Allies Record 70 000 Prisoners and 1700 Guns Taken
Paris dispatch reports Allied forces have captured about 70,000 Germans and 1,700 guns since July 18, the largest haul of the war to date. German losses include many killed and wounded, with German youth drafted for garrison duties. Russian situation remains a mystery as plotting over Petrograd and Siberia unfolds.
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Paris
Foch
Aisne-Marne
Somme
Inerior
Omnes
Russia
England's Heavy Losses at Hincheon Censorship Critique
Lord Northcliffe hosted editors and statesmen at Hincheon praising some war reporting while criticizing British censorship. He claimed censorship hid casualties and misled the public about Britain's war burden with figures of 800,000 men reported harmed and broader Allied losses.
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London
Lord Northcliffe
Hincheon
Lord Northclife
Recon
Heliath
Gerwes
Hiphouri
Northcutte
Gercidin
Gunda Stovbes
Huglind
Remy
Health Board Bans Kissing Amid Disease Warnings
New York City health officials impose a kissing ban to curb spread of a contagious disease. The advisory targets close contact practices and urges the public to avoid intimate behavior until further notice.
Dominion Representatives Named in London War Cabinet
London reports the dominions of Great Britain will have ministers stationed permanently in London to represent their interests as part of the wartime cabinet arrangement. The move aims to give Dominions direct voice in policy decisions during the conflict.
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London
Tiniek
Tae
Brianahall
Lacomuctiani
Murder Mystery in Wooster Ohio Bridge Grounded
In Wooster Ohio a murder mystery unfolds as authorities investigate an improvised scene near Smithville involving a weighted waterhole and a chalked tower, with Ty Martin connected to the case as a person of interest. Local investigators pursue leads amid unclear circumstances and evolving details.
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Ohio
Wooster
Ty Martin
Point Breese
Smithville
Cher Grinds
Reconsider Skeffington Case in London
London authorities in Leeland reconsider the case of Mrs. Br Sheehy Skeffington. They have consulted the office and prepared a plan to enable or return Leeland based on the recent developments.
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Skeffington
London
Leeland
Br Sheehy Skeffington
Allies Land in Siberia as Forces Move South
Allied troops including British French Japanese and American units land at Vladivostok and advance toward Vologda while Archangel to Vabereshakain route shows progress. Czecho Slovaks gain renewed resolve as Bolsheviks retreat amid civilian upheaval and rising Russian enlistment.
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Archangel
Washington
Vladivostok
Baker
Siberian
Russia
Germany
Baku
Vpabereshakain
Vologda
Brest-Litocsk
Dutch Ships to Bring Supplies to United States
Forty Dutch ships totaling about 100000 tons idle in Dutch East Indian ports are expected to be released to carry sugar tin quinine and other commodities to the United States under an informal modus vivendi arranged by the war trade board.
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Washington
United States
War Trade Board
Death of New York actress Anna Held at Hotel Savoy
Anna Held an eminent New York actress died August 12 at her Hotel Savoy apartment after a six month battle with a rare bone disease ending in pneumonia.
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New York
Anna Held
Hotel Savoy
Canadians Push North of Roye In Somme Advance
British forces report capture of Immery and Parvillers villages northwest of Roye and a short advance southeast of Proyart near the Somme as of the latest official communiqué.
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Roye
London
Immery
Parvillers
Field Marshal Haig
Proyart
Somme
Dr Edward Rumely Arrested on Perjury Charge
Dr Edward Rumely, vice president secretary and publisher of the New York Evening Mall, was arrested by government agents on perjury charges stemming from a statement that the Mall was American owned.
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Edward Rumsey
New York Evening Mall
Rumely
Kansas Oli Man Dies At Home In Local Scene
The Kansas Oli Man, also known as the youngest member of the Neo duaia G. AJ Tk and nicknamed the Kansas OU Man, died at his home here. Investigations note long involvement with the group dating back over two decades.
