Airships Attack Constantinople and Gallipoli Front Update
A British and French air raid over Constantinople bombed Galata causing heavy casualties. Allied offensives at Gallipoli and Dardanelles repulsed by Turkish counterattacks. Caucasus fighting reports Turkish attempts repelled with prisoners taken. Regency discussed by Young Turks as Sultan in poor health. Crown Prince Yussuf allegedly lukewarm to the war.
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London
Daily News
Athena Sas
Constantinople
Galata
Golden Horn
Seragno Point
Ari
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Art ‘Bunny
Anaforta Plains
Kemall Liman
Arl Burnuft
Seddul Bahr
Ark Burna
Caucasus
Petrograd
Army of the Caucasus
Sala
Olt
Budasrore
Passine
Kara Derbent
Euphrates
Melazhert
Van
Athens
Daily Telegraph
Mohammed V
Yussef Tzzedin
Increase in DeKalb Taxable Property Totals
DeKalb county reports a $821,485 rise in taxable property over last year. County tax receiver Charles H. Gibbs notes the total now stands at $12,550,655, with many other counties in the state showing declines.
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DeKalb County
Charles H. Gibbs
DeKalb
Labor orders probe of German sailors at Boston port
The Central Labor Union executive committee orders an investigation into the employment of sailors from German vessels in Boston. Sheet metal workers allege German sailors work below union wages, stay aboard ships, and are ashore without immigration clearance, prompting scrutiny of labor practices at the port.
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Boston
The
Central Labor Union
Immigration Office
Germany Will Fight Till Foes Yield Says Berlin Dispatch
Berlin reports via wireless that the Overseas News agency quotes the North German Gazette denying London tales that Emperor William offered Russia peace. German presses mock peace rumors, uphold victory as armies push Russians back, with Lokal Anzeiger accusing British errors and praising continued triumphs in alliance with Greece Bulgaria and Romania.
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Berlin
Sayville
North German Gazette
London
William
Denmark
Russia
Germany
Lokal Anzeiger
Humanian
Greece
Bulgaria
Rumania
Packer Torsch Dies at 63 in Baltimore
Nares H. Torsch president of forced Packing company and noted oyster fruit and vegetable packer died here tonight aged 63. He built a large Bay St. Louis Mississippi plant for canning oysters and shrimp and led the Peer-Tene Oyster Company Ltd of Mississippi.
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Baltimore
Germans Resume Battering Blows in Allied Fronts
Reported actions near the Narew and Bug lines describe heavy combat as German forces push toward fortifications. Captures include more than 1,000 prisoners from von Scholz’s army and 2,350 from von Gallwitz’s, with 14 officers and ten machine guns seized.
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Narew
Bug
Ling
von Scholz
von Gallwitz
Prince Leopold of
Bavaria
Loyace
Losyce
Miedzyrzec
von Woyrach Arone
von Mackensen
Rozanks
Miodawa
Slawatycze
Horodyczce
Mledzyrzec
Vienna
London
Faris
Passalenne
Oise
Aisne
French War Department
Austrian Artillery Bombards Belgrade Resumes Fire
London reports Belgrade bombarded by Austrian artillery with large caliber howitzers. No loss of life cited. Fire sparked near Semlin after Austrian shelling and a Danube river crossing point linked to Panscova. Austrian front mobilization rumors suggest 300,000 to 400,000 troops poised along the frontier. Reports note frontier clashes but no confirmed Serbian invasion.
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London
Belgrade
Nish
Reuter
Semlin
Austria
Jana
Danube
Oapposka
S Orallwar
Panscova
Ortolph case statement downplays German spy claim
United States District Attorney Neeley, in charge of the Ortolph investigation, says the arrest holds no special significance beyond an ordinary case. He rejects sensationalism and denies Ortolph is a German spy. Ortolph remains in jail and a hearing is set for Tuesday before U S Commissioner McCond.
