Prisoners Of Allies Top War Prisoner Totals
London reports 167 780 allied prisoners taken since April 9 with British 46 165 German 46 155 French 43 723 Italians 40 681 Russians 37 221. announces Verdun hill 304 fall and Meuse sector gains. German losses cited as heavy amid Saint Julien and Ypres fighting.
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London
British War Department
Ypres-Menin
War Office
Berlin
Flanders
St. Julien
Ypres-Denin
Meuse
Associated Press
Verdun
Lemort Homme
Douaumont
Senate War Tax Program Faces Deliberations
Washington Aug 25 The Senate debated amendments to raise wartime revenues focusing on individual income taxes and the postwar profits levy. Leaders signaled possible postponement of action on income and war profits sections, while plans moved to consider the postage tax and publishers provisions. The finance panel backed higher corporate taxes and a $360 million revenue increase, with tentative support to cut 1916 retroactive income taxes of about $108 million.
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Washington
Senate
LaFollette
Hollis
Simmons
Finance Committee
House
Austrian Defense Stiffens Near Vhr and Rainsizza
Vienna reports Austrian defense stiffens with heavy attacks by Italians repelled along the Austrian lines south of Vhr and on the Rainsizza plateau between Wippash and the Adriatic sea. No gains reported for either side.
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Vienna
Hich
Vhr
Rainsizza
Wippash
Adriatic Sea
Reichstag Details Of Entente Plot And War Spoils
London reports purport to publish a verbatim German chancellor Michaelis speech. He claims Entente plotting to divide spoils, naming Siam Liberia China, and cites U-boat successes. He alleges Franco Russian secret aims, imperial partition plans, and British French involvement, outlining war aims and possible peace terms.
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Michaelis
Reichstag
Siam
Liberia
China
United States
Germany
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
France
England
Russia
Belgians to gain food aid under neutrals grain deal
The United States food commission and neutral European governments reached an arrangement to speed Belgian relief. Dutch ships will sail with Netherlands grain, most cargoes for Belgian needs, and Sweden will sell 952000 bushels of wheat at cost to Belgium with 270000 bushels of American rye to follow. Norway eyes 1000000 tons of shipping for food, with terms under review.
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Washington
Food Commission
Atlantic
Netherlands
United States
Norway
Nansen
Holland
Chevalier van Rappard
Hoover
Alsace Lorraine May Become German Duchy
Amsterdam dispatch reports German newspapers claim Chancellor Michaelis will elevate Alsace Lorraine to a federal duchy with a Württemberg ducal heir as duke. Reichstag majority of Alsatian members reportedly approve the plan despite official denials.
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London
Amsterdam
Michaelis
Alsace-Lorraine
Wurttemburg
Reichstag
Great Ship Program Targets Submarine Threat
WASITINGTON Aug 25 nearly two billion dollars for 1 272 ships aggregating 7 068 tons is the United States Shipping Board's program to beat the submarine with a major naval expansion and overhaul plan.
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Wasitington
United States Shipping Board
Red Cross to Furnish Food for Troop Trains
Red Cross chapters nationwide will supply food and coffee for thousands of men moved by train to cantonments starting Sept. 5. W omen refreshment units will assist at troop train stops, with sick men receiving special arrangements. Secretary Baker ordered Red Cross to be informed of all troop movements. Five mobile traveling laboratories, manned by volunteers, will combat epidemics at cantonments and stations nationwide within a day’s reach of any camp.
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Washington
Red Cross
Baker
Sneers at troops led to custody in Aurora
Jacob Hendricks, former constable and Chicago Republican peddler, was seized by Soldiers of Companies D and IT in Aurora on Friday after he sneered at the forces fighting for the country. He had pleaded guilty to extortion and criticized the Wilson administration. He sought bail but was informed he remained a prisoner of the government awaiting Justice Department action.
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Aurora
Jacob Hendricks
Hendricks
Chicago Republican
Thompson
Chicago
Wilson
United States
Department of Justice
Harvard men send 500 footballs to French troops
Cambridge, Mass. August 25 Five hundred footballs, sent by Harvard men, are on their way to France for American soldiers. Fred W. Moore, graduate manager of the Harvard Athletic Association, said he had written to 20,000 Harvard graduates asking for a dollar or more to fund athletic equipment for the troops.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
France
Fred W. Moore
Harvard Athletic Association
New Loan to Russia Approved
Petrograd August 25 The council of all Cousacke votes full confidence in Lieut Gen Korniloff and Premier Kerensky. Washington August 25 The United States reaffirmed support for the new Russian democracy by loaning another hundred million dollars to the provisional government.
