French General Joffre Boosts Allied Victory Outlook
Gen Joseph Joffre says the turning point in World War I has passed and united Allied action will force German collapse. He notes complete front unity among French British Belgian forces and praises Russian Italian Serbian contributions while warning Germany strains remain. He stresses enduring friendship with the American people.
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General Staff
France
Joseph Joffree
Associated Press
Joffre
Saroniki
Alles
Somme
Verdun
Pelee
Joffree
America
Jeffree
England
Recruiting Men Recalled From Illinois National Guard Duty
Springfield Aug. 6 Officers and men sent on recruiting duty for the Illinois National Guard were recalled by Adjutant General Dickson after a War Department order issued on instructions from Major General Barry. Recruiting offices in Effingham Springfield Peoria and Chicago will proceed with discharge and return home for those not yet in mobilization camp.
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Springfield
Til
Illinois National Guard
Dickson
Thomas H. Barry
Central Division
Chicago
Effingham
George A. Lipschulch
W. C. Groom
Peoria
J. T. B. Tones
F. M. Barber
Barry
Secretary of War
Gen. Barry
War Department
Mexican foreign minister says not informed on US commissioners
Gen Daniel Aguilar said he had not been advised of the American commissioners named to join Mexican counterparts for talks on differences and venue. He noted the Canadian governor general sent an invitation for a conference to be held in Canada, with Vancouver suggested as the meeting place. The text of Mexico’s latest note to the United States was released Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Danil Do Aguilar
Canada
Vancouver
B. C
United States
Foodstuffs Exports Decline From Last Year
Washington Aug 6 Ex port of foodstuffs cotton and oils from the United States for the fiscal year just ended did not equal those of the previous year. Statistics announced Saturday by the department of commerce show shipments totalled 1,289,735,326 dollars, a decrease of 58,400,000 from 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
United States
Department of Commerce
Philadelphia firm rejects union ultimatum over transit strike
E Mitten, president of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company, refused to deal with the Amalgamated Association after their Friday ultimatum threatening a strike by motormen and conductors. Union officers gave no clear schedule, saying a strike order would come in a matter of hours.
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Philadelphia
E. Mitten
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Motomen
Lamm Conceded Republican Nomination in Missouri
Sedalia Mo Aug 5 Judge Henry Lamm was conceded the Republican nomination for governor by opponent John E Swanger in a telegram announced yesterday Lamm is of Sedalia and the concession follows a contested race between the two men for the party’s nomination
Fifty-Five New Infantile Paralysis Cases in State
Albany reports fifty five new infantile paralysis cases outside Greater New York, lifting the statewide total to six hundred thirty. Saturday deaths added four, bringing the epidemic death toll to fifty seven since the outbreak began.
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Albany
N.Y
Greater
New York
State Health Department
French British Line Meet German Front on Western Front
Gen Toffre stated that Germany could field 102 divisions against the French and British forces on the western front while 50 divisions operate with Austrian troops on the Russian front. He ended the interview with renewed cordiality toward the American people. Franklin Boulton arranged the talk with General Joffre through the chamber of deputies.
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Jes On
Germany
Toffre
Joffre
Franklin Boulton
Chamber of Deputies
Hughes Starts Campaign Trip Across the Continent
Republican presidential nominee Charles B. Hughes and Mrs. Hughes began a cross country campaign tour from New York Aug. 6. They planned Niagara Falls for Sunday with Detroit meetings Monday evening. William R. Wallock accompanied him to Chicago, and a throat specialist joined the party.
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New York
Charles B. Hughes
Hughes
Niagara Falls
Chicago
William R. Wallcox
Republican National Committee
Unable to Hold Cement Strikers in Ottawa
Municipal authorities struggle to contain the cement strike after state troops withdrew and militia may be recalled. Several hundred strikers demonstrated at Oglesby with no violence reported. Stake breakers and armed guards held in a stockade to prevent clashes with union men. Mayor Morrison, injured Friday night in a rioter assault, is recovering.
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Ottawa
Oglesby
Morrison
Miss Doris Deane Becomes Sister Claude Agnes at Convent
ST LOUIS on August 6 Miss Doris Deane youngest daughter of Richmond Deane Chicago vice president of the Pullman company took vows as a visitation nun at the convent here henceforth she will be known as Sister Claude Agnes She graduated at the Visitation Convent last June
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ST. Louis
Doris Deane
Richmond Deane
Chicago
Pullman Company
Visitation
Claude Agnes
Visitation Convent
Watermelons banned by U S authorities in El Paso region
Aug 6 El Paso Texas reports a nationwide wartime health order banning watermelons at army camps. An expert cites watermelon rind as garbage that cannot be burned or buried, turning rind into fly breeding waste and spreading disease risk.
