Officials Discuss Rehabilitation Efforts for Russia Mission
Washington reports on Elihu Root headed mission to Russia with six sub reports. Officials anticipate public release but details remain secret. aim to aid U S understanding of conditions. Duncan outlines labor federation ideas and rapid wage increases amid new freedom and organization.
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Associated Press
Washington
America
Russia
Elihu Hoot
Root
Wilson
White House
United States
Mr. Root
Charles Edward Russell
Workmen's Council
Cyrus H. McCormick
Charles R. Bertran
James Duncan
Labor
John R. Mott
Charles R. Crane
Hugh L. Scott
Army
Jas. H. Glennon
Navy
Mr. Duncan
Thake
Charles Edward Sena
Brena
Argalia Sunk Off English Coast By U Boat Kills Ten
British steamer Argalia torpedoed and sunk off the English coast with ten crew lost. Survivors were landed at Glasgow. among the Americans aboard were J E Moore Newport News and R B Scarborough Buxton. F M Runnels Raleigh, a Raleigh News veteran, identified as aboard.
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SNK
English
Associa Fresh
Newport, News
Agaan
England
Morris
Glasgow
Scotland
United States Shipping Company
B. Kenworthy
F. M. Runnels
Raleigh, N. C
Runnels
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Ne and Observer
Durham
N.G
Mississippi
Four Americans lose lives in Belgian Prince sinking
Liverpool reports details from William Bhel, survivor from Jacksonville, Florida, of the Belgian Prince sinking July 31 after a German submarine torpedoed the ship. He recalls crew attempts to escape, life belts, and the fighting to stay afloat as the vessel went down, with four Americans among the dead.
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Preus
Liverpool
William Bhelnegro
Jacksonville
Fla
Sapetine
Washington
Ammarine
Gees
Dynamiting at Montreal Publisher's Summer Home
The summer home of Cartierville in Lord Athelstan, publisher of the Montreal Star, was dynamited last night. He was inside but unharmed as the house suffered severe damage. The attack appears linked to threats received in the United States warning that Canada’s conscription bill would cost his life and target other leaders in Montreal and Ottawa.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Cartierville
Lord Athelstan
Montreal Star
Athelstan
United States
Ottawa
Under Capitol Dome They Met Under Capitol Dome
A pacifist meeting under the Capitol dome demanded Congress stay in session to repeal the draft law and threatened to impeach President Wilson. Speakers included Louis P. Lochner and H. J. Lemke, linking Gronna and La Follette to North Dakota and Wisconsin opposition.
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East
Washington
Congress
Wilson
People’s Council of America For Democracy and Peace
Chamberlain
Military Committee
Isaac McBride
Lane
Oregon
Louis P. Lochner
New York
Ford Peace Party
H. J. Lemke
North Dakota
Gronna
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Importing Sailors to Man New Ships
American shipowners, short of sailors due to wartime labor demands, rely on French crews as 300 sailors arrive from France to man vessels bound for that country. Many former seafarers have taken munition plant or farm work, making navigation manpower scarce.
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Associated Press
New York
America
France
Carr named to aid Hoover in food conservation drive
General Julian S. Carr of Durham selected by Southern Methodists to represent the Methodist Episcopal Church South as an aide to Herbert Hoover. He will oversee the denomination's role in the church campaign for food conservation and a commission on food conservation was formed to cooperate with the food administration.
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Associated Press
Washington
Methodistiscopal Church
South
General Julian S. Carr
Durham
Herbert Hoover
General Carr
Southern Methodists
Food Administration
Commission On Food Conservation
Earnest American Troops Train for Front Line Duty
The piece notes the earnestness of American soldiers in France as they train to join the firing line. It highlights their sense of responsibility, the role of young officers, and the long, intensive preparation required before they may act as instructors.
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Associated Press
France
America
United States
Cate Muel
Germany
Great Britain
Atlantic Ocean
Height and weight rules shape WWI draft procedures
Washington Aug regulations under selective drafts expand weight allowances by height and add chest expansion criteria to ease tall men for military service. Dental work and hearing remain factors, while vision and other defects gain greater latitude. Prison terms do not exempt offenders, and local boards must report daily progress toward the third quota.