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Washington
United States
The
Treasury
Lansing
State Department
Russia
Petrograd
Riga
Scott
Moscow
World War Fronts See Progress as Allied Offensives Expand
Cadorna’s Italian front crushes Austrian resistance along the Isonzo and Corsu lines aided by air bombardment, capturing 500 Austrian officers and 20,000 men along with dozens of guns. French forces reclaim ground near Verdun and Hill 304 as British and Canadian troops press hard around Loos Lens and Ypres, while Haig’s men regain some advances before renewed German counterattacks. Berlin reports 21 British tanks destroyed and crews captured as fighting persists on multiple fronts.
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Isonzo
Corsu
Triest
Verdun
Haucourt Wood
Bethincourt
Loos
France
Ypres
Belgium
Lens
Haig
Menin
Berlin
Wil Son price cut on coal won’t affect Chicago retail costs
Chicago producers say President Wilsons coal price cut will make little difference in local retail prices. The move had been anticipated for months and reduced to the current basis.
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Chicago
Wilson
Mob Facts Ousting Rioters in Houston Aug 25
An affidavit by Leroy Pinkett, private in Company I, 24th Regiment, describes Thursday riot events in Houston. He recounts the shooting of Corporal Baltimore by white officers, theft of ammunition, a large advance on the supply camp, about 50 shots fired, encounters with officers, a graveyard confrontation on San Felipe, and his escape into the woods overnight before arrest.
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Ouston
Texas
Leroy Pinkett
Baltimore
Henry
K Company
Captain Snow
Frank Johnson
Wheatley
Brown
Moore
Snodgrass
Tillman
San Felipe Street
American Airmen Praised by Petain
The LaFayette squadron of American volunteers received a formal French army citation signed by General Petain for courage and sacrifice. The unit, led by Capt. George Thenault, fought relentlessly and downed 28 enemy airplanes, earning admiration from French commanders and allied squadrillas.
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Associated Press
LaFayette
Petain
Squadrilla
France
George Thenault
Texas legislators lodge protest against Negro soldiers
A Texas Senate resolution introduced in Austin on August 25 declares it has been demonstrated that Negro soldiers in Texas cities pose a menace to white citizens and urges Senators and Congressmen to confer with President Wilson and Secretary of War Baker to remove these troops from the state. The measure is set for consideration today.
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Austin
Texas
Wilson
Baker
Explosive and Fuse Found at Joliet Oil Plant
Two bottles of nitroglycerine connected by a fuse were found Friday in the main boiler room of the New Process Refining company plant in Joliet Illinois. Superintendent O W Fitts said the act likely reflects gasoline conservation agitation by foes of America's war stance.
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Joliet
New Process Refining Company
O. W. Fitts
America
Riot deaths spark murder charges against 34 soldiers
In Houston a flood of violence left 17 dead and many wounded after Negro soldiers from the 24th infantry clashed with city police and civilians near Camp Logan. District Attorney John Crocker filed blanket murder charges against 34 soldiers as authorities sought custody and calm returned with reinforcements from Fort Sam Houston and Coast Guard artillery.
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Houston
Tex
John Crocker
24Th Infantry
Return to Columbus for 24th Infantry battalions
Gen James Parker orders the 24th Infantry battalions from Houston and Waco sent back to Columbus New Mexico as soon as transport is available. At Houston Negro troops are described as mutinous after firing in the camp killing 15, wounding 21, and losing two of their own, with plans for further investigation as Major General George Bell Jr. arrives. Funeral services set for Sunday for two youths Earl Fendler and Frederick Winkler. twelve others’ interment pending. Battalion disarmed at Camp Logan with Col Waltz declaring they must stay in camp.
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Houston
Texas
James Parker
2Th Infantry
Columbus
N. M
Camp Logan
Illinois Division
National Guard
George Bell, Jr
John A. Hulen
Ferguson
Hulen
Parker
Southern Department
San Antonio
24Th U. S. Infantry
Waco
Tex
24Th Infantry
L. S. Snow
Earl Fendler
Frederick Winkler
Brock
Shebergian
United States Army
24Th Negro Infantry
19Th Infantry
Millard F. Waltz
Coast Artillery
Fort Crockett
Loader
Waltz
Baker offers no action until board report on Houston riot
Washington August 23 Secretary Baker will wait for the board of inquiry findings before acting on the Houston riot involving Negro regular troops. He will base any action on the board's conclusions and declined to discuss policies on training more Negro troops in the South. The event prompts concern over civil order and possible disciplinary steps.
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Baker
Houston
Board of Inquiry
Department
Drim Head
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