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EL Paso
Texas
Southwest
Danish West Indies sale opposition grows in Denmark
Copenhagen reports show provincial left party papers opposing the sale to the United States. Some left parliament members oppose while others may support the deal. Conservative papers criticize wartime secrecy and question selling the islands for 25 million dollars, arguing their true value is far higher.
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Copenhagen
London
Left
United States
Wilson Takes Triv
Fort Monroe Virginia August 6 President Wilson arrived by naval yacht Mayflower and spent two hours ashore at Hampton Roads with Mrs Wilson He plans to leave today and return to Washington Monday morning Secretary Baker arrived by General Schofield and witnessed target and mine laving practice and a demonstration of defenses at Hampton Roads The president declined the invitation to witness the target practice
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Wilson
Triv
Fortress
Monroe
Hampton Roads
Washington
Baker
Schofield
Leaves for Plattsburg Training From Pubacoue
G T Dave Paslee grandson of the late C D Henderson former speaker of the national house of representatives leaves today for Plattsburg N Y to take military training.
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Plattsburg
Pubacoue
Towa
Dave Paslee
C. D. Henderson
National House of Representatives
N.Y
Infantile Paralysis Claims Lovington Teen
Aue 6 Mre Al ana Grindle Cateau, living near Lovington, Wisconsin, died Saturday from infantile paralysis. The illness spread to the head neck and shoulders and caused her death unexpectedly. She was 17 years old.
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Lovington
Alana Grindle Cateau
British gain on Pozieres front and global actions
British forces captured main defenses along a 2000 yard front north of Pozieres with several hundred prisoners taken. German counterattacks failed with losses. Paris reports no Somme activity while Berlin notes a French advance repulsed south of Maurepas. In Meuse sector fighting continues, and on the Russian front intense clashes occur near Brody and Sereth with various retirements and counterattacks. Turks attack Romani as Rome notes minor Trentino gains.
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London
Pozieres
Berlin
Ovillers
Foureaux Wood
Somme
Paris
Maurepas
Meuse
Thiaumont
Fleury
Brody
Galicia
Sereth
Peniaki-Tchistaopady
Patyscye
Zaosze
Petrograd
Carpathians
Katy
Romani
Suez Canal
Rome
Trentino
Launch Run Down By the G. W. Hill at Dubuque
An excursion steamer the G. W. Hill struck a launch returning from a trip. The collision occurred Saturday night in Dubuque and two men aboard the launch were missing despite the steamer stopping and rescue efforts.
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G. W. Hill
Police Round Up Nearly a Dozen on Disturbance Charges
Saturday night police arrested nearly a dozen people on peace disturbance and minor charges. Dolly Carrier was detained for peace disturbance at the fish market of her husband after causing a scene. May Locke and Mabel Penney were arrested during a fight at Fifth and York streets. Henry Musholt and William Kroner faced peace disturbance charges for a home dispute. A youth identifying as George Clark, age 18, was caught prowling near a residence at Ninth and Vermont streets after midnight. an accomplice escaped.
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Dolly Carrier
May Locke
Mabel Penney
Fifth
York
Henry Musholt
William Kroner
George Clark
Eighth
Locust Streets
Ninth
Vermont
Prediction strike may spread to B and Q divisions
The Hannibal division of Chicago Burlington and Quincy workers struck Friday and a few days later Robert H. Eaves of Bonne Terre Missouri, head of the American Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen, announced a settlement. About 270 men are out claiming a foreman was discharged for refusing to surrender his union card and demanding his reinstatement.
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ST. Louis
Hannibal
Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Robert H. Eaves
Bonne Terre
American Brotherhood of Railway Trackmen
Eaves
Train collision injures four near McCook crossing
An auto with six men returning from Jefferson to Sioux Falls was struck by a Milwaukee freight train three miles north of McCook, leaving four injured two seriously. Injured include Mo McDennett and Mike Fagan of Cascade Iowa Ed Fielder and Patick Ford of Sioux Falls. They were taken to a Sioux City hospital by the train crew. E Furbure and E Smith of LeMars Iowa were thrown clear and unharmed.
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McCook
S. D
Sioux Falls
Jefferson
Milwaukee
Here
Mo McDennett
Mike Fagan
Cascade
Towa
Ed. Fielder
Patick Ford
Sioux
Sioux City
E. Furbure
LeMars
E. Smith
Attempts to Join Bandits In Juarez Violence Crisis
Mariano Tames formerly a Villa army colonel led about 100 men attempting to join Villa, starting from Juarez on Saturday after a failed revolt attempt. He was joined by 80 men near the town and 20 more from Samalayuca garrison. A 700-strong force under Gen Francisco Gonzales pursued to recover the revolutionaries’ bodies.
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EL Paso
Texas
Mariano Tames
Villa
Tames
Juarez
Samalayuca
Francisco Gonzales
United States
Mexico
Volunteer Defense Corps of
Holdup Police Still Baffled In Detroit Car Job
Detroit police remain ignorant of the highwaymen who robbed the Burroughs Adding Machine motor pay car. Officials estimate the loot at 33000 to 34000 dollars. Six suspects were arrested and later freed on alibis as the bandits vanished in a common small touring car.
