honoring District of Columbia men selected for service in America's national army. President Wilson led the line with diplomats and Congress members, followed by thousands marching along Pennsylvania Avenue toward the White House review stand. About 26,000 people watched as uniforms, marching bands, and artillery moved past the president and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Che
Congress
United States
District of Columbia
America
Union
Pennsylvania Avenue
Wilson
White House
Thompson Hanged in Effigy in Grant Park Riot
Chicago mayor William Bale Thompson was hanged in effigy by members of General Loyd Wheaton at Veterans of Foreign Wars Park near uluph street. Thousands cheered as the figure hung for about thirty minutes before park police cut it down. The effigy was placed in an automobile and paraded down Michigan Avenue as horns blared and the crowd roared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Bale Thompson
Loyd Wheaton
No. 40
Veterans of Foreign Im
Mexican Raiders Cross Rio Grande Raid on Ino Ranch
Mexican raiders crossed the Rio Grande twenty five miles south of Hagle Pass Texas and raided the Ino ranch driving off about thirty head of cattle. Soldiers stationed here recently were withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagle Pass
Texas
Rio Grande
Here
Ino Ranch
Sulzer Named Swiss Minister to United States Banker Leader
EAN A Sulzer Jean Adolphe Bulaer is described as a banker and commercial man rather than a trained diplomat. The article notes his prominent Swiss family background and extensive travel, highlighting connections to Belgium and Belgium government information from beyond the Hoee region. A British steamer Roanoke was sunk by Pur weka Withy Co Ltd, in a separate dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Adolphe Bulaer
United States
Switzerland
New York
Purweka, Withy & Co. Ltd
Boon
Reichstag Row Shows Duplicity in German Politics
Washington reports confidential talk on rift between Reichstag moderates and admiralty over submarine warfare. Erzberger accuses Admiral von Capelle of falsifying enemy tonnage losses to placate German public. Dispatches claim admiralty used dead weight and cargo to inflate British losses. Officials link unrest to Wilson’s view of peace proposals and submarine limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reichstag
Admiralty
Admiral von Capelle
Mathing Eraberger
Centrum
Ersberger
Cvista
Bethmann-Hollweg
Capelle
Erzberger
Wil Jan
Lt Wavy Winded
Wilson
Cplnim
Kleipphig
Germany
Navy
de Hartin
Hive
High War Taxes Defeated in Senate Debate
Washington's war tax plans faced defeat Tuesday as calls to curb profiteering during the war met stiff opposition. Senator Hollis of Lew Hampshire proposed a 5 percent flat tax on excess profits, but the amendment failed 2 to 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waanigton Roe Senate
Senator Hollis
Lew Hompahire
Riot in Lexington Injures Soldiers and Crowds Escalate
A clash in Lexington arising from a crowd assault on soldiers left several injured as comrades rallied and responders struggled to quell the disturbance. Police and local authorities initiated crowd control measures as the situation unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belchera
Negro
Lesington
Killa Daughter in Crisis Ties to Alameda Killing Case
A confusing report from Havena, Col A describes a woman identified as Mra Edward 2 Burne of Alameda who shot and killed a young girl and wounded Hervell Baturdiy in a crowded area. Authorities investigate a personal crisis linked to the suspect as details remain uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Killa
Mra
Edward 2
Burne
Alameda
Hervell Baturdiy
President Wilken Addresses National Army on Mobilization
On September 3 President Wilken spoke to drafted men forming America’s first great National Army. He urged high standards, unity, and patriotism, stating the war binds citizens as comrades. He expressed confidence and prayed for divine guidance for soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilken
National Army
Trieste Depravity Amid Starvation Amid War Strife
Rome letters describe Austrian prisoners in Trieste amid severe shortages. Citizens face hunger with scarce bread, sugar and coffee, while coalitions in Serbia report thousands of children and women dying of hunger and war related misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Austria
Trieste
Serbia
Tanger
Wek
Nueison
Hisense
Lieut G M La Bounty Sees 1008 Class Seated Inspector
