Teutons Alarmed at Losses From Allied War Pressure
Germany is frightened by western front shifts and American forces. Allied ships and troops threaten Archangel to Petrograd, while Japan may intervene in Siberia. Bombing raids on Rhine munitions centers and failed peace feelers add to German anxiety about the postwar order. Continued on Page Ten.
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Petrograd
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Siberia
Rhine
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Three German Generals Disgraced Near Montdidier
Amsterdam Aug 12 German generals who led troops near Montdidier were relieved of command for neglect of duty. Belgian sources report. In St Quentin many soldiers faced court martial for treason after the weekend trials. The Kaiser is now in Brussels.
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Montdidier
St. Quentin
Brussels
German evacuation plans eyed between Avre and the Somme
An official interview in the Stuttgart Neu wictblatt is seen as a move to shape German opinion for withdrawing large swaths of territory between the Avre and the Somme. The area lies along the present battle front, covering most of the contested ground.
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Stuttgart
Neuwictblatt
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Avre and
Battle Front
Baggage Men Seek New Transfer Rates in Seattle
Baggage men of Seattle again appeared before the city license committee Monday morning asking to raise transfer rates from 59 to 75 cents for hauling trunks in the central portion of the city.
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Seattle
Readers urged to place Want Ads by phone
The Star invites readers to call Main 600 to place Want Ads for the largest audience in the Northwest. Ads will be charged to the advertiser.
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Main 600
Northwest
Foch Forms Dual Front Strategy In Somme Campaign
Battle analysis notes Foch pursues a two front approach across Picardy and Champagne. He links Montdidier and the Marne drives while British and French flank the Somme southward toward Roye and Noyon to trap German forces near Peronne and force retreat to the Hindenburg line.
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Noyon
Hindenburg Line
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Chemin Des Dames
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Picardy
Champagne
Montdidier
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Ultimatum Sent to Japan Reported by Swedish Press
Washington August 12 Russian Bolsheviks allegedly sent an ultimatum to Japan according to Swedish press reports. The nature of the demand is not disclosed. Kiev reports the Don region has been freed from Bolsheviks and is now garrisoned by a large well equipped army.
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Holsheviks
Japan
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Don
Russian leaders flee Paris report from Moscow to Kronstadt
Reports say Le Nine and Trotsky have fled from Moscow to Kronstadt. Kronstadt is twenty miles west of Petrograd in Kronstadt bay, an arm of the Gulf of Finland, a heavily armed fortress.
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Trotsky
Moscow
Kronstadt
Petrograd
Kronstadt Bay
Gulf of Finland
Bolsheviki Overthrown in Kazan and Novgorod Regions
Reports from Copenhagen state Soviets were overthrown and councils of Menasheviki and social revolutionaries set up in Kazan and Olate Hinsky. Bolshevik leaders killed in the Rjesan and Novgorod districts, with heavy Bolshevik losses reported.
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Kazan
Olatehinsky
Rjesan
Novgorod
Dankos Executed as Slayer of Eichhorn in Ukrainia
Paris August 12 The Russian special revolutionary Dankos accused of killing Field Marshal Von Eichhorn German dictator in Ukrainia was executed Saturday according to advices today The sensational wartime dispatch notes the alleged assassination and its swift punishment by authorities.
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Dankos
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Ukrainia
Consuls Released in Moscow Prompt International Updates
Stockholm reports Swedish agents secured the release of the British and French consuls in Moscow. Copenhagen notes Germany will move its embassy from Moscow to Pskov, a 400 mile shift eastward.
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Stockholm
Moscow
Baking Wheatless Breads Demonstration at Settlement
Mary F. E. Sutherland of the United States Food Administration will give a demonstration on baking wheatless breads and cakes at the Weaconess Settlement, 1504 Rainier, Wednesday at 3 p.m. Mrs. Le is in charge.
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United States Food Administration
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Rainierve
Fresh enemy troops clash along Vesle front
American and French forces facing German divisions on the Vesle heights faced renewed artillery barrages and rifle fire. American infantry advanced halfway up a steep hill before withdrawing to the foot amid heavy fire, as fresh Prussian divisions pressed the line.
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Vesle
Dough Boys
Three Vessels Sunk Off Atlantic Coast
Washington reports three more ships destroyed by submarines off the Atlantic coast. The British steamship Penistone was torpedoed August 11, 100 miles east of Nantucket. An unnamed American schooner and a Swedish steamer were sunk August 10–11, also east of Nantucket.
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Atlantic
Penistone
Nantucket
Navy Department
Threaten to Revoke Poolroom License
John F. Matson faced a license revocation threat after the city license committee warned that patrons at his poolroom at 406 Main St. were using Jamaica ginger, Hoffman drops, and hard cider. He was given one extra week to sell the business to a tougher owner, or the license would be pulled.
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Main a#t
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License landlords in wartime city asks for power
City Attorney Kennedy argues the city may license landlords but questions authority to form a rental commission to regulate rent increases. He favors removing profiteering entirely, urging emergency measures to protect the people and leaving constitutional questions to the courts.
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Kennedy
Star
Earl Walters Pledges Fight on Rent-Hog Measures
Earl Walters pledges in FD 1 Kirkland Washington to vote for a bill granting cities stronger powers to curb rent profiteering and to back any other measures to curb profiteering and conserve state resources. He runs for Representative in the 42d District subject to Republican primaries.
