Congress Adopts Greater Navy Plan for Three-Year Building Drive
Congress approved a broad national defense bill boosting the Navy with eight cruisers and battleships, authorizing ten war vessels over three years. The plan raises enlisted strength to 74,700 and expands ship construction, with a presidential signature possible within a week.
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Mageure
Tost
Washington
Tuewiay
Yantermaen
Senate
Desise Lind
House
Ieleing
Villa Makking His Command
Dispatches revive rumors of Villa taking a commanding flight toward the Durango line near the Mexican National railway. Nevada and Colorado civic groups gather for political actions while a murder bolt tragedy injures and buries activities.
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Fi Paso
Ville
Durango
Mexican National Railway
Torreon
American Hills Cerronse Officer and Provost Guard Incident
An unclear historical report notes a Cerronse officer killed by a Cu ante Chan provost guard during a disputed action. Details are fragmentary and names appear distorted or garbled in the OCR text. No verifiable dates or places are readable.
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Ban Abivale
Carresss
Cuante Chan
Eileen Fred Om
Allies Inquiring on Tuberten Market in Cotorade
Frederick Carroll, state mineral commissioner, reports Allies including Tungaten Denver Cola France Muxland Hessleere are making inquiries about modification of the tuberten market in Cotorade.
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Tungaten
Denver
Cola —France
Muxland
Hessleere
Cotorade
Frederick Carroll
Min Tag Comminoner
Georgia Senate approves tempered law practice bill
In Athens Georgia a senate bill passed granting Temes the right to practice law amid protests. The measure, framed by lawmakers, moves forward as officials accuse opponents of delaying reform while details around licensing and enforcement remain unsettled.
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Athatea
Georgia Senate
Mimibar
War Bill of France Ends July With Large Frame Total
The wat Bill of Vreste at the end of July was 9,000,000 frames, reverting WH feures available Tornday.
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France
Perle
Vreste
Fights With Carcutioners in a Turbulent Trial
Vasrouri and WH C Knee Ferrante clashed during a chaotic session as they assisted their prisoner Dick Paracen. The prisoner toppled into a deep well in a desperate bid to escape. The confrontation ended with injuries to the participants and ongoing tensions.
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Vasrouri
Knee Ferrante
Periner
Dick Paracen
Britons Promise Women Franchise In Wartime Debate
Reports from Parliament describe Premier Asquith outlining government moves on suffrage during the war era. The debate centers on extending voting rights to women while retaining the franchise for men who serve in combat roles. Sir Edward Carson argues for gender equality in eligibility, while reforms aim to bring in new registration rules and phased changes by May.
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Landon
Asquith
Edward
Areon
Revision of Revenue Bill Passes Senate Caucus
Washington administrators revenue bill as amended by the senate finance committee was approved Monday night by the Democratic senate caucus. The measure will yield 205 million dollars annually, an increase of 7.5 million over the revenue as it passed the house.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Democratic Senate
Umate
House
Brandeis declines White House post amid court duties
Associate Justice Paule D. Brandele informed President Wilson he could not accept the presidency designation due to his heavy Supreme Court workload. He serves on a joint commission tasked with addressing tensions between the United States and Mexico.
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Brandeis
Washington
Paule D. Brandele
Supreme Cour
Wilson
United States
Mexico
Treasury Tax Exemption on War Certificates Declared
The treasury announced that the capital and interest of treasury bills and war expenditure certificates issued henceforth will be free from income tax and any future taxation while held by persons who are neither domiciled nor ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.
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London
Treasury
United Kingdom
Sherman Attacks Gempers in Senate Digression Claim
Senator Sherman attacks President Samuel Gampers of the American Federation of Labor, labeling him a public defaulter for digression during a senate speech on the chipplog bib. The troublesome exchange highlights tensions between labor leadership and congressional rhetoric.
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Sherman
Gempers
Washingine
Sanuel Gampers
American Prderation of Labor
de Woleance
Shermian Trailinods
Senate
Italian Dreadnaught Blown Up at Taranto Harbor
The Italian dreadnaught Jeonardo Da Vinci caught fire and blew up in Taranto harbor. About 400 crewmen drowned as the vessel was consumed, according to Turin dimpaton cited by the Petit Journal.
