Many Cars Coming Out To Yellowstone Route
Highway Engineer Booth reports heavy auto traffic from Utah and eastern points using routes to Twin Falls and Bear Lake area. Idaho section from Fish Haven to Lava Hot Springs and Pocatello-Blackfoot corridor is in fair to good condition with 237 miles linking Yellowstone to Lincoln highway. Convict labor to improve the Shoshone grade begins next week.
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Utah
Yellowstone Park
Park
Stateway
Booth
Idaho
Joise Statesman
Salt Lake
Ogden
Idaho State Line
Fish Haven
Utah State Line
Bear Lake
Paris
Montpelier
Georgetown
Soda Springs
Lava Hot Springs
Pocatello
Blackfoot
Ydaho Falls
Rexburg
St .Anthony
St. Anto
Lincoln Highway
Twin Falls
Port of Kiel In State of Siege
Amsterdam reports an increased state of siege proclaimed in Kiel district. Constitutional rights including free expression, assembly, home inviolability, and personal liberty have been suspended under articles 5 6 27 28 29 of the constitution.
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Amsterdam
de Vossiseht Zeitung
Kiel
Meat sales barred on Tuesdays and Fridays in Budapest
Budapest reports a government conservation order forbidding sale of any meat on Tuesdays and Fridays. Restaurants hotels and cafes must not serve meat dishes to guests under the new rule. Authorities bar meat sales to curb consumption.
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Budapest
Bumper Wheat Crop Forecast At Record Levels
Washington August 9 farm officials report a bumper grain harvest with wheat possibly reaching a billion bushels. The Agriculture Department pegs the crop at 966 million bushels based on August 1 conditions, with spring wheat 93.4 and corn 79.5 and overall cereals and feed crops showing strong prospects. Corn production is estimated at 2,918,000 bushels.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Carranza Aide Moves to Provisional Presidency Amid Diplomatic Expulsions
Washington reports Brazil withdrew its Mexico City minister Senor Ortega amid Carranza plans to expel the Brazilian envoy over Pan American Conference tensions. The United States notes Carranza may move the capital to Mexico City and proclaim a provisional presidency as he tightens control.
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Washington
Carranza
Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Brazil
Senor Ortega
Vera Cruz
Ortega
State Department
McAdoo Discusses Mexican Upbuilding Financing on Wall Street
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo met bankers in New York on August 9 to discuss financing the administration plan for rebuilding Mexico. He also conferred with Secretary Lansing yesterday on the Mexican situation.
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New York
McAdoo
Wall Street
Mexico
Lansing
Rangers Save Americans From Mexican Bandits
Brownsville Texas Aug 9 Five Mexican bandits and one Mexican woman were killed in fighting yesterday at Atlas seven miles north of here. For an hour fifteen Americans eight of them U S commandos stood off sixty Mexicans. Fifteen Americans were saved from death as their ammunition exhausted by the arrival of seventeen Texas rangers.
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Brownsville
Texas
Atlas
Here
Texas Rangers
Spaniards to Work in France
Madrid reports thousands of Spanish laborers have emigrated to France due to war labor shortages and high wages. French agents recruit both men and women for agricultural work in southern and central France. Industrial leaders foresee continued emigration after the war and potential disruption to Spain's labor market.
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Madrid
Spain
France
Corey predicts three to four more years of war
William E. Corey ex-president of United States Steel says in a return voyage from Bordeaux that allied forces will fight for three years or more and cites war loans in America to support allied effort. He adds the US would need two years to build an army and navy capable of facing a European power on equal terms.
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William E. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
France
Bordeaux
Mr. Corey
America
United States
Europe
Wilson Turned Down a Peace Agitator
Washington reports that Representative Buchanan of Illinois sought a White House meeting with the president for the national peace council. The request was refused as the president had no time for other than international affairs. Tumulty’s reply criticized the letter’s tone and inferences.
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Washington
White House
Buchanan
Illinois
National Peace Council
Tumulty
Tis
Carranza to Make Appeal to Americans
Galveston August 9 Carranza plans a manifesto to the American people reviewing the Mexican situation and detailing official correspondence between his government and the state department, announced by a constitutionalist consul.
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Carranza
Galveston
Tex
State Department
Americans to register under British national act in UK
London reports the British foreign office notified the American embassy that American residents in Britain and all aliens must register under the national registration act. The note adds that new arrivals allowed to report do not imply conscription but reflect a government aim to track all persons in the United Kingdom.
