Soviets Evacuate Moscow Amidst Allied Advances
Amsterdam dispatch says Soviet troops began evacuating Moscow and moved the Kremlin gold to an unknown place. Premier Trotzky allegedly fled to the naval base at Reerstadt as the government reportedly withdrew. Reports say Czech-Slovak and allied forces move toward western front, peasant uprisings risk complicating defense.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Trotzky Fast
Reerstadt
Eninear Totzhy
Russia
Lenine
Petrograd
Volga
Shmiley
Czechs Welcome British Partners
London reports limited fears that British troops on their way to join Czecho-Slovak forces at the Ussuri front were received with mistrust by Czechs at Nikolayevsk and other points. The Ussuri river area near the Amur, north of Vladivostok, has seen Czech engagement with Bolsheviks for several weeks.
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Reuter
Ussuri
Nicolak
Amur Khabarovsk
Vladivostok
Czechi
Dangerous position of Czech and Slovak forces in Siberia
London dispatch cites Times correspondent from Vladivostok reporting Czecho Slovake forces in Siberia are in a dangerous, possibly cut off, situation. Only a fraction between the Vi and Baikal are armed and all are dependent in equipment as they retreat toward the far stand.
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Sibe
Times
Vladivostok
Baikal
French Push Down Lassigny Slopes as British Gain North
Washington dispatch reports American troops disembarking at Vindivostik to join the French and British actions near Chaulnes. The Twenty-seventh Infantry from Manila sails with men estimated at 1206 to 1500 under Col Manry D. Styer. Major General Graves commands the American force, previously at Camp Kearny.
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Chaulnes
HMNS
Picardy
Phiippine Islands
United States
Manry D. Stver
Twenty-seventh
Etsien
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Graves
Camp Kearny
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British and French Retirements Amid Caspian Advance
British and French forces in northwest Persia and near the Somme front report continued retirements and defensive efforts. Prisoner numbers rise to 90,044 as British patrols push and maintain contact between Albert and Ayette while German command shifts under Ha Boehm on the Somme front.
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Picardy
Trea
Albert
Ayette
Gipson Rules Draft Boards on Married Men Classification
General Gipson orders draft boards to follow rules on married men with working wives. IW widespread claim that a wife’s earnings alone shouldn’t force a husband into a lower class without independent means. Officials discussed amendments in Washington but there was no approval, and efforts shifted as class one men neared exhaustion.
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Adjutant General's Office
Councils of Defense
Adjutante General
Washington
Gipson
Wen
Sue Mien
Socialists Urge U.S. to Recognize Russian Soviets
Chicago August 1. The Socialist Party executive committee issues a statement calling workers of the world to aid the Russian struggle for freedom. It argues against imperialist schemes and rejects invasion. The statement demands recognition by the United States of the Soviet government.
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Chicago
Socialist Party
Workers of the World
United States
Colonel Roosevelts regrets inability to fight with son
Paris reports Col Roosevelts reply to condolences states he cannot fight beside his son due to circumstances. President Poincare sent condolences on Quentine Roosevelt's death, and the newspapers publish the colonel's note expressing regret over not joining the battle.
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Roose Sty
Poincare
Ent
Qnentin Roosevelt
Weather Forecast Telex Readout From Local Station
Generally fair weather tonight and Friday with little variation. Hourly temperature readings and tale of clear skies appear in a brief local forecast amid weather desk notes.
Danger of Counter In South Is Over Hebuterne Salient Wiped Out
In France Aug 14 The Hebuterne salient has disappeared as German forces retreat to shorten front lines The British Army pushed forward toward Niemy and river Ancre as German high command weighs costs of holding ground The French Army reports standstill from Gury to St Claude and Relvil areas with contingency plans for renewed operations using stronger forces and manpower
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River Ancre
Gury
Thiestourt
Wndl
St Claude
Ecouvilton
Relvil
Anton Footing
Plessier de-Roye Park
Thies
Bothen
Allies Capture 73,000 in Month
Four weeks ago Paris woke to cannonade as German attack threatened Paris. General Mangin prepared counter moves while allies recaptured ground around Amiens Rheims and Compi�gne. The Morning papers describe the rapid shift in the war as hope grows. Continued on Page 4.
