Arabic sinking toll reported by White Star line
The White Star line announced after its inquiry that thirty-nine people are missing and presumed lost from the steamship Arabic. The death toll includes twelve cabin passengers six steerage and twenty-one crew. Washington will probe American casualties and seek explanations from Germany before any action, with ambassadors and officials gathering survivor reports and awaiting German replies.
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Queenstown
White Star Line
Washington
White Star
Germany
Marine
Thte
Wilson
Lansing
London
Gerard
Berlin
Admiralty
Safe Department
Orduna
Leelanaw
Nebraska
United States
Het
State Department
State’ Department
Coucus
Zella Covington
Carranza seeks U S and Latin America recogni tion
Washington reports indicate General Carranza aims to secure recognition of his government from the United States and Latin American republics via a peace conference in Mexico. Obregon and other Carranza loyalists reply that U S and Latin American publics were misinformed about Carranza’s strength, while Carranza’s own reply is awaited. The dispatch notes responses from Caesar Lopez de Lara and others urging Carranza to lead. Villa signals renewed attacks as Carranza factions respond.
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Washington
Carranza
United States
Obregon
Mexico
Mexico City
Caesar _Lopea De Lara
Federal District of
Lansing
Regle
Aosared Castro
Tampico
Carranga
Geh
Dieguez
Jalisco
Ger
Jaugustin Castro
Salina Cruz
Villa
Britain declares cotton contraband of war
Washington officials expect a U S protest over Britain's declaration that cotton is contraband of war. The move ends prior practice of paying for seized cargoes and shifts to market stabilization through potential direct purchases. Diplomatic exchanges and possible arbitration follow as the U S and Britain reexamine neutral trade rules.
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Washington
Great Britain
Lansing
United States
Italian Ambassador Demands Passports and War Hints
Steffani News Agency from Rome says Italy has declared war on Turkey with the Italian ambassador in Constantinople demanding passports. Reports note tensions since May, Turkish refusals to withdraw troops from Cyrenaica, and preparations for possible hostilities with 150000 Italian troops ready for Gal lipoli relief efforts.
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London
Italy
Turkey
Goropie
Reuter
Constantinople
Berlin
Amsterdam
Steffani News Agency
Rome
Marquis di Garroni
Porte
Tria
Grace Levine
America
Ercion
United Sta
Leavin
Lausanne
Cyrenaica
Tripoli
Enver ‘Pasha
Nuri-Bey
Turekey
Gallipoli
Readine
Taranto
Acane
Roosevelt Criticizes Administration Over German Attacks
Former President Theodore Roosevelt denounces the administration for weak responses to German submarine attacks including the Lusitania and the Arabic. He argues for active military preparedness and warns that severing relations with Germany would betray American honor. Roosevelt urges decisive action and condemns ongoing diplomatic timidity.
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Oyster Bay
N.Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Bernstorff
Germany
Lusitania
Gulflight
Falaba
Washington
Lincoln
Campaign To Secure Business In China Plan
Washington August 21 an aggressive campaign to secure for American business a share in China's vast resources has been planned by the state and commerce departments. A program framed by Paul S. Reinsch and Julian H. Arnold aims to create an American vested interest in China to ensure a fair foreign trade balance. The plan, endorsed by Dr. B. Pratt and Secretary Lansing, seeks to attract Americans to mining and manufacturing chances including rug making tanning dye window glass and railway materials.
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Washington
China
State
United States
Paul S. Reinsch
Julian H. Arnold
Pekin
Pratt
Deeply Gratified Over Successes From War Message
A telegraphed note from Emperor William to Dr Von Bethmann Hollweg praises the capture of Novogeorgievsk and honors German troops. The Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung cites a Reuters Amsterdam dispatch saying the feat is one of the finest in arms and a sublime day, with gratitude to God.
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London
Novogeorgievsk
William
von Béthmann- Hollweg
Norddeutsch Allgermine Zeitung
Berlin
Rewter
Amsterday
Anny
Keyne
Sixteen Soldiers Injured In San Antonio Storm
Sixteen members of the Twenty-seventh Infantry were brought to a post hospital in San Antonio after sheltering in the Thompson Building which collapsed during a storm. They arrived by private car under Lieut. W. P. Davenport and are believed to recover.
