Italians and Canadians Fight on Aisne Verdun Fronts and Lens
Desperate battles across the Italian front near Gorizia and Bainsizza plateau with Alpine troops and air bombardment. Paris reports renewed German assaults on Aisne Verdun fronts repulsed. Canadians consolidate gains west of Lens with trenching, patrol clashes, and increased machine-gun captures as weekly casualties exceed 1,000.
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Monte Tonale
Monte Pasubio
Paris
Aisne
Verdun
War Office
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Oasttaverne
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Margicourt
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Malakoff
Petrograd
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K Vasaghely
Soveia
Danube
Black Sea
Ordu
Trebizond
Lens
Ottawa
Ont
General Cadorna presses Italian attack on Austrian positions
Italian forces under General Cadorna unleash a heavy artillery barrage along a 37 mile front. About 2000 guns of all calibers fire ceaselessly as infantry assaults push forward. Prisoners report silenced Austrian batteries and wavering morale amid the sustained bombardment. Weather is described as fair and cool.
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American Press Association
Cadorna
Markets Report Hogs and Cattle Prices Across Regions
Chicago and Kansas City live stock markets show varied receipts and steady to higher quotes for hogs cattle and sheep. East Buffalo prices list prime steers and hogs with steady trade. grains and produce also quoted along with vegetables fruits and poultry rates. Berlin reports on Reichstag reforms and Michaelis new council aimed at peace note replies.
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Kansas City
East Buffalo
Smoke Producers to Shield Ships From Submarines
Thousands of smoke producers are being mobilized in Delaware to protect American troop, food and munition ships from submarines. From October 1 ships may not leave ports unless equipped, and vessels must also be camouflaged under naval board plans. Details are kept secret. experts warn disclosure would aid the enemy.
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Washington
Delaware
Naval Consulting Board
Admiral Rousseau
German chemist Edward Buchner dies in war wounds
Copenhagen Aug 28 Dr Edward Buchner professor of chemistry at the University of Wurzburg and a major at the front has died of wounds. His death follows Adolf Von Baerer, leaving two of Germanys greatest chemists lost within a week.
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Copenhagen
Edward Buchner
University of Wurzburg
Adolf von Baerer
Japan to Offer Use of Shipyards for War-Time Trade
Washington August 28 Japan will grant use of its shipyards to build ships for Atlantic or Pacific trade. Viscount Ishii likely to make the offer this week in exchange for a relaxation of the steel embargo. Japan may defer Open Door, Pacific German possessions, and immigration issues until after the war.
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Washington
Japan
Pacific
Viscount Ishii
Russia
China
America
Crocker Land Mirage Debunked By Arctic Explorer
Donald B. MacMillan arrives in Sydney aboard the Neptune after four years in polar regions and says Crocker Land does not exist. He asserts Rear Admiral Peary mistook a vivid mirage for land, then proves the supposed region lies elsewhere.
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Sydney
N. S
Crocker
Four New York Traitors Held for Treason
Albany Aug 28 Four men were arrested on charges of distributing treasonable literature and held in 5000 bail each for examination. Named are Clinton Pierce former Albany Socialist party local leader Angelo Cree Charles A Zeilman and Charles Nelson. Nelson had passed the draft physical. The circulars were described as a protest against the selective draft law.
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Aus
United States
Borden H. Milly
Clinton Pierce
The
Socialist Party
Angelo Cree
Charles A. Zeilman
Charles Nelson
Nelson
National Army
Navy seeks 350 million for new destroyers program
Secretary Daniels plans to ask Congress this week for 350 million dollars to expand shipyards and build engine and boiler plants for a large destroyer program. Navy designers work on standardized destroyer plans to enable mass production of submarines and lead in naval power.
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Washington
Secreta Daniels
Congress
Navy
Territory gains report of air bombardment near Amsterdam
Reports say missiles from unknown nationality airmen fell near the frontier at Gadsand in Zeeland. No damage or injuries were recorded as the territory remained unaffected.
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Amsterdam
Gadsand
Zeeland
Wilson Rejects Pope Benedict Peace Plea In World War I
The United States plans to reject the pope's peace proposals citing failure to demand the overthrow of Germany's autocracy. Wilson also sent a cordial message to the Russian Great Council in Moscow pledging support for democracy and mutual aid. Russia says it will ignore the pope's note since it mentions no Russia. Paris press ridicules Michaelis plan to form a fourteen member committee to draft Germany's reply to the pope.
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United States
Pope Benedict
Germany
State Department
Great Council of the Russian People
Moscow
Great Council
Russia
Woodrow Wilson
Petrograd
Benedict
Peice Pour Parlers
New
Michaelis
Paris
Frence
Berlin
Reichstag
Petit Parisien
BASBA results spread across major matches
BASBA results show Chicago Brooklyn lineups with Coombs Miller and Ilijett Sil Hoefer versus Douglas Prendergast and Ilijett. New York Pittsburgh with W Wagner Cooper and Benton Rariden. Philadelphia St Louis with Horstman Doak Ames Snyder and Mayer Bender Killifer. Boston Cincinnati with Regan Wingo Tyler Tragesser.
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Brooklyn
Coombs
Miller
Douglas
Prendergast
Ilijett
Silhoefer
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Pittsburgh
W. Wagner
Cooper
Benton
Rariden
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St. Louis
Horstman
Doak
Ames
Snyder
Mayer
Bender
Killifer
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Regan
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Tyler
Tragesser
Baseball Scores Around the League Highlight Mixed Results
In Chicago New York games the Cubs and Yankees posted varied totals while Detroit beat Boston 5 to 8 with Ruth and Thomas contributing for Detroit. St Louis faced Philadelphia with Seibold Schang leading St Louis to an 8 11 loss and Sotheron Molyneaux Severeld on the Philadelphia side. Cleveland defeated Washington 11 to 9 with Harper Gallia Shaw Johnson and Ainsmith strong for Cleveland as Klepfer Coombe Morton Coveleskie and O Neil tallied for Washington.
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New York
Cullop
Shawkey
Alexander
Nanamaker
Girotte
Faber and Schalk
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Boston
Ruth
Thomas
James and
Stanage
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Philadelphia
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Gallia
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Ainsmith
Klepfer
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Morton
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O'Neil
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