Mexicans Pursue Border Bandits After Hancock Fight
El Paso reports three bandits held in Juarez jail for banditry as Mexican detachments chase across the border after the Fort Hancock clash. Customs inspector Robert L. Wood to receive military funeral at Fort Bliss for his heroism guiding cavalry to the bandits before his death. Private John J. Twomey also to be honored at Fort Bliss. Private Francis Shean recounts the action and heroism of Wood and accompanying troops.
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EL Paso
Tex
Gonzales
Juarez
Mexico
Fort Hancock
Robert L. Wood
Fort Bliss
Wood
Strawberry Point
Iowa
John J. Twomey
Eighth Cavalry
Shean
Francis Shean
Baltimore
Hospital Corps
Thompson
General Bell
Bean
Funston Attacks Bean Over Mexican Troop Entry Incident
General Funston criticized customs inspector Bean for inviting Carranzista troops to cross the Rio Grande and aid Americans near Fort Hancock. General Bell reports an eight man Carranzista detachment, led by a captain, participated in routing the bandits. An investigation by the Bureau of Investigation is ordered after a customs inspector’s role. Lieutenant Telord reportedly commanded the American detachment. status pending.
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Fort Hancock
Eighth Cavalry
Funston
George Bell
el Paso
Rio Grande
Bean
Texas
San Antonio
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justce
Robert Wood
Acton
Charles Telord
General Bell
Genral Funston
Hughes Endorses Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment
New York Aug 1 Charles E Hughes declared for a federal woman suffrage amendment. In a letter to Senator George Sutherland of Utah he said the proposed amendment should be submitted and ratified and the issue removed from political discussion.
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New York
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
Sutherland
Utah
George Sutherland
New York Epidemic Kills 67 Children
New York reports a grim 24 hour toll from infantile paralysis with 67 deaths and 159 new cases. The surge follows the season’s heat wave intensifying the epidemic in the greater city.
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New York
Health Department
Deutschland delays departure from Locust Point pier
The German submarine Deutschland remained moored at Locust Point in Baltimore awaiting high tide for departure. A pilot aboard, fuel and provisions prepared, but officials offered no reason beyond tide timing. Coast Guard cutter Wissachicken and police boat Lannan joined the scene before resuming patrols. In Norfolk, a Bremen arrival near Cape Henry was reported but unconfirmed.
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Baltimore
Locust Point
Germany
United States Coast Guard
Wissachicken
Philadelphia
Lannan
Deutschland
Wissahickon
Weather update for San Antonio tonight and Wednesday
For San Antonio and vicinity tonight and Wednesday partly cloudy. The forecast notes are concise with no heavy details and reflect a brief local weather notice.
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San Antonio
Weather forecast for travelers across major cities
The Light reports St. Louis 72 clear NE wind 8 mph and likely cloudiness Wednesday with 72 to 98 highs. Chicago 72 cloudy E wind 14 mph with similar Wednesday outlook and 72 to 82 highs. Milwaukee 70 clear NE 8 mph. Kansas City 72 cloudy W wind 12 mph with 72 to 98 highs. New York 72 clear N wind 22 mph. Washington 74 cloudy N wind 6 mph with 74 to 90 highs.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Germany rejects Polish relief talks over shipping limits
Berlin says relief cooperation with the United States is pointless due to Britain’s shipping block on Polish aid. The note cites favorable harvests after October 1 and blames Britain for impeding relief, while claiming occupied Poland will cope with the new crop. The plan to feed starving Poles via US food shipments is deemed impracticable.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
United States
Great Britain
America
Poland
Gerar
State Department
France
Wilson
William
Russia
United States of America
Lithuania
Engineer Joseph Bean Enjoys First Vacation After Long Rail Career
Chicago August reports Joseph P. Bean, 70, ending 49 years with the New York Central as an engineer, now on pension and savoring his first vacation. He says he is happier out of a job than entering one decades ago and notes service under five generations of the Van derbilts.
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Joseph P. Bean
New York Central
Chicago
New York Central Lines
Mr. Bean
Vanderbilts
Free-for-all church fight leaves two dying at Wytheville
In Lick Mountain at Holy Roller Church Joseph Peoples aged 40 and Aleck Fisher 23 are dying after a gunfight stemming from a past fist fight. Fred and Gordon Fisher brothers and William Spencer Jr. are jailed in Wytheville in connection with the incident. Authorities say the altercation arose from an earlier fist fight between Peoples and the Fishers.
