Russians Retake Lipek and Hold Ground Near Grodno
Official statements report Linsk captured near Grodno, Russian Poland, as German, Austro-Hungarian forces push along the Niemen and Bobr regions. Beseler and Eichhorn forces advance, with additional prisoners and cannon taken, while enemy rear guards attempt a marsh retreat through Koddubno.
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von Beseler
Friedrichstadt
Niemen
von Eichhorn
Olita
Grodno
Lipek
Bobr
Starm
Vidra
Szereszowo
von Mackensen
Koddubno
Artillery battles reshape front in Lorraine and Argonne
Reports from war fronts describe heavy artillery fighting across Artola Quenne vieves and Lorraine with bombardments on Moncel Bozanges Chazelles and Rabodeau. Night brought quiet on portions of the line as miners hand grenades and trench damage were noted amid advancing Austro Hungarian and German movements.
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Quennevieves
Lorraine
Moncel Bozanges
Chazelles
Vespes
Rabodeau
Leunoia
Linge
Argonna
Courtes Chaussece Nuriseans
Bolarute
Sera
Bulgaria
Nish
Fonaras
Fumania
Kronstadt
Transylvania
Predeak
Rail repair shops resume full time at Mobile and Ohio
Mobile August 20 repair shops at Whistler resumed full time with 700 employees added to payroll. The pay car visits monthly injecting about 36000 into circulation, more than half of which had not circulated for seven months. The order restores eight hour work in every department and brings back workers idle since October 1914.
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Mobile
Aln
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company
Whistler
German Prize Courts Rule On Contraband
London reports that Hamburg prize court judgments involve the Maria and Batavier V. The Maria, a Dutch ship carrying wheat from Portland to Belfast and Dublin, was sunk by Karlsruhe. The Batavier V bound for London was captured and sent to Zeebrugge on suspicion of contraband. The court deemed the Maria’s sinking lawful under article 113, rejecting indemnity. The ruling cites naval staff guidance on fortresses and bases such as Ipswich, Poole, Barrow, and Grangemouth. The decisions blur the line between absolute and conditional contraband and allow rare counter proof.
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Batavier V
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Portland
Oregon
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Dublin
Karleruhe
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Zeebrugge
Great Britain
Supreme Command
Elfant
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Acena Asm
Aviator Eugene Gilbert Returns to Switzerland in Custody
Paris reports Eugene Gilbert the French aviator who escaped internment in Switzerland has arrived in Berne escorted by Captain Dufour of the Swiss army. He was received by Swiss staff as an officer interned without having given his word of honor and was taken to Hespenthal where he was interned anew.
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Paris
Eugene Gilbert
Switzerland
Berne
Dufour
Havas
Gilbert
Hespenthal
Dlepatch
Russia Modifies Ban on Exports to America
Washington reports Russia has accepted an agreement modifying its embargo on exports to the United States. Goods from Russia will be consigned to the secretary of commerce and distributed to importers only after assurances they will not be re-exported to Russia’s enemies. Bonds to guarantee against re export will be required. Major items include hides and skins, furs, vetch seed, and mineral oil.
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Washington
Russia
United States
State Department
Case of liner Dacia in the French courts
Washington reports the United States will not use diplomacy in the Dacia case until the owner exhausts French appeal. A prize court condemned the Hamburg America liner Dacia with a cotton cargo after an ownership transfer. The transfer decision rested on disputed facts and a new cargo was reportedly loaded after ownership change.
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Washington
United States
Hewat
State Department
Austrians Are Driven From Mountain Peak
War dispatches report Italian and Austrian fronts with detailed actions. Italians claim success at Cima Ciasta and Cima Cista while repelling enemy assaults near Tulpeicoia and Plezzo Flitseh basin. Air forces bombarded Vogearke station and Sezuna depots amid ongoing artillery exchanges. Austrian notice says artillery fire along coast fronts persists with repulsed attacks and no change on Carinthian Tyrolean front.
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Paris
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Val Sugana
Cima Ciatu
Monte Salude
Cima Cista
Carnla
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Wiways
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Predil
Isynzo
Slatenik
Plezzo
Tolming
Vogearke
Kastanjevcita
Sezuna
Vienna
London
Austrian War Office
Carinthian
Rush for Coin by Petrograd Public
Petrograd August 6. Silver and copper coin supplies of shopmen and tram conductors drained today as the public presented paper money in large denominations. Business was embarrassed as the public piled up change, banks were blocked with coin and paying out freely. Belief grows that the action stemmed from false reports spread, allegedly by agents of a country at war with Russia.