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Kansas
Neodestia
KaneTheodore Johnson
Neoduaia G. AJ Tk
Kansas OU
Anna Held Seeks Return After Illness Climb
The noted actress Anna Held has a fighting chance to recover after a five month bout with illness including pneumonia and a rare bone condition. Doctors disclosed Monday that her condition shows cautious improvement and potential remission in coming weeks.
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Anna Held
Fighting Chance
New York
Poison Gas Used In U Boat Attack Off Atlantic Coast
Six men at a Smiths Island North Carolina coast guard station and lighthouse were overcome by gas discharged on water by a German submarine off the Middle Atlantic coast. The incident, deemed deliberate by officials, marks a new form of aggression with effects similar to mustard gas, though no serious after effects were reported.
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Atlantic
Navy Department
Virginia
McAdoo Pushes Utah Iron and Steel Plan
Secretary McAdoo proposes a massive Utah iron and steel development with a $20 million total funding package. The plan includes a 20 mile Cedar City to iron fields railroad, a Salt Lake steel plant with 1500 ton capacity, a merchant bar mill, and by products plant, contingent on War Finance Corporation approval.
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Chicago
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Utah
War Finance Board
Cedar City
Iron Fields
United States Railroad Administration
Salt Lake
Utah Lake
War Finance Corporation
German press urges end to silence on war aims
Amsterdam reports the German press pleads for government to publicize war aims and to launch propaganda. The Hamburger Nachrichten calls for an official statement on changes in war policy to bolster public morale amid reverses.
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Amsterdam
Wies
Hamburger Nachrichten
Merelk
Suffragieta Arrested in Washington Protest
Police broke up a Washington protest by the New Woman's Party as 38 women were arrested for delaying action on the federal suffrage amendment. The demonstration targeted the Senate's inaction and occurred Monday.
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Washington
Woman's Party
Senate
Seaplane Crash Kills Three Pensacola Trainees
Three students from the United States naval training school were killed when a large seaplane practicing flight fell into Pensacola Bay on Monday. The incident occurred as the craft went down in the bay near the training facility.
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Pensacola, Pla
Avetare
United States Naval Trainne School
Pensacola Bay
Chaos in Moscow Unveiled by Poole
American Consul General Poole reports turmoil in Moscow with consulate staff arrested and his papers burned. He hands the American office to the Swedish consul and seeks safe conduct as Bolsheviks seize power rumors spread that Lenine and Trotzky fled and the Moscow soviet government may have fallen.
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Washington
Poole
Moscow
Archangel
Lenine
Trotzky
Sweden
Russia
Watonwan Cargo Carrier Launched at Bristol Yard
The 8800 ton dead weight cargo ship Watonwan was launched Wednesday at the Merchants' Shipbuilding corporation yard in Bristol, Pa. Built for commercial use, the vessel marks a notable addition to the regional fleet.
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Bristol
Merchants’ Shipbuilding Corporation
Typhoid Fatalities Rise Among German Civilians in Hot Springs
In Hot Springs North Carolina eleven German civilian internees have died of typhoid fever and there are 150 cases of another disease blamed on shallow wells. The outbreak reflects health concerns tied to living conditions at the internment site.
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Allene
Asheville
N. C
Hot Springs
Former Congressman Gillette Dies in Des Moines Area
Edward A. Gillette former congressman and Iowa policy figure died at his home near Des Moines on Wednesday. He was survived by his brother William Gillette the playwright.
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Des Moines
Edward A. Gillette
Iowa
William Gillette
Wilson Gallo for Maximum Effort
Senate hearings reveal plan to mobilize up to 2 million troops to France by June 30 and extend draft ages to 18 45. General March and Secretary Baker outline goals for 80 overseas divisions, with detailed monthly mobilization targets through early next year.
