Germany and Bolshevik ties blamed in Russia talk
Lord Cecil comments on German aims in Russia suggesting a hidden plan to keep Russia unstable, extract resources, and flood Germany with Russian materials. He notes alleged Bolshevik German cooperation and even possible German troops in Siberia as a pretext to remove Czech troops.
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Russia
Jord Cecil
Gerie
Eheviki
Germany
Lord Cecil
Germay
Geryw
Siberia
Strikes Remain Unsettled in Columbus Under Martial Law
In Columbus Georgia on August 17 strikes for street cars and textiles stay largely unchanged under martial law. Camp Gordon soldier Ben Hart Hardaway brings about 400 regulars. Swift & Y Mill keeps machinery idle as eight prisoners labor. Columbus Railroad runs minimal cars, drivers wage twelve dollars daily, accidents rise from inexperience. Public transit trips occur with few passengers amid ongoing tie ups.
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Columbus
Ben Hart Hardaway
Camp Gordon
Swifty
Columbus Railroad Co
War Questions Answered At Army Training Detachments
Washington Aug 17 War Department reveals forty thousand and war questions are being collected from soldiers in 147 vocational schools by the Committee on Education and Special Training. Detachments include Q and A on war aims and history of warring nations during military instruction time. The program replaces hearsay with facts and counters German propaganda.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Committee On
U. S. Guns In Action On Aisne Front
On the Aisne Vesle front the American army shells bridges over the river between Pont Arcy and Avert with long range cannons. Direct hits reported with active gun activity noted on the Vesle front. In New London, George Holden is jailed on $5,000 bonds for suspected murder of Mary Donovan, whose body was found near Mount Hope Bay last May. War Industries Board denies cotton gin priorities, saying current equipment suffices for a normal crop while more plants are needed.
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Aisne
Aisne-Vesle
Pont Arcy
Avert
Laon
Rheims-Soissons
Vesle
New London
George Holden
Mary Donovan
Fall Riv
Holden
Mount Hope Bay
Den
Patrick O'Neil
Liberty Bonds Soaring Sets New Market Record
In New York on August 17 the stock market hit a new high as Liberty Bonds of the first war sold at 100.44, surpassing the prior peak of 100.30.
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New York
French Cruiser Dupetithouais Is Submerged Rescue Quell
Aug 17 report says the French cruiser Dupetithouais was submarined during patrol with ed August 7. American destroyers rescued most crew but 13 sailors remain unaccounted, with ongoing search efforts and official navy updates pending.
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Dupetithouais
Italian Front Hears Lively Artillery Near Mounts and Piave
Rome reports lively artillery actions in the Mount region and along the middle Piave as detailed by General Diaz in the Italian official dispatches. The communications describe ongoing combat in these sectors with no immediate strategic verdicts provided.
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Rome
Moun
Piave
Diaz
McGovern Named Major Judge Advocate General
Former Wisconsin Governor Francis E. McGovern was named a major judge advocate general this afternoon in Washington. The appointment places McGovern in a key legal post within the military justice system and reflects his long public service career.
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McGovern
Washington, Ave
Francis E. McGovern
Wiscon
Dual Monarchy May Be Three States
Berne reports Austria plans to split the empire into a three state confederation by nationality German Hungarian and Czecho Slavic Polish with a central parliament and commissions for joint matters. Emperor Charles reportedly approves. Hungary may oppose. Paris commentary sees the move as a potential peace initiative connected to Czech independence.
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Agence Radio
Berne
Rek
Austria
Vienna
Charles
Paris
Switzerland
Hussarek
Graft Probe Opens Into Chicago Traction Votes
Chicago August 16 State's Attorney Hoyne launches grand jury inquiry into alleged payments for passage of traction and subway ordinances. Ten aldermen subpoenaed to testify today and ten more Monday. Officials and several aldermen named as go-betweens. payments reportedly 3000 to 5000 dollars each, with some up to 8500. Hoyne refrains from naming individuals. public officials and lobbyists implicated in vote-buying schemes are under cross examination.
