Germans Try to Stand at Vesle River Front
Report by H. G. Wales notes German crown prince attempting a stand along the Vesle while French and American forces press advancing lines. Germans retreating from Bahe s and Fismes with harassing fire from rear batteries as Ludendorff seeks delay. Seventeenth division moved from British front to bolster defense and Prussian Guardsmen reportedly withdrawn after heavy fighting with American troops.
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H. G. Wales
Bahes
Fismes
von Boehm
Vesle
Aisne
Aisnes
Hindenburg
Artois
L Ludendorff
Prince Rupprecht
Victory Meeting Opened In New York For K of C Convention
The thirty sixth annual K of C Supreme Council convention opened in New York as James A. Flaherty praised the order for aiding American soldiers abroad and at home. He noted the war fund raised totaling 11 569 529 dollars, with over 8 million in hand, and welcomed thousands in service.
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New York
Supreme Council
Kenights of Columbus
James A. Flaherty
Philadelphia
Order
K. of .C. War Fund
Heat Wave Grips State As Thermometer Rises
New Haven August six state swelters under second heat wave of the season. Temperature reached 30 degrees at ten oclock, then fell five degrees to 85 by noon. Humidity hit 70 percent, weather bureau officials report. The July 25 peak recorded 95 degrees in the official bulb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Weather Bureau
Tax Delinquents Arrested in Massachusetts Warrant Sweep
Boston August 6 warrants were issued for 700 Massachusetts residents who failed to pay the 1916 income tax. Delinquents owe the state $35,000, part of $12,000,000 assessed. Most tax due was paid after April first. $65,000 more was recovered by Assistant Attorney General Levenson.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Trefy
Levenson
Minimum wage set for lathe men in Alabama plants
Washington August 6 the national war labor board issued a wage award of 3.99 for ten hours work and 6.60 for lathe men with a sliding scale to offset rising living costs. The decision affects Sloss Sheffield Iron and Steel Co Sheffield Iron corporation and Sewanee Iron & Steel Co all in the Russellville district Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National War Labor Board
Sloss Sheffield Iron & Steel Co
Sheffield Iron Corporation
Sewanee Iron & Steel Co
Russellville
Ala
Aliens Detained Over Permit Violations in Stamford Incident
Stamford reports several German aliens were taken to Bridgeport by justice agents for being on the streets at night. Included are Max Hagernoser chef Carl Nurmanna shop hand Christian Henkel plumber's helper Kaschube waiter and saloon keeper Andree Bielen with alleged seditious utterance and Antonio Vaccaro for illegal beer selling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Max Hagernoser
Carl Nurmanna
Christian Henkel
Kaschube
Bridgeport
Department of Justice
Andree Bielen
Antonio Vaccaro
Six Austro German Planes Reported Destroyed by Italy
The Italian war office states six Austro-German airplanes were destroyed. The report also mentions recovery of war material abandoned by Austro-Hungarian forces on the Piave front. The lower Piave area reportedly saw ammunition blown up.
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Rome
Italian War Office
Piave
Cholera Cases Reported in Petrograd
Amsterdam August 6 reports from the Hamburg Fremdenblatt indicate cholera is spreading in Petrograd with a high number of cases. The dispatch notes thousands affected and cautions on rapid spread and need for precautions.
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Petrograd
Amsterdam
Hamburg- Fremdenblatt
Heat Kills Seven In New York As Heatwave Bakes City
In New York seven people died as an extreme heat wave struck the city with temperatures around 93.5 degrees. Officials reported multiple heat-related illnesses and urged residents to stay indoors, hydrate, and seek cooling centers during the peak heat of the day.
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New York
Thrilling tale of transport sinking
London Aug 6 a graphic description of the sinking of the British transport Warilda by a German submarine was given by survivor Miss Charlotte Trowell of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. She recounted explosions, lifeboat chaos, and the drowning of Mrs Violet Long, with 600 sick and wounded aboard and 123 missing.
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London
Warilda
Charlotte Trowell
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
Miss Trowell
Violet Long
Contoller
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps
Shipyards in Danger on Coast as Labor Demands Rise
Philadelphia August 6 The labor crisis in Pacific coast shipyards deepens as Emergency Fleet Corp officials meet labor and capital leaders. A wage hike to a dollar an hour is anticipated, seen as beyond current scales and could starve yards of contracts, forcing the issue to resolve itself.
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Pacific Coast
Philadelphia
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Labor and
Capital
Macey Board
Washington
Wool Stocks Report Shows Decrease From 1917 Totals
The Bureau of Markets reports United States wool stocks held by dealers and manufacturers on June 30, 1918 at about 466.49 million pounds grease equivalent, down from 585 million pounds a year earlier. The drop is blamed on slower movement to markets. June 30 class tallies: grease 320,046,655. second 29,513,208. pulled 19,009,014. tops 15,251,695. nails 15,784,791.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Markets Today
Bolshevik War Credit Reported at Moscow
Moscow government votes 300000000 rubles for war against the Czecho Slavs. Berlin advices report a counterrevolutionary plot in Vologda with forty army officers arrested. Foreign Minister Tvetzky arrives at Petrograd as Moscow faces serious domestic conditions and rising cholera. Ruble value about 51 cents in American money.
