President Wilson Meets Western Railroad Presidents
President Wilson called Western railroad presidents to the White House for a second conference on August 21. The talks aim to settle the threatened railroad strike through arbitration or a new legislative board to investigate disputes, while ensuring workers vote by secret ballot and keeping the strike vote under the board’s guidance.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
West
Hale Holden
Western Railway
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern
James J. Hill
E. P. Ripley
Santa Fe
Brotherhood
Carter
the Engineers
JAP CONCESSION AT CANAL IS SOUGHT
Secretary Lansing ordered an investigation into reports that a Spaniard named Fernandez seeks a 60,000 acre land concession at the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal for Japanese interests. Lansing would not detail the reports but action was considered significant. Rumors have circulated since the canal’s progress, centering on Fernandez as Havana agent with Jamoh Valdes involved in the concession scheme.
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Washington, D. C
Panama
Atlantic
Canal
Fernandez
Lansing
Lan Sing
Havana
Jamoh Valdes
United States
British Light Cruisers Sunk in North Sea Clash
London reports two British light cruisers Nottingham and Falmouth sunk after a North Sea engagement with German submarines and scout ships. One German submarine destroyed or possibly sunk. crews saved except 39. Germans also claim sinking a British destroyer and damaging a battleship, denied by British admiralty.
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London
North Sea
Jutland
Holland
New York Hotel Cuts Menu Size and Writing Paper Use
Aug 21 New York leading hotel announces September 1 reduce menu cards to curb nonguest use of hotel stationery. Writing room letters now require desk request for paper and envelopes due to paper scarcity and high cost.
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New York
Hotge
Man Surrenders Over 1914 Slab Fork Post Office Robbery
Charles Kumico, 20, walked more than 100 miles to Charleston after dreaming of arrest and confessed to robbing the Slab Fork post office near Coburn, W Va, in 1914 and surrendered to federal authorities.
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Charleston
W. Va
Slab Fork
Coburn
Charles Kumico
Weather forecast for San Antonio area
San Antonio and vicinity expect tonight and Tuesday to be partly cloudy with mild to moderate conditions. No precipitation is indicated and temperatures should remain near seasonal norms.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather roundup across major cities disappoints with mixed skies
The report notes St Louis and Kansas City seeing rain and warm spells with temperatures around 78 degrees, Chicago officials cite clear skies and rain, Milwaukee records 70 with northeast winds, New York and Washington enjoy clear, fair conditions with cool nights.
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Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Militia Divisions Form Under General Funston Plan
General Funston assigns eight brigadier generals to command provisional divisions for border duty troops. The plan groups militia units with regular troops, awaiting War Department orders to formalize divisional organization. El Paso, Brownsville, Laredo, and Nogales districts receive multiple divisions as state troops mobilize for border duty.
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Funston
Regular Army
Department
War Department
New York
Pennsylvania
National Guard
William J. Sibert
Charles G. Morton
George Bell Jr
Henry A. Greene
James Parker
Granger Adams
William A. Mann
Edward H. Plummer
General Bell
el Paso
Morton
Parker
Brownsville
Genera
Laredo
Pluarters
Nogales
New Mexico
Greene
Eagle Pass
San Antonio
Illinois
Wisconsin
Camp Wilson
Frederick W. Sibley
Senate
Leon Springs
Nine-Mile Hill
Landa's Park
O'Ryan
Villa chief cuts ears of twenty prisoners in raid
A rescued prisoner recounts Baudeño Uribe, a Villa commander, cutting off the ears of twenty de facto soldiers who refused to join his band during Villa's raid on Jiménez. A captain then executed the men as a rescuing party approached. government troops recovered the bodies in Chihuahua.
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EL Paso
Tex
el Democrata
Chihuahua City
Baudeiio Uribe
Vila
Jiminez
Uribe
First Auto Ride Ends in Fatal Embankment Plunge
Salem Virginia airplane? No. A W Gainer of Drapersville, aged ninety, took his first automobile ride yesterday afternoon. The car plunged from a sixty foot embankment, rolled five times, killing Gainer and injuring four others including his wife. The tragedy shaded the end of a routine outing and prompted investigations.
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Salem
A. W. Garner
Drapersville
Gainer
Navy civilian rookies set for month aboard battleships
Over 2000 young civilians will live as sailors for a month aboard battleships Maine New Jersey and Kentucky leaving from New York. Nine hundred students will train in small arms drills engine room duties firing twelve inch guns and fire control while also scrubbing decks polishing brass and performing general ship care duties.
