Hard fighting on Macedonian front reports and Roumanian moves
The Overseas News Agency and Associated Press report early battles against Austro Hungarians on the Roumanian border were repelled. Roumania reportedly plans an ultimatum to Bulgaria demanding evacuation of Serbian lands to restore the Bucharest treaty borders. News from Zurich and Bucharest notes Roumanian cavalry crossing passes toward Hermannstadt and capture of Carpathian passes with Russians.
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Berlin
Sayville
Roumanian
London
Athens
Saloniki
Roumania
Bulgaria
Bucharest
Macedonia
Serbia
Greece
Zurich
Switzerland
Rothenthurn Pass
Hermannstadt
Hungary
Rome
Carpathians
Russians capture Panker mountain and Rafalov village
Petrograd via London reports the Russian war office states Panker mountain in the Carpathians near the Hungarian border has been captured. The village of Rafalov on the Bystritza Nadvorna river close to the border is also reported taken by Russian forces.
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Petrograd
London
Panker Mountain
Carpathians
Hunarian
War Office
Rafalov
Bystritza-Nadvorna
Roumanians seize two key Transylvania cities revealed
Paris dispatch notes Roumanians forced entry into Transylvania and seized two important cities beyond the mountains. Macedonian front sees severe fighting with French gains west of the Vardar. Bulgarian attacks near Ostrovo revised by Serbians. Entente planes bomb Bulgarian positions near Doiran and on the Verdun sector reports the war office. Albanian disembarkation at Saloniki under Essad Pasha leadership confirmed.
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Paris
Petit Parisien
Transylvania
Vardar
Lake Ostrovo
Truma
Lake Doiran
Ostrovo
Vetrenik
Verdun
War Office
Bulgarians seize Jama area after Greek garrison clash
Dispatch from Athens reports Bulgarian forces captured three forts near Jama in northeastern Greece, seizing 120 Greek defenders and taking prisoners with several killed. Refugees arriving in Athens confirm the drama area east of the Struma river amid recent Bulgarian advances. Germany and Bulgaria reportedly gave a written undertaking not to molest Kavala Drama or Seres.
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Paris
Jama
Greece
Atile
Tele Phs
Athens
To Matin
Balkans
Ath
Saloniki
Struma
Germany
Balkan Allies Admit Albanian Contingent Readiness
An Albanian contingent is prepared to join the five allied nations in the Balkans. The dispatch notes the unit’s readiness as tensions escalate in Saloniki and Paris, outlining alliance commitments and imminent operational plans.
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Aloniki
Greece
Paris
Kaiser Dismisses Von Falkenhayn and Names Hindenburg
Berlin reports the emperor has dismissed General von Falkenhayn from the office of chief of the general staff and appointed Field Marshal von Hindenburg to lead. Falkenhayn will be assigned to another capacity per imperial order.
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Berlin
London
von Falkenhayn
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Five Milk Wagon Drivers Shot Near Pevery Dairy Plant
Five striking milk wagon drivers were shot near the Pevery Dairy Company plant in St. Louis. Two were badly wounded and one striker had a fractured skull in the incident reported late yesterday.
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ST. Louis
Pevery Dairy Company
Injunction Granted Against Railway Conductors Strike
Judge Willis E. Sears in Douglas county Nebraska issues a restraining order on general and local officials of the Order of Railway Conductors. The injunction follows a petition by Edwin A. Hamilton a Union Pacific conductor seeking to keep employees at work amid the strike pressure.
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Omaha
Neb
Willis E. Sears
District Court of
Douglas County
Union Pacific
Edwin A. Hamilton
Order of Railway Conductors
Nebraska
Congress
Labor
Howard Elliott
The
New Haven
Minneapolis Flour Mills to Close After Nationwide Rail Strike
Minneapolis flour mills will shut down thirty minutes after the nationwide railroad strike order takes effect. Washburn-Crosby Company said all city mills are at capacity with no storage and no means to move output, requiring immediate cessation of operations once the strike is in effect.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Washburn-Crosby Company
Fay Makes Good Fis Escape From Prison
Atlanta guards recaptured Fay and Knobloch or found trace as they vanished from federal prison after claiming they would repair arc lights. Warden Zerbst called it a serious breach as authorities spread searches in Atlanta area and trains were watched. Fay, eight year sentence for plot to sink munitions ships. Knobloch, 18 months for mail fraud.
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Atlanta
Robert Fay
New York
William Knobloch
Knobloch
Fay
Fred Zerbst
Zerbst
J. W. Pouncey
San Antonio Area Weather Tonight and Thursday
For San Antonio and vicinity. Tonight and Thursday, partly cloudy.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather Summary for Travelers Across Key Cities
The Light reports clear conditions with moderate southerly winds in St. Louis and Chicago while Milwaukee and New York see similar clear skies. Kansas City and Washington show cloudiness with variable winds and chances of rain. temperatures range from 52 to 78 across the presented locations.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas’ City
New York
Washington
Railroads Rush to Enforce Embargo on Perishable Freight
Chicago reports swift nationwide action as railroads prepare embargoes on livestock and perishables to curb potential strike disruption. Officials predict delays, while shippers rush orders and recall traveling agents.
