Miss Virginia Le Seure Engaged to Capt William Houghteling
The engagement of Miss Virginia Cannon Le Seure granddaughter of Representative Joseph G. Cannon was announced. She will marry Capt William Houghteling of Chicago and San Francisco after winters in Washington where she has been popular.
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Virginia Cannon le Seure
Joseph G. Cannon
Miss le Seure
Capt
William Houghteling
Chicago
San Francisco
Washington
Joe
British Open Second Major Offensive Advances Near Somme
London reports Haig’s forces opened another large offensive between the Somme and Ancre rivers and pushed northeast of Merville reaching Neuf Berquin. German Seventeenth Army under Von Below resists as Byng fights to hold Baupaume, a key rail center, with Achiet-le-Grande changing hands multiple times.
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Somme
Ancre
Achiet-le-Grande
Bapaume
British Drive North of the Ancre Surprises German Defenses
British Third Army under General Byng breaches German lines on a ten mile front from the Ancre to Moyenneville. Tanks lead the assault in gray dawn with a brief bombardment, capturing Courceles Achiet-le-Petit and advancing to Achiet-le-Grand Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre. About 200 prisoners taken and several field guns seized.
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London
Ancre
Moyenneville
Haig
Courceles
Achiet-le- Petit
Moyenville
Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre
Third Army
Byng
Achiet-le-Petit
Achiet-le-Grand
France
Adinfer and
Puisieux-au-Mont
Arras
Albert
Beaucourt
Dranoutre Ridge
Koudekot
Locus Hospice
Lyssa- Hent
Girl Sentenced for Wearing Army Officer Uniform
Beatrice Duke of Newark New Jersey pleaded guilty in U S district court to unlawfully wearing the United States army officer uniform and was sentenced to twenty days in jail in Hartford Connecticut on August 22.
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Hartford
French Advance on Oise Aisne Front Captures Lassigny
Paris reports that Lassigny fell to French forces along the Oise Aisne front with General Foch’s troops pushing north from Pimprez toward Chiry-Ourscamps. Sempigny and other villages were taken as French penetration reached about eight kilometers in places.
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Matz
Lassigny
Plemont
Orval Wood
Chiry-Ourscamps
Oise
Carlepont Wood
Noyon
Sempigny
Pontoise
Coucy-e-Chateau
Camelin-et-le-Fresne
Bierancourt
St. Aubin
Oise-Aisne
Allies Capture 100000 German Prisoners Since July Turning Point
London reports British and allied forces took 3010 prisoners in Wednesday's drive, pushing total Allied captures to 100000 since the July 18 turning point.
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HMS
London
French Forces Push Germans Back Toward Noyon In Battle
Paris reports General Humbert's forces have forced German troops farther back along a 20 mile front from Lassigny to the Ailette river. The French advance astride the Oise threatens the fall of Noyon and its outposts, with victory believed imminent.
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Humbert
Noyon
Ther
Lassigny
Oise
French Army pushes on with Mangin on right wing
In France Aug 22 French forces on the extreme right of the battle line east of the Oise attack vigorously taking Laval and reaching near Purmiers two miles NW of Soissons. Several thousand prisoners are captured and the advance brings troops to the plateau north of the Aisne aiding future Mangin operations.
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Mangin
France
Oise
Laval
Purmiers
Soissons
Aisne
Colyn to Be Dutch Premier
Former war minister Jonukheer Colyn is slated to become Dutch premier after Queen Wilhelmina summoned him to Het Loo following failed ministerial bids by Deputies Nolens and de Souvernin Lohman. The Amsterdam Telegraaf reported the announcement via the Exchange Telegraph.
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Wilhelmina
London
Jonukheer Colyn
aDutch
Amsterdam Telegraaf
Exchange Telegraph Company
Nolens
de Sovernin Lohman
Colyn
Hetloo
Caruso Marries Dorothy Park Benjamin in New York
Enrico Caruso the Metropolitan Opera tenor wed Miss Dorothy Park Benjamin at Marble Collegiate church in New York last night. The bride is the daughter of Park Benjamin a patent lawyer and naval and electrical expert of 270 West Seventy third Street. The ceremony was conducted by Reverend Oliver Paul Barnhill.
