Powder plant disaster at Rigaud Quebec kills hundreds
Aug 18 reports from Rigaud Quebec describe a catastrophic series of explosions at the Curtis & Harvey Limited powder plant. Early estimates placed deaths around 250, with dozens of houses and farms destroyed, firefighters and relief crews rushing to scene as residents housed the homeless.
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Ottawa
Rigaud
Quebec
Curtis & Warvey, Limited
Montreal
Gurtis & Harvey. Limited
Iif
Vaudreuil
Rigand
Canadian Pacific
Ottawa-Montreal
Dragon
Vaud
Bapfiaislun
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Riviere-a-la-Graisse
Drowned U.S. Navy Fireman Found in British Waters
The body of James H. Bush a 28 year old fireman from Brockton Massachusetts washed ashore clearing up the mystery of his disappearance 16 days ago while on watch An inquest returned an accidental drowning verdict The death marks the first in the flotilla since arrival in British waters
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James H. Bush
Brockton
Mass
Farmers Urged to Feed Corn to Livestock
Chicago Aug 18 A vast oversupply of corn and a great undersupply of meat with no price limits should drive farmers to feed every bushel of corn to cattle hogs and sheep Everett C Brown president of the Chicago Livestock Exchange says after a Washington food conference He adds range stock will come in months ahead and farmers should fatten stock or raise young stock not kill young animals to replenish Europe’s depleted herds
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Chicago
Everett C. Brown
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Washington
Brown
Europe
Russians Launch Offensive in Caucasus Front
Petrograd reports the Russians have taken the offensive in the Caucasus and occupied a series of villages as announced by the war office.
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Caucasus
Petrograd
War Office
Missouri May Seize Coal Mines
Missouri Attorney General McAllister threatened seizure of state coal mines and prosecution of coal dealers for violating the state anti trust law in a formal statement. The note references St Louis news from August 1.
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St. Louis
Missouri
McAllister
German Ship Agent Held in Spy Roundup
New York August 1 The war arrest of Heinrich S Ficke auditor for the North German Lloyd Steamship Co in New York marked the beginning of a broad roundup of alien enemies. He was seized by U S Marshal Power who said the arrests would curb leaks to Germany and that he has authority under Wilsons proclamation.
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New York
Heinrich S. Ficke
North German
Lloyd Steamship Company
Ficke
United States
Marshal Power
Germany
Wilson
German immigrant reacts to patriotism talk after arraignment
In northeastern Iowa, German resident Charles Weltzin was arraigned on anti-government utterances. He denied charges but faced sharp rebuke from U S commissioner J E Dempster who urged loyalty and suggested buying a flag and liberty bonds. Weltzin expressed intent to purchase an American flag and plan for future bond purchases.
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Iowa
United States
J. E. Dempster
Charles Weltuin
Jubilee
Weltzin
Dempster
Germany
Red. Cross
Germany Uses Stern Measures to Curb Agitation
From Copenhagen Aug 18 agitation in Stettin over planned limits on meetings spreads to Solingen. Government supporters push to block unorganized demonstrations and urge leaders to control rank and file. Stettin commandant bans meetings under siege with a year’s imprisonment penalty. Censors require speech texts for discussion.
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Copenhagen
Stettin
Germany
Solingén
Seige
Berlin claims capture of 42000 in the fast
Berlin reports via London that since July 19 central powers troops have captured nearly 42,000 prisoners in eastern Galicia Bukowina and Moldova. The tally includes 257 guns and 548 machine guns as part of the war update.
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Berlin
London
Galicia
Bukowina
Moldavia
Bond proposal to issue 4 percent securities for Allies retirement
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee reviewing Secretary McAdoo's plan for a 37.5 billion dollar bond issue at 4 percent. Funds would retire $3 billion in non taxables and provide $4.0 billion for Allied loans, with tax measures to support the plan and committee support expected next week.
