Conscientious Objectors to Report for Farm Service
Twenty one men who signaled willingness to serve on farms will report tomorrow to King county farmers at their own expense. They are excused pay by the government except for $30 monthly which they may keep, and will be transferred to unassigned infantry with board provided by the host farmers. If they desert or leave early they may be arrested.
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Camp Lewis
Red Cross
King County
Seattle
King Coun
Submarine Losses Drop Sharply for Entente Allies
Paris reports July 1918 enemy submarine losses fell to 70 000 tons from 144 809 in July 1917 as American yard output added 280 000 tons and overall Entente losses were 600 percent lower than in 1917 amid rising merchant shipping.
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Associated Press
Paris
América
Chicago Boys Earn King George Valor for July Fourth Stunt
Washington report says 16 Chicago boys decorated by King George for taking part in Mamuel fighting. They wore Australian uniforms borrowed from noncombatants, briefly joined the Australian assault, then returned to trenches. Casualties were counted among American dressing stations.
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Washington
Chicago
King George
Mamuel
British Aviator Dies On Air Ramble Before Cruise
In Cincinnati Captain James Fitz Morris of the British Royal Flying Corps was killed when his plane crashed after engine failure while taking off for a flight test before a 30 000 mile cruise. He had 29 German aircraft accounted to his credit and earned the Belgian Cross of Honor and the Military Cross with one bar for heroism.
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Cincinnati
James Frite-Morris
Royal Flying Corps
Western Hills
Ceseral Lee
Fitz Morris
Suffrage Leaders Arrested at White House Protest
Twenty five women were taken into custody near the White House at Jackson Place for a suffrage protest against Senate delay. After release on recognition they returned to the square and renewed demonstrations. Police later arrested 29 more as crowds gathered before dispersing.
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Washington
Jackson Place
White House
Senate
Jackson Square
Pryeo Iene
Eternet
Bondey
Anglo American alliance plan discussed by Lord Reading
London reports Lord Reading British ambassador in the United States will discuss wartime and postwar Anglo American cooperation. Proposals include defensive and offensive collaboration among democratic nations and financial adjustments for US loans previously borne by Britain. Additional loans involving the United States Britain and France are to be considered.
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Associated Press
London
Bii
Lord Reading
United States
Lord ©Viet
Great Britain
France
Weather Brief for Wyoming Forecast
Partly cloudy in the northwest with possible showers on Thursday. Friday looks fair and cooler across the state.
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Wyoming
Health in the Armies Sets World Record in Health
Washington August 14 reports that American troops show record low death rates. Surgeon General Gorgas announced weekly death rate of 1.9 per thousand for the week ending July 2, a figure he says no military establishment has surpassed.
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Washington
Gorgas
Wage Fight Hesitates Amid Denver Mediation Talks
The Denver Tramway Company and its employees agreed to submit the wage dispute to the federal mediation board after a threatened strike. Workers seek a 22 cent hourly raise while the company offered one extra cent. The move aims to avert a stoppage and resolve the labor dispute.
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Denver
Denver Tramway Company
Federal Mediation Board
Results of Yesterdays American League Baseball Scores
Yesterday's baseball results show Chicago 3 to 5 Boston, Detroit 5 to 7 Cleveland, New York 2 to 7 Cleveland? Note: entry lists Detroit 5, W & Cleveland 7, New York 2. St. Louis 4 to Philadelphia 1, Cincinnati 5 to St. Louis 3, Pittsburgh 0 to Chicago 2, Philadelphia 2 to Brooklyn 4.
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Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
New York
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Montevideo Strike Escalates as Nurses Threaten Walkout
In Montevideo a general strike continues with growing violence. Troops clash with residents injuring women and children while a soldier dies resisting orders. Red Cross delivers food and hospital care under heavy guard as nurses threaten to strike over pay.
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Montevideo
Red Cross
Gold Men Plea for Aid at Hand Government Session
The American gold conference in Reno closes after a three day session. It reports many mines halting options due to rising costs, warns of potential closures and extinction of parts of the industry, and resolves to seek relief from the United States to offset production costs. The group also votes to make the organization permanent.
