Fuller proposes coalition cabinet to speed war
Massachusetts Congressman Alvan T. Fuller urges a wartime coalition cabinet in a Washington statement. He calls for the President to include opposition leaders and favors Roosevelt as Army Secretary General Wood as Navy Secretary and Elihu Root as Secretary of State to shorten the conflict and reduce blood and treasure costs. He predicts the war could last five years.
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Washington
Alvan T. Fuller
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Wood
Elihu Root
Army
Navy
Fuller
War Critique of Government Delays and War Strategy
The speaker denounces wartime inefficiency in Washington, criticizing the Rivers and Harbors Bill and Senate delays. He warns that partisan politics threaten soldiers’ lives and urges a coalition cabinet for unified leadership and faster action.
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House
Senate
Borah
France
America
Gallipoli
Washington
Bainbridge Colby
Shipping Board
Wartime Call for Unity and Efficient Leadership
The author urges the President to set an example by inviting opposition into the government, proposing a broad cabinet with Daniels Baker Lansing Roosevelt Wood Root to demonstrate nonpartisan cooperation. He warns against partisanship and questions whether catastrophe or unity will determine future success in the war effort.
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Daniels
Baker
Lansing
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
Leonard Wood
Elihu Root
United States
Canadians Advance Toward Lens In Allied Front
The Canadians pushed forward about a thousand yards on the Lens front reaching 200 yards inland and consolidated the new position. A heavy German counterattack struck near Hollebecke at 5 am.
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France
Belgium
Associated Press
Lens
Hollebecke
No Infantry Fighting on Flanders Front, Berlin Reports
Berlin announced there was no infantry activity on the Flanders front yesterday. Weather in the Aisne region and Champagne hindered operations. Only one action was reported with nearly 100 prisoners taken in a raid on the French lines near Juvincourt.
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London
Flanders
Aisne
Champagne
Nnes
Juvincourt
Party of U. S. Engineers Welcomed in London
A large party of American engineers from the Borden camp received 24 hours of leave to tour London and view the sights. The engineers were greeted warmly wherever they appeared during their visit.
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U. S
London
Borden
Coal Miners End Strike in Lykens Valley
Anthracite miners in the Lykens Valley vote to return to work after a three week strike. A meeting today set tomorrow as the return date while awaiting decision from Umpire O Neill of the Miners Conciliation Board.
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Lykens, Pa
Lykens Valley
O'Neill
Miners’ Conciliation Board
Allies Hold Flanders Gains Amid Skirmish Conflicts
Allied forces in Flanders reported limited fighting with several engagements. British, French, and Canadian units pushed advances near Lens, Ypres, and Arras while repelling German attacks. Russian actions near Czernowitz yielded prisoners and captured machine guns as Austro-German advances continued in Bukowina and Galicia. Official Berlin and London notices confirm ongoing artillery duels and localized raids.
Germans Quick Echo Halted At Hollebecke
British officials report that German forces briefly gained a footing in Hollebecke along the Ypres Comines canal but were immediately driven out by a counter attack. The statement notes several prisoners taken and other German assaults failing elsewhere. A raiding party south of Queant was repulsed.
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Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Hollebeke
Ypres-Comines
Ypres
Warneton
Teutons
London
Ypres-Comines Canal
Hollebecke
France
Queant
Arras
Russians Win Success East of Czernowitz
Petrograd Aug 5 Russian troops east of Czernowitz Bukowina attacked the Austro German forces and captured a wood near Baian with more than 500 prisoners and three machine guns. Southwest of the region the Russians retire, and a Teutonic attack opposite Kovel in Volhynia was repulsed. Several successful scouting operations were carried out.
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Czernowitz
Chotin
Bukowina
Pruth
Bystritza
Kovel
Petrograd
Kimpolung
Volhynia
German Attacks Repulsed Northwest of Rheims
Paris reports a heavy German assault northwest of Rheims near Juvincourt. The French line held firm and the invaders were expelled from a single trench they had seized. Artillery actions in Belgium were intermittent with more activity in the Verdun area. Minor attacks on the Aisne front were repelled.
