Revenue Bill Dominates Senate Finance Debate
Senate Democrats intensify drive on a 200 million revenue bill as they push amid ship and naval appropriations to set a new spending record. The clash targets a 10 percent tax on munition components with Southern and Western opposition shaping a close vote.
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Senate approves munitions tax plan and corporate license tax
A plan cuts tax on materials to five percent while imposing a ten percent net profit tax on munitions manufacturers and five percent on materials used for munition production. The revenue loss from the six percent cut is about five million dollars. A 50 cent license tax per ten thousand dollars of corporate capital and profits was debated and approved as part of the amendment.
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Kansas City Gas Supply Cut as Southern Kansas Field Exhausted
Kansas City Missouri gas service will be shut off under a contract with Kansas City Distributing Company as Southern Kansas field supplies run dry. Robert Stone, attorney for Kansas Natural Gas Company, says the action may be mirrored in other Kansas cities if gas rates or supply remain disputed.
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Kansas City
Robert Stone
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Kansas City Distributing Company
Kansas
Typhoid Case Reported in Laredo Military Camp
In Laredo Texas on August 14 one typhoid case is documented among about 10 000 troops housed in Fort McIntosh post and six National Guard camps. The patient did not take the anti typhoid toxin and was moved to a distant Rio Grande point where he later fell ill.
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Fort McIntosh
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Rio Grande
Place Big Steel Order
The entente allies governments closed contracts for 500000 tons of shell steel and forgings with U S Steel and others. The total contract is said to involve 33750000 dollars. Domestic makers of war munitions ordered 100000 to 200000 tons of shell steel and Ford Motor Company ordered 40000 tons of fabricated steel.
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New York
Entente
U. S. Steel Corporations
Ford Motor Company
Arkansas Infantry Arrives at Deming in New Campaign Camp
The First and Second Arkansas Infantry arrived from Little Rock and went into camp at Deming New Mexico. Colonel Henry Stroupe, in command, reported the trip without incident.
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Soldier's Body Found in Rio Grande Near Eagle Pass
Official dispatches report the body of a private from the Third Infantry found near Eagle Pass. He is believed to be the son of M. H. Limbacher of Vanderbilt Michigan and is thought to have drowned in the Rio Grande.
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Washington, D. C
Eagle Pass
Third Infantry
M. H. Limbacher
Vanderbilt, Mich
Rio Grande
San Antonio Area Weather Tonight and Tuesday
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday. Light breezes and mild temperatures are expected with no significant precipitation noted.
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Home Weather For Tourists In Major Cities
Forecasts from The Light cover St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. Readings show temperatures from 56 to 64 with varied skies and winds. Cooler conditions expected with rain in some cities and continued coolness noted across the period.
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Washington
Germans Launch Counterattack Near Pozieres In Frontline Fight
London reports a German counterattack along the Pozieres front with some trench gains as Italian forces push toward Hill 212 on the Isonzo with Austrian lines breached east of that position. Russian offensives in Galicia push Austro German forces toward Lemberg while French actions steady along the Somme.
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Italian Troops Press Austrians on Carso and Over Gorizia
Italian forces push the Austrians back on the Carso plateau and east of hill 212, capture about 800 prisoners as battles continue along the Gorizia front. The Austrians, though defeated at Gorizia, remain obstinate with fighting on multiple fronts and new resistance at Bainsizza.
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French Capture Trenches on Somme Front Night Action
Paris reports French forces seized trenches on the left of the Fay Denicourt road in the Somme sector after a night of heavy bombardment. Maurepas area saw brisk cannonading while German assaults near hill 304 and Fleury in Verdun were repulsed. Liberte correspondent notes a bombardment so intense it shook the ground across a twenty kilometer radius.
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Germans Gain Footing Near Pozieres On Somme Front
London dispatch reports German forces attacked British positions near Pozieres on the Somme last night and temporarily gained a foothold in a trench area recovered from them a day earlier.
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Pozieres
Somme
West Indian hurricane warned for shipping as it heads west
The weather bureau issued a shipping warning as a second West Indian hurricane formed in the Caribbean Sea. Its exact location and strength remain unclear, but its center is expected to move westward from St Kitts, with Gulf Coast regions advised to prepare for the storm.
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Weather Bureau
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Islding
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Weather map hints at hurricane influence near Florida
The San Antonio forecast ignores the storm and only notes partly cloudy unsettled conditions. The national map shows unsettled weather with no well developed storms. Rain was reported in Texas at Amarillo around 4 30 Monday morning with a trace of .28.
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San Antonio
Florida
United States
Tex
Amarillo
Long Hot Spell Ends in Missouri and Kansas
The dry hot spell is broken across Missouri and most of Kansas. Rain totals in Missouri rose to about two inches in the last 24 hours, the greatest fall since early June. Kansas City recorded 1.88 inches, the heaviest since June 20, with St. Louis exceeding two and a half inches since Saturday night.
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Missouri
Kansas
St. Louis
Women Foil Kidnapers Near Kinney Minn
In Kinney Minnesota last night two women escaped kidnapers after IWW members attempted to seize Mrs. Lucy Clark wife of a deputy sheriff and her four year old son as they stepped from a Mesaba electric car. Mrs Clark sustained a scalp wound when struck by a club and the child was seized before a motor car sped away. Police recovered the Clark baby near the railroad station and two men tied to IWW leadership on the range were arrested and held without bail.
