Allies Drive Deep as Haig Reports Success Near Bapaume
British forces seize Achiet Le Grand Bihucourt and five villages north of Achiet Le Grand on a six mile front near Albert to Grandcourt. Haig says several thousand prisoners taken as French and American troops gain ground along the Oise and Aisne fronts with Mangin and U S forces advancing and Noyon retreating.
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Achiet le Grand
Morlancourt
Teutons
London
Bihucourt
Bapaume
Haig
Albert
Grandcourt
Ancre
Lihone
Chiaulnes
Merentel- Sous-Somme
Herleville
Chuignes
Chuignolles Wood
Chaignolles
Comicourt
Ervillers
Hamlincourt
Boyelles
Berry-Becquerelle
Paris
Oise
Manicamp
Noyon
Noyonu Station
Aisne
Guay
Pont St. March
Aliette
Ailette
Sempigny
Coucy-le-Chateau
Mangin
Juvigny
Soissons
Rupprecht
Echo de Paris
Wumbert
Muangin
French War Office
Anmiens
Bray-Sur-Sonnne
Ield Marshal Haig
Arras
Bray
Somme
Albert-Bray
le Plemont
Moyenneville
Courceles
Achiet-le-Petit
Moyenville
Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre
U. S
Vesle
Fismette
Fismes
Russian Officers Stranded After Fall of Czar
More than 100 Russian army and naval officers in the United States after the fall of Czar Nicholas. Their positions and funds vanished. many are specialists sent to inspect and buy munitions. Limited funds and travel difficulties hinder return, with some asked to join American forces in Siberia.
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Washington
United States
Czar
Nicholas
Russia
Siberia
Grant Has Training Record at Camp Grant
Camp Grant Rockford Aug 23 one hundred twenty five thousand fighting men have graduated from the great war prep school conducted in Camp Grant by the One Hundred and Sixty first depot brigade in the past five months Lieut Col G De Grasse Catlin commanding the huge unit says so in an official report Military experts say never before in warfare history has a training record been equaled by a recruiting machine A veteran Blackhawk division officer told a correspondent US cross section of raw civilians whipped into fighting shape in record time
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Camp Grant
Rockford
G. de Grasse Catlin
United States
Blackhawk
Bolshevik War Declared Worsens U S Russia Rift
In Washington on August 24 the Bolshevik government declares war on the United States. The U S consulate at Petrograd is closed and flag lowered. Americans in Petrograd warned to leave. The Thirty-first Regiment of Regulars arrives at Vladivostok from Manila. Two international councils are to coordinate Allied and American efforts in Russia, one at Archangel under Ambassador Francis, the other at Vladivostok with five officials. Britain, France, and Japan named representatives.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Imbrie
Petrograd
Tetrograd
Vladivostok
Manila
Baker
France
Archangel
Francis
Great Britain
Charles Eliot
Eugene Regnault
Japan
M. Matsuhira
State Department
Senate subcommittee airs aviation report on production delays
Washington August 24 the senate military subcommittee released its aviation report criticizing early war delays while praising progress and urging a separate department of aviation led by a cabinet officer. It notes the $640 million 1917 appropriation was exhausted and $884 million more needed with dishonesty left to the justice inquiry.
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Washington
Senate Military Subcommittee
Department of Aviation
Department of Justice
Charles I E. Hughes
Congress
Tornado devastates Tyler Minnesota killing thirty four
A tornado ripped through Tyler and southeastern Minnesota on Wednesday. Thirty four are dead with twenty missing and one hundred injured. The storm destroyed 40 residences, the hospital, electric plant and water works leaving the city in darkness. The moving picture theater sheltered 200 people while an adjacent restaurant saw walls collapse. Sixteen died in the restaurant and two others were seriously injured.
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Tyler
Minn
Minnesota
Chicago Police Chief Dies After Prolonged Illness
Hermann F. Schuettler, Chicago’s chief of police, died Thursday night at Alexian Brothers hospital after months of illness. He had been on extended leave and returned two months ago from Florida seeking recovery. Born July 14, 1861, he was Chicago’s most famous policeman.
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Chicago
Hermann Ff. Schuettler
Alexian Brothers’ Hospital
Schuettler
Florida
Chief Schuettler
British Ship Losses in July Reported by Admiralty
London reports British shipping losses in July totaled 176,479 tons with allied and neutral losses at 136,582 tons. The British losses surpassed new construction by 34,531 tons.
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London
Admiralty
Britain
Newark Woman Pleads Guilty Wearing Army Uniform
Beatrice Duke of Newark New Jersey pleaded guilty in federal court to unlawful wearing of a United States army officer uniform and received a 20 day jail sentence in Hartford Connecticut on August 23.
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Hartford
Tanker Ablaze Off Atlantic Port Abandoned By Crew
A tanker enveloped in flames was seen off the American coast by a British steamer crew arriving from South American ports. The vessel appeared abandoned.
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U. S
Atlantic
Caruso Marries Dorothy Park Benjamin in New York
Enrico Caruso the opera tenor wed on Tuesday in New York. The bride was Dorothy Park Benjamin daughter of Park Benjamin a patent lawyer and naval and electrical expert.