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Chicago
Hoyne
Traction
Ines
Council
Talk of Peace Linked to Military Situation in Vienna Dispatch
A Vienna dispatch quotes the Viennese Zeit stating the peace question cannot be separated from military conditions and that discussions at the Kaisers’ German headquarters point to a decisive phase. Duchess de Parma, Empress Zita’s mother, heads for Germany after a conference, amid reports Austria-Hungary is pressing Germany for a new peace initiative with Empress Zita urging action.
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Agence Radio
I. N
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Zita
Quentin Roosevelt Honored With Posthumous French War Cross
Lieut Quentin Roosevelt, killed near Ferme Tardennois in the Marne front area, is posthumously awarded the French War Cross with palm. The decoration will be sent to his Oyster Bay parents. Roosevelt is credited with destroying a German aircraft as comrades recall seeing a plane go down in flames near the time of his disappearance.
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Aisne-Vesle
Quentin Roosevelt
Fere En Tardennois
Marne Front
Lieut
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Lieut Roosevelt
British Tanker Mirlo Sunk By Submarine Off Cape Hatteras
Nine crew members remain missing after the 6700 ton British tanker Mirlo was destroyed by a submarine about twenty five miles off Cape Hatteras. An external explosion sent the vessel into flames though no U boat sighting or torpedo wake was reported. Several crewmen were injured.
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Washington
Aug
Navy Department
Cape Hatteras
Drowned Woman in Niantic River Incident
Mrs Alida Dalch 55 wife of Frank A Dalch superintendent of schools in Weehawken New Jersey drowned when a rowboat struck a submerged obstruction in the Niantic River on August 17. The body was recovered.
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Niantic River
New London
Alida Dalch
Frank A. Dalch
Weehawken
N. J
U S Officers To Rest Over Here From War Front
Washington Aug 17 General Peyton C March announced that high ranking American overseas officers under strain will return to the United States for rest. Major General George B Duncan will be the first to return, with Duncan recently awarded the Croix de Guerre. General Henry P McCain has been reassigned to command the 12th Infantry Division at Camp Devens Mass, and Brig General Peter C Harris will succeed him as adjutant general. March noted troop movements include France Great Britain Italy and Siberia and that more than 1 450 000 troops are overseas or en route. He cited the French general commanding the sector praising the Second Artillery brigade at Chateau Thierry, and described heavy casualties for the 28th division Pennsylvania troops during the Ourcq and Vesle operations. Major General Jesse Mcll Carter takes command of the new Camp Meade division, while the 80th division trains in Flanders and the 88th has gone overseas. the 82nd is in a sector north of Toul.
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Washington
United States
Peyton C. March
George B. Duncan
March
Henry P. McCain
Camp Devens
Mass
McCain
Peter C. Harris
Albert
France
Great Britain
Italy
Siberia
Chateau Thierry
Pennsylvania
Jesse MclI. Carter
Camp Meade
Flanders
82Nd
Toul
Murderer shoots cousin and wounds two officers in Newark
Salvatore Annibale of Newark was arrested in New York charged with murdering his cousin Joseph Volpe and wounding two policemen after a quarrel. Detective Sergeant Tomaso Adubatto died at Bellevue Hospital, Patrolman Flaherty in critical condition. Reserves surrounded a tenement on 38th Street to capture him.
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New York
Salvatore Annabile
Newark
Joseph Volpe
Annabile
Volpe
38Th Street
Flaherty
Second Wallingford Flier Killed in France
Paris reports Sergeant William McKerness of Wallingford Connecticut an American flier in the Lafayette Escadrille was killed in air combat on Thursday. He was 22, enlisted a year ago in the Harvard unit of the ambulance corps, joined the aviators after arrival, and recently promoted to sergeant for bravery. He is the son of Mr and Mrs William H McKerness of Long Hill Road.
