Italians Take 10,000 Prisoners On Isonzo Front
New York August 21 Germany bore the mightiest Allied blows as a vast offensive swept the front from Verdun to the Isonzo. Italian, British, French and Canadian forces pressed hard with massed artillery and shocking hand to hand fighting. Prisoners and casualties mounted as the Entente pushed along the 435 mile western front and pushed the Austro German lines back at several points.
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Isonzo
United Press
New York
Germany
Italy
Cadorna
Feome
Yester
Chemin-des-Dames
Verdun
Paria
Rome
War Office
Corite
Selo
London
Lens
Reuter
France
Lof
Meuse
Raven Wood
Sanogneux
Fosse Wood
Petrograd
British Admiralty
War Offices
Caucasian
Riga
Riga-Mitau
Ocna
Onecat
Blank
Oona
Grazestchi
Brakerlere
Jasy
Folshant
Isoonro
W. W. Strike Fails In Pacific Northwest Call
Not more than 180 I W W members answered the general call across Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Dispatches report widespread operating work in logging camps, sawmills, mines, threshing outfits, and factories. Only a few districts saw any quit, with officials intensifying efforts to suppress the I W W in four states. Army ultimatum to stop street speaking followed by deployment of troops in Wallace and Lewiston Idaho and other towns.
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Oregon
United Press
Portland
Ore
Ormanization
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Spokane
Armilar
Wallace
Lewiston
Germans accuse San Francisco consul prisoners pest status
San Francisco August 21 United States Attorney Preston said Frang Sonp former German consul and EB HH Von Sehnack former vice consul will not stay in San Francisco internment camps. He called the men plain pests and said they have worried military authorities with complaints and demands for privileges while their attorney Theo Roche attended.
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San Francisco
Consant
United Press
Cal
Frang Sonp
HH von Sehnack
United States
Preston
Theo
Roche
Belgians in New York Parade For War Mission Visit
New York pays tribute to Belgian war mission delegates including army officers. After a parade, Baton Moncheur and delegates boarded a police boat from Bath Street to the Battery. An immense crowd greeted them as they landed. Mayor Mitchel extended a formal welcome at City Hall as the Seventh Regiment stood at attention.
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Hidropolis
United Press
New York
Xnew
York
Moncheur
Bath Street
Mitchel
Seventh Regiment
French Prisoners Reach 5000 After Verdun Push
German reactions to the Verdun breakthrough are reported as French lines hold against counterattacks. The French say more than 5,000 Germans are prisoners, with fierce fighting north of Verdun near Avevourt Wood and north of Cachores. British front repulsed German assaults near Epehy and G Quentin as other fronts see continued combat and troop movements across Romania, Russia, and Italy.
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Aewochsted
Verdun
Avevourt Wood
Cachores
French War Office
Epehy
G. Quentin
Grand Army in Parade in Boston Draws Dense Crowds
Thousands of elderly veterans in blue coats paraded through Boston in a Grand Army of the Republic review. Cars carried the aged, Red Cross stations stood by for heat danger, and officials including Commander-in-Chief Wiliam J Patterson, Governor McCall, and Mayor Curley watched from grandstands.
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Awa
Boston
Mase
Grand Army of the Republc
Veterana
Grand Army
Red Cross
Wiliam J Patterson
Tremont Streat
McCall
Annie
Curley
Hell
Two Cedar Rapids Farmers Released on Bond in Treason Case
Two farmers from Cedar Rapids Iowa await action by a federal grand jury on treason charges. John Zumbach and Ryan Ix released on bond after preliminary hearings. William Demon charged with tearing down an American flag and cursing the government at Coggen. each supplied own bail.
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Cedar Rapids
United Press
Charves
John Zumbach Ryan Ix
Wiliam Denmon
Coggen
Bour
Germany Must Bend Its Knee Alsace Lorraine Autonomy Denied
A stocky report from Aug 21 states Germany faces Allied demands on peace terms and autonomy for Alsace Lorraine is rejected by France. Reichstag discussions and pope peace notes shape the expected German stance as Washington awaits official acknowledgment.
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Germany
Washington, D. C
Zurich
Michaelis
Alsace-Lorraine
France
United Press
Berlin
Associated Press
Copenhagen
United States
Pope Bennedict
Foreign Office
Ambassador Page
Two Pardons Granted by Governor Philipp
Madison Aug 21 Governor Philipp granted two pardons today. Florence Gould of Waweau was pardoned for a municipal court offense and released after eighty months with a condition to return to her family. Fr Snook of Milwaukee was pardoned for embezzlement in September 1816 after two and a half years’ sentence. Snook has been on parole and the governor deemed his conduct meritorious.
