Crawford Opposes Election Officials Abolish War Tax Dispute
The article notes Senator Weeks opposition to a first class mail tax while a war profits levy was introduced. George E. Crawford, challenger for city commissioner, protests the city election official list as unfair, arguing inspectors favor his opponent and calling for equal representation and alternate assignment of inspectors and clerks. The matter is postponed to Wednesday at 11 AM.
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Crawford
Senator la Follette
Hardwick
Georgia
Senate
Weeks
Massachusetts
Finance Committee
Eemrther
George E. Crawford
Laz Schwarz
Harry Pillans
Pat J. Lyons
Lyons
Schwarz
Crowtech
Pillansee
Lst
Corsplentenmee Lyons
Mr. Pillans
Sean
Mr. Crawford
Therr
Pillans
Thieves Steal Art Treasures In Russ Museum
Thieves stole art treasures valued at 5,000,000 rubles from the historic museum of the late Grand Duke Michel Nicholaievitch in Petrograd. A Correggio painting valued at 500,000 rubles was among the items. Police have searched 150 houses with no trace of the loot. Earlier this month six armed robbers took silver statues antiques and rubies from the senate building valued at 1,500,000 dollars.
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Petrograd
Great Historical Museum
Michel Nicholaievitch
Corregio
Senate
Russian retreat begins eastward after Czernowitz offensive
Russian infantry pulled back from trenches near Boyany as German Austrian forces opened an offensive east of Czernowitz Bukowina. The war office report said Russian units retreated under artillery fire without waiting for an attack, amid wider fighting on the Western and Romanian fronts.
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Petrograd
Boyany
War Office
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Zernowitz
Novogelica
Bessarabian
Rakitna
Pruyth
Boyang
Iohn Dong Goro
Likhut
Fire Destroys Big Fertilizer Plant on Barren Island
A fertilizer plant of the Products Manufacturing Company on a sixteen acre tract at Barren Island burned today. Two tugboats and a scow were also destroyed. One crew member from a tugboat is missing.
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New York
the Products Manufacturing Company
Barren Island
Missng
Provinces Offer to Fight for China in Europe War
Generals Lo Pei Ching Lung Chi Kwang and Ku Chin Tan command 50 000 troops from Yunnan Kwei and Kwang Tung provinces offering service in Europe. Provisional Yun nan and Kwang Tung governors recognize Peking's war declaration against Germany as China moves toward an undivided front.
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Associated Press
Peking
Lo Pei Ching
Lung Chi Kwang
Ku Chin Tan
Yunnan
Kwei
Kwang Tung
Europe
Germany
Feng Kwo Chang
Greek Steamer Nea-Elias Sunk by German Submarine
The Greek steamship Nea-Elias of 8,517 tons gross, sailing from Baltimore with a grain cargo for Italy, was sunk June 9 in the Mediterranean by a German submarine. All crew survived after lifeboats were launched and rescued by a French cruiser, with landing at Saloniki.
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Atlantic
Nea-Elias
Baltimore
Italy
Mediterranean
William White
White
Saloniki
Houston Inquiry Into Negro Riots Starts
Houston plans a board of inquiry to uncover the horror of the night when about 100 black soldiers of the 24th Infantry shot 15 whites. Acting Mayor Moody chairs the session to establish a record for the future and gather information from Houston citizens. General Bell says no officers will be compelled to testify without War Department approval.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Moody
24Th Infantry
Bell
Auto Bandits Kill Two Steal Payroll at Iron Works
In Chicago on August 28 five bandits in a car ambushed the Werths Iron Works payroll guards Louis Osenberg and Barton Allen near the plant. The two messengers were shot in the head and killed. the criminals escaped with about $8,100. A crowd witnessed the attack.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wers Iron Works
Osenberg
Barton Allen
Iron Works
Osenbers
Allen
Ovation for Korniloff at Russian National Conference
In Moscow the second general session of the national conference opened with a long ovation for General Korniloff and Premier Kerensky. Naboukoff and Alexinsky urged a strong independent Russia, while Korniloff warned of army disarray and urged harsh measures, including restoring discipline and the death penalty to quell mutinies. The front outlook remained dire with Galicia and Bukowina lost and the march on Riga threatening Petrograd.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Korniloff
Kerensky
Russia
Vladimir Naboukoff
M. Naboukoff
Duma
M. Alexinsky
Siberian Rifles
Riga
Galicia
Bukowina
Gulf of Riga
Petrograd
British advance on St Julien road front in Flanders
The war office reports a British attack near Flanders pushed lines forward along more than 2000 yards astride the St Julien Peelcapelle road. German assaults on Inverness Copse were repulsed twice with a few prisoners taken.