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Washington, D. C
House Ways and Means Committee
Mc' Afdloo
Guards Mobilize at Fair Grounds for War Service
Des Moines August 18 Special. National guard companies from the First and Second regiments to join the Third report to Col Bennett at the fair grounds camp Monday. Third regiment digs water mains trenches for camp supply. Tentage arrives. horses not supplied until reaching France. About 300 animals needed. The ammunition train, first in the nation, may go to France soon. Gov Harding and officials push Iowa train to join combat forces.
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Des Moines
Bennett
Fair Grounds
France
Kansas
Harding
Iowa
John W. Kern Dies in Asheville Noted Political Leader
John W. Kern former Indiana senator dies in Asheville N C after an illness. His body was sent to Hollins Virginia for burial. Funeral plans were not yet completed as officials prepared the transfer. Kern died in an Asheville hospital from thremic poisoning following an illness that began Tuesday.
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John W. Kern
Asheville
N. C
Indiana
Hollins
Kern
40000 British Railmen Threaten Walkout
About 40,000 British Engineers and Firemen, part of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, threaten an immediate strike over the principle of an eight hour day. The dispute may affect roughly half the railway workforce, though the National Union of Railwaymen is not involved.
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Lension
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
National Union of Railwaymen
Hogs Sell at $19 Hundred New High Mark
Hogs sold on August 10 at 17.00 per hundredweight and August 20 at 18.00, with receipts of 6 000 expected but only 2 500 arrived. The British government reportedly asked packers to offer jam and haven freely for September ship men, and packers answered with quotations based on hogs at 204 per hundredweight.
District Board Denies Agricultural Draft Exemptions in Four Iowa Counties
First rulings by the district exemption board for the southern federal judicial district of Iowa deny 89 agricultural exemption claims and grant 13. Counties affected include Palo Alto Cherokee Winneshiek and Iowa. A daily compiled list will publish decisions. notable denials and several approved claims are listed for each county with registrant names and locations.
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Sorthern Federejudicia
Lowa
Aefion Igat
Enung
Towa
Palo Alto
Cherokee
Winneshiek
Cherokee County
Peter J. Miller
Iowa County
William Roberto
Herman Williarock
Fred Brandt
Joseph ©. Humphreys
Andrew J.eo Black
Henry Manehman
Willie J. Wagner
Henry D. Buhrmann
Rudolph H. Horm
Lewis Peter “Muller
Fred Ino
Merek
Palo Alto County
Elmer Peter Elbert
Fred Gronbach
Thomas G. Jaerde
Julius Melay
Ino
Edward Fickhohn
Bert Win
Seely
Vernle
Lindgern
I. Schutt
Ralph Herold Won
Win
Eugene Sherlock
Kulbourn
Bo OM. Fitzpatrick
Clarence M
Albert Andrew Christiansen
Carl Tr Hiram
Henry Ft
Wuscherfeld
Oscar Anersen
EB. Nitchals
Wugh Jhson
Chas
E. O'Neill
Oto
Henry F. Weel
Elmer F
Heo
Kliegel
Pay Campbell
Norman Nelson
Bert Croke
Jno
Them Fliram
Henry R. Powers
Cherokees County
Peter &. Miller
Tussell Chas
Lockwood
Lela Gra
Henry Hobnet
Ros Davis
Ernest W. Kauffman
Knatt Dick
Edward A. McGee
Carl A. Melcher
Ian G. Peterson
Winneshiek County
Ran Oliver
Jorgen Foed
Baward Larsen
Hats Felph Rngen
Carl 0. Danielgien
Walter Tyrvand
Rahn
Victor J. Meyer
Jes
Wm. Kruse
F. Wieher
Henry Nelson
Gert Scheidemantal Due
Horting
Gen. Luesch
Clarenes W. Andersen
Vilas Ho. Meran
Jo. Emingaon
Sta
M. Bigonerud
Pinker Kolseth
Tristan Johnson
Verbrecht Grindel
Elmer Herman Lien
Telford M. Extrem
Peter Deterxen
Anton Teicks
Albert Tulius Regen
Frank Fred Tiehak
Nels A. Arness
Beary Toseph Knapp
Richard W. Arness
Floyd Aten
Winneshirk County
Ben Schmidt
Walter BE
Kndland
Thwin W. Arness
Prank
Nhern
Mullney
Jergen & Syver
Frank Wm. Flaum
Mannieastafcon
James Ed Kran
Daniel Hisrins
Meter Joseph Mart
Flement Dre
Weather and strike news from Saxony and Washington
Weather outlook for Washington DC and plains regions calls for generally fair and warm conditions next week. In Saxony textile workers threaten a general strike over wage and food conditions, amid rising tensions reported from Copenhagen.
