Ferguson Mien Ant In Control Of Convention
The Texas Democratic convention opened with State Senator D. E. Decker winning as temporary chairman over M. H. Wolfe and later becoming permanent chairman. Ferguson forces gained a major early win as five Ferguson delegations were seated, signaling strong control over the gathering. Mayor Ben Campbell welcomed delegates and urged Culberson’s re election to the Senate.
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Houston
Tex
D. E. Decker
M. H. Wolfe
Dallas
Decker
Ferguson Forces
James E. Ferguson
William State Jacobs
Culberson
Ben Campbell
Texas
Charles A. Culberson
United States Senate
Davis E. Decker
Quanah
Isa Ferguson
M. M. Crane
Ferguson
Hays
Bell
Tom Green
Crane
O. 8. Lattimore
Wolfe
O. B. Colquitt
Colquitt
Hanger
Charles J. Kirk
W. A. Hanger
Fort Worth
Ferguson Orces
Ferguson Delegates Seated After Credentials Review
At an adjourned executive committee meeting the Ferguson delegations from Bell Hays Hill Tom Greene and Hardin counties were seated. General Crane opposed seating the regular delegations but his substitute failed 30 to 1 with Lockridge abstaining. The committee’s original motion to seat the delegations carried.
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Executive Committee
Ferguson
Bell
Hays
Hill
Tom Greene
Hardin
Lloyd Lockridge
Aus
M. M. Crane
Dallas
Lockridge
Crane
Italians Take Gorizia Bridgehead Amid Shelling
The war office reports Italian forces have captured the Gorizia bridgehead and are shelling the city to expel the Austrian defenders. More than 8000 prisoners were taken on August 6.
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Gorizia
Rome
London
War Office
Two Submarine Sighting Off Maine Coast Sparks Coast Guard Watch
No further trace was reported of two vessels sighted by the coast guard lookout near Machias yesterday. The boats, thought to be submarines, kept close to the three mile limit, with speeds of ten to twelve knots. One vessel possibly the Bremen, a German merchant submarine, fueling heightened interest and coastwise vigilance.
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Portland
Coast Guard
Maine
Machias
Bremen
United States
Massachusetts
Cross Island
Boston
U S Agrees to Six Nation Commission on Mexican Differences
Washington reports the administration will form a six member commission to discuss points of difference with Mexico with three American representatives to be chosen. Carranza insists border issues be addressed first while other topics may follow. Eliseo Arredondo outlined Mexico’s stance to Acting Secretary Polk, indicating compliance and readiness for talks. Carranza authorized Arredondo to coordinate details with Polk.
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Washington, D. C
Carranza
United States
Mexico
Eliseo Arredondo
Polk
Arredondo
General Carranza
Cararaza
President Urges Bigger Navy Building Plan Support
President Wilson summoned Senator Swanson and Representative Padgett to the White House to press the House to accept Senate provisions for a larger building program and navy personnel. Officials reported conferees failed to agree on these features yesterday and a vote on the conference report was set for next Tuesday.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Swanson
Padgett
Senate
House
White House
Carranza Won’t Quit and May Seek Presidency
Mexico City August reports Foreign Minister Aguilar says General Carranza will stay in executive power until after elections and resign to a legally elected president if public opinion demands. He notes municipal and congressional polls must precede any presidential vote and peace is required. Aguilar adds Gonzales may not join cabinet now and will return to Morelos to finish the campaign against Zapata followers.
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Mexico City
Mex
Aguilar
Carranza
Congress
General Aguilar
Pablo Gonzales
Gonzales
Morelos
Zapata
Deportation of American employee in Mexico case
Washington August H. A. Dunn, an American employee of the Mexico City Street Railway and Light Company, charged with selling dynamite to Zapata bandits, has been released from jail but will be deported as an undesirable foreigner.
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Washington, D. C
H. A. Dunn
Mexico City Street Railway and Light Company
Zapata
Timber Agent Falls From Fifteen Stories In St Louis
George Kimball Smith a timber industry agent fell or jumped from a fifteen story window in the Boatman s Bank building in St Louis Aug 8. He landed on the roof of a seven story annex and died instantly.