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London
Flanders
St. Julien Road
War Office
Inverness Copse
Iice Ak
St. Julien- Peelcapelle
Ypres-Menin Road
Russians Driven Back East of Czernowitz Front
Berlin dispatch reports Russian forces east of Czernowitz were pushed behind the Rakitna river. Russian resistance collapsed near hills northeast of Dolzhek with over 1,009 prisoners and six guns seized. Italian advances continue on the Banzizza plateau north of Gorizia despite Austrian counterattacks.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Czernowitz
Rakitna River
Dolzek
New Knitting Class Formed by Red Cross in Mobile
Red Cross workers in Mobile organize a new knitting class this Thursday announced by Mrs. Rhett Goode chairing the executive committee. A yarn supply has been purchased and more knitters are expected daily as the chapter aims to ship boxes of dressings and hospital garments this week totaling thousands of items.
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Red Cross
Mobile
Rhett Goode
Government gets idea of nation's food diet
American housewives are providing a weekly report on supplies kept in family larders as part of the federal emergency food census under way. The movement aims to give the Agriculture Department a comprehensive view of the nation's diet by tracking purchases and consumption.
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Associated Abe
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Detroit Pitcher Joins Providence Club in Season Swap
A Detroit pitcher transfers to the Providence club for the season. The move affects pitching staff as he regains form after injuries and aims to boost effectiveness.
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Detroit
Providence
Allies 10 Aid in Training of U S Soldiers
Washington reports a plan to attach foreign officers from France and Britain to U S national guard camps to train American troops for trench warfare. American officers will run drills while consulting with foreign colleagues who bring frontline experience in artillery, bombing, communications, and observation to improve combat readiness.
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Allies
U.S
Washington
War Department
No Man's Land
Captain Mason Held For Landing Aliens In Mexico
Captain James Mason of the fishing schooner Edgar Randall was held on a $500 bond after arraignment on transporting two aliens from Mobile to the Mexican mainland without proper passports. The case cites the vessel’s coastwise rights and trip dates in late July, with two unnamed crew members identified only as Raymond and Louisianaese.
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James Mason
Edgar Randall
U. S
Jere Austin
Mobile
Mason
Raymond
Eer
Secrets Reach Hin Army Trial Report
In Petrograd court proceedings an official testified that information from Warsaw indicated treason and German influence reaching the army. The witness described councils formed to discuss military strategy and the involvement of Austrian Galicia and other entities.
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General Tv
Austria
Petrograd
Minnia
Galicia
Pet
Warsaw
Vellachico
Ordnance Corps Accepting Enlistment Letters
The Ordnance Corps invites eligible men to enlist with a letter from the chief authorizing acceptance. Applicants will be sent to Birmingham for further processing and service.
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Ordnance Corps
John Mage
Birmingham
Miners Strike Sparks Non union Labor Talks In Kentucky
In southeastern Kentucky and northeastern Tennessee operators push to run mines with non union labor after a clash yesterday. A mass meeting at Stony Fork and Mingo Hollow is planned to start cooperative stores selling only union goods. Three coal companies signed union terms and resumed operations, bringing total signed firms to 63.
