Carranza Gains Time by Asking Questions
Washington reports Carranza delays response to Pan American peace appeal. Acuna asked if Pan American diplomats acted in official capacity. Officials see no reason for rapid reply as debate continues. Secretary Lansing met with Argentina and Guatemalan ministers and British envoy Spring-Rice on the Mexican situation.
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Washington
Vera Cruz
State Department
Jesup Acuna
Carranza
Carrange
Acuna
Siltiman
Carranze
Mexico City
General Obregon
Camn
Paign
Villa
Lansing
Argentina
Juan Ortega
Mexico
M. Mendez
United States
Cecil Spring-Rice
Great Britain
US Missionaries Sail for Persia on United States
Nine American missionaries including five physicians sail today on the steamship United States to Persia. Drs Wilder Bills, Mary Fleming, J Davidson Frame, Mary J Smith, Hofmann, Mrs C A Douglas, Rev Dwight Donaldson, and Miss Mary Cowden travel to northern and eastern Persia to provide medical aid amid reports of massacres and Kurdish fighting nearby. They depart via Scandinavia, Finland, Russia, and the Caspian Sea, aiming to reach Persia in late September.
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New York
Presbyterian Aid of Foreign Missions
Persia
United States
Copantas
Wilder P. Bills
Helena, Mont
Mary Flemming
Hinsdale
West Persia
Torey
J. Davidson Frame
Philadelphia
Mary J. Smith
Sarah Br Rolla
Hofmann
Leipsic
Ohio
C. A. Douglas
Portland
Ore
Dwight Donaldson
Blantington
Woo
Mary
Cowden
Washington
Persbyterian Board
Scandinavia
Finland
Russa
Caspian Sea
Pere
Seventy Kentuckians Held as Night Riders
Hartford August 26 six persons today were added to the sixty four previously indicted in Ohio county on night riding charges. The grand jury sat in one division of the circuit court. Trials of those with true bills already returned were under way. Two pleaded guilty and were sentenced. A music teacher named Hirdbee faced trial as a member of a band. Reuben Howard and his wife were beaten on June 12 at Horton. lack of industry was given as the motive for the assault.
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Hartford
Ohio
Cipy
Eixty
Ants
Hirdbee
Reuben Howard
Horton
Howard
Nineteen British Merchantmen Sunk by U Boats Week Ended Aug 25
London reports during the week ending August 25, nineteen Brit merchant vessels totaling 76 000 gross tons and three fishing craft were destroyed by submarines or mines. It marks a high activity for German U boats this war week. Fourteen steamers totalling 27 698 gross tons were sunk August 19 and 20. The largest was the Arabic. Ten of the losses were British and four were under neutral flags.
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London
Delano Proposes Minister Salary Scale Across Towns
Frederick A. Delano, vice governor of the Federal Reserve Board, told a Unitarian conference that an adequate minister salary varies by town. He proposed minimums from $1,000 with a parsonage in towns under 5,000 to $4,000 with a parsonage in cities over 250,000, noting many churches pay less.
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San Francisco
Frederick A. Delano
Federal Reserve Board
General Conference of
Unitarian and
Committee On Ministers
British Ship With Gun Held At Newport News
Newport News August 26 customs officials refused clearance to the British steamer Waimana from Marseilles to Buenos Aires after a 4 inch gun was found mounted on her main deck aft. Washington will decide tomorrow if the Waimana may clear with the armament under an informal U S Great Britain agreement. The ship docked for coal in Newport News.
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Newport News
Casstoms
Marseilles
Buenos Aires
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Holmes
Treasury
State Departments
France
South America
Warning of New Flood Threat in Arkansas
A flood warning from the Weather Bureau warns of rising water on the Black and White rivers in Arkansas. Heavy rains in the basin have heightened flood fears for Newport and other towns. levees near Des Arc have broken after efforts to hold back the waters. Milton Vaughan of Little Rock health department was sent to Newport to aid relief and appeal for clothing and supplies. Steps are being taken to prevent disease outbreaks.
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Itle Rock
Ark
Weather Bureau
Black River
White River
Newport
Des
Milton Vaughan
Health Department of
Little Rock
Cremation Prompts Ritual Revisions at aM A Convention
The Cremation Association of America opens its third annual convention in Buffalo with President Hugo Erichsen reporting rising membership and a Chicago cremation literature library. He suggests revising fraternal burial rituals to align with cremation as cremations rise nationwide.
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Buffalo
Cremation Association of America
Hugo Erichsen
Detroit
Chicago
Garibaldi Son Wounded in Austrian Fighting
From Udine Italy August 26 Ezia Garibaldi son of General Ricciotto Garibaldi and grandson of the famed Giuseppe Garibaldi was severely wounded in the face during clashes with Austrian forces.
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Udine
Italy
Paris
Ezia Garibaldi
Ricciotto Garibald
Garibaldi
Garrison Demands Roosevelts Plattsburg Speech Stop
Washington reports Secretary Garrison telegraphed Major General Leonard Wood decrying Roosevelt's Plattsburg camp speech as harmful to the training experiment. Roosevelt said he alone bore responsibility for his remarks and accused the administration of overreach.
