Wilson Holds Firm To Six Hour Day Plan
President Wilson maintains the eight hour day as core to arbitration while rail strike talks continue amid White House conferences. Officials, labor leaders, and employers weigh a path to prevent future clashes as negotiations stall and a commission is urged to decide on implementation and other issues.
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Wilson
White House
Brotherhood
Mark Time
George Pope
National Association of Manufacturers
Popes
Hartford
Conn
Fellows
Skirmish Near Border Involves District Militia Troops
Reported clash occurred about a mile west of the line at night between patrols of the District of Columbia colored militia and a party on the Mexican side. Militiamen say they halted several Mexicans who attempted to cross. Mexicans fired in response, wounding one of those who tried to escape to a camp of the colored troops.
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Waco, Aris
International Line
Imat
District of Columbia
Militiamen Hurt In Storm At El Paso Camp
A severe wind and rain storm struck the Thirty second Michigan infantry camp near El Paso Texas. The wooden hall was blown over injuring several militiamen and disrupting the night across nearby military camps. Torrential rain flooded streets and disrupted streetcar service in the town.
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el Paso
Tex
Thirty Second Michigan ‘Infantry
Hughes Busy Day in Picture With Mastodon in Los Angeles
Charles E Hughes spent a strenuous day in Los Angeles visiting Pasadena and Long Beach. He attended a church service and hosted a hotel reception, greeted civic groups, and toured the Los Angeles Museum where he and his wife viewed a mastodon skeleton. He also called on Garfield's widow and met George F. Edmunds, with stops in Pasadena and a Long Beach reception alongside Gov Johnson, who did not know Hughes was there.
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Johnson
Californias City
Garfield
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles E Hughes
San Francisco
Pasalena
Tong Beach
Los Angeles Museum
Long Beach
Mr Hughes
Gov Johnson
Anm
Wiliam H Crocker
Republican National Committee
California
Hughes
Camera Today
Pasadena
Boys and Girls’ Aid Society
George F Edmunds
Vermont
Republican City Committee
Nyminea
Dastred
San Diego
Bakerafield
Hla
Wag
Warner
Pan Howe
U S Censorship Sparks Anger Over Panama Plot Coverage
American business leaders in Berlin report despair over British censorship delaying U S mail to Europe. Articles allege U S agents investigate Ramon Valdes links and land grants for Japanese silk firms. Naval battles unfold with British ships sunk and German U boats active.
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Berlin
Balboa
Washington
Washington Post
Canal Zone
State Department
United States
Ramon Valdes
Panama
United States Secret Service
Valdes
Fernandez
Atlantic Seaboard
San Miguel Bay
Pacific
Fernandes
Habana
Verdun and Somme Front Action Report From August Clash
Allied and German forces clash across the Verdun and Somme fronts with heavy bombardments and repelled assaults. Fleury village changes hands temporarily as British, French and German units suffer losses and prisoners are taken. Submarine activity and fleet movements with notable ship losses are reported.
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London
Guillemont
Paria
Maurepa
Verdun
Fleury
Loas
Bazentin-le-Petit
Somme
Maurepas
Society men hunt slayer on Mount Cesare Island
Bar Harbor Maine August 20 Special to The Washington Post society colony members with Belgian police dogs scour the Mount Cesare Island area for the murderer of Mrs Emma Turnbull of Otter Creek. Ernest G Fabbri and Alessandro Fabbri with Gouverneur Morris assisted the police. Mrs Turnbull’s body, head crushed, was found in the woods. The murder is the colony’s first known on the island and residents refuse to leave their section at night.
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Washington Post
Bar Harbor
Society Colony
Emma Turnbull
Otter Creek
Ernest G Fabbri
Edith Shepard
William Henry Vandarbilt
Alessandro Fibbri
Gouver
Morris
Fabbri
Turnbull
Mount Cesare Island
One Dead in Political Riot at Cienfuegos
One man was killed and several wounded in an early morning riot in Cienfuegos between rival mayoral candidates Santiago Bay and Juan Florencio Cabrera supporters. Police and army officials acted to restore order as authorities prepared further steps.
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Habana
Cienfuegos
Santiago Bay
Jran
Florencio Cabrera
Ted
Cenfuegos Alwava
le Abagetoue
Aise Cal
Noted athletes slain on Somme in British drive
London Aug 20 The casualty list grows with famous sport names killed or wounded in action on the Somme. Lieut A C P Arnold Cambridge blue and Hampshire Club captain F Street and Lieut S J Pegler acclaimed cricketers are among the fallen or wounded. Other figures include Lieut MC Bird Sergt Ernest Shorrocks and Capt Robert Hugh Wade Gary of Somerset football and cricket fame.