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Paris
General Mangin
Amiens
Rheims
Com
U-Boat Chasers Sink Geran Sub Near Jersey Coast
The American schooner Dorothy Barrett was sunk by shellfire near Cape May as planes and submarine chasers pursued a submarine. Crew abandoned ship in small boats and were landed at Cape May while depth bombs were dropped near suspected wreckage. unclear whether the sub was sunk.
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Washington
Dorothy Barrett
Ape May
Navy
Cape May
Atells
Engineer Killed Aboard Penistone
Nantucket Mass Aug The Milling of the engineer and the wounding of four firemen on the British steamer Penisville sent down by a German submarine in New Ireland waters Sunday was reported today by survivors of the vessel. They were brought here by a tug carrying two officers and seven men and other vessels landed twenty nine at the crew a Cape Cod points earthier in the day.
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Nantucket
Mass
New Ireland
Cape Cod
Eartier
Emperors Hold Grand Pow Wow in German Camp
Amsterdam Aug. 15 Emperor Charles of Austria is at German main headquarters per a telegram to the Lokal Anzeiger from Karl Rosner the keiser's press agent Williams advisers have been holding an important conference at headquarters the correspondent reports and these deliberations are reaching their highest fever in the coming of the Austrian
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Amsterdam
Emperor Charles of Austria
Lokal Anceiger
Berlin
Karl Rosner
Kaiver
Emperor Williams
Corres Dent
Wheat Fire Leads to Arrest in Needham Area
Fire destroyed thirty five acres of wheat owned by Little Dairy Company near Needham. Deputy Homee Adrean arrested Maud Osborne, wife of a farmer, on suspicion of arson and insanity. He said she appeared unbalanced and claimed dairy neighbors wronged her. Husband confirms she left home toward the wheat stacks earlier. Loss estimated between $1.40 and $1.00.
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Little Dairy Company
Needham
Homee Adrean
Steputy Stertif
Maud Osborne
Adrean
Dairy Company
President Takes Vacation With Colonel House
President and Mrs Wilson arrive at Manchester Massachusetts aboard a special train from Washington as the heat breaks and the North Shore offers a cool, clear welcome. The visit includes a misty morning arrival around four o'clock with a few hours of travel relief amid the summer heat.
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Wilson
Washington
North Shore
Wilson May Make Weighty Decisions
President Wilson and Mrs Wilson left Washington for Manchester Massachusetts to spend the weekend at Col E M House summer home. Only White House staff and invited reporters knew of the trip as Wilson weighs numerous decisions likely to be discussed with Colonel House during the Massachusetts shore visit.
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Washington
Permission Sought To Recruit Here For Mussel Shoals
W Shively of Little Rock arrived in the city yesterday as special representative for the recruiting of chilled mechanics and laborers to fill the quota of 5,000 men wanted at Mussel Shoals a new nitrate plant erected by the government two miles from Sheffield Alabama. Owing to the location of the nitrate plant which is out of the federal district it is necessary to obtain permission from Washington for recruiting to begin and CR Connally state labor director has wired for authority.
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Little Rock
Mussel Shoals
Sheffiel
Federal Statiahor
Washington, DC
CR Connally
Wwigitin
Oldest Soldier in American Army Dies at 80
Sergi Frayid Robertson, reputedly the oldest and longest serving member of the U S Army, died last night at Governor's Island. A Scotland native, he was eight years old at death and had served for seventy years. He studied at the University of Edinburgh.
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York
Sergi Frayid Robertson
United States Army
Governor's Island
Ciety
Scotland
University of Edinburgh
U S and Britain refuse to meet Mexican decree
Washington reports that the United States and Great Britain rejected meeting Mexico over Carranza oil decrees. American and English oil firms unite to resist terms, hoping government protection for interests. Provost Marshal Crowder calls 34 states to draft 12,000 registrants for limited service in August with Oklahoma sending 250 men.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Carratze
Crowder
Oklahorma
Carp
Fourteen Men Enroll in Radio and Auto Work Courses
Fourteen men from the county depart for Norman to enter special courses in automobile mechanics and radio work. Four board members send eight, two boards split fourteen attendees, with instructors arranged by the Sued through special programs for deferred men.
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Urarr Poar
Norman
Million Yanks Can Defeat Hun March Declares
A wartime session outlines that recruitment will cease and United States manpower will surge. General March tells the military committee that the four divisions planned for France by June require a draft expansion to ages 18 to 45, with a goal of deploying roughly 1.8 million troops to the western front as part of a comprehensive American war program.
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