French Tenth Army Advances Two Miles on Ten Mile Front
French forces push two miles deeper along a ten mile front from the Aisne to the Oise as Roye nears encirclement and Soissons positions risk German retirement toward the Chemin des Dames. Local gains near Lassigney and Morsain signal widening pressure, while British lines hold and French actions extend toward Pimprez and Dreslincourt as Erxtry. American troops report capturing sixty Prussian machine gunners near Fismes without a shot fired, taking prisoners from a company that had been in June.
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Geynan
Aisne
Oise
London
Soissons
Lassigney
Roye
Roy
Somme
Flanders
Vasseris
Morsain
Dreslincourt
Thiescourt
Pimprez
Ribecourt
Cilly
Lys
Britis
Merville
Locon
St. Venant
Racquemont
Fenduwood
Beuvragnes
Beuvraignes
Matz
la Privim Farm
Fresnieres
Arbe-de-Canny
Lassigny
Rue- es-Boucandes
Orval
le Hamel
Pamprez
Noyon
Ametic
Westerant
Fismett
Fismes
Prissiand Wey
Alli
Registrars Needed for September 5 Registration
The draft board seeks additional volunteer registrars for the September 5 registration. Few have offered help so far while arriving numbers rise. More assistants will be required for the August 24 registration in the new area as the pool of registered men grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P All. Theo Have Beake
Allied forces push into Merville sector with gains in France
British and French armies reported continued advances on the Western Front on August 20. Haig’s troops moved four miles deeper in the Merville region near the Lys salient as Germans withdrew toward stronger lines. French forces extended their advance from Plessy le Val to Bellfontaine and toward Noyon, achieving gains along a difficult front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Haig
Merwille
Les Salient
London
Plessy-le-Val
le Four-a- Verre
Bellfontaine
Bicrancourt
Morsain
Osly- Courtil
Aisne
Courtil
Soissons
Lassigny Massif
Noyon
Noxon
Merville
Lys
Calais
Germany
Rese
Germatt
Dames
Husband Elected for Officers School at Saumur
Mrs. Otto Ellis reports her husband has been chosen as a candidate for commission and will attend the officers training camp for artillery at Saumur France. He was selected after a competitive examination and formerly served with the headquarters regiment. He has been in service six months and previously worked as an advertising solicitor in Wichita and on the Lawrence Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto
Ellis
Artillery
Saumur
France
Headquarters Regiment
Ince
Wichita
Lawrence Gazette
Draft list for Aug. 30 call released by draft board
A tentative August 30 draft call of twenty one Douglas agency men for Fort Riley was announced by George C. Brune. The list includes Hugo T. Wedell and Cromwell Tucker among others, with one nonpassing case to be filled by an alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Agenty
Fort Riley
George C. Brune
Selective Service Board
Wid
Hugo T. Wedell
University
Wedell
Camp Crane
Allentown
Cromwell Tucker
Julius Marks
Clarence Hodson
Roy. S. Orr
Arthur L. Kraus
Walter H. Welborn
Bruce H. Cummings
Herbert H. Laurent
Louis N.grosdidier
Fred Deck
Herbert L. Glaser
Philip A. Volgier
Edgar M. Landis
Oliver P. Schutz
Melvin A. Fletcher
Clyde Nichols
George C. Tucker
George H. Beach
Morton. H. McKean
Armstrong Martin
Dudolph Houk
Red Cross appoints A B Jones to France transport post
Announcement from the American Red Cross names A B Jones second vice president of B F Goodrich Rubber Co. as post director of transport and distribution in France. He will coordinate military and Red Cross efforts, handling travel warehousing and care for French civilians moved from danger zones. Jones, born Mt Holly New Jersey, Princeton 1896 graduate, rose through Pennsylvania Railroad to a divisional superintendent before joining Goodrich Akron operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
A. B. Jones
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Co
Red Cross
France
H. F. Davidson
Atterbury
Jones
Major Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad System
Mt.Holly
New Jersey
Princeton
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Rodman
Akron
Goodrich Company
Had Landlady's Watch Arrest Of Young Man Winger
Elmer Winger age 19 was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Chas Crowder while mounting a horse to flee town with a watch owned by his landlady Mrs Saueressig of 874 Rhode Island Street. He faces arraignment before Justice John Clark this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Winger
Chas, Crowder
Saueressig
Rhode Island Street
Winger
John Clark
Pauline Doggett Returns From Independence Kansas
Miss Pauline Doggett arrived home this morning after spending the weekend in Independence Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Doggett
Independence
Kansas
Paving Delays on Edge Hill Road Over Plats Dispute
City commission delayed Edge Hill Road paving as two official plats of Ft Thatches Place addition fail to match lot lines. Union Pacific asks halt pending wartime curtailments. City Attorney says one plat must be abandoned to determine assessments and proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Thatches Place
