Hughes Attacks Administration On First Speaking Trip
Charles E. Hughes blasted the Wilson administration in Detroit on his initial speaking swing. He challenged foreign policy and Mexico policy, accused appointees as inexperienced, and denounced the Vera Cruz action as a needless war fought over dead soldiers. He urged protecting American rights abroad and questioned the administration’s elusive policy.
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Detroit
Mich
Charles E. Hughes
United States
Mr. Hughes
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Hughes
Wilson Campaign to Start National Drive After September
Washington report says President Wilson, Vance McCormick and Homer Cummings agreed to launch the Democratic National campaign soon after September 1 regardless of Congress. If Congress stays in session after that date, a nationwide notification may occur before adjournment at Shadow Lawn New Jersey. Wilson plans no fixed engagements until adjournment is set, with a non political speech planned for Hodgenville Kentucky on September 4 and a tentative trip to St Louis around September 19 20 or 21 to address underwriters.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Vance C. McCormick
Democratic National Committee
Homer
Cummings
McCormick
Shadow Lawn
N. J
Hodgensville
St. Louis
Farm Loan Board Organized With Norris as Head
Washington reports the new farm loan board is formed to administer the rural credits system. George W. Norris is named farm loan commissioner, with four appointive members sworn in alongside secretary McAdoo as ex-officio chairman. The board plans 12 district divisions and will seek information to guide early work.
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Washington
New Farm Loan Board
Wilson
George W. Norris
Mr. Norris
C. E. Lobdell
Herbert Uick
A. Smith
McAdoo
Russians Break Teutonic Lines at Verdun and Galicia
Petrograd reports Russian forces cross the Sereth near Brody in Galicia and take six villages with over 3,000 prisoners. In Verdun the Meuse fighting remains bitter as French repel German thrusts on Thiaumont. British forces clash with Turks near Romani and push back to seize 2,500 prisoners. Australians press Germans on a two mile front, fending off three counterattacks.
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Russia
Berlin
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Tarna
Stripa
Gelicia
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Monte Seluggio
Castellatto
Rome
Democrats Plan Lower Scale Income Taxation
Senate Finance Committee members revise the house revenue bill to cut income tax exemptions to 2000 for singles and 3000 for families. An added 1000 tax would use a 1 percent rate above 5000 for singles and 4000 for married persons. The vote passed by one but could change when full committee considers the amendment.
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Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Fire damages presses at The New York Sun building
A large fire in the Sun building cub-cellar crippled five printing presses forcing editions to be produced at The Evening Mail. No employees were in the pressroom when the blaze started.
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New York
New York Sun
Sun
Evening Mail
Cloudburst halts Asheville street cars and power
A Beaverdam section cloudburst cut street car service in Asheville for about two hours. The Beaverdam Creek became a torrent flooding nearby areas and destroying several Weaver Power Company poles, cutting power to the city.
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Asheville
Beaverdam
Weaver Power Company
Finance Committee Eyes Public Response on Tax Exemptions
Washington Democrats in the Senate Finance Committee await public reaction to a revenue bill proposal cutting income tax exemptions. Protests have surfaced within the party and supporters cite President Wilson's annual message urging exemption reduction to back the plan.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Wilson
Sixty Fourth Congress
Deutschland Narrowly Evades US Navy Patrol Off Virginia Capes
Amid reports that the German liner Deutschland passed within a hundred yards of a US destroyer, Captain Hinsch details submerged runs and testing in Baltimore docks before sailing past the capes. He notes the sub’s dive depth, periscope visibility, and the close surveillance by Timmins crew aboard the tug as it emerged.
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Bremen
Virginia Capes
Hinsch
Neckar
United States
Capes
Thomas F. Timmons
Koenig
Baltimore
Timmins
Casement Hanged for Treason in Pentonville Prison
Roger Casement, former British consul knighted for royal service, was executed as a traitor at Pentonville jail. The crowd heard the bell as he faced the gallows and his final words were I die for my country.
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London
Roger Casement
Pentonville
Casement
Ireland
Letimbro Sunk by Submarine Near Malta
Italian mail steamer Letimbro torpedoed with 57 crew and 113 passengers aboard. Reuters reports 28 survivors reached Malta and two additional boats with survivors arrived at Syracuse. Many passengers, including women and children, are believed dead.
