Kitchin Pushes Data Quest on State Department Boycott
Democratic Leader Claude Kitchin asks the State Department for complete data on the blacklists and U S boycott effects. House members urge retaliatory or relief legislation without waiting for executive action as agitation grows. Bennet promises a shipping penalty bill to break the boycott. In Ecuador, congress convened and leaders were installed.
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Claude Kitchin
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Katchin
Memo Vera
New York
W . Bennet
Obituary notices list for Dorsch Gosnell King and Pool
Obituary notices run for Katherine Dorsch Gosnell and Fannie King speak of August 1916 funerals at St Marys Church Rock Creek Cemetery Mount Olivet in Baltimore and Chicago notices request interment and prayers. Other lines note Pierce Pool and Estelle Washington funeral arrangements and dates in Washington DC.
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Chicago
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Fannie
John King
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Benson H Pierce
Frank H. Pierce
Joseph Gawler
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Fannie Chase Pool
Benjamin G. Pool
Washington
Estelle
John
Mary Elizabeth Washington
Emperor Franz Josef at eighty six hale and hearty says Baroness
New York August 10 The Baroness Zwiedinek wife of the Austro Hungarian chargé d affaires arrived here and denied reports that Emperor Franz Josef is dying She said at 86 he remains very active and takes keen interest in the war and important reports pass through him He noted food shortages but confidence exists in current food distribution and military service has shifted private cars to war use while patriotism grows among Austrian troops and civilians in hope of avoiding worse conditions
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Franz Josef
Hitleulong
Zwiedinek
Cimarian
Fae Ero
Austriania
St. Regis
Austria
New Life in Recruiting Camp for Battery A
Recruits surge at Camp Ordway as Third Infantry and Battery A boost numbers. New recruiting stations open at Fifteenth and H streets northeast and Eighth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Officers anticipate departure of Third Regiment for BlaBee and Battery A readiness accelerates with 28 horses and planned equipment transfer. Noncommissioned officers plan a large entertainment and a 160-member association forms to boost morale.
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Dan” Wooldridge
Company L
Heavy Zeppelin Raid Inflicts Damage Across English Coast
Berlin claims heavy damage from bombs and incendiaries on coastal counties from Northumberland to Norfolk. Officials in London call the German report a perversion of the truth, noting ships returned unharmed after anti aircraft and naval countermeasures. The raid hit Middlesbrough, Hull, Hartlepool, Tyne dockyards, Whitby industrial works, and rail plants near Kings Lynn.
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Norfolk
Iron and Benzal
Middlesborough
Hull
Hartlepool
Tyne
Whitby
Kings Lynn
London
Italian Naval Raid on Durazzo Reported by Rome
Rome reports an Italian naval raid on Durazzo held by Austrians last week. Italian light cruisers penetrated the Durazzo port on August 12 avoiding new defenses and torpedoed a steamer. Earlier on August 2 French and Italian destroyers attacked four enemy destroyers under Aspern’s cover near Catara, suffering no damage while Austrian ships claimed hits in their official account.
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Aspern
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Cattara
Army and Navy News Relieve Several Officers for Duty Changes
Firet Lieut Charles C. Herman Jr of the Twenty sixth infantry is relieved from duty at Delaware College Newark Del and will join his regiment Capt William N Burgme Jr infantry is relieved from duty as inspector instructor with the National Guard of Tennessee and will repair to the city to report to the chief for duty Capt Thomas A Roberts cavalry inspector instructor will go to Hartford and New Haven Conn to assist in organizing national guard cavalry Connecticut Maj Gilbert H Stewart ordnance department will visit Colt’s Patent Firearms Hartford Conn in August and September on official ordnance business Maj George U McManus coast artillery relieved from Puget Sound defenses and to join the Fifth Provisional Regiment at Del Hopex for temporary duty as lieutenant colonel
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Twenty-sixth Infantry
Delaware College
Newark
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Hhis Regiment
William N Bvgmes
Tennessee
Shilla Hurean
Thomas A. Roberts
Cavalry
Hartford
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Puget Sound
del Ho
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Fifth Provisional Regiment
Cant Artillery Corps
Naval Orders and Fleet Movements Report
Lieut T F Caldwell detached to Naval Academy Annapolis Md and other officers reassigned. Sailed Lebanon from Fort Miffin for Iona Island, Nanshan from Seattle for Anchorage, Newport from New York to sea. ships Coningham Dolphin Duncan Keyport Seneca Wyoming noted at various yards and stations.
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Iona Island
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Seattle
Anchorage
Alanke
Newport
Oklahoma
Coningham
Italians Take Boschini After Isonzo Breakthrough
Rome reports Italian troops pierced Austrian trenches northeast of San Michele on the Isonzo and occupied Boschini after heavy fighting. More than 12,000 Austrians were captured as cavalry and cyclists advanced east of Gorizia. Venice bombed by Austrian planes with fires reported. no hit on city center.
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Melzli
Opposition to Henry Baker for excise board seat
District committee members debate Baker nomination to succeed himself on the excise board. Senate discussions show several members opposed, criticizing Baker and Gen. R. G. Smith for board management. Confirmation may be difficult if opposition develops.
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Henry Baker
Senate
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Gen
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Navy Yard Workers Win Four Paid Leave Days
House and Senate conferees agreed on the navy appropriation bill granting Navy Yard employees four days of paid leave per year. They will receive one day of sick leave and three days of vacation, placing them on par with other government workers.
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Danis Islands treaty move promises swift senate action
Senator Stone, chairman of foreign relations, announced plans to push the Danish Islands treaty through with ratification at the first executive session. He denounced the publication of its terms and said he would seek an investigation into how a printed copy reached newspapers. Borah warned against secret consideration of treaties.
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Denmark
Borah
American ambulance chief cited thrice by French army
Paris August 10. A New York resident in charge of an American field ambulance has been cited for the third time in French army orders issued by General Nivelle. The citation honors difficult and dangerous service from June 22 to July 2, praising selflessness and devotion to his men.
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New York
Nivelle
Zeppelin Nearing Completion for Transatlantic Service
German airship promised to break the British blockade is under rapid construction near Lake Constance. The giant passenger carrier will be about 787 feet long and capable of carrying 88 000 pounds. No precise start date for a crossing to America is given.
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Lake Constance
America
Leap From Singer Building Ends in Broadway Death
A 60 year old man Albert Goldman leaped from the fourth floor of the Singer building plunging sixty feet into a Broadway lunch crowd. He died instantly and his identity was confirmed by a will and letters found on him. His body barely missed bystanders at the entrance.
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Alexandraa County
Glymont
New York
Singer
Albert Goldman
Goldman
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Siamese Prince Songila to Study in United States
Prince Songila of Siam arrives aboard the Uner Tenyo Maru in Honolulu with Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoskiseve and a retinue. He will study in the United States in royal style and has not yet chosen a school to attend.
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United States
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Conference to Fight Infantile Paralysis Spreads
Surgeon General Hucker convenes a conference in the capital to coordinate prevention and quarantine methods for infantile paralysis. District figures show an uptick with eighteen infant deaths in six months, plus ongoing public health guidance on milk, diet, fresh air, cleanliness, and fly protection. Local officials will present their countermeasures, aiming to implement the strongest plan nationwide.
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Amnesty Plea after Mexican Election Fugitives May Be Pardoned
Mexico City reports Gen Carranza indicating post election law will grant amnesty to Mexicans fleeing to foreign lands. The statement frames a potential nationwide policy shift affecting exiles and political refugees in the wake of the presidential contest.
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