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Caruso
New York
Enrico Caruso
Dorothy Park Benjamin
Park Benjamin
Mrs. Frederick Knight Logan Organizes War Mothers Club
Mrs. Frederick Knight Logan of Oskaloosa Iowa forms a War Mothers Club with neighbors to aid ambitious young men seeking commissions in the army. The exclusive group provides moral and financial support to capable applicants and asks for no contributions.
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Uncle Sam
Frederick Knight Logan
Oskaloosa
Iowa
United States to Win War in 1919 Says General March
General March told Congress that eighty American divisions of about 45 000 men each could bring the war to a successful conclusion in 1919. He outlined plans to send 250 000 troops monthly to France with potential increases in spring as Germany’s spring offensive is noted.
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Washington
March
House Military Committee
War Department
France
Kahn
Rhine
General March
Great Battle for Chicago War Expo Portrays Multiway Attack
Chicago readers will see a U S government exposition in Grant park from September 2 to 15 showing a simulated air sea and land attack. A flight of ten American and three British planes is crossing the Midwest and will land in Chicago. A dirigible with crew and armament is planned to arrive and a battery of 75 mm shells and artillerymen will be on display.
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Chicago
Grant Park
Freed After Hunger Strike By 23 Suffragists Released
After six days of hunger striking, 23 suffragists were unconditionally released from the DC jail. No official statement was given. Several were serving 15 day sentences. In a separate item, the Senate adopted a resolution urging states to allow absent voting for soldiers and sailors.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Senate
Senate adopts gratitude resolution for war heroes
Washington August 24. Senate adopts a resolution by Senator Jones of New Mexico thanking army and navy men for their war efforts. The measure expresses congressional gratitude and honors service members who contributed to the war effort.
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Washington
Congress
Jones
New Mexico
Senate
Aerial Gunnery Range Authorized Near Fort Worth
Major Deeel, commander of Taliaferro field at Fort Worth, Texas, received Washington approval to lease 11 000 acres in one tract near the base for use as an aerial gunnery range.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Deeel
Taliaferro Field
Washington
U S Seizes German Gluten as War Aid Stopped
The government seized 1 057 000 pounds of de vitalized wheat gluten valued at 200 000 dollars that was intended to reach Germany, announced by the alien property custodian in New York.
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U. S
New York
Germany
Montanan Sunk by Torpedo in Foreign Waters
The American steamer Montanan of 6 650 tons gross was torpedoed and sunk on August 16 with the loss of three civilian crewmen and two naval armed guards. Eighty one survivors were landed. The Montanan served the army’s quartermaster department as a supply ship. Navy officials also report the raider Triumph, captured by a German submarine, is being used to raid Grand Banks fishing fleets off Nova Scotia.
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Washington
Naval Armed Guard
Navy Department
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Montanan
Grand Banks
Department
Benson
Canadian Atlantic
Triumph
Nova Scotia
Una P. Saunders
Lunenburg
E. Platt Andrew
Gloucester
Mass
Francis J. O’hara
Boston
Lucille Lechmare
Myhre
The
Revenue bill advances with 50 percent war profits tax plan
Washington reports the house ways and means committee tentatively adopts a schedule of excess profits taxes. The plan, a McAdoo proposal, includes a 50 percent war profits tax with a flat 10 percent exemption and tiered rates from 35 to 70 percent. The framework allows the treasury to choose the higher of war or excess profits taxes in any case. The schedule remains tentative pending final approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
France Adds Baseball to Army Training for Soldiers
Paris reports the French war ministry ordered baseball to be included in general army training. Officials say athletics boost the average soldier and baseball aids in hard grenade practice.
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Paris
French War Ministry
Private Schroeder Arrested at Camp Grant for Spying Suspected
Camp Grant Illinois August 24 Private Carl John Schroeder of the 301st Infantry was arrested on suspicion of intending to convey valuable information to the enemy.
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Camp Grant
Ill
Carl John Schroeder
Three Hundred and Worty-first Infantry
Anthracite Production Shows Week Decline
Washington reports for the week ending August 17 anthracite coal output at 1,588,416 tons, down 51,088 tons from the prior week. Since April 1 total production stands at 31,378,364 tons.
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Washington
U S Ensign Sets Record For 30 Hour Patrol
London reports Ensign BP J Barnes of the U S Navy patrols a dirigible off the English coast for 30 straight hours breaking the prior flight duration record. The record improves on the previous mark held by his predecessor.
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U. S
London
BP. J. Barnes
United States Navy
Hhn
Four Deserters Sentenced to Five Years Each in Arkansas
Four men convicted of army desertion in Little Rock are sentenced to five years of hard labor in prison. The deserters named are Jesse Blakely, C. C. Blakely, Lee T. Murtio, and John W. Lenrod.
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Little Rock
Ark
Lye Cours
Prigen
Nye
Jesse I
Blakely
C. C. Blakely
Lee T. Murtio
John W. Lenrod
Riotous Petrograd clashes unleash Lettish guard battle
Amsterdam dispatch cites Petrograd advices of mass casualties as Lettish guards clash with rioters before the Smolny institute. Martial law declared in Petrograd as workers march and denounce Germans and the Kremlin. Japan reports landing of troops at Nikolayevsk to protect allied citizens per unofficial Tien Tsin source.
