Americans seize key offices in Port au Prince clash
American naval forces occupied the port office the national palace and the Haitien gunboat Pacifique in Port au Prince. Haitian resistance sparked fighting in which one Haitian was killed as Americans opened fire during the takeover. The occupation ends the last Haitian position in the capital and prompts a new protest from Haitien officials.
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Port AU Prince
National Palace
Pacifique
Senate
Solon Menos
United States
Elasnen
Eli X K. Cole
United States Marine Corps
Edvard N. Beach
Admiral Caperton
Rosalvo Reho
Jeader
Revoolution
United
States
Celtic
National Assembly
Flying squad to map world markets for American industry
A government program, led by Dr. E E Pratt, will dispatch special agents to South America Africa Australia and the far east to study markets for agricultural implements furniture wearing apparel and more. Juan Homs and Frank Von Motz will cover South America and the far east respectively as part of nearly a year long investigation.
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Washington
Europe
EE. Pratt
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
South America
Africa
Australia
Far East
European War
Juan Homs
Frank von Motz
Homs
South Africa
von Motz
South American
Latin-America
Edwin M. Borcherd
Walter Fischer
United States
R. M. Odell
China
Foil. Smith
Rose
Avill
Commerce Bureau
Law changes widen ages for reform school placement
State lawmakers rewrote criminal law moving youth sentencing away from the penitentiary to the reformatory for first offenses ages between 15 and 21. State's Attorney Joel Wolfe questions the reform, arguing authorities usually deal with their worst criminals in this age band. In Chandler, Claude Sawyer of the Henry Starr gang was found guilty and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary by Judge Charles B. Wilson.
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Reformatory
General Assembly
State Reformatory
Joel A Wolfe
Chandler
Okla
Ati
Claude Sawyer
Henry Starr
Stroud
Banks
Charles JB. Wilson
British consulate in Riga placed under American protection
Petrograd correspondents report the British consulate at the Russian seaport of Riga is under American protection as the city is evacuated. The telegram notes that women are taking the place of sailors on Volga river steamers.
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London
Riga
Petrograd
Reuters’ Telegram Company
Coroners Jury Finds Unknown Parties Caused Lynching
Shawnee Oklahoma August 6 a coroner s jury here today said Ed Berry the negro lynched in this city this morning died at the hands of a mob composed of parties unknown to the jury Berry s body remains unclaimed at a local undertaking establishment He was to have stood trial on a charge of assaulting a white woman on the night of July 20 and is said to have confessed to several other assaults on women.
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Shawnee
Okla
Ed Berry
Berry
Promoted Big Deal In Cotton Promoted Big Deal In Cotton
Philip Wadsworth of Texas City was arrested in New York on charges of using the mails to defraud. He promoted the Cotton Growers Cooperative Society of Alabama claiming a $50 million capital and a bond issue of $200 million, alleging a system to benefit growers. The indictment says no capital was subscribed, the charter was fraudulently obtained, and letters misrepresented plans to manipulate cotton prices.
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New York
Philip Co
Wadsworth
Texas City
Texas
Cotton Growers’ Co-Operative Society of Alabama
Atlanta
Reorganization of Chinese provincial police under Yuan Shi Kai
A Far Eastern bureau dispatch from Peking reports Yuan Shi Kai orders provincial governors to reorganize police along a national constabulary model. Provincial forces will include former military personnel, receive army uniforms and arms, with staffing levels set by province size. A separate dispatch notes Liu Chie An’s light mobile field gun, the Ching-Un, to be manufactured to equip a new-model Chinese army.
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New York
Far
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
National ‘Constabulary
Frontier Provinces
Interior
Han Yang Arsenal
Liu Chie
Chiagese
Tan Yang
China
President Wilson Busy With Mexico Crisis
Developments in the Mexican situation occupied President Wilson today. He was in communication with Secretary Lansing about the Washington conference with South and Central American diplomats and the plan to send Major General Hugh L. Scott to the Mexican border. He also received word from Secretary Redfield on the Eastland investigation, while handling federal matters amid the first anniversary of Mrs. Wilson's death and tributes from Rome, Georgia.
