Secretary Reaches Texas Appeals to General Funston
Secretary of War Garrison said the War Department will have Gov. Ferguson handle domestic disorders in Texas while border invasions or uprisings fall to Gen. Funston. He noted federal troops would pursue any Mexican forces that cross into American territory, and that all appeals from Texas citizens associations on bandit raids are directed to Funston.
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Washington
War Department
Gov. Ferguson
Texas
Funston
United States
Garrison
International Yachting Regatta Opens at Exposition
San Francisco Aug Cal lovers of aquatic sports anticipate the opening of the International Yachting Regatta under Panama Pacific exposition sponsorship. Races run Saturdays and Sundays until Sept 5. Trophies include the King's cup presented by King George V and President Wilson's cup. Most leading coast yacht clubs plan to participate.
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San Francisco
Cal
George of England
Banker's Son Fell at Warsaw
Amsterdam dispatch reports Baron Von Bleichroeder son of German banker killed on Warsaw front August 1. He was once engaged to Princess Sophia of Saxe Weimar who died by her own hand in 1913 after her father Prince William blocked the marriage. He studied banking in New York in 1910 and was heir to about $40,000,000, keeping his identity secret for ten months.
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London
Baron von Bleichroeder
Warsaw
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Sophia
Saxe-Weimar
Prince William
Baron Hleichroeder
Germany
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Ile
New York
Submarines Sink Turkish Battleship Barbarossa
British submarines sank the new battleship Barbarossa along with a gunboat and a transport at Gallipoli. They then shelled Turkish troops marching toward the town, inflicting heavy losses as the sinking cheers Allied efforts in the Gulf of Saros.
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London
Mitylene
Gallipoli
Diplomats Strive to Secure Bulgaria in Balkan Pivot
London reports public focus on the Near East as Quadruple Entente diplomats seek Bulgarian alignment amid British and Russian moves against the Turks. Greece Serbia and Austria-Hungary tensions rise over Macedonia shares while Germany presses toward Poland and Petrograd amid naval actions and慢 naval losses.
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Caucasus
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Greece
Serbia
Macedonia
Turkey
Austria
Germany
Poland
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Mdmora
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Petrograd
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Dvinsk
Riga
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France
India
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Guatemalan Minister Expelled for Aiding Zapatistas
New Orleans Aug 12. Dr Juan Ortega Guatemalan minister to Mexico, expelled by Carranza, is charged in a Vera Cruz cablegram with siding with the Zapatistas against the constitutionalists. Carranza also accuses Guatemala's president of encouraging revolts on the border.
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New Orleans
Juan. Ortega
Mexico
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Jesus Acuna
Caranza
Guatemala
Juan J. Ortega
Ortega
Zapatistac
Miners union leader and miner arrested in dynamiting plot
Joseph McDaniel president of the miners union of Winkle Til and Frank Smith a miner were arrested in Belleville on charges linked to an alleged plan to dynamite the Grainger Coal company mine at Winkle. Police say a man named Gallagher tipped them off and Smith admitted the identity. Six others are under arrest in nearby towns with a ninth man sought in East St. Louis.
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Til
Joseph McDaniel
Miners’ Union of
Winkle
Frank Smith
Grainger Coal Company
McDaniel
Smith
Dales Tedford
Pinckneville
East St. Louis
Granger i
Gallagher
Granger
Tedford
Free Transit of War Munitions Prompts Romanian Consent
Reports from Bucharest and London say Austria and Germany aim to force Romania to allow transit of war munitions through Romanian territory by blocking Romanian maize imports. The plan seeks to mobilize agrarian and commercial interests against Romania and pressure via Romanian banks under Austro German influence to limit credits.
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London
Austria
Germany
Rumania
Restores Tract to Public Domain in Alaska
Washington August 12 Nearly half of the land in the Chugach national forest Alaska through which the government railroad is to run is withdrawn from public use by proclamation of President Wilson Five million eight hundred two thousand acres are set aside as protected land Forest service officials say the withdrawn area lacks timber value and is not favorable for homesteading due to few agricultural areas
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Washington
Chugach National Forest
Alaska
Wilson
Forest Service
Insurance as School Study Advocated by Wheeler
San Francisco Aug 12 Life underwriters heard Dr Benjamin Ide Wheeler president of the University of California urge insurance be taught in public schools so students understand life insurance and the needs of others Orville Thorp of Dallas spoke on life insurance as a spur to thrift and its value in teaching about financial responsibility.
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San. Francisco
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Wheeler
Orville Thorp
Dallas
Texas
Grain contracts canceled by allies total two million bushels
After the board of trade close, representatives from allied nations canceled two million bushels of September wheat contracts. George E. Marcy of Armour Grain Co said the cause is a mystery and suggested events abroad or Dardanelles developments may be influencing the sudden cancellations and price implications.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
George .E. Marcy
Armour Grain Company
Dardanelles
Europe
England
Australis
Canada
Redmond Rebuffs Pressure on Peace Talks
London Aug 12 John E Redmond Irish leader replies to Bishop O Dwyer urging support for the pope and calls on Britain to back the pontiff s appeal for peace He says pressure on the government to begin peace negotiations is not justified while Germany shows no sign of correcting the wrongs to Belgium and allies
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London
O'Dwyer
Limerick
Belgium
Bulgarians and Turks Close Accord Traced in Europe
Amsterdam dispatch notes a split among papers on Balkan peace. The Frankfurter Zeitung calls entente representations doomed, while the Vossische Zeitung reports a near complete Turkish Bulgarian agreement impossible to disturb. It accuses entente powers of fabricating notes to mislead.
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Amsterdam
London
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Cough Syrup Ad
An old time ad urges readers to visit their dealer for Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey cough syrup. It promises relief from coughs and colds and notes a 25 cent original bottle price. Thousands have benefited from its soothing formula.
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Dr. Bell
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