Roumania to Enter War on Allied Side in Balkan Drive
Balkan front action expands with Russian, Italian, and Greek troops in Saloniki. Serbian forces seize two forts as Bulgarians push south from Florina toward Kastoria. French and British advances along the Somme intensify with gains near Estrees and Lovecourt.
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Roumania
Balkans
Associated Press
London
Saloniki
Balkan
Serres
Athens
Russia
Greece
Bulgaria
Bosphorus
France
Eather
Port Dalney
Manchuria
Suez Conal
Mediterranean
Doiran
Struma
Florina
Kastoria
Noritz
Somme
Estrees
Lovecourt
Ther
Petrograd
Galicia
Volhynia
Carpathians
Turkish Armenia
Lake van
Persia
Warning to Farmers on Unauthorized Farm Loan Solicitations
Secretary Flannagan of the federal farm loan board warns farmers that unauthorized solicitors are seeking money for alleged farm loan associations. No organization is authorized to offer loans under the act, and any such payment is fraudulent and punishable by fine and imprisonment. Farmers are advised not to pay or join until legit associations are formed by the farmers themselves.
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Werktex
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Flannagan
Federal Farm. Loan Board
National Farm Loan Associations
Sach
Farm Loan Board
Federal Farm Loan Act
Montana
Idaho
Soldiers Chip In For Death Fare In Milwaukee
Milwaukee troops at Camp Wilson, San Antonio, Texas, wire that Private Frank Binder of Company F Milwaukee learned his mother had died. Fellow soldiers, unpaid, raised funds for his rail fare home. Chaplain Gustave Stearns supplied funds with Colonel Joachim’s approval from canteen takings. Binder will attend the funeral after reaching Milwaukee. The unit had rested after a two day hike from Leon Springs amid a storm.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Araft
Wisconsin
Camp Wison
San Antoni
Texas
Frank Binder
Company F
Gustave Stearns
Joachim
Binder
Leon Springs
Cabinet discusses counter proposal to avert railroad strike
Washington August 22 cabinet members reviewed President Wilson's plan to avert the threatened railroad strike and the counter proposal from railroad executives. They expressed confidence the railroads would eventually accept the plan but did not disclose the assurances guiding that view. The counter-proposal is expected as the next step, with no fixed timing.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Wisconsin reports eleven new infantile paralysis cases
Eleven new cases raised Wisconsin’s infantile paralysis total to 103 with nine deaths reported. Suspected case in Amery and two deaths in Durand. Positive cases noted in Wausau, near Ellsworth, and Fond du Lac Durand Manitowoc Newton town of New Denmark Brown County and towns Franklin Carlton Waunee. Manitowoc children visiting Chicago sent to Cook County Hospital. Charles Petrick seven and Clifford Speck seven months were among the Manitowoc victims seized with paralysis in Chicago and moved to hospital.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Amery
Duurand
Wausau
Ellsworth
Fond du Lac
Durand
Manitowoc
Newton
New Denmark
Brown County
Franklin
Carlton
Ke- Waunee
John Dil Robertson
Health Commission
Chicago
Cook County Hospital
Ill
Charles/ Petrick
Clifford Speck
Health Commissioners’ Office
Delavan Boy Held After Tie Placed on Track
Delavan Wisconsin August 22 twelve year old George Oleson is held on a charge of trying to wreck a passenger train by placing a heavy railroad tie on the track between here and Elkhorn. The train struck the tie. only the cow catcher was damaged. Detectives say he confessed it was a prank and he was too frightened to move it.
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Perelve
Delavan
Associated Press
Wis
George Oleson
Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Road
Elkhorn
Denies Being Spy in Germany Plot Rumor Aired
Miss Vigiet Crosby daughter of Colonel Henry Crosby of the British army fights gossip alleging she is in German service. She seeks damages for $100,000 in New York, claiming rumors harm her theatrical ambitions and pledges legal action to clear her name.