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London
United Kingdom
Japan to Install Rebuilt Cabinet Amid Resignation Withdrawal
Tokio reports the emperor authorized Premier Okuma to withdraw his resignation and the reconstructed cabinet will be installed tomorrow. Okuma struggles to appoint a foreign minister after Viscount Chinda’s departure and several candidates decline the post.
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Tokio
Okuma
Viscount Chihda
Washington
Italians Send Fresh Troops Demand to Dardanelles or France
Captain Dek Franch es of the Italian army arrived to buy leather for the army and says Italy will dispatch 650,000 fresh troops to the Dardanelles or France within three weeks. Between 50 and 200 large transports are ready to carry the men where they are needed.
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New York
Dekfranches
Italy
Dardanelles
France
French seize Kamerun colony as German hold weakens
Paris dispatch says the French Ministry of Colonies reports further French advances in the Kamerun colony in west Africa. The conquest of the territory ceded by Germany in 1911 is completed and new inroads are noted on remaining German held areas.
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Paris
French Ministry of Colonies
Kamerun
West Africa
Germany
General Tracy Buried With Military Honors in New York
General Benjamin F. Tracy, former secretary of war, was buried with military honors as a crowd of about 680 gathered at the church. Marines and coast guard battalions assisted, and Broadway traffic was halted for the ceremony.
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New York, N. Y
Benjamin F. Tracy
Broadway
Coast Guards
Three States Yet To Do Education Law
Washington reports a race to avoid being last to enact compulsory education. Only Georgia Mississippi and Alabama remain free of such laws. Officials believe Alabama may pass this session. Georgia and Mississippi could move ahead if action occurs this summer before Alabama's next meeting in four years.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Education
Georgia
Mississippi
Alabama
Bureau
Lawn Bowlers Open Dominion Tourney for Hiram Walker Trophy
The 23d annual Dominion Lawn Bowling Association competition for the Hiram Walker trophy starts this afternoon in Toronto. Clubs across the Dominion enter teams, competing for the trophy by the club with the most wins over ten years. The event maintains strong local interest and a record number of entries this year.
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Toronto
Ont
Dominion Lawn Bowling Association
Hiram Walker
Dominion
Lawn Bowline Eame
Baseball Doubleheader Falls to Rain Delays
St Louis and Boston game one ended after eight innings due to rain with 8 to 0 and 1 to 0 scores noted. Second game postponed by rain. Other matchups including Philadelphia and Pittsburgh tied to rain delays with listed battery changes and called actions.
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R. H. E. St. Louis
Sevecrasesesa
Boston
Berdirae Batteries
Weisman
Wood
Agnew
Foster and Cady
Nas
St. Louis
Auto Makers Going on Strike in Bridgeport
Bridgeport Conn Aug 9 Employees of Locomobile Company of America are prepared to demand an eight hour day and time and a half for overtime. Workers voted to reject the bonus proposal offered to them.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Locomobile Company of America
Downey Named Associate Judge to Court of Claims
Washington August 9 George W Downey Indiana comptroller of the treasury was appointed by President Wilson to be associate judge of the court of claims. James W McCarter of Bowdle South Dakota was appointed assistant register of the treasury.
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Washington
George W. Downey
Indiana
the Treasury
Wilson
Court of Claims
James W. McCarter
Bowdle
Register of the Treasury
Peace Offer Report Denied By Court Circles
Copenhagen reports say court circles know nothing about any peace offer allegedly made by the German emperor to the Russian emperor via Denmark's king. The rumors suggest a trade involving part of Poland for Galicia.
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Copenhagen
Russia
Denmark
Poland
Galicia
Uniform State Laws Conference Opens in Salt Lake City
The executive committee of the Commissioners on Uniform State Laws of the American Bar Association met in Salt Lake City on Aug 9 to plan the program for the convention on uniform laws. Topics include incorporation limited partnerships land titles conveyances wills extradition of lunatics and automobile laws. The ABA main session begins next week with a large gathering expected.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
American Bar Association
Russian Forces Scattered After Austrian Breakthrough
Austrian Army HQ in Poland reports a Russian defeat on the Lubartow Micchow line. Russian units north of Lubartow fled across Bizprz while Michow forces withdrew toward Vieprz Baranow. Retreat described as a pronounced rout with thousands jailed on the Vieprz flank.