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ST. Louis
George Kimball Smith
Boatmans Bank
Relief from Rains Lifts Mexican famine districts
Heavy rains in Chihuahua bring hope to famine areas in El Paso. Juarez authorities expect more rain to boost crops and ease peon distress. Food shipments reach Parral as Gen Trevino plans to meet Carranza in Mexico City on industrial rehabilitation.
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EL. Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Juarez
Parral
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua City Said That General Trevino
Carranza
Mexico City
General Carranza
Mexico
Lopez Ortiz
General Trevino
Farm Loan Board to Begin District Hearings
Washington August 8 hearing by the new farm loan board starts August 21 in Portland Maine. The board will divide the country into districts and locate twelve farm loan banks under the rural credits act, visiting all sections and holding hearings at state capitals where possible.
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Washington, D. C
New Farm Loan Board
Portland
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Tonight and Wednesday expect fair weather with no significant precipitation. Clear skies will prevail with light winds and mild temperatures across the area.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather snapshot for several cities in tourist guide style
Forecasts by The Light cover St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington with temperatures ranging from 64 to 80 and conditions including cloudy clear and rain. Winds vary from 4 to 14 miles per hour and highs reach up to 96 while lows dip to the low 60s.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Millionaire Battery Stays on Border Duty at El Paso
A Massachusetts National Guard battery nicknamed the Millionaire Battery declined the War Department offer to muster out student companies and will remain on border duty until state troops depart. Every soldier in the battery is a Harvard man except one, who hails from Princeton.
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el Paso
Tex
Massachusetts National Guard
Millionaire Battery
War Department
Harvard
Princeton
Explosion Devastates Woodward Colliery in Ed wardsville
A gas explosion at the Woodward colliery of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Coal Company in Ed wardsville, near Wilkes-Barre, Pa, killed five miners and injured eight. Rescue teams searched for additional victims as the mine was partially wrecked.
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Wilkesbarre
Woodward
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Coal Company
Edwardsville
Here
New York Streetcar Service Restored After Walkout
Normal service on major Manhattan and Bronx surface lines resumed after a two week disruption. About 7500 workers from New York Railways and Third Avenue Railways affected by a settlement agreed after talks with Mayor Mitchel. Theodore P. Shonts stated the company abides by the understanding but will not recognize a union and will seek fair working conditions to deter outside pressure.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
New York Railways Company
Third Avenue Railway
Mitchel
Theodore P. Shonts
National Guard Troops Undergo Rigorous El Paso Examination
In El Paso Texas the National Guard troops encamped here begin a formal medical exam by regular Army officers under strict standards. Officers fear eye tests and note prior rushed enrollment without proper checks. General George Bell Jr reports overall sickness under 3 percent among 30 000 troops, praising the guard’s record as comparable to regulars.
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EL Paso
Tex
National Guard
George Bell Jr
Milk Strike Ties Up St Louis Deliveries
Lockout of union drivers from fourteen dairies reduces house to house milk deliveries in St Louis. Customers visit dairies and grocers send wagons to stock up as unions picket without violence. Drivers seek raise from 14 to 18 dollars weekly plus 6 percent commission on gross sales amid police presence.
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ST. Louis
German government seeks Supreme Court appeal in Appam case
In Norfolk Virginia on August 8 counsel for Germany filed a formal petition for appeal to the Supreme Court in the prize ship Appam case. A $2,000,000 supersedeas bond was posted by five American bonds and signed by Lieutenant Hans Berg the prize master and German consul L M von Schilling.
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Norfolk
Appam
Waddill
United States District Court
Supreme Court
Hans Berg
L. M. von Schilling
Re open food problem London
The foreign office will send a memorandum to the American ambassador to resume negotiations on feeding civilians in German occupied areas. It states Britain’s conditions were recently rejected by Germany and the United States could reopen the question if it deems it advisable.
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London
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Germany
United States
San Antonio Invited as Site for US Mexico Conference
Mayor Clinton G. Brown and A. B. Weakley sent telegrams to Washington and Mexico City inviting the United States and Mexico to hold the joint international commission in San Antonio. The city touted its climate hotels and hospitality as ideal for witnesses and delegates to convene and study conditions.
