British and French Forces Drive Reopen Fronts In Picardy
Allied forces report major advances along a 20 mile front from the Cojeul river to Chauines with Albert captured by British troops and heavy German counterattacks repulsed. Across the Picardy line the French retook more than 50 villages and moved toward Noyon while Haig’s forces pressed on in Flanders.
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Paris
Picardy
Oise Aisne
von Boehm
Teuton
Marvel Hutin
Echo de Paris
Noyon
Hill 164
Porquescourt Wood
Mont Renaud
Aisne
Vesle
Albert Rec “Red
Briti
Ancre
Somme
Albert
Beaucourt
Moyenneville
Arras Albert
Lassigny
Soissons
Haig
Cojuel
Chauines
Flanders Front
Bailleul
Allies Crack Teutons Along 60 Mile Front
Paris reports Gen Lebeny commanding the French army north and west of the Oise says the battle has won ground to 25 kilometers and has liberated scores of villages. Sixteen German divisions with about 192000 men have been beaten, over 10000 prisoners and 220 guns captured. We will win.
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Paris
Lebeny
Oise
Mercy Expedition to Russia Aims to Save Millions
Allied intervention follows warnings that 20 million Russians could die from famine disease and war chaos before next summer. British and allied officials call the move a mercy expedition to provide food, sanitation, and relief under a coordinated effort with the Murman council.
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Opean
Newspaper Enterprise Association
London
England
Russia
Murman Coast
Siberia
Murman Council
War Manpower Bill Aims to Mobilize 18 and 19 Year Olds
Washington reports the new war power bill moves to unleash 18 and 19 year olds into service. House leaders expect a close vote with Kahn predicting defeat of the deferral amendment. Senate appears to back broader enlistment and quick action to pass the measure.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
War Department
Kahn
Dent
Military Affairs Committee
Wilson
House
Senate
Japanese Forces Advance North of Vladivostok in Siberia
Tokyo reports Japanese troops have moved beyond Nikolsk, a key railway junction 50 miles north of Vladivostok. Lieut. Gen Otani, commander of allied forces in Eastern Siberia, will also command Czecho Slovak troops and anti Bolshevik forces in maritime Siberia.
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Tokyo
Nikolsk
Otani
Siberia
Vladivostok
Czechs Seek More Reinforcements for Baikal Stand
Tokyo reports that Czecho-Slovaks request large Allied reinforcements in the Lake Baikal region. The Vladivostok dispatch says they are in danger and must decisively defeat the Bolsheviks within a month before winter.
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Tokyo
Lake Baikal
Vladivostok
Nippon Dempo
Munson resigns from U.S. Shipping Board post
Frank R. Munson today resigned as a member of the United States Shipping Board effective September 1 and will return to his duties as president of a steamship line. Officials credited him with bringing over 1,000,000 tons of neutral shipping under board control and organizing use of most of the world tonnage to move the army.
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Washington
Frank R. Munson
United States Shipping Board
Hurley
Munson
Steamsip Line
Senate to issue secret air report to Baker
Senate probers plan a second secret report to Secretary Baker detailing short comings of the aircraft program. The document will focus on a frontline aircraft type and is expected to guide improvements, with Baker promising careful consideration of the probe.
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Washington
Senate
Baker
Paker
Senate Committee
British Ship Diomed Sunk By Submarine Off Sandy Hook
The steamship Diomed, a new vessel of Booth Steamship Co., likely owned in New York, was sunk by shell fire about 350 miles off Sandy Hook. The crew of 104 men and officers survived after 48 hours in lifeboats and were rescued by another ship. Several crewmen were injured by splinters but there were no fatalities.
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Atlantic
Diomed
Sandy Hook
Booth Steamship Co
New York
South Atlantic
Four Die From Depth-Charge Blast Aboard Orizaba
Four men were killed and 19 wounded when a depth charge exploded aboard the U S Orizaba on August 17. Lieut Commander Williamson was killed, Commander White injured, and three enlisted men named Lambert Mayer and Bairs among the dead. The ship was in troop transport service without soldiers aboard.
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R. F
Riverside
N. J
Frank J. Mayer
U. Ss. N
Cincinnati
Arthur K. Bairs
Pittsburg
Orizawa
Hoover arrives at port aboard British liner with 1200 aboard
Food administrator Herbert Hoover lands at an Atlantic port aboard a British liner carrying 1200 passengers. He is met by his secretary Louis Strousa and aides Dr. Alexander Tyler and Alexander Smith. Hoover declines comment until a statement is issued from the United States Grain Corporation.
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Atlantic
Herbert C. Hoover
United States Food Administration
Hoover
Louis Strousa
Alexander Tyler
Alexander Smith
United States Grain Corporation
Sir Robert Borden Arrives at Atlantic Port
Sir Robert L. Borden Canadian premier lands at Atlantic Port after a trip to England. He is accompanied by Gen. C. Mewburn minister for militia and defense Col. The Hon. Ballentyne minister for naval service and Borden's secretary Geo. W. Yates.
