Wilson Seeks Avert Eight Hour Workday Plan On Railroads
President Wilson meets with railroad managers and Brotherhood leaders in Washington as they explore an eight hour day. Officials report candor in talks, with unions urging enforceable hours and arbitration for overtime.
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Washington, D. C
Committee of Railroad Managers
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tumulty
Brotherhoods
White House
General Board
New York
Whitehouse
Elisha Lee
Elisha
Italian Dreadnaught Leonardo da Vinci Burns in Harbor
Paris reports the Italian dreadnaught Leonardo da Vinci caught fire in Taranto harbor and blew up. About 500 crew drowned as magazines flooded and exploded while attempts were made to beach the ship. The ship, sister to Conte di Cavour, Giulo Cesare, launched 1911, displaced 22 000 tons and housed 957 men.
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Paris
Taranto
Italy
Turin
Petit Journal
Leonardo da Vinci
Conte di Cavour
Giulo Cesare
U S Business Needs Matching War-Time Guns for Market Fight
E N Hurley chairman of the federal trade commission says after the European war the United States must equip its industries to compete abroad with the same scale as wartime battleships. He warns that without the Webb bill progress from other measures will be wasted and foreign competitors will gain more foreign business.
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Chicago
Lll
United States
E. N., Hurley
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Webb
Hurley
Gompers Called Public Nuisance by Senator Sherman
Senator Sherman of Illinois labeled Samuel Gompers, leader of the American Federation of Labor, a public nuisance during a Senate digression on a shipping bill. He criticized leaders who profit from others' labor and asserted personal political responsibility in the matter.
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Washington, D. C
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Sherman
Illinois
Senate
Senator Sherman
Gompers
Gomp
Weather Update for San Antonio and Vicinity
For San Antonio and vicinity. Tonight and Wednesday partly cloudy conditions prevail with no significant precipitation and mild to moderate temperatures expected. Local forecasts suggest lingering clouds, light winds, and comfortable evening minimums.
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San Antonio
Weather Districts Report From The Light
Forecasts from The Light cover major cities including St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington Temperature ranges vary 66 to 80 with winds from the south north and southwest Rain and increasing cloudiness noted in several markets Lowest and highest temperatures for the past 24 hours are listed with each city
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Entraining Halts at Board as Railroad Strike Threat Looms
General Funston suspended the movement of 25 000 state troops to the border due to a threatened railroad strike. He warned it could disrupt food supplies for troops and civilians, recommending troops stay in mobilization camps until the strike question is settled. Some states had started deployment. others still awaiting quotas.
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Funston
War Department
Mexico
National Guard
South Carolina
Ohio
Kentucky
Vermont
Strike halts ent training at border mobilization
Washington August 15 The War Department suspended orders for the remaining mobilized National Guard units to move to the border amid railroad strike tensions. About 25 000 troops were to be affected with no official explanation given, but caution prevailed to avoid leaving states short of order amid the strike. Some Kentucky Ohio and Vermont units were ready to move.
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Washington,d. C
National Guard
War Department
Kentucky
Ohio
Vermont
Italian Chief Planned Gorizia Capture On Isonzo Front
General Count Cadorna directed Italian forces to seize Gorizia on the Isonzo front. Reports say he supervised artillery placement to spare the city from shellfire as Austrian Field Marshal Kraus retired.
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Count Cadorna
Gorizia
Kraus
Cadorna
Texas Farmer Expects Cotton Boom in Fall Prices Peak
W K Clarkson of Clarkson Cotton Company predicts a strong fall market with cotton at about 20 cents per pound and the South booming. Texas and Oklahoma crops show strong conditions while Atlantic storms threaten yields. he estimates U S production near 14 million bales and Texas seed value lifts overall bale revenue to about 93 dollars.
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South
W. K. Clarkson
Clarkson Cotton Company
Texas
Sully
San Antonio
Pexas
Guenther Mill Project Under Way In San Antonio
Work began Tuesday on a six story daylight flour mill for Guenther Milling Co at Comal and Morales. The $22,000 reinforced concrete structure will be 34 by 90 feet, fireproof with many windows, eight months to complete, and daily capacity of 750 barrels. Lehrack Construction of Kansas City is contractor.