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Wilson
Rome
Huired
Mexico
Scott
Army
Villa
War Department
State Department
Bo Scott
Lansing
Breckenridge
War. Department
Carranza
Cientificas
Eduardo Iturbide
Mexico City
A. B. Powers
Niagara, Falls
Paul Fuller
Wikson
Argentine
Chile
Brazillivia
Uruaguay
Guatemala
Q.seasion
Russian retreat and fort defenses at Novogeorgievsk
Fortified lines along the Vistula and Narew crumble under Austro German pressure as Russians fall back toward Brest Litovsk. Novogeorgievsk remains the focal point with massive earthworks and eight citadels while German and Baltic maneuvers threaten deeper incursions. The news notes Russian retirements, bridge destructions, and efforts to block pursuers, with Balkan diplomacy and potential separate peace talks shaping the wider war scene.
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London
Novogeorgievsk
Vistula
Lomza
Brest-Litovsk
von Buelen
Baltic
Petrograd
Riga
Ponievesch
Dvinek-Vilna-Petrograd
Simashing
Russia
Nicholas
Nish
Serbia
Athens
Sofia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Prominent Packer Sulzberger Dies in Germany
London reports Ferdinand Sulzberger, a New York meat packer, died this morning in a Constance sanatorium. Amsterdam telegraph correspondent notes the death per Exchange Telegraph.
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London
Ferdinand Sulzberger
New York
Constance
Germany
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Poles Stand Firm After Warsaw Loss Voice From Petrograd
London dispatch reports M. Chebeko and Count Bobrinsky addressing the empire council on Warsaw's fall. Chebeko says Poles are not crushed but free by national consciousness and will fight to the end. Bobrinsky notes Russia mourns Warsaw yet resolves to continue the war.
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London
Reuters Telegram Company
Petrograd
Council of the Empire
Warsaw
M. Che‘beko
Poland
Count Bobrinsky
Constitutional Conservative Party
Russia
Erie flood death toll rises to 29 as search continues
Erie officials report three more bodies recovered after Tuesday’s cloudburst bringing the death toll to 29. Many victims remain missing, with hopes dim for bodies swept into Lake Erie. About $20,000 raised for relief as businessmen plan city canvass to aid flood victims. Women’s groups distribute clothing while looting declines and authorities guard the flood zone. Health authorities warn of sanitary dangers from decaying animal carcasses in ruined slaughterhouses.
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Erie
Lake Erie
William Devitt
Minnie’ Storer
Edward Garber
Siege and skirmishes rise as Nogales crisis deepens
Gen Calles demands surrender from Villa loyalists in Nogales Sonora as shells strike toward the Catranza camp near Santa Barbara nine miles away. Outposts clash then night falls, with Carranza forces massing at Santa Barbara. US counsel Simpich protests Mexican sanitary conditions and reports slaughter of beves near the consulate.
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Nongales
Ariz. Aue
P. Elias Calles
Carranza
Santa, Barbara
United States
Maytorena
Frederick Simpich
Warsaw Fortresses Fall to Germans as Russians Withdraw
Berlin dispatch reports Warsaw forts virtually undamaged in German hands after Russian retirement. Ivangorod defenses were destroyed by Russians before evac. Germans see strategic gain in losing Warsaw and Warsaw’s stronghold shifting leverage to Berlin. Russians threatened near Novogeorgevsk with German pressure from three sides.
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Berlin
London
Warsaw
Ivangorod
Poland
Tong
Novogeorgeivsk
von Galliwitz
Narew River
Novogeorgievsk
Nicholas
Asiere
Vistula -At- Warsaw
Fighting For Saltillo In Mexican Port Battle
Laredo Tex Aug 6 Fighting for possession of Saltillo the capital of Coahuila has been in progress for days passengers arriving from Monterey said Villa garrison still held Saltillo despite strong Carranza assaults described as vigorous.
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Laredo
Tex
Saltillo
Coahuila
Monterey
Carranza
Brazil Minister Travels to New York for Safe Passage
Aug 6 Brazilian minister to Mexico Jose Manuel Cardoso De Oliveira, who has represented U S interests in Mexico City, spoke with Gen. Gonzalez requesting safe conduct to Vera Cruz for himself and family. He plans to sail to New York aboard the Navarre via Havana and stay several months in the United States as Mexico City maintains orderly control under Gen. Gonzalez after last night’s occupation.
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Mentico City
Jose Manuel Cardoso de Oliveira
Mexico
United States
Gonzalez
Vera Cruz
Navarre
Boundier
New York
Havanna
Mexico City
Gen Gonzalez
Pan American conference adjourns on peace for Mexico
Washington Aug 6 The Pan American conference seeking to restore peace in Mexico adjourned with no divergence on general aims but undecided on the exact path forward. It will reconvene in New York early next week as Latin American diplomats consult their governments and Secretary Lansing discusses with President Wilson.
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Mexico
New York
Lansing
Wilson
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