French Capture Lassigny Massif Front Huge Gain
London reports the massif of Lassigny west of the Oise is now held by French forces. German lines along the 40 mile front from the Oise to the Ancre retreat as prisoners reach 30,500 and guns are captured. The nearest German front to Paris sits about 50 miles away.
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Lassigny
Oise
Rove
Noyon
Chaulnes
Assis
L’econvillon
St. Claude Farm
Lassigny Massif
Luxemburg
Foch
Rupprecht
Ancre
Paris
City in Picardy Reported Burning Behind Front Line
London reports Peronne ten miles behind German lines in Picardy is in flames with other fires observed behind the front. The German evacuation of trenches west of Bailly continues as French forces recapture ground near Les Loges and press toward Roye. Thirty three German divisions are identified on the Picardy front with unconfirmed prisoner counts.
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London
Peronne
Chaulnes
Somme
Oise
Bailly
Les Loges
Roye
Americans Regain Vesle Line After German Drive
American forces on the Vesle river north of Fismettes recaptured positions lost earlier in heavy fighting. German attacks at Fismes Braisnes were repulsed, leaving 242 dead. Reports say Gen von Boehn retired. Gen von Eben takes command. Air observers note slow German traffic north of the Aisne due to bridge shortages.
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London
Fismettes
Fismiettes
Fismes
Braisnes
Fismés
Vesse
von Boehn
Marne
von Eben
Aisne
Occupational Taxes Adopted by House Ways and Means
Washington Aug 13 The house ways and means committee adopted a new revenue measure taxing every person in a profession except preachers and teachers at 10 dollars. Trades fall under the same rate with mechanics and farmers exempt. Business over two thousand dollars annually taxed ten dollars and wholesale firms over two hundred thousand pay twenty five dollars.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
American Lt Pendleton Receives Belgian War Cross
Paris August 13 Lieut George Pendleton among first Americans to win the Belgian war cross. The citation notes he led a platoon line charge with extreme bravery coolness intelligence and energy.
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Paris
George Pendleton
Pendleton
Rooster Attack Wounds Elderly Man in Centralia
In Centralia Washington on August 13 F C Webster aged eighty was attacked by a savage rooster. The bird pierced his hand with a spur causing profuse bleeding and leaving him unable to stand until neighbors came to aid.
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Centralia
Wash
F. C
Webster
U Boat Sunk By British Freighter Off Atlantic Coast
An Atlantic port report states a British freight steamer sunk a U boat in a naval engagement off the coast. The confirmation arrived late today, detailing the action and outcome for the reader.
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Atlantic
Cradie Note Birth Announcement for Geraldine Meher
A daughter named Geraldine was born to Mr and Mrs J Meher on Grand Street. The notice records the newborn with parental names and street address in a concise birth announcement.
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Cradie
Geraldine
Mrs.j. Meher
Grand Street
Wireless torpedo used by U boat sinks Sommerstadt
Washington reports that the Norwegian steamer Sommerstadt was sunk by a wireless controlled torpedo 25 miles southeast of Long Island. The vessel drew seven feet of water. the torpedo passed beneath then struck amidships, sending the ship to the bottom. Captain Hansen and 30 crew members were rescued at an American port. Four sailors sighted a rapidly moving periscope. the Sommerstadt lay end bow up afterward. The Navy suspects German submarines may use wireless torpedoes with a control station aboard subs.
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Long Island
Navy Department
Sommerstadt
Manson
Sandy Hook
Hansen
Building Inspector Charged In City Scandal
Hartford records allege Assistant Building Inspector Samuel Starkey supervised and sold materials for permits he issued. Alderman Rapheal filed formal charges against him. A temporary injunction blocks Stella V. Houghton from finishing a Collins Street frame garage, cited as a fire risk, though plans were not reviewed by Inspector Barrett.
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Hartford
Kinsella
William Rapheal
Starkey
Frank P. Furlong
Martford-Aetna National Bank
Nine Sailors Cited for City of Vienna Rescue
Secretary of the Navy commends nine U S sailors for bravery guiding a vessel through a dense fog to save 26 men aboard the British ship City of Vienna. Frank L Roberts of Cambridge also commended for leaping from a tanker to rescue a shipmate.