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Juvincourt
Rheims
War Office
Belgium
Verdun
Casemates
Aisne
Wood delivers principal address at Holy Rosary cornerstone
William M. Wood of the American Woolen Company spoke as principal orator at the cornerstone laying for the Holy Rosary Parochial School in Lawrence. Thousands of Italian mill workers attended, applauding his address and praising Italian workers as faithful and ambitious.
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William M. Wood
American Woolen Company
C. M. Driscoll
Wood
Charles M. Driscoll
Lawrence
Philadelphia
Mariano Milanese
Holy Rosary Church
John J. Hurley
R. A. Camperone
Bianca De Saulles in Custody Battle Amid Murder Trial
Bianca De Saulles, wife of John De Saulles, faces a murder trial while her legal fight to regain custody of their son intensifies. Her lawyer portrays her as a wronged mother seeking to reclaim her child amid revelations of infidelity, financial strain, and a public custody battle with De Saulles' family and Chilean relatives.
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Meadowbrook Club
Bianca DeSaulles
Little Jack
America
Walter Watson
Roslyn
Mr. Uterhart
de Saulles
Uterhart
Papa
Latin America
Bianca de Saulles
New Minister Called At Immanuel Baptist Church Cambridge
Immanuel Baptist Church Cambridge sent a call yesterday to a candidate to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Rev. Artaar A. Murrewe. The search follows his departure earlier this month.
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Cambrigee
Eee
Artaar A. Murrewe
Labor Leader Hogan Condemned by Boston Union
Francis J. Hogan a delegate to the constitutional convention was condemned by the Boston Central Labor Union by an almost unanimous vote for his inconsistent stance opposing a recount of Patrick H. Jennings C L U business agent vote.
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Francis J. Hogan
Boston Central Labor Union
Patrick H. Jennings
Condemning Horgan Sparks Labor Debate Over Recount
A heated session questions condemning all so called friends of organized labor who opposed giving Jennings a recount. Horgan who lost a congressional race asked for a recount and was granted it. Labor leaders view his stance as inconsistent.
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Friends of Organized Labor
Jennings
Congress
New Wage Scale Sought by Boston and Maine Freight Handlers
Dock workers of Local 808 plan a wage increase to take effect Oct 1. Freight handlers aim for 3.59 dollars daily from 2.75, clerks 3.50 from 3.12, grain shovelers 3.00 from 2.75, watchmen 2.40 from 2.26, yardmen 2.75 from 2.50. A sick benefits payout of 150 dollars was reported at yesterday’s meeting.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Labor unions push eight hour day constitutional amendment
The Boston Central Labor Union adopted a resolution urging support from the Boston Street Carmen's Union and the Massachusetts State Branch A F of L to secure a constitutional amendment ensuring an eight hour legal workday on state contracts. The International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Welders' Union discussed paving an avenue for a new bayside news agent at the Greater Boston District wharf. A Tuesday election set for August 14 will select a vice president candidate Francis M. Burns was chosen as lodge delegate to the convention in Fort Worth, Texas this September. The Labor Session Branch elected officers for the coming term including Fred Obland as president and Charles Kliuse as vice president.
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United States
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Greater Boston
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Carmen
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FB. Glover
Fort Worth
Texas
Francis M. Burns
Laber
Wells Memorial Building
Fred
Obland
Upton 4
Charlies Kliuse
Cigarmakers' Union
William “Ols
William “Ols, Bottlers and Drivers’ Union 122
John Doran
Warvesstakers’ Union
John Walsh
Koettlers In Drivers’ Union 122
Woman Hurt in Cycle Crash on Fellsway West
Miss May Wambault of Newton and James H. Joyce of Malden’s Fifth Regiment rode a motorcycle with a side car when it overturned on Fellsway West while Joyce tried to avoid a collision with a car carrying Mayor Blodgett of Malden. Wambault suffered multiple cuts and abrasions and was taken to Relief Hospital.
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Pond Street
Newton
James H. Joyce
C Company
Fifth Regiment
Fellsway West
Joyce
Mayor Blodgett
Malden
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