Frontline Moves and Battle Reports Across Macedonia and West
Aug 23 dispatches describe a Russian landing at Saloniki to aid Allied forces in Macedonia. Seven nations fight across a wide front as Bulgarians pull back wings while center gains are claimed near the Vardar valley. Serbian losses are heavy with slow progress elsewhere.
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Saloniki
Macedonia
Russia
London
Vardar Valley
Paris
Italijan
Struma
Theipval
Martinpuichi
Berlin
Stokhod
Carpathians
Fine increase in Chicago products 1914 totals rise
Chicago totals for 1914 reach 1,182,814,000 in manufactured goods, up 201,643,000 from 1909 and about 500,000,000 over 1904, per Chicago Association of Commerce. Packing, railroad cars, printing, confectionery all show gains. iron and steel output declines.
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Chicago
Chicago Association of Commerce
House Re enacts Army Budget Bill
After the House passed the 314000000 army appropriation bill without revised articles of war, President Wilson vetoed it. The bill was sent to the Senate and referred to the military committee. Chairman Chamberlain said the committee would meet to restore the articles of war, removing the president's objection. Reports say Republican Leader Mann may demand a quorum to send the bill back to conference, possibly extending the session.
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Washington
Houtse
Wilson
Senate
Chamberlain
Mann
House
Congress
Arbitration Urged by Los Angeles Merchants Group
A telegram to President Wilson urged impartial arbitration of the entire controversy in the threatened railroad trainmen strike. The move, sent by the Merchants' and Manufacturers' association of Los Angeles, aims to protect the rights of both employers and employees.
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Los Angeles
Wilson
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association of
Ickes Replies To Nortons On Hughes Backing
Harold L. Ickes leader of the Progressive bureau at the western Republican campaign headquarters issued a statement replying to Judge A. D. Norton who said Hughes does not grasp the Progressive spirit. Ickes defends Hughes as New York governor and notes Progressives back Hughes at least 80 to 80 percent, predicting growth before election day.
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Chicago
Harold L. Ickes
Hinds
Progressive Bureau
Western National Repubican
A. D. Norton
St. Louis
Hughes
Ickes
Nortoni
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Parker Enders
Alton B. Darker
United States
Woman speaker commends Hughes at Chicago event
Miss Anne Martin, chair of the national woman party, opened her campaign for Hughes and Fairbanks in Illinois with an address to University of Chicago students. She urged independence from other parties, highlighted a nine percent swing potential in key states, and commended Hughes for his support of the national woman suffrage amendment.
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Chicago
Anne Martin
National Woman Party
Hughes and Fairbanks
Illinois
University of Chicago
Jessie Hardy Mackaye
Washington, D. C
Miss Martin
Woman's Party
Hughes
Colorado Springs
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Charles E. Hughes
Democratic Party
Congressional Union
United States
Wilson
Washington
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Receivership Sought for Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston and Maine railroad, serving four northern New England states and Canada, faced a receivership motion in federal court. The Inter-Continental Rubber Co of New Jersey, holder of a $715,000 note, joined as petitioner with road directors’ consent in a friendly equity filing to simplify the financial tangle.
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Boston
Boston and Maine Railroad
New England
Canada
Inter-Continental Rubber Company of
New Jersey
British artillery halts Balkans advance near Saloniki
London reports British artillery checked the advance of central powers skirmishers in the Struma sector about 35 miles northwest of Saloniki. Working parties entrenched opposite Kamarjan and Cavdarman were dispersed by British fire in the Balkans operations.
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London
Struma Front
Saloniki
War Office
Balkans
Kamarjan
Cavdarman
LaSalle and Oglesby cement firms reject peace talks
Ottawa Illinois reports that LaSalle and Oglesby cement company officials, facing a strike, declined to take part in peace conferences proposed by LaSalle city council on Tuesday.
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Ottawa
LaSalle and
Oglesby Cement Companies
LaSalle
Infantile paralysis death reported in Greenfield Iowa
One death from infantile paralysis, the sixth in the state this season, was reported to the state board of health on Tuesday from Greenfield, Des Moines dispatch says.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Health
Greenfield
Railroads Press for Arbitration as Wilson Seeks End to Strike
Eight railroad presidents pressed for arbitration in response to President Wilson's appeal for an eight hour day and an end to a nationwide strike. They met at the White House after discussions with Wilson, while union leaders urged a firm stand, urging arbitration and warning against conceding the eight hour day. The dispute centers on which properties and workers receive footing in any settlement and on the cost of implementing changes.
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Washington
Wilson
Hale Holden
Burlington
R. S. Lovett
Union Pacific
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
Ihlouse
Inquirers
White House
Capitel
Marshall
Four Brotherhoods
Brotherhood
Conference Committee
Hostlers
British advance between Martinpuich and Bazentin gains trenches
London Aug 23 British forces advanced between Martinpuich and Bazentin capturing about 100 yards of German trenches according to a war office release. The move underscores ongoing Allied pressure on the Somme front as reports describe incremental gains in trench positions and sector security.
