Secretary Daniels Calls War Aimed At Kaiser Rule
Secretary Daniels spoke at ground breaking for a government armor plate plant in Charleston West Virginia saying America fights for freedom against the German empire and that no peace will come while the Kaiser rules. He urged continued naval buildup and warned against premature peace rumors while noting government and private plants should both produce munitions to keep costs in check.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Daniels
America
German Empire
Germany
Captain Brown on Trial for Murder in Self Defense
Captain Thomas Brown tied to Roane Iron Co faces murder trial in Kingston after testimony that Gambill demanded 1200 dollars for contract work and attacked Brown with an iron poker. Brown fired twice, denying paternity claims about Mrs Gambill. Fifteen more witnesses await as case heads to noon Friday.
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Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Thomas Brown
Roane Iron Company
Rockwood
Kingston
Frank Gambill
Brown
Gambill
Golf Championship Matches Under Way
Chicago August 30 four matches featured champions or former champions in the third round of the 17th annual Women's Western Association championship at Flossmoor Country Club.
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Paepossy Ag
Chicago
Western Association
Flossmoor Country Club
Tomato pickers killed by train shock rural town
A group of seven tomato pickers died after being struck by a train while riding to work near a railroad. The accident disrupted local farming activity and prompted investigations by authorities.
American Takes 30 Huns Captive In Verdun Fight
Allen Blount son of Richard Blount of St. Louis joined the foreign legion in April and has reported being proposed for the war cross with palm for taking thirty prisoners alone at Verdun. He was slightly wounded in the hand and escaped death miraculously.
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Paris
Allen
Richard Blount
St. Louis
Foreign Legion
Palm
Verdun
Separate Peace Offer Said Made to Russia
The Berlin Vorwaerts reports that Germany proposed a separate peace to Russia, cited by Premier Kerensky at a Moscow conference. German and press outlets debate the claim, noting misdirections by the Bethmann-Hollweg and Michaelis factions and possible Reichstag reactions.
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Copenhagen
Russia
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Kerensky
Moscow
Norddeutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
Sweke
Prowiee Kerensky
Tageblatt
Voerwarts
Vossische Zeitung
von Bethmann-Hollwegg
M. Kerensky
von Bethman-Hollweg
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Michaelis
Germany
Reichstag
Verdun Artillery Dominates Ops Despite Infantry Balance
Paris reports Verdun operations show more artillerymen than infantry due to gunner tasks and heavy shells. Gunners carried rounds for hours while wearing masks hindering breathing and vision. The artillery aims to force German gunners to suspend service and seek shelter using gas shells.
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Associated Press
Paris
Verdun
Temps
Peace Note Mission Holds First Meeting
The peace note commission appointed by the German chancellor held its first session in Amsterdam on Tuesday. Chancellor Michaelis delayed until results of talks in Vienna Constantinople and Sofia are available.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Benedict
Lokal Anzieger
Berlin
Michaelis Ped
Vienna
Constantinople
Sofia
Million Bushels of Potatoes Bought for Storage
Plans to purchase and store one million bushels of potatoes in Chicago begin in the middle west section of the national food administration. The potatoes will be sold to consumers at cost after January first, with price fixed after all expenses including interest are determined.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National Food Administration
Weather forecast for Alabama expected showers
Washington August 30 forecast calls for probable showers in Alabama tonight and Friday with fair conditions tonight and Friday in other areas. The brief weather outlook notes unsettled conditions through the period.
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Washington
Alabama
Inland Rivers Urged for War Transportation
Washington officials discussed using inland waterways to ease railroad strain for war transport. Secretary Redfield supported the idea based on Commerce Dept experiments, considering a fleet of barges on the Mississippi and other large streams within existing waterways limits.
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Redfield
Washington
Rayfield
Daniel Willard
Council of National Defense
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Black
Army Engineers
Mississippi
Department of Commerce
Warrior inspection tour maps Alabama river locations
A recent Warrior river inspection started at Mobile and included trips to Montgomery Birmingham Tuscaloosa and other river points. Walter Parker led the delegation as representative of Secretary of Commerce William C. Redfield with officials from Birmingham Montgomery and additional cities attending.