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Wallingford
Paris
William McKerness
Conn
Lafayette
McKenness
Harvard
Ambulance Corps
France
Aviators
Lafayette Escadrille
William H. McKerness
Long Hill Road
Protest Freight Increases In Grain Freight
Clifford Thorne for the National Council of Farmers Cooperatives filed complaints with the Interstate Commerce Commission against Director General of Railways McAdoo and others. They protest general order 28 of June 25 and a 25 percent rate increase, equivalent to 35 to 50 percent, saying it burdens farmers and urging expedited action as crops move.
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Washington
Clifford Thorne
National Council of Farmers’ Co-operative Associations
Interstate Commerce Commission
Director General of Railways
McAdoo
Railroad Administration
Wise Quits Shipyard Job After Four Weeks
Rabbi Stephen S Wise resigns from Luders ship yard in Stamford after four weeks. He gave $76.13 earnings to the local Red Cross and addressed workers with humor and patriotism. His son James, 16, also quits and will enter Princeton this fall.
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Rabbi Wise
Stamford
Stephen S. Wise
Luders
Te Red Cross
Dr. Wise
James
Princeton
Millionaire Enlists In Navy
Stamford Aug 16 John Tyson Riverside Conn millionaire once noted for speed in high powered cars has enlisted in the Navy and is now at New London.
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Navy
Stamford
John, Tyson
Riverside
Conn
New London
John Dillon Blocked From Speaking by Police in Omagh
John Dillon, Irish M P , was about to address a meeting at Omagh when police and 500 soldiers dispersed the gathering. Dillon refused to desist, asserting the right of a member of parliament to speak. Officers urged dispersal to avoid bloodshed.
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John Dillon
Omagh
Dublin
Dillon
Connecticut Forms Historical Records Committee
Hartford August seventeenth Connecticut State Council of Defense creates an Historical Records Committee to collect full wartime records. Questionnaires to local war agencies cover war relief funds service numbers loan records food programs and civilian activities. Committee chaired by State Librarian George S Godard will assemble unofficial and official materials from across the state.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Defense Council
Liberty Chorus
Council of Defense
State Council of Defense
Council
George S. Godard
U. S. Air Successes Over Vesle Front
American airmen patrolling above the Rheims Vesle Aisne front encountered seven Fokkers and three Rumplers. Lieutenants Buckley Curtis Gravatt and Mitchell shot down three German planes and another driven down out of control. The Germans fled the area as all Americans returned safely to base.
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Vesle
Aisne-Veste
Rheims-Vesle- Aisne
Buckley
Gravatt
Curtis
Mitchell
Schooner Madingadah Crew Landed After U Boat Attack
Survivors of the American schooner Madingadah, sunk by a submarine August 15, were landed at an Atlantic port by a Norwegian vessel. The master said the attack began at 7 15 p m with eleven shots, then two more as the ship abandoned. Twenty three aboard including a wireless operator.
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Washington
Atlantic
Navy Department
Winter Quarter Shoals Light
Antis Hold Moscow as Capital Switch Reported
A Stockholm dispatch to the Times says Moscow is in the power of anti Bolshevik forces and the Bolsheviks have evacuated the national bank. German troops are expected to reach Petrograd, with raids on the railway to the northern coast. Kremlin reportedly fortified by Bolsheviks.
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Stockholm
London
Moscow
The
Times
Toor
Petrograd
German Prisoners in Mongolia
Tokio reports that Austrian and German war prisoners who crossed Siberia into Mongolia prompt renewed enforcement of the China Japan military agreement. Japanese troops will be sent into Manchuria, and China’s territorial integrity is guaranteed by Japan.
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Mongolia
Tokio
Siberia
China
Japan
Manchuria
New World's Track Record for Mile and Sixteen
Saratoga Aug 17 Cudgel owned by Commander J K L Ross set a new world record for a mile and three sixteenths on turf finishing the Schenectady handicap in 1 56 flat. The previous mark was Milton B at Latonia in 1913 with 1 56 35.
