United States reiterates neutrality in war munitions policy
Washington reports a formal reply to Austria contending U S arms sales violate neutrality. The note asserts strict neutrality, cites Austria and Germany arming Britain in the Boer War, and warns that restricting arms exports would entangle neutral nations in economic and legal confusion. It includes a sales table from the Boer War era.
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Washington
State Department
America
Austria
Germany
Great Britain
England
United States
Neute
Austriaa
Gertniny
Erpiod
Lumber Exports Fall Fifty-Two Percent in Year Ended June 30
New Orleans report in The Lumber Trade Journal details European war impact on U S exports of wood and made products. Overall values drop to around 400,000 from 1.08 million. lumber shipments fall about 52 percent to roughly 2.41 billion feet. pine totals plunge about 57 percent to 476.6 million feet.
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New Orleans
United States
Ed Tine Sa
Lumber Trade Journal of
Germans Drive Russians From Kubisko Front News
Army headquarters said German forces on the Russian front pushed Russians from Kubisko in a northeast direction and took 2,454 prisoners. A Russian sortie from Kovno fortress was repulsed with 1,000 men captured. Germans broke through near Losyce and Medzyraece. General von Woyresch's army reportedly captured 4,000 Russians up to August 14.
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Kubisko
Berlin
London
Kovno
Losyce
Medzyraece
von Woyresch
Italians Stone German Vessels in Boston Standoff
In Boston 1200 Italian reservists marching to sail on the Canopic clashed with police and demonstrators against German ships Amerika and Cincinnati. Stones and sticks struck sailors and officers fired revolver shots with no confirmed hits. Ten arrests were made. One officer was injured.
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Boston
Canopic
Amerika
Cincinnati
Allies consider cotton contraband to block Germany
London reports Lord Robert Cecil stating the Allies may deem cotton contraband to stop supply to Germany. He warned no fix date for removing cotton from free list and framed action as legally justified, stressing it as a military necessity amid global pressure on cotton production and US interests.
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London
Robert Cecil
England
Germany
Lord Cecil
America
United States
Great Britain
Alles
Mexican authorities blamed for border outrages report
A committee led by Congressman John Garner alleges Mexican authorities in northern Mexico could mobilize armed forces against Texas if American troops land at Vera Cruz. Merchants along the Rio Grande warn that large Mexican contingents could breach the border, threaten life and property before U S troops arrive.
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San Antonio
Texas
Mexico
Carranza
Rio Grande Courter
John HH. Garner
Peterson
Frederick Punston
Garner
Shittee
Vera Cruz
San Diego
Pacific Mall Line Sells Five Steamers to Atlantic Transport
The Prestic Mall Steam ship Company sold five vessels the Mancharia Mongolia Korea Siberia and China to the Atlantic Transport Company of West Virginia. No terms were announced. The last Pacific Mail sailing from San Francisco to Oriental ports aboard the Mongolia will be August 26.
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Pacific Mall Line
New York
Prestic Mall Steamship Company
Oer
Atlantic Transport Company
West Virginia
Mancharia
Mongolia
Korea
Siberia
China
San Francisco
Oriental Porta
Pacific Mail
German commander takes helm in attack on Kovno region
Marshal von Hindenburg assumes personal command of the German assault on Koryna and advances in the region. A German official statement says the choice of the national hero for the Kovno fortress mission signals the army staff's emphasis on this operation amid the Vilna and Warsaw Petrograd Railway corridor.
Pan American appeal aims to end Mexican civil strife
Secretary Lansing leads seven governments in signing a joint but identical appeal to Mexican leaders from Brazil Chile Argentina Bolivia Uruguay and Guatemala. They urge a peace conference on neutral territory to restore Mexico’s standing and invite assistance to form a provisional government recognized globally. The move follows a two hour session with no plans discussed for refusals or future steps.
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New York
Lansing
United States
Brazil
Chile
Argentina
Bolivia
Uruguay
Guatemala
Mexico
Carranza
Troops to Aid Funston on Mexican Border
Washington officials contemplate sending reinforcements to General Funston if he requests them as raids by Mexican forces fear strikes along the Texas border. Carranza troops reportedly active near Tamaulipas and Brownsville but Carranza sources deny crossings. Funston currently has about 17 000 troops on hand with 12 000 more ready to mobilize if needed.
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Washington
Texas
United States
Funston
Garrison
Department
Tamaulipas
Exas
Grownsville
Carranza
San Antonio
War Department
Texas City
Continental
Battleships Sail to Vera Cruz in Reinforcement Move
Two American battleships the Louisiana and the New Hampshire sailed from Newport Rhode Island for Vera Cruz to reinforce Commander McNamee in Mexican waters amid anti foreign demonstrations at Carranza capital. President Wilson ordered precautionary action with Pan American Conference considerations.
