Military Tactics For Barton Boys Isquina Idea
The board discussed a push for a military training course in schools to foster self defense. A three member committee was appointed to study merits and report back at the next meeting. New commissioner E Oliver Fowlkes attended his first regular session.
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United States
National Guard
Jordan
E. Oliver Fowlkes
Bancroft
Cochrane
McCall
Quinn
Roe Ang Roach
Country School
Highty Mile
Whistler
Tanner-Williams
Murphy
W.H. Council
Virginia Street
Roach
American Forces Land at Port-au-Prince for Election Disorder Prep
General Dartiguenavé was elected Haiti’s president by the national assembly. In anticipation of possible unrest American troops arrived from warships and joinedshore forces to patrol streets. Barricades of sand sacks appeared in sections as calm prevailed and the election was expected to proceed without major disorder.
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Port-au-Prince
Dartiguenavé
Haitien
National Assembly
PORT-AU+PRINCE
Haiti
Guillaume
Tropical Disturbance North of Jamaica Gales Reported
The bureau notes a tropical disturbance moving north of west near Jamaica. Kingston reports northerly gales east of the island as the system shifts location and intensity.
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Jamaica
Washington
Bureau
Negro Spring dies of wounds after resisting arrest in Arkansas
Bert Pegins, a Negro held in the Marion jail for the July killing of S. D. Mauldin, sheriff of Ouachita County, Arkansas, died in his cell yesterday from wounds received while resisting arrest on Island 37 in the Mississippi River near Arkansas. The weather bureau reports fair conditions with light winds and partly cloudy skies across Mobile and Mississippi.
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Marion
Ark
Bert Pegins
S. D. Mauldin
Ppi County
Arkansas
Mississippiiver
Mobile
Washington
Mississippi
Charles Bell Objects to Thieves in Ocean Springs
Ocean Springs Mississippi August twelfth report states Charles Bell submits only objection to thieves who expect him to gather watermelons for them.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
Charles Bell
Lone deputy captures three wagons of booze near Dog River
Deputy Sheriff R H Puckett seized three wagon loads of whiskey and beer unloaded from a two masted schooner on Hall s Mill road near Sheriff W H Holcombe s home. The haul was described by Alphonse Zieman as liquor hauled for various parties.
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Dog River
Hall's Mill Road
W. H. Holcombe
R. H. Puckett
Alphonse Zieman
F. Zieman
Holcombe
Puckett
Dennis Lynch
Lee Soles
Bernstein and
Petty
Venetia
Scandinavians Prefer Not To Be Known As Hyphenated Americans
A. C. Clausen of Spokane told the Scandinavian Brotherhood of America convention in Chicago that most Scandinavian immigrants favor being simply Americans rather than hyphenated Americans while still honoring birth ties to the old country.
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Chicago
A. CG. Clausen
Spokane
Wash
Scandinavian Brotherhood of America
Old Country
Leased Wire Briefs Highlight Global Events
The bulletin reports a Whi Star steamer Adrisen ailed to New York from Liverpool. fishing boats Ocean Gift Esperance and George Borrow sunk with crews saved. Paris real estate seizure of Herr Jellinek's property valued around 40 million. artist Frank Bramley dies at 58. Oxford logic professor Wykeham dies. Missouri River dam spillway discharge. jurist Heinrich Brunner dies in Bavaria. Cedar Rapids bank teller Leo Perrin denies confession. thrift education to start in US schools. Navy cribbing investigation results to be presented to President Wilson.
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London
New York
Liverpool
Okuma
Ocean Gift
Esperance
George Borrow
Paris
Civil Tribunal of the Seine
Jellinek
Riviera
Frank Bramley
R. A
Grasmere
Westmoreland
Champs Elysees
John Cook Wilson Wykeham
Oxford University
Great Falls
Mont
Big Falls
Missouri River
Berein
Kissingen
Bavaria
Heinrich Brunner
Germany
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Leo Perrin
Cedar Rapids National Bank
San Francisco
International Congress For Thrift
Washington
Daniels
Wilson
Naval Academy of Cribbing
Aeroplane Crash Kills Knox in Fort Sill Flight
In Fort Sill Oklahoma a First Aero Squadron aeroplane fell 500 feet during experiments. Captain George H. Knox was killed and Lieutenant R B Sutton, his aide, was fatally injured. The crash occurred after a short flight from California transfer. The cause remains undetermined.
