President Holds Line On Suffrage Issue In Campaign
President Wilson remains opposed to a federal amendment granting women the vote, saying the suffrage question should be handled by the states. Republican nominee Hughes had endorsed a federal amendment. A suffrage delegation met with Wilson as Tumulty confirmed the unchanged position, reiterated after years of talks with suffragists.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
Charles E. Hughes
National American Woman Suffrage Association
National Suffrage Organization
Tumulty
New Jersey
Hughes backs amendment for woman suffrage in campaign
New York August 2 Charles E Hughes reiterated support for a federal amendment granting women the vote and urged Congress to submit it for state ratification. He spoke before 509 women of the Woman's Roosevelt League, saying the issue affects the nation and he favors taking the shortest route to a solution.
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New York
Charles E. Hughes
United States
Sutherland
Utah
Hughes
Congress
Woman's
Roosevelt League
Ife
America
Mexico
Oman
U S Shipping Clears Record Despite War Restrictions
Washington Aug 2 U S merchant shipping cleared from U S ports in the year ending June 30 reaching a record 2 500 000 tons with 2 500 000 US origin and 23 000 000 foreign as Allied blockades and sea losses pressed. American tonnage to South America surged to 190 000 from 65 000 in 1914. Colombia received 100 000 tons up from 285 in 1914.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Black Sea
Bureau of Navigation
South America
Europe
France
Italy
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Greece
Argentina
Colombia
Frank Reynolds Secures Auto License No 10000 in Bexar County
Frank Reynolds of 1015 Burnett Street obtained license number 10 000 at the County Clerk and faced rival bids from transport firms. John W Turner of Terrell Terrell received 999 while Ed Steves Son took 10 001 for a White truck. The 10 000th plate signals machines in Bexar County valued over five million dollars.
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Frank R. Newton
Frank Reynolds
Burnett Street
Reynolds
Underwood Typewriter Company
Charles X. Gutzeit
John W. Turner
Terrell & Terrell
Ford
Ed Steves
Bexar County
Hospital on Wheels Planned for United States Army
The first US army hospital on wheels will be built at Pullman near Chicago under a signed contract. A ten car train of converted Pullmans will bear Army Medical Division insignia. The government will rent the cars with option to purchase and the train should be ready in about ten days.
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Chicago
United States Army Hospital
Pullman
United States Army Medical Division
Weather: Partly Cloudy Tonight in San Antonio Area
San Antonio and vicinity forecast calls for tonight and Thursday to be partly cloudy with mild to warm conditions. No precipitation is expected and temperatures remain comfortable for the period.
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San Antonio
Weather outlook across major cities from The Light
St Louis 76 degrees cloudy with northeast wind. Chicago 74 clear with southeast breeze. Milwaukee 68 clear. Kansas City 72 cloudy with east wind. New York 70 cloudy with northwest wind. Washington 72 cloudy with east wind. Thursday chances vary from clear to cloudy with temperatures ranging from 66 to 90.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington, D. C
Deutschland Still Unseen Off Virginia Capes
Eighteen hours after leaving Baltimore the German merchant submarine Deutschland had not been sighted at the Virginia Capes or in Hampton Roads. Reports say she was last seen at 6:30 AM near Tangier Sound, Chesapeake Bay, moving at a slower pace than sixteenth knots. A possible single allied warship guarded the capes, complicating her dash to sea.
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Old Point
Baltimore
Germany
Virginia Capes
Hampton Roads
Tangier Sound
Chesapeake Bay
Capes
Three Mile Line
Solomon's Island
Deutschland
Submarine sighted near Tangier Sound speeds toward Virginia Capes
The German merchant submarine Deutschland was seen off Tangier Sound at 6 am heading toward the lower Chesapeake. Two unfamiliar aeroplanes circled the area over Lower Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads. their origin unknown. Passengers from New York noted one foreign warship in sight near the Virginia Capes and observed a buoy like object with two masts near the three mile limit, sparking net float speculation.
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Newport News
Tangier Sound
Ngier Sound
Capes
Chesapeake Bay
Hampton Roads
Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station
North Carolina
Virginia Capes
Old Dominion
New York
Captain Koenig Confident in Deutschland Return Run
Captain Paul Koenig voiced confidence as the German merchant submarine Deutschland left Baltimore for Germany. Reports from Solomon's Island tracked the sub at 16 knots, moving toward the caps and possibly Newport News or a Chesapeake Bay inlet. Observers noted Bremen may reach Baltimore soon, with cargo operations already under way at Locust Point.
