News Review Of The Past Week War and Politics Across Fronts
A broad weekly digest covers Allied offensives at Lens Verdun and the Italian Austro front, Russian unrest and looming economic strain, Pope Benedict XV’s peace plan reception, and U S efforts on coal pricing and labor disruptions. Also notes Japan’s Washington mission, German raids, and a Texan race riot at Camp Logan.
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Mr. Hoover
Wilson
The
Trade Commission
Harry Garfield
Senate
Finance Committee
Treasury
Gerry
Japan
Washington
Lansing
Viscount Ishil
Europe
Germany
Kaiser
Senigary
Aten
Fragdons
Eis Man
Alexander Vo
Jerhazy
Hungary
Charles II
Finglish
Verdun
Trouston
Tex
Camp Logan
J. W. Mattes
Second
Illinois Field Artillery
New Draft Rulings Clarify Morals and Mobilization Order
President Wilson and General Crowder issue supplemental explanations of draft regulations regarding married men and dependents. Five percent of experienced white men from each locality will be sent to camps on September 5 in five detachments, followed by staged quotas on September 19 October 3 and thereafter. Local boards may prioritize experienced workers and former soldiers for the initial group while avoiding use of past dependents rules.
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America
Uncle Sam
Heen
Lus
Schwabenverein
Chicago
Teulons
Department of Justice
la Jollettes
The
Reeds
Masons
William Hale Thompsons
Gerard
Redfield
Washington
Baker
Crowder
Wilson
Wder
War debate and draft strain surface in wartime senate
Senator debates on training camps and separate white and negro troops surface while Attory Watson family cites threats against his life. Johnson of California urges taxing war profits as senate mood shifts. Northwest IWW raid prompts labor protests. A London telegram notes an English jury using an unwritten law in a Mogish officer case.
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Henator Tardwsiek
Atlanta
Thomas J. Watson
Mr. Watson
Senator Bankhead
Alabama
Oplec
South
Senate
Italy's New Offensive Crowned by Isonzo Breakthrough
Italian forces under General Cadorna pushed the Isonzo front with a north of Goriza crossing and seized Monte Sano 2245 feet, while fighting on the Carso intensified and Austrian efforts to regain ground failed. French gains near Verdun included advancing north of Hill 304 and taking forts near Bethincourt, though German reports say attacks were repelled.
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Trieste
Mary
Berlin
Vossieher Zeitung
Meru Hiss
Heemuase
OM Esol
Avecourt Wood
Meuse
Bois de Chaume
Alps
Isonzo
Ypres-Pochapelle Road
St. Julian
Mallans
Edward W. Pickard
Thei
Belgian
Lens
Petain
Chemin Des Dames
Verdun
Dead Man's Hill
Crown Prince
Alsace
Julian
Sonzo
Carso
Mhios Te Ilesen
Cadrona
Ypres
Menin
Vrezenberg
Atha
France
Cooneral Pershing
Russia
Cadorna
Gorizia
Monte Sano
Paris
Bethincourt
Malancourt
Hill 304
Arktic expedition arrives deny Peary Crockerland
Sydney Nova Scotia reports Donald B. MacMillan confirming there is no Crockerland as previously claimed by Peary. The four year Arctic voyage exposed a Mirage error that misled MacMillan’s party for four days.
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Sydney
N. S
Donald B. MacMillan
MacMillan
Peary
North Pole
Ponary
Hospitals Near Verdun Bombed by Germans
Paris reports German air raids on Verdun area hospitals. One hospital at Vadelainecourt caught fire from incendiaries and spread quickly, revealing the large red cross on the roof. A second bomb demolished a pavilion where three surgical teams were operating.
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Paris
Verdun
Vadelainecourt
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