Japan Navy Expansion Reported With Three More Superdreadnoughts
A Tokyo dispatch notes Japanese naval leaders seek diets approval for a seven year expansion, adding three superdreadnoughts two battle cruisers and more destroyers and submarines to build a powerful fleet. The plan aims to counter western navies with larger gun power and faster ships, though exact details await diet approval and budget.
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Tokyo
Japan
Cruiaera
Jiji
Europe
United States
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Cradita
Hughes Chicago Aid Named Western Campaign Manager
Ken tucky Republican National Committee member takes charge of the Western branch with Chicago headquarters. National Chairman William Lo Willcox announced the appointment after consulting central States leaders.
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T. Hert
Kentucky
Republican National Committee
Hughes Campaign
Wiliam Ro Willcox
Willcox
Hert
Nin
Frank i Hiteneack
Tha Voustern
Hitchcor
Camnpaian
Carranza Wins Point and Revenue Bill Revised Start Campaign
Carranza gains ground as talks in Washington grow complex with plans to enlarge the international commission and push a campaign before the November elections. Congress revises the munition tax to a flat rate and raises inheritance taxes, while Wilson and Democratic leaders map early campaign efforts for 1916, aiming for a full swing by mid September and outreach to women voters.
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Carranza
Senate
Hemmeter Wife Named Defendant in $106,000 Suit
Mrs Helen Hilgenberg Hemmeter, wife of Dr John Hemmeter, regent of the University of Maryland and noted medical writer, is named defendant in a $106,000 damages suit filed in Baltimore. The complaint lists only the parties and amount, with no disclosure of the basis for the claim.
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Maryland University
Washington
Baltimore
Helen Hilgenberg Hemmeter
John Hemmeter
University of Maryland
Court of Common
Mrs. Hemmater
University Parkway
Kitterly Lane
Dr. Hemmeter
Maine
Mra. Hemmeter
Carl G. Hilwenberg
New York Street Rallies Strike Ends in Settlement
The New York Railway and Third Avenue Railway settle a strike after twelve hours of deadlock. Employers gain the right to organize and will negotiate wages by August 20, while unions are not recognized. Mayor Mitchel and Oscar Straus broker the plan to resume service and invite other lines to join talks. President Shonts urges workers to return to work.
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Oscar S. Straus
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Third Avenue Railway Company
Gacar S. Straus
Public Service Commission
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Second Avenue Railroad
Richmond Light and Power Company
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Theodore P. Shonts
Atrikera
Moose Leader for Wilson in New Jersey Campaign
Newark Aug 7 A H Hopkins chairman of the New Jersey Progressive State committee offers his services to President Wilson in his bid for reelection He opposes an official endorsement by the Progressive organization stating reconstruction of the party in New Jersey would be his aim and concern
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N. J
J A. H. Hopkins
New Jersey
Wilson
Hopkins
Progress Salve
Ohio Holds Primary Today in General Contests
Columbus August 7 Candidates for state and county offices closed and calm tonight as Ohio voters prepare for primary day. Key races center on US Senate with Myron Herrick Charles Dick and Harry Dougherty vying for the Republican nomination while Atlee Pomereno faces John J. Lewis on the Democratic side. Gov. Cox and Gov. Wills are anticipated as nominees with opposing challengers including Rudolph Mack George Shaw A P Bandies and J G Martin to name a few in a crowded field across Columbus Cleveland Akron Dayton and Ottawa.
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Ohio
Myron , Herrick
Cleveland
France
Charles Dick
Akron
Harry M. Dougherty
United States
Atlee Pomerene
John J. Lewis
Frank Ro Wits
Republcan
James M. Cox
Dayton
Wills
Rudolph D. Mack
Cincinnati
George Shaw
Cox
A. P. Bandies
Ottawa
J. G. Martin
Greanville
Divorce suit filed by Mrs Madstine Stone Gron
Mrs Madstine Stone Gron widow of Carl D Stone seeks divorce from Niels Gron the Danish diplomat and philosopher with custody of their 2 year old son and seeks a restraining order regarding her inherited estate. She accuses Gron of involvement in a plot to block sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States and claims the Standard Oil Company bribed Congress members to back a secret pact. Huntington Ind Aug 7 Offord Flackman declines Progressive Senate nomination citing lack of support and plans to join the Progressive party.