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Fort Sill
Okla
George H. Knox
U.S. A
R. B. Sutton
California
Knox
Sutton
Catholics Say U S Violating Neutrality in War Policy
At the National Federation of German American Catholic Societies convention in St Paul Minnesota resolutions condemn the administration for violating neutrality proclamations in the European war. Joseph Frey of New York was elected president.
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ST Paul, Minn
National Federation of German-American Catholic Societies
Joseph Frey
New York
Move to grant market stallers a monopoly in Mobile district
Petition from Southern and Central market stall renters asks city commission to bar green grocers east of Ann street and grant exclusive meat fish vegetables poultry sales to market tenants. Mayor Pillans and Schwarz oppose monopoly. Lyons favors three markets. Item invites public letters up to 250 words.
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Mobile
City Commission
Ann Street
Charleston
Beauregard
Pillans
Schwarz
Lyons
Gardner Sums Up Facts That Face Mexican Pacif ac
Gardner outlines key facts shaping U S and Mexican pacific relations. He identifies political, economic, and security issues influencing cooperation and tension between nations along the Pacific coast.
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Gardner
Latin American diplomats weigh U S role in Mexican peace
The dispatch outlines a tentative Mexican pacification picture with Latin American ambassadors from Argentina Brazil Chile Bolivia Uruguay and Guatemala joined by Secretary Lansing and Paul Fuller as they urge co operation and oppose armed intervention. Carranza favorable among some diplomats Villa and Zapata opposed by all. The only practical paths are moral suasion arms embargo or recognition of a revolutionary leader with no formal results until Latin American consent is secured.
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Washington
Romulo
Argentina
Domicile
del Gama
Brazil
Eduardo Saurez-Mujica
Chile
Ignacio Caldron
Bolivia
Carlos Maria de Pena
Uruguay
Joaquin’ Mendez
Guate
Robe Lansing
Paul Fuller
Mexico
Carranza
Villa
John Lind
Robert Metcalf
Charles Douglas
Ham ° Martinez
Robert Baron
Louis Rbrera
Panza
Robert Pesqueira
Wilson
Cara Aecoeniisen
C. m
Lansing
Grapefruit Not Grapefruit Phrase In St Paul Item
In St Paul August 12 the report notes a grapefruit is not grapefruit and is not grapefruit and remarks it might as well be considered grapes as part of a brief local scene. The fragmentary text captures a terminology quirk without broader context or consequences.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Mobile minister speaks to Senate Education Committee on school funding reform
Dr D A Planck of Mobile addressed the Senate Education Committee against Senator Bonner's bill to create a commission to close three of six schools and reroute funds to the remaining. Mrs B J Bates of Daphne supported the schools. Mrs Erwin Craighead of Mobile and Mrs John D McNeel of Birmingham pushed for Boys Industrial School at East Lake. The House Agriculture Committee will hear Wilson's citrus tree inspection bills Friday with Mobile and Baldwin citrus growers seeking measures to curb citrus canker.
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Montgomery
Ala
D. A. Planck
Mobile
Senate Education Committee
Bonner
B. J. Bates
Daphne
Erwin Craighead
John D. McNeel
Birmingham
East Lake
House Committee On Agriculture
Wilson
Baldwin
Galveston Gains Status as Spot Market for Cotton
The secretary of agriculture amended cotton futures regulations to designate Galveston as a bona fide spot market effective August 16. Quotations from Galveston will be used to determine commercial differences between grades of cotton delivered on futures contracts.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Galveston
Russian Military Success Rumor Circulates in London
London reports a rumor that the Russian government received news of military success. The claim grew after Russian securities rose on the stock exchange, fueling speculation about events affecting Russia.