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Reno
American Gold Conference
United State
Senator Humbert Six Soon To Face Treason Charge
Paris Aug 14 Military authorities began treason proceedings against Charles Humbert a former Paris Journal owner and senator for communicating with the enemy A bill to suspend parliamentary privileges in his case was expected Humbert was linked to Bolo Pasha and accused of involvement in the Paris Journal purchase and of receiving German money from America
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Paris
Charles Humbert
Paris Journal
Bolo Pasha
Levant
Humbert
America
Barney Oldfield Crashes In Record Attempt At Fair
Springfield today saw Barney Oldfield smash a fence attempting a world record at the state fair. The car flipped and burst into flames but Oldfield escaped with minor injuries and only singed hair.
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Springfield
Barney Oldfield
Oldfield
Casualties for Day Are Light in Army Navy and Marine Totals
Washington reports light daily casualties with 179 total among army navy and marine corps. The marine corps lists ten fatalities. Army figures break down as killed in action 92 died of wounds 25 missing 13 died of accident 2 died of disease 19 wounded severely 24 and wounded degree unknown 1.
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Washington
Army
Navy Department
Marine Corps
Army Ust
Ted
Joseph Pulitzer Enlists in Naval Aviation Service
Joseph Pulitzer Jr of St. Louis, editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, has enrolled in the naval aviation corps ground service after an earlier rejection for eyesight. He will report to the Great Lakes training station near Chicago around September 1. He is 45, with a wife and two children.
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Associated Press
St, Louis
Washington
Joseph Puldeer, Jr
St. Louis
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Naval Aviation Corps
Vison
Chicago
Pershing Reports Artillery Active in Lorraine and Vosges
General Pershing's message reports a successful raid in Lorraine with prisoners taken. In the Vosges a hostile raiding party was repulsed and artillery activity noted elsewhere. No other major actions reported beyond these lines.
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Pershing
Lorraine
Associated Prena
Washington
Vosges
Women Earned War Fund Leadership in Y M C A
Mrs Davidson of New York becomes head of the national women's war work committee guiding a 15 million dollar Y M C A war fund as Mrs Woodrow Wilson is named honorary chairwoman. A NY group including Mrs Adams Brown Mrs Rockefeller Jr and Mrs Davidson are tasked to urge acceptance.
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New York
Davidson
National Women's War Work Committee
Y. M
Woodrow Wilson
War Work Council
William Adams Brown
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Henry P. Davidson
Pancho Villa In Juarez Reports Killings By Lopez Band
General Justino Cordero, federal commander at Poasson Chihuahua, was killed by Martin Lopes's band after a passenger train was fed and robbed at Consuelo. Villa identified Lopes with Cordero and ordered the execution. Cordero's mother was killed and his daughter captured. Fifty five federal soldiers died or were wounded when a second train carrying reinforcements and food to Santa Rosa wrecked at Bachimba Pass. The dynamited train plunged off an embankment and soldiers were killed or shot by Lopez's men.
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Juarez
Mexico
Justino Codero
Poasson
Chihuahua
Martin Lopes
Consuelo
Paturchy
Cotero
Francisco Villa
Lopes
Bille
Jesus Quen
Santa Rosa
Waa
Bachimba Pass
4& Meep
Germans Lose Ground As Allied Forces Press Front
Across the Somme and Oise sectors Allied troops report gains with Germans retreating from front lines north of Albert and in the Picardy region. French advances include Ribécourt and gains around the Oise valley while German counterattacks intensify with gas and machine gun use.
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Somme
Albert
Oise River
Beaumont Hamel
Serre
Pruneux au-Mont
Bucquoy
Arras
Picardy
Oise
Assigny
Thuiescourt
Ribecourt
Lass Goy
Gray-sur-Somme
Epineben
Australans
Oixe
Chaulnes
Roye
Bray-sur-Somme
Lne
Olme
Mars
Lassigny
Les
Noyon
Menton
Almoqut
Thiescourt
Yvesle
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Barney Oldfeld
Joseph Pulitzer
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Wales
Noyonda
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