Embargo on Perishables by I and G N Railroad
An embargo on all perishable food products and livestock was announced to take effect immediately by the International and Great Northern Railroad. A similar embargo was issued by the Southern Pacific system affecting the Texas and New Orleans, Houston and Texas Central, Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio, and Houston East and West Texas railroads.
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Houston
Tex
International & Great Northern Railroad
Southern Pacific System
Texas
New Orleans
Texas Central
Galveston
Harrisburg
San Antonio
Embargo and Strike Related Freight Delays Across Railroads
New York reports embargo on all perishable foods to take effect tomorrow by the Delaware Lackawanna and Western. New Haven and Hartford announce refusals on shipments not deliverable by 7 am September 4 due to pending strike. Erie imposes freight delay on all classes accepted after September 4, with no effect on pre yesterday shipments.
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New York
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
New York, New Haven & Wartford Railroad Company
Erie Railroad
Embargo Planned on Perishable Freight by Railroads
Kansas City Southern will issue an embargo on acceptance of all perishable freight that cannot reach destinations before a threatened strike order takes effect Monday morning. The embargo follows notices from J. A. Edson, president, with similar action expected from the Quincy Omaha Kansas City line naming Saturday as the last delivery date.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Southern Railway
J. A. Edson
Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad
What the strike would cost nation
Slason Thompson explains the vast impact of a railroad strike on 260000 miles of main track and 390000 miles of total track. He cites 65800 locomotives 56000 passenger coaches 2400000 freight cars and a railway capitalization around 16500000000. He notes 1700000 workers earn about 1400000000 annually and estimates daily payroll losses at 1260000 if 300000 strikers walk out.
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Chicago
Slason Thompson
Bureau of Railway News and Statistics
United States
Brotherhoods
Bombardment Hits Bucharest By Zeppelins And Planes
Bucharest was bombarded Monday night by Zeppelins and aeroplanes. The Roumanian capital suffered air attack described in dispatches from the front.
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Bucharest
Roumania
London
Coast Artillery Back 10 Stations in Military Border Duty
Washington Aug 30 Twenty eight companies of coast artillery troops about 6000 men on border duty as provisional units attached to the mobile army were ordered back to posts in the eastern and western departments. More than 10000 additional national guardsmen ordered to the border will take their places.
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Washington, D. C
Coast Artillery
Rates Suspended on Transcontinental Freight Increases
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed higher freight rates from the East to the Intermountain region and from the Pacific Coast to the East. The move delays the September 1 effective date to December 30 for investigation into reasonableness, amid protests from over 600 shippers.
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Washington, D. C
Intermountain Territory
Pacific Coast
Interstate Commerce Commission
Panama Canal
Poison Kills Girl Ida Rayburn in San Antonio Home
Miss Ida Elsie Rayburn aged 20 died at 1 a m Wednesday at her 525 East Courtland home from bichloride of mercury tablets swallowed at 8 30 p m Tuesday. Born in Missouri she moved to San Antonio from Baton Rouge with her parents a year ago and worked in Dr A F Cook's office. Survived by her parents two sisters Sylvia and Mrs Arthur Avey and two brothers Geoffrey and Jack. Funeral arrangements pending with Shelley Loring.
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Ida Elsie Rayburn
East Courtland
Miss Rayburn
Missouri
San Antonio
Baton Rouge
A. F. Cook
Bedell
T. B. Rayburn
Medina Dam
Sylvia
Arthur Avey
Little Rock
Ark
Geoffrey
Jack
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
More Men May Strike Chicago Freight Handlers
About 6000 union freight handlers prepared to strike in Chicago to press for dues collection by business agents during specific working hours at freight houses. The date was set for today if railroad officials do not concede. over a thousand had already walked out for two days with replacements filling spots.
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Chicago
Express
Associated Press
The
Santa Fe
Chicago, Ill
Storm heading toward Caribbean region threatens Caribbean waters
A tropical disturbance southeast of Jamaica moves westward as barometers fall over the eastern Caribbean. Officials warn vessels to avoid waters from the Yucatan Channel to Jamaica for the next 24 hours amid the developing system.
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Washington, D. C
Jamaica
Weather Bureau
Caribbean
Yucatan Channel
Cat bites baby in Beeville. cat to Pasteur Institute
Beeville Texas August 30 1920 reports a baby boy of Mr and Mrs F W Heldenfele bitten four or five times by a cat. Fear hydrophobia exists and the cat head has been sent to Austin to the Pasteur Institute for examination.
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Beeville
Tex
F. W. Heldenfele
Austin
Pasteur Institute
Presidents to Meet in Chicago on Strike Plans
Aug 30. Railroad presidents, several back from Washington, will convene in Chicago tomorrow to map a response based on the expectation that a strike will be called September 4.
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Chicago
Washington
Senate Hearings Begin on Rail Strike Crisis
Senate interstate commerce committee scheduled hearings starting Thursday at 9 a.m. on railroad legislation amid a looming strike. Railroad officials, brotherhood leaders, and shipper representatives to speak as three drafts aim to create wage arbitration and possibly government railroad operation for military needs.
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Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Wilson
New York Rushes Traffic as Vacationers Return
New York City rail traffic surged as vacationers began returning ahead of a looming general strike. By Sept 4 an estimated 350000 residents will have ended vacations and another 350000 will be back from trips, with the New York Central planning embargo actions and executives awaiting decisions.
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The
New York Central
A. H. Smith
Wton
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