Hughes for Safeguard of Public
Associated Press reports Charles E. Hughes addressing a Portland audience on August 16. He assails Democratic policy toward the Philippines, stresses national obligation, urges efficient public standards, tariff protection, and preparedness, and vows no one will pull public funds in Alaska or tariff matters.
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Portland Ore
Charles E. Hughes
Democratic Party
Philippines
Mr. Hughes
Amercan
Europe
New York
Alaska
Hughes
America
Wilson unveils eight hour day rail plan to end strike
President Wilson completed a plan for settling the looming nationwide rail strike and will present it to railroad managers and employees. The proposal calls for an eight hour workday with an observed schedule and may involve a federal commission to investigate disputes. The plan hinges on arbitration vs eight hour days and overtime pay demands. The 640 member employee committee arrived to review the proposal and will meet the president tomorrow afternoon.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
White House
Missionaries to Depart for Persia Service
A five member missionary party attached to the Presbyterian board of foreign missions will sail from New York aboard the Oscar II for Persia. Dr William A Shedd will lead the group which includes Miss Lenore Shoebel Rev Otis Wilson Miss Bertha Amerman and Miss Georgia McKinney.
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Associated Press
New York
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Oscar II
Persia
Wm. A. Shedd
Uramia
Lenore Shoebel
Horton
Kas
Otis Wilson
Greenfield
Ohio
Bertha E. Amerman
Auburn
N. Y
Georgia L. McKinney
Newton
Ind
Three Women Killed as Train Hits Auto at Crossing
Elyria Ohio August 16 Three women of Elyria were killed when a New York Central limited train struck an automobile at a grade crossing. Injured were Mrs J E Weiss and C H Buttenbender. The dead are Mrs C H Buttenbender Mrs J E Emerit and Mrs J C Conway.
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Elyria
Ohio
New York Central Railroad
C. H. Buttenbender
J. E. Emerit
J. C. Conway
J. E. Weiss
Launch Fight to Wipe Out Hog Cholera From Indiana
Indianapolis August 16 A statewide program to eradicate hog cholera has started with four stations to work across Noble Steuben Lagrange DeKalb counties in Kendallville Winchester Vincennes and Danville. The stations are prepared by the U S Department of Agriculture Bureau of Animal Industry with help from State Veterinarian A F Nelson. More stations may follow.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
A. F. Nelson
Kendallville
Noble, Steuben
Lagrange
DeKalb
Winchester
Jay
Randolph
Vincennes
Knox
Sullivan
Danville
Boone, Putnam, Hendricks
Montgomery
Demand of Joy Ride for His Oxen Refused
Nelson S. Boyer of Bear Hollow Brown County asked $30 for his oxen to be shown at the Bartholomew county centennial. He also demanded a joy ride in an auto truck from his farm to Columbus and back. The committee balked and ultimately did nothing.
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Columbus
Ind
Nelson S. Boyer
Bear Hollow
Brown County
Bartholomew County
Boyer
Will Leaves 10000 To Employer In Linas Memory
The will of Lina Matheray a domestic filed for probate leaves 10000 the savings of 30 years service to her employer Dr Emanuel Baruch She asks in a memorandum that no other disposition of her estate be permitted fearing relatives may contest the will.
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Associated Press
New York
Lina Matheray
Emanuel Baruch
Luther League Plans South American Expansion
In Toledo Ohio on August 16 the Luther League of America announced the creation of a branch in British Guiana during the convention's first business session. Rev Luther M Kuhns of Omaha reported 108 additional affiliated branches since the Baltimore meeting. Dr Kuhns resigned effective at the convention’s close.
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Associated Press
Toledo
South America
Luther League of America
British Guina
Luther M. Kuhns
Omaha
Baltimore
Miners and Operators Seek a Compromise
After a three hour meeting the general conference of coal operators and miners representatives agreed to submit differences to a four member sub committee for a final attempt at resolution. The sub committee began work tonight in Kansas City Missouri.
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Kansas City
British and French Gain Quiet In East
Paris notes Poincare held a confidential talk with King George during his Somme visit as the German emperor arrived on the German front. Prisoners were taken in these operations while Russian and Italian fronts show little activity. Milan dispatches say German troops defend Triest, hinting at a possible Italy Germany war. Doiran fighting continues on the Salonika front as Paris and London stay silent.