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Guenther Milling Company
Comal and
Morales Streets
Comal Street
Guenther
Lehrack Construction and Engineering Company of
Kansas City
Post Office Employes Will Not Be Dropped
Postmaster Armistead says no postal workers are being dropped for military service. Reinstatement promised after discharge with priority for those under 2000 dollars combined salary. those with larger incomes do not receive vacation pay for pre June 30 vacation. Local cases include John S. Pape and Charles Kuhlman.
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Chicago
George D. Armistead
John S. Pape
Leutenant
Texas Cavalry
Charles Kuhlman
Second
Texas Infantry
United States
Postal Service
Armistead
Release of American Manager Held by Carranza
H A Dunn, manager of the Mexico City railway plant, who has been imprisoned by Carranza authorities since last May, was provisionally released after repeated representations by the United States.
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Washington, Oh
H. A. Dunn
Mexico City
Carranza
United States
German White Book Warns of Baralong Aftermath
Berlin reports a white book to the Reichstag detailing German and British documents on the Baralong incident. It states reprisals will match provocation and vows airship attacks on England within the laws of war to avenge civilian and military cruelty.
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Berlin
Sayville
Reichstag
Overseas
Germany
England
London
Kill Mexican Officer On Provost Duty At Colonia Du Blan
A Mexican lieutenant on provost guard at Colonia Du Blan fired on an American soldier, wounded a Mexican railroad brakeman, then was shot and killed by a sentry within American lines after the officer refused to halt. The sentry returned fire after the assault.
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Colonia Dublan
Funston
Mexico Northwestern Railroad
Naval bill in House faces final action on large increase
A conference report on the naval appropriation bill of about 315.8 million dollars moves toward final House action. Key clashes target Senate plans for 157 ships in three years, four battleships and four battlecruisers in 1917, and an enlisted strength of 74,400 as Chairman Padgett bids concurrence. Advocates of a small navy prepare to oppose, but passage is regarded as virtually assured.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Padgett
Naval Committee
lHouse
Freight Trains Crash Kill Three in Pennsylvania Collision
Three railwaymen died and seven were injured when two heavy B&O freight trains collided head on at Vance Pennsylvania. The wreck halted traffic for hours and disrupted rail service at the scene.
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Pittsburg
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Vance
Tropical Disturbance Southeast of Jamaica strengthens
A tropical disturbance was centered southeast of Jamaica this morning and moving westward. Weather bureau reports indicate it is a storm of moderate intensity with potential to intensify.
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Washington, D. C
Jamaica
Weather Bureau
Thirteen Miles From Trieste In Italy War Dispatch
Italian troops reach Tolmino suburbs under heavy shell fire as Austrians evacuate the city. A second report says Italian advance guard near Gorizia is within thirteen miles of Trieste and Tolmino suburbs are burning with city’s fall expected at any moment.
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Paris
Tolmino
la Liberte
Turin
Geneva
Gorizia
Trieste
Buchs
Switzerland
London
Gorezia
Pola
Adriatic
Italians Reach Tolmino and Near Trieste Front
British and Italian dispatches report Italian forces pushing from Gorizia toward Tolmino and approaching Trieste within thirteen miles. Austrian fleet largely withdrawn from Trieste. Pola remains a key naval base. Western fronts see German trenches cleared near Pozieres and Verdun fighting intensifies, while Russian advances threaten Austro German lines along the Zlota Lip a and Stripa fronts.
Russians Advance After Rear Guard Pounding
Soviet forces press gains as they drive back rear guards and seize new territory. Petrogad reports heavy fighting, describing renewed activity on the front amid retreat actions and strategic shifts by opposing units.
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M. Tees
Isonzo
Temng Gott
Alot Paige
W. B. Clarkson
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Baltimore & Ohio
Tolming
Rome
THE
Associated Press
Carso Plateau
Carso
Emnarar William
Galicia
Volhynia
Brussiloff
Zlota Lipa
Stripa
Petrograd
Geners von Bothmer
Letchitzky
Halicz
Hystritsa-Slote- Vina
Verdun Regio
Varis
aux-Fleury
Meuse
Pod
Koropice
Count von Bothmer
Berestechk
Shezurovitse
Stanystay
Styr
Brody
Oesko-Zboroff
Brzezany
Korgev
Dniester
Jesupol
Bystritsa-Maidan
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Solotvina
Nadworna
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Carpathians
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Stryj
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Lotehizky
Haltes
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