Premier Louis Botha Dies of Influenza at 55
London reports Gen Louis Botha premier of the Union of South Africa died yesterday from influenza aged about fifty five. Born in Greytown Natal he helped form the Transvaal Republic and rose to command in the Boer war later leading reconstruction efforts and becoming premier of a Union formed by Dutch and English speaking communities. He organized and funded the South African army during the Great War and aided the conquest of neighboring German colonies.
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Germany
Britain
Profiteering Drive Takes Wilson to Pacific Coast Tour
Secretary Tumulty announced President Wilson will leave Washington next Wednesday to review the Pacific Fleet and speak in Los Angeles San Francisco San Diego Portland Spokane and possibly Seattle He will also address Columbus and likely greet Gen Pershing in Missouri En route he may visit Sioux City St Paul Minneapolis and Bismarck to press the profiteering issue and unite the nation in addressing the crisis.
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San Diego
Portland
Spokane
Seattle
Columbus
New York
John J. Pershing
France
Gen. Pershing
Missouri
Sioux City
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Bismarck
St. Louis
Pershing
Congress
Substitute bill on government oil lands debate in Senate
In Washington on August 29 the Senate discussed a substitute bill aimed at giving the President authority to develop government marsh lands. Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana rejected claims by Senator Lafollette that the measure favored Standard Oil. Lafollette cited a telegram from Los Angeles alleging Interior Department bias against western interests in favor of an English syndicate, warning American interests could suffer if true.
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Montana
Robert Lafollette
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Los Angeles
Interior Department
Submarine U-466 Missing After Panama Departure
Fears for the safety of German submarine U-466, which sailed from Panama on August 6 and headed to Los Angeles to await orders, as all attempts to contact it by wireless have failed.
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Los Angeles
Panama
British Mission Fired On By Germans Near Mitau
Three members of a British mission were fired on by German forces and later taken to Mitau. They were released after Britain filed a formal complaint over the incident.
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Copenhagen
Mitau
Merced Fire Destroys Saloon, Roams Two Blocks
A blaze originating in a former saloon swept through Merced costing about 1 million dollars and leaving around two hundred residents homeless as of August 29. The fire damaged two blocks in the city center, with emergency crews responding and assessing losses.
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Battleships Floated Through Seattle Locks Under Navy Plan
In Seattle Lock instructions, ships of America's new Pacific fleet may pass through Lake Union Puget Sound locks to Lake Washington. Locks rank second in size in North America, with 29 feet depth and 100 feet width, handling vessels up to 780 feet long. Destroyers and many cruisers can traverse the locks as part of the fleet movement.
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Germany Plans Shipments to Mexico City for Mexico
Mexican capital reports German merchants say a million marks worth of drugs and hardware will be shipped to Mexico City as soon as facilities exist. The orders were placed after Germany’s blockade was listed.
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el Universal
Germany
Eighteen Missing After Motor Ship Sinks Between Apia and Honolulu
A motor ship rolled over in rough seas between Apia and Honolulu. It is believed eighteen persons were lost while an equal number were saved. The incident reports early details as investigations unfold.
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Apia
Jack Dempsey Plans Texas Ranch Home in Spring
Detroit Aug 29 heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey announced he plans to build a home here in the spring and will spend the winter on a Texas ranch.
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Jack Dempsey
Richest strike on record at Cooper Lake gold vein
Manitoba reports J P Gordon discovers a six foot wide vein with a four inch streak of gold quartz containing fifty percent gold. The Gold Commissioner calls it the richest strike on record as prospectors stampede to Cooper Lake from all directions.
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J. P. Gordon
Cooper Lake
Senator Johnson Calls for Troop Pullout to U.S.
Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California urged in a Senate speech that all troops abroad be immediately returned to the United States. He said the country should quit the Europe mess and become just Americans, noting that troops in Russia were fighting without a formal declaration of war.
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Hiram W. Johnson
California
Senate
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Europe
Russia
Indiana Senator Protests Sending Troops to Silesia
R Wood a Republican from Indiana writes to the Senate opposing dispatching American troops overseas to patrol Silesia for a plebiscite vote.
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Washington
R. Wood
Indiana
Senate
Silesia
Gas Masks to Equip Forest Firefighters in California
San Francisco receives three thousand gas masks formerly used by American forces in France to equip fire fighters battling fires in burning forests. The masks were delivered on August 29 and will boost protection for crews fighting blazes in woodland areas.
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San Francisco
France
Forest fires in Siskiyou county escape control
Santa Barbara August 29 reports say fires in Siskiyou county have gotten beyond the control of the fighters, hindering containment efforts and threatening nearby areas.
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Siskiyou Mountains
Santa Barbara
Siskiyou County
Firefighters battle fires across Idaho and Montana
Five thousand men contend with forest fires in Northern Idaho and Western Montana as officials hope rain now falling will help extinguish the flames. Local authorities coordinate efforts across affected timberlands and communities while awaiting wetter weather.
