Avs and Ally Face Foe on 50 Mile Front in Romania
A wartime dispatch reports Austro German forces led by Marshal Mackensen pressing against Russian Romanian defenses in Moldavia. Heavy fighting along the front around Marushesti Adjud and Galatz with Russian and Romanian resistance, while German air raids target Kronstadt Ka cztopol. A second item notes a lull after heavy clashes near Lens and the Belgian front as Haig reports no major actions.
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Roumania
Vienna
Rou
Marshal von Mackensen
Marasheshti-Adjud Rai
Eneva
Carpathians
Wtushu
von Mackensen
Galatz
Buzeuer
Sereth
Ka¢topol
Black Sea
Parevski
London
Lens
British War Office
Haig
Scheidemann Urges Parliamentary German Government
Zurich August 13 Philip Scheidemann leader of the majority Socialists in Germany urged in a dispatch that Germany must establish a parliamentary form of government. The declaration came at a meeting of German Socialists as Scheidemann submitted the resignation of Vice Chancellor Helfferich and called for a reallocation of authority in the Reichstag.
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Zurich
Agence Die
Philip Scheidemann
Germany
Rman
Scheidemann
Helfferich
Reichstag
Taft Improves After Indigestion Illness At Clay Center
President Taft is out of danger and rapidly recovering from an aggravated indigestion. Doctors say he will soon be able to leave for his summer home in Canada. He rested well and took nourishment as he recovers in the local hotel.
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Clay Center
Kas
Taft
Canada
German booty reported at 1916 tally
The Hague report says Germany had captured 12,156 troops by July 16 and seized 8,352 machine guns, 2,288 airplanes, three ships, and 1,655,805 rifles.
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Hague
Gern
Jap Mission Arrives in U S Pacific Port
Aug 18 The Japanese mission to the United States arrived aboard a Japanese warship at the Pacific port. Viscount Ishii led the party met by U S military and state officials, with reception attended by major representatives of the army and navy.
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Pacific Port
Periol
Uited States
Viscount Ishii
United States Ps
Army
Wheat price drops on Chicago board as trading closes
Wheat on the Chicago grain exchange fell nine cents to 2.06 a bushel at Saturday’s close. Traders noted the price move as food controller Hoover’s wheat control plan remains a visible factor in the market.
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Chicago
Hoover
Weather and notices from Canton area
Fragmentary weather report and civic notices mention temperatures and a Wednesday no rural deliveries directive. Names such as Fred Baker and Canton Ice Co appear in a damaged, local context with references to Democrats of First Ward and a corner committee.
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Canton Ice Co
aAdy
Adv
Sparks Arrested in Mor row Horse Slip Case
Cincinnati Aug 13 Benjamin Sparks fire chief of Morrow Ohio was arrested on a charge of having race horse slips. He told Municipal Judge Yeatman I want to go back to Morrow. The judge quipped about going back today and suspended costs.
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Cincinnati
Benjamin Sparks
Morrow
Yeatman
Sparks
Alliance Plans Action Over Pennsy Division Move
Residents of Alliance formed a committee to seek counsel and possible injunction to stop the Pennsylvania railroad from moving its division point roundhouse and shops to Canton. A mass meeting recalled a 1863 contract granting Alliance the shops and division duties in return for land and cash. Protestors blamed local officials and citizens for ill will and high property costs as reasons for the planned change.
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Alliance
Pennsylvania Railroad
Canton
Allegheny
Crestline
Pittsburgh
Steamer City of Athens Sinks Off Capetown
The City of Athens struck a mine and sunk off Capetown with 19 deaths including fifteen passengers and four crew. Names of the drowned include Mr. and Mrs. Naggard and a Miss Rob inson, with several missionaries aboard. several saved were identified, all connected to missionary work in Africa.
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New York
City of Athens
New England
South Africa
Capetown
State Department
Naggard
Robinson
Carolyn Thompson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Africa
Lenine Quits Russia Reaches Switzerland Via Germany
Nicholas Lenine the chief German provacteur in Petrograd and a key figure in recent disorders has escaped to Switzerland via Germany, according to a Messa despatch published by Agence Radio.