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Associated P
LEXI
Kentucky
Tennessee
Middlesboro
Stony Fork
Mingo Hollow
Settlement hoped this week in New York shipyard strike
New York Aug 28 Hope that the citys shipyards strike would end this week was voiced by RE J Deering business agent of District 15 of the International Association of Machinists He said 15 plants employing 2500 men have agreed with their workers while 4000 remain on strike Twelve navy yard mechanics lodges will send a delegate to the national conference in Washington next week to discuss the workers demands and grievances
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Associated Press
New York
RE. J. Deering
District 15
International Association of Machinists
Deering
Navy Yard
Washington
Re examination of 650 men ordered
New York August 28 Provost Marshal General Crowder at Washington orders re examination of 650 men disqualified for military service by draft exemption board 102 on the east side of the city. Roscoe B Conklin state attorney general in charge of draft exemption boards in this city has taken charge of the board records. Members are E J Cohen J H Mittleman and Dr Max Gottesman.
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Associated Press
New York
Crowder
Washington
National Army
Roscoe
Conklin
E. J. Cohen
J. H. Mittleman
Max Gottesman
Contractors Demand Advance Payments for Army Supplies
Washington August 25 — contractors and the treasury department discuss advance payments for undelivered army and navy supplies to help firms with limited capital raise output. Major firms are reported to have asked for such payments while officials study legal authority for these advances.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army
Navy
Treasury Department
Southern Alabama board adopts resolution on religious appeals
The district board for southern Alabama adopted a resolution expressing sympathy with lay citizens who invoke religious arguments in defense of the coin board. It stated that it will follow instructions and enforce exemptions based on these grounds.
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District Board For
Southern Alabama
Police raid nets eighteen women and two men for vagrancy
Seventeen suspects from Mobile Pensacola Tulsa Atlanta Meridian and Baton Rouge were detained at 1 30 this morning in the St Michael street neighborhood on vagrancy charges. They were released on bond after appearing in court where officers asked for a case delay. Names of arrestees include Hazel Fiat Ethel Grey Julia Burns Eva Randall Georgie Sanders Lillie Rosenfield Alma Ellis and others. The two men are Charles Maddox and W Mendel. The raid followed orders by Lieutenant R L Dorion of the night detail.
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Mobile
Pensacola
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Atlanta
Meridian
Miss
Baton Rouge
St.Michael Street
R. L. Dorion
Rder
M Lott
Ppc
Ae Olood
R. BH
St. Michael Street
Lawrence
Warren
Saloniki Jewish appeal for aid after city fire devastates
A cable from Jacob Cazez, president of Saloniki’s Jewish community, relays Maurice Messimi’s note detailing a massive fire that destroyed most of Saloniki. About 100000 affected, 76 percent Jews, with communal institutions and synagogues wiped out. Urgent aid requested for food, bedding, clothing, and lodging.
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Sociated Press
Rene
Apnea Tos
United States
Saloniki
Greece
Maurice Messimi
Jacob Cazez
Government ship line to Valparaiso announced
Washington reports a new government steamship line between New York and Valparaiso. Five vessels under construction were chartered to W R Grace & Company for the run, with Wilbert cargoes freighted at rates fixed by the Shipping Board.
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Associated Press
Washington
New York
Valparaiso
Shipps Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
W. R. Grace & Company
Shipping Board
Rates
Homesteaders Flee Forest Fires Near Missoula
Homesteaders fleeing forest fires arrive at Corbett forty miles north of Missoula. Some left everything behind and required aid. Others drove wagons and prairie schooners with their livestock. No lives reported lost in the retreat from the danger.
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Associated Preas
Missoula
Mont
Aug
Corlett
Bethlehem Steel Announces New Financial Plan
Bethlehem Steel announces a new plan offering holders of old and new common stock the right to subscribe at par to 30 million dollars of 8 percent preferred stock. The cumulative preferred shares may be converted into Class B common stock at 115 dollars per share. A banking syndicate underwrites the issue. The plan will...
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Associated Press
Beduehem Steel Corporation
Coal Operators Protest Price Fixing Before Wilson
Coal operators from many parts of the country arrive in Washington to challenge government fixed prices for coal. They present cost figures showing production costs exceed the set selling price and plan to submit data to the Federal Trade Commission.
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Washington
Alabama
Federal Trade Commission
Wilson Hl
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