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Industrial Workers of the World
Edward Eno
Lucy Clark
Virginia
Mesaba
Clark
Palmer
Clark Baby
Mutiny Aboard Callao Near San Francisco Harbor
The bark Callao with a mutinous crew left San Francisco for New York and was 25 miles south-southwest of the lightship last night awaiting a tug to return. Captain William Tobin reported the crew refused duty as the ship carried 1500 tons of barley and oil and had been sold to Brynhilda Shipping Company of New York.
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Callao
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Golden Gate
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Brynhilda Shipping Company
Letter Carriers in Guard 10 Lose Jobs
Chicago branch of the Letter Carriers Association acts to aid families of members amid a mobilization order that dismisses mail carriers serving in militia units. The local posts report receipt of the order and will obey it. About fifty Chicago carriers are affected by the action.
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Chicago
Letter Carriers’ Association
Suffragettes Gather for Atlantic City Emergency Convention
Preparations are under way for a major suffrage assembly in Atlantic City New Jersey from September 6 to 10. Leading suffragettes from across the United States will attend the National American Woman Suffrage Association emergency convention to discuss policy. A three cornered debate will address whether suffrage should be achieved by federal constitutional amendment through states or by both methods. Democratic and Republican presidential candidates have been invited to present views on suffrage.
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New York
Atlantic City
N. J
United States
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Fungton Reports Food Riots in Chihuahua Disorder Spreads
General Funston reports unrest spreading in Chihuahua driven by food shortages and dire economic conditions. News confirms the execution of Gen Inez Salazar in Chihuahua after defiance of the American government. Military officials say militia redeployment to the border aims to better train troops under regular army officers with El Paso camps prepared for arrival.
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Jacinto Trevino
Chihushua
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Salazar
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Mexico
Wartorn
War Department
el Paso
George Bell
Sinking of Three Vessels Reported by Lloye
London August 14 reported by Lloye the sinking of the Italian steamer Nereus and the Italian sailing vessel Dina along with the French sailing vessel Saint Gaetan. The Nereus left Newport News July 19 and passed Gibraltar August 7. tonnage listed at 3980 gross.
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Gavira to Madera Field Headquarters American Punitive Expedition
General Gabriel Gavira inspector general of the de facto Mexican government forces traveled through on a military train toward Madera with an escort of 150 soldiers.
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Mexico
Gabriel Gavira
Madera
Asquith Seeks Prolonged Parliament Till May
Premier Asquith introduced a bill in the House of Commons to extend the present parliament’s life until the end of next May, extending parliamentary tenure.
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Asquith
London
House of Commons
Rising unrest in Mexico city strikes report
A copy of El Nacional from Mexico City notes social discontent in Mexico. It says last week General Benjamin Hill, commander of the federal district, deployed patrols to disperse gatherings of striking electric workers in the capital.
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Naval Academy Squadron Sails for Southern Drill Grounds
The Naval academy practice squadron including battleships Missouri Iowa and Wisconsin sailed from Hampton Roads heading to the Southern drill grounds. The chase will last a month.
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Spanish Premier Holds Talks With Austrian Ambassador
Count Romanones, the Spanish premier, met the Austrian ambassador in San Sebastian on Saturday for a long conference. On Sunday the discussions resumed and extended beyond the previous day’s duration.
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Romanones
Havas
San Sebastian
Fear Night In Open Fort Worth At Lake Worth Camp
One hundred Texas girls, many socially prominent, face a night in the open at Lake Worth for the first Texas Girls Honor guard encampment. Tents failed to arrive from Galveston causing hotel stays for many, though tents are due late today and will be ready by tomorrow night.
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Texas
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Austrian bombardment hits Isonzo battery and Grado station
An Austrian Hungarian naval air squadron carried out a night bombardment on August 9 at a hostile battery at the mouth of the Isonzo and the naval air station at Grado. Several exact hits were reported. The Austrian planes returned undamaged after a violent shelling.
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Sayville
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Grado
American aviator Dennis Dowd killed in Paris crash
Dennis Dowd, 30, an American aviator with the French army and recent member of the new American flying corps, was killed at Buc Aero drome when his aircraft fell Friday. The cause is unknown. Dowd previously served with the foreign legion and was regarded as an expert flyer. His father resides in Sea Cliff, Long Island.
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Dennis Dowd
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Flood Trough Causes Little Damage in Georgia Valley
Water escaped Lake Toxaway when a dam failed last night and swept the valley. By morning in Anderson the torrent had weakened and caused no casualties or major damage according to officials.
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American envoy to take Syrians appeal to Turkish Porte
Abram I. Elkus, newly appointed American ambassador, will carry a petition for starving Syrians to the Porte. He received final instructions today from President Wilson and Secretary Lansing before departing for Constantinople.
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Rail strike crisis eases after White House talks
President Wilson meets with six railroad chiefs and union leaders seeking a frame for arbitration and an eight hour day. Officials report cautious optimism, with discussions centering on arbitration and possible legislation to avert a nationwide railway strike.
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