Allied Drive in Picardy and Flanders Caps German Retreats
British and French forces push in Amiens salient with Haig reporting gains along the Lys front and in Picardy. Canadian and French troops seize Warvillers Arvillers Beaufort while 17 000 prisoners and 200 guns are captured. U S troops take Fismes Vesle area as tanks and cavalry support clear villages and disrupt German lines.
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Amiens Salient
Field Marshal
Haig
Flanders
Lys
Locon
le Cornet Mule
Quentin
le Petit Pacaut
Lesarr
Picardy
Pierrepont
Arvillers
Rosieres
Rainecourt
Morcourt
le Quentin
le Quesnel
Beaucourt
Lequesnel
Somme
Coun
Framerville
U. S
Paris
Fismeste
Vesle
Fismes
France
J Fismes
Weslern
Plessier
Morlancourt
Foch
the Vesle
The
Braisne
Austria to bear its share in war food burden amid bread price rise
Prince Windisch-Graetz rejects Count Tisza’s charge that Austria shifts army feeding costs to Hungary. He says Austria will bear a fair share only if Hungary does the same, with compensation in goods. The appeal targets the wealthy to curb spending as bread prices soar by 116 percent, fueling urban discontent.
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Basel
Prince Windisch-Graetz
Count Tisza
Austria
Hungary
HM Atrocities Tied to Great Lakes Seaman
John A. Dozier, seaman second class of the Fifth regiment at the naval training station, recalls vivid Allied campaigns including Vimy Ridge and the Somme. He recounts a bombing attack where two comrades were captured, then crucified by Germans, and a machine gun volley was used to end their suffering.
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Great Lakes
John A. Dozier
Naval Training
Dozier
Vimy Ridge
Somme
Government urged to seize packing firms assets and open markets
The federal trade commission urges President Wilson to grant a government monopoly over meat transport rolling stock rail yards refrigerator cars and select cold storage facilities. It calls for central wholesale markets and open, uniform pricing to restore competition in the meat industry.
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Washington
Swift, Armour, Morris,Cudahy
Wilson
Federal Trade Commission
Railroad Administration
Government raises U S grain output forecasts
The monthly government report estimates the United States 1919 crop yields at 878 million bushels of wheat and 2 989 billion bushels of corn based on August 1 conditions. If accurate at harvest, corn would be 170 million bushels below last year with wheat up 228 million bushels. Oats 1 428 billion, barley 282 million, rye 76 7 million.
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Washington
United States
No More U S Volunteers Halts Enlistment in Armed Forces
Washington reports a complete suspension of voluntary enlistment in the army and navy to avoid disrupting industry. The order from Secretaries Baker and Daniels stops all new enlistments until further notice, issued after a Baker-Daniels conference and announced following President Wilson's visit to their offices.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Baker
Daniels
Wilson
War on Japan Considered by Bolsheviks in Russia
Reports from Moscow via Berlin say the Bolshevik government may declare war on Japan though Lenin opposes it. Washington reports Ambassadors and allied diplomats were forced to leave Russia for the Murman coast after Trotzky ordered cables cut, raising concerns of actions against Allied forces at Vladivostok and Archangel.
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Moscow
Berlin
Russia
Japan
Copenhagen
Lenine
Tussia
Washington
State Department
Francis
Murman
Leon Trotzky
Vladivostok
Archangel
McAdoo Presses 80 Percent War Profit Tax
Secretary William G. McAdoo advocates a new revenue provision to tax war profits at 80 percent. He views this as essential to curb profiteering and will push the measure upon returning to Washington. A telegram from Glacier Park dated August 4 urged the tax strongly to the Ways and Means Committee.
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Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
Washington
Witchin
House
Ways and Means Committee
Glacier Park
Cleveland Electricians Strike Shuts Substations
Cleveland Ohio August 9 thousands of workers heading home at six o'clock saw union maintenance electricians in five Cleveland Railway substations cut off the current and walk off the job triggering a strike.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland Railway Company
Norway Loses 856 Ships in German Submarine War
Norway reports July losses of 14 vessels to German submarines. Total wartime losses reach 856 ships aggregating 1,169,587 tons since 1914, per the Norwegian legation in Washington.
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Norway
Washington
German Tongue Banned in Illinois Masonic Lodges
Chicago Aug 8 Grand Master Austin H Scrogin issues order forbidding use of German in Illinois Masonic lodges following a lengthy conference.
