Marowijne Still Missing After Tropical Storm
United Fruit liner Marowijne, from Belize, with 35 passengers and 25 to 40 crew, had not been heard from as storm fears grow. Mrs Willard seeks news, Ellis pursues messages, and wireless efforts try to reach Swan Island after Cape San Antonio outage.
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New Orleans
United Fruit
Marowijne
Belize
British Honduras
Yucatan Channel
A. F. Willard
Mobile Bay
Cawthon
United Fruit Company
Williards
Spring Hill College
Crawford H. Ellis
Cnalmette
Swan Island
Cape San Antonio
Times-Picayune
Ellis
Puerto Cortez
Puerto Barrios
Ason
McLaur
Come Cove
Wyvisbrook
Progreso
Gulf
Sinking of Helen Henderson Adds to Texas City Losses
Dispatch from Houston reports the tug Helen Henderson owned by Frank Henderson ofMobile found sunk in the Texas City channel during the storm. Nine crew members are unaccounted for with Wren listed as safe and Taylor missing. The Helen Henderson had been under Bisso Towboat charter and Mobile crew included two local men. Four survivors remain from the dredge Sam Houston disaster, with twenty-nine bodies recovered on a dyke near Texas City.
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Mobile
Dispatch
Houston
Texas
Helen Henderson
Frank Henderson
Henderson Iron Works
Texas City
Henderson
Tom Taylor
South
Lafayette Street
Watson Wren
W. J. Wren
Old Shell Road
Wren
Mr. Taylor
Bisso Towboat Company
Daniel Curbow
Mobilian
Sam Houston
Minnie Nelson
South Royal Street
A. B. Anderson
Deering Crew Lost In Gulf Hurricane Rescue Brings Survivors
Captain George W. Murphy of Boston and six crewmen were saved by the Camus after the Lydia M. Deering foundered in the gulf during a hurricane. Two officers and two crew members died, with Murphy missing after last seen on a log.
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Deering
New Orleans
Lydia M. Deering
Gulf
Camus
George W. Murphy
Boston
Arthur Davis
Oxford
N.C
Sabine
Tex
Murphy
Eddie S. Cummins
Captin Hooper
Cummins
Marsh Island residents evacuated safely after hurricane
All people from Marsh Island before the hurricane reached Avery Island by midnight with no loss of life confirmed. The transfer ensured everyone was accounted for and safe post disaster.
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Marsh Island
New Orleans
Avery Island
Seven of thirteen dead at Galveston identified
Galveston reports seven of thirteen storm victims identified by Tuesday night. An automobile party from Virginia Point saw twenty bodies buried at Virginia Point with seven more nearby. A Japanese cook’s body from the Dora Allison was found at the sea wall foot. A flat car carried additional bodies washed ashore after the wreck.
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Galveston
Tex
Houston
B. E. Quinn
Louis Featherstone
Beaumont
Texas City
Virginia Point
Galveston Causeway
Dora Allison
Ergs
Eaton Hall
Swan Lake
Meaintace
City
Eaton
Rebels Capture Mercedes Town Report Out of Mexico
A Mexican newspaper in Matamoros quoted by a Brownsville message says rebels defeated an American army and captured Mercedes Texas. The report claims the town was abandoned by U.S. forces as rebels moved on to other locations.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mercedes
el Democrata
Matamoros
Mex
Brownsville
Joe Jackson to Be Sold to Washington Reported
Cleveland dispatch reports Joe Jackson will be sold within a week to Washington for 420000 dollars. A player or two may come to Cleveland from the Nationals. Jackson joined the Cleveland club from New Orleans in 1910.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Joe Jackson
Washington
Nationals
Jackson
New Orleans
Smuggling of Chinese Into Panama Discovered
Panama reports widespread smuggling of Chinese found during President Porras investigation into police corruption. Two high officials and several police officers said to be involved.
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Panama
Porras
Storm Floods Southwest St Louis. Residents Use Boats
A heavy storm drenched the southwestern part of St Louis with over four inches of rain since early Thursday. A high wind accompanied the downpour as residents in the affected area navigated flooded streets by boat.