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Moscow
Amsterdam
Berlin
Vologda
Leon Tvetzky
Petrograd
Gloucester Fisherman Rescued After Ten Days At Sea
Carlos Ferdinandez of Gloucester was found exhausted in an open boat after ten days at sea with only a pint of water. The man, who was lost in a fog while setting trawls 250 miles east of Boston, rowed 70 miles before a fishing schooner picked him up 170 miles off Boston light.
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Boston
Carlos Ferdinandez
Gloucester
Boston Light
Italian Flesh Incident Reported in Camp Dispatch
An official Rome dispatch to the Italian embassy describes a German military physician at a Liebniz central camp who ordered Italian women from Austrian conquered provinces to be brought nude. The remark came as the women were summoned to him as part of a disturbing episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Liebniz
Rome
One Killed In Wreck At Ivyside Crossing
One man was killed and another fatally burned when a New Jersey and Sea Shore railroad train struck a Standard Oil gasoline tank at a grand crossing near Ivyside New Jersey. The gasoline was thrown over the engine and first car and ignited. four others were seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden
N. J
New Jersey and Seashore
Grand Crossing
Ivyside
N.J
Dr Parker Fined for Speeding in New London
Dr Valeria Parker of Hartford, member of the state women s council of defense, was arrested on Bank Street for reckless driving in New London. She was fined 75 dollars and costs and appealed the case to the court of common pleas.
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Parker
New London
Valeria Parker
Hartford
State Women’s Council of Defense
Bank Street
Court of Common Pleas
Rainbow Division Praised by French General in Transfer
General Dupont of the French army paid warm tribute to Brigadier General Douglass MacArthur and Major General Charles T. Menoher in orders praising the Rainbow Division. The commendation marked the unit’s transfer from Lorraine to the Marne battlefront.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass McArthur
Charles T. Menoher
Dupont
Lorraine
Marne Battlefront
Americans Land in Archangel
London reports Allied forces have been landed at Archangel in northern Russia with naval support and Russian cooperation. The landing occurred Friday and drew enthusiastic local greetings from residents. Washington notes the forces likely include marines and blue jackets, with diplomats possibly remaining in Murmansk while communications delay is explained.
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London
Archangel
Russia
European Russia
White Sea
Petrograd
Murman
Washington
State Department
Francis
Murmansk
Death of Enoch Hill in New Milford Farm Accident
Enoch Hill a well known farmer from the Aspecuck section of New Milford died at Danbury hospital aged 68 after a ladder accident on his farm last Tuesday. He was on a ladder giving water to a farm hand on a hay load when the ladder slipped causing a broken rib that pierced an artery leading to heavy bleeding. Lockjaw set in after he was hospitalized and he died. He is survived by a widow.
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New Milford
Enoch Hill
Aspecuck
Danbury Hospital
Near Fatal Auto Crash On Higganum Hill
D F Kellys auto truck en route from the shore Sunday evening collided with the roadside after a brake rod broke. Packed with passengers and chairs as seats, the wreck left the vehicle badly damaged but without injuries, Jarus Chafee at the wheel narrowly escaping harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. F. Kelly
Petition To Raise Rates In Pacific and Arctic Railway
Washington August 6 The Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Company applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to raise various rates between Seattle Tacoma Vancouver British Columbia points and Alaskan points. The move aims to adjust freight and passenger tariffs amid changing transportation costs and service routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The
Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seattle
Tacoma
Vancouver
British Columbia
Crowder Heard On Manpower Bill
Washington August 6 Provost Marshal General Crowder testifies before the Senate Military Affairs Committee on the new manpower bill. He explains exemptions coverage may widen and notes registration may be September 5 with drafts on the same day. Leaders debate immediate passage and cross house action as 1,700,000 troops await overseas shipping.
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Washington
Crowder
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Baker
Chamberlain
Department
War Department
General March
Congress
Senate
House
Dent
House Military Affairs Committee
Cause of Mail Delay In Military Camp Deliveries
Washington August 6 the post office department says the chief cause of non delivery of mail intended for soldiers in military camps is insufficiency of address. Postmasters are urged to notify relatives that mail must be addressed to the company and regiment or other distinctive organization to avoid delays or non delivery.
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Washington
United States
Post Office Department
Ladies of Western Union Tour Lake Pocotopaug
A group from the Western Union office spent Sunday at Lake Pocotopaug aboard an automobile trip. On a windy day the lake turned choppy without warning, the party reaching the north cove a mile from the landing before one member became lake sick as they neared shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
Hampton
Lake Pocotopaug
Justice Dept delays Buffalo aircraft probe finish
Washington August 6 The department of justice will be unable to complete its aircraft investigation at Buffalo on schedule time An announcement from Attorney General Gregorys office said the work at Buffalo was to be concluded today and former Justice Hughes and assistant attorney General Fryerson were to have started for Washington It was not learned here whether unexpected developments upset their plans
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Washington
Department of Justice
Buffalo
Gregory
Justice Hughes
Fryerson
Austrian defeat on the Piave reported to Italian embassy
An official dispatch to the Italian embassy from Washington dated August 6 reports the Austrian armies have suffered a bloody defeat on the Piave. It says the Austrian supreme command is trying to show their aims were to hold the Italian army and block Italian aid to France.