Lieut G M La Bounty of the U U N serves as seating inspector for the 1008 class of the seafaring native Detroit Michigan area, with ties to naval service and Detroit origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. la Bounty
Detroit
Mich
Hayle Wu YMCA Opens in London with Duge Presiding
The Young Men's Christian Association in London opened its Hayle Wu headquarters in Bagnad on Monday. American ambassador Walter Hines Duge presided at the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Loudon
Hayle Wu
Bagnad
Walter Hines Duge
Arenes
Russians Halted as Austrians Press Near Riga Front
amid chaotic frontline reports from Riga and surrounding regions, German forces push toward the city while Austrian units strike unsuccessfully elsewhere. Russian resistance appears waning as Germans tighten the noose near the Gulf of Finland and Petrograd's approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tralian
Te Tallans
Monte San Gabriely
Riga
Hultle
Petrograd
Enen
Lake Bubit
Mita
Dyina
Gulf of Finland
Mutineers Sent to Prison at Camp McDurm
Nine or ten men from the Twenty fourth Infantry faced a general court martial at Camp McDurm Waco for mutiny against civil police and troops. Five were sentenced to five years hard labor at Leavenworth with dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay. One received ten years. others to be discharged and forfeit all pay and allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ban Antonie
Vexus
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Nueh Ob
Camp Mucdrtir
Waco
United States
Leavenworth
Kaw
Legal Bar urged to sound alarm for wartime prosecution
Elihu Root told Saratoga delegates that American Bar Association allied group should mobilize lawyers to press clients and associates toward a strong wartime prosecution. The Monday address urged bar members to use influence to support the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Lawyers of America
Elihu Root
Conference of Bar Association
American Bar Association
Russians Evacuate Riga as Baltic Port Falls Near
Petrograd reports the entire Baltic sector abandoned by Russians with Riga evacution and the fall of the port deemed imminent. Prince Leopold of Bavaria leads a push as Bul day begins a broad offensive while Tuestan fears a coordinated land and sea assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Balte
Leopold of
Bavichi
Bulday
Bulle
Tuestan
Thompson Protects Pacifists Meeting Under Chicago Mayor
A chaotic scene in Chicago ended with police moving pacifist delegates from the gathering as the Peace Delegates to Hold Their Meeting discussed governance. Mayor William Mile Thorpeen faced a detour order from Governor Frank QO as protesters confronted officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
America
Hoice
William Mile Thorpeen
Gavarnar
Frank QO
Tanwilen
Foieeanpunten
Damme
Girdeen
Blue Sul
Rmit
Witwe
Mutinies in Portuguese Navy Reported in Madrid
Portuguese navy mutinies sparked arrests as unrest spreads to Madrid. Mexico pledges to stay neutral in World War I as President Derrange opens the Mexican Congress with renewed wartime assurances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Menice
Afesien
Mexico
Derrange
Mexican Congress
War Measures and Revenue Seal Up Wartime Bonds
A fragmentary wartime note describes measures on war bonds and certificates totaling nine billion dollars in revenue. It references the S17H,000,000 gauge and broader economic mobilization efforts, signaling intensified government funding during the conflict.
Untitled Northwest notes heavy with scattered names
A long list of brief, fragmented items notes deaths, arrests, accidents, labor unrest, resignations, and local incidents. Names of individuals and places appear irregularly, with focus on events in Nevada, Spokane, Missoula, and surrounding regions, including job injuries, court actions, and a fire-related blast.
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Thompson
Veterans of Foreign Ware Cause
Wild Street Demonstration
Ean A. Sulzer
Belgium
Mnautnetiing
Chaatry
Hearroy Oil
Erman Peace Advocate
Acol 8 Capelle
Alse
Senate
Kawt Kent
Bubhle
Northwest
Viking
University of Neva
Peemlnent Thong Bivinee Dita
Joseph Clithertioh
Missoula
Stan
Cabin Forest
Neva
Spurkane
Anil
Wnuniitis
Nhstral White
T. M. Long
Waite
Curlin
Nev
Spre Kane
Troy
Mont
Bute
Hood River
E. J. Boyle
Cale Wil
Columbia
Hiss
Ploche
Br.t. Duckworth
Beatins
Pete Daily
Tramp
Stark
Duckworth
Dhlasud
Thas
Welle
Belbg
Weetven
Bund
Nevada
Newadi
Hhall
Toy Kim
Bolie
Mduho
Bartland
Mintaking
Eve Tordicine
Delano Wikwgert
Wiseae
Mabie
Kiel
Montini
Rig
Tai Teadieieini
Ann Fiekbion
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