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Washington
Aug
oBevsea
Gener Boreee
Crowder
Earthquake Shocks Hit Wairarapa Near Wellington
Severe earthquake shocks struck the Wairarapa region northwest of Wellington on August 9. No casualties were reported.
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Associated Press
Wellington
N. Z
Wairarapa
Drugging draftees cited in St Louis and Pittsburgh reports
Associated Press reports involve ward boards in St Louis and draft officials in Pittsburgh noting complaints that physicians prescribed drugs to affect eyes and heart to impede physical exams for selective service. Exemption boards in both cities investigated allegations of drugging to evade the draft without confirming misuse plans.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Pittburg
Exemption Board
Pittsburg
Sts
Red Cross Medical Inspector Reports Newport Diphtheria Rise
Newport R L Aug 9 Medical Inspector Theodore W Richards of the American Red Cross surveyed the diphtheria situation and summoned Dr Frost head of the Red Cross sanitary division to visit. Twenty eight new cases were reported yesterday raising seven day total to two hundred fifty four. No new cases among seamen or naval reserve personnel at the station.
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Associated Press
Newport
R. L
Theodore W. Richards
American Red Cross
Frost
Sanitary Division
Red Cross
Lawyer Arrested for Resisting Draft in Peace Conference
Connell an attorney was arrested here late yesterday on a Federal war rant charging resistance of the draft law. The arrest followed a meeting of the American Conference of Democracy and Terms of Peace where the warrant was served as the audience hissed the officer.
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Associated
San Francisco
Haniel Oo. Connell
American Conference of Democracy and Terms of Peace
Weekly Report on U Boat Losses
London reports a slight rise in British merchant vessel losses last week from submarines and mines. Twenty one ships over 1600 tons and two smaller vessels were sunk, thirteen were attacked unsuccessfully, and no fishing boats were lost.
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Associated Press
London
Molokanas Sentenced in Glendale For Draft Registration
Thirty five Molokanas members of a Russian religious sect living in Glendale were sentenced to one year in prison by Judge Sawtelle for not registering under the selective draft law as required by the President’s proclamation.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Glendale
Sawtelle
Draft resisters refuse to surrender in Oklahoma stand off
In Muskogee Oklahoma on August 9 United States Marshal Enloe learned from US Commissioner R D McMillan that a band of draft resisters were gathered at Scipio about 15 miles north of McAlester and planned to resist being taken before the district examining board. The group was described as heavily armed and Marshal Enloe ordered Deputy Marshal Peters to move with 16 men to Scipio at once.
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Associated Press
Muskogee
Okla
United States
Enloe
R. D. McMillan
McAlester
Scipio
McAllester
District Examining Board
McMillen
Euloe
Peters
IWW Agitators Arrested as Mining Camp Tensions Rise
Six alleged Industrial Workers of the World agitators are under arrest at Miami Ottawa county Oklahoma as authorities report attempts to dynamite freight cars in the mining district. Others have been driven from camps and the Miami area leads the unrest. County Attorney McNaughton says the trouble is over.
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Associated Press
Muskogee
Okla
Miami
Ottawa County
United States Marshal's Office
McNaughton
French Gain Ground in Flanders Front
French forces again gain territory on the Flanders front northwest of Bixshoote. Paris reports artillery activity in the Chevregny Pantheon region and a French detachment clearing a Teuton trench north of Vaux de Palameix with prisoners taken. Multiple small actions and no fresh developments on other fronts are noted.
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Flanders
France
Aisne
Russia
Teutonic
Galicia
Bukowina
Black Sea
Odessa
Bessarabia
Teutons
Italy
London
Bixshoote
Paris
Chéevregny
Pantheon
French War Office
Vaux Dee Palamei
Aisne Front
Epine de Chevregny
Noisy Farm
Eparges
Vaux Les Palameix
By Aks Press Aims in Washington On Draft and World Duty
The piece railes at politicians and public voices over the draft urging action toward democracy and American rights. It notes Wilson’s stance and Congress leaders practicing stump speeches while factions split on war participation and duty to the colors.
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Aks Press
Washington
Aly
Wilson
Congress
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