Fire Plots at Meade Two in Dangerous Stops
Washington Post reports at Camp Meade Maryland on August 5 that two hay or grain sheds near the ordnance depot were set afire in what authorities term an investigation into possible German espionage. A smell of coal oil, scattered troops and a large grain elevator nearby are noted as context. Authorities ordered a full inquiry and potential postings for disloyal soldiers, with findings to Washington.
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Washington Post
Meade Md
Villaens
Thoos
Terremount
Hmit
Washington
National Army
Offich
Tittmarket
Columbia
Commispionere
Platt of Columbia
Permons
Nesuay
Kalorama Road
19Th Street
20Th Street
Virginia Avenue
Connerticut Avenue
Florida Avenue
Square
Allova
Ineciyn Street
Kanawha Street
Onorth
Squth Alley
Georgia Avenue
Aquare
Louis Prownorton
Knight OW
Gwyn Gardiner
Commissioners Diatriet
Etchison Declares Candidacy for Sixth Maryland District
Tangerstown Aug 5 Dorsey Sitchison of Frederick announces Democratic bid for Congress in Sixth Maryland district. Former mayor Frank Waish of Hagerstown is said to seek similar nomination. Representative Frederick N Zhiman of Cumberland expected to seek renomination by the Republicans.
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Hpecna
Tangerstown
Dorsey Sitchison
Frederick
Maryland
Frank Waish
Hagerstown
Frederick N Zhiman
Cumberland
Indicted for Hoarding Sugar in Metropolitan District
A federal grand jury returned the first indictment for violating food regulations in the metropolitan district. Rudolph Delaner, beer importer, and chief officer of Germania Catering and Kaiserhof and Stadtkeller operator Taerman Restaurant Co, are charged with hoarding 16,600 pounds of sugar.
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New York
Primaries in Four States Warm Missouri Contest
Primary elections are held today in West Virginia Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma. In Missouri the senate race centers on Folk and Willfley with Judge Sheldon P Spencer leading the Republican field and campaign issues focus on wartime policy and the espionage act. Kansas features Capper challenging Stubbs Bristow and Scott for the Republican nomination while party lines emphasize support for the President versus bipartisan wartime unity.
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Gov. Capper
Kansas
West Virginia
Missouri
Kanana
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Representative Neely
Nathan Goff
Senate
Virgil Heighland
David Elkins
United States
Stone
Joseph Folk
Judge Willfley
Sheldon P. Spencer
Arthur Capper
Stubbs
Bristow
Scott
Repubicans
Bentall Denied New Trial for Espionage Conviction
Minneapolis papers report Judge Morris denied Jacob C. Bentall a new trial. Bentall, socialist gubernatorial candidate, was convicted of violating the espionage act after an address last year allegedly discouraging enlistments. An appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court will be pursued.
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Minneapolis
Morris
District Court
Jacob C. Bentall
United States Supreme Court
Bentali
Baltimore Grain and Live Stock Prices Aug 5
Grain and livestock prices listed for Baltimore on August 5 include butter dairy prints eggs oats corn and wheat quotes across Western Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia markets. Live poultry values show pricing for various aged birds and utility eggs, with corn and oats figures for No 3 yellow and white varieties and No 1 red winter wheat reflected in nearby and track markets.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Ohio
West Virginia
Southern
North Carolina
Chicago
Live Stock Market Report from Chicago Hogs and Sheep
The Chicago live stock market lists hog prices for butcher stock, cattle, veal calves, and week figures. Hog ranges show light to prime quality with notable prices around 18 to 19 dollars, while sheep and lambs report mixed grades from choice and prime to culls pricing between about 11 and 18 dollars per head.
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Chicago
Serre _Calvey
Cotton Middling Prices Across Ports
New York 3150, Norfolk 3060, Savannah 2925 show middling cotton price standings. Market reports indicate regional shifts with New York leading, Norfolk and Savannah following as price differentials narrow.
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New York
Norfolk
Savannah
Enemy airships reach England as raid nears coast
London reports hostile airships approached the east coast Monday night. The admiralty said the vessels did not penetrate far inland, with defense forces likely engaged along the coast.
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Admiralty
London
England
Advance Loans to Move Crops
The War Finance Corporation will issue loans to banks to cover advances to farmers and merchants for harvesting and marketing crops. Loans run up to four months at 6 percent interest. Banks nationwide urged to apply. advances up to 75 percent of loan value, or 100 percent with collateral equal to one third of the loan.
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War Finance Corporation
Ww. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Banks of
San Francisco
Minnapolis
Dallas
Kansas City
St. Louis
Atlanta
Richmond
War Finance
Meadpop
Deputy Sheriff Kilis Man: Gibson Charged in Atlanta Shooting
Deputy Sheriff J. I. Gibson of Walton county is jailed in Atlanta charged with killing Flynn Stewart a former Monroe resident. Stewart was shot Sunday on a downtown street after Gibson said Stewart wheeled as if reaching for a gun and he fired twice to protect his life. Stewart died hours later amid long standing animosity between them.
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Atlanta
J. I. Gibson
Walton County
Flynn Stewart
Monroe
Stewart
Gibson
Stewart Orst
Siberian government claims gains and aims for unified Russia
The Russian embassy reports 69 percent bourgeois and moderate socialist votes versus 31 percent for bolsheviks in Siberia municipal ballots. It describes a United Siberian Government elected Jan 26, 1916, moving capital to Vladivostok with Omsk as military base, and outlines plans to form a well disciplined army with allies to fight Germany, reinstate prewar treaties, repeal bolshevik laws, and create a universal suffrage national assembly for reconstruction.
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Germany
Siberia
Vladivostok
Siberian Temporary Government
Omsk
Horvath
Siberian Duma
Martinak
Novo Nicolaivesk
Tomsk
Warime
Tobolak
Barnavul
Semipalatinsk
Carcaralinsk
Atchinsk
Crasnovarek
Arma
Russia
Wilson Launches Ship Amid Heat At Yard Ceremony
President Wilson and Mrs Wilson attended the Emergency Fleet Corporation event as heavy heat struck the crowd. Frederick Holbrook and Schwab stood with Vice President Pies while a cheering crowd surrounded the car before coupling to an engine. Chairman Hurley abandoned his prepared address due to the heat after nearly 400 spectators fainted.
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Hurley
Mak
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