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Rome
Agence Radio
Nicholas Lenine
Petrograd
Switzerland
Germany
Messagero
Election ad urges vote in primaries for Ober lin mayor
A political advertisement urges voting in the upcoming primaries for Ober lin as mayor on the Republican ticket. It asks Democrats of Seventh Ward to write in George Schauer for councilman and credits Emil J. Kauffmann as chairman.
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Oberlin
Seventh Ward
George Schauer
Emil J. Kauffmann
Adv
Adyvy
Last Steps To Make Soldiers Under Way
District board of appeals meets in city hall to review physical fitness rulings. Exemptions by local boards may be recalled. farmers and workers seek occupational exemptions while forms are exhausted and procedures revised. North and south boards continue exams and plan special reviews and new rulings.
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District Board of Appeals
City Hall
United States
District Appeal Board
South Board
North Board
Special School Board Meeting on Worley School Affairs
The school board will meet Monday at 7 30 p m to discuss Daniel Worley school affairs. The new high school is expected to be ready for occupancy in February.
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W. S. Lane
Daniel Worley
Cache yields loot from local raids found behind Renkert building
Police arrested Russell Haubert and Charles Van Buren, both 12, after a cache of loot from raids on 10 cent stores was found behind the Renkert building. The boys, recently released from Lancaster industrial school, were turned over to Sheriff Norwood for return to the industrial school on Tuesday.
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Renkert
Russell Haubert
Charles van Buren
Lancaster Industrial School
Sheriff Norwood
Industrial School
Patriot wife’s tip lands husband in jail for spying
Aug 13 reports Mrs Walter Hempfing told authorities her husband a member of the German secret service. He had operated in Illinois and Missouri sending information on military and naval movements to Berlin.
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ST. Louis
Walter Hempfing
Secret Service System
Illinois
Missouri
Berlin
Russians Back Allies After Discipline Return
A telegram to Gen. Foch from Gen. Korniloff, newly named Russian commander in chief, expresses confidence that after restoring firm discipline the Russian army will promptly commit fully to support the allies and focus all efforts on the common objective.
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Paris
Agence Radio
Foch
Korniloff
Meet Jack and the Pro German Dashhund At The Armory
Two dogs, a bulldog mascot named Jack and a dashhund belonging to Miss Catherine Lynch, feature in a wartime center stage tale. Jack enlisted with Co. L after a pleaded effort, while Speck the dashhund shuns U S soldiers. A sweater knitted for a trooper by Miss Catherine Bebb is damaged when the dash tore it.
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Jack
Co. L
Armory
McCord
Mary
United States
Catherine Lynch
Catherine Bebb
Cleveland-ay SW
Burglary Spree Hits Canton Homes
Police investigate a north west Canton burglary spree on Sunday. Four homes were entered with minimal items taken including a diamond stickpin and shoes, a battered and a newer hat, and minor clothing thefts reported at two nearby residences.
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Northwest End
Samuel Silverstein
Auburn Pl ’W
Edward Packley
Xford
Oscar Barkey
Oxford-av
Pumphery
Oxford
Av NW
James Fighte
Market-av
Mick Tares
Cherry Ay SE
Mule Cars to Go Middletown On Street Line
Aug. 13 Middletown Ohio remains one of the few places with a mule car line begun in 1879. Ike Silverman operates the single car from the Miami River bridge to the H. & D. railway station along Third Street. If Third Street is repaved the mule line may be retired due to rail costs.
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Middletown
Ohio
United States
Ike Silverman
Miami River Bridge
Silverman
Women to vote in Columbus on suffrage and charter issues
Columbus voters will decide tomorrow if women gain full municipal voting rights including charter amendments. They already vote on charter changes and school board matters. The ballot also includes a charter amendment allowing the city council to set electric plant rates to meet private competition.
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Columbus
Daylight robbery of rail worker on Wheeling freight line
Police seek a Black assailant who knocked down 65 year old William M. Spicer near the Wheeling and Lake Erie freight house at Cherry avenue SE Sunday afternoon. Spicer, an employee, was struck as he turned after greeting the robber and his wallet was taken. He has given a description to police.
