Ambassador Sharp Arrives in New York for Vacation
Ambassador William Graves Sharp and his daughter Miss Margaret Sharp arrived aboard the La Fayette. Initial greeting failed as dock officials asked for his name while immigration inspectors checked baggage. Secret conference with Lansing and Page was reportedly pending, with a Washington visit before Sharp returns to Elyria Ohio. Count Wood Dullanye and Henry L Duckley also aboard.
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Washington Post
New York
William Graves Sharp
France
State Department
Margaret Sharp
la Fayette
Tor Newark
Sharp
Washington
Lansing
Walter Hines Page
Court of St James
Sharpex Beers
Elyria
Ohio
Carroll Winslow
French British officers to Portugal for war effort
A Franco British military mission will depart Paris for Portugal in a few days to assist Tortugals active participation. The group includes Col Paris Maj Grandon der Foerster and Lieut Giraudoux for France and Lieuts May Ren Barmadiston voumhaithrope and G A Robineau for Britain, coordinating with Portuguese authorities.
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Paris
France
Fortugal
Grandon der Foerster
Lieut Giraudoux
Ren Barmadiston
Voumhaithrope
Robineau
Deaths and Funeral Notices from August 1916 1918
Several obituary notices list dates in August 1916 and 1918 for William Wart Fitzmorris Thomas R Leddy May Fowler Halley and Pratt. Each entry states residence details funeral arrangements church mass interment location and inviting relatives and friends to attend. Specific addresses Mount Olivet and Glenwood cemeteries as well as Arlington National Cemetery are noted.
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Capy
William
Teresa Margaret Cady
St Martins Church
Mount Olivet
Fitzmorris
THOMAS R_ zon
Richard
Bridget Leddy
Fourteenth Street
Matthews Catholic Church
Mount Omet
Fowler
North Carolina Avenue
Joseph B Fowler
Glenwood Cemetery
Maryland
Halley
Frederick
Jennie F Halley
Thomas J. Jones
Flrat Street
Ork Hill Cemetery
Pratt
Robert &Ott
Ralph Baldwin
Marie Boyd Pratt
Straight
Joseph Anderson
Mars A
Harry B
Leonard J
National Cemetery
Arlington Vi
Butterless days begin in Germany amid meat day shortages
Berlin reports a new regulation limiting butter on meat days, affecting hotels and homes alike. Breakfasts featured dry bread with no butter, prompting confusion and complaints as the decree spreads to include upper and lower seating, indicating widespread rationing during the period.
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Berlin
Germany
Tunnel Collapse In Capitol District Stirs City
An alert reported a tunnel cave in under the Capitol grounds near First and East Capitol streets causing a streetcar to plunge into the hole. Two street cars collided, four people injured, with several others shaken but not hospitalized. Police and ambulances responded, tracks blocked for over an hour, and crews cleared the wreckage and restored service.
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Washington Terminal Company
Capitol Grounds
First
Eest Capitol Streets
Congressional Library
James Hartley
Fifth Sixth
Ninth
Providence
Washington Railway and Eilectric Company
Probe Shooting at Naco and War Dept Clerks Union Move
Reports from Naco indicate a Mexican party fired on U S militia near the border with no casualties. In Washington, the Federal Employes Union endorsed the Nolan minimum wage bill for government workers and formed a permanent group led by Dr Millard J Holmes to push for 259 additional War Department clerks.
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War Department
Federal Employes Union
Millard J Holmes
Adjutant General's Office
Sia
Nolan
WaPin
Congress
Dr Holmes
Sidney H Kent
T P Newbold
B Must
GAR
Treasury Department
Victory for Villa Bandits near Santa Ysabel Chi
El Paso August 21 reports say Villa bandits under J Dominguez defeated a larger government force near Santa Ysabel Chi huahua. About 100 government troops under Col Carleg Carranza pursued them along the Mexican Northwestern Railway line. The outlaws took a canyon position and routed the pursuing unit with about 20 casualties while the bandits lost around twelve.
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el Paso Tex
Santa Ysabel Chihucahua
J Dominguez
Carleg Carranza
Cost of Navy Food Cut Amid War Prices
Paymaster General McGowan reports navy subsistence costs have fallen by three quarters of a cent per man versus 1914, despite a 10 percent rise in overall food costs since WWI began. A net saving of about $100,000 is noted, potentially $600,000 if the higher prices are fully counted, due to elimination of proprietary items and substitutes.
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Daniela
McGowan
Saya
Navy gun practice results show Stewart leads destroyers
Navy figures released show the destroyer Stewart earning a merit mark of 714 to top her class in 1915 16 gunnery. Patterson and Wadsworth follow, with varied scores across destroyers submarines cruisers and gunboats. Submarine K 6 earned a perfect 100 while A 6 scored 0 834 and Mayflower 735 16 placed second among gunboats.
