Austro German Leaders Push for Peace Terms
Zurich dispatch notes Clerical Center leader Erzberger saying talks with Lloyd George could start peace negotiations. German Chancellor Michaelis argues Britain rejects peace by understanding, while Austria-Hungary backs an honorable peace but vows last-ditch fight if no basis for reconciliation is found.
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London
Reuter
Zurich
Mathias Hrzberger
Zuericher Nachrichten
Lloyd George
Balfour
Herr Erzberger
Michaells
Michaelle
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Reichstag
Ottokar Czernin von Chudenitz
David Lloyd-George
Michaelis
Lloyd-George
Germany
German submarine sinks giant elevator at Montevideo works
Amsterdam reports a German submarine has sunk a gigantic elevator destined for the Montevideo waterworks in Uruguay. The incident occurred July 31 and is described as part of wartime actions affecting critical infrastructure overseas.
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Amsterdam
Montevideo
Uruguay
French Repulse German Attack On Aisne Front
Paris July 30 German crown prince troops attacked near Hutise farm on the Aisne front. French official statement says the assault was repulsed and that France then conducted an offensive between Hutise farm and La Bovelle gaining ground, especially near Monument.
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Hutcbise Farm
Aisne
Hurteblse Farm
la Bovelle
Monument
London
France
British War Office
Berlin
Flanders
Monchy
Quentin
Lens
Verdun
Belgium
Brugerx
Middlekerke
Chistelles
Citte de Mou Ila
Roumanians Take Ten Villages in New Offensive
Jassy reports the Roumanians occupied ten villages as Austro German forces retreated in disorder. The war office notes the advance reached 12 kilometers from the old front, with 450 prisoners, many guns, and substantial war material falling into Roumanian hands.
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Jassy
War Office
Food bill settles on single food administrator
Washington report: Conferees on the food bill approve President Wilson’s push for one food administrator instead of a three member Senate panel. The appointee will not require Senate confirmation. House plan prevailed with Chamberlain Saath Kenyon and Warren voting. Gore Mitch of Georgia and Page opposed in favor of a three member board.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
House
Chamberlain
Saath
South Carolina
Kenyon
Warren
Goremitch
Georgia
Page
U.S. Women urged to gain all food conservation efforts
President Wilson in a letter to Secretary Houston calls on women to conserve perishable farm products, encourage canning and storage of potatoes vegetables and fruits, and reduce waste to boost wartime food supply and aid transportation efficiency. Hoover praises national food conservation gains and predicts large fruit and vegetable production.
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Wilson
D. F. Houston
Houston
Providence
Department of Agriculture
U. S
Herbert C. Hoover
America
United States
Germany
Hoover
Chicago Rail Strike Ends After Partial Victory
In Chicago 2500 switchmen of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen return to work after a Friday strike over yard master appointments. A seven member board of officers and railroad managers’ representatives will select yardmasters, and returning workers keep seniority.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway Trathmen
Brotherhood
U. S. Sees Plot in Berlin Peace Talk
Washington officials dismiss Germany and Austria’s peace proposals as propaganda to sway neutral opinion. They state Berlin and Vienna act in concert, offer no concessions, and reveal no good faith, noting prior German efforts to align Mexico and Japan against the United States.
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Washington
Germany
Berlin
Vienna
Russia
United States
Michaelis
Czernin
Austria
State Department
Mexico
Japan
Many win lieutenancies for provisional army appointees
Washington July 30 The War Department announced the names of April examination passers for provisional second lieutenants in the regular army from the Middle West and Indiana Illinois Illinois Enrique Roque Chicago Charles Pope 11 Chicago Walter C Armstrong Company 8 Eleventh P T regiment Fort Sheridan Edwin Mortimer Woodward Adin Norman L Baldwin Oak Park Elmer B Hagler Jr Springfield Ridgely T Elliott Troop D First Cavalry I N G Springfield David P Minard Chicago Donovan Yeuell Chicago Charles Walton R O T C Fort Sheridan Claude T Porter Battery D First F A I N G Elmhurst Edwin Shelby Jr Champaign Joseph W Bollenbeck Company 2 Tenth Prov regiment Fort Sheridan Chester G Hadden Chicago Carson G Jennings Joliet Kenneth C Bell Robinson Russell D Barnes Taylorville Indiana James H Genung Jr I F A Carl John Rosenberger Evansville Reade M Ireland Eighth company Ninth regiment R O T C Fort Benjamin Harrison Edwin C Watson Rushville Edwin H Randle Sixth company Ninth division Fort Benjamin Harrison Harold Haney R F D No 6 Brazil Gustav J Braun Indianapolis Don C Faith Company 6 Ninth Provisional Train regiment Fort Benjamin Harrison James M Arthur Indianapolis James W Ennisop Jr Vincennes Asta F Coleman Logansport Robert Tappan Fifth company R O T C Fort Benjamin Harrison Dan W Fuckinger Indianapolis
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Washington
War Department
Middle West
Illinois
Enrique Roque
Chicago
Charles Pope
Walter C. Armstrong
Company 8
Eleventh P. T. Regiment
Fort Sheridan
Edwin Mortimer Woodward
Adin
Norman L. Baldwin
Oak Park
Elmer BE. Hagler, Jr
Springfield
Ridgely T. Elliott
Carson G. Jennings
Joliet
Kenneth C. Bell
Robinson
Russell D. Barnes
Taylorville
Indiana
James H. Genung, Jr
Carl John Rosenberger
Evansville
Reade M. Ireland
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Edwin C. Watson
Rushville
Edwin H. Randle
Edwin H. Randle, Sixth Company, Ninth Division
Harold Haney
Brazil
Gustav J. Braun
Indianapolis
Don C. Faith
Ninth Provisional Train Regiment
James M. Arthur
James W. Enmisop
Vincennes
Asta F. Coleman
Logansport
Robert ©. Tappan
Dan W. Fuckinger
Indianapolls
War budget estimates forecast first year cost over ten billion
Secretary McAdoo submitted wartime financial estimates to Congress showing the first year of the war may cost about 10 735 807 000 dollars excluding loans to allies with potential revenue needs over 6 500 000 000 dollars. Additional Dept expenses push total near 15 to 20 billion with 350 million for the Shipping Board and 288 million for the Navy. Estimates for other branches plus prewar appropriations push the total well above 38 billion.
