Rail chiefs reject Wilsons eight hour day plan
Four railroad brotherhood leaders met with President Wilson to demand arbitration while opposing the eight hour day as a wage dispute. A draft proposal from eight presidents favors arbitration through ICC or a new board, with wage increases to be retroactive and financed by railroads. No strike action declared, but a settlement path is sought by noon.
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Wilson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sone Board
Wila Ona
Ite
Committee of Eight
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Songer
English Officers Attacked Over Skeffington Killing Inquest
Dublin August 25 Attorney Tim Healy accused English guards of murder in the Skeffington inquiry. Healy said the execution would shock the country for centuries and blamed captains of the guard for delivering prisoners to death. Witness Lassie Wilson described the death of a boy named Coade, shot by Capt Bowen-Colthurat after an insolent response.
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Tim Healy
Skefington
Francia Sheehy SkeMngton
Brussels
Lemberg
Healy
Bowen-Cotthurst
Skeffington
Coade
Lassie Wilson
Bowen-Colthurat
Hughes Urges Tariff Stances Unify Party in Cheyenne
Charles E Hughes spoke at Frontier Park Cheyenne urging a protective tariff to boost American industry against postwar European competition. He said the party is reunited, aims high, and must appoint competent men to the diplomatic service, criticizing current policy toward Mexico.
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Cheyanne
Wyo
Charles E. Hughes
Frontier Park
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United States
Hughes
Mexico
Deutschland voyage labeled top U S event by Gerard
Berlin reports United States Ambassador Gerard lauds the Deutschland merchant submarine voyage as a major milestone in German American relations. He notes Americans prize swift success and credits captains and builders for a political triumph, praising German enterprise and engineers.
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Berlin
United States
Gerard
Muenchener Zeitung
Germany
America
Woman Kills Officer in Macon Tent Tragedy
Dr. Edgar J Spratling, a physician and captain in Georgia’s Fifth Regiment, was shot and killed at the State mobilization camp near Macon by Atlanta woman Mrs. H C Adams. Adams, 30, claimed Spratling treated her for nervous trouble and said he ruined her home as she fired twice. She is held on murder charges awaiting coroner’s inquest. Adams said she will tell more after her husband’s arrival. Flags at half mast, body to Atlanta with military escort.
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Edgar J Spratling
F Company
Fifth Regiment
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Georgia
State
Here
H.C. Adams
Atlanta
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Adams
Spratling
Alabama
Mattewan Insane Asylum
Company F
Son of the Kaiser Is Nearly Captured
Special Cable reports from Paris that Prince Eitel Friedrich, second son of the Kaiser, nearly fell into French hands as they swept into Maurepas. A Prussian guard member says the prince entered the village during Bavarian relief but fled as French bombardment began, leaving the town a trap behind them. Also notes Chicago Pit Membership hits $5,500, a record.
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Paris
Estel Friederich
Maurepas
Eitel
Vilage
Frees Publishing Co
Offensive at Kovel Checked by Russia
Petrograd reports Austro German forces near Kovel in Volhynia attempted to advance but were repulsed. Northern actions near Vilna Bara novichi and Tsirin noted with enemy attacks stopped by Allied and our posts. Berlin confirms a successful counterattack near Zvyjin and captures 661 prisoners at Graberka on the 21st and yesterday.
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Quillera
Thiepval
Thienval
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Lopruevel
Delville Woods
Meuse
Fleury
Russians Seek Peace Council in Stockholm
A Russian move toward a separate peace with Germany reportedly surfaced in Stockholm as Erttopopoff sought talks with German officials via the German legation. Berlin officials and sources note German terms appeared unfavorable and the effort may have collapsed.
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Washington Post
N. S. World
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Germany
Frankfurter Zeitung
Stockholm
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Dien
Rodzianko
Bublikoff
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Olsufieff
Imperial Council
Wreck Greek Bridges and Left Wing Advances in Greece
London reports Allied left wing gains in Greece with Berbians and prisoners captured while British forces destroy bridges over the Angista River. Struma region sees artillery battles with Serbian progress on the left, Bulgarians countering near Lake Ostrovo. Greek generals refuse to evacuate, prompting German intervention orders.