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Poland
Lubartow
Micchow
Bizprz
Vieprz
Baranow
Ivangorod
Radzyn
Michow
German Troops Occupy Berlin Suburb and Battle Reports Across Front
Army headquarters say Berlin Praga suburb on Vistula occupied by German troops. Battle near Hooge east of Ypres and in Argonne forest reported. French air losses at Dammerkirch and near Ypres. German advances near Lomza and Novogeorgievsk cut off. Warsaw prisoners taken. Von Woyrsch crosses Garwolin Kurow road. Mackensen drives Russians back across the Wehr. Lomza fighting yields prisoners and gear.
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Berlin
Praga
Warsaw
Vistula
Hooge
Ypres
Argonne Forest
Dammerkirch
Black Lake
Gondilaxange
Harboney
Saarbruecken
Kovno
Lomza
Novogeorgievsk
Narew
von Woyrseh
Garwolin-Kurow
Tvangorod
von Mackensen
Wehr
Ostrow
Kuehrusk
Bug
German push toward cutting Russian retreat at Kovno fortresses
London reports on August 9 that German forces press to sever the Russian retreat from the Polish salient. An attack has begun on the fortresses of Kovno and Ossowetz, key obstacles to advancing deeper toward the Russian line.
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London
Kovno
Ossowetz
Typographical Union Convention Opens in Los Angeles
The International Typographical union opens in Los Angeles with large attendance from U S branches. The session will run through the week as the public ownership of telegraph and telephone wires is endorsed by the committee appointed last year.
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Los Angeles
Cal
International Typographical Union
United States
Manuel Vasquez Tagle May Be Mexico's Next President
Manuel Vasquez Tagle, once Mexico's minister of justice under Madero, again looms as a potential head of state. Supporters note he is the only surviving cabinet member from the slain president's administration.
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Manuel Vasquez Tagle
Mexico
Senor Manuel Vasquez Tagle
Senor Tagle
Madero
Decathlon Opens as Top Athletes Compete in San Francisco
San Francisco on August 9 hosts top all around athletes for a two day decathlon. Five events take place today including the 100 meters running broad jump shot put high jump and 400 meters sprint.
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San Francisco
Forty fifth annual convention of Catholic Total Abstinence Unions
Pittsburg Pa August 9 convention opens in Willow Glen for four days. Noted orators speak on total abstinence tomorrow afternoon at thedowntonesed theatre. Clergy and delegates gather from many towns for the event.
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Pittsburg
Amerion Willowen
Eastland Pumping Underway as Hull De-waters for Righting
In Chicago on August 9, workers began raising the steamer Eastland. About 4,000 tons of water in the hull will be pumped out by Wednesday, enabling the vessel to be set upright for the first time since it keeled over two weeks ago with a thousand lives lost.
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Chicago
Ill
German advances slow as Warsaw campaign unfolds
The report notes German attempts to seize Warsaw and advance from Warsaw via Vilna and Dvennsk toward Petrograd, with Serock fortress fallen at the Narew Bug junction and the Vistula crossed near Warsaw. Woyrshek presses east while Mackensen resists. Grand Duke Nicholas may still extract the Warsaw army using three main railways and newer lines. In the east, Argonne fighting persists and Lingekopf losses loom large. A Petrograd Reuters dispatch cites a Bourse Gazette claim the German emperor offered peace to Russia via the Danish king last week, but Russia declined negotiations for now.
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Warsaw
Vilna
Dvennsk
Petrograd
Serock
Narew
Bug
Vistula
Woyrseh
Mackensen
Nicholas
Argonne
Lingekopf
Vosges
Caucasus
London
Reuter
Bourse Gazette
Russia
Denmark
Great Growler Bell Of Vienna Sent For Melt Down
The Cathedral of St Stefan bell known as Die Grosse Brummerin has been sent to the War Metal Collection for melting to aid munition production. Cast in 1711 from Turkish cannon metal, the forty four ton bell has not rung for years due to fears the tower could not bear the vibrations.
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Vienna
Cathedral of St. Stefan
Growler
Turkish Battleship Sunk by Entente Submarine
Constantinople reports the Turkish battleship Khevr-Ed-Din Barbarossa once the Kurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm was sunk by an Entente submarine. Most officers and crew were saved. Built at Stettin in 1898 and purchased by Turkey in 1910, the ship carried six hundred men.
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Constantinople
Anentente Powers
Stettin
Germany
Turkey
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