Peace Efforts in Mexico Postpone Scuttle to End Hostilities
The Pan American conference adjourned in Washington with no divergence on peace aims for Mexico. Latin American diplomats will liaise with their governments as Secretary Lansing and President Wilson confer. A draft appeal to Mexican factions was being prepared to urge peace beyond military interests. Major General Scott heads to the Mexican border to discuss Villa’s recent seizures and mining suspensions, delaying Villa’s travel to Chihuahua City.
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Mexico
New York
Lansing
Wilson
Tune
Nother
State Department
Scott
Will
War Department
el Paso
Texas
Paso
Villa
Chihuahua City
Juarez
Mining Corporation
General Scott
Chintahua City
Progressive Party Convenes in Albany Plan Roundup
George W. Perkins and 28 progressives from across New York state met in Albany to pledge party fealty and urge dissatisfied voters to join. Speakers, including Harrison Deyo and Perkins, urged tariff reform for peace and warned of cheap-labor imports. The gathering eyed a September party roundup.
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Albany
N.Y
George W. Perkins
Harrison Deyo
Yonkers
Perking
United States
Europe
Progressive Party
Iill
Roosevelt
Progress addressed by Perkins and naval hold on Port au Marcussian towns
Uncle Samm negotiates amid trade of peace as naval forces seize Port au Marcussian towns and evacuations occur. inference points to Mexico. Sports note mentions Go terrors and Imperial valley telegraph news. State and Anaconda items appear with burglar catches in Woodcraft area and a blind man praised for concord. Night schools, street railway fairs, and district court Mexicans feature in scattered items.
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Perkins
Samm
Port Au Marcussian
Mexico
Imperial Valley
Telegraphic
Anaconda
Baltorial FC
Woodcraft
Montana
Goldberg
Walkerville
Convicts in Truck Hit by Switch Engine in Salem
Three convicts in an automobile truck were struck by a railroad switch engine in Salem Ore as armed guards pursued them. Two are feared fatally injured, others had minor cuts and bruises. The convicts had been returning from flax field work and feared jumping due to the guards. The driver could not hear the oncoming engine amid the noise.
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Ore
Salem, Falls City & Western Railroad
Gared
Uncle Sam's Agents Invading the World
Washington reports a flying squad of government commercial scouts will map world markets to challenge European dominance. Joan Home and Frank H. von Mote will lead inquiries across South Africa, Australia, the Far East, and Latin America, while special agents study furniture, apparel, fruit, and cotton goods markets. The effort spans nearly a year and aims to boost U.S. export opportunities, following a bureau note that 6,000 trade opportunities yielded exports around $125 million.
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Wworld
Europe
Pratt
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
South America
Afrtea
Australia
European War
Joan Home
Frank H. von Mote
Home
South Africa
Far East
von Mots
South American
Latin America
Edwin M. Borchard
Walter Pisener
United States
R. M. Odell
China
Helena Eagles Win Prize At Big Meet
Spokane Aug 6 The Grand Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles held events with Seattle and Milwaukee placing high. Helena Mont won first prize of 100 dollars in the military drill judged by U S Army officers and Milwaukee earned 50. The ritual prize money totaled 1000 800 600 400 and 200 dollars. The grand aerie aimed to bolster the order in smaller cities as delegates prepared to travel to Portland and San Francisco for Eagles Day at the exposition.
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Grand Aerie
Order of Eales
Seattle de Kation
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Portland
San Francisco
Milwaukee Erie
Eagles
Wash
Helena
Mont
Milwaukee
Saltillo Goal Sought by Villa Forces
Laredo Texas Aug 6 Fighting for possession of Saltillo capital of Coahuila has continued for days. Travelers say Villa garrison still controls Saltillo and Monterey. Saltillo suffers ice famine as workers strike. hospital wards crowded with wounded. Ferdinard Sulzberger dies in a Constance sanitarium. Sebastian Vargas Jr Chihuahua state treasurer reportedly executed Wednesday on Villa orders.
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Laredo
Texas
Saltillo
Coahuilla
Monterey
Villa
Vaso
Sexas
Chihuahua City
Sebastian Vargas Jr
Chihuahua
Two American Steamers Seized by the Germans
News reports Malmo Sweden via London say the American steamers Liama and Wico bound for Stockholm with petroleum were seized by the Germans and towed to Swinemunde. The Liama was taken August 4 near Lillegrande and the Wico August 5 near Ocre Land.
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Sweden
London
Los P. m
Liama
Wico
America
Stockholm
Swinemunde
Lillegrande
Who
Ocre Land
American Forces Take Port Au Prince in Haiti Occupation
American naval forces seized the port office and national palace in Port au Prince and occupied the Haitian gunboat Pacifique arriving under fire that killed a Haitian. The move sparked consternation among residents as Haiti’s senate president denounced the occupation and a meeting of the national assembly was called for Sunday to elect a new president of the republic.
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National Palace
Pacifique
Port An Prince
Senate
Solon Menor
Halten
New
Rosalvo Boboatson
United States
National Assembly
Eastland Indictments Not Before Next Week
Chicago Aug 6 no indictments against those responsible for the Eastland disaster will be returned until next week. Federal and state grand juries adjourned until Tuesday while Commerce Secretary Redfield completes vacation plans. In Ohio a passenger train near Georgeville, a discharge of the engineer’s heart disease led to his death, lifeless at the throttle. International Apple Shippers elect officers in Chicago with W. J. Hearty of Boston as president and RG Phillip Rochester as secretary.
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Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Pitufield
Maso
Washington
Columbus
Onlo
Aug
Owen
Big Four
Georgeaville
William Quinlan
International Apple Shippers’ Association
W. J. Hearty
Boston
Ben F. Hitz
Indianapolis
W. M. French
New York
RG. Phillip Rochester
N.Y
Teutons advance in West Russia amid evacuations
Russian forces retreat from key forts along the Vistula and nearby rivers as German Austro forces push toward Novo Georgievsk and Brest Litovsk. Evacuations continue from Riga and Kovno while Warsaw and surrounding positions prepare for siege as Russian lines shift eastward.
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Warsaw
Vistula
Pield Marshal von Hindenburg
Usini
Tu Nan
The Sunday Standard Brimful Brightest Weekly Paper
The Sunday Standard presents Mount Powell highlights Butte playground facts and possibilities. The issue teases The Truth About the Zone a traveler to the San Francisco exposition and Rev Jerry Rounder’s final optimistic sermon. Includes saunterings cartoons fashions sports theaters and world news.
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Butte
San Francisco Exposition
Jerry Rounder
Briggs and Goldberg
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