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ST. Louis
Arabic Carried Millions in Securities for America
London reports that the Arabic reportedly carried between ten million and fifteen million dollars worth of American securities for New York. All were insured and the item notes the large quantity and insured status.
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America
London
New York
Senate Debates New Revenue Bill and Industrial Exemptions
The Alabama Senate today began immediate consideration of the general revenue bill with amendments aimed at striking out industrial exemptions. Test votes show exemptions likely to remain. debate centers on taxation of mules horses and oxen versus broader property exemptions and comparisons to rival states. Also in the House, impeachment debates on Secretary of State John Purifoy occupy the morning hours with no time limits set.
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Montgomery
Senate
Lusk
Lee
Etowah
Senator Hill
Hartwell
Ala
Louisiana
Mobile
Banks Say Cotton Crop Can Be Financed At Market Value
Washington Aug 20 Comptroller Williams says the current capacity of national and reserve banks is sufficient to finance the entire cotton crop at market value noting ample funds in banks.
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National and Reserve Banks
Washington
Williams
Weather Outlook for Alabama Mississippi Coastal Areas
Mobile forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with fresh southwest to west winds. Washington reports similar conditions for Alabama and Mississippi with moderate winds along the coast tonight and on Saturday.
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Mobile
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
British Papers Tie Arabic Sinking to German American Tensions
London editors debate the Arabic tragedy and its impact on German American relations. The Morning Telegraph notes the U S position and questions Germany's reply while the Daily Mail highlights Wilson's possible reaction to Germany's intensified stance and potential piracy concerns.
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London
Morning Telegraph
United States
Germany
Governor Harris to Call Officials Into Frank Probe
Atlanta Aug 20 Governor Nat E Harris will convene a conference of Baldwin and Cobb county officials to decide further steps in the Frank lynching case. A $1500 reward was offered for the first three convicted, with discussions likely on who should lead the investigation and any new theories about the victim Leo M Frank. The body was found near Marietta and burial occurred in Brooklyn afterServices by Rabbis Lyons and Marx.
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Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Nat E. Harris
Baldwin
Cobb Counties
Frank
Baldwin County
Marietta
Cobb County
Milledgeville
Harris
Vigilance Committee
New York
Mount Carmel
Brooklyn
Leslie Frank
Alexander Lyons
David Marx
First Infantry Band Concert Program
Concert program for the First Infantry Band in the square on Friday evening August 20. Pieces include marches such as Panama position Invercargil and Semper Fidelis plus dances like One-Step I Didn t Raise My Boy To Be a Soldier and My China Town. Finale Star Spangled Banner.
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Panama
Gavotte
Carolina
China Town
Mediey
Novo Georgievsk Falls to German Siege Forces
Berlin reports the fortress Novo Georgievsk near Warsaw has fallen to German troops after stiff resistance. Garrison over 20,000 men and large war stores were captured. The capture noted as a major victory with Von Beseler leading the assault. Also reports two British steamers Restormer and Baron Erskine sunk by submarines off New Orleans.
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Novo Georgievsk
Berlin
London
Poland
Novo Georg
Imself
von Beseler
Vicksburg
Associated Press
Warsaw
Vistula
Narew
Wkra
New Orleans
Restormer
Baron Erskine
German forces push Russians toward Brest-Litovsk front
Berlin reports the left wing of Marshal Von Mackensen's army has driven Russian forces behind Koterkakulva southwest of Brest Litovsk. German headquarters issued the update today.
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Berlin
Ficla
von Mackensen
Koterkakulva
Brest-Litovsk
War Dispatches From World Fronts In August 20 Report
Aug 20 dispatch describes Austrians and Germans pressing around Petrograd and Moscow as Kovno falls to German control. Reports note German flanking moves threatening a breakthrough near Brest-Litovsk and Ossovetz fortress resisting. Riga is contested by land and sea. British Suvla Bay landing deemed disappointing amid Turkish resistance. Italy and Turkey edging toward open rupture over Dardanelles. On the Western Front French forces hold crossroads at Lens and Arras as Germans threaten a wedge.