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British War Office
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Yonikeul
Gulf of Orfano
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Kuchuk
Angista
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Macedonia
Germany
Rome
Woman and daughter commit suicide in New York home
Mrs Louise Goeller and her daughter Anna killed themselves by inhaling gas after destroying letters and papers linking to their past. They prepared by dressing in night clothes and retreating to fumes. A Sunday Atlantic City outing is noted with travel details on the Baltimore and Ohio line.
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New York
Louise Goeller
Anna
Bitlis Evacuated by Turkish Forces in Asian Front
Petrograd reports Russian forces have resumed advance along the Asiatic front. Turks evacuated Bitlis while Russian troops pursue dispersed Turkish divisions toward Mosul. Grand Duke Nicholas’s units halt Turkish left flank, enabling renewed Russian initiative toward Asia Minor as Muss and other positions near Lake Van are reoccupied.
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Mrs Vanderbilt Survives Verdun Firefront Visit
Special Cable reports Mrs William Vanderbilt visited the French front with A Platt Andrew. At Pont a Mousson during heavy bombardment she slept in a house used by American ambulance drivers and fled to a cave as shells fell. Andrew noted she remained calm.
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Washington Post
Paris
William F. Vaanderbilt
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Pont-a- Mousson
Mia Vanderbilt
Andrew
Airship raids strike London power station amid heavy fire
Berlin reports that German airships bombarded London and southeast coast, with Harwich Folkestone and Dover attacked. One Zeppelin reached outskirts of London. 100 bombs dropped, a power station slightly damaged and several fires quelled by crews. Casualties include 8 dead and 26 injured with civilians affected.
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England
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Stolen George Washington Letter From Baltimore Cathedral
The original George Washington letter to Catholics of the United States has vanished from the Baltimore Cathedral safe vault. The theft, found during indexing of 300 years of city and state documents, is publicized with a plea for its return and repentance.
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George Washington
United States
GOP to Use Films for Campaign Depiction in Theaters
The Republican national committee plans a 1000 foot movie featuring Hughes Fairbanks Roosevelt and other candidates. A complete scenario will be ready for theater distribution by September 15. Senator Everett Calby says the campaign issues will be shown in major civic theaters nationwide.
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Republican National Committee
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Everett Calby
New Jersey
United States
Rail Heads Reject Proposals
Summary of today's issue highlights numerous international items and domestic debates. Reports include Hughes urging protection measures, Germans eager for peace, and renewed focus on the Senate clash over policy. Also covered are rail protests, strikes, and local notices, with a $50,000 fire at Occoquan shaping the day’s brief news.
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Bremen Captured by British Forces, Crew Suffering
New York reports confirm German submarine Bremen captured by British in the Dover Straits on August 2 and brought to Dover five days later. Two crew dead, others nearly overcome as the ship struggled underwater and oxygen vanished. Details from British naval officers contradict German censorship. U boat length about 350 feet.
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Germany
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Wilson
New York Rail Inspector Dies Saving Boys At Yard
John Fulton a Union Railway inspector lost his life while rushing to rescue four boys who touched a high voltage feed wire in the New Haven Hartford yards atasten Street and Bronx park avenue. George T. Raynor, 9, was electrocuted. Damaco Ruso, 12, fatally burned, died later. two other boys remain burned and in shock at Memorial Hospital.
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John Fulton
Union Railway
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George T. Raynor
Damaco Ruso
Ship Strikes Rock in Canal Near Cristobal
A vessel named the Briceteam er Lautauro bound from Norfolk to Iquiane struck a rock in the Panama Canal today near Cristobal. The ship took on water but continued toward Balboa.
British Haig advances on Somme and Maurepas fall
British corps drive forward in the Guillemont sector gaining several hundred yards while French forces push toward Maurepas. German Maurepas defense collapses. Paris reports Kaiser's son Prince Eitel Frederick commanded the defeated German corps. French fire widens zone south of the Somme as Haig notes heavy artillery and counterattacks elsewhere along the front.
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Albert Bapame
Comblee
Paris
Eitel Priederick
Guinchy
Esemys
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Delyile Wand
Thiepval
Kdepzig
German Bond Census Ordered Inventory of Securities
Berlin directs a German census of foreign securities held in Germany and abroad. Officials plan a comprehensive inventory in German currency to guide authorities on foreign trade and assets.
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