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United Press
Madison
Win
Philipp
Florence Gould
Waweau
Weapun
Snook
Milwaukes
Wrupun
Bia
Rock Island Plans Home Friend Network for Soldiers
Rock Island chamber of commerce launches a home friend movement to connect every U S army and navy serviceman abroad with a life home correspondent. Each sailor or soldier will have a home man or woman who pledges to send books tobacco and keep them posted on happenings back home.
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Associated Prose
Rock Island
Army
Navy
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Rolfer
Aailor
Hfe
Man Claims Wife and Baby Shooting at Fort Slocum
A man identified as Charles J. Diaz, 29, told Chicago police he shot his wife, their baby, and himself at their Fort Slocum NY home. He said he was an army deserter. A khaki uniform and a bank book showing $510 were found in a hotel room where he said he had stayed.
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Chicago
United Press
Charles J. Diaz
Central
Deak
Fort Slocum
Bowery Savings Bank
New York
German agitator blamed for Argentine rail strike
Buenos Aires reports that the principal instigator of the recent central railways strike in Argentina is a German named von Lubeck. The man, described as young and little known to U.S. police, is said to be the main organizer behind the disruption. Authorities in Argentina note his suspected involvement and await further identification.
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Argentina
United States
Associated
Buenos Aires
von Lubeck
Jailed as a Slacker in Wisconsin Jailer Case
Madison Aug 21 Paul Totchka of Darlington Wisconsin was judged in jail here today as a slacker by federal authorities who charged he refused to register. Totchka faced slacker charges after failing to comply with registration requirements. He was detained pending further proceedings in the federal case.
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United
Madison
Wis
Paul Totchka
Darlington
Win
Wan
Voters Demand Gore Resignation Over War Funds Stance
In Hugo Oklahoma and Cheetah county residents protested Senator Thomas P Ciara's bid to block funding for war actions outside U.S. territory. About 40 percent of local citizens sent a telegram to Gore in Washington demanding his resignation.
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Oklahoma
Hugo, Guin
Bright future for Russia painted in word picture by ambassador
Boston Aug 31 Russian ambassador Horla A Bakhmetoff and his party visited Boston. He spoke before the constitutional convention urging a future democratic Russia. He described a translational period with strife and bloodshed giving way to self government and freedom. He said Russia would stand with the West to defend liberty and oppose oppression. An army to defend liberty was deemed essential.
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Rakhmetait
Boston
Associated Press
Mass
Ruaalan
Horla A. Bakhimetaft
National Grand Army of the Republic
State House
Bakhmetoff
All Russia
Russia
West
Eight Die In Auto Train Collision At Grade Crossing
Eight people perished when their automobile was struck by a New Haven train at a grade crossing near Saybrook Junction Cann. Identifications by New Haven messages list Robert H Rehloff as driver Gustave Wegel and his wife and three children Mabel Wagner and an elderly woman. A ten year old survivor gave the name Ovine W Weyel.
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Asscciated
Saybrook Junction
Cann
New Haven
Robert H. Rehloff
Gustave Wegel
Fraud concerns over Chicago physical defect exemptions
United Press reports on suspicions of physical defect exemptions in Chicago draft boards. Under Secret Service and an army surgeon, 21 men rejected for physical desertion were re examined, with Major Whiperfield noting information that the men may be acceptable. He estimates Chicago borrows completed 96 percent of their draft work.
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Chicago
United Press
Wholenall
Ware
Tnder
Secret Service
Nouth
Whiperfield
Chiperfield
Chicago Borria
Labor Party Supports Stockhlm Peace Conference Vote
The Labor party voted to participate in the Stockholm peace conference by a card vote of 1 234 900 to 1 231 000 with a 2 090 margin surprise. The party will appeal to the government for pansparta for Ita representatives.
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Oy United Press
London
Labor Party
Erant
Tabor Party
Pansparta
Ita
Paper prices deemed excessive by federal trade panel
In a report to the senate the Federal Trade Commission says book paper price increases in the year were excessive and unwarranted. The commission has ordered proceedings against certain manufacturing practices after its investigation.
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Ansociated
Washington, BD. C
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Commission
New Minister Named From Baltimore Nominated to Netherlands
President Wilson announced on August 21 that John W. Garrett of Baltimore was nominated as minister to The Netherlands and Luxembourg. The appointment, if confirmed, puts Garrett in charge of U S diplomatic relations with the two European nations during a period of postwar European adjustments.