Edge Hill
City Commission
Nan
Walter Thiele
Bridge Street
Locust Street
W. W. Halyfield
Mayer
Kreeck
Union Pacific
Director of Railways
University Enlists Students for Special S A T C Induction
Major Bruno T. Scher announced new draft rules allowing all students to join the Students Army Training Corps while their status is set. Induction will occur after registration with class five D status, enabling continued schooling until orders arrive, then deployment per university military needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alt. C
Army Training Corps
Amiade
Bruno T. Scher
Scher
Free TB inspections offered for pure-bred cattle
Local farmers may apply now for government TB inspections of pure-bred herds, with annual checks free of charge. If a herd passes twice in a row, the owner receives a certificate of pure-bred dairy status, reducing future inspections. Federal services may require several farmers to request the program directly through county agent F. T. Rees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. T. Rees
United States
Lawrence
Mr. Rees
Switch failure lights South Park and White Way daytime
Mayor George L. Kreeck told the city commission that a defective automatic switch caused lights to burn in daylight in South Park and the White Way. The city pays a flat rate, so extra daytime illumination does not cost the city money, but the mayor said he had notified the light company several times about the faulty switch which remains unrepaired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park, and
White Way
George L. Kreeck
Government Seizes Delvf Wheat for Germany Trade
Aug 20 New York authorities announce seizure by the government of 1.057,000 bushels of de-viti tised wheat gluten intended for Germany via Switzerland. The grain, once about 290,000 bushels, was found in June in a warehouse ready for overseas shipment and will be sold at public auction on August 26. President Wilson ends vacation and returns to Washington aboard a special train with Mrs Wilson arriving at the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hun
New York
Germany
Switzerland
A. Mitchell Palmer
Aucion
Douglas County Fair Association Stockholders Meet Today
Stockholders of the Douglas Cou Fair Association are holding a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon to discuss fair plans and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Cou Fair Association
Chamber of _Commerge
Fourth crop of corn expected in Douglas county
Intense heat and protracted dryness have caused corn leaves to dry and fall. Local agriculturalists estimate a twenty five percent crop this year, with many fields a complete loss or partial yield. Fred T. Rees advises quick silage, shock, and silo storage as stalks lose fodder value. Rain could not save all, uplands hit hardest, later corn may fare better if moisture returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Fred T. Rees
Rees
Suppression of Vessel Movement News Extended by Post Office
The Postal Bulletin reports a new ruling extending secrecy on vessel movements. News coverage of sailing, departure, location, or destination for ships bound to foreign or American waters is forbidden to publishers. Inland waterway traffic remains excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice Department
Postoffice
Secretary of the Navy
Petrograd Starving Hunger Ruptures Martial Law
Amsterdam dispatch reports Petrograd rioters clash with Lettish guards during food shortages. After two days without food, workers marched through streets shouting anti German and anti Kremlin slogans as martial law was proclaimed at Smolny Institute amid the battle, with hundreds killed or wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Petrograd
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Co
Berlin
Kremlin
Smolny Institute
Allstar and Indian Scalp clash in Twilight League showdown
The Allstar team from Lawrence and Guard faces Haskell tonight in a tight Twilight League game. Indians have won five straight and are seen as league class, while the Allstars expect a unified offense to halt their pennant push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allstar
Lawrence
Guard
Haskell
Indians
Allstars
Shotguns Reported in German War Dispatches
German war correspondents say guns seized from the 77th Marine Regiment were shotguns carrying five buckshot cartridges each. They claim using such arms violates the Geneva convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
77Th Marine Regiment
Funeral for David R. White at United Brethern Church
The funeral for David R. White will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at the United Brethern Church with Rev. N. M. Huffman officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David R. White
United Brethern Church
N. M. Huffman
Bumper Wheat Crops in England Report Declared
London August 20 England's grain crop this year will be the largest since 1868 according to Sir Charles Fielding deputy director general of food production, as stated to the Daily Mail. The report highlights a bumper wheat yield across the nation with favorable weather contributing to record levels and potential impacts on prices and supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Sir Charles