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London
Russia
Stock Exchange
Austro German Forces Occupy Lukow Amid Russian Retreat
Berlin reports Austro German forces pursuing retreating Russians have occupied Lukow and capture of Zambro as the Warsaw front yields. The official statement notes the advance continues against Russian forces in the region.
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Lukow
Berlin
London
Warsaw
Zambro
Turkish Cruiser Goeben Sunk by Allied Submarines
The Turkish cruiser Goeben, renamed Sul tan Selim after German sale, was torpedoed near the Bosphorus by an Allied submarine. Crew ran her aground as workmen begin building a dike for repairs. The submarine also torpedoed a second gunboat in the Black Sea.
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Turke Midulla
Daily News
Black Sea
German advances reach Dvina region amid Russian defense
News reports state German forces under von Hindenburg reach the Dvina banks between Riga and Dvinsk near Petrograd, with heavy Russian rear-guard resistance at Dvina and Kovno. Observers see a shift toward a Russian campaign aimed at Petrograd while Western fronts show quiet. The British public, awaiting straits action, looks to the Dardanelles for relief to Russia.
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Petrograd
London
Baltic
von Hindenburg
Dvina
Riga
Dvinsk
Petro
Mecuas
Koyno
Warsaw
Kovno
France
Belgium
Dardanelles
Russia
Bulgaria Holds Key To Balkan Crisis Said By Serbian Minister
Serbian minister to Italy M. Ristitch told Tribuna that the key to the Balkan situation lies in Sofia not Nish or Athens. He said Bulgaria avoids action by making impossible proposals to the quadruple entente to gain time without declaring itself. He suggested Serbia could offer Bulgaria part of Macedonia and Belgrade.
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Bulgaria
Balkan
Rome
Paris
Nish
Athens
Sofia
M. Ristitch
Italy
Tribuna
Serbia
Macedonia
Belgrade
Baltimore and Ohio awards large rail equipment orders
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad announced it placed contracts totaling 3.5 million dollars for 17,000 tons of rails and 1,000 car bodies to cost 1 million and 2,000 steel hoppers to cost. The gear will be produced at South Chicago Gary and Pittsburgh mills.
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Chicago
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Gary
Pittsburgh
Friday Outlook Shows Cloudy Skies Across Region
Weather notes report Friday will be marked by cloudy skies and widespread showers. Rain totals included 1.81 inches in Mobile and over 3 inches in Augusta with heavy rain also in Savannah and Jacksonville, while Winnemucca logged a frigid 48 degrees. An amusing equatorial tale from Mobile circulates about a captain and a passenger mistaking a telescope lens for the equator.
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Mobile
Augusta
Savannah
Jacksonville
Caribbean
Jamaica
Vill
Winnemucca
Nevada
Equator
War munitions makers asked to expand facilities
Washington reports indicate the war department asked American munitions makers about their capacity to supply and expand facilities in emergencies. Officials say no war base is currently completed and the move aims to strengthen national defense amid heavy demand from fighting nations.
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Washington
Europe
Congress
Rio Grande Valley Troop Move Amid Border Raids
Federal response to Governor Ferguson’s appeal for more troops in the Rio Grande valley continues. Ranch raids threaten Brownsville as Mexican border tension rises and troops from Laredo move in to restore order.
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Brownsville
Tex
Gav
F . Wilson
Ferguson
Rio Grande Valley
San Ea
Ninth
Laredo
Yeaterday
Preas Tre
Uni
Fearlee
Texas
Mexico
E. H. Naffarette
Matamoros
Ald
Rio Grande
Anticion
Carranza
Laurendine Arnold Stephen Funeral Notice
The friends are invited to attend the funeral for Arnold Stephen Laurendine at 4 o clock tomorrow afternoon from the family residence on Davis Ave Minville to Xavier Church at 4 30 and interment in Catholic.
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Laurendine
Arnold Stephen
L.ee
Agnes Laurendine
Davis Avminville
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Goeben
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
A. Bug
Territor
Presid Wilson
Cornish
White House
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