Loges Protest Against Negroes
Governor Maning of South Carolina with Senators Tillman and Smith led a protest to the War Department against encampment of negro troops in the state. They opposed assembling thousands of Porto Rican negro troops in Columbia and urged possible training sites elsewhere such as Cuba. Senate figures argued for separate training camps and local discretion, with Secretary Baker weighing the delegation’s views.
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Associated Press
Washington
R. I. Maning
South Carolina
Tillman
Smith
Congress
War Department
Columbia
Porto Rico
Bonnet Rouge
Eny
Cuba
United States
South
Senator McKellar
Tennessee
Military Affairs Committee
Hardwick
Georgia
Atlanta
Bankhead
Alabama
Baker
Miners' Federation votes against British Labour at Stockholm
Exmouth, Aug 21. The National Conference of the Miners Federation of Great Britain defeats earlier stance and votes 376 to 354 that the British Labour Party should not be represented at the International Socialist Conference in Stockholm.
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Associated Press
Exmouth
Eng
National Conference
The
Miners’ Federation of Great Britain
British Labor Party
Stockholm
Miners’ Federation
Labor weekly denied second class mail rate
The Labor weekly newspaper in St Louis has been denied second class mail status by a rule of the third assistant postmaster general. Several issues were previously barred for anti draft content. Postmaster Selph received letters from Charles L. Lammert and Maurice Cassidy defending the paper as not the organ of any labor group.
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Associated Frenc
St. Louis
Labor
Bean
Selph
Charles L. Lammert
Building Trades Council
Maurice Cassidy
Germanic Forces Face Chains of Attacks on Fronts
Report of continuous Allied pressure across multiple theaters. Romanians resist near Slanic and Grancesti while German offensive fails to hold lines west of the Fokshani Ajud railway. Turkish actions south of Pelmir Balumer gain ground then are checked by counterattacks. Prisoners and arms captured near Lake Keribar.
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Nk Antigaitn
Odina
Onecati
Slanic
Dena
Granestohi
Atakelere
Fokshani
Fokshani Ajud
Marasechti
Kharput
Pelmir- Balumer
Agred- Mount
Limos-Vagadjik-Memban
Pendjoin
Lake Keribar
Paris Birthday Tributes Pour In For Poincare
Messages from President Wilson and allied rulers greet M. Poincare on his fifty seventh birthday at the Elysee. The French leader’s popularity is underscored by widespread felicitation from military and civil populations across France. An anecdote recalls his youthful rise from cabinet ranks to finance minister at thirty four and premier in 1911 before his 1919 presidency.
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Paris
Wilson
England
Italy
the Elysee
Poincare
France
French
M. Poincare
Abs1ent Senators Called Washington Absent Senators Called Washington
Senators arriving in Washington respond to party leaders telegraphic notice to vote on the war tax bill. The fight centers on war profits and income taxes. action on the bill may stretch into next week as a King substitute proposes higher rates.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
King
Hookworm Disease Found Among Soldiers
Washington reports discovery of hookworm infection in 47 of 75 militia recruits mobilized for war. Public Health Service urges prompt examination of National Guard units, especially from warmer regions, and treatment before deployment to prevent discipline issues and wider spread.
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Associated Press
Washington
Public Health Service
National Guard
National Army
C. Wardell Stiles
Stiles
Europe
France
Bible supply behind demand amid wartime orders
New York reports show publishers overwhelmed by Bible orders as wartime demand soars. presses run 15 to 18 hours daily, yet backlogs stretch weeks, with owners of electrotype Bible plates for the New Testament pocket size seen as highly valuable.
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Associated Press
New York
Proposed Strike At Shipyard Shocks Local District
New York Aug 21 nearly 12 000 shipyard workers in the district plan a mass meeting at Tawny hall this afternoon to decide on a shipyard strike or a nationwide general strike. The action could affect a national scale and raise wage demands as high as 4 50.8 dollars per day.
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Associated Presse
New York
Tawny Y Hall
United States
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N. C
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Harriss Typewriting and Anivertising Company
Grand Theatre
D. R. Foster & Co
R. A. Burnett
Wrightsville Beach
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City
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S. H. Kress. & Co
E. D. Williams
Fifth Avenue Methodist Church
Pearl Lavallier
Vw. A. McGirt
Masonic Temple
MES
Bear Produce and Merchandise Co
Charles Finkelstein
South Front Street
Ases
Foltz & Kendrick
Maxwell
Queen City Cycle Co
Motte Business College, Inc
Home Saving Bank
Carnegie Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Seventh Street
Richmond
Excelsior
Price Bros
North Front Street
Paris Cottage
F. A
C. H. Daniels’ Stables
Shand’s Grocery
Royal Bakery
D. R. Foster &Co
Moodern
Sterchi-Bancroft Furniture Company
Central Wood Yard
Princess Street
Castle
L. Mazer
5Th Street
Philadelphia
Mechanics Home Association
Old and Strong
Walker Taylor
W. M. Cumming
Sun
N. M
J. T. Gordon
Gordon’s
Raid
Cantonment Columbia
S. C
Walker To and Plumbing Company
W. B. Cooper & Co
Wilmington, N.C
W. B. Thorpe & CO
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Peoples Savings
Peoples’ Savings Bank
Front and
Princess Streets
Lumina
Cape Fear
Wilmington, N. C
C. L. Dickinson
Princess Building
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Todd
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