Arabic Sinks After Torpedo Attack Off Ireland
Reports from Queenstown and London dated August 19 indicate the White Star liner Arabic was torpedoed by a German submarine and sank near Fastnet. The ship carried 410 aboard including 170 second and third class passengers and 240 crew. eleven lifeboats saved many, with hopes that most passengers and crew were rescued.
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London
White Star
Fastnet
Cape Clear
Ireland
Press Association
White Star Line
White Star Company
Liverpool
Queenstown
Abic
Hurricane Fury Strikes Galveston Residents Flee
San Antonio staff correspondent visits Galveston as Hurricane Marowjjis devastates Texas. City residents flee while lowland areas face severe life loss risk near 200 fatalities feared.
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San Antonio
Arabic 600 Feet Long With 15800 Gross Tonnage
The Arabic a Belfast built liner of 15800 gross tons and 600 feet length sailed from New York to Liverpool on August 6. Two sticks of dynamite were found aboard after a cable report of a safe arrival, with prior near misses by German submarines in March and July. The ship carried 105 cabin passengers and 80 steerage on that voyage.
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Belfast
Harland & Wolff
Liverpool
New York
Bureau of Combustibles
New York City
L London
St. George's Channel
Britain
England
America
Old Head of Kinsale
Arabic Sails With 188 Passengers and 16000 Tons of War Cargo
The White Star Line reported that the Arabic sailed from New York July 28 with 188 passengers and about 16000 tons of war cargo. Grounding gear and a gun crew of 240 were noted as protection against possible submarine attack. all crew were foreign nationals. The Grodno sank after a submarine torpedo attack. its crew was saved.
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New York
White Star Line
Aan Will Finch
Weather Forecast Mobile Area Showers Tonight
Showers expected in Mobile area with mild temperatures tonight and Friday. Moderate southerly winds predicted.
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Mobile
British land more troops for attack on Turk positions
London reports additional British troops landed at Suvia bay Gallipoli after heavy fighting with no clear progress. The war office notes large losses on both sides as the advance stalls. Berlin says German torpedo boat destroyers sunk a small British cruiser and a destroyer off Jutland in a night raid with no German losses.
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London
Suvia Bay
Gallipoli Peninsula
War Office
Berlin
Tuckerton
N. J
Jutland
Admiralty
Hornsriff
German Forces Report New Breбst Litovsk Gains
Berlin reports further German advances around Brest Litovsk with outer lines collapsing. Forts north of Novo Georgievsk fall after days of siege, yielding about 1000 prisoners and 125 guns.
Russian River Bug successes boost defenses near Kovel
Russian forces report successes on the left bank of the River Bug with German setbacks southwest of Voldava and in the Vlada mir-Votynsk region. The moves ease fears for Kovel though government offices have already withdrawn from the city.
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Bug
Petrograd
London
Voldava
Vladamir-Votynsk
Kovel
Brest-Litovsk
Lutsk
Russians contest fall of Kovno as Germans seize Niemen fortifications
London dispatches report Russian sources deny total loss of Kovno and claim Germans have only captured left bank fortifications on the Niemen. They note German forces advance toward Brest-Litovsk and Novo Georgievsk, with ongoing activity near the Bug river and tied to Russia's rail network.
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London
Kovno
Niemen
Bug
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Novo Georgievak
Houston Opens New Channel for Ocean going Steamers
The first ocean going steamship arrives at the new Port of Houston harbor as the United States government and Houston share a $3,000,000 cost for docks and warehousing. The channel allows ships to reach inland points by rail with reduced haul, and Atlantic Gulf and West Indies Co will operate between New York and Houston.
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New Port
Houston
Houn
Ave
Odebrace
United States
Theouston
Galveston
Furthver
Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Company
New York
Hartwell's Bills Move to Create State Harbor Commission
In Montgomery port bills backed by Senator Hartwell seek a State Harbor Commission to control Mobile port facilities, with a $5 million bond plan and $10,000 initial appropriation. The reform would abolish river and harbor authorities and require a constitutional amendment, mirroring Louisiana style port governance and adding a two cent per register ton harbor fee.
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Montgomery
Ala
John
Hartwell
Pillans
Mobile
Chivetaw Point
Alabama
Port Authority
River Commission
Mineral District
Port Legation
Louisiana
Turner-Craijhead
Re Districting Bill Reported to Senate Amid Opposition
In Montgomery on August 19 the senate heard strong criticism of the congressional districts bill. The committee report details were finally disclosed, showing a plan that would move Heflin and Dentree to the Fourth District and alter several counties including Mobile in the First. The proposal would trigger Abercrombie’s run for the Senate and provoke opposition from supporters of other candidates.
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Montgomery
Ala
Senate
Mobilé
Washington
Clarke
Choctaw
Monroe
Marengo
Heflin
Dentree
Vetcrombe
Oliver
Abercrombie
Seco Dist
Definite steps on Frank mob probe by Georgia officials
Atlanta August 19 state officials begin formal action after Leo M Frank was taken from Milledgeville prison farm by a mob and killed near Marietta Governor Harris to confer with prison commissioners and consider a reward up to 500 for each arrest and conviction while authorities face questions over the mob’s capture of prison staff and duty lapses.