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London
Petrograd
Moscow
Kovno
Marshal von Mackenzen
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Brest-Litovsk
Suvla Bay
Gadlipoli
Anzac Zone
Italy
Turkey
Dardanelles
Lens
Arras
Entente Offers Macedonia Concessions in Balkan Settlement
The Entente powers have proposed to Bulgaria the return of Macedonia part from the 1912 Serbo Bulgarian treaty with immediate occupation rights. Serbia would receive Kavala and nearby districts as compensation. Bulgaria renounces Saloniki Vodina Uskub and supports a push to end the war with Turkey.
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Rome
Paris
Giornale d
Italia
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Serbia
Kavala
Seres
Bia
Saloniki
Vodina Uskub
Turkey
Greece
Lester Alleged L and N Bandit Tries Suicide in Gulfport Cell
Gulfport Mississippi reports Harry Lester an alleged Louisville and Nashville train robber and baggage man slayer attempted suicide in his cell last night. He cut his left wrist with a file and began to bleed before officers intervened.
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Lester
Gulfport
Miss
Harry Lester
Louisville and Nashville
Peter Mersey
Wilson weighs Arabic sinking actions amid U S Germany tension
Officials weigh whether the Arabic was torpedoed without warning and if Americans were lost. President Wilson travels to Philadelphia for his doctor as the United States considers severing diplomatic ties and the implications for humanitarian trusts in the war zone.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Germany
White House
Philadelphia
White Star Line
Ambassador Page
White Star
Thompson
Queenstown
Josephine. Bruguiere
Edmund
E Atabiec
Lansing
Lusitania
Knoxville
Tenn
Chattanseen Toone News
Montgomery
Ala
Sinking of the Arabic Raises U S Warship Fear
Aug 20 2055 reports say the White Star liner Arabic was torpedoed off Queenstown by a German submarine. About 400 of 423 aboard were saved or accounted for.Dr. Wood and Mrs Bruguiere listed as missing Americans. Queenstown residents aided survivors. The disaster stirs England and raises U S Germany tensions amid uncertain fate of others.
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Queenstown
Josephine Bruguiere
J. Edmond F. Wood
London
White Star
Arabia
Namond
Janesville
Wis
Beraeli
England
Lusitania
Finch
United States
Germany
Sinking of Arabic Raises U S Tension Across Nation
Multiple newspapers report growing distrust and potential severance of relations with Germany after the Arabic sinking. Critics urge strong action, including recalling diplomats and convening Congress, as public unrest and fear of war rise nationwide.
Sinking of the Queenstown Liner Described by Captain
Captain Finch recounts the sinking of the liner near Galley Head at 9 30 am. The Dunsley was seen in distress and torpedoed from close range. The ship settled quickly, eight minutes to vanish, with twenty Americans aboard and sixteen accounted for so far. Boats were launched cautiously as life belts and crew acted professionally.
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Shif Queenstown
United States
Thompson
Finch
Presg
Galley Head
Dunsley
Lost Dog Reward for Return Near St Stephens
Lost on St Stephens about nine miles out, a black and white pointer with a new collar and no name. Dog name Rip. Reward upon return to Hickey & Lyons, 223 Dauphin. Lost black and white female with license number for return to Saint Joseph 3:15-6.
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St. Stephers
Hickey & Lyons
Dauphin
Ill St. Joseph
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Basil M. Manley
United States Industrial Commission
Congress
Daily Mail
First Infantry
Greenock
J. Cory & Sons, Limited
Cardiff
Dumbarton
Hogarth Shipping Company of
Glasgow
Avbnmouth
von Magckenzen
Etrograd
Edmond F. Wood
Janesville, Wis
M Josephine Brugiere
Richmond
Charleston
S. C
Evening Post
S.C
News and Courier
von Bernstorff
Cincinnati
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