Rail chiefs heed Wilgon call in eight hour plan clash
President Wilson urged 649 employee delegates to back his eight hour day proposal as rail managers remained firm. Presidents of major lines began arriving in Washington for a conference while indications pointed to manager resistance and possible appeal to financiers if the plan failed.
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Whitse House
Wilson
Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Brotherhood
Preai“ie Wilasa
Vital Issues as Seen by Railroads and Men
The threatened railway strike pits managers and workers over an eight hour day and overtime. Managers oppose an arbitrary eight hour schedule while workers insist on speedups to fit ten hours into eight. Arbitration is proposed by managers to settle the dispute with employers and employees.
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United States
Senate clash over corrupt practices bill stalls adjournment plan
A near‑collapse of party unity delays adjournment hopes as Republicans and Democrats race to advance the shipping and revenue bill. Senator Owen presses the corrupt practices bill while Borah and Hardwick push immigration action. Navy bill conferences finalize a form for the president.
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Hardwick
Gwen
Senate
Owen
Congress
Qwan
Borah
Smith
Ashuret
Wilson
Dillingham
Works
Brady
Gallinger
House
$60 Million Chile Loan Under Consideration
New York August 17 A loan of sixty million dollars to the Chilean government is under consideration by a syndicate led by J P Morgan & Co National City Bank and the Guaranty Trust Company. Chile’s business climate is positive and the exchange rate has risen more than thirty four percent in the last two years.
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New York
J P Morgan & Co
National City Bank
Guaranty Trust Company
Chile
Goethals Reaches Panama After Narrow Canal Voyage
Gen George W Goethals arrived at Colon on August 17 after a stormy passage that avoided a West Indian hurricane. He conferred on canal conditions and reported the slides in a normal state, indicating progress toward completion of the Panama Canal project.
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Amer
Colon
George W Goethals
Czar Plans for Poland Policy Expected Soon
Petrograd dispatch claims Russia will soon define its policy on Poland ahead of any Austrian German move. The report notes expectations of an autonomy proclamation by Austria Hungary and Germany and mentions a reduced rate to Boston with a Baltimore and Ohio return trip set for August 19 to 21, available until August 3.
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Bendan
Daily Telegraphs
Petrograd
Baye
Poland
Austra Hungary
Germany
Boston
Baltimore and
Ohio
Ask Agenta
Adv
Mexican Bond Plan Appeals to Congress in 1916 Debate
Senate finance committee majority urges a 130 million bond to cover Mexican emergency expenditures through year end and 88 million for border operations. Treasury notes 1917 disbursements at 1,126,243,000 with receipts of 762,000,000, boosting total appropriations over 1916 by about 469,000,000.
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Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Congress
Treasury Department
Finance Committee
Senate
Simmons
Panama
Army
Ana
National Guard
Mexico
General Fund of the Treasury
Tressury Department
Eastern Front Report Claims Massive Russian Losses
Berlin reports on August 17 that Russia’s western and Caucasus fronts were checked as counter attacks failed. It notes 198 officers, 7,208 men, 29 light pieces, 17 heavy guns, 70 machine guns, 23 bombs, and over 14,000 shells taken. also claims renewed Soviet assaults in eastern Galicia were repulsed completely and prisoners captured north of the Dniester.
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Petrograd
Caucasus
War Office
Kemmern
Riga
Qen Shezobrazoff
Berlin
Galicia
Zalocse
Batkow
Harbuzow
Zalocke
Archduke Charles Francia
Dniester
Tustobabs
Konezan
Morth
Capua
Paris
London
Somme
Associated Press
Hughes Campaign Tour Urges Dominant Americanism in West
Charles E Hughes rides a 36 hour coast to coast tour from Portland to San Francisco. From the rear platform he delivers four speeches at Riddle Roseburg Grants Pass and Medford on tariff national honor and prepared ness. He defines dominant Americanism as vigor prosperity and respect for national interests while stressing loyalty to institutions and preservation of opportunity. Rowell notes California politics and Johnson’s absence from San Francisco talks. Hughes plans more Maine stops in September including York Harbor Portland Lewiston Waterville and Bangor.
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Medford
Oreg
Charles E Hughes
Portland
San Francisco
Staturs
Riddle
Roseburg
Greats Pass
Bach
American
Newts and Industrial Corporation
Hughey
Granta Pasa
Hughes
America
Moose
Chester H Rowell
Progressive National
California
Republican National Campaign
Gov Johnson
Maine
New York
Charles Hughes
Can
Aiandidate
York Harbor
Lewiston
Waterville
Bangor
Austrian Aviators Again Bomb Venice
Rome reports another Austrian air raid on Venice with no casualties. The war office notes artillery and trench mortars active on the lower Isonzo while repelling a Carso attack that yielded 100 prisoners. In Trentino, batteries bombarded targets as Italian forces prepare to secure San Gabriels and San Mario amid rising pressure.