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Old Point
Baltimore
Newport News
Chesapeake Bay
Capes
Bremen
Deutschland
Bremerhaven
Paul G. L. Hilken
Eastern
Hilken
Locust Point
Atlantic Seaboard
Paul Koenig
Carly Count Shows Men Favor Strike
New York August 2 200 000 ballots counted of 400 000 cast by four railway brotherhoods show a preponderant number favoring a general strike on 225 railroads. Eastern and southern members vote heavily with the South leading in support. Officials say 99 14 per cent of Southern members favor the strike and counting may finish before August 7.
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New York
Southeastern Association of Trainmen
Orders of
Railway Workers of the
South
New York Faces General Street Car Strike
New York State and city authorities prepare for a city wide street railway workers strike that would halt most surface lines in Manhattan. Amalgamated Association leaders seek union recognition and higher pay. railway company officials vow to resist and train replacements. The strike aims to spark a nationwide movement for organizing street car workers.
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New York
New York State
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway
New York Railways Company
Borough of
Manhattan
Greater
Louis Fredigar
Casement Executed Pending Thursday Morning at Pendletonville
London reports Roger Casement will be executed tomorrow at 9 o clock with no reprieve. Attorney Gavin Duffy notes Casement remains unconcerned as the hour nears. Meanwhile White House moves to seek clemency and a Senate resolution proposes severing diplomatic ties with Great Britain over Ireland policy.
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London
Robert Cecil
Associated Press
Roger Casement
Robert
Gavin Duffy
Casement
Pentonville
Asquith
Ireland
Duffy
Open shop stance backed by San Francisco trades
The San Francisco Building Trades Employers Association endorsed open shop conditions in the city’s structural steel industry. The law and order committee of the Chamber of Commerce released the announcement amid a strike by steel workers demanding higher wages and better conditions. Strikers planned a late day meeting to discuss action.
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San Francisco
Cal
San Francisco Building Trades Employers’ Association
Structural Steel
Law and Order
Chamber of Commerce
Law and Order Committee
Mediators Seek End to Garment Strike in New York
In New York on August 2 mediators from the U S Department of Labor meet with women's garment manufacturers and union leaders to end a fourteen week strike by 45,000 workers. Lockouts by 160 men’s garment producers idle 15,000 workers and threaten 30,000 more, risking a 60,000 man men’s strike and a total 100,000 garment workers idle.
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New York
United States Department of Labor
Fort Sam Houston to get 750000 for land and buildings
Conference committee member says the army appropriation package includes a $750 000 allocation for Fort Sam Houston. Ground acquisition and new building construction are now positively assured, though the conference report may take two or three days to release.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Conerees
Sheppard
Fort Sam Houston
Typhus Cure Reported By Doctors Nicolle And Blaisot
In Paris on Aug 2 the Academy of Medicine heard that Doctors Nicolle and Blaisot have discovered a serum for eruptive typhus. They announced successful experiments and report injections treated serious cases. They claim the death rate dropped from 25 to 3 percent.
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Paris
Serbia
Nicolle and
Blaisot
Academy of Medicine
Bandits Attack Train at Gonzales Junction Mexico
Bandits attacked a northbound National lines train at Gonzales Junction, Mexico, on July 28. In the clash with 75 armed Constitutionalist soldiers, several bandits and nine soldiers were killed before the bandits were dispersed. The report was received today at Nuevo Laredo.
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Mexico
Laredo
Tex
National Lines
Gonzales Junction
Nuevo Laredo
Wheat Takes Big Jump As Rust Damages Loom
Chicago August 2 heavy wheat gains were posted on reports of Manitoba black rust damage and worsening Dakota Minnesota crops. Analysts estimated US wheat yield to drop about 87 million bushels from July outlook. Buying extended to European buyers with September futures rising to 1.283 4 dollars from 1.241 8.
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Chicago
Til
Manitoba
Dakotas
Minnesota
United States
Progressives to Confer in Indianapolis
Progressive national leaders arrive in Indianapolis for a conference to shape party policy. Three proposals may be discussed including naming a presidential candidate, allowing free voting for any candidate, or endorsing President Wilson. Attendance is expected to be forty to fifty members.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Wilson
No Fake Says Clark at Capitol Pediment Unveiling
An allegorical group in marble titled Armed peace protecting genius was unveiled on the capitol east entrance pediment with a ceremony. Speaker Clark Representative Slayden of Texas and sculptor Paul Bartlett spoke as Congress had appropriated 75000 dollars for the statuary in 1908. Clark defended the Monroe Doctrine and pledged to strengthen it while promoting Latin American independence.
