Conferees Named for U S Mexico Settlement Commission
Secretary Lansing named American members of the joint commission Franklin K Lane Judge George Gray and Dr John R Mott all accepted. Mexican appointees are Luis Cabrera Ignacio Bonillas and Alberto Pani. First tasks include withdrawal of Pershing expedition and border recall with new army measures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lansing
Joint Commission
United States
Mexico
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
George Gray
Wilmington
Del
John R. Mott
New York City
Arredondo
Carranza
New Jersey
Gray
Federal Circuit
International Permanent Court of Arbitration
Mott
The
Young Men’s Christian Association
China
Wilson Bu
Luis Cabrera
Ignacio Bonillas
Alberto Pani
Bonillas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
General Carranza
Pershing
National Guard
Funston
Bill Seeks Receivership for Boston & Maine Railroad
A bill in equity filed in federal court in Boston asks for receivership of the Boston & Maine railroad. The Intercontinental Rubber Co of New Jersey, holder of the road’s $51,000 note, appears as petitioner with the directors’ consent. A director called it a friendly action to simplify the railroad’s financial reorganization.
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Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
New England
Canada
Intercontinental Rubber Company of
New Jersey
Roumania Reported Preparing for War
Bucharest streets show signs of tension as Roumania readies for conflict according to Dr. Lederer the Berlin Tageblatt correspondent. The dispatch cites unease over Russia and notes von Hindenburg taking a leading role in Bucharest negotiations with Bratiano.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
London
Roumania
Lederer
Bucharest
Berliner Tageblatt
Bratiano
Russia
von Hindenburg
Infant Dies of Paralysis in Wabash
The nine months old son of Fred King a laborer died in Wabash Indiana today from infantile paralysis marking the first local death this summer due to the disease.
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Wabash, Ind
Fred King
Heavier Fighting Reported on Western Front by Germans
British forces advance between Martinpuich and Bazentin capturing 100 yards of trench. Paris reports Allies seize heights west of the Vardar river on the Salonika front. Bulgarian counter-offensives push back detachments on both wings.
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London
Martinpuich
Bazentin
War Office
Paris
Vardar River
Saloniki
Balkan Front and Western Front Battles Show Heavy Fighting
British artillery halts central powers skirmishers on the Struma front near Saloniki as Russian and German Austrian reports indicate heavy combat along the western front. Allies gain in the Vardar valley center while Serbians retreat on their left. British and French actions on the Struma front push back toward the Bulgarian border, with Thiepval near encirclement and German trenches advanced near Martinpuich. Western front sees little change otherwise as Stokhod and Caucasus actions intensify.
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London
von Hindenburg
Archduke Francis
Count von Boehm-Ermollie
Stokhod
Salonik
Vardar
Paris
Struma
Thiepval
Martinpuich
Berlin
Carpathians
Nicholas
Caucasus
St. Petersburg
Diarbekr
Newsie Honored by Rotary Club for Family Care
Indianapolis August 22 Billy Bunge a 15 year old newsboy was the Rotary club’s honorary guest He received compliments and was asked his ideal career He chose electrical engineering and will enter a preparatory school in Kankakee Illinois next fall with all expenses paid by club members His act of caring for siblings after his mother died and father disappeared prompted the tribute The younger Bunges will be cared for locally
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Indianapolis
Billy Bunge
Rotary Club
Billy
Kankakee
Ill
Bunges
Woman Dies During Car Trip in Indiana County
Fort Wayne Indiana August 22 Mrs Elizabeth Buttershall 60 died en route from Hicksville Ohio to Grabill Indiana after sudden heart trouble struck her car in transit. She was on the way to visit relatives and died before medical aid could reach her.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Hicksville
Ohio
Grabill
Elizabeth Buttershall
Local Chautauqua Opens Season This Afternoon
The Redpath Chautauqua begins this afternoon at Riverside park with introductory exercises and a grand concert. Grace Gallet presents American Birds in Story Land for children, and William Rainey Bennett lectures on The Man Who Can. Tickets rise 50 cents after noon. 700 season tickets at 2.50 each must be sold. Mayor Guthrie and others will speak at opening. a restroom for mothers is provided by the Public Health Association.