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Roma
London
Venice
War Office
Isonzo
Carso
Tolmino
Santa Uela
Trentino
Cordevole
Tenegra
Tsonze
San Gabriels
San Mario
Tolattee
Goritta
Iriente
British seize cargo bound for Manila from New York
A British authority in Hongkong has ordered the Kafue to discharge Philippine cargo and confiscate the portion consigned to Germans or on order. The Kafue is the second steamer bound for the Philippines to have cargo seized. The Chinas Prince faced a $25,000 fine in Manila for failing to deliver merchandise.
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Manila
New York
Hongkong
Philippines
San Francisco
Pendag
Polish crops large but meat scarce
Warsaw reports excellent crops and ample food yet scarce meat after a year of German occupation. The city is busy but unemployment rises, especially among men of military age. Germans are rebuilding roads around the city to aid crop marketing, and the Nicholas bridge across the Vistula is being rebuilt after destruction.
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Carl W. Ackerman
Warsaw
Poland
Nicholas Bridge
Vistula
Doubt Over U S Recognition of Valdez Government
Inquiries at the State Department reveal uncertainty whether the United States will recognize Panama’s newly elected president Valdez. Officials declined comment as criticism grows of outgoing leader Porras and the election methods claimed to favor Valdez.
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State Department
United States
Panama
Valdes
Near Lansing
Porras
Germans at Bay in Africa Defenders Hold Line
An official statement reports German forces in Africa under pressure as Allied forces position for a push. Smuts and British commanders note tightening lines while strategic reserves in Europe signal intensified operations against Axis troops overseas.
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Paris
Germany
Tempa
Temps
United States
Bis
Saya
Plata
Fryatt” Tendon
Whitgift
Lloyda
Almeria
Spain
Tyne
Gibraltar
London
Africa
Ger Smuts
Railro ad Presidents Arrive at New Tareednth Sinate
Local page column reports on arriving railroad presidents and a cryptic sweep of wartime dispatches including German attacks, British reprisals, and district militia readiness. Other items note political tensions over suffrage, naval bills, and regional concerns in a compact local news feature.
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Tareednth
Sinate
Hughes
Los Village
Mexico
Wilson Dines
BR Atantate
Denial of Bremen Loss and U Boat Sightings
Reports from Bremen and Deutschland offices deny any loss or accident to the German subs. Passengers on the Cunarder Alabama in New York recount seeing a shell torn submarine near Deal with destroyers outside. The Bremen is said to be safe and may reach its American destination soon, while the Deutschland is believed returning toward home after avoiding warships.
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Cunarder
Deutschland
Grand Banks
Washington Post
Bremen
Amsterdam
America
Deutachland
Baltimore
England
Berlin
Helgoland
New York
London
Deal
Grand Ranks
la Pallice
France
Liverpool
Boston
Many Women Hurt in Ringside Bleacher Collapse
A bleacher section collapsed at a Warren boxing event injuring about a score of people. The seriously hurt include Mrs Don Turrows and Mrs Barhadwick, with several others named among the injured. Emergency crews attended the scene as chaos spread among the crowd.
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Ohio
Warren
Grand Atheda
Trumbull
Feft
Don
British French Somme Offensives Falter Amid Heavy German Defenses
Berlin reports a total failure of Anglo French efforts on the Somme with Allied assaults repulsed and gains limited to small trenches near Bazentin and Guillemont. French and British attacks were described as beaten back with heavy losses, while German counter measures kept the line largely intact.
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Berlin
Somme
Paris
Foch
London
Stix
Pozieres
War Offies
Bazentin
Guillemont
Martinpuich
Maurepas
Highwood
Mouquet Farm
Ouillera-Pozieres
Foureaux Wood
Posteres
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Chicago and Creat Western
George W Stevens
Chesapeake and Ohio
William Sproule
Southern Pacific
Calvinunion Pacific
Lovee
Delaware and Hudson
W J Harshaw
Seaboard Air Line
Howard Eliott
Newen & F
Chicago Milwaukes
Paul J BH Hustis
Bostor and
Maine Railway
Atterbury
Pennsylvania
Hale Helden
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Ralph Feter
Long Island
Baltimore and Orta
W Blevers
Chesapeake and Oulo
J Kruttachnitt
L F Lorce
Delwareang
John H Peyton
Nashylle
Chattanooga
St Louis
Neehville
LE Johnson
Norfolk and Western
Roanoke
Ndicaziona
Thoroughy
New York Syndicate
Goethals
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Czar
OBEKO
Warnanc
M’adoo
Federal Public Health Service
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Connecticut
McAdoo
John S Fulton
Maryland
T D Tuttle
Washington State
HG Williama
Virginia
H H Bracken
Minnesota
Charlee B. Hanks
Public Health Service Corps
Balimore
U. S
Zalocze
Archduke Kats
Oregon
Hal Moose
Trieste
U. 5
Valdez
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Kaiser
Wesc
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Hanks
Britioh
Foureax Wood
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