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Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Milledgeville
Marietta
Harti
Prison Commission
R. E. Davidson
Harris
Georgia
LN. Ragsdale
Woodward
California
Daily
Weekly Press of
Frank
Body of Leo M. Frank Arrives in New York
The body of Leo M. Frank arrived in New York on a Pennsylvania train with detectives and police on hand to deter demonstrations. Mrs. Frank, traveling from Atlanta, was greeted at the station by relatives including Mrs. Otto and others. The body was taken to an undertaker near Rudolph Frank’s home as Mrs. Frank was escorted to an automobile.
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New York
Leo M. Frank
Frank
Atlanta
Otto
Ctera
Rudolph Frank
Automo
More Than 100 Feared Lost in Marsh Island Hurricane
Reports from Marsh Island Louisiana say over one hundred people are marooned or lost after a hurricane with a tidal wave struck Monday night. Fishing camps and campers from nearby areas were un warned. Louisiana state conservation commission boats were ordered to aid in the rescue last night.
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New Orleans
Marsh Island
New Ort
Louisiana A State Conservation Commission
Death toll rises as migration floods Texas coast
Antonio Texas reports heavy losses on land and in bay shipping with estimates nearing two hundred. Charles Hayden, arriving from Galveston and Houston, says many residents fled Monday night to large buildings for safety as Tremont, Royal, Panama and Galvez hotels filled. Upper floors of Santa Fe, American Bank, and Rosenberg Library hosted evacuees unable to seek safer ground.
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Ban
Antonio
Texas
Aus
Charles
Hayden
the Light
Galveston
Houston
Tremont
Royal
Panama
Galvez
Santa Fe Aoe American Bank
Rosenberg Library
Galveston Coast Deaths Reach 193 Missing and Dead Totals
National toll from the Texas coast disaster rises to 193 missing or dead with Galveston and adjacent areas bearing heavy property damage. Dredgeboat Sam Houston and boats Sam Barnard are among the missing. figures include Texas City Surfside and other coastal communities.
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Galveston and
Island
Sam Houston
Sam Barnard
Virginia Point
Texas City
Surfside
Waverly
Guyton
Intemoe i Ccroscre
Galveston Seawall Cited For Saving City In Storm Report
Dallas dispatch reports early estimates show the latest tropical storm caused limited loss of life in Galveston and property damage far below the 1900 hurricane. Houston sustained about $2,000,000 in damage, while Galveston’s sea wall helped avert greater disaster. The Galveston death toll is far lower than 1900’s eight thousand, with current figures showing fourteen lives lost.
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Dallas
Texas
Galveston
Houston
Two Residents of City Adrift Aboard Marowijne
Uneasiness grows for two Mobile residents aboard the American steamer Marowijne of the United Fruit line. The vessel, overdue by more than sixty hours from Belize to Orleans, remained missing over the Gulf of Mexico. Families name Eleanor B. Cowen and Col. Quinn as aboard, with others denying related claims.
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Marowijne
United Fruit~ Company
Orleans
Belize
Anduras
Sherares
Spring Fill Avenue
Dr. Quinn
Tulane University
Col. Quinn
Mexican
Eleanor B. Cowen
Cowen
Mobile Farm Land’ Company
Cowens
Dauphin Way
Mise Cowen
Col
John Ewing
Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Barton, Academy
Bessie Jones
Pensacola
Fla
Janet Ewing
Spanish Honduras
Gulf of Mexico
Dora Allison Wreck Reported Near Gulf Bound Voyage
A damaged telegram reports the Dora Allison bound from Progreso Mexico is wrecked somewhere in the gulf. Captain Wood is at Fort Tex Army Hospital with injuries. Y De La Miyar is aboard the vessel at De La Miyar. The note states the Dora Allison is a total loss and urgent word was sent to Fort Miyar.
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Dora Allison
Progreso
Mex
Gulf
Captain Wood
Fort Tex
Army Hospital
de la Miyar
Y. de la Miyar
Fort
Marowijne steamer overdue from Belize with 35 aboard
The American steamer Marowijne of United Fruits line is overdue from Belize since Monday night with 35 passengers and a large crew. Efforts to contact her are hindered by damaged relay stations Cape San Antonio Cuba and Swan Island radio, while the vessel may have been in the Yucatan channel when the hurricane struck and could be adrift along the Mexican coast.
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New Orleans
Marowijne
United Fruits Company
Belize
Honduras
United Fruit Company
Swan Island
Cape San Antonnio
Cuba
Yucatan Channel
Mexican
Schooner Dennison's perilous voyage with all hands safe
The schooner Dennison endured a violent gale for forty six hours off Mobile. Captain Bodden reported the worst experience as the ship tacked and drifted with increasing wind. Mate Andrews died of illness at Progreso. the voyage resumed after the death, with the vessel carrying cargo and passing near Mobile.
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E. Dennison
Mobile
Suseem Brodden
Ning
Bedden
Lizzie
Dennison
N. E. Turner
Wii Lumber Company
Bodden
Progreso
Andrews
Drews
T Nison
Lost items notice and reward for four small items
A child’s bracelet with initials B B Z was lost and a Gold handled bracelet is missing. A bull puppy with a white streak near 905 Dauphin is lost. Also a buttoner’s bunch in district eight and a faint ship themed item noted. Return to Jackson Street authorities offer a reward.
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Jackson Street
B. B
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Growis
Wilson
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Hull
Saee Cone
Brest-Litov
Novo Georgievsk
World
Hartwell's Bills
A.d Harbor
Georgia Prison Commission
Brooklyn
Galton
Tex
B. S. Cowen
Colonel Quinn
Claude A. Quina
Shi Peee
Master Hospital
Fort Croc
Veston
Miyar
Verara
Uttoner
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