Mediation Board Expected To Try Rail Labor Dispute
Washington August 8 federal board of mediation will offer services to railroads and employees if no agreement is reached by Wednesday. Arbitration could follow under the mediation act with a three to six member arbitral board chosen by both sides or appointed by the board if they fail to agree. Presidents Wilson may urge arbitration if needed to avert a national strike.
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Washington
Federal
New York
Wilson
Board of Mediation and Conciliaton
Federal farm loan board meets to plan land bank districts
Washington August 8 The new federal farm loan board met for the first time to organize and set up a land bank credit system created by Congress The initial task is to divide the United States into twelve federal land bank districts Hearings may be held in various regions to gauge farmer views. A list of forty cities either applying or recommended for banks is before the board.
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Washington
Federal Farm Loan Board
United States
Federal Land Bank
Kaiser Must Grip Belgium
A Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam via Bamburgz Nachrichten quotes Admiral von Tirpitz saying Germany must emerge from the war in a firm position vis a vis Anglo-Americans. He asserts Germany and not England must become predominant in Flanders to maintain Germanism and secure victory.
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London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Bamburgz
French Blacklist Names Americans Trading With Enemy Act
Paris notes the Official Journal lists American individuals and firms on the blacklist for trading with the enemy. The list marks No 1 and includes firms tied to London communications dated July 18. In Havana, five wounded as Cuban riot erupts near a Col Emilio Collazo celebration. thirty shots fired, a police sergeant detained as a riot leader.
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Saya Official Journal
Paris
Official
Havana
Cano
Col
Emilio Collazo
Hughes Opens Busy Campaign Day in Detroit
Charles B. Hughes opened the 1916 presidential campaign in Detroit with a day of receptions conferences a ball game and plant tours. He spoke against capital labor strife praising workers as fellow human beings and announced plans for an advisory campaign committee likely including Loeb Hilles and Cortelyou. Two speeches followed in Arcadia auditorium and Light Guard Armory with Mayor Marx introducing him.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles Hvana Hughes
United States
Niagara Falls
Navinfield
Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Wilcox
William Loeb
Charles BD. Hilles
George B. Cortelyou
Arcadia
John D. Mangum
State Central Committee
Light Guard
New York Car Strike Ends After City Mediation
Striking employees of the New York City Railways company endorsed the agreement brokered by Mayor Mitchel and Public Service Commissioner Oscar Straus. William D. Mahon, president of the Electric Railwaymen, left the meeting to inform the mayor. Directors had not yet acted on the proposal.
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New York
New York City Railways Company
Mitchel
Public Service
Oscar Straus
William D. Mahon
U S Troops Remain Near Namiquipa in Mexico
Washington reports positive evidence that Gen Pershing had not withdrawn all American forces from Namiquipa. General orders show Sergeant Frank Baker of the quartermaster corps transferred from Columbus New Mexico to Namiquipa to relieve Sergeant J P Tihuan. Namiquipa lies about 160 miles from the border.
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Washington
Pershing
Namiquipa
Mexico
Frank Baker
Quartermaster’s Corps
Columbus
N. M
J. P. Tihuan
Wnamiquipa
Northcliffe on Somme underground forts and war finance
Lord Northcliffe reports on the Somme bombardment cost and German underground fortresses. He describes forts large enough for 2000 men, hidden entrances, and luxuries inside dugouts. He notes British shells and artillery progress, air observation limits on the enemy, and his sixteenth day with Allied forces.
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Lord Northcliffe
London
Somme
British Take Port Sadani in East Africa War Action
London reports Port Sadani in German East Africa has been captured by British naval forces after about a week of operation. General Smuts notes ongoing coastal actions and pursuit toward Kitimatinde Dodom and Kikombo as colonial forces press the German retreat with 250 enemy casualties reported in a July 24 engagement.
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London
War Office
Port Sadani
German East Africa
Smuts
East Africa
Kitimatinde
Dodom
Kikombo
van Deventer
Mpapua
Sslegida
Kondoelrangi
Priaonera
U-Boat Sighted Off Maine Coast
A submarine was sighted five miles off Cross Island in thick weather by a Coast Guard lookout. The sub moved west then surfaced and submerged again fifteen minutes later. The report claimed a visit was planned was denied by officials in London.
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Portland
Coast Guard
Cross Island
George F. Considine Dead Sporting Figure
George F. Considine, a renowned American sports figure, died in New York at his home while undergoing surgery for mastoiditis. The prominent enthusiast and organizer passed away on August 8, leaving a significant impact on U.S. sports circles.
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George F. Considine
New York
Geo. F. Conaldine
Prohibition candidate Bunty Rejects Initiative Platform
Former Gov J Frank Hanly Prohibition presidential nominee announces he will not support a platform plank endorsing initiative referendum and recall He says the measures threaten constitutional government and would veto any such proposals if presented, reaffirming his long held opposition.
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Indianapolis
Ind
J. Frank Bunly
United States
Hanly
Robert A. Patton
Sinois
St. Paul
Committee On
British Accept Postponed Holidays Amid War Demands
London reports that British workers broadly accepted government plans to postpone holidays to conserve munitions. The piece notes lingering resistance from some South Wales coal outworkers and Lancashire cotton workers while reporting a casualty warning about the Spiral and Ayunda steamers sunk by German submarines.
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London
South Wales
Lancashire
Floyds
Spiral
Geriugn
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