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Paria
Jeonardo da Vinci
Taranto
Mary
Turin Dimpaton
Petit Journal
Reign of Terror in Mexico City
Reports from El Nacional claim General Benjamin Hill sent patrols to break up protests by electric light and street railway workers in Mexico City. Several shots were fired and a small fire started. The Federation of Syndicates opposed the strike as unpatriotic. Social unrest blamed on socialist labor agencies. food insecurity noted as a factor in El Paso arrivals. Rumor of General Salazar executed by General Trevino circulated without official confirmation.
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el Paso
Texas
Mexico
el Nacional
Carranza
Mexico City
Benjamin Hill
Federal District
Way Company
Fred
Small Nate
el Mer
Federation of Syndicates
Chih Hunhia Gly
Joseph Salazar
Trevino
The Woman in Politics Campaign in Suffrage States
Maine and other states prepare to rally 4,000,000 women voters for national equal suffrage. The closing conference of the National Woman Party orders state workers to oppose all Democratic incumbents, while not officially backing other party nominees.
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Henter
Maine
Natonal Woman Party
Mexican and American violence and strikes reported
Theses, are atler mia nore bit boon ehrot from cnddrhin ey two Mexicans suspected of burglary. constable John Wright of Cobflland County drew his gun and killed the two Mexicans near Crurtland. Mexican Telegraphers Strike reports five hundred operators in Lonore defacto government strike after warnings of unpatriotic conduct. Destroyer sunk by submarines as Heidel torpediy boat ideetrayer Lasco sticks off the Dateh coast with crew missing.
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Atler Mia Nore Bit Boon Ehrot
Cnddrhin Ey
John Wright
Cobflland
Cootee County
Crurtland
Laredo
Texas
Lonore
London
Ideetrayer Lasco
President Wilson Asked to Help End Railroad Strike
Leaders of railroad workers reject arbitration and mediation and refuse to talk further without the president’s involvement. A nationwide general strike threatens commerce as about two million workers are idled. The dispute centers on demands for an eight hour day and overtime pay, with talks having failed after a six hour secret session.
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New York
Wilson
Jme
Hhis
Board of Mediators
Engineer Dies in Ohio After Train Wreck Worry
Dennis W. Leonard, an engineer on the Twentieth Century Limited, was found dead at his Toledo home. Physicians cite heart disease induced by worry over the Anherst wreck, which occurred last March, as the cause of death.
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Toledo
Dennis W. Leonard
Lim
Ted
New York Central
Antherst
Gotham Strike May Be Renewed In New York
Union leaders threaten a renewal of New York streetcar strikes if the New York Railway company does not reinstate more than seventy discharged employees, citing recent protests and activities by workers.
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Gotham
New York
New York Railway Company
Teup
Gen Frederick T Clayton Leads British Somme Offensive Roles
General Frederick T Clayton is cited as taking a prominent part alongside British commanders in the major offensive operations in the Somme sector, highlighting his leadership role and involvement in the battle.
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Frederick T. Clayton
Somme
German Submarine Sunk
The Dagens Nyheter reports a German submarine sunk in a Baltic Sea engagement between Stockholm and the Bhagerack by Swedish forces. No crew details are provided.
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Copendages
Dagens Nyheter
Waswank Dy & Swedisherulner
Stickholm
Bhagerack
England Negotiating New Loan Amid Global Rates
New York reports strong expectations that within a fortnight a Belal announcement will declare negotiations for a loan of up to 250 million pounds by Great Britain. Meanwhile a Venetian church named Santa Maria Formala was destroyed in an Austrian air raid on August 10, with nearly all relic works removed earlier.
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England
New York
Great Britain
Rome
Santa Maria Formala
Venice
President Plans Transcontinental Speaking Tour
President Wilson weighs a broad speaking tour across the country with White House aides and Congressional advisers circulating impressions that a decision to campaign nationwide is near. The planning reflects a potential major political effort and public engagement across multiple states.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
General Strike Threat Grows as Drivers Refuse Ice Deliveries
St Lavie Union ice wagon drivers join nine dairies in the strike and lockout of milk wagon crews. They refuse ice deliveries amid fear a wider general strike will be precipitated, signaling escalating labor action and potential dairy supply disruption.