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Masons
Chicago
Illinois
Austin H. Scrogin
Malvy Found Guilty in France. Five-Year Banishment
Former interior minister L J Malvy was convicted of communicating with the enemy in Paris on August 8 and sentenced to five years banishment. The ruling excludes civic degradation.
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Police halted a suffrage protest in Lafayette Park opposite the White House. A crowd of women, including Alice Paul, were arrested as officers moved in around the Marquis Lafayette statue where speakers stood. More than 50 arrests followed.
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Washington
Lafayette Park
Marquis Lafayette
Alice Paul
National Woman's Party
Bethlehem Steel Votes $500 Million Bond Issue Mortgage
Bethlehem Steel corporation voted to mortgage its entire property to secure a 500 million dollar bond issue. The move finances war time operation extensions and debt discharge. Newark, New Jersey, August 10.
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Newark
N. J
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Two Ships Sunk by U Boats Off French Coast
Washington reports German submarines off the French coast on August 3 sank the American steamship Lake Portage and the British steamer Berwind. Lake Portage, 1,998 gross tons, was built last year.
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Washington
Berwind
Britons Down a Zeppelin in Night Raid
London officials announce a German Zeppelin was shot down at sea in flames during a night raid on England. A second airship suffered damage in the same operation.
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London
England
Heat Kills Seven in Chicago as City Suffers Heat Wave
Seven people die and more than twenty are prostrated as Chicago endures a heat wave that began Monday with temperatures around 102 degrees by 4 p.m. Officials warn residents to seek shade and stay hydrated amid the dangerous conditions.
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Chicago
U S Regulars to Fight in Siberia Plan Outlined
General March announces the nucleus of American forces for Siberia will be the Twenty-seventh and Thirty-first regiments stationed in the Philippines, joined by U S troops. Maj. Gen. William Graves of Camp Fremont is assigned to command the force. no joint allied commander or sailing details announced.
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March
Washington
William §. Graves
Camp Fremont
Cal
Siberia
Philippines
United States
Wilson
State Department
Graves
Plans U S Army of 5 000 000
General March told the senate military committee the war department aims to raise about 5,000,000 men as soon as possible under the administration man power bill extending draft ages to forty five. He did not think a recall of Congress necessary before recess ends August 24. Senator Cham berlain said Secretary Daniels or Admiral Benson would be invited to discuss extending the draft to the navy.
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Washington
Administration
General March
Senate Military Committee
War Department
March
Congress
Wadsworth
Navy
Chamberlain
National League President Tener Resigns
The resignation of John K. Tener as National League president was received at the New York office on Tuesday. Tener had led the league for several years after serving as governor of Pennsylvania and had become tied to a large contracting firm in New York and Philadelphia, with business pressure said to have pulled him away from baseball.
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New York
John K. Tener
National Baseball League
League
Tener
Pennsylvania
New York City
Philadelphia
Auto crash in Racine leaves five dead
A touring automobile carrying four adults and a child crashed north of Racine killing John Hjorth factory manager of Mannbohm Motors Racine his wife Mrs John Hjorth their daughter Elsie Hjorth and Elmer Hjorth brother of John home on furlough from Camp Gordon Atlanta The party was returning from Milwaukee.
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Racine
Wis
Milwaukee Electric
Here
John Hjorth
Mannbohm Motors Company
Elsie Hjorth
Elmer Hjorth
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Milwaukee
Soldiers to Lose Vote in Illinois Absent Service Law
Springfield Aug 7 Illinois soldiers with the American expeditionary forces overseas will not be able to vote under the absent voters in military service law. Attorney General Brundage says the war department ruling makes the state law ineffective.
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Springfield
Illinois
Brundage
Emmerson
War Department
Austro German Reinforcements Reported for Italian Albanian Fronts
Rome dispatches via Washington indicate Swiss reports that Austro German reinforcements are being sent in large numbers to both the Italian and Albanian fronts.
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Italy
Washington
Rome
Switzerland
Sick and Wounded Soldiers Landed From AEF Hospitals
Washington reports for the week ended August 2 censused 159 sick and wounded soldiers arriving from the American Expeditionary Forces and sent to several army hospitals for treatment.
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Washington
United States
Storm destroys hangars at Gerstner field near Lake Charles
Tropical storm damages Gerstner aviation field twenty two of twenty four hangars blown down in Lake Charles Louisiana. Many airplanes destroyed or swept away as the storm hits the region.