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San! Antonio
Tex
Texas
San Antonio
Post Hospital
W. P. Davenport
Army Medical Corps
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Thompson
Eleven Bodies Recovered in St Louis Flood Floods
Eleven bodies recovered in the St Louis suburban flood district after Friday's disaster. One more victim added to the death toll. A farmer near Edwardsville and a man near East St. Louis die. Of the eleven killed, ten were Black and one was a white woman. Des Peres river floodwaters rise and flood damage spreads as streetcar and train service to suburbs is restored. Nearby factories along the Des Peres River suffer heavy damage and plan to close for a week to ten days.
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ST. Louis
Repubts
Edwardsville
East St. Louis
St.Louis
Missouri
Mississippi
French War Office reports heavy artillery in Artois and Aisne
Paris dispatch says cannonading in Artois and Aisne valley was violent with forty shells firing on Rheims wounding one person. Bomb fighting continues in Alsace mortars and bomb throwers havoc German positions and blow up several ammunition depots.
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Paris
War Office
Artois
Aisne
Rheims
Argonne
Alsace
Food Supplies Delay in Mexican Relief Effort
In Mexico City on Aug 16 Gen. Gonzalez, Carranza's leader, promised immediate distribution of 180 carloads of corn 7500 sacks of flour and large quantities of sugar lard coffee and other staples for the poor. However none have been distributed and a diligent search failed to locate the supplies amid the relief effort.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
New Orleans
Gonzalez
Carranza
Total Dead In Storm Toll Reaches Across Southeast Texas
Galveston reports 256 known dead from the storm that struck the southeast coast, with 65 missing and believed dead. Damage to crops buildings railroads shipping and live stock totals near 50 million dollars across the region.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
Britain Declares Cotton Absolute Contraband War Move
The British Foreign Office announced that cotton from the United States is declared absolute contraband. The statement cites wartime measures to protect market stability and minimize disruptions to American interests. The move, effective today, follows tensions over the Arabic sinking and broader U S Germany disputes.
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British Foreign Office
London
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Marines Ordered To Prepare For Haiti Deployment
Washington Aug 21 One battalion of marines 350 men at Annapolis ordered to be ready to embark for Haiti if Rear Admiral Caperton calls for more forces They would likely join the cruiser Tennessee now northbound from Port Au Prince Ongoing unrest near Cape Hatien prompted Caperton to seek reinforcements though officials said no definite request had been made and the Tennessee would not depart Annapolis without one
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Washington
Annapolis
Haiti
Caperton
Tennessee
Port ‘Au Prince
Cape Hatien
Denounce Attack on Stranded Boat Denounced by Swedish Press
Stockholm reports on August 21 that Swedish papers denounce the German attack on the British submarine in Danish waters as an intolerable breach of neutrality. The Dagens Nyheter says the German craft must have known the submarine was in Danish waters and condemns firing on surrendering sailors as criminal conduct.
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London
United ‘States
Germany
United States
Finch
America
Denmark
Scandinavia
Copenhagen
Isidore
Peria Castillo
Balkan
Turkey
Thrace
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Stockholm
Ita
Dagens Nyheter
Foreign Office
Flooding intensifies in northern Arkansas towns
Reports from Whit River upper reaches indicate a serious flood. A steamboat was dispatched from Batesville to the oil trough bottoms where many residents are marooned as waters rise rapidly.
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Little.rock
Ark
Whit River
Arkansas
Batesville
Carranza forces capture Hermosillo capital of Sonora
NOGALES Ariz Aug 2 Hermosillo capital of Sonora was taken today by Carranza forces under Colonel Carlos Carranza according to a report received here Gen P Elias Calles expected tomorrow to attack Nogales just across the American lines and its Villa garrison under Gov Maytorena
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Nogales
Ariz
Hermosilla
Sonora
Carranza
Carlas Carranza
P. Elias Calles
Maytorena
Judge Dooling Denies Quash of Blair Indictments
In San Francisco on August 2, Judge Maurice T. Dooling refused to quash the indictments against Ralph K. Blair and others charged by a federal grand jury with neutrality violations in recruiting for British military service. He overruled demurrers and set the trial for October 18. the Sacramento neutrality case is on the docket for the same Monday before Judge Dooling.
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San Francisco
Maurice T. Dooling
United States District Court
Ralph K. Blair
British Miliitary Service
Lynching Near Coushatta Reported After Attack Attempt
In Coushatta Louisiana a Black man was lynched by a armed mob today after allegedly attempting to assault the 11 year old daughter of Eadcock a noted local farmer. The mob took him from custody near the area of the town.
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Coushama
Eadcock
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