Fielding E Ditary
Rms
The
Daily Mail
District Tribunal classifies twenty six county men into Class One
Twenty six Douglas county men were placed in Class One by the district board at Topeka. The action affected forty two 1918 registrants, with roughly seventy five Class One men total. Most will not be called this month due to remaining 1917 reclassifications and appeals. Agricultural deferments were claimed by 23 of the Class One entrants, three cited industrial reasons, and several more were placed in Class Two or Three for agricultural or dependent claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas County
Topeka
District Board
Agricultural
Frank A. Patty
Sumner S. Rogers
Lanty Braboier
Matthew W. Morgan
Harry BE. Unger
Roy L. Hughs
Hubert L .Cox
Louis H. Wiser
Byron J.root
Forest
Savage
Ralph I. Votan
Elmo FE
Copeland
Wotan
Albert Pardee
Carl Hillt
Harry M
Germans Desperate Are Weaker on the Western Front
London reports via the Paris Mail correspondent from The Hague that German strength on the western front may be weaker than Allied claims. Colonge district details include halved leave, hastened hospital transfers, front letters cut, deserters sent to the front, wounded soldiers hurried west with bandages. Report also claims Germany sent more rations to French prisoners to aid striking neutral laborers due to food shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pail Mail
The
Hague
Germany
Cologne
Price back in the U S from France with 137th Infantry
Mrs R M Price received a telegram from her husband Robert M Price stating he has arrived in New York. He did not specify his reason but hinted at an early furlough and expected to return home. He departed Wednesday for France with Company H 137th Infantry as the 34th Division left the country last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S.ja
Reret
Robert M. Price
New York
United States
France
H. 137Th Infantry
Lists Getting Shorter Washington Aup
Today's army casualty lists contain 275 names of American Expeditionary Forces. They are divided as killed in action 147 dead of disease 7 missing in action 2 wounded severely 109 dead of wounds 1 dead of accident 4 surrendered undetermined 4 and prisoner 1.
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Washington
Baptists to Host Henderson Martin on World Democracy
Henderson Martin will speak on World Democracy before the union prayer meeting at First Baptist Church. The address is set for Wednesday night at eight o'clock with services led by the church union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson Martin
First Baptist Church
Politician’s wakeup about warm enemies and cold friends
A quotation characterizes a politician as the man who finally wakes and realizes he has many warm enemies and cold friends surrounding him. The line reflects on political trust and shifting loyalties.
Kansas Weather Forecast Amid Partly Cloudy Skies
Partly cloudy conditions extend across the state with a cooler feel in the western region. Temperatures ranged from mild this morning to cooler at 8 p.m. yesterday and 8 a.m. today as the day progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Allies Worry as Teuton Armies Press Attacks Across Front
Paris Aug 20 Allied operations between the Somme and Aisne over the past two days kept Germans on alert and hindered Ludendorff from regrouping. French forces seized Vassens, with French 10th Army advancing 10 miles front and up to two miles deep between Oise and Aisne. British repelled four German assaults near Chilly and advanced in Lys salient with 182 Germans captured.
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Paris
Somme
Aisnes
Ludendorff
Vassens
Morain
Oise
Aisne
Lassigny
Dreslincourt
Nancy
London
10Th
Chilly
Boye
Diew
Berguion
Outtersteen
Lys Salient
Alive Not Killed fit for Further Service in France
Charles Knight, once reported killed in action after serving with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, is alive but unfit for active service. Recovered letters show prior notices misinformed. officials say his status was mistaken and letters should be addressed to Charles Wright. Knight previously served in the American navy before joining Canada’s forces four years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Charles Knight
Lawrencé
Knight
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
Charles Wright
County Teachers Institute Held Amid Morning Session
County teachers met for the third annual Institute in Topeka as principal speakers Maud Sproat and A Schwegier urged enrollment. The meeting discussed a meat fee of one dollar and highlighted upcoming work with visiting Dr. and Mrs. Land and J. Lane, county superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Herek
Eeord
An . J. Lane
A. Schwegier
Maud Sproat
Topek
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Allies
Serinan
Vesle River
Italy
Padua
Venice
Adriatic Sea
Asiago
Teutons
Piave Front
Nieux- Berquin
Hasebrook, Brailleul
Scarpe River
Hugo Wedell
NAM
Goodrich Rubber Co
Hein Hill
U. P
Institute Tqpen
Mrs. J. B
Elden
Mrs. Land
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