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Atlantic
Sir Robert L. Borden
England
C. Mewburn
Ballentyne
Borden
Geo. W., Yates
Labor council exoneration shocks Seattle unions
A Seattle Labor Council resolution exonerating Hulet M Wells and W H Kaufman, convicted of war crimes, provokes a backlash from rank and file union men who oppose the action and question its sources. The Star notes widespread hostility to the resolutions and calls for an investigation into their origins.
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Seattle Labor Council
Hulet M. Wells
W. H. Kaufman
Seattle
Star
Central Labor Council
Red Cross
Lodge Outlines U S Peace Terms in Senate Speech
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge disclosed to the Senate the irreducible minimum for a German peace, urging restoration of Belgium Alsace Lorraine Italia Irredenta and new independent states while stressing victory must be won in German territory. His remarks come as he is aligned to become Senate Republican leader and frame party views on peace terms.
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America
W. H. Kaufman
Granger
Olympia
Hulet Wells
France
Lodge
U. S
Senate
Washington
Germany
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Belgium
Alsace-Lorraine
Iran
Lorraine
Italia
Triest
Italy
Serbia
Rumania
Greece
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Russia
Brest-Litovak
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Palestine
Thoroly
Gallinger
Classifieds Drive to Main 600 Copies at Branch Offices
Readers may pick up copies at Bartell's on 610 Second Ave or at P Mullen's on 5409 Ballard Ave. The note directs distribution to two local branch offices for pickup.
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Classified
Bartell’s
610
Second Ave
P. Mullen’s
Ballard Ave
New Jail Urged by City and County Officials
A joint statement from Mayor Hanson Police Chief Warren and Sheriff Stringer urges Seattle and King County to build a new jail and stockade on Beacon Hill. The plea cites overcrowding beds bedding sanitation and the quarantine issue in an obsolete jail system. Immediate funding and cooperation are demanded to house prisoners properly.
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Hanson
Joel Warren
Stringer
Seattle
King County
Beacon Hill
Sanitary
War Front updates widen British and French attack lines
United Press reports gains along a 20 mile British front between the Cojeul river and Chaulnes and a 40 mile French advance from Roye to Soissons. British sectors east of Le Touret Neuf-Berquin and Outtersteen see progress, while German counterattacks near Albert fail. The Vesle and Aisne fronts hint at German withdrawal as Mangin presses north of Soissons. American prisoners note Fourth Prussian guard removal.
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Cojeul River
Chaulnes
Roye
Soissons
Albert
Flanders Front
le Touret
Neuf-Berquin
Outteresteen
Bailleul
Aisne-Vesle
Mangin
Vesle
Aisne
U S Opens Children’s Homes in Italian War Zone
Rome reports the American Red Cross has opened eight children’s asylums in the war zone with five more to be opened soon in Treviso. The announcement confirms targeted aid for displaced youths amid the conflict.
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U. S
Rome
American Red Cross
Treviso
Allied Offensive Reaches Peak As French British Press Prussian Line
Allied forces push along a broad front from the Oise to the Aisne, driving back German defenses. French and British units report rapid gains with thousands of prisoners taken, and the advance nears the old Hindenburg line as American troops expand local successes and prepare for broader withdrawal movements. Villages retaken total around fifty, while the British push extends from Cojeul to Chaulnes and the French advance toward Roye and Soissons.
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Foch
Soissons-Marne
Oise
Aisne
Vesle
Cojeul River
Chaulnes
Roye
Soissons
Flanders
Yankees Enter Enemy Village On Fismes Line
An American detachment led by Capt. William Harrigan penetrated Tannieres near Fismes and captured 14 prisoners while holding the position. Prisoners confirm the withdrawal of the Fourth Prussian guard from the Vesle as Allied pressure intensifies along the Vesle and Vosges fronts with continued raids and barrages.
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Fismes
France
William Harrigan
Tannieres
Vesle
Vosges
Byng's Troops Advance on French Front
British forces under Gen. Byng push forward along the Somme to the Cojeul river with strong German resistance at Trihany. Northward progress extends two miles reaching near Boiry Becqurelle and Boyelles, about five miles southeast of Arras and three miles west of Croisilles.
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France
Byng
Somme
Cojeul River
Trihany
Boiry-Becqurelle
Boyelles
Arras
Croisilles
Foch Nears Hindenburg Line as French Advance Races
Paris reports that French forces push toward the Hindenburg line with Mangin’s troops reaching near Coucy le Chateau and three miles from the old front. Noyon faces multiple attacks as French units drive from Morlincourt toward the Oise canal and Oise defenses.
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Paris
Chauny
Noyon la Fere
Mangin
Coucy-Le-Chateau
Ailette
Coucy
Noyon
British take 6000 bodies in France war report
United Press reports British forces in France have taken nearly 6000 in the last days. Over 1000 were captured south of the Somme this morning. Albert is reduced to ruins and cannot be called a city. The church with the donna and Child figure had stood for years but was destroyed.
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Lowell Mellett
United Press
Corres
France
Somme
Albert
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