Wilson aides prepare note to Britain over blockade demands
Secretary Lansing will present President Wilson with a tentative draft responding to Britain's rejection of American demands on neutral commerce. The draft questions precedents cited by Sir Edward Grey and urges the blockade be abandoned. A strong note may be pressed after Wilson–Lansing conferences to avert export pressure.
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Washington
Wilson
Lansing
Great Britain
Edward Grey
England
London
Austria
Cornish
Regular Guy From Indiana Attends Sigma Chi Convention
BERKELEY Cal Aug 6 A train brings George Ade the Regular Guy and famed Sigma Chi to Berkeley for the fraternity convention where he will appear as the Piece De Resistance or similar title. He vows to skip writing slang fables while in town and to play a plain Sigma Chi role for a time. Moral urges others to chase rewards while rivals stay home.
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Berkeley
Cal
George Ade
Indiana
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chis
Ade
John McCutcheon
Newton Booth Tarkington
Mead Has Backer in Push for National Underwriters Leader
Thirty four live insurance underwriters left Seattle Friday for San Francisco to support William Dwight Mead of Seattle as president of the national organization of underwriters at the convention August 10 to 13 in that city.
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Seattle
San Francisco
William Dwight Mead
National Organization of Underwriters
Davenport chosen as 1916 Knights of Columbus convention site
Davenport, Iowa won the bid to host the Knights of Columbus supreme council convention in 1916, defeating Cincinnati 90 to 60 after Seattle hosted. The event drew about 7,493 knights from across the United States, Canada, and territories with governors and officials attending a dinner at the Arctic Club.
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Knights OF Columbus
Davenport
Seattle
Supreme Council
Cincinnati
Chicago
Buffalo
San Francisco
New Orleans
Memphis
Fort Worth
James A. Flaherty
Supreme Knight
Philadelphia
Beattie
Supreme Court
John D. Delaney
New York
Supreme
James Maher
Mueller
Bartley
Fraser
Parka
Mike Powers
Jimmy Crehan
Knights
Washington
United States
Canada
Porto Rico
Philippines
Newfoundland
Alaska
James J. Gorman
Arctic Club
Sound
American solves problem of transporting English army
Henry Worth Thornton, an American from Logansport Indiana and former New Yorker, rose to prominence as general manager of the Great Eastern railway in England. At Kitchener's 60 hour deadline, Thornton organized urgent troop and munitions movement to Southampton, achieving trains 12 minutes apart and all schedules kept. Thornton, his wife, and children James and Anna remain in England as Americans.
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London
Henry W. Thornton
Henry Worth Thornton
United States
Great Eastern Railway
England
Thornton
Logansport
Ind
New York
Southampton
France
Belgium
Kitchener
Yankee
James
Anna
Talks Business at Noonday Meeting with Associations
Charles Coolidge Parlin of Curtis Publishing Co spoke at a noonday meeting of the Sales Managers Manufacturers and Merchants associations with the Rotary club and wholesale and retail groups at the Commercial Club on Friday.
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Charles Coolidge Parlin
The
Curtis Publishing Co
Rotary Club
Commercial Club
Freckles vanish with ethine double strength treatment
A cosmetic claim promises removal of freckles using ethine double strength cream bought at a druggist. One ounce applied nightly and morning allegedly clears skin, with a money back guarantee if not effective.
Fire Destroys Eight Cottages in Delavan Wisconsin
Fire destroys eight cottages at Delavan Wisconsin. Three children of George D Bryant of Racine burned to death in Ontario. Miss Alice Paul announces a New York plan for an auto trip from Frisco to Washington as a suffrage demonstration.
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Delavan
Wis
George D. Bryant
Racine
Alice Paul
Woman's Congregational Union
New York
Frisco
Ford offers to supply ambulance chassis on notice
Detroit August 6 officers of the Michigan National Guard asked Ford for emergency ambulance chassis. Ford replied he could supply up to 1000 a day, provided a notice at least one day before deliveries. He pressed for a clear delivery schedule by 4 PM the day before start.
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FORD
Detroit
Mich
Michigan National Guard
Portland election seals A A O P presidency by three votes
Dr Robert Wimner Ford of Seattle failed to win the presidentship of the American Osteopathic Association in Portland by a three vote margin He was elected first vice president and the report notes plans for a Beverly Park road dinner in Mukilteo August 29 A conference program for the National Association of Industrial Boards and Commissions is tentatively set for Seattle September 30 and October 1
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Seattle
American Osteopathic Association
Portland
Beverly Park Road
Mukilteo
National Association of Industrial Boards and Commissions
State Industrial Commission
Toppenish
Wenatchee
San Francisco Exposition
Ellis
Bremerton
Martin Brennan
Kendrick Seminary
F. J. Valentine
Fifth Ave. W
Col. J. A. Sleicher
Leslie Judge Co
Alaska
Blue Funnel
Talthybius
Yokohama
Fourth Ave
C. L. Pullford
Germans Press Attacks Across Argonne to Meuse Front
Paris reports German forces resuming activity in the Argonne with intermittent bombardments and renewed assaults against French lines from the Argonne to the Meuse. The war office communique notes artillery exchanges and infantry actions in the Argonne region.
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Paris
Argonne
Meuse
War Office
Sarrail
Algiers
Dardanelles
Gourad
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