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Wytheville
Joseph Peoples
Aleck Fisher
Holy Roller
Lick Mountain
Fred
Gordon Fisher
William Spencer Jr
Peoples
Montenegro King Nicholas to visit Paris amid exile
King Nicholas of Montenegro is expected in Paris tomorrow for his first return visit since fleeing. Since his departure royal affairs have been managed from Lyons by the king, queen, princesses, and Montenegrin ministers.
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Paris
Nicholas of
Montenegro
Lyons
Texas Special Wreck Near Lancaster Causes Deaths and Injuries
The southbound Texas Special train, MBT railroad, derailed near Lancaster Texas injuring 25 to 30 and possibly more. Engineer Hollis and Fireman Woods were killed. a passenger also reported dead. A relief train departed Dallas at 2 PM. doctors from Lancaster and Hutchins tend to the injured.
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Dallas
Tex
Missouri Kansas & Texas
Lancaster
Here
Hollis
Woods
Hutchins
Republicans Block Flood Aid in the South
Senators Smoot and Penrose refused unanimous consent, blocking immediate consideration of Senator Underwood’s joint resolution to provide 540000 for flood sufferers in Alabama Florida Georgia North and South Carolina and Mississippi. Penrose warned of a looming treasury deficit regardless of special revenue measures.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Underwood
Smoot
Penrose
Appropriations Committee
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
North
South Carolina
Mississippi
Treasury
Congress
Progressives Split Over Hughes Endorsement in Louisiana
In New Orleans the Louisiana Progressive convention debates endorsing Hughes or Parker. Parker declines participating in any contest while Pearl Wight backs Hughes. District leaders from the third district push for ratification of the national committee action and aim to lead the convention.
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New Orleans
National Committee
Charles E. Hughes
John M. Parker
State Central Committee
Parker
Pearl Wight
Louisiana
Hughes
Third
Congress
Suffrage Appeal to President Seeks Federal Amendment
Carrie Chapman Catt and Frank M. Roessing urged President Wilson to back a federal woman suffrage amendment. They said both major parties appeared to share the same stance on suffrage and emphasized the National American Woman Suffrage Association is non partisan.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Frank M. Roessing
White House
National Suffrage Organization
Roessing
Plan to organize volunteer motor car reserve units
Washington August 1 Manpower moves in wartime. Senator Taggart introduces a bill to create volunteer motor car reserve companies under War Department direction in Washington D C. The proposal aims to mobilize motor transport to support military operations.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Taggart
Emperor William Calls German Armies to Final Victory
Amsterdam dispatch reports a Berlin telegram in which Emperor William urges comradely resolve as Germany enters the third year of war. He praises home support and naval and land campaigns, vows continued struggle, and expresses confidence in ultimate triumph with divine aid.
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Amsterdam
London
William
Berlin
Germany
England
Wilhelm
German Emperor Hails Heroism as War Persists
Emperor William praises German bravery in the two year mark of war. He commends army and navy, allied forces, and civilians, noting Skagerrak success against the British fleet and steady home front efforts to supply troops. He foresees continued production and equitable distribution of provisions, with God's blessings to Germany.
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Berlin
London
William
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Germany
Skagerrak
Heat Wave Ends in Midwest With Cooler Kansas City Readings
In Kansas City Missouri on August 1 the 16 day heat spell ended as a cloudbank brought light rain and a northeast breeze. Temperatures reached 76 at 10:30 am after a prior high of 99, with forecasts predicting widespread rains across northern Missouri, Nebraska, Iowa, and portions of Kansas.
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Kansas City
United States
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Zeppelins Raid England With Seven Airships Reported
London reports say seven or more Zeppelins accompanied by planes raided eastern and southeastern England last night. Observers saw aircraft returning. details on bombs, damage, and casualties are unclear. Independent accounts claim one Zeppelin was heavily fired on and possibly hit, while officials say no casualties occurred.
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London
Egland
Government report boosts cotton prices in New York
A rapid rise in cotton prices occurred after the government crop report was released. The official condition at 72.3 percent compared with 78.5 year average and 76.5 percent expected. December futures jumped from 13.28 to 13.62 within ten minutes, gaining about 24 points from last night.