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William M. Spicer
Fourth-st SE
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Cherry-av SE
Spicer
Speeders Nabbed In Sunday Roadside Sweep
Sheriff Norwood and deputies stopped 22 speeders Sunday in a weekly crackdown on automobile violations. Two tickets were issued on Massillon MacDonald Avenue Road and the rest on Massillon Canal Fulroard. Norwood said all cases were speeding and affidavits will be filed in probate court.
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Norwood
Massillon-MacDonald Aville
Massillon-Canal Fulroard
Nine Die In Chicago Area Auto Crashes
Nine people were killed in automobile accidents in and near Chicago yesterday. A car carrying Charles Simerwan, his wife, and 13 month old baby was struck by an interurban near Litchfield, Illinois. their infant died instantly while Eva, their 12 year old crippled daughter, may survive.
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Chicago
Charles Simerwan
Litchfield
Lil
Eva
City Uses First Garbage Tank Wagon In Service
The city service department put the first garbage tank wagon in operation Monday in the downtown area. Two more tank wagons ordered have not arrived and will be used as soon as they arrive.
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Service Department
Fred Baker for councilman fills blank space
Emil J. Kauffmann named chairman in the advisory notice backing Fred Baker for councilman. The item signs a nomination or appointment context and identifies the local party or official endorsement.
Horticultural Society August Meeting at Meyers Lake Park
The Horticultural Society’s August gathering will be held Wednesday at Meyers Lake Park. The program starts 9:30 a.m. followed by a picnic dinner at noon. Advertisements note Overland Days and Willys Knights. J Kauffmann is the chairman.
Special Moose Notice for 7:30 Night Meeting
All members are asked to gather at the club rooms at 7 30 to visit the home of Bro J G Myers and pay last respects. Ady
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Bro
J. G. Myers
Oberlin for Mayor Republican Primaries Tuesday Aug 14
Oberlin voters face a Republican mayoral primary on Tuesday August 14 as candidates seek the party nomination. The contest highlights local leadership bids and party support ahead of the general election.
Builders urge draft of labor to power wartime ship work
Pacific coast constructors press for conscription of labor to run government taken shipbuilding contracts. They warn of a 25 percent rise in labor costs and say wartime wage standards should apply in industries directly contributing to the war, to prevent postwar glut and favoritism.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Shipping Board
Council of National Defense
Congress
Canton Proposes Bonds to Install East and West Sewers
Canton voters face a primary election decision on bonds to fund east and west intercepting sewers. The plan adds about 28 cents per $1000 to the tax rate, with total cost covered by the general tax and not by direct taxation. Officials say the project will improve housing conditions, health, and curb disease by relieving sewage backups in Navarrerd SW and surrounding areas.
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Ohio Board of Health
Chamber of Commerce
Louis Double
Chamber
Canton
Stolberg
Starrett
Sarver
State Health Board
F. M. Sayre
City Health
City Health Board
Sayre
Navarrerd
Schrantz
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Alliance Shops
German planes downed in Sunday raid over southeast coast
Teuton planes that took part in Sunday's raid over the southeast coast were intercepted by British pursuers on the return to base. Two German aircraft were destroyed in the action, according to the official announcement.
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London
Conscientious Objectors to Face Nationwide Draft
Washington August 13 reports that members of religious sects and others opposing war will be drafted into the national army. Objectors will be assigned to noncombat tasks at camps until President Wilson decides their exact status.
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Washington
National Army Ecantonments
Crowder
Wilson
Allies bar passports for Stockholm peace conference delegates
England France and Italy decided at an allied conference in England not to grant passports to delegates planning to attend the international Socialist peace conference in Stockholm next month the Matin reports.
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Paris
Agence Radio
England
France
Italy
Stockholm
Walter H. Double Hall Mark Store Ad for Wedding Gifts
Walter H. Double, jeweler and optician at the Hall Mark Store on Tuscarawas Street East promotes wedding gifts. The shop offers sterling silver items and Libby cut and engraved glass for couples planning gifts.
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Libby
Walter H. Double
Hall Mark
Tuscarawas St E
Ady
Hogs Hit New High at Cleveland Yard
Hogs reached a new high record of 17.50 per hundred at the Cleveland yards today.
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Cleveland
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