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Alabama
Mobile
Montgomery
Birmingham
Tuscaloosa
Walter Parker
William C. Redfield
400 Teenage Boys to Meet in Mobile
About 400 teens named as delegates by the state Older Boys councils will attend the three day state convention in Mobile October 5 6 7 Local officers have received notice from Miss Freda Rose state superintendent Plans for delegate housing are under way with Judge Alex T Howard of juvenile courts Max Lavelle of the Y M C A as committee chair The program is still forming with R A Waite of Chicago international teen age superintendent expected to attend and address the gathering Sam Hobbs of Selma will also speak on the teen age committee of the State Sunday School Association
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Mobile
Freda Rose
Alex T. Howard
Max. Lavelle
Force
R. A. Waite
Chicago
Sam Hobbs
Selma
State Sunday School Association
Magazines to Soldiers Take Rate Explained
Postmaster J Brocker Thornton clarifies a one cent rate for sending magazines to American forces overseas. The Post Office Department defines magazines as periodicals distinct from newspapers and authorizes stamps on the cover without wrapping or addressing for delivery to soldiers abroad.
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Europe
Post Office Department
J. Brocker Thornton
Washington
Postoffice Department
United States
Postoffice
Officers Training At Camp Gordon Starts
Atlanta Ga August 30 more than 1200 officers recently commissioned have been ordered to report and receive additional instructions in military tactics in preparation for command in units of the national army. Today the new officers began attending the school of the soldiers conducted daily for the next week by over 200 regular army officers.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
National Army
Regular Army
American Schooner Laura C. Anderson Sinks From Submarine Bombs
London reports the American four masted schooner Laura C. Anderson, 960 tons gross, was sunk by bombs from a submarine. All crew were saved and landed at an English port.
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Associated Press
London
Laura C. Anderson
Socialists Predict New Revolt in Russia
Copenhagen August 30. Bulgarian socialist M. Kirkoff foretells in the Vossische Zeitung a renewed Maximalist revolt in Russia aimed at seizing power. He cites Kronstadt and the Baltic Fleet under Lenin influence as the signal, noting his return from Stockholm where he worked with Russian Maximalists.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Russia
M. Kirkoff
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Kirkoff
Stockholm
Kronstadt
Baltic
Nikolai Lenine
PAYS TRIBUTE TO NIPPON AS FRIEND OF THE U S
Senator Saulsbury lauds Viscount Ishii and Japan as allies in an enduring friendship. He denounces German propaganda and warns that the Pacific theater gains by Japan’s seizure of Shangtung and Tsing Tau. The alliance, he says, shields peace and opposes pirates, atheistic hypocrisy, and militarism.
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Nippon
U. S
Washington
Viscount Ishii
Senate
Saulsbury
All
United States
Japan
Tsing Tau
Pacific
Asia
Germany
Serbia
Russia
Earth
Transport Smashes Periscope of U twenty U boat
A steamer carrying a unit of the American medical corps to Europe for service fired on a submarine after a periscope appeared 409 yards behind. The chief gunner struck the scope with the first shot, smashing it and sinking the threat, averting destruction. The account comes from Dr. Earl Morrow via his father Dr. J. W. Morrow.
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Associated Press
Portland
Ore
American Medical Corps
Europe
J. W. Morrow
Earl Morrow
Dr. Morrow
Arrest Frenchman for Attack on Senator
Aug 20 Lyons police arrest Raymond Robillot 17 for attacking O. L. McLellan formerly a Louisiana senator shot in Lyons on Tuesday. Robillot allegedly lured McLellan under pretext of showing him Lyons then fired six shots after taking money and meeting with a ref. McLellan in serious condition.
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Associated Press
Paris
Lyons
Raymond Robillot
O. L. McLellan
Louisiana
Robillot
The
Figaro
Allied Airmen Fail In Raid Into Germany
An entente aerial squadron from the west attempted to attack Frankfurt on the Main last Sunday but was forced to return after traveling between Maine and Frankfurt according to the Berliner Tageblatt.