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McAdoo
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
War Department
Shipping Board
Navy
Foreign Interco
Panama Canal
Postal Service
US Troopship Saratoga Rammed in Atlantic Harbor
The troopship Saratoga was rammed by the Panama as both ships anchored in an Atlantic port on July 31. A deep hole opened in Saratoga’s port quarter but 1,400 soldiers were rescued by lifeboats and tugs with no injuries reported. The Saratoga stayed afloat and was moored at a dock after the collision.
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Atlantic
Saratoga
Panama
Ward Line
Panama Railroad Steamship Line
Russians retreat from Husiatyn on Galician front
Russian troops fall back behind the Russian border at Husiatyn 70 miles east of Halicz Galicia as Austro German forces recapture areas. The front along the Dniester and Pruth rivers sees a German breakthrough while pursuit continues. In the Galician Carpathians Teutons seize Kuty and German forces press on in Roumania along the Putna river.
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Husiatyn
Halicz
Galicia
Dniester
Pruth
Kuty
Galician Carpathians
Ben
Teutons
Roumania
Putna
British cruiser Ariadne torpedoed and sunk
The Ariadne, an 11 000 ton British cruiser launched in 1908, was torpedoed and sunk. Thirty eight crew members were killed in the explosion and the remaining sailors were rescued. The incident is confirmed by the British Admiralty.
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Ariadne
London
Admiralty
World War News Roundup From Across The Nation
Patrick Hogan of New Haven Conn has sent five one dollar bills to support military service. Daniel Wallace, alleged deserter from the British army, was arrested in Davenport Iowa for circulating treasonable literature. Major Dunsworth Captain Brown Brows and Lieutenant Smith flew 58 miles to Bloomington Illinois in 20 minutes. A Japanese destroyer reportedly destroyed a U boat in the Mediterranean. A German spy named George Majors was held in Lexington Kentucky by order of the justice department. Julia Von L Meyer will marry Giuseppe Brambilla in Washington. Five women soldiers of the Battalion of Death were killed in Petrograd. John A Knott of Hannibal Missouri died by his own hand after failing to be reappointed as state oil inspector. One Iowa National Guard company will depart for Deming New Mexico immediately. Senate military affairs committee backs immediate conscription of all men of military age. D G Scofield found dead in Oakland California with bullet wound and revolver beside him. A restatement on military information secrecy urges newspapers to protect lives and war plans while allowing free opinion.
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New Haven
Cad
Daniel Wallace
Davenport
Dunsworth
Brown Brows
Smith
Runtoul
Bloomington
Mediterranean
London
Lexington
United States Department of Justice
George Majors
Julia von L. Meyer
Oficer
Gauseppe Brambilla
Washington
Boston
Petrograd
John A. Knott
Hannibal
Iowa National Guard
Deming
N. M
Des Moines
War Department
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Chamberlain
D. G. Scofield
California Standard ‘Oil Company
Oakland
Cal
Secretaries of War and Navy
America
Otis Dead. LA Times Head Harrison Gray Otis Dies
Gen Harrison Gray Otis, president and general manager of the Los Angeles Times, dies at 80 in Los Angeles at the home of his son in law Harry Chandler. Heart trouble caused death he had a long career as publisher and public figure with a noted dynamiting event in 1910 and subsequent trials.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Harrison Gray Otis
Los Angeles Times
Harry Chandler
General Otis
Washington County
Jobs J. McNamara
James B
James
Johns
Senate panel backs draft by treaty for aliens
With President Wilsons endorsement the foreign relations committee favored a McCumber resolution opening treaty negotiations to draft aliens residing in the United States into the American army.
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U. S. Acta
Washington
Wilson
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
McCumber
Markets Update Show Wheat and Cattle Prices in Brief
The report lists grain prices for spring and hard winter wheats in various grades and sacks, rye prices, and soft wheats in jute bags with several quoted levels. Cattle figures include good to choice, yearlings, and butcher margins with ranges for fair to fancy grades.
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Seringe
Uosceer Conte Salen
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Rockefeller Foundation
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Sorder
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