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Vigiet Crosby
Henry Crosby
CS 5
Ameticea
Nwyers
Senator Clapp Endorses La Follette in Waupaca Rally
United States Senator Moses E Clapp of Minnesota declares La Follette must not lose his seat, warning defeat would threaten the progressive movement and the public interest. The speech to about 3000, amid a large automobile parade, lauds Hatton and denounces corporate interests undermining reform.
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Waupaca
Wis
la Follette
United States
Moses E Clapp
Minnesota
Clapp
Citiens
Wewauwega
Jola
New London
Werauwega
William H. Hatton
Senate
Wisconsin
la Forette
Washington
Bis
eSnator la Folletta
Police Strike Leaves Sherbrooke Town in Turmoil
Sherbrooke Quebec August 22 local police, denied higher pay by city council, vote to strike. Council threatens to raise an amateur force as the city plans the opening of the Sherbrooke fett with thousands visiting. Police now earn 13 dollars for a seven day week.
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Associated Press
Sherbrooke Que
Plumbers Locked Out After Union Dispute
Forty union plumbers were locked out in Fiacine Wisconsin when master plumbers decided to run shops in the future because the union tradesmen refused to work with new union painters. The master plumbers call it a strike, but the workers say it is a lockout. The wage situation is described as satisfactory.
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Radze
Oren
United Press
Fiacine
Wis
al Ihe
Agen
Futura
Painterg Ag
German Warship Nassau Sunk? By AP
London August 22 A British official says it is believed a German Nassau class battleship has been sunk by British submarine B-22. The Nassau class includes four ships with 18 602 ton displacements, 451 foot length, 88 foot beam, 6 foot draft and armaments of from twelve 16 inch guns to six torpedo tubes. The Nassau built at Wilhelmshaven began in 1907 after plans changed for a British dreadnought. The other ships named are Posen Rheinlander and Westfalen.
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Associated Press
London
Nassau
Wilhelmshaven
Posen
Rheinlander
United Press
Westfalen
Washington
D. DC
Wailson
Berlin
Wander BR. Turner
Dey
North Sea
Shet Hay
Wilson
Senate
Wilson vetoes land purchase bill and army revision
President Wilson vetoed a bill authorizing cities to buy public lands for parks and cemeteries, saying national forests should not be used thus. The House passed revised war articles despite objections, with the Senate expected to accept revisions and the House to act on the army appropriation bill.
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Yardaman
Mississippi
Stone
Gallinger
Myers
Montana
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
War Department
House
Senate
Embassy Denies Panama Aggression Reports
Washington Aug 22. The Japanese embassy dismissed reports of alleged Japanese aggressions in Panama as propaganda to alarm the United States. The embassy said no denial was needed.
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Panama
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Child dies after car crash injures girl at crossing
A six year old Nellie Balcewicz died at the hospital after a Northwestern crossing accident when her father’s stalled car caused a skull fracture. Another girl remains in precarious condition.
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United Press
Postmaster Nominee Named for Whitehall Wisconsin
Washington August 22 President Wilson nominated Tath A Van Tassel as postmaster at Whitehall Wisconsin. A ball player is advised to impress the manager rather than the proprietor of a gambling house. Police caution and sympathy are noted in the era.
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Washington, D C
Wilson
Tatth A van Tassel
Whitehall
Wis
FW. C
Cabinet Not in Movies Won’t Be Filmed
London Aug 22 Premier Asquith declared the cabinet will not appear in films. The idea originated with Mrs Asquith wife of the home minister to film ministers for war charity. The proposal drew sharp criticism in commons and widespread talk over its perceived lack of dignity.
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United Press
London
Asquith
Mia
Commons
Ear Amputation At Burlington Shafting Plant
United Press dispatch from Racine Wisconsin reports Robert Hlumhin a Burlington blanket factory worker lost his left ear after being caught in moving shafting on Monday This accident highlights occupational hazards in early industrial workplaces and underscores safety concerns for factory laborers.
