Robbery Bludgeons Woman as Jewelry Is Looted in Butte
Mrs. Joe Klafti was bound and gagged by three masked men in her Pennsylvania block home at 11 pm. Diamonds valued at 2500 dollars were ripped from her fingers while $31 was taken from her purse. Neighbors intervened, revealing improvised restraints, with one warranting close police follow up.
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Joe Klafski
Pennsylvania Block
Park Street
Lene Metpress
Joe Klaftki
Saloom
Butts
Pass Up Prohibition Plot Halted by Texas Convention
Instructions to the legislature to pass a prohibition amendment resolution were rejected as a plank in the state platform by the Texas Democratic Convention tonight. The move reflects ongoing party divisions over temperance policy and legislative strategy within Houston’s conventions.
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Houston
Texas
Railroad mediation and mining alert in state news
The day’s state items include railroad men submitting to mediation and mining figures noting a poison victim. Italians report on Gariai state news and wheat prices rise while an Anaconda brief notes a death from contact with live wire.
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Hughes
Gariai
Anaconda News
Butte News
Billings
Goldbere
Butte Playhouses
Wall Street Close
Hughes Critiques Administration On Preparedness In St Paul
Aug Chart Hughes spoke in the auditorium assailing the administration’s preparedness policy as inadequate and urged that reasonable preparedness be a primary duty. He stressed a strong stance on border issues, national guard use at the border, and condemned embargo policies toward Mexico. He framed American loyalty as unity and pledged to strengthen the army to perform military duty.
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Chart Hughes
Hughes
National Guard
America
Mexico
Senate
Lewis
Thinets
National defense bill moves toward final passage
Washington reports the army bill nearly complete and the navy bill to be taken up next. Congress approved the army measure after House and Senate differences, with final totals at 267 million. Some Democrats threatened a roll call vote, but none occurred. President Wilson backs the large naval building program and expects swift approval.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Senate
House
Kitchin
Dies
Texas
Highwaymen Miss Forty Thousand Payroll in Utah Robbery
In Highland Bay Bingham Utah three armed robbers forced clerk Edward Civizki to open the safe and took 3000 in currency as proprietor E Zwickey arrived with 40000 for payroll. Deputies and 20 men pursued the Mexicans who ditched horses and hid in brush but were captured and the money recovered.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Highland Bay
Bingham
Edward Civizki
E. Zwickey
French torpedo boat destroyer sinks Austrian submarine
A French torpedo boat destroyer torpedoed an Austrian submarine north of the Island of Corfu, sinking it. The Athens dispatch notes the loss is censored and details remain uncertain.
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London
Cormi
Exchange Telegraph Company
Athens
Tax on copper export plan sparks senate split
Aug 8 dispatch reports the Hughes backed plan to tax exporters of copper and other goods, labeling it an export tax but proponents say only exporters pay while producers bear the cost. The committee adjourned with opposition citing constitutional concerns. A separate hotel poison case in Michigan Avenue involves Morris and Davis, with Davis found dead fully dressed and wife Cordelia Playfair connected to the investigation.
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Hughes
New Jersey
Oereign
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Davis
Vancouver
British Columbia
Morris Davis
Davie
Polte
Mia
Mix
Morse Eaton Davis
St Cloud
Mint
Cordelia Playfair St
Prominent Mining Promoter Morris Davis Death Silence
Aug 9 Vancouver reports Morris Davis a Victoria BC resident connected to mining company flotations and inventor of an explosive shell. His Chicago hotel death is treated as suspected self harm with unclear Helena ties. Washington says Germany allowed publication of Lusitania case note from Count von Berstorff.
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Vancouver
Morris Davis
Chicago
Victoria
British Columbia
Helena
Mont
Washington
United States
Germany
Lusitania
Count von Berstorff
Cloudburst Tragedy Leaves Region In Shock
A devastating cloudburst causes numerous deaths and widespread damage across districts including Dry Branch and surrounding towns. Governor and state officials announce emergency measures as communities confront waterlogged roads, missing persons, and collapsed infrastructure amid a Sunday school excursion tragedy and related incidents.
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Pett Eer
Ieee
Telleea
Jousy Coreading
Oliesead
Ase Arts Pagsliysirdirs
Nationel Bucea
Hathald
Suffrage Banner Flown From Pike's Peak Summit
National Woman's Party banner unfurled on Pike's Peak in Colorado Springs to mark a Tuesday conference. National Chairman Miss Anne Martin of Nevada dedicated the purple white and gold banner to the suffrage cause.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Lute Fragists
National Woman's Party
Uns
Pike's Peak
Anne Martin
Nevada
Mediation Accepted by Railroad Men in National Dispute
The United States board of mediation and conciliation was meeting to settle the 490000 railroad employees dispute. President Wilson may be asked to intervene if talks fail, as managers and unions seek a peaceful settlement after months of negotiation.
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Leve
Progressive Party
Republican” Party
Great West
United States
Federal Board
New York
United States Board of Mediation and Conctitration
Wilso
Sion
Interstate Coerced Commission
On Wasen Andrates
J. W. Higainn
Western Hallroads
G. J. Walker
Bureau of Information
Enamalia
Charen I Sesh Jor
The
Southeastern Railways
Rac Os
Hanger
Saale
Garretson
Order of
Federal Board of Mediation Not Conctliation
Ur “Girretson
Mameeres’ Conference Committee
Washington
Wilson
White House
Mediation Board
Ted Mtr Wilson
Fis
Italians Move On Triest as Russians Reach Lemberg Front
Allied offensives across France Galicia and Italy reported strong gains. Italians capture Gorizia and push toward Triest while Russian forces advance near Stanislau and along the Tyamienitsa line as Austro German troops retreat north of the Somme. Continuous fighting and territorial gains noted with heavy casualties and prisoner counts.
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Associated Press
Austria
Goria
Gorizia
Triest
Adriatic Sea
Rome
Itar
Letehiteky
Stanislau
Lemberg
Tysmien'tsa
Somme River
France
Ponteres
Ft Tn
Verdun
Thiaumont
Lane and Brandeis Named Mexican Boundary Commissioners
President Wilson selects Franklin K. Lane as interior secretary and Louis D. Brandeis of the Supreme Court to form a joint U S Mexico border commission. Formal American membership will be announced after the third commissioner is approved. Acting Secretary Polk confirms the plan amid assurances from the Mexican envoy.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
Atment
Justic Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Joint Commission
United States
Mexico
Polk
Ellico Atredondgy
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Grand Iodge
Ates
ST. Paul
SAP
Commett
Arrrans
Orris Davis
West
Supfrage
Gen. W. Hanger
Rossman
Tysmienitea
Koropice
Velesniovo
Nizhioff-Monasiierzyka
Alice
Tyamienitss
Stokovohea
Berlin
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Tarazov
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Brandeis
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