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Washington, D. C
Capitol
Clark
Slayden
Texas
Paul Bartlett
Congress
United States
Indictments for murder in San Francisco parade bombing
Grand jury indictments charging murder were returned against five of the people still under arrest in the July 22 preparedness parade bomb explosion case. Reportedly the indictments would be presented to Superior Judge Geo. H. Cabaniss later today. Named alleged defendants include W. K. Billings, Thomas Mooney, Mrs. Rena Mooney, Israel Weinberg and Edward Nale.
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San Francisco
Cal
Geo. H. Cabaniss
W. K. Billings
Thomas Mooney
Rena Mooney
Israel Weinberg
Edward Nale
Village Burns in Ste Anne de la Pocatiere Fire
Flames engulf the entire village of Ste Anne de la Pocatiere Quebec as residents flee aid comes from Quebec and other cities. The origin of the blaze remains unknown.
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Ste Anne de la Pocatiere
Quebec
Gas buoy to mark Mobile Bay entrance first in Gulf
The Mobile Bar and Pilots' Association says a gas buoy will mark the entrance to Mobile Bay, the first of its kind in the Gulf of Mexico. The lighthouse service will install the buoy before August 10.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Mobile Bar and Pilots’ Association
Lighthouse Service
No Bandits Found Near Fort Hancock Report
A thorough search between Finlay and Fort Hancock by U S regulars found no Mexican bandits. About 160 bandits were said to have crossed the Rio Grande, with sightings by Captain William Kelley Jr and civilian scout Pop Allison. Sergeant Harry F. Smith reported a bandit party crossing into American territory. General Bell Jr confirmed the militiamen’ s sightings.
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EL Paso
Tex
Finlay
Fort Hancock
United States
George Bell Jr
Rio Grande
William Kelley Jr
Eighth Cavalry
Pop” Allison
Sierra Blanca
Harry F. Smith
Eighth Massachusetts Infantry
Smith
Bell
City Aims to Stop Munitions Traffic to Europe
City commissioners order immediate ban on storing ammunition in rail cars on piers and shipments to steamers bound for Europe after Black Tom Island blast. Two more bodies found in New York Bay, including Captain Cornelius Leyden, aiding manslaughter charges against four suspects.
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Jersey City
N. J
Europe
Black Tom Island
New York Bay
Cornelius Leyden
Lehigh Valley Railroad Police
Leyden
Police guard Pittsburg filtration plant amid strike clashes
In Aspinwall Pennsylvania the Pittsburg filtration plant is under police guard after reports that striking white wings and street cleaning drivers urged filtration laborers to join the strike. Several workers did not report for duty as the city council rejected a five cent wage rise. 1100 strikers were discharged and replacements hired. A second item notes Mrs. James Atkins of Waynesville North Carolina died yesterday from a paralytic stroke, reported in Chattanooga Tennessee.
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Pittsburg
Aspinwall
Robert Swan
Public Works
James Atkins
Chattanooga
Tenn
Waynesville
N. C
Atkins
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Allied and German Moves on Somme and Verdun Fronts
British and French forces push gains along the Somme with hand to hand fighting near Pozieres and High Wood while the Germans seize a height northwest of Fort Souville near Verdun. Petrograd reports limited Russian activity, and the German war office says several Russian assaults in the Sto sector were repelled.
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London
Somme
France
Berlin
Hem Wood
Monaco Farm
Pozieres
High Wood
Verdun
French Storm Position Across Somme and Meuse Fronts
French forces storm fortified German works north of Hem Wood between Hem Wood and Monaco farm on the Somme. They also fought along Vaux Le Chapitre Wood and Chenois on the Meuse front, taking 100 German prisoners, including three officers. Russian reconnoitering party charged in Champagne, dispersing a German detachment. Air activity: 33 aerial encounters. one German plane fell in flames.
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Paris
Somme
Hem Wood
Monaco Farm
Meuse
Verdun
Vaux-Le-Chapitre Wood
Chenoig
Damloup
Vaux-Le- Chapitre
Chenois
Champagne
Estrees
Deniecourt
Auberive
Vaux-Le-Chapitre
Vaux-Le-Chapitra
Nieuport
ADMITS FRENCH GAINS ON SOMME FRONT
French troops penetrated to our demolished trenches on the high road between Mari court and Clery near the River Somme and captured a hill east of Fort Souville in the Verdun region. The eastern front reports several attacks against the German lines in the Stokhod sector were broken.
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Berlin
London
Maricourt
Clery
Somme
Fort Souville
Verdun
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