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Washington Post
London
Somme
PF Arnold
Cambridge University
Hampshire Country Club
F Street
Essex County
Ideut S J Pegler
Middlesex County
Surrey
Lieut MC Bird
Sergt Ernest Shorrocks
Somerset County
Robert Hugh Wade Gary
W H Colbeck
Yorkshire
Hearts
Clayere Dunran Currie
Hoddy Wilker
Swedish Clash With England Feared Over Seizure Row
Copenhagen reports that Sweden released a blue book of diplomatic documents detailing talks with Russia and Britain over wartime seizures of American goods. The notes show Britain proposed an arbitration after the war to resolve the seizure, with Sweden and Russia linked to a broader settlement.
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Britain
Coperhagen
Dagens Nyheder
Swadev Ard Fngiani
Rusgata
America
Aoaten
Great Britain
England
Pachan
Sweden
Russia
Roumania Refrains From Joining War Amid Conflicting Reports
Special correspondent reports Roumania will not enter the war with the central powers soon nor in the immediate future despite alarming rumors of marching against Austria Hungary. A confidential Pacharest source says Roumania weighs the price of failure and views the risk as too great to gamble the nation’s munitions output.
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Karl NH von Wiegand
Washingted Post
Berlin
Roumania
Central Powers
Austria Hungary
Ars
Iid
Pacharest
War News and Misc Briefs From British Topics
Berlin reports and European front notes frame a compact issue with items on fighting in Bulgaria and Greece, plus U S policy and naval matters. A Potomac death and sessions wrap the day’s editorial line, with society notes and sports items completing the page.
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Bulgars
Greece
U S&s
Potomac
Hope Sonn
Hollands
Nicaragua
Fighting in Hungary and Carpathians Extend Across Front
Turbulent fighting reported on multiple fronts as Russian and Romanian forces clash in Volhynia and the Carpathians. Russians claim gains near Kovel and Korasmezo with advances toward Jablonitea, while Austro German defenses repel attacks along the Stokhod and Rudka fronts. Cossacks kill over 200 Austrians as battles continue near Tobol and other border areas.
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Stokhod
Volhynia
War Office
Koroamezo
Hungary
Lake Nobel
Rudka
Zerwisese
Tcheriache
Tobol
Albania in revolt reported by Informatic bulletin
Fragmentary text notes widespread unrest in Albania with areas overrun and calls for reinforcements. Mentions Austria and foreign influence, unclear date or exact locations, but indicates a state of revolt and military pressure across multiple zones.
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Rona
British and French Hold Line as Bulgars Advance Near Kavala
Bulgarian forces push toward Kavala and seize two Greek forts while clashes intensify along the Struma Doiran and Monastir corridors. British repulse attacks near Lake Doiran. French strike villages west of the Struma as allies extend a coordinated offensive on multiple fronts. Berlin claims gains north of Ostrova Lake and along the Balkan front as Allied troops report progress on Doiran and Salunkia lines.
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Paris
Kavala
Florina
Lake Doran
Struma
Lise
Starcieta
Puro Manioa
Lake Doiran
Dodgel
Vardar
Majadar
Monastir
Dorosches
Banica
Sarrail
Cordonnier
Fiocrina
Serbang
Banita
Dologzell Warther
Somme
Berlin
Balka
Teutonic Forest
Balkan
Bikileta
Presba Lake
Ostrova Lake
Lelma
Hetgehis
Dmiemaat
Jeri
Matrio
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Pope
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
National Railroad Service
Roy N Righteh Eauk
Mexi
U.S
Boston Schoolboy
New York
U. S. Secret Service
Igerman
Karl H. von Wiegand
Special Star
N. Y. World
American Association of Commerce and Trade
Wolf
Hague
Copenhagen
Cencas
Leonard Wood
Department of the Bast
Governors Island
Thue
Teutons
Haig
High Wood
Hamel
Mailly
Bertin
Nottingham
Falmouth
Kaiser
Hal
North Sea
Admiralty
Boston
Preas Publishing Co
Manila
Legazpi
Barcelona
Singapore
Fernando Poo
Sulu
Fleury Village
Meuse
Thiaumont
France
Thighwood
Highwood
Mallly
Oviliers
Posieres
Foureaux Wood
Thiaumont-Cleury
Fleury Esse
Thiaumont Wood
Chapitre Wood
Fromerlies
Liavin Maar Jeintry
High Seas
C B Miller
John Edwarda
Norman Fry
Pembroke
Sayuillé
Mount Desert
A. C. P. Arnold
Soccer Club
Empire
Rovertson
Preston North End
Alexander Stewart
MacLaugh- Min
Waterford
Max Ok
Naledec
Worictims
Jablonitza
Thut
Carpathians
Kovel
Brussilof
Petrograd
Korasmezo
Jablonitea
Veronka
Bialy
Cheremosh
Dolgopol
Fereskul
Kirlibaba
Teutonic Troq
von Hindenburg
Beres Norrtheast
Kiselin
Archduke Charles Francis
Ooded
Zable
Srrore
Remy
Magi
Albania
Ally
Apvanciy
Mesta River
Dodgeli
Dolozzeli
Monastic
Bania
Dmiea
Inndon
Salunika Tront
Teberil
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