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Moitor
Earl Walters
Kirkland
Wash
British Down Hun Airship in Dutch Coast Battle
British light naval forces and aircraft engaged German aircraft off the Holland coast in a clash described as yielding a German airship downed on August 11 or 12, with British forces claiming success in the action.
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London
Holland
City Starts Probe of Rent Problems in Seattle
Assistant Corporation Counsel Meier begun an investigation into rental regulation challenges facing Seattle. His opinion on the council plan is expected to be presented at a special mayor and council meeting before week’s end.
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Meier
Franklin Roosevelt Meets Italy Premier in Rome
In Rome on August 12 Franklin D Roosevelt then assistant secretary of the United States Navy conferences with Italian Premier Orlando regarding postwar naval and diplomatic matters.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Italy
Rome
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States Navy
Orlando
More U S Troops to Go to Italy
Rome report says Franklin J. Roosevelt announced that additional American troops will be sent to Italy. The statement comes as Allied operations in the Mediterranean continue to expand and strengthen.
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Italy
Rome
Franklin J. Roosevelt
Four Towns Besieged as Haig Presses German Line
Paris reports Chaulnes Roye Lassigny and Noyon in critical positions on the German front. Ludendorff moves reserves and reorganizes divisions while the Allies probe to breach these bulwarks. Heavies move to new lines as French guns rapidly shift into action. bombing between Ham and Peronne continues. Aviators say German retreat corridors and columns clog the rear.
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Paris
Chaulnes
Roye
Lassigny
Noyon
Ludendorff
von Hutier
Ham
Peronne
Allied Wings Press Forward on Multiple Fronts
United Press summarizes Allied activity on the Picardy and Vesle fronts with advances by American and British troops near Bray and Lihons while French forces seize L'Eachelle. German counterattacks around Roye are repelled as Chaulnes and Roye claims prove false and new trains threaten Ribe court and Lassigny.
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Somme
Peronne
Roye
L'Eachelle
Lihons
Chaulnes
Ayre
Oise
Ribecourt
Lassigny
Aisne
Vesle
Tax Proposal Labels Ice Cream and Soda Delicacies
The house ways and means committee voted to tax ice cream soda sundaes and other soda fountain delicacies at 2 cents per 10 cents or fraction thereof. A 10 percent tax on bottled soft drinks will be paid by the manufacturer. Secretary McAdoo is expected back to push an 80 percent war profits levy.
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Washington
House Ways and Means
McAdoo
Writ Denied in Vagrancy Case Before Judge Smith
Mary Sutherland of the United States was denied a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Everett Smith Monday morning. The court ruled she was not entitled to the writ since she was arrested under a warrant and bail had been offered and accepted.
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Everett Smith
Allies advance in Picardy with 40,000 taken
Reports from Picardy show Allied forces under Gen. Foch widening gains despite stiff German counterattacks. Peronne and surrounding targets are shelled as French and British push toward Lassigny Roye Noyon and Chaulnes. German casualties exceed 100,000 with 40,000 prisoners and over 700 guns captured.
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Coter
Foch
Peronne
Lassigny
Roye
Noyon
Chaulnes
Somme
French advance near Lassigny capture Gury and Loges wood
Dispatch from Lowell reports French troops closing on Lassigny to within miles and capturing Gury two miles southwest. Forces moved toward Loges wood two miles northwest as the front line shows little change elsewhere.
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Lassigny
Gury
Loges Wood
Oye
French Shelling Ravages Roye and Noyon Front
Dispatches report French artillery bombarding Roye and Noyon making them nearly uninhabitable while advances push toward Thiesecourt wood near Lassigny. Premier Clemenceau, back from the front, remains optimistic as German strength in Picardy exceeds 100000.
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Paris
Roye
Noyon
Lassigny
Thiesecourt Wood
Clemenceau
Ludendorff Tries to Stop Disaster on the Somme Front
Allied forces maintain positions as Von Ludendorff masses reserves near key Somme positions. The first phase of fighting is deemed over with the Germans about 17 miles from Amiens and 16 miles from the Amiens Paris railway. Prisoners report orders to hold at all costs, while German officers admit disorder behind the lines. Americans fight with the British before Bray as Australians advance slowly.
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Hill
Von
Amiens-Paris
Somme
Bray
von der Marwitz
Senate Keeps 18 to 45 Age Range For Army Bill
Washington reports the senate military committee defeated an amendment to bar drafting men under 21 and plans to report the bill with ages 18 to 45. The "work or fight" amendment drew no decision as measures to prevent strikes were discussed. Chairman Chamberlain said a report is expected Thursday.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Chamberlain
Allied forces seize Bray and surrounding area near Roye
British and American troops report the capture of the outer edge of Bray, five miles southeast of Albert, as German counterattacks press in front of Roye. The French claim air advances along an 18 mile front from the Avre to the Oise amid stabilizing lines. Libourne is disputed and Chaulnes status remains unclear.
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London
Bray
Alsbert
Somme
Roye
L' Echelle
Royer
Avre
Oise
The
Libor
Chaulnes
Spain keeps neutrality vow after cabinet meetings
After yesterday's cabinet meetings in the palace a semi official statement declares Spain's foreign policy will not be altered and that maintaining neutrality is vital to the country.
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