New Tariffs Boost Expected Rail Income Across Central Freight
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted a five percent increase in eastern freight rates, with central territory class rates rising five percent. Coal and several commodities were exempted, raising railroad incomes by about one and a half percent and benefiting major east west lines. The case drew testimony from railroad executives including Willard, Delano, and Brandeis, with debates on funding, wages, and potential government ownership.
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Pittsburg
Mississippi River
Interstate Commerce Commission
Central Freight Association
McChord and Daniels
Central Territory
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac Rivers
Isle
Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Delano
Monon
George Stewart Pattearson
Pennsylvania
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
New York Central
New York
Chicago
Trandeis
Hale County Delegates to EBL El Paso
Hale County held its convention at the courthouse in Plainview to endorse the Wilson administration and oppose Ferguson. Pearce, Jim Oakes, and H K J Skaggs were chosen to represent Hale County at the El Paso convention.
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ELETS
EBL
Paso
Associated Press
Plainview
Tex
Court House
Wilson
Ferguson
Planked Pearce
Jim Oakes
H K J. Skaggs
el Paso
President Grant Steamship Recalled Amid War Tensions
The Hamburg American line steamer President Grant in Europe has been recalled due to the war and wired to return to New York, reversing its planned voyage and signaling heightened tensions at sea.
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Associated Press
New York
President Grant
Europe
Ates Axing Plans In This Country Strives For Stringency
Partial readable lines show debate over financial stringency and efforts to prevent adverse outcomes. No clear names or dates are legible, but the fragment suggests government actions aimed at reducing expenditures and safeguarding fiscal stability.
United States Considers Good Offices in European Conflict
Washington reports indicate the United States may offer good offices to mediate war tensions in Europe. Officials study dispatches from American embassies as Germany France and Britain seek U S help to handle diplomatic interests in distressed countries. A neutral stance will be preserved until the crisis clarifies and expatriate Americans face financial disruption from disrupted exchanges and cancelled sails.
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Associated Press
Washington
BD. C
Europe
Wilson
Bryan
State Department
United States
Pacific
Germany
France
Great Britain
Eure
Canal treaties amended to allow foreign ships under American registry
In Washington the president and congressional leaders agreed on amendments to the Panama Canal act to permit foreign ships to sail under American registry. Passage of the measure will be pursued on Monday to avert disruption of trans Atlantic shipping and protect American crop exports.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
America
Congress
Austrians Called Home By AP Proclamation
In Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma all Austrians and Hungarians were urged to serve in their country’s armed forces. Consul Dr John Selhwensel issued the proclamation directing residents to join the colors.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
John Selhwensel
War declared as Germany declares war on Raswa
By Associated Press and Waris France August Russian Ambassador Miswolski met Premier Vivianni at eleven tonight to inform him that Germany had declared war on Raswa.
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Associated Press
Waris
France
Miswolski
Vivianni
Germany
Raswa
Austria Offers Troop Withdrawal From Servia
An unofficial but credible report from Paris says Austria Hungary has offered to withdraw troops from Servia and submit grievances to an international conference through the Associated Press.
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Austria
Associated Press
Paris
France
Austria-Hungary
Servia
Try to Destroy Cable Off Roedvig
German torpedo boat destroyers outside Danish waters attempted to cut the cable to Russia at Roedvig Denmark but failed. The event occurred August 1 in Copenhagen.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Denmark
Danish Sea
Russia
Roedvig
Hemphile County Delegates Endorse Wilson Administration
The Hemphile County Democratic convention elected delegates to the state convention at El Paso. W. A. Palmer D B Hoover and Judge B W Baker were chosen as delegates and Palmer introduced a resolution endorsing President Wilson and the Congress leaders which passed unanimously.
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Democratic Party
W. A. Palmer
D. B. Hoover
B W. M. Baker
el Paso
Wilson
Congress
Anchor of the Maine Put on Display in Reading Park
Reading Pa August 1 The anchor of the battleship Maine destroyed in Havana harbor in 1898 was unveiled in a Reading park. After the ship was raised the anchor was acquired by the city and placed as a memorial to sailors who died. Governor Tener and other public figures attended the ceremonies.