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Germany
Associated Press
Amsterdam
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Berliner Tageblatt
Maine
Frankfort
New York Sends Off 25 000 Troops For France
A sea of 25 000 soldiers marched down Fifth Avenue in a grand New York send off for the Twenty-seventh division heading to Spartanburg for preliminary training. Maj Gen O R yan led the march as regimental bands played amid cheers from two million spectators. Notables including Gov Whitman Theodore Roosevelt Lord Northcliffe and Rear Admiral Usher accompanied the parade.
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Associated Press
New York
Fifth Avenue
France
New York State
National Guard
Twenty-seventh Division
United States Army
Spartanburg
D. C
110Th Street
Washington Square
O’ryan
Coast Artillery
Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Whitman
Heodore Rooevelt
Northcliffe
Bell
Mitchel
Usher
Navy
Court orders arrest of key witness in McDuffie case
John Woods, named an important witness for the state in Henry McDuffie’s case, failed to appear in inferior criminal court and was ordered arrested and held until resolution. McDuffie allegedly choked and beat Georgia Lee, with her condition lingering between life and death. Sherman Chatman seeks a jury trial with bond set at 100 dollars. Vergee continues to Sept 6. Willie Brooks case on cake theft receives a continuance to Saturday.
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John Woods
Henry McDuffie
McDuffie
Floyd Lewis
Georgia Lee
Sherman Chatman
Verge Eee
Willie Brooks
William Lord
Three Charged With Prohibition Violation
William Lartigue Frank Guesnard and Max Maist were docketed at the county jail on the charge of violating the prohibition law and made bond for their appearance in the inferior criminal court. Prohibited liquors were said to be in charge at raids last week per Deputy Beat Easterling.
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William Lartigue
Frank Guesnard
Max Maist
Inferior Criminal Court
Beat Easterling
U-boat Attacks Hit Four French Ships in Week
From 920 ships entering and 1013 clearing French ports in the week ending August 26 three ships over 1000 tons and one under were sunk or damaged by submarines in the same period.
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Associated Press
Paris
Tone
Lene
Cenanere
Virginia Republicans Hold Convention in Roanoke
Virginia Republicans meet in Roanoke to nominate candidates for governor and state officers and to adopt a party platform. Backing a bore dry platform appears likely to prevail.
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Associated Press
Roanoke
Virginia
Save Christmas Gift Money For Our War Heroes
Officials of the national committee of patriotic and defense societies urge that money normally spent on Christmas gifts be redirected to aid sick and wounded soldiers in France, aid in rehabilitating devastated towns, and support war orphans and cripples.
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Jy Associated Press
Washington
National Committee of Patriotic and Defense Societies
France
Early Training Suggested For Drafted Men To Seek Commissions
Mobile draft board chair urges preliminary training for drafted men to improve chances of commissions or NCO ranks. Stamford home guard program cited as model with local boards inviting conscripts to learn duties, study military science, and prepare for officer camps.
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Piliott G. Rickarby
Mobile
National Army
Rickardy
Home Guard
Stamford
Conn
Tas
Lenin
Boy Bitten by Bull Dog in City Alley
Claude Carrington a thirteen year old errand boy on a Troy Laundry wagon was severely bitten by a bull dog yesterday afternoon. The attack occurred in the alley behind B and B restaurant on Royal street near Central. Dr. J C Terrill treated the boy and Humane Officer J B Ducorneau took the dog for observation.
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Claude Carrington
Troy
Royal Street
Cent
L. W. Carrington
J. C. Terrill
J. 8. Ducourneau
Cattle Owner Arrested for Tick Eradication Violation
Edward McCrary of Moffat Road was arrested Thursday by deputy sheriffs for violating the cattle tick eradication law by failing to dip his cattle. This marks a second arrest on the same charge according to jail officials.
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Edward McCrary
Moffat Road
McCrary
Russian Troops Seize Helsinki Parliament Buildings
Russian forces occupied the parliament buildings in Helsingfors to prevent the Diet from reassembling, following orders from the Russian government. The city remains calm as the Helsingfors council orders warship crews to return to their ships.