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London
Petrograd
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Kremlin
Smolny Institute
Nikolaievsk
Tien Tsin
Harrison Wins Mississippi Senate Nomination Over Vardaman
In Mississippi primaries held Tuesday Pat Harrison defeated Senator James K. Vardaman with about a two to one margin. News boosted by President Wilson's letter criticizing Vardaman's record. Vardaman defended his loyalty while noting frequent disagreements with the president.
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Jackson
Miss
Pat Harrison
United States Senate
James K. Vardaman
Mississippi
Harrison
Vardaman
Wilson
Submarine Sunk Near Virginia Coast Claims Mixed Reports
The U S navy says a captain reported ramming a submarine near Winter Quarter shoal off northern Virginia about 9 30 p m on August 17 and believes he sank it after the bow was badly damaged in port A British tanker claims a 400 foot enemy submarine was sunk off the Atlantic coast after twenty six shots.
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Washington
Navy Department
Winter Quarter Shoal
Virginia
Atlantic
Fear Crew Is Lost In Atlantic Submarine Attack
Copenhagen reports the Norwegian steamer San Jose en route to New York and another vessel bound for Norway, both loaded with food, sunk by submarines in the Atlantic. It is feared many aboard the latter ship were killed.
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Copenhagen
San Jose
New York
Norway
Atlantic
Army Officer Ends Life at Portsmouth Harbor Post
Col. George T. Patterson of the A. S. A. commanded Portsmouth harbor military post shot himself in Portsmouth New Hampshire. A nervous breakdown was given as the cause for the suicide.
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Portsmouth
N. H
George T. Patterson
Portsmouth Harbor
Miners to Seek Flat Wage Increase United Mine Workers Meet
President Hayes and two district representatives met at union headquarters to draft demands for a flat wage increase for miners in Washington on August 24.
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Washington
President Hayes
United Mine Workers
First Act of Jap General Reviewed American Troops
General Orant, commander of Entente forces in Siberia, arrived at Vladivostok and planned his first official act to review American soldiers landed at the Transsian seaport.
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London
Orant
Siberian
Vladivostok
Trussian
Colyn Named Dutch Premier in Announcement
Former war minister Colyn will become Dutch premier after an announcement by the Atmterduim Pelegirons to the Ex Change Lelograpl company. The move follows prior government service and signals a new leadership period for the Netherlands.
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Colyn
London
Donkhoer Colyn
Premer
Atmterduim Pelegirons
Lelograpl Company
American Soldier's Pigeon Duty Turns Bold War Display
A Western bishop recounts a World War I tale from France showing American grit. A persistent private assigned to carrying a crate of carrier pigeons defies monotony by delivering the birds to the general with a bold note. The message reads I am going to fight.
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France
Why Bald So Young Dandruff and Cuticura Remedy Ad
Dandruff and dry scalp are blamed for early baldness and Cuticura is promoted as the remedy. Rub the ointment into the scalp and finish with a hot Cuticura Soap shampoo. Free sample address Cuticura Dept X Boston. Soap 25 Cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents by mail or at druggists.
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Dept. X
Boston
That Pot of Beans and Trench Life Tale
Francis Rogers recounts a trench meal tale from the Vigilantes veterans describing comrades Enright and Hay killed in action. A German shell struck a pot of beans cooling at the trench edge, spoiling supper but providing a grim, almost comic memory of war.
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Enright
Hay
Francis Rogers
The German Donkey
A German representative claims hope remains strong at home, while another compares hope to straw used to make a donkey move, suggesting it is a misleading illusion rather than a genuine motive. The exchange frames wartime morale as fragile and misdirected.
Father and son spar over smoking habit
Behind the Barn shows Father Hibrow sniping at Willie Hibrow as the boy admits smoking. Willie defends himself with a quip about his father’s own supposed acumen while noting nicotine as a sickening habit. The exchange mixes sarcasm with a moment of candid rebellion.
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Father Hibrow
Willie Hibrow
Wise Young Man Avoids Writing a Love Letter
A concise reflection notes the caution and restraint of a prudent youth in choosing not to compose a love letter. The piece centers on quiet self control and the value of measured actions in romantic expression.
One Armed Man Plays Lone Hand in Life Game
A cryptic line notes the lone figure of a one armed man navigating choices and fate. It hints at resilience and isolation in the ongoing contest of life without detailing events or characters.
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Coreul
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Byng
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Reims
Longuyon
Audun- le Roman
Verdun
Grant
U.S
Viladivostok
United States Army
GALE
Hermann F, Schuettler
Mrs
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McAdoo and Kitchin
Johnny Evers
William Weir
Air Forces
England
Lord Rothemere
William
G. & J. Weir & Cathcart
Glasgow
Sen. Vardaman
Rep
Averts
Mediation and Concileration Board
Eatonic
William L. Chambers
U.S. Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Washington, D.C
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Wmartyra
Eatonio
Judge Chambers
Costa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Parker
Aker
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