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Washington, D.C
Plains
Mississippi
Saxony
Copenhugen
GERMAN ATTACKS ON FLANDERS FRONT CONTINUE
British and French forces report heavy fighting on the Lens and Ypres sectors with renewed assaults by German troops. Canadian positions northwest of Lens repel counterattacks as French advance north of Steenbeek. British air superiority and artillery activity persist amid ongoing bombardments and prisoner captures.
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France
Delgium
Germain
Lens
Frencis
Paris
Belgium
Bixschoote
Longemarck
Steenbeke
Aisne
London
Flanders
Leng
Ypres
Associated Press
Polygon
Softicer
Les Lilas
Wold
Langemarck
Pershing Warns Hard Blows Needed to Win War
General Pershing tells the Associated Press the war can be won only by hard and forceful blows by a well trained American army working with allied forces. He urges full American morale, readiness, and commitment to sustain war effort and defeat. He says victory requires determination to arm, equip, and mobilize the army and to avoid passive support for Red Cross or lukewarm efforts.
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Paris
Ans
Pershtig
Associated
Preas
Rogaml
Porstitai
Eyres Mao
Coal price control eyed as Wilson moves to curb coal
Washington Aug 18 President Wilson met Hoover and the Federal Trade Commission to discuss coal costs and the plan to regulate distribution. The trade commission urges government takeover of supply and prices, with a decision likely next week. Officials say miners can sell below $3 a ton at a profit, while shortages push higher in some regions. Illinois hearings delay price fixing as state coal control faces opposition from operators and miners.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
Food Administration
Herbert Hoover
Lnter
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
The
Trade Commission
Washington, D. C
Wison
Francis 5. Pea
Council of National Defense
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
Chicago
O. N. Carter
Dlinois
Justice Carter
Frank O. Lowden
Lowden
British destroyer and minesweepers cripple German naval craft
London reports that a British light force damaged a German destroyer and two mine sweepers in fog and near a mine field on Aug. 16. The German ships were heavily damaged while British vessels escaped with no casualties. A submarine attack followed twice, both ineffective, and no British damage was reported.
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London
Admiralty Dyitoueas
Sshe
President Studies 1 W W Situation In Northwest
President Wilson conducts a personal study of the labor crisis in Washington Oregon Montana and Idaho where a general strike of the I W W is threatened next Monday. He stays in touch with the situation via Chief Justice Covington and his investigator in the west while labor conciliators report a slight improvement but still grave conditions.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
LW. W
Covington
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Department of Labor
British Airmen Raid on Thourout Targets West Flanders
British naval air service carried out a midnight raid on the railway station and junction at Thourout in West Flanders. Fires were started and an ammunition dump is believed hit. The raid dropped many tons of bombs on the objectives. All aircraft returned safely.
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London
Admiralty
Naval Air Service
Thourout
West Flanders
Bruges
Rai
Spiders Predict War Ends in September Victory for America
In Baltimore on August 18 at Mount Vernon Woodberry Cotton Dye Mill No 3 two cobwebs formed in front of rate letters. A right spider spelled War ends in September and a left spider proclaimed Victory for America in bold, perfect script observed by a factory girl and an expert draughtsman.
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Baltimore
Mount Vermon-Woodberry Cotton Duele Company
America
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McAdoo
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Gernang
Flanders Line
Pershing
A.C
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