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Washington
Louisiana
New Hampshire
Newport
R. 1
Vera Cruz
McNamee
Carranza
Wilson
Gulf Coast
Lansing
Benson
Secretary of the Navy
Cornish
N. H
Navy Department
KR. I
American Reply to Vienna on Neutrality and Arms Exports
The United States sent a note to Vienna rejecting Austro-Hungarian claims that U S arms shipments breach neutrality. The reply, to be released later, insists American exporters may ship war materiel to belligerents able to pay and argues preventing shipments to one would violate neutrality.
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Washington
United States
Vienna
America
Federal Reserve Board Holds Conference in New York
The Federal Reserve Board met in the offices of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York after Secretary McAdoo visited Wall Street. Parker Willis said the meeting aimed to clear up pending business delayed by the advance of several board members from Washington.
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Federal Reserve Board
New York
Washton
Federal Reserve Bank of
Nw York
McAdoo
Wall Street
If Parker Willis
Washington
Inter-American Peace Plan Faces Villa Carranza Standstill
President Wilson, on his return from Cornish, reviews the Mexican situation with Secretary Lansing. Officials report Brownsville local disturbance, Vera Cruz quiet, and discuss the Inter-American Plan aimed at restoring peace in Mexico. Carranza refuses to permit a peace conference with Villa's representatives.
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Washington
Wilson
Cornish
Lansing
Brownsville
Vera Cruz
New York
Texas
Mexico
Villa
Carranza
Ville
Bayonet Drives Turks Near Mush and Erzerum
An article from Petrograd relays the Caucasus front developments since July 22 as Russian forces slip toward Mush 83 miles south of Erzerum and Piran. Turkish commander Halil Bey rebuilds a 90,000 strong army while General Eudenitch weighs concentration versus retreat to protect Armenian civilians.
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Petrograd
London
Trans-Caucasia
Caucasus
Mush
Erzerum
Piran
Tialil Bey
Eudenitch
Euphrates
Hailil Bey
Palantchen
Nuphrates
Kara Kilissa
Darabi
Dimasechato
Akhtunski Pass
Rivan
Baltimore chosen as 1916 ITU convention site
In Baltimore next, Los Angeles was selected as the 1916 convention city of the International Typographical Union. A priority in employment measure and a six day week proposal were adopted 150 to 70, both moved by the union administration.
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Baltimore
Los Angeles
Cal
International Typographical Union
Escape attempt by Berlin crew at Trondhjem Fjord fails
Twenty five members of the crew of the German cruiser Berlin interned at Trondhjem last November tried to swim across the fjord to escape. They carried civilian clothes money and knives. Some drowned. Three German citizens were jailed for attempting to smuggle copper into Germany. The Berlin carried 450 men.
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Christiana
London
Berlin
Trondhjem
Germany
Three Mexicans Killed in Texas Border Clash Near Mercedes
Three Mexicans died in a border fight near Mercedes in Hidalgo County Texas. Authorities seized 22 saddle horses believed to belong to the raiders. Officials withheld details while Starr County reported as quiet and border tensions appeared dispersed.
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Brownsville
Texas
Mercedes
Hidalgo County
Starr County
County Officials Form State Body in South Carolina
A joint organization of county auditors and treasurers formed in Richland County will push for a flat 5 percent penalty on delinquent taxes from January 1. The group discussed delaying tax law changes on election timing to allow duplicates to be ready by October 1, and planned to lobby county delegations for support at the 1916 session.
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Columbia
South Carolina
Richland County Court House
J. W. Canfield
Greenwood County
W. D. Dent
Lexington County
H. E. Ne’ Rer
Good Gooding
Tor
R. F. F Ty
Ilington County
I. Russell
Kershaw
Winston Smith
Anderson
R. W. D. Rowell
Bamberg
T. F. Furtick
Calhoun
J. W. George
Cherokes
A. P. Burgess
Clarendon
T. H. Abbott
Dorchester
Will of Edmond H. Deas Leaves Estate for Darlington Hospital
The will devises all personal property to his wife with the remainder after her death to fund a hospital for negroes in Darlington. The estate is valued at about $25,000 to $30,000. No children survive him.
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Darlington
Edmond H.*deas
Des
Child Killed by Lightning in Honea Path
The six year old son of John Phillips, a Honea Path area farmer, was killed when a bolt struck the chimney. His four year old sister was shocked, and the house caught fire but Mrs. Phillips put out the flames before heavy damage occurred.
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Anderson
John Phillips
Honea Path
Phillips
Carolina Fish and Oil Company plant at Cape Fear River
Charleston businessmen operate the largest fish scrap fertilizer plant south of Chesapeake Bay on the Cape Fear River between Wilmington and Southport North Carolina. The facility includes fishing fleet and factory with full equipment and can process about 20 000 barrels of fish per day.
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Big Fertilizer
Charleston
Carolina Fish and Oil Company
Chesapeake Bay
Cape Fear River
North Carolina
Wilmington
Southport
Timmerman Country Store Burns in Mdgefield Area
A large country store owned by G. M. and Pp. A. Timmerman, located 12 miles northeast of Mdgefield, burned late at night. The fire likely started from a lamp explosion. all stock and books were destroyed. About 2,500 in merchandise was on hand, partially insured.
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Mdgefield
G. M
Pp. A. Timmerman
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