Americans Enliven Quiet Sector by Taking Village From Germans
Allied forces press in Picardy and Lorraine as Americans seize the village of Frapelle near St Die and French gains push toward Autreches. Heavy German losses reported with prisoners taken. Allied advances threaten further breaks in the German line along the Aisne Oise front and Vesle sector.
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Lorraine
Frapelle
St. Die
Marschal Foch
Aisne
Somme
Antreches
Issons
Earli
Oise River
Oise
Autreches
Moulin-Sous-Louvent
Carlepoint
Ourscamp
Marne
Soissons
Chemin Des Dames
Avre
Ancre
Sccwr
Noyon
Lassigny
Roye
Rheims
Fismette
Vesle
Fismes
Flanders
Russia
Batum
Caspian Sea
Urals
Volga
Onega Bay
Arctic Ocean
Tokio
Port Arthur
Trans-Baikal
London
War Office
Picardy
Proyart
Lihons
Scherpenbverg
Ruling on Railroad Coal Price Add On
Washington reports the fuel administration ruled five cents per ton may be added to the applicable mine price of coal delivered directly from mine tipples to locomotive tenders. Additional compensation may be set by agreement between operators and the railroad receiving the coal.
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Washington
Austria-Hungary Calls Czech Slovak Army Traitors
An official Vienna statement denounces British recognition of the Czech-Slovaks as a nation and declares Czech Slovak army members will be treated as traitors by Austria-Hungary.
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Vienna
Lendon
Austria-Hungary
British Air Squadron Attacks Darmstadt
Darmstadt, capital of Hesse, was attacked by allied airmen Friday morning. Four killed and many injured amid property damage. Four allied aircraft were reported shot down as chasers claimed down four large English battleplanes.
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London
Darmstadt
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Germany
Amsterdam
Berlin
War Office
Germans Move Large Cotton Stock From Tiflis to Budapest
Amsterdam reports Ukraine newspapers claim Germany has found vast cotton stocks at Tiflis. About 390000 pounds have been transported to Budapest to be shared between Germany and Austria, per the cited sources.
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Amsterdam
Tiflis
Ukraine
Budapest
Germany
Austria
Knights of Columbus protest joint drives for war funds
The Knights of Columbus protested Secretary Baker's plan to have four agencies run a November campaign and three others in January. Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty sent a telegram urging that the idea not proceed, saying it would draw a religious line in wartime and provoke criticism nationwide.
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New York
Knights of Columbus
Ar Camp Community Service
American Library Association
Jewish Welfare League
Salvation Army
Baker
Knights Committee of War Activities
James A. Flaherty
Yankees Sweep In Franelle Raid In Vosges
General Pershing reports the capture of Franelle in the Vosges as American forces in Lorraine seize Frapelle. Prisoners taken, heavy German casualties, and Americans occupy and consolidate former German trenches after a preliminary bombardment and box barrage.
Spain to Seize German Shipping
Spain informs Germany it will compensate injuries to Spanish shipping by confiscating an equivalent tonnage from German vessels interned in Spanish ports. The Times dispatch from Santander notes about ninety German steamers are voluntarily interned in Spain.
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Spain
London
Germany
The
Times
Santander
French Cruiser Depetit Thouars Sunk by German Submarine
Paris reports the old French cruiser Depetit Thouars was sunk by a German submarine. Thirteen crew members are missing while American destroyers rescued the surviving sailors.
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Paris
Depetit Thouars
Number killed in action is thirty six
Washington August seventeenth Army casualties among overseas forces announced today number 167. There was no marine corps list. The lists issued by the war department showed killed in action, died of wounds, died of accident and other causes, died of disease, wounded severely, wounded degree undetermined, and missing in action. Included in the list were the following names: killed in action Privates Herbert W. Allison Harry Brush Frank W. Mick Ernest H. Kauffman Frank Kiralski. WOUNDED SEVERELY Corporals Louis N. Grier and Harry M. Meenan Privates John V. Barron John F. Beurele. MISSING IN ACTION Privates John R. Baker Werman V. Benson James B. Clark Norton L. Cope Mike Crepack Robert T. Hall Andrew Yusevitz. Italian Official Statement Rome August seventeenth The war office reports active artillery on the Asiago plateau and Piave front. One patrol attacked an enemy advance meeting at 3 444 meters and drove it back. Two hostile airplanes were downed.
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Lacre
Paris
Avre
War Office
Canny-sur- Matz
Autreches
Soissons
Berlin
Chauines
Lassigny
France
Associated Press
Hindenburg
Roye
Vesle
Vesse
Marne
Fismes
Washington
Marine Corps
War Department
Herbert W. Allison
Monessen
Harry Brush
Chester
Frank WB. Mick
Hawertown
Ernest H. Kauffman
Philadelphia
Frank Kiralski
Pittsburg
Louis N. Grier
Ben Avon
Harry M. Meenan
John V. Barron
John F. Beurele
Ttalian
Rome
Asiago
Monte Cuappa
Piave
Zebra Valley
German Army Faces Anxiety Over Heavy Losses In War
An order signed laidendorff dated July 6 discusses German anxiety after heavy losses in recent days. It notes prisoners taken, defense depth issues, artillery weakness, and scarce manpower for operations. Columbus reports the German American Publishing Co. will suspend three German language newspapers on August 20 for patriotic reasons.
