Russian Front Reports Mixed Gains as War Enters New Phase
A Russian headquarter statement details fighting around the Dvinsk and Liao regions with Russian forces claiming gains and enemy retreats. reports from London and Paris papers reflect cautious optimism about Russian withdrawals and a shift to a defensive line. The text notes renewed German assaults near Kovno and Olso and confirms intermittent artillery activity along multiple fronts amid continued large-scale combat.
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Russians Driven By Austrian Report
Vienna report from London dated August 9 describes Archduke Joseph Ferdinand’s army advancing along the Vistula region. The attacking forces reportedly repelled enemy lines west of the Mieprs, occupied Labsrtov, moved toward a river bend, and forced enemy retreat in the Vieprs area south and southwest of Wlochow.
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Galicia
Vienna
London
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand
Dunkirk Bombardment Lets City Run Four Minutes
Dunkirk, France, July 2. The bombardment by German guns from Flanders permits city business only four and a half minutes in five. Shells arrive regularly every five minutes, scattering residents to basements between explosions as clerks and customers briefly hide before returning to resume activity.
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Dunkirk
France
Associated Press
Flanders
Busimeas
Woods White Speaks to Colored Y M C A
W Woods White, a prominent Atlantean, spoke to the colored men’s department of the YMCA at Friendship Baptist church yesterday afternoon. He urged unified interracial effort and full personal commitment to the work, stressing that salvation requires giving oneself to the cause. Also speaking were Rev. EB Carter, Rev. J A Hush, M W Bullock, J B Watson, Dr RM Reddick, H W Russell, J P Jackson, and W J Trent.
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W. Woods White
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Spirit of the Fish
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J. A. Hush
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J. B . Watson
RM. Reddick
H.W. Rus
Wilson Considers Important Messages From High Officials
In Cornish New Hampshire on August 3 President Wilson spent several hours with top officials including Secretary of War Garrison Attorney General Gregory and Secretary of State Lansing. No comment was given but reports concerned national defence and liaison with Pan American republics on the Mexican situation.
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Wart Garrison
Gregory
Lansing
Wilson
Garrison Boalt
Lans Ing
Steamer Glenravel and vessels sunk in August actions
London reports the British steamer Glenravel of Belfast the Swedish steamer Mainland and the trawler Ocean Queen sunk. Their crews were landed. The Glenravel was 1 092 tons owned by Antrim Tren Ore Co Belfast. The Mainland was 3 708 tons owned at Gothenburg.
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Glenravel
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Belfast
Malmland
Gothenburg
Sunday Weather Draws Big Crowd to Center of City
Pleasant 90 degree Sunday drew large crowds downtown for charity screenings at three moving picture theaters the Montgomery the DeSoto and Victoria. Spectators enjoyed warm but tolerable late afternoon and early night as forecasts predicted a fair continued warmth with gradual temperature rise.
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Charity
Montgomery
DeSoto
Victoria
Atrolfns
Plot to Make City Wide Open Town Charged by Pastor
At East Point Presbyterian church Dr A Re Holderby defended Atlantas police and blamed a plot to turn the city law-defying. He said Atlanta bears no wide-open town and praised its law-abiding citizens while urging clean, law-abiding men to accept city offices.
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A Re Holderby
Atlanta
Allenta
Crew of Leelanaw Arrives in New York From Ocean Trip
The crew of the sunken American steamer Leelanaw led by Captain D. B. Derk and 37 members arrived in New York aboard the St Paul from Liverpool after sinking by a German submarine on July 28. One crewman stayed with the submarine by request and was taken to Germany. Bodies of Harry J. Keser of Philadelphia and Herbert S. Stone and Linon W. Bates Jr. of New York, killed on the Lusitania, were brought to New York aboard the St Paul.
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D. B.derk
St. Paul
Liverpool
Germany
Charlee
Red
England
Harry J. Keser
Philadelphia
Herbert
Stone
Lin
W. Bates, Jr
Lusitania
St Paul
Minister Attacked in Petrograd by Demented Former Official
London August 8 An attempt to assassinate M Nerato assistant Russian minister of foreign affairs failed when a former department official rushed into the room with an ax. The weapon was wrested from him, he drew a revolver, but was overpowered before firing. The attacker, believed demented, had been dismissed two years ago.