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Washington
Garrison
Leonard Wood
Citizen
Plattsburg
N.Y
Roosevelt
Wilson
Wood
War Department
New
Taft
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
United States
Germany
Mexico
Big Shells Thrown 3 Miles Into Air At 10-Foot Target
On August 26 at Port Totten near New York harbor a test replicated warfare with 700 pound mortars firing eighteen rounds into a moving target 12,000 yards off shore. Observers at Sands Point watched by telephone while gunners on a lighted float fired under searchlight for a second round. Hits were not counted and results would take days to determine.
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New York
Long Island Sound
Port Totten
New York Harbor
Sands Point
Pyerails
Duel Ends in Death of Deputy in Santiago
Senor EBehamondes, a member of the chamber of deputies, died today in Santiago from wounds suffered in a duel with another deputy. The duel arose from a trivial political dispute.
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Santiago
Nue
Senor Ebehamondes
Chamber of Deputies
Gold Still Flowing Into Bank of France
Paria reports continued gold inflows to the Bank of France at about 90 million francs weekly with 2.5 million francs from reconquered Alsace. New 25 franc and 1 franc bonds spur war loan investment among workers and trigger child savings deposits. France sent 200 million francs in gold to England this week to support exchange stability between Paris and London amid rising rates.
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Paria
Bank of France
Alsace
England
Paris
London
Pound Sterling Sinks to Record Low in Foreign Exchange
New York reports the English pound sterling fell to a record low of 34.63% of a dollar amid a de moralized market, with traders fearing further declines. Reichsmarks rose, francs slipped, and analysts blamed war-related US demand for imports. Bankers remain hopeful for foreign credit relief as German money strengthens on diplomatic easing.
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New York
Reichsmarks
United States
Germany
France Delays Naming Delegates on Finance
Paris reports the French Ministry of Finance has not appointed delegates to join British officials in New York in September to discuss securing credit balances in the United States to stabilize the exchange rate. Ribot and M. Paliain met Reginald McKenna to coordinate. accord between governments noted. If large gold shipments are needed, the Russian government may be consulted.
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Paris
Ministry of Finance
New York
United States
Finance
Ribot
M. Paliain
Bank of France
Boulogne
Reginald McKenna
Christens New Destroyer Porter Christened at Cramp Yard
The 11 year old granddaughter of Rear Admiral Porter christened the torpedo boat destroyer Porter launched today at Cramp ship yard. Porter expected to exceed contract speed of 29 knots. Ship measures 315 feet with 1000 ton displacement.
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Pallaverpuen
Aacuse
Sans Aeurs
Giana Porter Cusacis
Porter
Cramp Ship Yard
Haiti Given More Time For Action On Treaty
Washington August 26 Haiti parliament has until September 17 to act on a proposed treaty under which the United States would extend a ten year financial protectorate. Marines will remain in principal cities to curb anarchy. The senate must ratify. An executive modus vivendi may operate if parliament accepts the draft. Customs houses are already under naval control and funds diverted for expenses. Officials hope for prompt ratification when Congress meets in December.
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Washington
Haiti
United States
Little Republic
Charge Davis
Port Au Prince
United States Senate
Haltien
Caperton
Spring Vacation Proposed For City Schools
The board discusses a broader spring break plan to host a summer institute led by prominent educators from across the country for teachers citywide. Professor Dykes opposes a yearly high school annual as too costly and not as beneficial for student training in journalism.
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Curamer
Tita
Sutulen
Calls College Couple Four Years Of Loafing
Oakland California August 26 Thomas M Baltich dean of the School of Pedagogy New York University addressed the Congress on Vocational Education and Practical Arts meeting here with the National Educational Association noting that the present college term means four years of loafing He suggested splitting the four years into two two year terms with two years of general training followed by two years in professional schools
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Oakland
Cal
Thomas M. Baltich
School of Pedagogy
New York University
Congress On
Vocational Education and Practical Arts
National Educational Association
Ballict
Note to Dual Empire Studied in Vienna
Vienna reports the American note to Austro Hungary on munitions to Europe is being roughed and studied in the foreign ministry and will then be answered. The dispatch was published here with the line indicating Washington declined to halt munitions shipments.
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Vienna
London
Austra-Hungary
Washington
Europe
Five men jailed for Phillips killing near Topton
Asheville N C August 26 Albert Tolbert and two unnamed men were arrested by a Graham County sheriff's posse at Topton and jailed in Robbinsville charged as accomplices in the murder of wealthy farmer PB L Phillips who lived near Topton. Hardy Winging and Merritt Miller, arrested last night, confess to being an accessory after the fact. Ed Williams, charged with killing Phillips's wife and two children last May, was said seen around Topton. A heavy guard was set at Robbinsville and officials anticipated possible efforts to free the suspects.
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Asheville
N. G
Albert | Tolbert
Topton
Robbinsville
PB. L. Phillips
Hardy Winging
Merritt Miller
Phillips
Graham County
Ed Williams
Williams
Storm kills fourteen at Cape San Antonio
Fourteen people died near Cape San Antonio Cuba during a powerful hurricane. Captain H. Borden of the schooner Caroline Vought reported the wireless station there badly damaged and unusable. He also described beaching a fruit schooner and towing a damaged vessel Explorer inland after two hours of storm at sea. Only United States Fruit Company employees remained as locals in the area. The station has been cut off from communication since the storm.
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Tampa
Fia
Cape San Antonio
Cuba
H. ©. Borden
Borden
Explorer
St. Andrews
Ceira
United States Fruit Company
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