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France
Associated Press
Laidendorff
Batlefield
Columbus
New Revenue Bill Aims to Raise Eight Billion Dollars
Washington Aug 17 The House Ways and Means Committee approved the tobacco schedule and reported the proposed revenue bill expected to raise about 80 million for the current fiscal year. The measure may be introduced next week with higher liquor taxes and adjusted rates on luxury items including women's waists and hats. The committee also debated a three percent differential against unearned incomes and sent back the draft for revision.
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Washington
House Pays and Means
Congress
Kitchin
House
Treasury Department
Treasury
Weather forecast for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia outlook calls for fair weather Sunday and Monday. In Virginia expect cloudy skies with continued cool conditions and likely light rain, followed by Sunday and Monday with fair skies and warmer temperatures.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Three Big Liberty Loan Campaigns Planned Within a Year
Treasury plans three major Liberty loan drives within the next year each targeting five billion dollars to raise a total of sixteen billion for war operations. The first run is set Sept 28 to Oct 19, with a second in January or February and a third in May or June.
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Washington
Treasury
Industrial Workers of World Found Guilty in War Conspiracy Trial
Chicago August 17. One hundred I W W leaders were found guilty as charged after about an hour of deliberation in a case charging conspiracy to disrupt the nation’s war program. Defendants, including William D Haywood, face up to 27 years in prison and a $10 000 fine each.
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Chicago
Industrial Workers of the World
William Dd
Big Bill’ Haywood
K. M. Landis
Wich
Frank K. Nebeker
George F. Vandeveer
Germans at Kronstadt
A brief report from Paris dated August 17 via Havas notes circulation in Finland regarding German actions at Kronstadt and related reports.
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Kronstadt
Paris
Havas Agency
Finland
Kronstadt Seizure Report Spurs Russian Hulls in War News
A Stockholm dispatch to Le Matin claims Germans seized Kronstadt, the Russian naval fortress near Petrograd. The report notes Lenine and Trotzky may have fled Moscow for Kronstadt, with other Soviet departments possibly moving there. Separate fire at Hubbard & Co. in Pittsburgh destroys its washer department, damages adjacent buildings, cars, and nearby facilities.
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Stockholm
le Matin
Petrograd
Gulf of Finland
Russia
Germany
Lenine
Trotzky
Moscow
Pittsburg
Hubbard & Co
Allegheny River
National Bolt & Nut Company
Hubbard & Company
Americans Dispatch Over 1.45 Million Troops Abroad
General March reports more than three million U.S. troops are under arms with over 1,450,000 shipped overseas to France Italy and Siberia. Transports now complete round trips in nineteen days and averages reduced to twenty eight, aiding plans to move eighty divisions to France by mid 1919 amid a German retreat.
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Washington
France
Italy
Siberia
General March
Senate Military Committee
Europe
March
United States
Russia
Chateau-Thierry
Bowley
Fifty-Eighth
Mexican oil decree adjusted by Carranza averts crisis
Washington reports that President Carranza modified the Mexican oil decree canceling provisions that would allow seizure of undeveloped oil lands for failure to declare and submit to what were deemed excessive taxes, removing a threat to Mexico's relations with the entente and the United States.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
Caranza
Carranza
Moonshine Still Raided Near Pageton
Charleston reports a moonshine still raided today in McDowell county near Pageton by state prohibition deputies. Deputy D. C. Collins said the outfit could produce about fifty gallons of whiskey per run. The apparatus was destroyed and two barrels of mash seized. no persons were found or arrested.
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Charleston
Pageton
McDowell County
State Prohibition Department
D. C. Collins
Welch
Cargo Coal Regulation Charges Set by Fuel Administration
The Fuel Administration announced charges for cargo coal handling by lake forwarders. Fifty cents per ton may be added when coal is delivered to the vessel by barge or scow, twenty cents per ton for general cargo coal handling, and twenty five cents per ton for fuel coal furnished a vessel.
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Washington
Fuel Administration
Death claims Senator Jacob H. Gallinger
United States Senator Jacob H. Gallinger of New Hampshire died in Franklin after a hospital stay following his return from Washington to his summer home. The arteriosclerotic death left Mrs. Ralph Gallinger at his side and noted his long service as a leading Republican figure and Senate minority leader.
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Franklin
N. H
United States
Jacob UH. Gallinger
New Hampshire
Senator Gallinger
Washington
Ralph Gallinger
Jacey Harold Gallinger
United States Senate
Senate
Republican Party
Former Senator Chilton Congratulates Watson for Senate Nomination
Fairmont West Virginia August 27 Former Senator William EK Chilton of Charleston candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States senator writes to Col Clarence W Watson in Washington expressing sincere congratulations and cordial support after returns indicate Watson won the nomination.
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Fairmont
W. Va
William EK. Chilton
Charleston
United States
West Virginia
Clarence W. Watson
Washington
Ordnance Department
United States Army
Col
Watson
Chilton
Evacuation Seen for Roye Salient as Germans Mull New Line
Paris reports Aug 17 that Germans prepare to evacuate the Roye Lassigny Noyon salient. Echo de Paris notes German laborers at work on a new Hindenburg line behind front lines. Roye position is serious with Allied forces a mile and a quarter west and roads toward Peronne Nesle and Noyon under Allied fire.
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Salient
Paris
Havas
Roye-Lassigny-Noyon
Echo de Paris
Hindenburg
Roye
Peronne
Nesle
Noyon
Martial Law Declared for Vladivostok Disputed Threats
A dispatch from Vladivostok dated Tuesday reports the Allies unanimously agree on proclaiming martial law due to the threatening Bolshevik stance. The notice comes as London confirms the decision amid growing unrest and international concern.
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Vladivostok
London
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