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London
Martinpuich
Bazentin
War Office
Field Hospitals Along Mexican Border Get Equipped
Sixteen War Department hospitals established along the Mexican border are now equipped to care for about 2,500 men and, when completed, will have a capacity of 4,500. Brownsville district sanitary inspector reports camp conditions after the hurricane are good and no danger of sickness.
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Washington
War Department
Brownsville
Mrs George Bass Leads Western suffrage bureau
Mrs George Bass, Chicago clubwoman and national suffrage figure, assumed charge of the woman's voters bureau at the western national headquarters of the Democratic party in Chicago. She announced victory is near and criticizes congressional union tactics while planning Democratic outreach across twelve suffrage states.
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Chicago
George Bass
Woman's Voters’ Bureau
Democratic Party
Bass
Thomas J. Walsh
Cook county GOP endorses state ticket in reciprocity pact
Chicago Aug 23 Endorsed by Cook county regular Republican organization state officers gain reciprocal backing from county slate in the primaries Gov Lowden Osley Emmerson Small Tice Brundage and Medill McCormick are supported in most wards with Mason favored in a few and Chipperfield in others The move follows a resolution from 32 of 35 Chicago wards and six county districts to rally unified support across the state slate.
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Chicago
Cook County
Cook County Regular Republican
Frank O. Lowden
Oregon
John G. Olesby
Fikhart
Louis L. Emmerson
Mount Vernon
Len Small
Nankakee
Homer J. Tice
Greenview
Edward J. Brundage
Medill McCormick
Willam EE. Mason
B. M. Chiperfield
Cunton
Lowden Delays Chicago Campaign Stop Downstate Visit
Frank O. Lowden of Oregon, a Republican candidate for governor, did not open his Chicago campaign as planned. At the last moment he remained in downstate Illinois for two more days.
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Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
Oregon
Kansas City man named state Democratic chairman
Aug 23 in Jefferson City both parties opened their platform conventions. James Cowgill of Kansas City was chosen as the state Democratic chairman amid a lopsided vote. Gardner and Senator Reed backed Cowgill, while GOP fights centered on J E Swanger and J P Howe with Lamm pressing for the former boss. Dry workers were largely absent, suffrage advocates active but unlikely to gain planks.
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Jefferson City
James Cowgill
Kansas City
Gordon
Cowgill
Gardner
Reed
Democratic Platform Committee
John E. Swanger
Sedana
Judge Lamm
J. P. Howe
St. Louis
Swanger
Howe
Walter Dickey
Dickey
T. W. Hukreide
Bhut
Lamm
Mound City
Illinois paper men discuss conditions
In Chicago on Tuesday, publishers from the Illinois Daily Newspapermen's Association and the Inland Daily Press Association met to discuss avoiding a paper famine. Principal speaker Hopewell L. Rogers of the Chicago Daily News warned the condition was critical and urged reducing newspaper page sizes to restore normal conditions.
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Chicago
Illinois Daily Newspapermen’s Association
Inland Daily Press Association
Hopewell L. Rogers
Chicago Daily News
Smoot Attacks Revenue Figures in Senate Debate
In Washington on Tuesday the senate opened debate on the $205,000,000 emergency revenue bill as Sen Simons and Sen Smoot clashed over Democratic extravagance and Republican defense spending. Simmons laid out deficits and financing plans including a $130,000,000 bond issue, Curtis urged tariff protection, and Penrose proposed recommitting the bill for tariff-based revenue.
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Washington
Simons
Finance Committee
Smoot
Senate
Simmons
Congress
Curtis
General Fund of the Treasury
Panama
Treasury
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
Taft
Navy war game pits blue fleet against red off Atlantic coast
Washington August 23 Two large fleets clash in a staged nighttime battle as the navy conducts a grand war game. Admiral Helm leads the blue fleet from the Rhode Island with scouts extending 600 miles to block Admiral Mayo's red battle fleet. Civilian volunteers and naval militiamen man portions of the forces. Details describe transports, invasion plans, and strategic moves off Cape Hatteras.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Helm
Admiral Mayo
Rhode Island
State Department
New York
Gibraltar
Cape Hatteras
East Porgy Me
Narraganesett
Gleaves
Helm
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el Paso
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Daniel E. Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
J. H. Carroll
Burlington and Quincy
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
M. J. Carpenter
Chicago, Terre Haute
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R. H. Aishton
Northwestern
James H. Hustis
Maine
W. J. Jackson
Eastern Ilinois
Frank Tuunbull
L. E. Johnson
Norfolk and Western
W. H. Truesdale
Delaware, Lackawanna and
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Lowden
Swanger-Lamm
Republican Finance
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