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Reading
Maine
Havana Harbor
Tener
Global Power Blocs and War Readiness
The piece outlines the Triple Entente of England France and Russia and the Triple Alliance of Germany Austria and Italy. It cites war footing figures: Entente army 8 4 2 615 and ships 1440. Alliance army 8 602 150 and ships 612. It warns of unprecedented Europe scale warfare.
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England
France
Russia
Germany
Austia
Italy
Europe
Tria
Sue Lo
Mies
European crisis escalates to full war as Germany mobilizes
In London the German ultimatum to Russia expired at noon, the German emperor signed a mobilization order at 5 15, and at 7 30 the German ambassador delivered a declaration of war to Russia in the name of Germany. Europe faces a projected broader conflict with France as a likely early participant.
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Eng
Russia
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Europe
Germany
France
Associated Press
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Paris
Austria
William
Nicholas
Wilson Aims to Avert Strike on Western Railroads
President Wilson appealed to firemen and engineers to accept the Federal mediation plan to avert a threatened strike involving about fifty five thousand workers on 98 western railroads. Represented parties promised to consider the proposal and give a definite answer Monday.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Federal Board of Mediation
German fleet units head toward Skagerack at night
A Flushing dispatch reports seventeen German fleet units moving north in the North Sea with lights out as British squadrons cruise nearby north of Flushing. In Chicago two armed men robbed George M Cohan's theatre after a matinee, fleeing with six thousand dollars.
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Associated Press
Antwerp
Belgium
Flushing
Netherlands
North Sea
Skagerack
Rloushing
Cohan’s
Chicago
George M Cohan
Russian Capital Roars With War Spirit After German Action
In St Petersburg Count Von Pourtales and the German embassy staff left the city after Germany declared war on Russia. Crowds filled the capital in patriotic displays with portraits of the emperor, waving flags, blazing torches, and national anthems as speakers addressed the gathering.
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Sy Associated Prean
ST. Petersburg
Russia
Count von Pourtales
Germany
Weather summary from Washington forecast
Local forecast notes yesterday temperatures with 7am reading of 70 and highs near 95. West Texas shows thundershowers while the north and south regions are fair. Sunday and Monday expect fair conditions except showers in the West.
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Washington
Texas
French Premier Viviani Accuses Germany of Mobilization
In a second interview Viviani told German ambassador Von Schoen that Germany is mobilizing and that France will take precautionary steps. Von Schoen warned that frontier incidents could occur as tensions rise near the border.
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Paris
France
Viviani
Baron von Schoen
Viviant
First Engagement on German-Russian Frontier Reported
A German patrol near Prostkin in Berlin reported an exchange of fire this afternoon with a Russian patrol on the frontier. The Germans returned fire and claimed no losses.
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Berlin
Germany
Prostkin
Italy Declares Neutrality Amid War Tensions
The dispatch notes Italy's neutrality while Germany mobilizes and Britain weighs aiding France. Paris sees protests as Germany shifts toward war, with changes in the French cabinet and warnings of broad European conflict.
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Sir Edward Grey
Foreign Office
Buckingham Palace
King George
Great Britain
England
France
Germany
Paris News Dispatch
Viviani
Theophile Delcasse
Eugene Georges Clemenceau
West End
Canada Proposes Contingent Force for England
Ottawa reports a formal offer of military contingents to England, with twenty thousand men possible and a potential rise to fifty thousand. The offer includes infantry cavalry and artillery as part of a forward force and aims to deter Austrian and Hungarian reservists from leaving Canada as war spirit grows.
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Ottawa
Ont
England
Canda
Canada
Thrilling Scenes as Paris Mobilizes for War
Paris reports show a council of ministers in session after a mobilization announcement. Throngs filled boulevards waving flags and singing the Marseillaise while cries of On to Berlin rang out. Tourists fled hotels as trainmen and others volunteered for service.
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Paris
Council of Ministers
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