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United States
Mexico
San Antonio
Clinton G. Brown
A. B. Weakley
Joint International Commission
Eliseo Arredondo
Washington
Carranza
State Polk
John Bh. Carrington
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Felows
Department of the South
Joint Commission For the Adjustment of Relations
Senate Agrees On Revised Army Bill
The Senate without debate approved the conference report on the army appropriation bill totaling 267 million. Senator Clapp opposed the La Follette amendment raising enlistment age to 21 without parental consent. The measure funds aviation development and defense coordination while setting naval building goals and guard relief programs.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
National Guard
Clapp
Minnesota
Council For National Defense
House
Chamberlain
Plattsburg
Death of Vice Admiral Kamimura of Japanese Navy
Vice Admiral Heikonojo Kamimura, a prominent Japanese navy officer aged 67, died in Tokyo. He commanded the second squadron and played a key role in the Russo-Japanese war and the 1914 naval action at Tsing Tau against German forces.
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Kamimura
Tokio
Heikonojo Kamimura
Tsing-Tau
China
War profiteering dyestuff offer shocked industry
A Midwestern hosiery maker reported to the Department of Commerce that the Eastern Forwarding Company, acting as German submarine Deutschland’s American agents, offered dyestuffs at $5 a pound, about fifty times prewar prices. The manufacturer declined.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Commerce
Middle West
Deutschland
Miss Wilson Injured in Croton Runaway Crash
Miss Margaret Wilson eldest daughter of the president and actress Blanche Bates were thrown from a carriage in a runaway accident at Croton New York Sunday. They were bruised severely but Miss Wilson recovered enough to return to Washington.
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Croton
N. Y
Margaret Wilson
Blanche Bates
George Creel
Germans Driven Back On O Mile Front By British
German forces retreat along the O Mile front as British troops press the advance in renewed fighting with Turkish units. Allied reports describe heavy shelling and tactical shifts amid ongoing operations.
Russians Drive Austro German Forces Back South of Dniester
Petrograd dispatch reports Russian troops pushing Austro German units back along the Dniester line toward Tyszienca south of the Dniest er river. They capture Tlumach and advance east of the river ridge. In battles on Sereth August 5 and 6, 166 officers and 8415 men were captured. Russian cavalry pursues southwest of Kolomea and Stanislau rail line in Galicia.
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Petrograd
London
Dniesster
Tyszienca
Tlumach
Dniester
Kolomea and
Stanislau
Galiscia
Sereth River
Russian Push Against Austro German Line South of Dniester
Strong Russian forces yesterday advanced against Austro German positions on the Trumach Ottynia line south of the Dniester in Galicia. Central Powers forces withdrew to previously prepared positions.
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Berlin
London
Trumach-Ottynia
Dniester
Galicia
Heavy fighting along the Somme and Verdun fronts intensify
Paris reports ongoing battles on the Somme and at Verdun with German gains at Verdun while British and French forces advance north of the Somme. Italian forces along the Isonzo report 3600 prisoners and several entrenched positions captured as Rome cites more captures by General Cadorna.
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London
Verdun
Somme
France
Paris
Haig
Guillemont
Hill 139
Hardecourt
Trones Wood
Fleury-Thiaumont
Thiaumont
Isonzo
Gorizia
Vienna
Rome
Cadorna
Turks Again Beaten At Romani Near Katia
British forces pursuing a Turkish force defeated last week at Romani have reached the Turkish rear guard six miles east of Katia near the Suez Canal. The commander reports mounded troops in contact, a battle field cleared, 200 Turkish dead buried, and limited damage from aeroplane bombing at Port Said and Suez. Anzac mounted troops led the offensive with persistent, effective attacks as traffic along waterways continued uninterrupted. The victory is described as absolute.
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London
Romani
Katia
Suez Canal
Egypt
Port Said
Suez
Anzac Mounted
Italians Win Victory Heralded Across Italy
Rome reports a victory in the Monfalcone sector announced by the war ministry. The early release praises Italian success, and the country receives the news with enthusiasm though details remain scarce.
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Rome
Italy
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