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New York
Enrico Caruso
Metropolitan Opera Company
Dorothy Park Benjamin
Park Benjamin
West Seventy-third Street
Marble Collegiate Church
Oliver Paul Barnhill
Big Gun Duels Rage With American Army on Aisne Vesle Front
August 22 dispatch reports heavy artillery duels along the Vesle front, frequent patrol clashes and significant fighting near the Aisne and Vesle lines. American units in France repelled German patrols in the Woevre sector with no American casualties reported. A Tour front raid faced a heavy barrage but was met with a counter barrage and rifle fire. London reports July shipping losses for Britain 176,479 tons with allies and neutrals at 126,582 tons.
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Aisne-Vesle
Vesle Front
Robert Z. Cates
Spartansburg
France
Woevre
Tour
London
Admiralty
Britain
Baseball scores from the National and American Leagues
National League results show Chicago 9 over New York 3 and St Louis 3 over Brooklyn 1. Cincinnati 4 beat Philadelphia 3. Pittsburgh 3 over Boston 2. American League games include Philadelphia 4 over Chicago 1. Boston 4 over St Louis 5. New York 5 over Detroit 2. Washington 3 over Cleveland 5.
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Perch
Sewereetweeerentre
Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh - -- Mint
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
S. New York
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Wilson Back at Capital After Manchester Vacation
President Wilson returns to Washington after a brief vacation near Col. House's summer home in Manchester Massachusetts. He spends the morning in his study and presides over a long cabinet meeting in the afternoon before meeting with the Americanization committee and later conferring with Secretary Baker at the State War and Navy building.
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Washington
Wilson
Manchester
Mass
Col. BE. M. House
State, War and Navy
Daker
Prussians near Filmette Surrender to Americans Without Fight
Sixty Prussians, machine gunners, were captured near Filmette north of Pisines after a quiet advance by American detachments. The prisoners, who were awaiting capture, showed intent to surrender if opportunity arose. The Americans said the capture reflected Prussian desertion rather than any credit for a fight. A German prisoner suggested German resolve could grow if battles shift toward Germany.
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Voule
Filmette
Pisines
Iine
Germany
Montanan Sunk by Torpedo Near Foreign Waters
Navy reports the American steamer Montanan of 6650 gross tons was torpedoed and sunk on August 16 with probable civilian and armed guard casualties. Eighty-one survivors landed. The Montanan served the army quartermaster as a supply ship. Navy officials also anticipate the raider Triumph to be captured or destroyed after being seized by a German submarine and sent on a Grand Banks raid. Local Canadian reports confirm Triumph raiding off Nova Scotia sinking several schooners.
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Washington
Montanan
Naval Armed Guard
Navy Department
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
David W. Johnson
Chester C. Eldridge
Triumph
Grand Banks
Coast Guard
Department
Benson
Canadian Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Una P. Sanders
Lunenburg
EB. Piatt Andrew
Gloucester
Mass
Francis J. O’hara
Boston
Lucille Schnare
Wallace Bruce
E. Pratt Andrew
Kormba
British Airmen Down 21 Planes in Daylight Operations
London reports twenty one German aircraft shot down by British flyers and four balloons destroyed in flames. Seven British planes are missing. Bombing sorties dropped fifteen and a half tons of bombs on German targets including Bruges decks and a Phalempin aerodrome.
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London
War Office
Bruges
Phalempim
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Seventeenth Army
General von Be
Gen. Byng
Angre
Flanders
Second Guards
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Foch
Paris
Pimprez
Chiry- Ourscamps
Ailette River
Caruso
Opera
Dorothy P. Benjamin
Big Gun
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Capital
Cabinet
Baker
The
U. S
Navy Department Report
P. Saunders
Francis J. O'Hara
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