Railroad dispute nears decision as talks with Wilson progress
Washington report details unrest among railroad workers over delayed talks with President Wilson and railway executives. Leaders push for prompt action while many workers fear prolonged delay. a plan for arbitration and possible eight hour day features in discussions with Newlands and Adamson.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Brotherhood
Newlands
Adamson
Interstate Commerce Committees
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Holden
The
Burlington
Joe
Carnegie Denies Ill Health After Fishing Trip
Andrew Carnegie, back from a fishing trip, tells inquirers he is very well and in good health. His secretary dismisses illness rumors and notes Carnegie will depart Thursday for a coastal cruise along Nova Scotia.
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Carnegie
Bar Harbor
Andrew Carnegie
Carnhegie
Ova Scotia
Pershing's Siege Rate Higher Than Nation's
Field headquarters report six deaths from disease and a 1.5 percent sick rate for the American punitive expedition in Mexico over five months. Including base hospital cases, the rate rises to 2.5 percent. Typhoid absent. dysentery prevalent. General Pershing praises sanitary discipline and notes a past amoebic dysentery outbreak inverted by chlorination. Aeroplane windstorm threatens aircraft but all saved and to be inspected tomorrow.
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Mexico
Sanitary Department
J. J. Pershing
United States
First Aero Squad
Guardsmen Healthier Than Regulars on Border Duty
National guardsmen again show lower sickness rates than regular troops. War Department release reports two guardsmen deaths from appendicitis and one from scarlet fever among border forces.
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Washington, D. C
National
Heat Record Broken in New York as City Suffers
New York reports an extreme heat day with 84 degrees at 9 a.m., two degrees hotter than yesterday’s 9 a.m. peak, breaking all local records for the date. The night was oppressive with temperatures not falling below 73, forcing hundreds to seek shade in parks and on porches. Four deaths and many cases of collapse are noted amid widespread prostration.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Girls Camp Ends in Fort Worth as 1917 Move Chosen
The first encampment of the Texas Girls' Honor Guard closed at 2 p m in Fort Worth. Officials voted to hold the 1917 encampment in Wichita Falls, the city selected by a vote among officers.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas Girls’ Honor Guard
Wichita Falls
J H Ray of Illinois Dies at 86
JOLIET Illinois Aug 23 J H Ray former lieutenant governor of Illinois died here last night after a two week illness He was 86 years old.
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J. H. Ray
Illinois
Joliet
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Regions Tonight and Thursday
San Antonio and vicinity expect fair conditions tonight and Thursday. Other cities show clear nights with light to moderate winds and variable showers in New York and Washington, while Chicago and Milwaukee remain cooler with clear skies.
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San Antonio
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Fair End
New York
Washington
British Break Thiepval Ridge After Costly Assault
British forces push through the Thiepval ridge area in France as shells and rifle fire surge. The advance gains about one kilometer front, capturing first German trenches and taking prisoners while sustaining heavy casualties amid intense artillery and infantries clash.
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France
London
Somme
Thiepval Ridge
Violent North California Earthquake Shakes Eureka
A powerful quake struck Eureka at 6:55 this morning, the strongest since 1906. Residents fled homes as tremors rattled the city and Humboldt county, but there was no material damage reported.
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Eureka
Cal
San Francisco
Humboldt County
Meat cards for all the German Empire ordered
The government issued a decree to introduce meat cards across the empire on October 2. Families slaughtering for home consumption must obtain permission from local authorities. The weekly meat allowance under the system is capped at 250 grams.
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Berlin
London
Empire
No Peace Overtures Reported by British Official
Lord Robert Cecil states in the House of Commons that no peace overtures have been made to Britain and only an enemy could initiate such moves. He notes any potential overtures would be discussed with allies and cites the Balkans as affected by Salonika operations with the Greek government relations described as satisfactory.
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Great Britain
Robert Cecil
House of Commons
James Henry Dalziel
Liberpal
Kirkcaldyburghs
Balkans
Lord Robert Cecil
Robert
Saloniki
Merida Salvage Team Locates Sunken Vessel off Virginia Capes
Captan George O Stillson commanding three tugs pursuing salvage of the Merida cargo off the Virginia Capes reports the wreck located. The Merida lies in 200 feet of water with a hard bottom and hull in good condition as dives resume from Newport News.
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Newport News
George O. Stillson
Merida
Virginia Capes
Stillson
U. S. Steel Stock Soars to New Record on Strong Demand
Active speculation drives a New York Stock Exchange session with United States Steel climbing to a new record around 993 8 as trading stays brisk. Rail stocks gain 1 to 2 points while the war group and metals rise, manufacturers lagging on shipping and auto shares amid labor and other concerns.
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New York
The
Stock Exchange
United States Steel
Wall Street
Cavalry In Good Shape On Texas Border Patrol
Colonel J T Stockton reports the Texas National Guard cavalry squadron on duty along the Rio Grande in Presidio County is in fine shape. The unit covers about twenty miles of territory with detachments and few men wish to discharge. Conditions along the border are quiet.
Fly wheel bursts at cement plant. one dead
ST. LOUIS MO August 23 A fly wheel at the St. Louis Portland Cement Company plant burst sending pieces in all directions killing one man and injuring five others at the scene The wheel was revolving at high speed when the accident occurred all victims were workers at the plant
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ST. Louis
Elkus Sail to Turkey as New Ambassador
Abram I. Elkus sails from New York to assume his post as ambassador to Turkey succeeding Morgenthau. He will travel via Berlin to Constantinople and plans to aid all Turkish populations and minorities harmed by the war.