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London
M. Nerato
Heuter
Petrograd
M. Neratof
Rsailant
Russia to substitute English for German in schools
Petrograd officials announce English will replace German as a compulsory subject in most Russian commercial schools. The finance minister ordered the change at the request of school authorities, reflecting a shift in curriculum during the period.
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Petrograd
Associated Press
Atl
Many Negro Pastors Prefer Hell to Paying Debts
Rev J A Davis D D ex presiding elder of the Atlanta A M E district spoke to over 3000 colored listeners at Big Hethel A M E church Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock. He warned that time is coming when preachers must work for a living by preaching the true gospel and debts will force them to leave preaching. He urged that some churches are filled with unconverted members who demand the minister’s manner and tone rather than pure sermon content.
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A. M. E. Ehuren
Goa
Arrangements Made to Exchange Prisoners
London reports that arrangements are completed for exchanging incapacitated Russian and German prisoners. A steamer has been chartered to travel across the Baltic between Tellenberg and Sasnnitz carrying 360 prisoners per trip, and Austrian Russian exchanges are to begin next month.
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Copenhagen
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Tellenberg
Sasnnitz
No Gains by Allies at Dardanelles
General Liman von Sanders dispels Allied advance hopes at Gallipoli, stating British and French forces have lost ground since late April. He notes Turkish reforms, describes Ari Burnu trench lines, bombardments, and bayonet charges, with aim to drive Allies from Ari Burnu and Sid el Bahr as Turkish artillery and nerve endure.
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Brigands Suppressed by U S Naval Forces
American naval forces quelled a band of brigands near Port au Prince. The brigands chief was captured and placed aboard the Washington. Caperton said customs at Cape Haitien was under naval control and Haiti’s peace efforts progressed with marines escorting soldiers home. St Mara and El Mare areas reported quiet as U S forces extended order across the island.
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Croix- Des-Bouquets
United States Rerainer
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Aux Cuyes
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Cape Haitien
Charley Morris
Port eu_ Prince
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United States
el Mare
St Mara
Negro Slayer Surrenders After Fatal Stabbing at Fraser Street
Will Battle of 293-A Bass Street, a black man, fatally stabbed another black man near Fraser Street and Georgia Avenue Sunday morning and fled. He confessed at the station house Sunday afternoon and was jailed on murder charges. The victim, identified as a black man from 396 Mar Street, died at Grady Hospital shortly after ambulance transport. A large white crowd witnessed the fatal encounter.
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Bass Street
Fraser Street
Georgia Avenue
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Nezro
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All Italian Attacks Rebuffed by Austrian Forces
The Austrian war office reports renewed heavy artillery preparation followed by Italian infantry assaults on the Palazzo and Irmegiang border, all of which were repulsed. In Carinthia and Tyrol only artillery duels occurred, with an Italian attempt across Foreniia di Montoza failing to advance. Italian shouts of Long Live Italy and Down With Austria preceded a hasty retreat.
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Mali
Ber- Amer Tageblatt
Warsaw
Vienna
Austrian War Office
Palazzo
Irmegiang
Monte Selbusi
Carinthia
Tyrol
Foreniia di Montoza
Pejo
Italy
Austria
Allied hydroplanes shelled by Germans offshore attempt
Paris August 8 War Office note says Germans attempted to destroy two allied hydroplanes off Nieuport with heavy shells. Our artillery silenced the batteries. One plane returned unaided while the other was towed ashore undamaged.
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Paris
War Office
Nieuport
Ahore
Organizing Our Flying Forces Amid Flight Industry Shift
Engineers, experts, and constructors inspired by Thomas A. Edison push to organize aeronautics as a government aligned group. The move signals a shift from private to cooperative national resource use and reflects rising importance of aviation beyond early showmanship.
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Ine En Aarney
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Utolen
Washington
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