British Capture and Hold Outtersteen Ridge at Merris Town
Allied forces report progress as British troops secure Outtersteen ridge in front of Morris, repelling a fierce German counter attack with heavy losses to the enemy. London and Paris dispatches note prisoners captured and continued pressure along the Lys salient and Aisne sector.
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France
Ieuter’s
Paris
Avre
War Office
London
Melville
Lys Salient
Field Marshal Haig
Outtersteen
Meteren
St. Mardles-Triat
Roye
Beauvragnes
St. Marc
Outtersteen Ridge
Morris
Cmy
Bailleul
le Hammel
Oise
Ribecourt
Isigny
Gise
Assoc. Preas
Athe
Marne
Picardy
Carlepont
Fontnay
Aisne
Soissons
Nampoel
Nouvron-Vingreave
Audignicourt
Nouven Vingre
Vesle
Hardy
Goriman
Armentieres
Marshal Haig
Qauze Unp
Flood Strikes Tung Khang River Area in Hong Kong
Five thousand residents are homeless and 200000 people lack adequate food after floods from the Tung Khang river. The American Red Cross is delivering temporary relief.
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Hong Kong
Tung Khang River
Hed Cross
General March forecasts large German retirement in Picardy
Washington noted in General Marchs semi weekly briefing that the Picardy battle shows German retreat on the front. He disclosed American overseas troops exceed 1 450 000 and that 80 divisions are to be in France by June 30 1910.
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Washington
Picardy
General March
United States
March
Foch
Pershing
France
Junne
Senate Military Committee
Transport Service
Industrial workers of the World leaders fined in wartime trial
Chicago reports that one hundred IWW leaders were found guilty of conspiracy to disrupt the nation’s war program after a one hour jury deliberation. Willian Db. Big Bill Haywood sits among the defendants facing up to 27 years in prison and a $1000 fine. arguments for a new trial set for next week.
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Chicago
Industrial Workers of the World
Willian Db
Big Bill Haywood
I.W. W
Movement of Japanese Troops Delayed at Pekin Front
The movement of Japanese troops from Chang-Chun on the Mukden Harbin line to the Minohuria Sierpan front is delayed as Tokyo demands control of Chinese Kaastran railways. Chinese officials with Entente support refuse to allow Japan to seize the railway assets. Paper prices rise in Pekin as a side note.
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Pekin
Chang-Chun
Mukden-Harbin
Minohuria-Sierpan
Japan
Premier Stewart Attends Public Meeting in Empress Theatre
Premier Stewart with Hon. C. R. Mitchell visits Demonstration Farm and industrial district, lunches with Rotary Club, then speaks at a public meeting in the Empress Theatre. Mayor Brown to chair. City Council to adjourn to attend. Tomorrow he tours Canada Land and Irrigation tract and heads to Lethbridge for a Tuesday address.
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Stewart
C. R. Mitchell
Ald. Burns
Rotary Club
Empress Theatre
Brown
Canada Land and Irrigation Company
Bow Island
Lethbridge
Donation From W W McNeely To Horticultural Society
W W McNeely sends ten dollar donation to the Horticultural Society and says it is an honor to be a patron or connected with such an excellent organization. He praises the president and officers for their work and notes Medicine Hat gardens meet the standard and will aid Southern Alberta with foodstuffs.
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W. W. McNeely
Horticultural Society
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Women Fight for 5 Shillings Bonus in London Street Cars
London reports women streetcar conductors refuse to operate crews until awarded a weekly five shilling bonus already given to men. The action gains active support from male conductors and drivers, causing many workers to lose their positions or faces of employment due to halted service.
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London
Mrs Mooney Bail Refused Substitution for Cash Bond
In San Francisco on August seventeenth Superior Judge Frank W H Dunne denied a motion to substitute Liberty bonds for Mrs Rena Mooney's fifteen thousand dollar cash bail. The bonds could be placed with a security firm but state law barred the court from accepting them. Mrs Mooney is indicted for murder in a bomb explosion case and is free on bail pending related trials. Her husband Thomas J Mooney awaits death sentence after a murder conviction in the tomb blast case. The News Want Ad column is cited.
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San Francisco
Rena Mooney
Frank WH. Dunne
Dunne
Thomas J. Mooney
German war experts claim equilibrium restored on western front
Analysts in German papers say the front is settling after surprise Allied advances. Captain Von Selmann in Vossische Zeitung notes troop shifts from the Aisne toward the Somme and suggests a separate American army group forming, driven by American pride.
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Amsterdam
Geran
von Selmann
Berlin
Tupper Criticizes Borden in Vancouver Interview
Sir Charles Tupper back from England criticizes Premier Borden for what he calls timid statements. He urges stronger Canadian stance at the Pacific possessions issue and supports Hughes on German possessions. He urges boycott talk and notes France would block raw materials postwar to curb Germany’s war effort.
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Vancouver
Charles Obert Tupper
K.C
England
Vancouver World Today
Borden
Great Britain
Canada
Hughes
Australia
Pacific
Sir Charles
General Pau
France
Germany
Grain prices in Winnipeg market report
Winnipeg grain prices dated Aug 19 show Oats with spot and future quotes including Dec and Oct contracts. Values listed include oats at 84 3 8 to 80 5 8, and lax figures per contract month. Additional figures present for other grains and months.
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Winnipeg
Belated word on fall of Irkutsk reported by consular dispatch
A belated dispatch from American Consul Harris at Irkutsk dated July 22 and received at the state department on Aug 18 announces the capture of Irkutsk by the Czechoslovaks with Siberian forces on July 7. The report notes Moscow bank moves and a Russian seizure of American propaganda.
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Washington
Irkutsk
Lake Baikal
Harris
State Department
Stockholm
Helsingfors
Pétro
State Bank
Moscow
Amsterdam
Vienna
America
Russia
Amarica
Horticultural Society Contest At Cecil Hotel Grounds
The Horticultural Society will hold judging at the Cecil Hotel grounds on Tuesday and Wednesday. Contestants are urged to display their best hill of potatoes and stakes.
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Cecil Hotel
Telegram notice of wounded and dead soldiers
A morning telegram to Mrs Bistbeth Mathews reports Private George Benjamin Mathews of the Atting Lance Corps dangerously wounded in Alexandra Military Hospital Cosham. The message also notes Murphy Baldwin admitted to No 4 General Hospital Danes Carneton after a gunshot wound to the left thigh. A wire says Pte Malcolm Irvine of the 173th Battalion is hospitalized from a wrist wound.
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Bistbeth Mathews
Eleventh Street
Lance Corps
George Benjamin Mathews
Alegandra
Cosham
John Baldwin
Qi Fifth St
Murphy) Baldwin
Iron Cross
Malcolm Irvine
W.t
Houpitel
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Somme
Lorraine
Ballieu
Vieux-Berquin
Gen
News Want
Tupper
Robert Borden
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