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Stewart
Navy Department
Patterson
Wadsworth
Galveston
Dolphin
Department
Nicholson
Perry
New Orleans
Royalist Guarded Greece Prepares for Election
Athens August 21 royalist party tightens security for the coming election. King Constantine is constantly guarded and travels to the capital only on rare occasions. A brigade of soldiers guards every approach to the road from the royal summer villa at Tatol to Athens. Mounted police with rifles patrol and no one passes without a permit.
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Athens
Greece
Constantine
Tatol
Ten Democrats Defy Caucus On Immigration Bill Debate
Senators clash over the immigration bill with Hardwick defending defiance and Smith insisting on party loyalty. Secret sessions and calls to curb Japanese exclusion surface amid broader fears of ongoing friction with Japan and the Pacific coast future.
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Benster Stone
Senate
Otens
Smith
Benace Tong
Hardwick
O'Gorman
Phelan
Chamberlain
Lane
United States
Japan
Pacific
Explosion at Yorkshire munitions factory claims many lives
London report says a munition plant explosion in Yorkshire this afternoon caused a serious loss of life. Official statement notes no figures yet, but neighboring towns have sent assistance and a further update will follow.
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London
Sertoun
Asant Ital
Yorkshire
Statambent
TRAIN KILLS 2 YOUTHS IN RICHMOND AREA
Two young men, William Francia Meade 19 and Henry G Gooch 22, both residents of Richmond, were killed after stepping between moving trains in Acca yards returning to Camp Stuart. They were members of the Richmond Light Infantry Blues and had recently been on furlough. Funeral services for Meade are at Wheatley's mortuary chapel this afternoon with a Richmond Blues pallbearer detach. Gooch’s burial is expected in Richmond.
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Richmond Light Infantry Blues
Meade
Richmond
Thair Son
Wheatley
Richmond Blues
Young Gooch
Seminary Hill
Young Meade
Episcopal High School
Richmond Blues Battalion
Camp Stuart
Panama land deal probe links Valdes to Fernández sale
Dr Ramon Maria Valdes president elect of Panama says he knows nothing about a reported sale of Atlantic end canal land to Spaniard Fernandez for Japanese interests. Secretary Lansing ordered an investigation into a claimed 60 000 acre concession tied to Fernandez and Valdes amid possible U S dispute over Valdes election and alleged fraud and coercion.
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Habana
Ramon Maria Valdes
Panama
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Fernandes
Lansing
Department
Fernandez
Ramon Valdes
United States
Republicans Defend Hughes in Labor Attack Row
The Republican Publicity Association issued a statement defending Charlies Hughes amid anticipated criticism from Samuel Gompers president of the AFL. The group says Hughes was not subversive and that the Supreme Court cases at bar should be determined on their legal merits.
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Gompers
Republican Publicity Association
Samuel
American Federation of Labor
Charlies KE Hughes
Doefensa
Highea
Supreme Court
Bia
Catholics Protest Carranza Policy and Wage Plan
In New York on August 21 the American Federation of Catholic Societies pressed protests against the U S recognition of Carranza describing him as arch persecutor of the church and urging a voice for Catholic concerns in policy. The meeting also discussed establishing a state minimum wage with speakers including Rev John Ryan and Bishop Muldoon noting low wages among unskilled workers and the need for economic reforms.
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U. S
Rev . A.ryan
New York
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Anthony Matra
Federation
Carransa
Central Verein
Charles Korz
Matre
Mexico
James Haggerty
Ohio State University
P J Mudoon
Rockford
Edwin V O'Hara
Oregon State Commission
John Ryan
Catholic University
Washington
Muldoon
Haggerty
Father Ryan
British refuse to free U.S. student in Dublin rebellion
The American embassy reported that London authorities will not release Joan Kilgallon, a Long Island home student in Dublin during the rebellion. Kilgallon, linked to Pearse due to his school ties, drew attention from the State Department over Pearse influence on pupils.
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Joan Kilgallon
Dublin
Kilgallon
Long Island
Patrick Pearse
Irish Republi
Frenfin
Kilgallen
State Department
Pearse
Bo Ander
Kaiser Calls 17 Year Olds to Recruit Amid War Dispatch
A Lausanne report states Germany ordered all youths of 17 to report to recruiting bureaus. In normal years this group would be called to the colors, marking a wartime mobilization for 1319.
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Patia
Irtransigeant
Lausanne
Germany
U boat heading to New London report grounds transit
Capt Zach Cullison confirms Faster Forwarding Co has leased a ship in New London Connecticut for a year. A second German submarine is believed bound for the port, with paraphernalia of the Deutschland to be moved from Baltimore to New London. Tug Hansa to dock in Baltimore then sail to New London by month’s end.
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Zach Cullison
The
Tig Hane
Hae
New London
Conn
Fastern
Baltimore
Maid
Hansa
Aviator Binde Des Moulinal Killed in Verdun Crash
Second Lieut Binde jone Des Moulinal, a well known aviator, was killed in an accidental fall of his aeroplane in the Verdun region. The incident was reported from Paria on August 20.
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Bindejone Des Moulinal
Verdun
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