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St. Lavie
Russians Capture Jablonitza Pass in Carso Fight
Russian forces press toward the Carso plateau with reports of capturing parts of Austrian trenches and taking over 1,600 prisoners. News from Petrograd says the southern army’s advance continues after the Austrian crown lands were secured, while northern actions push across the Zlota Lipa amid resistance.
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Carso
London
Capreed Jablonite
Galicia
Carpathians
Petrograd
Crown
Bukowina
Russias
Zlota Lipa
Teutonic
Brody
Brussillos
von Bothmer
Garso
Rome
Fearful war tolls grow as casualty estimates mount
War casualty estimates from official data place the second year of conflict above 3 000 000 dead and over 6 000 000 wounded. Early years figures varied with German reports listing 2 500 000 slain and over 5 000 000 wounded, while Beach Thomas cites 5 000 000 killed and 7 000 000 wounded. Prisoner counts rise across major powers with 228 188 killed or incapacitated and 68 046 prisoners for Britain, 664 552 and 137 768 for Germany and France, and 900 000 killed or wounded per Deputy Longuet. Russian casualties reportedly reach 8 000 000 with 1 000 000 prisoners. Austria contemplates enrolling men up to age 60.
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Beach Thomas
Germany
France
Longuet
Austria
Submarine Sinks Six Ships Off Havre
A German submarine halted six ships off Havre Thursday morning. The Marie was ordered to abandon ship before being sunk with bombs. Credo and Sero, Norwegian steamers, went down within ten minutes. Three other vessels were searched. their crews were rescued by the Danish steamer Robert and landed at Havre Friday morning.
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Havre
Marie
Credo
Sero
Robert
Tragic trolley crash kills twenty five in Johnstown
In Johnstown Pennsylvania twenty five people died and sixty three were injured in a head on collision of two crowded trolley cars on the Southern Cambria Transit line near Echo and Brookvale seven miles from the city. Fourteen were instantly killed and many others died after rescue. Cause under investigation. Favors Sale of Islands. Copenhagen vote by Folketing supports selling the Danish West Indies to the United States by plebiscite. The proposal passed 62 to 44 with one member absent/declined.
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Johnstown
Southern Cambria Triation Company
Echo
Brook Vale
Copenhagen
Folkething
West
American envoy Elias to seek aid for Syrians from Porte
Abrama J. Elias the new American ambassador will carry representations to the Porte in behalf of starving Syrians. He received his final instructions from the president on Monday.
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Washington
Turkey
Porte
Abratma J. Elias
Life sentence for plotters in January bombing attempt
Ringleaders of the January 12 bomb plot against Premier Count Okuma receive life sentences. Reports from General Cavaros and Caloel Zuasva’s forces in Chihuahua City describe a running engagement in northern Durango with bandits as Trevino’s troops pursue.
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Toklo
Ife
Count Okuma
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Cavaros
Caloel Zuasva
Durango
Trevino
Idaho News Briefs From Boise to Twin Falls
A roundup of Idaho stories notes the revival of the Soda Springs Commercial club with new officers, statewide assessed values totaling hundreds of millions, and individual injuries from accidents in Cascade and Twin Falls. Fire, farming, forestry, and legal notices share space with a push to locate a government mining bureau in Moscow and a beam of notable weather and crop projections across counties.
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Soda Springs Commercial Club
Cascade
W. A. Cast
Boixe
Thurman
James Vo Hall
Deputy Marchal
Emmett
Boise
Kootenai
Oneida County
Peter June
Twin Falls
Hupert
Ray Hardwick
Virginia
Charles Crawford
Fargo
H. UH. Cross
Department of Forestry
University of Idaho At Moscow
Charles {. Chalfant
Children's Home Finding Society
Rexburg Beach
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Public Utilities Commission
Alonzo V. Robinson
Meridian
Oregon
Unie
Calvin Foss
Preston
Boise Commercial Club
Moscow
Experimental Mining Bureau
Butte
Spokane
L. R. Wilder
Cambridge
State Board of Equalization
Heet Su
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