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Washington
Piave
France
Brewers in Losing Fight Ten Get Coal
Washington reports the Fuel Administration maintains its order denying coal to breweries after malt stocks run out, aiming to finish beer production. Officials say no modification to the non essential plant status is planned while the agency pushes coal saving measures and curbs miner bonuses and coke distribution to boost national supply.
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Washington
Fuel Administration
Harry A. Garfield
The
Prize Fight Ends in Boxer Death in Jersey City
Nelson Tapperman aged 18 bantamweight boxer died after a scheduled four round bout at the Armory Athletic Club. Victor Ritchie, also 18, is in a police cell. The referee stopped the fight in the second round as Tapperman was badly beaten. He collapsed in the dressing room and died two hours later in hospital.
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Jersey City
N. J
Nelson Tapperman
Victor Ritchie
Armory Athletic Club
Tapperman
Peace urged by German paper and Washington reaction
The North German Gazette urges peace negotiations with the Entente powers, while Berlin’s Vorwaerts calls it a semi official inquiry. In Washington officials show languid interest, expecting any German peace drive to be government backed and tied to Wilson’s terms, with no immediate acceptance of peace suggestions.
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Amsterdam
Vorwaerts of
Berlin
Washington
Germany
Wilson
Stock Quotations From Richter & Company Hartford
Prices and figures from the Richter and Company stock quotations desk, bankers and brokers on Central Row Hartford. The listings include trades and movements discussed among local market participants.
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Richter & Company
Bankers
New York Stock Exchange
Central Row
Hartford
Con
Charter
Stock Market Opens With Moderate Demand Amid Declines
New York trading opened with subdued buying and light supply of leading issues at fractional concessions. Steel common fell to 109 1-8, Baldwin Locomotive 917-8, Bethlehem Steel B down 7-8, and American Sumatra 1293-4, while Burns Brothers rose to 141 3-4. Some recovery and firmer tone followed, with General Motors up five points and St. Paul 5-8 higher, grains retreating, and clearing-house balances noted.
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New York
Atg
Steel Common
Baldwin Locomotive
Bethlehem Steel B
Burns Brothers
Mexican Petroleum
Distillers Securities
Liberty
American Sumatra
General Motors
St. Paul
Steel
U-56 Captain Interned in Madrid With Crew Left Aboard
Paris reports Captain Reisser commander of German submarine U-56 has been interned in Spain under allied demands. Three crew members remained on the submarine. The move has drawn favorable reactions from the Spanish press and aligns with allied policy.
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Madrid
Agence
I. N
Paris
Reisser
Zeppelins Foiled in Raid on London
Five enemy airships tried to cross the British coast on Monday but were attacked at sea. One Zeppelin was shot down in flames, another damaged and believed to have reached its base. Locals watched the skies as planes pursued the airships for nearly three hours with gunfire heard miles away.
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London
Negro Soldiers Go to War in Historic Springfield Parade
Springfield's second contingent of African American volunteers marched to the U S army in a historic parade down Main Street. The Fifty fifth Massachusetts under Colonel Shaw gained fame at Fort Wagner and is remembered with the Saint Gaudens statue. The departing group received a special send off from their own civic league and marching women, symbolizing loyalty to the nation. The piece honors black service from Civil War days to the present selective call, noting character and worth as determinants of standing beyond ancestry.
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Springfield
Army of the United States Ina
Main Street
Grand Army
Mchusetts Volunteers
Fifty-fifth
Andrew
Robert G. Shaw
Boston
Fort Wagner
Ctow Harbor
Shaw
Saint Gaudens Memorial
State House
Negro Civic League
The Truth. Osborn’s candid admission on governorship
William Church Osborn openly says he would like to be governor. The Times notes his frankness and contrasts it with conventional political modesty. He rejects the idea that the office should seek the man and argues honesty about ambition.
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New York Times
William Church Osborn
Ben Franklin
Philander
Petition to Raise Rates by Lackawanna & Western Co
Washington August 6 The Lackawanna and Western Co asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to raise its petroleum rates by one fifth cent per mile from points near Buffalo to New England points.
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Washington
Ag Lackawanna & Western Co
Interstate Commerce Commission
Buffalo
New England
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Brig Ged
Artyir Beuot
C.tpirnoher
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Bill
March
Western Union Outing
Whitehouse
White House
Alice Wilson
Miss Wilson
Baltimore
Neice
Isaac Stuart McElroy
Brewers
GET Coal
Telett
Butte & Sup
Chile
Erie
Gt Northern
Interboro
Kennecott
Lehigh Valley
Us$ Steel
Westinghouse
Stock Market
Chicago
Park
Lord
Ribs
Clearing House
Treasury
Wm. Ewald
Cromwell
Main &J
Portland
A. M
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City
East Hampton
East Div
James. H. Bunes Co
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