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Lake Charles
Gerstner Aviation Field
Detroit Street Car Fares Raised
Detroit United Railway announced fare increases effective today. Cash fares rise to 4 cents or ten tickets for 55 cents, replacing the previous flat 5-cent charge.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit United Railway
Draft Bill Upped Ages for Military Service in Congress
Washington August 7 The administration bill expands draft ages to eighteen to forty five and is likely to pass. Crowder proposes a September five national registration with weekly registration for twenty one year olds to raise about two hundred thousand draftees. The bill allows the president to draft as he prescribes and grants an option for neutrals who declare intent to become U.S. citizens to withdraw that intent and be barred from naturalization.
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Washington
Congress
General Crowder
Chamberlain
United States
Mrs Wilson Launches Quistconck at Hog Island
Philadelphia observers report the cargo carrier Quistconck, the first ship built at the Hog Island plant, launched Monday afternoon with Mrs. Wilson and the President present. About 50,000 onlookers cheered as the ship slid into the water and the President waved his hat in response to the crowd.
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Philadelphia
United States
Torpedo hits Warilda killing many aboard near home port
London reports 123 dead after a torpedo sinks the Warilda on a return voyage from France. About one hundred wounded were landed at a British port. Two American officers and five privates were aboard. both officers survived.
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London
France
Three Firms Charged in Price Fixing Complaints
Accusations issued in Washington on August 10 allege attempts to enforce resale price maintenance by Vortex Manufacturing of Chicago and two other firms based in New York and Ohio.
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Washington
Vortex Manufacturing Company
Chicago
New York
Ohio
Louisiana ratifies federal prohibition amendment in house vote
Baton Rouge Aug 10 Louisiana has ratified the federal prohibition amendment with the house voting 69 to 51 after the senate approved earlier in the week.
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Louisiana
Baton Rouge
House
Senate
U.S. Lieutenant Killed, Five Sailors Injured in British Port Blast
In London a U S A lieutenant Frank Foster Poss from Providence R I was killed and five sailors were injured when a holler explosion struck an American ship in a British port on Monday.
Draft Board Members to Receive Deferred Classification
General Crowder announced deferred classification would be granted to all members of local draft boards affected by the proposed draft age extension if the bill passes.
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St. Paul, Minn
Crowder
Lenine declares state of defense as war with Entente exists
Consul Poole reports Lenine told a Moscow soviet gathering that a state of defense exists between Russia and the Entente. Tchitcherin says it is not a declaration of war. Allies' forces operate on the Murman coast and archangel incidents prompt evacuations. Japan names Gen Ozana to lead its Siberian expedition task force.
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Washington
Poole
Moscow
State Department
Lenine
Tchitcherin
Commissionaire of Foreign Affairs
Russia
Germany
Murman
Archangel
Onega
United States
Kikuzo Ozana
Japan
Siberia
Auto makers urged to shift to 100 percent war work
Washington reports that the War Industries Board urged passenger automobile manufacturers to convert plants to total war production by January 1, 1919. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce received the information after volunteers proposed a 50 percent curtailment. The board warned there is no guaranteed material supply in advance.
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Washington
War Industries Board
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Exemption Plan for Married Men in Draft Reform
Secretary Baker disclosed new draft rules under consideration by the War Department. He testified before the Senate Military Committee urging quick passage of the age limit extension and proposed that marriage itself may create a deferred classification with a standard set of questions for registrants and automated rules for classification.
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Washington
War Department
Baker
Senate Military Committee
Roosevelt Ends Maine Vacation As He Heads To New York
Former President Theodore Roosevelt completes a two week Maine coast visit with his daughter Mrs. Richard Derby. He departs Dark Harbor with Mrs. Roosevelt and travels to New York.
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Roosevelt
New York
Dark Harbor
Maine
Richard Derby
Tower Falls In Detroit Grain Elevator Tower Collapse
Three men were killed and two injured when a marine tower at a Detroit grain elevator collapsed on the river front. The workers were in the tower when it toppled over without warning.
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Tower Falls
Detroit
Mich
Minnesota Governor Upheld by Supreme Court Action
The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld the governor and Adjt. Gen. W. F. Rhinow for using state troops to reclose three saloons at Blooming Prairie Minnesota.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota Supreme Court
Burnquist
Adjt
W. F. Rhinow
Blooming
Prairie
Vienna to expand bread rationing with price hike
Vienna will require full bread rations after next Sunday with a 16 percent price increase, according to the Weser Zeitung Bremen correspondent.
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Vienna
Amsterdam
Weser Zeitung
Bremen
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