Diplomatic tension over sinking of passenger ship
The sinking of the passenger steamer Ar agam, despite warnings, caused surprise as no contraband was on board. President Wilson sought details and ordered rapid information flow while Secretary Lansing refused comment. The U S. declined to pursue life or property claims for ships torpedoed after due warning, citing ample notice and noncompliance.
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United States
Wilson
Gregory
Thompson
Queenstown
Glving
Langing
Whitehouse
Lansing
Case
John Wall
State Department
Department
Missing Atlanta convention stein with music box tale
Police investigated a request from W oJ Fraser asking officers to recover a missing beer stein. The mug, a souvenir from a 1912 Atlanta convention, supposedly contains a music box producing Home Sweet Home and Dixie. The stein, if found, will be returned to its owner.
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Home, Sweet Home
Dixie
W Oj Fraser
Evening Watch
Sergeant Bollard
Mir Fraser
Mr Fraser
Negro-Owned Property Shows Large Increase
Boston reports at the National Negro Business League session detail fifteen year growth in farm property owned by Negroes. Officers of affiliated bodies presented progress accounts noting value rising from 1,? million to 493? million, highlighting substantial gains in ownership and enterprise since the league's formation.
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Boston
National Negro Business League
Two Mexicans Taken From Jail and Killed in Texas
Brownsville report says two Mexicans held in San Benito jail in connection with last week’s Austin killing were removed in the absence of guards and murdered three days ago. The bodies were found yesterday. The Mercedes killing of four Mexicans, alleged members of a band that killed Private Windhouse, U S Army, is confirmed.
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Brownsville
Texas
San Benito
Austin
Sebastian Road
Mercedes
Mambergj
Windhouse
United States Army
Arabic Sinks After Torpedo Hit Off Irish Coast
Survivors of the Arabic tell of torpedo attack by a German submarine off the Irish coast near Fastnet. Captain Finch and key crew saved, many passengers and crew injured or drowned. Queenstown and Cork region authorities rushed aid as boats and rafts were towed in.
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Liverpool
Will Finch
Logan
Kenneth Douglas
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London
Mfe
Queenstown
Lusitania
Belfast
Harland & Wolff
New York
Bureau of Combustibles
New York City
Iriab Sea
St George's Channel
Poate Acanthy
Hulme Nebeker
Utah
iMinch
Tng
Nebekeraid
Een
Finch
Austrian General Frees by Courtmartial
Berlin reports Austrian General Moritz von Autffenberg former minister of war was acquitted by court martial on a Vienna dispatch. The charge claimed he transmitted army secrets about mobilization and dispositions to a retired officer, potentially endangering army interests.
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Berlin
Tuckerton
Moritz von Autfenberg
Vienna
Ameney Toda
von Schwarz
List of Americans Rescued from Arabic Survivors Named
New York on August 19 reports first survivor lists from the Arabic disaster. Nine Americans are named among cabin passengers including Collins, McTamney, Nolan, Hoode, Shrimpton, and Mrs Burgess. A second list adds five more Americans such as Covington Hulme Nebeker Bruguiere and Day not on Americana Vies. Consular names include Nebeker, Houlihan, Elmore, McAllinter, Rowley, Covington, Bruguiere, Olsen, Colier, Shrimpton, McTamb.
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White Star Line
Cy Freand Se Jansen
Calmon
BWA
Collins Custopnes McTamney
Trenton
Nolan
Claude Hoode
Misa F Shrimpton
Fred Burgess
Louis Bruguiere
Zeltah Covington
Hulme Nebeker Cabis
London
Frederick Martin
Winston-Salem
John F
Martin
Day
Vies Consuls
Washington
A Hellme Nebeker
Loman
Utah
James Houlihan
Philadelphia
Thomas Elmore
George A. McAllinter
Chamberpleurs
Passengers Listed for Arabic From Liverpool
The White Star line released a list from Liverpool naming cabin passengers aboard the Arabic on its August sailing. Americans include Josephine I Bruguiere Bruguere Mr and Mrs Fred Burgess Mr and Mrs James Calmon Mr and Mrs F O W A Collins Mr and Mrs Zellah Covington James Houlihan Kev Dr E A McAlester Christopher McTammiec Leopold P Moore John Dolan Claude Hood Selies M Rowley Miss Shrimpton Hammond Woods Also listed are steerage travelers Thomas Elmore William Hughes J Kellett John Olson.
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White Star Line
Liverpool
Josephine I
Bruguiere
Bruguere
Fred Burgess
James Calmon
OW A. Collins
Mire
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James Houlihan
Kev
E A McAlester
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Leopold P Moore
Hulme Nebeker
John Dolan
Claude Hoode Selies
M Rowley
Misa Oe Shrimpton Hamond Woods
Thomas Elmore William Hughes J Kellett
John Olson
Allies Are Accused of Hiding the Truth
In Poland Russia and allies fight for liberty as German advances burn villages and drive people into desert or trains. The chancellor labels England hypocritical for accusing others of war lust while Germany cites 44 years of peace. He cites Belgian reports to argue Germany was attacked first and recounts proposals of neutrality after the Moroccan crisis.
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Russia
England
Egypt
Persia
Cane
Germany
Hhanestlor
Germany and Britain clash over war aims and neutrality
The chancellor defends a policy of benevolent neutrality while criticizing Britain and France for shifting formations from alliance to offense. He recounts German efforts to mediate with Russia, disputes English claims on neutrality, and argues that future European peace requires freeing nations from oppression and pursuing civilizational progress.
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