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Tallahassee
Fla
United States
Neeley
Walter Ortolph
Florida
Geema
Dossesa
Ortolph
Fell
McCond
Italian Reservists Attack German Ships In Boston
In Boston on August 15, 1,208 Italian reservists preparing to sail on the Canopic clashed with locals while a demonstration condemned the German ships Amerika and Cincinnati. Police were injured, shots fired, and eight officers defended the customs station as stones smashed portholes and fittings. The Canopic sailed near midnight with about 1,430 reservists aboard.
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Boston
Amerika
Cincinnati
North Square
New England
Commonwealth Pier
Italy
Plar
United States Customs Station
National Registry Day in the United Kingdom
London reports national registry day across the United Kingdom with citizens aged 15 to 65 filling forms listing age occupation and work ability. Many feared compulsory service and crowded recruiting offices while Irish workers returned home and Glasgow saw quick marriages to be counted as listed. An Irishman in Dublin fired on enumerators and barricaded his home amid police action.
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London
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Clyde
Greenock Harbor
Glasgow
National Register
National Service League
Dublin
David Johnston
Lurgan
County Armagh
Resistry
Allege
John
Allied Pressure Keeps on Balkans
London reports allied push in Balkan negotiations with Serbia Greece and Bulgaria. Dispatches say Sofia recalls a delegate to Constantinople as talks loom toward a Balkan crisis. Romanian king and Greek parliament leaders react as Austria and Germany amass forces. Rumanians may move to settle the deadlock. Venizelos denied by Athens correspondent as a German claim circulates in Rotterdam reports.
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London
Serbia
Greece
Bulgaria
Buleria
Constantinople
Turkey
Sofia
Scout
Balkans
Charles
Romania
Bucharest
Nish
Pachitch
St Athens
Venizelos
Austria
Danube
Acezan Sea
Daily News
Rumania
Balkan
Hungaria
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Fone
Macedonia
Samouprava
lContinues
Balkang
Faris
Heurera
Athens
M. Venizelos
Austrian Submarine U-3 Sunk in Adriatic by French Torpedoes
Paris reports the Austrian submarine U-3 was attacked in the Adriatic on August 12 by Italian and French torpedo boat destroyers. It was discovered and sunk by gun fire on August 13 by the French destroyer Bisson, with one officer and eleven sailors captured.
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Paris
Adriatic
Bisson
Johnston at large in town firing from fort
A man named Johnston continues to fire from a barricaded fort on the main street, keeping police and crowds at a distance. His home is on the town’s main street and shooting has halted all traffic. He appears well supplied with ammunition and remains at his fort past Sunday night. Johnston has previously been an inmate of an insane asylum.
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Artois
Champagne
Lorraine
St. Mihiel
Souches
Rassinecourt
Beausejour Fort
Leintrey
Reillon
Oise
Aisne
Pussalenne
Argonne
Courles Chausses
la Fontaine
Vosges
Fave River
Spada
Eviatora
Anensht
Courtes- Ghausses
Fontaine-Auz- Charmes
Ston
Johnston
Eighteenth Biennial National Convention Opens in Columbus
Several thousand delegates of the supreme lodge and uniform rank of the Colored Knights of Pythias arrived in Columbus, Ohio for the eighteenth biennial national convention. A public reception will be held tomorrow with Governor Frank B. Willis expected to extend the welcome. Supreme Chancellor Crean of New Orleans will respond.
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Negro Knights of Pythias
Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Lodge
Colored Knights of Pythias
Frank B. Willis
Supreme Chancellor
Crean
New Orleans
Professor Rowe Hosts Chilean Fraternal Talks in Santiago
Professor Rowe of the University of Pennsylvania, visiting Santiago August 15, delivered cordial speeches promoting closer ties between Pennsylvania and Chile. He toured South America to advance trade with the United States and attended a grand reception at the University of Chile.
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Chile
Santiago
Dr. Rowe
University of Pennsylvania
University of Chile
Universities of
Pennsylvania
Rowe
South America
United
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