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Associated Press
Helsingfors
Finland
Merchandise thief paroled by governor
Willie Carl, imprisoned six months ago for a year for stealing merchandise at Fowl River station on the Mobile and Bay Shore road, was discharged from sheriff custody yesterday afternoon after a parole granted by Governor Charles Henderson.
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Willie Carl
Fowl River Station
Mobile
Bay Shore Road
Charles Henderson
United States Marshal Arrests Ten Slacker Suspects in Selma
United States Marshal C C Gewin returned to headquarters after a Selma visit reporting ten alleged slackers arrested during the trip. They will be arraigned before a United States commissioner at Selma.
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United States
C. C. Gewin
Selma
Fair seeks authority to award exhibits at Gulf Coast Fair
Secretary W. F. Barry petitions the National Emergency Food Garden Commission in Washington for permission to award a $5 prize and a national certificate of merit for the best exhibit of canned vegetables grown in a city town or village in the district.
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W. F. Barry
National Emergency Food Garden Commission
Washington
Commission
Arrest of Women Ordered in City Raid
Acting Recorder Robert B. Gordon announced that undesirable women in the district should be removed after a Tuesday raid. Eighteen women arrested on vagrancy charges were given 24 hours to leave the city, with court proceedings set for tomorrow.
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United States War Department
Robert B. Gordon
City
R. L. Dorion
Chiens Aie~ Ree
Lerdal
Women Ordered From City After Raid Says Good of Community
The recorder tells eighteen women arrested in a raid led by Night Lieutenant Dorian to leave the city within twenty four hours or face continued hearings on Saturday. One detainee, Lillie Rosenfield, initially resists but finally complies as tears flow.
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Lillie Rosenfield
Dorian
Two Men Arrested In Raid On District Cooks Testify
Leon Mendell and Charles Maddox both cooks were arrested in connection with a district raid. They testified to the court and were discharged. Women who were ordered from the city include Ruby Johnson Mary Price Lottie Burns Tina Ellis Stella Davis Hasel Kirk Lillie Smith from Pensacola Fla Ethel Grey Tulsa OK Maud Herndon Atlanta Ga Vernon Pickford Meridian Miss Julia Burns Baton Rouge La Margaret Clark 107 North Lawrence Street Eva Randall Marie Kouitz 551 St Michael Street Georgia Sanders Ray Stevens Lillie Rosenfield Alma Ellis 550 St Michael Street.
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Leon Mendell
Charles Maddox
Ruby Johnson
Mary Price
Lottie Burns
Tina Ellis
Stella Davis
Hasel Kirk
Lillie Smith
Pensacola
Fla
Ethel Grey
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Maud Herndon
Atlanta
Eva Randall
Marie Kouitz
St. Michael Street
Georgia Sanders
Ray Stevens
Lillie Rosenfield
Alma Ellis
Valuable timber threatened by fire near Flathead river
Destruction of seven million feet of timber worth thousands of dollars is threatened by a forest fire on the lower south fork of the Flathead river in Montana. Fire crews have been dispatched to prevent spread into the region, which hosts one of the state’s largest and most valuable stands due to its proximity to the navigable river and its unusually large trees.
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Associated Press
Missoula
Mont
South Fork
Flathead River
NEW BRITISH SHIPS TO REPLACE LOSSES
London reports the first standardized British merchant steamers to replace tonnage lost to submarines. Ships of about 8,000 tons and smaller are being built, with hundreds more constructed to bolster wartime tonnage.
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Associated Press
London
Storm in Louisville causes 150000 dollars damage in city
A Louisville rain storm, near a cloudburst, damaged property estimated at 150000 dollars, confined to the central business district. Street car service was halted for nearly an hour in the Ping section, delaying residents returning home.
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Associated Press
Louisville
I C C suspends lumber rate increase
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed increases on lumber and related ties from Louisiana and Texas to Camp Logan near Houston, pending action. The move, announced in Washington, affects shipments to the station and related training supplies.
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Associated Press
Washington
Louisiana
Texas
Camp Logan
Houston
Tex
Interstate Commerce
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Peace Note Mission
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