Deadly Gulf Storm Ravages Texas Coast Heavily
Houston reports indicate well over one hundred known dead with twice that number missing after a hurricane struck the southeastern Texas coast Monday and Tuesday. Galveston tally seen near 101 with uncertain city total, while Texas City endures the heaviest human toll at thirty two drowned. Other fatalities listed at Surfside, Morgan's Point, Wallaceville, Lynchburg and Port Arthur as relief work proceeds.
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Houston
Texas
Galveston
Texas City
United States Army
Surfside
Morgan's Point
Wallaceville
Lynchburg
Port Arthur
Kay
Anahuac
United States
W. T. Miller
Trinity River
Wallisville
Moss Point
Edwin Carter
John E. Green
Federal District Attorney
Galvez
Green
Federal
Hotel
Archie McDouffle
Waxhatchie
Terminal
Hquol
Henry Hellman
Alvin
Harrie County
Hounton
Anahuag
Beaumont
Parminter
Hollover
Mr. Kirkland
Jackson Ranch
Chambera County
David Neal
Saratoga
Errick
Sour Lake
Ira Griffith
Wechey
Murphy
Hugh Jackson
Big Ranch
Chambers County
Theodore Clemmons
Claude Roberts
R. P. Cantwell
Cantwell
Galveston Hurricane Devastates Texas Coast and Relief Rushes In
Flooding and 90 mph winds devastate Galveston and coastal towns. Dredges San Jacinto and Sam Houston lost with 108 crew. relief flights and trains deliver water, medical supplies, and food to Galveston Bay districts. Martial law imposed as troops guard debris and aid progress.
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Amhuac
Houston
Jenninga Istana
San Leon
Besbrooke
Cedar Bayou
Freeport
iSour Lake
Orange
Alvin
San Jacinto Battleground
Dickinson
Sam Houston
San Jacinto
Bolivar
Oreage San Bernardo
Virginia Point
Patton
Hitchcock
Helen Henderson
Moss Bluff
Galveston Bay
Galveston
Texas City
Ferguson
Telies
United States
Houston Ship Canal
Texas City Channel
North American Dredging Company
Leading Men Invited in Camp of Rookies
Major General Leonard Wood sent invitations to President Wilson and 38 others to the Plattsburg military camp. The list includes Woodrow Wilson, Lindley M. Garrison, Henry Breckenridge, General Scott, Elihu Root, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Bernard Baruch, Mortimer Schiff, Endicott Peabody, and many other officials, ex Secretaries of War, college presidents, and state adjutants general.
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Genera Wood
Plattsburg Camp
Leonard Wood
Wilson
Garrison
Plattsburg
Woodrow Wilson
Lindley M. Garrison
Henry 8. Breckenridge
Hugh L. Scott
Elihu Hoot
Roosevelt
William C. Gorgas
Henry L. Higginson
Boston
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J. F P. O'Ryan
New York National Guard
Charles H. Cole
Massachusetts National Guard
George M. Cole
Connecticut National Guard
Luke H. Wright
Henry L. Stimson
Jacob M. Dickinson
Georges W. Wickersham
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale
Abbott L. Lowell
Harvard
John C. Hibben
Princeton
Jacob G. Schurman
Cornell
H. A. Garfield
Williams
Clarence §. Wadsworth
Wilbur P. Sadler
Robert 8. Oliver
Charles, B. Dougherty
Endicott Peabody
Groton School
Vienna Celebrates Emperor Francis Joseph Birthday
Amsterdam and Vienna mark the eighty fifth birthday of Emperor Francis Joseph with telegrams from Emperor William and German princes. William orders Austrian flags in German cities as the ruler spends the day quietly at Austrian staff headquarters, with two banquets attended by Wilhelm and the military suite.
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Amsterdam
London
Francis Joseph
Vienna
Berlin
Wiliam
Austria
Hungury
William
William of
Germany
Huge Allied Gold Shipment Plans Signal Exchange Gain
London reports a potential coordinated gold shipment by Allies to restore confidence in Britain’s credit. Papers note ongoing talks with no firm plan yet, aiming to ease funds for British public debt and encourage American investors to buy British securities. The Times and Daily Mail discuss treasury gold bills and joint French and Russian contributions to a large transfer.
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London
Great Britain
Telegraph
America
France
Russia
United States
The
Times
Treasury
New York
Post
Daily Mall
Chest Protectors at Pittsburg Post Cartoon
A Chinese visitor questions Western dress politics as a Pittsburg Post cartoon jokes that bandaged feet match the era’s fashion. The quip notes the 1914 outbreak of spats in a playful exchange about footwear and propriety.
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Pittsburg
Playground Festival At Piedmont Park Today
Thousands of Atlanta children attend a playground festival set for 4 PM at Piedmont Park. The event was postponed from Wednesday due to weather, with Mrs Florence M Tibbets confirming the same program. Public and parents are urged to attend as the playground season closes strong, big weekly numbers the past weeks.
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Atlanta
Piedmont Park
Florence M. Tibbets
Walker Named Director of New Orleans Branch Bank
Washington August 19 The federal reserve board approved Marcus B Walker of New Orleans as a class B director of the New Orleans branch of the federal reserve bank at Atlanta and as manager of the New Orleans aunt.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Marcus B. Walker
New Orleans
Federal Reserve Bank
Atlanta
Marines Take Another Haitian Town Invasion Report
Washington reports that one company of U S Marines landed at Et Mare and took control of the town, the Castine and St Mare operations aiming to guard the Ortan food supply. Resistance to the landing failed as armed opposition dissolved and some residents fled to the mountains. An editorial survey notes rapid drainage erosion in the area, with surface wear at about an inch per year.
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Washington
Et Mare
Hait
Navy Department
Admiral Caperton
U.S. 8
Castine
St Mare
Harth
Ortan Prince
St Mure
Witenes
Reina of Drainage
Hada
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Kenton Hall
Atlanta Dental
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Iver
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Hotel Galvez
Twenty-Aith Street
Avenue M
Anahusa
Walligville
Galeeston Bay
Name Walker
N. O. Branch Bank
U. S. Marines
St. Marc
Buck Bros. CO
Whitehall
Palm Beach
Cloud-Stanford Co
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