Roosevelt Urges Progressives to Back Hughes At National Meeting
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt sent a letter to the Progressive National Committee in Chicago urging ungrudging support for Charles Evans Hughes and opposing a third party run. The meeting saw Bainbridge Colby nominate Victor Murdock. Parker and allies walked out over press access, leaving 26 to 15 against a third ticket.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive National Committee
Chicago
Charles &. Hughes
Hughes
Buchanan
Roosevelt
Mr. Hughes
Germany
Bainbridge Colby
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Colby
Raymond Robins
Robins
Wilson
James R. Garfield
Ohio
Murdock
John M. Parker
Parker
Chester S. Rowell
Bis
United States Supreme Court
Couray
Avan Victor Murdock
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U S Orders 67 000 Horses For Mexican Service
Mr Hay chair man of the military committee announced the war department already had ordered 67 000 horses in preparation for Mexican service. The appropriation amendment to add 3 000 000 dollars was adopted.
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U. S
Army
Hay
War Department
Scranton Parade Showcases Broad Preparedness Support
More than 25 000 men and women marched in Scranton preparedness parade. Participants included German Polish Slavonic Greek Syrian Irish Lithuanian societies, many in uniform and armed.
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Scranton
Bethlehem Steel Grants Full Pay Leave for Mexican Service
Bethlehem Steel Company directors announce leave of absence with full pay for employees who are members of the national wartime unit called out for Mexican Service.
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Bethlehem Steel Company
National Ward
A General Survey of the War
A survey notes Russian advances from Czernowicz toward Lemberg and Austro German resistance at Tarnopo and Kovel. Verdun reports repulsed German attacks, Turkish ships clash with a Russian battleship in the Black Sea. The Times forecasts war ending within the year. Also local items include honors for Coit R. Hoechst and a bicycle accident in Gettysburg. Public notices and other brief items round out the page.
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Czernowicz
Lemberg
Tarnopo
Galicia
Kovel
Volhynia
Verdun
French War Office
Meuse
Black Sea
London Times
Russians advance toward Vladimir Volinski in Galicia
Petrograd dispatches say Russian forces push twelve miles toward Vladimir Volinski the northern gateway to Lemberg while on the Rovno Lemberg road they reach Brody and shell it. Vienna reports enemy crossing the Sereth and Greece's Premier Skouloudis is said to have resigned with M Zaimis likely to head the new cabinet.
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Vladimir Volinski
Lemberg
Petrogrd
Rovno-Lemberg
Brody
Berlin
Styr
Kolki
Vienna
Sereth
Skouloudis
Greece
M. Zaimis
Asiago
Trentino
Champagne
Paris
Greece agrees to all Allied demands after ultimatum
Athens dispatches report Greece has unconditionally granted the Allies demands following an entente demonstration near Piraeus. M. Zaimis to form a new ministry with Venizelos represented. Petrograd says the Russian Austro German front now spans 500 miles. Berlin notes German successes north of Lutsk and near Przewolka. A Bug River battle develops as German efforts to save Kovel continue. Germans gain foothold in first line French trenches east of the Meuse in the Vaux sector.
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Greece
Piraeus
Athens
M. Zaimis
Central Front Actions and Greek Cabinet Formation
German forces attacked along a 1200 yard Champagne front but were repulsed after briefly occupying forward French positions. Russian right flank holds after German reinforcements. Alexander Zaimis forms new Greek cabinet as premier with pro entente stance. Black Sea miner sinks Russian ship Mercury with 236 lives lost.
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Champagne
Alexander Zaimis
Black Sea
Verdun Battle Rages as German Advance Near City
Paris reports German forces move within three and a half miles of Verdun while French troops regain ground. Austrians retreat from Bukowina and Russians advance in the Carpathians. Berlin says German troops drive Russians toward Lutsk as Greece blockade ends. German destroyers capture the Brussels en route to Tilbury.
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Verdun
Paris
Kovel
Lutsk
Greece
Chamber
Brussels
Rotterdam
Tilbury
Zebhrugge
Bukowina Falls to Russian Control as 2000 Prisoners Taken
Reuter despatch from Petrograd says Russia seized all of Bukowina including Kimpolung in the Carpathians. Over 2000 Austrian prisoners captured as the last Austrian stronghold in the region fell. French counterattacks north of Verdun recaptured some ground while Berlin says they were repulsed. Thiau mont redoubt saw heavy fighting and trench gains west of the fort. Fleury saw grenade fighting and French progress. British reports say two German trench raids near Leos were repelled. Italian cruiser and French destroyer sunk by submarine off Italy.
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Reuter
Petrograd
Kimpolung
Carpathians
Verdun
Paris
Berlin
Thiaumont
Fleury
Leos
Italy
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National Committee
Coit R. Hoechst
I. H. Hoechst
East Berlin
University of Pittsburgh
Harry Walter
Wm. Menehey
Gettysburg
Menehey
Charles Myers
Brushtown
Hanover Hirel and Innersole Co
J. H. Myers
Court House
John Burns
J. W. Johnston
Rochester
Bessie Chappell
Garrett Hill
Farmers & Merchants Bank
New Oxford
Jas W
Barnitz
Western Maryland Railway
Hanover
Baltimore
York
Eagerstown
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Chambersburg
Hancock
Cumberland
Pittsburgh
West
Hagerstown
Hagers- Hancock
Elking
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Congress
New York
Railroads
National Conference Committee of the Railways
Elisha Lee
FP. R. Albright
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
L. W. Baldwin
Central of Georgia Railway
C. L. Bardo
New York,New Haven & Hartford Railroad
E. H. Coapman
Southern Railway
E. Cotter
Wabash Railway
BE. Crowley
New York Central Railway
G. H. Emerson
Gan
Great Northern Railway
H. Ewing
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
E. W.grick
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
A.S. Greig
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
C. W. Kouns
Atchison, Fopeke & Santa Fe Railway
H.W McMaster
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
N. DD. Maher
Norfolk & Western Railway
James Russell
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
A. M.schoyer
Pennsylvania Lines West
L. Seddon
Seaboard Air Line Railway
A.J. Stone
Erie Railroad
Waid, Miestres
Sunset Central Lines
Hanover Street
Cc. H. Robinson
Prop
Prowell
Frederick Street
Penn’a
H. & McS. R. Company
Hanover Creamery
H. M. Stokes
C. A. Diehl
Littlestown
Bull” Durham
Durham
Bull Durham
North Carolina
U.S
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