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Killarney
Story Land
Miss Grace Gallett
Redpath Chautauqua
Riverside Park
Logansport
Chautauqua
C. W. Graves
Guthrie
Guthrie, Rev. Edwards of the Ninth Street Christian Church
Larry
Public Health and Welfare Association
Rye Sells For $1.20 A Bushel On Duluth Board
Rye sold at 1.20 dollars per bushel on the Duluth board of trade marking the highest price recorded there. The previous peak was 1.47 dollars reached in February of last year.
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Associated Press
Duluth
Minn
Duluth Board of Trade Today
Lutheran Synod Board Opens Session in Sandusky
The Lutheran Synod of Ohio executive board sits in Sandusky at Zion church and, by afternoon, will forward to the synod plans for a 50000 dollar addition to the San Antonio tuberculosis hospital and for a Concordia district college or academy, plus the case of missionaries Rev. Wm Schmidt and Rev. Jesse Pflueger barred from India by the British government due to German nationality.
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Sandusky
Lutheran Synod of Ohio
Zion Church
San Antonio
Tex
Concordia
Wm. Schmidt
Sanducky
Jesse Pflueger
Columbus
India
Hog Prices Set New High Mark
Chicago agents report hogs selling at 11.30 a hundredweight at the union stock yards the highest price since the Civil War. Dealers forecast a rise to 12 a hundredweight by September amid rising bean costs and strong demand from European armies and U S troops along the border.
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Chicago
United States
Hughes Urges Adequate Compensation Law for Hazardous Work
Sacramento August 22 Charles B Hughes spoke at the Armory calling for an adequate compensation act for injuries in hazardous interstate work noting Republican labor protections such as safety devices hours of service and employes liability acts He argued for fair legislation to ensure justice and reduce attorney fees and court congestion and read an article from the official organ of the organized labor movement.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Cal
Charles B. Hughes
Hughes
The
Organiedz
Labor
Senate Clashes Over 205 Million Emergency Revenue Bill
Senate debates the 205 million emergency revenue bill as Sen Simmons defends defense spending and Sen Smoot accuses Democrats of wasteful policy. The discussion covers normal vs extraordinary appropriations, defense totals, and a proposed tariff-based revenue portion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Simmons
Finance Committee
Smoot
Senate
Curtis
Treasury Department
General Fund of the Treasury
Democratic Party
Congress
Penrose
Five Die as Train Hits Auto Near Berlin Maryland
Five persons were killed and four injured when the Pennsylvania 9 o clock train struck the car of John Quillen at the State road crossing near Berlin. The dead include John Quillen his wife and two children ages 8 and 3 and Henry Predau the colored chauffeur.
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Associated Press
Berlin
John Quillen
State Road Crossing
Henry Predau
Children Jump From Auto To Escape Rabid Dog
In Sullivan Indiana on August 22 children of F F Williams and W F McDonald Robinson Illinois leaped from a car during a Merom chautauqua program to avoid a dog that appeared to go mad. The dog was shot and killed after causing a stir among spectators.
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Associated Press
Sullivan
Ind
Merom Chautauqua
F. F. Williams
W. F. McDonald
Robinson, Ills
Prohibition of Spring Duck Hunting Across Midwest States
New York August 22 The general advisory committee to the department of agriculture announced that spring duck killing will be prohibited in Illinois Iowa Missouri Nebraska and Kansas. Other states will have a single open season with spring shooting barred.
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Associated Press
New York
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Department of Agriculture
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Cavdarmah
Newsie
Taylor
Los Angeles Times
Man Who
William Rainey Bennett
H. C. Dunbar
R. E. P. Kline
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Lutheran Synod
Pacific Coast
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Hale Holden
Burlington
R. S. Lovett
Union Pacific
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
White House
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