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Detroit
Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Lansing
Hich
Government Intervenes in Switchmen Dispute
Washington mediation official G W W Hanger arrived to confer with workers and railroad managers as 30 000 switchmen in the East demand terms aligned with the national "big four" unions. A strike vote is being counted on 225 railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Switchmens Union of North America
G. W. W. Hanger
United States Board of Mediation and Conclation
Washington
Big Four
Chicago Women Held For Murder
Two young women were taken into custody after the shooting of Russell Kovee at Wooded Island in Jackson Park. Pauline Bishop a mantourist and hairdresser claimed engagement to Bovee and recent quarrel. Evelyn Abner, who had known Bovee, said she was recently married to Arthur Abner and was driving near the Mexican border.
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Chicago
Russell Kovee
Jackson Park
Pauline Posen
Pauline Porter
Pauline Bishop
Bishop Sata
Bovee
Guardsmen receive insect bags for flea protection
Eighteen hundred insect bags designed to guard troopers from fleas infesting camps along the Mexican border have been sent to the 12th infantry New York national guard at Mellen Texas. The bags, filled with naphthalene, fit over the shoulders with ends hanging at the chest and back. The American Defense society's army and navy supply committee will supply more New York guardsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
12Th Infantry
New York National Guard
Mellen
Texas
Army and Navy Supply Committee
American Defense Society
Quarantine Ordered in Trenton to Stop Infantile Paralysis
TRENTON Aug 6 The city commission imposed a general quarantine to prevent further spread of infantile paralysis. All children under sixteen are barred from leaving the city and those without certificates may not enter. Only two plague cases have been recorded locally.
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Trenton
N. J
Senate Dems propose tougher income tax exemptions
Washington August 6 Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee revise the revenue bill proposing to cut single exemption from 3600 to 2000 and family exemption from 4000 to 3000 locking in 1 percent tax on 1000 and 2 percent on 3000 to 4000. The move aims for extra revenue while committee members await full-committee approval next week. The panel also voted to raise the surtax on incomes over two million to 13 percent, forecast to add about 10 million in revenue, with the latest change adding about 6 million.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Secrecy urged on Panama defenses plans study
Washington reports say authorities plan to urge Congress to expand laws against clandestine gathering of military and naval plans. The move could cover attempts to destroy powder and munition plants, with focus on securing Panama canal defenses. A Japanese vessel, posing as a fishing launch, sought permits near Panama Bay, signaling surveys beyond water to the isthmus.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Congress
United States
Panama Bay
Tug Timmins to Change Its Name to Hansa
The tug Thos. F. Timmins, involved with the submarine Deutschland, will be renamed the Hansa after a few days. The Deutschland’s voyage signals the start of regular service between Baltimore and German ports. Provisions were loaded aboard the Timmins, and a crew member said it was gathering barges.
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Baltimore
Thos. F. Timmins
Deutschland
Hansa
Fredri. Hinsch
Deutsch Ozcan Rhederei
Timmins
Editors Agree to Arbitration of Personal Disputes
Birmingham Aug 6 members of the Rotary club urged editor E W Barrett of the Age Herald and publisher Victor H Hansen of the News to submit to arbitration over personal differences that led to warrants for their arrest on a charge of planning a duel. The warrants were not withdrawn.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Rotary Club
E. W. Barrett
The
Age-Herald
Victor H. Hansen
the News
Earler
Wilson Endorsed by Californians at Progressive Conference
San Francisco April 6 delegates at a California Progressive conference unanimously endorsed President Wilson and completed the Woodrow Wilson Progressive League organization. Francis J. Heney of Los Angeles was elected president of the new league.
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Wilson
Threat to destroy eyes targets Ohio woman in attack
An anonymous note threatening to destroy the eyes of Mrs. Inna Little, 23, wife of steel magnate George Little, was received Saturday in East Liverpool. She was attacked Monday night by an unknown assailant who threw acid on her arm and fled. The note writer is believed to be connected to the assault.
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Ohio
Liverpool
Inna Little
George Little
New York Blockade Shuts Surface Cars Boroughs Hit
New York halted by a transit blockade as surface car service ceased at 8 PM in Manhattan, the Bronx and Richmond. Queens saw limited operation while Brooklyn faced strikes. Officials warn a broader walkout could suspend elevated and subway lines, with jitneys filling streets amid congestion and scattered arrests.
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New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Richmond
Brooklyn
Queens
William B. Fitzgerald
Interborough
William D. Mahon
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Carmen
Staten Island
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Stra
Wake Hie
Auto Tre
Potee Iid
Moainhatetan
Pegir
Pohioa
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U. S
Danish West Indies
Mary
Burroughs Company
TUG Timmins
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