Americans Advance With British on Somme Front
On August 13 American troops fighting with British and Canadian forces north of the Somme advanced about a mile to Bray sur Somme after repulsing a German counterattack. German forces deployed fresh divisions against the Americans aiding the English and Canadians southeast of Morlancourt in a violent assault.
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Picardy
Somme
Bray Sur Somme
Morlancourt
Massacre of Bolsheviki Reported in Russian Regions
Amsterdam dispatch reports a wholesale massacre of Bolsheviki at Ryazan and Novgorod by counter revolutionaries. Later messages indicate the counter-revolution spreading to many districts in Russia with counter-revolutionaries prevailing in most engagements.
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Amsterdam
Ryazan
Novgorod
Thebolsheviks
Russia
Union Pacific Plans 40,000 Ton Coal Reserve
Junction City Kan Aug 13 The Union Pacific will not be short of coal this year as officials maintain a 40,000 ton reserve with 27,000 tons already piled in local yards and added to daily.
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U. P. Railway
Junction City
Kan
Union Pacific
News Circuits Exempt From Tax Under Revenue Bill
Washington August 13 newspapers and wire associations will not fall under leased wire and talking circuit tax as the house ways and means committee completes the new revenue bill and returns it for action.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Spain poised to break with Germany and join Allies
London dispatch reports Spain ready to sever ties with Germany and enter the world war on the side of the Allies, according to reliable sources reaching the International News Service late this afternoon.
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Spain
Germany
London
International
Three More Ships Sunk by U Boats Off Atlantic Coast
An Atlantic Port reports three ships sunk by German submarines within 48 hours off the coast. Survivors from the Norwegian steamer Sommerstad, taken over by the U.S. government, say the vessel was torpedoed near Fire Island at 8 am. A British liner relayed word of a battle 100 miles off Fire Island between an American destroyer and two Yankee submarine chasers and a Hun. Six survivors from the Reliance and ten fishermen, including those from Earle and Nettie, were landed after the raids.
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Fire Island
Sommersted
Sommerstad
Penistone
Bergen
Norway
Hansen
Dories
United States
Earle
Nettie
Advance on Petrograd Reported by Copenhagen
A Politiken dispatch from Copenhagen dated August 13 reports German troops advancing toward Petrograd with apparent plans to occupy the city. The Bolshevik government has moved to Moscow, and famine and plague afflict the former capital. Entente forces occupy Archangel on the Murman coast to bolster the front north of Petrograd.
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Petrograd
Politiken
Moscow
Entente
Murman
Archangel
Ion
Submarine Captured Near Gowanus Canal Brooklyn
A 10 foot submarine was found hidden in twenty eight boxes along the Gowanus canal in Brooklyn. Police discovered the craft and report it was built for a Spaniard and shipped to Barcelona, Spain, with payment said to be through a large New York banking house for about 500000 dollars. The diver was built by the Electric Boat Corporation of Quincy Massachusetts. Washington officials have been notified and await further instructions.
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Gowanus Canal
Brooklyn
Barcelona
Spain
Electric Boat Corporation
Quincy
Mass
Washington
Philadelphia May Be Dry in New Prohibition Plan
Philadelphia reports that US District Attorney Kane will close 35 saloons within a half mile of the Frankford Arsenal and hints at creating multiple dry zones around armories and an officers training school at the University of Pennsylvania. The plan could effectively make much of the city dry.
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Philadelphia
United States
Kane
Frankford
University of Pennsylvania
Explorer Vil Lejalam ar Steffansson disputes map for Keenan land
Arctic explorer Vil Lejalam ar Steffansson says Keenan land is not at the mapped location. His assistant Storkerson reports reaching 175 miles north of Alaska, seventy miles farther north than any prior expedition.
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Explorer
Fairbanks
Alaska
Keenanland
Villejalamar Steffansson
Storkerson
Steffansson
Head Waiter Wounded in Action
Official notification from Stamford reports James J. Cockerelos, longtime assistant head waiter at Hotel Stratfield Bridgeport and recently at Hotel Davenport, severely wounded in action on August 6. He served six years at Stratfield and three years at Davenport.
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Stamford
James J. Cockerelos
Stratfield
Bridgeport
Davenport
Italians Launch Attack on Austrian Front at 2682 Metres Hill
Rome reports Italian troops attacked Austro Hungarians in the upper Zeebra valley last night. Many defenders on the height known as 2682 metres hill were killed and survivors captured. Artillery was active along the rest of the front.