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Washington
General March
War Department
France
Senate Military Committee
Baker
Crowder
Chamberlain
Senate
Administration
Wilson
Italy
March
Germany
Pershing
Urgent plan to register 13 million under draft bill
Washington officials announce plans to enroll 13,000,000 men under the selective service extension to ages 18 to 45. About 2,000,000 may be qualified for full service, with registration needed by September 14 and perhaps September 15 as the final date. The effort aims to have 25,000,000 registered since entry into the war.
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Washington
Crowder
Congress
United States
Food Prices Rise in June Led by Potatoes
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released August 15 figures showing food prices rose in June with potatoes up 82 percent. Overall, food prices averaged a 7 percent increase for the year ending June 16.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Decree In Oll Meets Protest
Washington reports that the United States and Great Britain have joined in diplomatic representations to the Mexican government over Carranza land decrees seen as effectively confiscation.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Carranza
German Planes Downed In Allied Air Actions
Twenty two German planes were destroyed and six driven out of control on Thursday per official communications. Fifteen British aircraft are reported missing in the same operations.
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London
German Offensives Fail as Prisoner Toll Rises
Unofficial reports from London state that the German Fourth Army and the Fretel Plietain have suffered heavy losses and many prisoners as the British forces repel advances. Details indicate about forty thousand captured on the front with limited gains for the Germans.
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London
Heltleb Fourth Army
Fretel
Arases
Allied Drive on Picardy Front Gathers Momentum for Berlin Push
General March reports 1,250,000 American troops in Pershing's First Army as doubts linger about final aims. Officers expect a renewed Allied push from Picardy toward Roye Lassigny and Noyon, with Foch planning to seize the offensive and shift the war’s momentum.
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Berlin
Washington
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Oise
Soissons
Picardy
General March
Paris
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Roye
Lassigny
Noyon
Marsh
Thirty-third
Illinois National Guard
Verdun
Aisne- Marne
March
Foch
Hindenburg Line
Lenine and Trotsky Run to Kronstadt Flee Moscow
A dispatch via Wolff Bureau and Havas reports Premier Lenine and War Minister Trotsky have fled to Kronstadt near Petrograd seeking refuge with forces there. The Bolshevik government is said to move from Moscow to Kronstadt soon, with Lenine and Trotsky already present.
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London
Lenine
Leon Trotsky
Kronstadt
Petrograd
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Zurich
Havas
Paris
Moscow
Berlin Fears Russian Crisis Sparks Sudden Return
The Berlin press notes Helferich’s abrupt return to Berlin driven by serious developments in Russia. The Hague papers downplay the entente’s Siberia efforts but agree on the mounting crisis.
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Berlin
Hague
iIn
Siberia
Helfferich
Russia
Ball players in shipyards no longer sanctioned by emergency fleet
The emergency fleet corporation will not countenance employing professional ball players in shipyards aimed at bolstering teams rather than expediting shipbuilding. The rule targets
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Philadelphia
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Rioting in Japan Over Rice Prices
About six thousand demonstrators in Kyoto attacked stores and forced troops to intervene. The crowd carried swords and axes, and several participants were wounded during the riot.
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Tokio
Kyoto
County Declared Bone Dry in Minnesota Region
The state council of defense orders Red Lake County to become bone dry. The action targets the northern Minnesota area seen as a dry territory spread into the Dakotas and adjacent Canadian regions.
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St. Paul
Red Lake County
Minnesota
Dakotas
Canadian Territory
State Council of Defense
Commander who Sank Lusitania Dead
Lieutenant Commander Behwleger, who commanded a submarine that sank the Lusitania, is dead. His death occurred in September 1917, but the German admiralty has only now admitted it.
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Ommander
London
Behwleger
Soubmarine
Papal Nuncio Denied Gap in Olina Ties Over Alam Hines Link
The Chinese government refused to receive Monsignor Petrelli the newly named papal nuncio to Olina, citing his alleged close friendship with Admiral von Hines the former secretary of foregonMulys, and condemned antiGerman sentiment.
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Germany
Monsignor
Petrelli
Olina
Admiral von Hines
Fiamtian
foregonMulys
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