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Annodated Press
Washington, D. C
John W. Garrett
Baltimore
Wilson
Netherlands
Luxemburg
War Plans Form Only Page Move War Ship Building Paramount
Washington dispatch outlines wartime shifts in ship building and labor, noting wage increases, government control of yards, and a drive to expand ship and engine plants. Senator La Follette presses wealth taxes as war expense, while unions seek higher pay through federal action and commission reviews.
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Senator la Follette
United Press
Washington, DC
Wilson
Salton
Tidiermat Trade Commission
Chipping Board
la Follette
Asto Remy Faemption
Baker
Crowder
Slvel
Uncle Sam
Shipping Board
International Metal Trades Union
Fhe
Ciompers
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Ty Associated Prensa
Navy
Donisia
Planta Canoe
Hmit
Choice Heavy Hogs Reach Record Price at $20 a Hundred
Chicago reporters note hog prices jumped to $20 per hundredweight, up $3 in a week as pork demand rises. Government bacon contracts and dwindling supplies push wholesale to record highs, with hogs down to 18,000 yesterday against a 30,000 normal. Retail meat costs threaten higher prices and potential famine fears tied to corn-fed cattle supply.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United Presa
Til
Herbert Hoover
United Press Today
Robert Miller
Sam
Badgers Reach Waco Camp MacArthur Arrival
Companions A and L of Second Infantry part of contingent arrive at Camp MacArthur near Waco Texas on August 21 United Press reports the troops traveled safely from the theater state and are in good health.
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United Presa
Waen
Texan
Wisronkin
Camp MacArthur
Firat Give Field
Firat
Hater
Fire at Clifton mine damages Arizona Copper company plant
Fire gutted the Coronada mine shaft at Clifton Arizona, caused by friction from settling brace timbers. Loss estimated at $126,000 with no suspicion of misconduct. The Coronado mine headed the three main shafts of the Arizona Copper company at Clifton.
Woman Shot by Husband Dies in County Jail
Mrs Henry Seebel aged 38 died early today in the county jail from a gunshot wound inflicted last Saturday by her husband Henry Sebel 44 during a quarrel at their home in Fond du Lac Wisconsin He is held in jail awaiting the wound's outcome and faces a murder charge.
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Fly Tinsted Press
Fond du Lac
Wile
Henry Seebel
Henry Sebel
Unelock
Bethelie
Huge Loan to England Records Government Move
Washington August 21 government advances a loan of 46 million dollars to Great Britain. The tally of aid to the allies now reaches 1,988,400,000. A light note ends with a remark about tastes between games of checkers and baseball.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Great Britain
Coal administrator eyed as Wilson weighs control plan
Washington takes aim at high coal prices as President Wilson cancels Tuesday cabinet meeting to focus on coal, with Garfield of Williams College among candidates. The railway war board backs appointing a coal controller to requisition coal and coordinate shipments to the northwest, while railroads report a 24 percent jump in July coal deliveries.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Jess Thane
New York
Northwest
Washington
Railway War Board
Eastern Department
Garfield
United Press
United States
Garfie Williams College
Ohio
Robert W. Lovett
Great Lakes
Lower Lake Porta
Upper Lake Porte Test
Railroad War Board
Federal Trade Commission
Lowe Ett
Int State Commerce Commission
The
Export License Council
Who Wakes the Money Profts on Corn on the Cob
Chicago readers learn how corn on the cob profits shift across markets on August 21. Street sellers pay 60 cents for four dozen ears while grocers offer 40 cents per dozen. Hotels charge 30 cents per ear, 350 per dozen, revealing a wide spread in profit.
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United Press
Chicago
South Water Street Commission
Willam Jung Transfers to Oshkosh Machine Gun Unit
First Lieutenant Willam Jung, age twenty seven, from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, has been transferred from Company E of the Second Regiment to Company F of Oshkosh. He served with Company H on the border and was recently promoted. The Second Regiment’s machine gun company will join the contingent ordered into service, with Jung as a member.
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Associated Press
Manitowoc
Wis
Willam Jung
Oshkosh
Jung
Local Weather Summary Amid Unclear Forecasts
Reported partial observations note showers possible tonight and Wednesday. Forecasters warn of scattered clouds and light winds with no strong storm threats. Local residents urged to check updated predictions for late week outlook.
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