Mexican Civil War Battle Report Near Monterey
Reports from Laredo indicate intense fighting Tuesday near Monterey between Carranza and Villa forces. Villistas suffered heavy losses and retreated westward with about 600 killed and numerous wounded. Carranza losses around 200. The text includes Villa's partial reply to a Pan American peace appeal, noting acceptance of good offices for a delegates’ reunion to reach an agreement and preserve national honor.
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Tex
Carranza
Villa
Monterey
Nuevo Laredo
Villistas
San Hento
Austin
Sebastian
Mercedes
Windhouse
el Paso
Chihuahua
Convention
United States of America
Mexico
Robert Lansing
Eight Drownings Reported In Meramec Flood Near St Louis
Eight persons are reported dead as the Meramec river floods its banks after a sudden rise. Six drown at Valley Park and two at Meramec Highlands, with the river five feet higher than ever before. The flood forced people to climb into trees and sweeping rumors claim widespread destruction along the river. The total death toll in St Louis County rises to 22.
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St. Louis
Meramec
Valley Park
Meramec Highlands
British Submarine E18 Lost Off Danish Coast
The British submarine E18 was lost with 16 men off the Danish coast while en route to the Baltic Sea. Fifteen crew members were saved. The Admiralty announced the loss on Friday. E18 had been ordered to cooperate with the Australian Baltic fleet off Riga against the German fleet.
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London
Baltic Sea
Admiralty
Riga
Elihu Root Elected President of American Bar Association
East Lake City hosts the annual meeting of the American Bar Association with Elihu Root of New York unanimously chosen as president. The Aug 20 gathering confirms leadership for the legal organization.
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East Lake City
Elihu Root
New York
American Har Association
Senator Shively III Reported Critical in Brookfield Home
United States Senator Benjamin F. Shively of Indiana is reported critically ill at the Brookfield, Pennsylvania home of his parents. Shively has suffered ill health for months and is under medical care.
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Shively III. Laporte
Ind
United States
Benjamin F. Shively
Indiana
Brookfield
Shively
Auto bandits wounded in Perrysburg battle
In Perrysburg on August 24 a confrontation with two armed bandits left Laula Golin and Albert Bates wounded. A posse captured two others while Roy Schilling and Edward Boyle were arrested.
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Perrysburg
Laula Golin
Albert Bates
Roy Schilling
Edward Boyle
Novo Georgievsk Falls as Germans Capture Fort fortress
Berlin reports Novo Georgievsk, at the junction of the Vistula and Narew, has fallen after a 12 day siege. Six Russian generals and 5,000 soldiers were captured, with 700 cannons and 2,650 more prisoners taken as German forces completed the fall under General von Beseler and General von Gallwitz. Emperor William witnessed the siege.
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Berlin
Novogeorgieyvak
Vistula
Narew
von Beseler
Novogeorgievsk
von Gallwhia
Kovno
Dawina
Augustowo
Grodno
William
Turkish controls on Italians abroad raise concern
Aug. 20 report says the Turkish government revoked permission for Italians to depart and 6000 Italian reservists remain detained on Turkish soil. A Bucharest dispatch notes the figure among those affected.
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Tome
Bucharest
London
Mineral
Romulus
Paris
Albert Thomas
Cardinal Vannutelli Dies at Age Eighty One in Rome
Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli, dean of the Sacred College and influential to the papacy, dies at eighty one. Born November 26 1834 in Genazzano he served as bishop of Porto Santa Rufina and Ostia and held posts in Havana Luxemburg Brussels and Vienna before becoming cardinal March 14 1887.
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Rome
Serafino Vannutelli
Sacred College
Cardinal Vannutelli
Seca
Porto
Santa Rufina
Ostia
Leo XIII
Genazzano
Havanna
Bousder
Peru
Brussels
Vienna
Residents Quit Canal Zone Decline in Canal Zone Population
Washington reports Canal Zone population fell by 7,780 people, a 20 percent drop in one year. Analysts tie the decline to the canal's completion and fewer employees needed in the zone.
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Canal Zone
Washington
Clarence Funk Gerioinly II Ill at Home in South Bend
Clarence Funk of South Bend Indiana formerly with International Harvester is reported seriously ill at J. D. Oliver’s home. Attempts to determine the illness have failed and details remain unavailable as of August 24.
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Clarence Funk Gerioinly II
South Bend
Ind
Clarence 8. Funk
International Harvester Company
Ceri Oinly
J. D. Oliver
U S Faces Crisis Over Arabic Sinking
Washington officials say no snap judgment will be made after the torpedoing of the Arabic. The president and State Department will await all facts gathered by American diplomatic and consular agents before any action, stressing the nation’s honor and dignity. The president ordered officials not to speak publicly.
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Washington
State Department
Lanning
Consuls Accused of Funding Neutrality Violations
A U S district attorney charged that the German consulate and A Carnegie Ross British consul at San Francisco furnished a quarter million dollars to men indicted for neutrality violations. Attorney General Gregory told President Wilson that no general investigation was ordered, but DOJ will review any such charges.
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San Francisco
A. Carnegie Ross
United States
John W. Preston
Washington
Gregory
Wilson
Department of Justice
Rail rate rise approved for iron and steel shipments
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved higher rail rates on iron and steel moving from the Mississippi and Missouri river regions through Chicago to Utah Colorado and Kansas points. An exception was made for iron bars steel bars steel sheets and structural steel carloads from St. Louis to Denver originating east of the Mississippi.
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Washington
Mississippi
Missouri
Chicago
Intermediate
Utah
Colorado
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Louis
Denver
Educator Johnson elected N E A president over Grace Strachan
Dr. David B. Johnson president of Winthrop College won the National Education Association presidency by 479 votes to 184 for Miss Grace C. Strachan district superintendent of Brooklyn. Martial law declared in St Marc Haiti as U S Marines control third city.
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South Carolina College
Oakland
Cal
David B. Johnson
Winthrop Normal and Industrial College of
Rock Hill
8. C
National Education Association
Grace C. Strachan
Brooklyn
N. Y
St. Marc
Washington
Haiti
Caperton
Navy Department
United States Marines
Veterans elect chief in national encampment
War veterans meeting in Detroit selects Gus F. E. Hartung of Denver as commander in chief for the 1918 encampment. Chicago chosen as host city.
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Datroit
Mich
Association of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gus FE
Hartung
Denver
Chicago
Call of the Coast and See America Pacific routes
A promotional notice highlights through service routes from the Burlington to California and Puget Sound with coast connections by steamship or rail. It promotes a See America tour with a $50 excursion rate to California and a $67.50 coast circuit tour, touting the West’s forests orchards and landscapes.
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Pacific Slope
Burlington
California
Puget Sound
America
West
Northwest
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