Warilda Torpedo Disaster Amid Channel Crossing
London reports the ambulance transport Warilda was torpedoed in the channel with 800 aboard, many wounded. Survivors recount heroic efforts to launch boats as the vessel sank in darkness, with 122 dead including a wounded American and a woman auxiliary commander. The ship, Glasgow built in 1912, carried doctors, nurses, and prisoners previously.
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Eastern heat wave grips the nation with no relief
Washington reports a broad heat wave across the eastern half of the country from the Missouri Valley to the Atlantic coast. Relief is not immediate as 36 to 48 hours pass before showers reach the area. New York records four deaths and many prostrations. heat drives people to parks and fire escapes. Hog Island shipyard sees over 100 prostrations. Gloucester workers halt due to heat. St Louis reports six more deaths in the heat, including adults and infants.
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St. Louis
San Antonio debates municipal shoe shines for soldiers
San Antonio officials consider a municipal shine parlor on Hawkton and Commerce Streets with a five cent rate, citing rising private parlor prices. Mayor Hell and the commission weigh employment for cripples and youth, noting other Texas cities charge ten cents daily.
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Weather roundup across cities with scattered showers
A weather summary lists conditions for San Antonio and vicinity with tonight and Wednesday highs about 94 to 98 and light north to northwest winds. East Texas shows generally fair skies with possible showers, while St Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, and New York report clear or mild winds and varying temperatures. Washington and other readings note clear skies and modest wind, with high temperatures reaching the mid to upper 80s and 90s in some areas.
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Gulf tropical disturbance to inland Gulf eastward note
Weather bulletin reports a tropical disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico likely turning inland to the east of the area. Tide was under one foot above normal, a moderate swell persisted, winds shifted to the northwest around 20 mph, and barometer readings hovered near 20.03 in. and 29.87 in. this morning and afternoon.
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Tropical disturbance nears Gulf coast with warnings issued
The Houston weather service reports a tropical disturbance moving toward the Gulf of Mexico with a fall in barometer and unsettled air patterns across the nation. Gale warnings extend along the Louisiana coast as the storm’s location is identified but exact landfall point remains uncertain.
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Weather Bureau
Zeppelin is Downed in East Anglia Raid
London reports say a German Zeppelin raid on the east coast last night failed. British fliers met the ships at sea and destroyed one in flames while damaging another and driving a third away. Details on two remaining airships were not disclosed.
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Dame
Tand
Austria impressed by Allied manpower gains on fronts
Washington reports Austria acknowledges growing Entente numerical superiority as decisive in the war. An Viennese paper, Arbeiter Zeitung, notes that French and allied western front victories have caused despondency within Austria. The admissions reflect a shift in morale and perceived war trajectory.
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Mystery ships brave German subs in WWI tales of audacity
London report details British mystery ships used against U boats. A woman and child scene ends a U-boat threat as a baby explodes the sub’s hatch. Other feats include a ship’s broadside and concealed armament bringing a U-boat to destruction.
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Dead husband found by Galveston flood victim
Zealia Phelan of St Louis learns the man she buried as her husband after a Galveston flood in 1900 was a stranger. The man she later married, R B K Hardpen, died recently. He had become mentally unbalanced by a rescue blow and wandered till Alton asylum, where memory returned after a hospital meeting. They plan to live together now. No State Fair This Year. Dallas official: War Department halts fair to use park for aviation camp.
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Alton Asylum
Dallas
Tex
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State Food Association of Texas
War Department
Grain Fire Destroys Read Milling Elevator in Pulsa
Fire at Read Milling and Elevator Company in Pulsa Oklahoma destroyed the elevator and grain house. Officials estimate about 150000 dollars in grain burned and total losses near 130000 dollars. The fire originated from an undetermined source.
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Exemption changes in draft bill aim to protect industries
Washington Aug 10 broader exemptions in the new draft bill are proposed to safeguard essential home industries and war production. Crowder told the Senate military committee the language would allow a liberal interpretation of exemptions for occupations rather than whole industries. Chamberlain noted the committee will seek statements from Baker and Marek about the bill’s hurried passage amid war needs.
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National Guard
Naval Militia
German Minister of Marine To Retire Soon Reports Say
A dispatch from Bertin to Stuttgart Pageblatt and other papers reports Admiral von Capelle, the German minister of marine, will resign soon. He succeeded Admiral von Tirpitz in March. The note ties potential retirement to submarine war issues and Vor Holtzen dorff apologizing for submarines failing to sink American transports.
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Germans Sinking Tanker Near Halifax Prompts Evacuation
Reports say the German submarine torpedoed the Standard, a tanker, ten miles from a Canadian Atlantic port. The crew abandoned in small boats while shells rained. the chief cook and steward were killed. The Louis Rheneas escaped in ballast and reached shore after a running gun battle.
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Earl of Reading Arrives in London for War Cabinet Talks
The Earl of Reading, British ambassador and high commissioner to the United States, has landed in London to confer with the British War Cabinet. In his absence Cal, Ville Barelay will head the British embassy bureau. Sir Richard Crawford oversees commercial affairs. Sir Henry Tabington Smith acts as assistant high commissioner and leads the War mission in the United States.
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Man on trial for life in Mintie Glover murder case
August Glover faced a life trial in Tyre's seventh District Court after Judge Anderson denied a continuance. Glover pleaded not guilty as defense plans to prove insanity at the time of the killing. Mintie Glover was shot at a house on 2 West Carolina Street on November 2.
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Germans Face Setbacks in Vesle Front Actions
Paris reports that desperate German attacks against allied advanced guards north of the Vesle failed to shake the Vesle front. French and American units crossed from the south bank and held, with a French advance to the Ayre north of Montdidier. Prisoners taken in a German raid southeast of Montdidier.
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Marisel
von Muller
Rupprecht
German crown prince rebuilds shattered divisions in France
General Mangin reports the German crown prince is reconstructing weakened units behind the lines with JSG recruits after the Marne retreat. Some divisions still fielded under 30 men per company while premier Bavarian divisions also saw action in the battle to regain strength.
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Americans Unshaken by Bombardments on Vesle Front
American forces continue to hold Fismes amid heavy German artillery and gas attacks along the Vesle on August 6. French troops on both flanks also patrol across the river while weather hindered German accuracy. The Germans employed 150 millimeter guns and mustard gas as they tried to dislodge Allied positions, but American and French units pressed their advance and kept watch on the roads toward Fismes.
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