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United States
Maine
New Jersey
Kentucky
New York
Thirteen Dead in Hurricane Strikes Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi and ten South Texas counties reel from a tropical storm that left thirteen dead including nine crew members of the freighter Pilot Boy. Wide inland deaths occur near Katherine and San Diego. Estimated losses total about 2 million dollars with extensive damage to cotton and coastal structures. Communication lines remain severed and relief is being requested.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
Aransas Pass
Katherine
Alice
San Diego
Rockport
Robstown
Bishop
Kingsville
Rio Grande Valley
Water Street
North Beach
Corpus Beach
San Antonio
Hardin Court Pier
Lloyd's Pier
St. Joseph's Island
First National Bank
Here
Port Aransas
Coast Guard
Comanche
Brownsville
Heat wave relief as storm moves northeast
A rain storm formed in the plains and is advancing toward the Missouri Valley, bringing relief from the Middle West heat wave since Friday. Officials predict temperatures will drop in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and western Missouri by tonight or tomorrow, as Chicago records 92 degrees at 10 a.m.
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Chicago
Plain States
Missouri Valley
Middle West
Government Weather Bureau
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Fast Becoming Man O Warsmien on Virginia Cruise
The John Paul Jones cruise for civilian recruits on the reserve ships of the Atlantic fleet shows progress aboard the Virginia near Newport. Ninety recruits, including Harvard men, join drill, gunnery, and navigation training as they move from welcome to hands-on work, with five minutes to load and fire a 12 inch gun compared to a trained crew’s 20 seconds.
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Virginia
Newport
Boston
Long Island
Gardiner’s Bay
Harvard
Herrick
Harwood
White
Allen
Senate votes to take up immigration bill amid literacy test clash
The Senate by 27 to 24 moved to consider the immigration bill, with nine Democrats joining Republicans. Debate on Asiatics proceeded in secret after galleries were cleared. President Wilson vetoed last year over the literacy test, and some Democrats believe he may not veto again. The motion was spearheaded by Senator Smith of South Carolina, as others pressed for immediate action and possible reversal of the former veto.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Wilson
Smith
South Carolina
Phelan
California
Simmons
Finance Committee
Kern
Thomas
Colorado
Baby Born in Hearse During Hospital Run in Chicago
Otto Rodenberg, an undertaker chauffeur, stopped to help a sick woman aboard a street car and, with a conductor and policeman, transferred her to his hearse. Mrs Mildred Volensky, who thought she needed a hospital, gave birth during the ride and both mother and baby were later reported doing well at the hospital.
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Chicago
Otto Rodenberg
Volensky
Ambassador Sharp and Daughter Return on Lafayette
William Graves Sharp ambassador to France and his daughter Miss Margaret Sharp arrived in New York aboard the Lafayette from Bordeaux. Also aboard was B. Rantoul of the American Ambulance Corps, decorated by France for evacuating the wounded from first line trenches on the western battlefield.
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New York
William Graves Sharp
France
Margaret Sharp
Lafayette
Bordeaux
B. Rantoul
American Ambulance Corps
Italians Land Arm Youth In Balkans War Looms
The Greek military authorities agree to withdraw troops from 18 villages near the frontier while Italian troops disembark at Saloniki. Bulgarians advance toward Kavala, seizing two Greek forts. A German directed campaign at Saloniki risks a Germany Italy war, with Italy pressing for broader Balkan action as Austrian forces redeploy.
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Saloniki
London
Paris
Havas
Kavala
Germany
Italy
Balkans
Fort Douglas Open Training Camp Opens in Salt Lake City
Open training camp at Fort Douglas in Salt Lake City begins with government covering expenses and a $5 deposit to be refunded on return of all government property. Lt. Col. Johnson Hagood of the Coast Artillery commands. Camp runs until September 17 with about 750 men enrolled.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Mountain States
Fort Douglas
Johnson Hagood
Coast Artillery
Two Police Forces Proposed in St Joseph as Board Replaced
In St Joseph Missouri Lieutenant Governor Painter removes Dr A G Crandell and Joseph I McDonald from the police commissioners and a new board is named. The new board plans to appoint a police chief who will recruit from loyal men to form a separate metropolitan police force. All arrestees by the new department will likely be jailed in the county facility.
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ST. Joseph
Painter
A. G. Crandell
Joseph I. McDonald
Board of Police Commissioners
Epidemic Checked in Massachusetts Reports say infantile paralysis easing
Massachusetts health officials report the spread of infantile paralysis has slowed temporarily. In the last forty eight hours only ten cases were found, though daily reports had recently exceeded that number.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Mass
State Department of Health
Fighting on the Balkan Front Continues Across Broad Front
Paris dispatch reports continued fighting on the Macedonian front with operations along a 150 mile irregular line from Florina to the Struma. Allied command under General Sarrail and General Cordonnier seeks a coordinated offensive as German and Bulgarian forces attempt counter actions in eastern Macedonia.
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Paris
Theloniki
Macedonia
Sarran
Saloniki
Florina
Monastir
Struma
Sarrail
Cordonnier
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