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Chicago
Madstine Stone Gron
Carl D Stone
Niels Gron
England
Gron
Huntington
Ind
Switchmen Agree to Arbitrate Eight-Hour Day Disputes
In New York Aug through the efforts of Commissioner G W Hangar of the United States board of mediation and conciliation representatives of the Switchmen's Union of North America agreed to arbitrate their demands for an eight hour day time and one half for overtime and increased wages Hebbing president of the union represented the employees while Horace Baker general manager of the Queen and Crescent Railway lines represented the thirteen different affected roads
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New York
G W. Hangar
United States
Switchmen's Union of North America Today
BE Hebbing
Switchmen's Union
Horace Baker
Queen and Crescent
Walsh in Charge in Chicago Opens Western Campaign HQ
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana arrived in Chicago and opened headquarters in the hotel that also houses Chairman Wilson, to direct the Western campaign for President Wilson for the Republican national committee.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Wilson
Republican National
Special municipal election in Queretaro set for September
Mexico City reports a statewide call by the governor for a special municipal election in Queretaro to be held on the first Sunday in September. Voter registration ends August 12 with the actual date published August 14. Parties may designate candidates by August 20. An election commission will oversee balloting and candidate drawings. Winners take office October 1 and serve through 1917, with disputes settled by the governor and two appointees.
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Queretaro
Igt
Frauen
Fat Mens Club
Tvhaday Aueast RR Mom
Treawire
Deaihs
Bert Schafer Rol. Crawford
Washington
National, Benefit Association
National Benefi Association
Ostreet Northwest
Washington, DC
Pete Ee Geen
Toy Halen
Robt W Brown
Bam'l Wo Rutherford
Sarah F Cooper
Tohnson
Ee Lowery
Rutherforn
CARRANZA NOT TO RETIRE
Mexico City reports Foreign Minister Aguilar saying General Carranza plans to stay in power until after elections. He would run for president if public opinion demands it, with actions to be taken after municipal actions and elections for congress, once peace is secured.
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Aguilar
Gen. Carranza
Congress
Two more of Tames band surrender near Juarez
El Paso reports two more members of Mariano Tames band surrender to Gen Francisco Gonzales in Juarez after leaving for Juarez with four men. Government cavalry pursues Tames. rumors of a new revolutionary party and clashes near Samalayuca circulate but lack confirmation.
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Juarez
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Francisco Gonzales
Tames
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Carenza
Samalayucs
Funston Stay Leads Border Command After Program Change
War Department announced that a prior order splitting the Southern department into three sections was countermanded. General Funston remains in supreme charge on the border with the original authority intact, as the earlier plan never became effective due to temporary suspension.
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Arizona
Vote to stay on border by Massachusetts unit
Battery A of the Massachusetts National Guard declined a War Department offer to muster out and voted to remain on the border until State troops are sent home. All Harvard men except one from Princeton, one member from Harvard, stayed behind. The War Department order on student units takes effect September 1. In Mexico City reports say government forces saw several successes against pandits and Zapata forces, including the capture of Villa general Gabrish Viadiviesco in Chihuahua and the surrender of Gen Malesia Alabarran with 150 Zapata adherents in the State of Mexico.
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War Department
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Princeton
Mexico City
Chihuahua
Villa General
Gabrisl Viadiviesco
Malesia Alabarran
Mexico
Paper From Cotton Stalks Promises U S Paper Substitute
Berlin reports royal material testing office finds cotton stalks can yield paper. The discovery, tied to Egyptian stalks and tested before the war, could aid the United States amid wood pulp shortages. Critics note feasibility and cost, with American publishers weighing impact on industry and future supply.
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Associated Press
Royal Material Testing Office
Gross-Lichterfelde
Germany
United States
Egypt
New York
Lincoln B. Palmer
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Central German American Alliance Attacks Wilson Policies
Erie August 7 convention of the Central German American Alliance adopted the phrase undiluted Americanism while denouncing President Wilson for sympathy toward his mother country England and for his foreign policies.
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Erie
Defeat for $3 a day Nolan bill faces House defeat
Efforts to pass a $3 a day minimum wage for government workers failed in the House as a quorum could not be formed. Representative Cox led the opposition while Nolan sponsored the bill, which critics say would raise pay for low grade day laborers to $8 a day for some DC street workers. Tam many members supported the measure, with New York lawmakers generally backing it.
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National Treasury
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Gyerman
Mierman
Jallay
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Massachusette
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House
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Senate confirms Andrew J Gy Cummings to district excise board
Late yesterday the Senate approved Andrew J Gy Cummings of Chevy Chase and Washington for the District excise board. The inquiry by Senator Jones Irving found not all charges unfounded, objections withdrawn, and the executive session acted routinely without protest. Cummings will qualify at once.
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Chevy Chase
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District Excise Board
Jones Irving
Cummings
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