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Petrograd
London
Ruesia
Rescued Submarine T-4 to be put in dry dock
Honolulu August recovery of the F-4 submarine raised after a March 26 loss in Honolulu harbor. Twenty two men aboard. Dry docking planned for tomorrow. cause of the disaster not yet announced. Submarine raised using six pontoons with 60 ton capacity each built at Mare Island Navy Yard.
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Honolulu
Mare Inisue
California
Navy Yard
Pound Sterling Hits New Low on New York Market
The pound sterling fell to 4.61 dollars in New York trading, a fresh low as foreign exchange markets broadened declines. Despite 46 million dollars in additional securities, the drop persisted, with daily record lows marked over several days as dealers and big banks largely stayed out of the market. Francs, lire, marks and other currencies also slid, while analysts offered few explanations.
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New York
Wight
Weber
Sterling
Huch
German Kriegerbund Praises Peace Plea in St Paul
Dr Hermann Gerhard of Chicago urged world peace at the German Kriegerbund of North America opening session in St Paul Minnesota. He was loudly applauded as a committee member promoting peace. He said an embargo on ammunition shipments would help end the European conflict.
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St. Paul
Minn
Hermann Gerhard
Chicago
Kriegerbund
I North America
Gerhard
Golfer Wounded in France From San Francisco News
San Francisco golfer A. A. Sandy Cuthbertson, a leading Pacific coast player, was wounded in northern France. The injury is described as not serious. Cuthbertson joined the Black Watch Highlanders in the 41st battalion early in the European war.
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San Francisco
A. A
Sandy” Cuthbertson
France
Cuthbertson
Black Watch Highlanders
James Henry Allen Confederate veteran and cotton broker dies at 72
James Henry Allen, a pioneer cotton broker and former Mississippi congressman, died after several months illness at age 72. He served in the Forty-second Virginia Infantry under Stonewall Jackson, and later worked in cotton business in New Orleans, Mobile and Memphis. He was brother of a private John Allen and a notable Confederate veteran with a storied civil war background.
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James Henry Allen
Sonn Allen
Mississippi
New Orleans
Mobile
Memph
Stonewall” Jackson
Prohibition Favored in Kentucky Vote Promoted
Louisville August 30 Kentucky progressives today urged a popular vote on amending the state constitution to prohibit manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor. The convention also endorsed woman suffrage and a non partisan judiciary. Fred J. Drexler of Louisville is the progressive nominee for governor.
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Louiaville
Kentucky
Fred J. Drexler
Louis(l
Berkeley to Attend University College Bred Police Dept
Berkeley police officers urged to attend the University of California for a pioneering college bred police department. The program aims to study mental disease criminology, marking a first globally in police education.
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Imade
Britain Eases Order in Council on Neutral Shipments
Washington reports Assurance Unit Great Britain will relax enforcement of the order in council to permit shipments from neutral ports for German and Austrian goods contracted by Americans before the order. Proof of contracts to be shown at the British embassy in Washington and arrangements for acceptance outlined.
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Assurance
Great Briteau
State Department
Sur Ceeil
Wade
Great Luton
Mita
Yntention
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America
Great Britain
Germany
Rotterdam
Secretarya
No effort to displace MeSembs DNC chair censored
Washington August 30 reports claim within the administration attempts to oust William MeSembs 435 chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Secretary Tumulty issued a statement denying the move and calling the reports the work of most chief-makers.
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Washington
William of Me Sembs
Democratic National Committee
Tumulty
Passengers Tagged in Fear of Submarines
New York August 2 0 Passengers arriving today aboard the steamer Espagne from Bordeaux were identified then tagged to be identified in case German submarines should sink their ship. Espagne sailed August 21 after the Arabic sinking. Among passengers was K B Burns Craig of the New York Neurological Institute who studied the effect of constant firing on soldiers nerves.
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New York
Espagne
Bordeaux
Burns Craig
New York Neur
Troops Guarded Negro in Illinois Mob Case
Murphysboro August 30 Joe Deberry the Negro who lived with actress Mrs J Ho Martin was indicted and pleaded guilty to a crime. He was sentenced to co hanged October 16. Crowds filled the courtroom and streets as Illinois National Guard units kept order amid mob threats. The judge refused to accept the plea until two attorneys were appointed to confer.
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Joe, Deberry
Bia Benief
J. Ho Martin
Illinois National Guard
Deberry
Underwood Named as First Citizen for Panama-Pacific Exposition
Governor Henderson announces Senator Oscar Underwood will represent Alabama as the first citizen at the Panama-Pacific exposition in San Francisco. Lane's Dancing School to reopen September 1. New York's latest one-step Fox Trot Cake Walk and Canter featured. Goem dances on Friday nights, Ehdae Ivy listed.
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Ala
Henderson
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
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Lane
Tecarn New Yorks
Goem
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