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Rome
Zeebra
War Office
Anti German Riots In Ukraine Reported
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen quotes unrest across Ukraine with bloodshed as anti German sentiments flare. London reports Germany rushing reinforcements to quell riots triggered by harvest seizures attributed to Germans.
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London
Ukrainia
Copenhagen
Germany
Poet Sterling's Wife Dies in California Poison Suicide
Carrie Sterling, divorced wife of poet George Sterling, died at her Piedmont bungalow after swallowing poison. Despondent since the divorce three years ago, she left a note lamenting that all the beauty had gone from life. Sterling, famed for The Wine of Wizardry and The Testimony of the Suns, is linked to the case.
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California
Carrie Sterling
George Sterling
Piedmont
Oakland
Cal
Differences arise on war profits levy in revenue bill
Washington August 13 serious differences between the ways and means committee and the treasury department over excess profits and war profits tax forms and rates threaten to delay a report on the 8 billion revenue bill beyond August 19. Chairman Kitchin says the treasury opposes higher excess profits taxes, shielding large firms under gentlemen’s agreements while small prewar businesses would face the 80 percent rate. the committee aims to tax profiteers both before and during the war. Neither side shows willingness to yield as they seek a solution before week’s end.
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Ways and Means Committee
Treasury Department
Treasury
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Committee
Imprisoned on U boat survivors land in Atlantic port
Eighten men from the Progress Starbuck and Alita May schooners were freed after five hours aboard a German submarine that sank several New England fishing fleet vessels. Skippers Captain Albert Jackson Captain Lan fley and Captain Dan Lynch were among those landed after 30 hours adrift. Survivors said they were kept below decks and questioned about shipping along the New England coast.
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New England
Progress
Starbuck
Allta May
Albert Jackson
The
Lanfley
Dan Lynch
Alita May
No Report On U-Boat Battle
Washington August 13 The navy department received no official report of a clash between an American destroyer and two submarine chasers and German subs. Officials said such an encounter might have occurred without a formal report reaching the department.
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Washington
Navy Department
Department
Spain to Take Strong Action Against Germany
Washington reports Spain will act firmly against Germany following the sinking of several Spanish vessels. The decision was made by the Spanish cabinet and relayed via London correspondence and wireless to the Italian embassy this afternoon.
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Spain
Washington
Germany
London
Idea Nazionale
Rome
Women Mail Carriers Reach Portland District
Portland Aug 13 women help collect mail in wholesale and shipping district. They do not deliver letters yet but have been employed to handle incoming and outbound mail in the portland area reflecting wartime staffing changes.
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Portland
Ore
Fair Sex
U-Boat Sinks British Destroyer in Mediterranean
London reports a British destroyer damaged in collision was sunk by a German submarine on August 6 in the Mediterranean. Two officers and five seamen were killed in the incident.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
French Cite British Sailors for Gallantry at Sea
Paris Aug 13 The French ministry of marine cited ten British sailors and marines for gallantry during the landing on the coast of German East Africa. The award highlights the bravery of sailors during the operation and reflects Franco British cooperation in the campaign.
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Paris
Ministry of Marine
German East
Africa
Work or Fight Clause Expanded in New Draft Bill
Washington reports the military affairs committee ordered the new man power bill to the senate. The work or fight amendment requires those aged 18 to 45 in deferred classification to continue work in their chosen occupation or face reclassification, with the president to set enforcement rules. The measure also grants education benefits for volunteers and drafted men under twenty one, limits discrimination in commissions, and protects married wives from job disqualification.
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Washington
Senate
Military Affairs Committee
Reed
Thomas
Army
Navy
Brazilian freighter Guarabuba runs aground at Atlantic Port
In thick fog at 5 am the Brazilian steamer Guarabuba grounded on the sand at low water. Efforts will attempt floatation on next flood tide. Crew and captain remain aboard, ship not leaking and not in danger. Destination port of safety abandoned due to fog.
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Guarabuba
Atlantic
Doctor Sues Norwalk For Fifty Thousand Dollars
Dr. Arthur H. Baldwin, of Norwalk, filed a damage suit for 50000 against the city over injuries from a February 20 accident. He says his automobile struck a pile of frozen dirt from the sewers that was not properly lighted, leaving him permanently unable to work.