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London
Malta
Reuter
Syracuse
Officials Watch Rail Strike Danger
Washington officials including President Wilson monitor the 225 rail systems and 400000 employees as they seek to avert a strike. The Chamber of Commerce urged swift intervention and inquiry, while the Labor Department weighs actions and the Mediation Board remains on alert.
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Washington
Wilson
Labor Department
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Harry A. Wheeler
Chamber
Labor
Post
Department
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Congressional Commerce Committees
Congress
San Francisco Bomb Plotters Indicted
The county grand jury indicted Warren K. Billings Thomas Mooney Mrs Rena Mooney Edward Nolan Israel Weinberg on murder charges for eight deaths in the Hyde Street bombing during a preparedness parade on July 28 in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Warren K. Billings
Thomas Mooney
Rena Mooney
Edward Nolan
Israel Weinberg
Supreme Court Must Decide Appam's Case
In Norfolk Virginia the British owners of the prize ship Appam press for an immediate decision on releasing the vessel under bond. Judge Waddill denied the request after German Government counsel said special counsel could not reach Norfolk until later in the week.
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Norfolk
Appam
Waddill
United States District Court
Daylight payroll bandits rob Detroit Burroughs plant
Five armed bandits seized a payroll car near the Burroughs Adding Machine Company in Detroit, escaping with about $33,000 to $34,000 while guards and officers pursued across the city. Rudolph the guard was shot in the thigh, and witnesses compared the scene to a movie caper as a wide manhunt continued.
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Detroit
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Burroughs
Woodward
Cass Avenues
Woodward Avenue
Rudolph
Guarda
P. G. Chapman
Burroughs Company
Carranza Names Mexican Commissioners for Border Talks
President Wilson plans to appoint three commissioners within days to meet a Carranza delegation to settle border disagreements. Carranza sent a note naming three Mexican representatives Licentiate Luis Cabrera Engineer Ignacio Bonillas and Engineer Alberto J Pani and favors discussing withdrawal of U S troops framing a border protocol and investigating border raids.
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Wilson
Washington
General Carranza
State Department
Carranza
Mexico
Luis Cabrera
Ignacio Bonillas
Alberto J. Pani
Verdun Again Center of Fighting on Western Front
Verdun becomes the storm center on the Western front as French forces push on the right bank of the Meuse. Paris reports the Thiaumont work and much of Fleury village are now in French hands after repeated combats.
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London
Verdun
Somme
Meuse
Thiaumont
Fleury
Paris
British Look Ahead to Success and Peace Victory
London crowd hears inspiring telegram from General Sir Douglas Haig declaring confidence in success at peace. The Earl of Derby presides at Queen Hall anniversary gathering with an enthusiastic, representative audience from all walks of society.
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London
Douglas Haig
France
Queen Hall
Earl of Derby
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Remedy Warning
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for soothing rough irritated hands with hot soaks and a night treatment. It notes a free sample by mail from Cuticura Dept L Boston and claims selling locations nationwide with a light humorous filler about a socialite couple.
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Dept. L. Boston
Ady
Grove's The Old Standard Tonic Advertisement
General tonic claim outlines Grove's Tonic with quinine and iron. It promotes liver support malaria relief blood enrichment and overall system vigor. Priced at 50 cents.
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Grove
Magnet Bill Saves Auto Tires at Plant
A grizzled man nicknamed Magnet Bill patrols the automobile plant grounds daily with a tin bucket and a magnet on a shovel handle. His task is to remove nails and metal shards from the roadway to prevent punctures, saving the company thousands in tire costs each year.
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Magnet Bill
Popular Science Monthly
World's Advance
Market talk turns to submarines over airships
A munitions speculator dismisses airships as irrelevant and favors submarines, saying there is nothing doing with airships. The remark reflects a strategic shift in wartime weapons thinking.
Auto buyers urged to save for new machines
In a Louisville Courier Journal note, Uncle Pennywise claims the auto business will soar as people save to purchase cars. The piece comments on public attitudes and the general notion that most people are willing to ease tensions rather than foster hostility.
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Pennywise
Louisville Courier Journal
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