Alarming drop in foreign exchange hits Britain
In New York on August 31 the pound sterling fell to 94.55 cents, a sharp drop from 3134 cents earlier in August, signaling a dramatic depreciation in foreign exchange that unsettled bankers. They urged a quick mammoth British credit loan to cover big bills due to American shippers as Britain seeks funds to pay its imports.
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United States
Britain
London
America
Great Britain
Havana
Russians claim success in Stripa river district frontline
Russian official statement reports counterattacks across a wide front in the Stripa river district eastern Galicia. They claim 3,000 prisoners, thirty cannons and 34 machine guns captured. German and Austro-German forces are checked at several points on the Stripa. Western front sees continued French artillery pressure. Italians report advances southeast of Trent and on the Corso toward Trieste. Balkan negotiations speed up with meetings involving Sir Edward Grey and en tente ministers.
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Trent
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Triest
Tahat
Alredy
Gallipoli Peninsula
Edward. Grey
Will Increase Age Limit in the Army
Copenhagen dispatch states Folkeblad Holding reports a Reichstag dispute over a donorational service law. The law would raise the age limit to 50, authorizing call up of men previously rejected for physical condition, including those deemed unfit for the landsturm.
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Denmark
London
Folkeblad
Holding
Germany
Reichstag
England Answers Charges
The British foreign office released a statement from official records detailing 1912 Anglo German negotiations. It explains proposals for peace, mutual neutrality, and limits on new alliances, arguing the terms would have been unfair and one sided, restricting Britain while Germany could stay free to support Austria.
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British Foreign Office
Great Britain
Germany
Foreign Office
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Dor
Haldane
Austria
Russia
France
Japan
Portugal
Pegoud Reported Dead in Paris Airman Adolphe Pegoud Dies
Paris reports the famed aviator Adolphe Pegoud killed in action. Pegoud had risen to fame in 1918 for looping the loop upside down in flight and joined the French aviation squadron at the outbreak of war.
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Paris
Adolphe Pegoud
Discover Large Statue At Cyrene In Africa
Archaeologists at Cyrene in the Bares region of Africa report a major find a large statue of Jupiter surpassing in artistic value the renowned Alexander the Great statue uncovered there last year. The discovery underscores the site’s rich Hellenistic heritage and potential for further artifacts in a region long linked to ancient trade and culture.
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Paris
Cyrene
Bares
Africa
Jupiter
Alexander
Peruvian Order for Two Cruisers in Spain
Madrid Aug 31 The Peruvian government has ordered the construction of two cruisers at Spanish shipyards in Perrola.
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Madrid
Perrola
Missouri ghost in crime chase tied to many states
John W. Earnhardt, former Forrest City bank director, faces forgery and assault charges as authorities in Wisconsin Illinois Ohio Nebraska and Missouri seek him. He denied using aliases and claimed he acted under different names. A legal fight over his custody looms as Wisconsin requests surrender while Missouri weighs trial here.
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St.” Louis
John W. Earnhardt
Forrest City
Ark
Waukesha
Wis
Earnhardt
George Adler
John W. Kline
Kline
ST. Louis
Alfred J. Brockschmidt
Quincy
St.Louis
John. W
Barnhardt
Illinois
Missouri
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Schenectady
N. Y
Brockschmidt
Hicks& Northcraft
Macon
Medisa
Palmyra
Galesburg
Murphysboro
Centralia
Kenosha
Wisconsin
Ohio
Nebraska
Waukesham
Submarine F-4 Casualty Identified in Honolulu
In Honolulu on August 31 a body recovered from the forward compartment of the submarine F-4 wrecked in harbor on March 25 was identified as George E. Ashcroft a Los Angeles gunner's mate first class. The body was largely bone with a dental bridge aiding recognition. Dozens more crewmen remain entangled in debris as sand deposits are cleared. recovery was not expected to complete before tomorrow.
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Honolulu
George E. Ashcroft
Los Angeles
Ashcroft
Naval
Navy F class submarines face shared weakness in disaster report
Washington reports a board of inquiry found serious weaknesses across all four F type subs, with chlorine gas risk from seawater entering storage batteries and hydrogen explosions possible in the battery deck. The F-4 crew and officers are praised for diligence despite known defects, as a new board investigates the Honolulu loss and potential causes.
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Board of Inquiry
Honolulu
Bousch
Navy Department
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Pearl Harbor
Japan Day at the Exposition Opens with Taft Talk
At the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco William H. Taft led the Japan Day program urging closer ties and fair dealings. Thousands of Japanese from across California joined the celebration which culminated in a lantern parade and Japanese fireworks as the emperor’s birthday was marked.
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William H. Taft
Japan
Pershing family buried in single grave at Lake View Cemetery
Cheyenne reports the bodies of Mrs. John J. Pershing and her three daughters buried in one grave at Lake View Cemetery after funeral services at St. Marks Episcopal Church. Fort Russell officers served as pallbearers and two Troops of the Twelfth Cavalry formed a guard of honor.
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Wyo
John J. Pershing
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St. Marks Episcopal Church
Fort Russell
Twelfth Cavalry
Manhunt for Black Farmhand After Cameron Murder
A mob of enraged farmers near Cameron Missouri hunted for Joe Rose a light brown skinned man about five feet ten with a gold tooth after he fatally stabbed William Davis with a pitchfork at a threshing scene. Rose fled into the woods as authorities warned patrols across Missouri.
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Joe’ Rose
William Davis
Cameron
Davis
Rose
Louisiana
Elleberry
Hannibal
Orozco Arrested With Huerta Death in Running Fight
The body of Gen Pascual Orozco lies in an undertaker's establishment at Van Horn Texas after a running fight with a posse near Sierra Blanca. An American government official identified the corpse as Orozco, killed after raiders from his band attacked Dick Love's ranch. Orozco, linked to Madero's revolt, had been previously arrested in Newman, released on bond, and disappeared before being positively located near the Texas border.
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Ico
van Horn
Thirteenth Cavalry
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Orozco
el Paso
Els Paso
Pascual - Orozco
Newman
NML
Newman, N.o
Joriano Huerta
United States
Mexico
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Dick Love
Yegeterday
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Culberson County
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Green River Canyon
Chihuahua
Chishuahua
Francisco’ Madero
Porfirio Diaz
Madero
Juarez
Mexico City
Col
Ander
British concessions to shipowners won’t alter government stance
A U S state department official said concessions to American shippers will have no effect on the U S government's formal threat over the British order in council. He added that progress has been made on the next note of protest to England regarding the order.
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Order In Council
State Department
England
To Live Among Blacks in San Francisco Adigs Address
Miss Morence MacFarlane, a delicate from London, plans to live among African Americans in San Francisco to test the practicability of universal brotherhood, announced in a New Thought congress address.
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Morence MacFarlane
London
England
New Thought Congress
Universal Brotherhood
Made Cotton Advance Report Triggers Cotton Price Rise
A European government order for about 100000 bales of cotton spurred a market advance. Futures rose about twenty points. October delivery quoted at 19.86 and December at 10.16 as of this afternoon.
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