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Norwalk
Arthur H. Baldwin
Aged Pastor G W W Peterson Marries Again
Bridgeport reports Rev. G W W Peterson age 74 of Devon wed Mrs. Carrie E Estell age 59 of Newark. The ceremony was by Rev. Stanley F Davis of West End M E Church Jersey City. Peterson is pastor emeritus at Devon Union Church.
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Bridgeport
G. W.W. Peterson
Devon
Carrie E. Estell
Newark
N. J
Stanley F. Davis
West End
M. E. Church
Jersey City
Peterson
Devon Union Church
Drug Fiend Takes Life in County Jail
Fond Du Lac Wisconsin August 13 Mrs Thomas Dittman thirty eight after being allowed to mend clothing concealed a pair of scissors she had with her and took her own life by slitting her throat while confined in the county jail. She had been a victim of drugs and liquor.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
Thomas Dittman
Peach Pits Help Win War in Yakima War Effort
Peach pits from Yakima Valley orchards aid the war by supplying material for gas mask charcoal. The pits are processed into an absorbent charcoal with strong filtration properties used on the front lines in Europe.
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Yakima
Wash
Yakima Valley
Europe
Lost Water Wings Drowns Boy at Westport
Samuel Mangione aged 9 drowned at Westport yesterday afternoon when the water wings he wore failed to keep him afloat. His body was recovered soon after. He leaves a father mother and several brothers and sisters.
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Westport
Samuel Mangione
Soda drinkers to pay revenue tax
Washington reports the house ways and means committee approved an 8 billion revenue bill adding a 10 percent tax on all soft drinks sold by manufacturers producers bottlers or importers and a two cent per ten cent price tax on fountain drinks plus a one cent per gallon tax on other sales. Near beer would pay 10 cents per gallon. The plan aims to net about 100 million dollars and reshapes taxes on patent medicines into a ten percent stamp tax while preserving rate levels.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Richter & Company Stock Quotations Hartford Ledger
Stock quotations from Richter & Company Hartford bankers and brokers on the New York Stock Exchange list shares in Central Row. Prices, volumes, and market movements are summarized for investors and clients. Separate columns note bid and ask levels, with notable gains and losses among leading issues.
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Central Row
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Con
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Stock Market Opens With Rail and Steel Gains
New York prices show fractional gains after a stronger end to yesterday trading. Rail issues lead activity with Union Pacific to 125, Reading to 90 3-4, St. Paul at 49, while steel stocks rise over a point to 112 1-8 and 112 3-4. Copper stocks slip marginally as unions of demand shift.
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Union Pacific
Reading
Steel
Baldwin Locomotive
Sumatra
Commission
New Haven
St. Paul Common
Anaconda
Chicago Markets Close Higher on Provisions Gains
Corn fell 1 8 to 14 cents with August at 160 5 8 and October at 163 1 4 to 3 8, oats rose 1 8 to 1 4 with October at 69 3 4 to 5 8, Park at 44 45, lard at 26 82 down to 26 75, ribs 24 60 to 24 92.
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Park
Clearing House Statement for New York Update
Sub treasury debits total 451658. exchanges sum 588845016. balances stand at 39455512 dollars. Reported from New York on August 13.
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Clearing House
New York
Sub
Treasury
Mooney's Release Sought as War Measure
Washington reports a memorial bearing Bourke Cochran urging President Wilson to compel Thomig J Mooney's release as a war measure. The petition, signed by labor delegates, argues Mooney’s conviction harms labor and alleges Sacramento authorities used courts to punish labor, calling for action to curb capitalist suppression.
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Washington
Woon
Moon
California
Bourke Cochran
Thomig J Mooney
San Francisco
Meriden High to Adopt 8 A. M. to 1 P. M. Schedule
Meriden high school will shift to an 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. day next year with four half hour intermissions from 1 to 1:30. The change replaces last year’s 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. schedule and reflects anticipated labor shortages and more student work in the afternoon. A petition against the old 8:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. plan was signed by 241 Meriden high taxpayers.
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Meriden
Towns Board
Meriden High School
Superintendent of Schools
Meriden High
Dutch Minister To Vatican Recall Sparks Dutch Cabinet Move
Washington reports that the Netherlands minister to the Vatican has been recalled. Officials cite a likely motion to form a new Dutch cabinet as a result, conveyed by cablegram received at the Italian embassy this afternoon.
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Vatican
Washington
Aing
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