Allied Allied Forces Advance In Siberia and Persia
Allied forces report progress in Russia and Persia as American troops land at Vladivostok alongside British and Japanese units. British advance into Baku meets Turkish and German opposition while Bolsheviks retreat toward Archangel. Peasants march for food as Petrograd flees Kronstadt. hopes rise for Western front victory amid Soviet disarray.
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Yester
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Persia
Baku
Caspian Sea
Archangel
Vologda
Moscow
Onega Bay
Petrograd
Red Guard
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Trotzky
Ttl Parte
Russia
Radivostok
Sechary Baker
Siberian
War Imminent on Murman Coast Says Finns
Special Cable reports from Helsingfors that Finland’s War Minister declares demobilization impossible and war on the Murman coast is imminent. The German ambassador to Russia arrives in Helsingfors to set up in Reval. Russia’s Bolshevik government reportedly fallen or faltering as farmers form armed bands to resist Red Guards. Lenine and Trotzky said to be in Kronstadt.
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Helsingfors
Svenska Dagbladet
Finland
Murman
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Reval
Russia
Red Guards
Lenine
Trotzky
Kronstadt
U Boat Raiders and Oil War Crisis Stir U S Action
German submarines in American waters are of the cruiser type with large crews and heavy guns. The United States and Great Britain join in protests over Mexican oil decrees, linking them to German propaganda aims and threatening Allied oil supplies.
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Europe
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Bremen
Dorothy Barrett
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Mexico
Ballin
Hamburg-American Line
Suffragists Choose Jail Over Fines in Washington Demonstration
Twenty six members of the National Woman's party defied police by refusing to pay fines for a demonstration opposite the White House. Ten day terms were given for unlawful meeting, seventeen received five extra days for climbing General Lafayette’s statue. All refused to plead, will serve in a city workhouse, not Occoquan.
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National Woman's Party
America Will Force Issue to Make Foe Beg Peace
The bill to draft men aged 18 to 45 advances in the Senate. Authorities say the measure aims to pressure the foe into seeking peace by mobilizing manpower and accelerating wartime readiness.
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Senate
New Force to Total 2 300 000 in War Mobilization
Washington reports a sweeping draft expansion to ages eighteen to forty five. General March and Secretary Baker stress a 4 990 000 Western front force to break German lines, with 80 divisions in France by June 30, 1919. Plans call for 25 000 000 registered by September to feed overseas needs.
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Hintze Says No Reasonable Peace Proposal Yet
Admiral von Hintze asserts no authorized Entente peace proposal exists with Germany and blames Entente aims for prolonging the war. He reviews Lloyd George and Wilson statements, notes Brest-Litovsk talks failed, and argues only a properly authorized dialogue could yield peace by arrangement.
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Cologne
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Austria- Hungary
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Lloyd George
Russia
Romania
von Mintze
Brest
Wilson
Versailles
Count Caervin
Seiger
Sateemen
Lokal-An- Kar
Grip of Enemy is Weakening On Vesle Line
On the Vesle front near Soissons and Rheims French and American forces press the line. Reported German withdrawals of one or two divisions, lighter German counteractions, and reduced aerial activity. Captain Charles J. Biddle of Anda lusia claimed a downed German plane north of Flirey amid mist. other pilots McCormick Bridgeman Schulz Jobin credited with victories near St Mihiel Flirey Vivray Eve zen with confirmation pending.
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Soissons
Rheims
Charles J. Biddle
Andalusie
Penn
Biddle
Flirey
Vaughn R. McCormick
Columbus
Ohio
St. Mihiel
Ray C. Bridgeman
Lake Forest
Vivray
McCormick
Herman Schulz
Bettendorf
Tows
Flircy
Edgar C. Jobin
San Antonio
Tex
Evezen
Allies Drive Across Picardy Front In Fierce Local Actions
Allied forces pressed the center and right flank near Albert and crossed the Ancre at Authuille and Aveluy. Canadians seized Damery and Parvilliers, while French Hum bert’s division advanced toward Lassigny Noyon, taking Attiche and Monolithe Farms. Total Allied prisoners cited: 21,844 British, 8,500 French. Haig and Humbert reported strong German withdrawals.
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Oise
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Ancre
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Aveluy
Flanders
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Fourth Army
Haig
Paris
Montdidier
Marne
Picardy
von Boehn
Lient
Germans suffer heavier losses as Allies press Somme drive
London reports that since August 8 Allied casualties may be lower than German prisoner totals. Unofficial estimates put German captives at about 24,000 with 670 guns counted as of now. Tanks show a demoralizing effect on the enemy as the British Fourth Army and French First and Third Armies push forward.
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