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Paris
Poincare
King George
Somme
Belloy-en-Santerre
Triest
Milan
Italy
Germany
Berlin
Doiran
Salonika
London
Submarine Actions Sink 74 Allied Merchants in July
Berlin via London reports that in July 74 Allied merchant ships were sunk by German and Austrian submarines and mines totaling 103000 tons.
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Berlin
London
Entente Forces Reach German Trench Line North of Maurepas
In a brisk daytime action the entente allies seize a 1500 metre German trench stretch north of Maurepas in the Somme. French troops also take all German positions east of the Maurepas Clery road and capture 1200 metres of trenches south of Belloy en Santerre.
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Paris
Maurepas
Somme
Maurepas Clery Road
Belloy-en- Santerre
New Head for Russian Armies in the North
General Nicholas V. Ruzsky has been appointed commander in chief of Russia’s northern armies. He led operations that led to the capture of Lemberg and was praised as a hero, but he retired in May 1915 due to ill health and is now reinstated as the top commander.
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St. Petersburg
London
Nicholas V. Ruzsky
Russia
Ruzsky
Lemberg
Alexiev
Allied forces take Doiran station and four villages on Saloniki front
In a French war office statement the allies report capturing the Doiran railroad station and four villages along the Saloniki front, with fighting continuing from August 1 to the current time.
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Paris
Doiran
French War Office
Allied forces break German trenches on the Somme front
French and British troops push in three directions on the Somme, storming nearly three miles of German trenches and driving 300 to 500 yards in places. Maurepas and Clery are flanked, with the road reached between Maurepas and Guillemont, aiming toward Combles. South of the Somme the French advance about three quarters of a mile in trenches.
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Somme
Maurepas
Clery
Paris
Guillemont
Combles
New York Street Car Employees Threaten Strike
At a mass meeting conductors and motormen of the New York Railways vote to strike forthwith unless the company recognizes the union. They accuse the firm of dismissing active workers, promoting its own grievance committee, and failing to confer for four days.
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New York
New York Railways Company
Carmen
Prosperity Is Due to the War
New York reporting exports show $87,000,000 leaving the port last week with war supplies totaling $36,000,000. Explosives $20,000,000, shells and shell material $10,000,000, wire $2,000,000, chemicals $2,000,000, firearms $1,000,000, and sugar $5,000,000 were among the items listed by Associated Press.
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New York
Roosevelt to Speak in Battle Creek Campaign Stop
Republican headquarters announced Theodore Roosevelt would speak in Battle Creek Michigan on September 30. This follows an earlier Lewiston Maine stop on August 1 and notes Charles W Fairbanks ready to join once nominated with Maine dates September 5 and 6 planned.
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Associated Press
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Battle Creek
Mich
Lewiston
Charles W. Fairbanks
Maine
Redheads to Convene in Indianapolis Area
Alexandria Indiana August 16 plans are made for the first annual convention of the Redheads society with Sheriff Will J Black of Madison county as chief organizer Any redhead is eligible for membership Broad Ripple Park Indianapolis will host the gathering with a date yet to be fixed but August 27 tentatively selected
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Alexandria
Ind
Redheads Society
Will J. Black
Madison County
Broad Ripple Park
Indianapolis
Turks Refuse Entry of U S Relief to Syria amid Turmoil
Washington reports a Turkish government refusal to allow American relief supplies into Syria. The same dispatch notes abolition of the Armenian Patriarchate and executions of Arabs tied to the Mecca revolt, seen as steps to consolidate Turkish rule by weakening non Turkish groups. Armenian power is described as eroded with prewar populations cited.
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Washington
Syria
State Department
Turkey
Mecca
Marion County Prosecutor Extends Office Hours
Indianapolis August 6 The Marion County prosecutor's office, long open 9 to 5, now operates three evenings weekly to aid residents unable to visit by day. Prosecutor Rucker and deputies will take turns on the night watch, a change from past inaccessibility at Police Station after dark.
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Indianapolis
Marion County
Court House
Rucker
President seeks public support in railroad dispute
The president plans a patriotic appeal urging compromise as managers and workers weigh arbitration. A morning conference with Judge Chambers followed the day’s talks, with managers lingering at their hotel and workers’ representatives resting nearby. Congress and public opinion shape the path forward amid rail data and warnings of a general strike.
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Wilson
William L. Chambers
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
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