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New York
Munitions Export Embargo Sought After Black Tom Blast
Representatives John J. Egan and James Hamel said they would go to Washington with Jersey City Mayor Fagan to demand an embargo on exporting munitions from Atlantic coast ports following the Black Tom explosion.
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New York
John J. Egan
James Hamel
New Jersey
Washington
Fagan
Jersey City
Bombs Explode Under Jewish Daily Press Building
Two dynamite bombs exploded under the Jewish Daily Press building in Chicago injuring publisher A M Liebling, his family, and damaging the structure. The attack targets a state witness in a labor leaders conspiracy trial, following a prior bomb at a Petrakos restaurant.
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Chicago
Jewish Daily Press
A. M. Liebling
Liebling
Daily Press
Thomas H. Petrakos
Telegraphers Receive Pay Increase on Central and Nickel Plate Lines
The federal arbitration board filed an award granting telegraphers eight percent raise on lines west of Buffalo and ten percent on lines east of Buffalo. The decision follows hearings last month on workers' demands.
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New York
New York Central
Buffalo
Federal Arbitration Board
Cabinet Deliberates Hughes Speech Impact on Wilson Speech
The cabinet discussed Charles E. Hughes accepting the Republican nomination and its bearing on President Wilsons forthcoming address. Wilson seeks the views of his advisers on how the Hughes speech may shape his own acceptance.
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Cabinet
Hughes
Washington, D. C
Charles E. Hughes
Wilson
Withdrawals and Russian Drive Reported on Eastern Front
Telegraphs say Austro Hungarians evacuate Lemberg as Russians push west of the Pinsk marshes. Kovel heavy depots withdrawn by Germans while Vladimir Volynsky allegedly evacuated. Kaledines leads Russian crossing of Stokhod as Berlin notes Germans shorten front and Turkey moves troops to readiness.
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Vienna
Lemberg
Copenhagen
Neue Freie Presse
von Bothmer
Count von Bothmer
Galicia
Rome
Brody
Kovel
Vladimir-Volynsky
Volhynia
Pinsk
Petrograd
Kaledines
Stokhod
Volyhnia
Kovel-Sarny
Kovel-Rovno
Berlin
IM Kaledines
von Linsingen
Russians Break Through Teuton Line at Stokhod Bend
Russian troops at the bend of the Stokhod river near Velichikuchary forced Austro German forces back and pushed to a point west of the line. The Russian war department said Teutonic counter attacks in the Kovel and Lutsk regions were repulsed.
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Petrograd
London
Stokhod
Velichikuchary
Russian War Department
Teutonic
Kovel
Lutsk
German counter attacks fail to shift French Somme lines
Paris reports heavy German efforts north of the Somme while French rifle, machine gun, and artillery fire repels all attempts to regain ground. French engineers strengthen trenches as air reports say Germans rush to reinforce Clery positions and prepare for further operations.
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Paris
Somme
Clery
Peronne
Avre
Lihons
French War Department Announces Postnoon Official Statement
The official statement issued after noon by the French war department says both attempts failed under French fire.
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French War Department
Germans Claim Retaking Poureaux Wood on Somme Front
Berlin reports German troops have driven British forces from Poureaux wood near the Somme while on the eastern front the Russians are hammering at the Stokhod line in Volhynia without success.
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Berlin
Lonedon
Foureaux Wood
Somme
France
Stokhod
Volhynia
British repulse German attack north of the Somme
The British war office announced that German forces attacked British positions north of Bayentin Le Petit in the Somme region last night but were repulsed.
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London
Bazentin-Le-Petit
Somme
British War Office
Turkiye Officers Deliver to Lemberg Front as War Props
Turkish officers march through Lemberg streets as Ottoman forces are dispatched toward the southeastern battle front. German commanders wait to launch counter blows against Russia while trimming front lines for new defense along the Stokhod bend. On the western front British efforts near the Ancre and Hamel face heavy artillery bombardment as they vie to breach the German line near Bapaume.
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London
Lemberg
Brussil
Teutonic Regiment
Lutsk
Kiselin
Kovel-Sarny
Stokhod
Ancre
Bapaume
Commercourt
I Hamel
Lund
Attag
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