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United Press
Racine
Wis
Robert Hlumhin
Burlington
Some Unique Incidents From Freeport To Atlantic City
A string of quirky items from various cities includes a seven foot fish caught after baiting a dook by Charles Funk in Freeport and a burglar surrendering to Mrs Murray in New York after she feared fainting. Other notes mention a Japanese maiden suing for 10000 in Chicago, a giant killer knockout in Maine, tourists seeing a moving cow in Kansas, a twin birth in New York, a thief stealing $1000 from the Olmstead hotel in Cleveland, and comments on silent mosquitoes and hay fever from Washington. The Atlantic City rule for 1917 bans bare legged bathing attire as officials warn against scant dress while police note a busy summer for cops.
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Chicago
Mary Mattson
B. A Thorpe
Maine
Ind
Jack Dillon
Robert Crabbs
Dillon
Juch
Atlantic City
Beasert
New Mexican Political Faction Formed by Bonilla
Manuel Bonilla, ex interior minister under Madero, declares a new revolutionary party named Legalista-Remnant Madero Following in El Paso. He denounces Carranza as Mexico’s worst enemy, vows unity of anti-Carranza factions, and notes U S secret service watchfulness and neutral protection for exiles in Juarez and New York recruitment.
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Waonel Bonilla
Legalista
Madero
United Press
el Paso
Texas
Defacto
Carranza
Mexico
Manuel Bonilla
Francisco Madero
New Revolutionary Party of
Legalistas
Bonilla
Facos
Curranz
United States Secret Service
Juarez
Maderista
Bonda
Xanast
Alemante
Carranzista
Archbishop Spalding In Serious Condition In Heat
In Peoria Illinois on August 22 Archbishop John Lancaster Spalding, age seventy six, is reported in serious condition after ten days of bed rest due to heat and general decline. Family and physician express fears for the outcome as the aged church leader remains very feeble.
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Peoria
John Lancaster Spalding
Death Under Auto Near Covington Kills One, Injures Four
One person was killed and four injured when an auto overturned near Covington three miles west of Cedar Rapids. The deceased was Toy McCormick and the injured include J W McCormick Mrs McCormick and their two daughters. The McCormick family lived on a farm near Palo, Iowa.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Coviicton
Here
Toy McCorckie
Aimatesn
J. W. McCorckie
Mra McCorckie
McCorckies
Palo
Italian ships sunk in new naval losses reported
The Italian steamer Erix of 355 tons gross and the sailing vessel Dea of 167 tons were sunk, according to a report by the Lioyda shipping agency. The notice notes the losses occurred along with other wartime shipping disruptions as ships face dangers at sea.
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eRy Associated Prensa
London
Ave
Erix
Dea
Lioyda Shipping Agency
Hughes Hits Trail for Back Home Trip
Republican presidential nominee Charles E Hughes continues a nearly 10,000 mile campaign, touting Democratic inefficiency in tariff legislation. He draws large crowds in California while planning stops in Porterville Visalia Sacramento and Nevada. His wife Mrs Hughes seeks privacy as they travel with their children away from Bridgehampton.
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United Press
Bakersfield
Cal
Charles E Hughes
California
Sacramento
Reno
Neas
Pacific Coast
Hughes
Shrine Auditorium
Los Angeles
New York
Estes Park
Colorado
Katherine
Porterville
Visalia
San Joaquin Valley
Calfornia
Nevada
Cooling Breezes Bring Temporary Relief in Chicago
Weather bureau warns heat will return with high eighties expected today and a low around 65 tonight. Ice shortages eased as workers laid off due to heat but resumed efforts. no price rise expected. Health officials report three new infantile paralysis cases in the last day.
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United Press
Chicago
Middle-West
Weather Bureau
Conier Weather Tos
Titnois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Weather Forecast Calibrated for Local Area
Cool tonight and warmer Wednesday with slight daytime warmth. Overnight low and forecasted temperatures indicate typical August conditions for the region. Observations note a mix of light easterly winds and patchy cloudiness across the southern portions.
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City Hospital
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Saya Battleship
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Congress
Orison Swett Marden
Pictorial Review
Mr. Hughes
Leonard Copper
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Mre Murray
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Goodland
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Glgc. Howard
Bureau of Entomology
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American Hay Fever Association
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Albert Engstrom
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