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Idaho
Montana
Mayor Hanson resigns as Seattle mayor to rest, Fitzgerald to succeed
Seattle August reports Mayor Ole Hanson resigning to rest and C B Fitzgerald elected to succeed him. Hanson, famed for opposing Bolshevism and for vowing to shoot those seizing city power during the strike, said he planned to fish and had no political plans. Fitzgerald, a Seattle real estate man and progressive, takes office, term through March 1920.
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Ole Hanson
C. B. Fitzgerald
Hanson
Labor
H. C. Gill
Fitzgerald
Wilson seeks 525000 more for peace commission
President Wilson asked Congress for an additional appropriation of 525000 for American peace commission expenses. He projected year end totals near 1500000 and noted Paris price increases of about two percent, calling the rise modest.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Paris
Early ratification of peace treaty by France likely
Paris Aug 29 The early ratification of the German peace treaty by the Chamber of Deputies now seems possible despite some who say France is not guaranteed sufficient military protection by the treaty terms.
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France
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Hines Orders Deny Wage Increase. Trainmen Ordered Back to Work
In Los Angeles on August 29 Railway Director Hines denied wage increase demands. Brotherhood chiefs issued another order for strikers to return to work, though some local members refuse. Oakland yardmen strike ends. trains depart, but San Francisco strike persists.
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Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Engineers
Oakland
San Francisco
Rail strike halts trains from El Paso toward Los Angeles
El Paso reports no service between Tucson and Yuma with westbound trains blocked at the city. Striking railway and yard workers plan to tie up all railroads from El Paso to Los Angeles and inland, prompting widespread disruption.
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Yuma
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Government drive lowers prices across nation and in Chicago
Justice Department reports prices easing nationwide as the government campaign to curb the high cost of living takes effect. Attorney General Palmer says shoe interests and manufacturers agreed to cap price increases, with further relief anticipated once Congress enacts royalty and hoarder penalties. In Chicago, provisions and grain prices drop on the Board of Trade amid expectations of a broader fall in essential goods.
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Department of Justice
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More Balkan Trouble Brews Across Montenegro
LONDON Aug 29 Serb troops move to quell revolutionary currents in Montenegro and officials warn of further Balkan unrest as Montenegrins sever railway links along the Virpazar and Antivaria line.
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Montenegro
Virpazar and
Antivaria
President's Widows Receive Money in Carnegie Will
New York Aug 29 Carnegie estate valued between 25 and 30 million dollars with about 350 million given away in his lifetime. Nearly 1 million left to charity and 300 thousand to friends and relatives while Taft Lloyd George each received 10000 and Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs Preston widows of former presidents 5000 each.
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Andrew Carnegie
Taft
Lloyd George
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas J. Preston
Preston
Cleveland
Aeroplane service grows amid railroad tie up in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on August 29, large numbers of people have turned to air travel due to a railroad tie up. The shift reflects a rapid adoption of aviation as a substitute for disrupted rail transport.
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Steamer Humboldt Carries Mail and Passengers to Los Angeles
The Humboldt will carry mail and passengers to Los Angeles and continue service during the strike, ensuring mail delivery and traveler movement despite the labor stoppage.
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San Francisco
Humboldt
Los Angeles
French War Spy Sentenced to Prison
Pierre Lenoir, convicted of dealings with the enemy during the war, has been sentenced to a long term of imprisonment in Paris on August 29.
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Paris
Pierre Lenoir
Ambassador Morris Ordered Home From Siberia Mission
Washington August 29 Roland Morris American Ambassador to Japan who visited Siberia with an Allied council to review the Omsk government recognition has been ordered by President Wilson to return to Tokyo.
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Roland Morris
Japan
Siberia
Omsk
Alles
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Tokio
Lenine asks Rumania to sign a truce
Copenhagen reports Premier Lenine of the Bolshevik forces has made overtures to Romania seeking a peace treaty. Paris dispatches note Romanian troops continue seizing property in Hungary as Allied officials express deep concern over the Hungarian situation.
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Rumania
Copenhagen
Paris
Hungary
Carrigan Claims Influence Secured Spruce Contract
Seattle Aug 29 Former County Commissioner Carrigan testified to a Congressional investigating committee that ex officer William G McAdoo used his influence to award an Olympic Peninsula spruce contract to the Siems Cary H Kerbaugh Corporation He charged Disque sold soldiers into peonage to the contractors and said the latter never produced spruce for aeroplane production.
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Congressional Investigating Committee
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Kerbaugh Corporation
Disque
M Loughlin Still Winner in Tennis
Forrestville New York Aug 29 Maurice McLoughlin defeated Arthur Bekiam in the national tennis singles tournament reaching the third round.
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Forrestville
N. Y
Maurice McLoughlin
Ard Bekiam
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