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Abram I. Elkus
Turkey
Henry Morgenthau
New York
Constantinople
Berlin
Gerard
Elkus
Senate Passes Army Bill With Revised Articles of War
Washington Aug 23 The Senate passed the revised army appropriation bill after War Department approval and sent it back to the House expected to accept the amendment. President Wilson vetoed the bill earlier over exemptions for retired officers opposed by the War Department.
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Washington, D. C
Army
War Department
Senate
House
Wilson
Border payroll relief: 750000 funds secured for state troops
The War Department aided border guards with 750000 dollars borrowed to cover pay through July amid broader fund shortages. Disbursements will be distributed to troop stations as paymasters settle back pay, with distant sites like Nogales awaiting funds. The move follows a vetoed emergency bill and a later congressional appropriation to sustain operations.
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Harry L. Rogers
Southern Department
Express
New Orleans
Nogales
Arizona
Departmente
War Department
Wilson
Congress
Senator Weeks
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Light Artillery
el Paso
San Antoonio
Funston
Landa's Park
San Antonio
Camp Wilson
Wisconsin
Park
Wisconsin Regiment to Dress Parade at Lower Post
Shortly after their return it is probable the proposed march of the entire division to Austin will be ordered. One of the Wisconsin regiments will give a dress parade at the lower post Wednesday evening beginning at six o clock.
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Austin
Wisconsin
Mayo Fleet Eludes Helms Ships In Naval War Game
Admiral Mayo directs a hostile fleet attempting to land invaders on the Atlantic coast while Rear Admiral Helm’s defending squadrons fail to engage. Scouts from both sides spread over a 600 mile arc east of Cape Hatteras as the exercise unfolds with no contact at daylight.
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Washington, D. C
Mayo
Atlantic Seaboard
Helm
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
Admiral Mayo
Heat Prostrations Largely Caused by Alcohol Says Doctors
Chicago physicians at the county hospital report that 98 percent of heat prostration cases are due to alcohol. Dr. Karl Meyer and Dr. Harry Gauss based their finding on 165 cases during the recent hot spell. A case without alcoholic breath is described as a rarity.
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Chicago
Karl Meyer
Harry Gauss
Army Uses Pigeons in Border Signal Service
Fifty racing carrier pigeons donated by the American Carrier Pigeon Association are en route to the U S signal corps in Columbus New Mexico. The birds will be trained at the border to relay messages alongside ground and wireless lines in rough atmospheric conditions. A number will be sent to Mexico for testing from Columbus as part of a thorough trial.
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Columbus
N. M
United States Army
American Carrier Pigeon Association
United States Signal Corps
Mexico
Storm Hits St Thomas Island Causing Losses
A sudden storm with high wind and heavy sea swept over St Thomas between midnight and 3 am, causing extensive but not serious damage. Several small vessels were lost.
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ST. Thomas
Slicht Fall in Barometer Signals Possible Tropical Disturbance
Reports from Key West and Nassau showed a slightly falling barometer, suggesting a small disturbance between those places. It was too early to tell if the storm would affect Florida.
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Slicht
Tampa
Fla
Key West
Nassau
Weather Bureau
Florida
Town Guardsman Dies on Border
Clinton Iowa reports Lieutenant Peter Hinrichsen of Battery A First Battalion Field Artillery Iowa National Guard died in Brownsville Texas from heart trouble.
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Clinton
Peter Hinrichsen
Field Artillery
Towa National Guard
Brownsville
Tex
Juvenile brothers confess murder of Nevada teacher near Twin Falls
Harold and Linn Lovelace, ages 12 and 11, confess to killing Professor Thomas Hammill at his ranch near Twin Falls Idaho. Judges say no state law covers their case as they remain in the county jail juvenile ward. They admit robbing Hammill’s cabin and possessing his horse wagon and guns after running from their mother and stepfather.
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Boise
Idaho
Harold and
Linn Lovelace
Twin Falls
Thomas Hammill
Carson
Nevada
Hammill
Pennwell
Moving men may strike in St Louis over wages and hours
A strike by moving van drivers chauffeurs and packers was anticipated in St Louis as the union seeks a ten hour day weekly pay and half day for extra men. Business agent Thomas A Coyne warned a vote on the strike would occur tonight if employers do not meet terms.
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ST. Louis
Thomas A. Coyne
Auto Bandits Rob Girl Cashier
In Chicago two automobile bandits held up a young woman cashier of the Wilson and Jacobs Drug Company, in sight of about forty pedestrians, and escaped with $450 from the company's payroll.
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Chicago
Wilson and Jacobs Drug Company
Balkan politics overshadowing western front headlines
British close in on Thiepval and Guillemont as fighting intensifies on the Somme. Italian and Russian troops land at Saloniki while Greek and Roumanian moves loom. Turks attacked along the Black Sea coast but were repelled by the Russian fleet.
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London
Balkans
Roumania
Bukowina
Carpathian
Galicia
Volhynia
Trent
Vardar
Trente
Saloniki
Uskup
Rfensive
Wina
Bukov
Daily News
Balkan
Bulgaria
Germany
Turkey
Greece
Mania
Somme
Thiepval
G Mont
Estrees
Gorizia
Dolomites
Alpine
Tofana
Armenia
Black Sea
Petrograd
Roumania Indecision Cited By Berlin On War Entry
Berlin reports a distinguished Roumanian figure says Roumania has not decided whether to enter the war. The official note notes Roumania's geographic position and surrounding fronts influence the decision. The Overseas Agency describes Roumania as closely watching developments before acting.
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Sayville
Roumania
Ne al
Said
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