Count von Luxburg on Spanish steamer stopped near Uruguay
A British cruiser halted an outward bound Spanish steamer seven miles off the Uruguayan coast in hopes Count Karl von Luxburg might be aboard. Despatches say he left Argentina for Colonia and Montevideo then boarded the Spanish vessel bound for Spain carrying a Spanish safe conduct.
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Juriday
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Uruguay
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Peru Withdraws Diplomats From Germany in Protest
Peru orders its minister to Germany A von der Heyde to leave Berlin and withdraws all Peruvian consuls in Germany after handing passports to the German minister. The move follows a diplomatic dispute and shifts in Berlin.
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Germany
Lima
A. von der Heyde
Berlin
Haig Leads New Artillery Raid Across Flanders Front
Field Marshal Haig directs artillery for another raid into the German line in Flanders as British infantry consolidate trench positions after midweek advances. Forays occur to realign the front and counter weak German attempts to regain lost ground.
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Field Marshal
Haig
Flanders
British and German Artillery Duel Across Fronts Reports
War dispatch notes heavy bombardment from Lange marck to Zonnebeke with the British wedge near Ostend Lille road. Haig may wait days before launching across No Man's Land as German Crown Prince forces push in Champagne failings with losses. Verdun Meuse fighting continues while northern front quiets and Russians advance near Sereth taking 762 prisoners.
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Zonnebeke
Ostend-Lille
Haig
No Man's Land
Champagne
Meuse
Verdun
Russia
Rumania
Sereth
Italians, Austrians clash on Monte San Babriele slopes
In the Gorizia sector heavy fighting continues as Italian and Austrian forces clash daily. Italians seize positions on the northern slopes of Monte San Babriele and take prisoners while repulsing several enemy counterattacks under heavy artillery fire.
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Batles
Monte San Babriele
Gorizia
Close Church to Save Coal Sermon Sparks Chorus
The Rev. Jason Noble Peirce of Dorchester's Second Congregational Church urged members to skip services to conserve coal, suggesting families stay home to play religious music on victrolas. He criticized lukewarm attendance and pressed whether schools should be cold while City Hall stays warm.
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Second Congregational Church
Dorchester
Peirce
10500 Wanted by Engineers
The Engineer Corps seeks 10500 men with road construction experience to join an engineer brigade bound for France with Pershing's expeditionary forces. Volunteers only. men drafted for military service not eligible. Rapid advancement for special qualifications and a few college men with military experience sought as noncommissioned officers.
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Engineer Corps
France
General Pershing
Allies gain decisive air and shell control in Flanders
Secretary Baker reports that Allied supremacy is evident in the Flanders campaign as air dominance and shell supply enable a persistent advance. Belgian coast bases at Zeebrugge Ostend and Bruges canals are at risk, threatening German submarine facilities and signaling potential broader Allied victory.
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Zeebrugge
Ostend
Bruges
Washington
War Department
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Zeeprugge
Riga
Belgians Bomb German Cantonments in Aerial Retaliation
Belgian aviators conducted over 250 flights in the past week as German cantonments along the Belgian front were heavily shelled in reprisal for German bombing behind the lines. The dispatch notes active enemy artillery near Ramscapelle and successful Belgian counter operations at Himsdyk Eessen Loggeveld and Woumen.
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Banked in His Pocket Lost 5500 Dollars
John Burke a freight handler for the Boston and Maine railroad told Charlestown police he lost 5500 dollars in bills from his hip pocket last night.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Charlestown
Man Loses Legacy Money On Transit Ride
Burke reports a $5600 legacy paid to his wife last week was carried in a wallet. After a night out from Medford square to Lyndboro place, the wallet vanished at Thompson Square station, police suspect pickpocket. Burke, nearly 50, rushed to a police station in tears. He kept the bills in the wallet all week, with two $1000 bills, 290 of $100 and three of $500.
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Medford Square
Lyndboro Place
Sullivan Square Terminal
Thompson Square
McCloskey
How Germans Plotted to Have Gibson Killed
Germans plotted to kill Gibson and to massacre civilians as they spread through Belgium. At Aerschot shocking atrocities drew unusual attention as the world confronted German warfare.
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Gibson
Belgium
Aerschot
Agent Gibson Saves Belgium From Harsh Consequences
Hugh Gibson, American secretary at the Belgian legation, undertook a risky mission to influence a Belgian court-martial after a German officer was condemned. Traveling in a white flagged car, he narrowly avoided Belgian fire and delivered the message to avert a harsher punishment and reveal German orders.
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Belgium
Hugh Gibson
Brand Whitlock
Gibson
Whitlock
Mr. Gibson
German officer admits orders in Belgian incident
The account recalls Mr. Gibson narrowly saved from a fate Germans intended to turn into atomic destruction. The German officer responsible for the act admits he merely obeyed orders, refusing any mitigation while defending the action as diabolic in purpose to provoke a U S Belgium conflict.
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Mr. Gibson
Belgium
United States
Germany
Gibson
Aershot
Choate Dies in Westbrook at 84
Isaac Bassett Choate, noted writer of verse and author of a Greek text, died in Westbrook Me aged 84. He had lived in Boston for years and recently settled in Westbrook. He was a renowned language student and published several verse books.
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Westbrook
Isaac Bassett Choate
Boston
Train Struck Man At Blind Crossing Distant Image
William Burke of Assonet street was fatally injured when hit by a New Haven train at a blind crossing near his home in Fall River. Both legs were severed. doctors at City Hospital gave little hope for recovery.
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Fall River
William Burke
Assonet Street
New Haven
City Hospital
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