Britain to buy much of the South cotton crop
Washington reports Britain plans to purchase large portions of the Southern cotton crop to shield it from damage while Austria and Germany are reminded of their contraband actions. The Federal Reserve Bank will back lending at about 80 percent of market value to move the cotton, with J. S. Toole noting sufficient funds to handle the crop.
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Great Britain
Austria
Germany
Richard Crawford
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Richard
Harding
U. S. Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
J. S. Toole
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
US note upholds arms exports amid Austria Hungary dispute
The United States in a formal note to Austria Hungary declines to stop arms exports to belligerents, arguing neutrality supports continued munitions trade. It cites international law, past Allied munitions use, and U S policy of avoiding large peacetime militaries, warning that restricting trade would impair national defense and global commerce.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Austria
Germany
Great Britain
State Department
America
England
Russia
Turkey and Bulgaria reach understanding treaty announced
Official Sofia Constantinople reports say Turkey and Bulgaria signed a new treaty granting Bulgaria a direct railroad link to the sea and Bulgaria agreeing to observe benevolent neutrality. The Times Balkan correspondent notes German focus on Constantinople fortifications and a planned second defensive line on the Gallipoli peninsula.
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Berlin
Sayville
Today
Sofia
Constantinople
Turkey
Bulgaria
London
Adrianople
Timea’ Balkan
Gallipoli
Japan to Start Into the Fight More Actively
Tokio reports Premier Okume says Japan will increase aid to Russia with more munition supplies. The move aims to bolster Russia's war effort as shortages bite. Advices from Vladivostok indicate large shipments are flowing to the front and from Pacific ports.
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Japan
Tokio
Kokumin Shimbua
Okume
Russia
Baltic Sea
Archangel
trans-Siberian
Dardanelles
Straits
United States
Pacific
Associated Press
Vladivostok
German worker ends life at arms plant
New York August 23. Christoph Dorner a watchman at the National Conduit and Cable Company Hastings on Hudson ended his life by leaping into the river with stones in his pockets. He followed Gustave Gross the first death by own action at the plant. Both men were distressed over the plant making trunitions for the Allies.
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New York
National Conduit and Cable Company
Hastings-on-Hudson
Christoph Dorner
Gustave Gross
Arabic torpedoed and sunk by German submarine
London Aug 19 The White Star liner Arabic was torpedoed and sunk southeast of Fastnet after warningless attack. Of 423 aboard 32 are missing, many survivors saved by other ships. Arabic sailed from Liverpool to New York July 28 carrying wartime cargo.
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London
White Star
Fastnet
White Star Line
Liverpool
New York
Queenstown
Will Finch
Press Association
Cape Clear
Ireland
Belfast
British Submarine Lost in the Sound
London reports a British submarine grounded in the Sound on August 19 or 20 as it headed to the Baltic. B 13, under Lieutenant Commander Layton, had 15 crew saved and 15 missing after grounding on Saltholm. An additional notice states B 18 was destroyed at the southern outlet of the Sound.
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London
Layton
Baltic
Saltholm
Berlin
The
Admiralty
Sea Wall Saves Galveston in Great Storm
Galveston was saved as sea walls held during a devastating hurricane. Dr. Kernon Powell said Galveston’s defense kept the city from ruin while damage spread along the beach and across eastern areas. Rescue tales emerged as the Surfside station was destroyed and many feared dead.
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Tex
Galveston
Kernon Powell
Galveston Commercial Association
Texas City
Twentieth Street
Fourth Street
Broadway
Scottish Rite
T. J. Sloat
Kemp Wharton
Virginia Beach
Brazos River
Beaumont Weather Toll Rises with Flood Casualties
Beaumont district reports no new fatalities today with about 40 dead and dozens missing. Five dead at Port Arthur, eight to ten at Patten, one at Port Bolivar. Bodies seen at Sabineno in Neches canal. Four hundred residents fled to trees and high ground as homes washed away. A man floated into Port Bolivar on a bale of cotton after days in the water. Thousands of cattle drowned in flooded ranches.
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Beaumont
Namber
Port Arthur
Patten
Port Bolivar
Sabineno
Neches Canal
Johnson's Bayou
Refugees Describe Gulf Storm Damage Along Sea Wall
From San Antonio Aug 19 refugees who sheltered in a Galveston hotel recount the storm as waves battered the sea wall with spray and force. Two granite monuments erected after the 1900 cyclone toppled and iron posts bent. Coping loosened and stones carried blocks from the wall.
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San Antonio
Galveston
Mclaurin and Harris Speak Here at County Meeting
Hon Jno L McLaurin state warehouse commissioner and B Harris organizer of the Farmer's Union spoke to about four hundred farmers and business men in the county court house. Harris urged state warehouse benefits and urged diversification organization and cooperation to uplift agriculture, noting low cotton prices and Westward marketing success through union actions. Continued on page six.
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L. McLaurin
B. Harris
Anderson
Farmer's Union
Court House
J. Allen Smith
The
National Bank
Harris
Farmers Union
Columbia
Abbeville County
Abbeville
Abeville County
Worthwest
Aix
City Stunned by Destructive Storm Across Port Crockett
The city reels as public service operations halt for weeks and 500 houses are wrecked with damages up to 10 million dollars. The wall collapses and holes pockmark streets while a four masted schooner is blown across. Port Crockett soldiers rescue sailors, groceries become costly, and relief efforts race to deliver supplies.
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Port Crockett
Germany on Verge of Bankruptcy Warns Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg
Amsterdam and London Aug 28 At a secret cabinet gathering of political leaders and influential writers German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg faced pressure as Karl Helfferich warned the new war loan would exhaust resources and bankrupt the empire. He urged preparation for an honorable peace while Bethmann Hollweg urged softened bellicose policy and peace proposals to satisfy the Entente. Dernburg reported failed missions in the United States and elsewhere, influencing views. General von Moltke supported the chancellor, stating only those not fully informed could hope for a Russian defeat. The meeting did not adopt a moderating resolution and the chancellor warned resignation if Reichstag shows irreconcilable chauvinism.
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London
Karl Helfferich
Helfferich
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Barnhard Dernburg
United States
von Moltke
wAheral
Pouy
Germany
Russia claims naval victory in Gulf of Riga
A Petrograd transmitted report credits Russia with sinking or damaging two German cruisers and eight torpedo boats between August 16 and 19 in the Gulf of Riga. It notes a British submarine sinking a German dreadnought and the Russian gunboat Siyuteh, in flames, sinking nine German torpedo boats.
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London
Gulf of Rigs
Petrograd
Central News
Ollows
Gulf of Riga
Siyuteh
Sinking of Arabic shocks officials in Washington
Washington reports the torpedoing of the British liner Arabic with Americans aboard, a provocative act that shocks officials who hoped Germany would curb actions. No official confirmation of American deaths yet, but the unannounced attack on a U S ship is a violation of U S rights and could be deemed deliberately unfriendly if repeated.
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Washington
Germany
United States
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