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Saratoga
N. Y
J. K. L. Ross
Galloper
Schenectady
Milton B. F
Latonia
Milton
General March Warns Against Large Force in Russia
Washington Aug 17 General Peyton C March chief of staff told the senate military affairs committee that sending large increments of American troops into Siberia would require bigger forces to rescue them and could delay fighting on the western front He said the eastern front would not become an offensive front and Russia remains fraught with grave possibilities He noted Allied western front conditions as nearly at a standstill and that German troops are holding steady He also reported 1 450 000 American troops in France and on the move with hopes of increased shipments due to improved conditions He cited the low overseas hospital death rate of two per thousand and noted the war department plans for 3 300 000 men in France by June next year may be realized or exceeded Confidential remarks were made on the Russian situation and were not disclosed to the committee.
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Washington
Siberia
Peyton C. March
Senate Military Affairs Committee
General March
Russia
March
General Pershing
War Department
Department
France
Atlantic
Gorgas
World Series to be played on schedule, official says
Garry Herrman of the National Commission states the world series will occur as planned once pennant winners are named. The schedule may include tentative double dates in Boston and Cleveland if the American League leaders remain tight in the race. No arrangements are made until league winners are decided.
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Chicago
Garry Herrman
National Commission
Herrman
Boston
Cleveland
Whiskey Out Of Sight Proposes Eight Dollar Gallon Tax
Washington August 17 The House ways and means committee tentatively proposed a new whiskey tax of eight dollars per gallon up from the current 3.20 to raise about eight billion dollars. Other liquor taxes would rise proportionally but final rates await completion of the bill.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Jail Sentence for Drunkenness and Garden Robbery
John McLoughlin was jailed for 30 days in city court for intoxication after being found drunk in the street. He admitted fabricating a claim of relation to a Hartford businessman. Judge Edlin also heard six small boys charged with robbing gardens. parents were warned to discipline them or risk stronger court action.
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John McLoughlin
Hartford
Edlin
Son Real Poet Dad Vexed Lines Show It Death Next
A Indianapolis Star tale shows a young man sharing poems with his father who, upon reading, sheds tears and declares the verses fine then laments the boy will starve. The exchange ends with the father recalling yesterday's neglect behind today’s worry.
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Indianapolis Star
Noby
First Woman Admitted to U S Marines Service
Miss Natalie Manning of New York becomes the first woman accepted under the new Marine Corps women service order in Washington. She will release a man for active service abroad.
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U. S. Marines
Natalie Manning
New York
Marine Corps Service
Washington
Stock Quotations From Richter & Company Hartford Bankers
The stock market opened quiet and stayed steady with no heavy selling. American Sumatra Tobacco fell 13-4 to 125 1-8 amid GM action, Steel common rose to 1111-4 then slipped to 1107-8, General Motors up to 155, Brooklyn rapid transit down 1-4 to 397-8, American Writing Paper preferred and American Hide & Leather preferred dipped. Marine preferred rose 1-2 to 100 5-8, Canadian Pacific fell 11-4 to 156-2, Liberty 31-2s at 100.8 set a yearly high. totals: 94,500 stock shares traded, bonds 2,989,000. Weekly stock volume 1,753,600 shares, bonds 30,826,000. Continuous bids saw Steel common rally to 1105-8 after a dip, Baldwin 93-1-2, Union Pacific 124-8, Reading 891-4, Marine preferred 100-4, GM up to 156, Liberty 31-2s at 100.50 high.
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New York
General Motors
Brooklyn
Liberty
Steel
Baldwin
Union Pacific
Reading
Marine
Grain Market Report from Chicago Aug 17
Corn closed 11-8 higher with August 161 1-4 to 160 1-2, September 162 1-4, October 163 7-8. Oats rose 11-4 with August 70, September 70 38-4 to 5-8, October 72 1-4 to 1-8. Pair of provisions futures posted declines. Park, Lard, and Ribs prices listed for Sept and Oct.
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Chicago
Park
Sugar Repeaters Halt Sugar Sales In Oklahoma
Sugar repeaters are the latest pests facing the State Food administration in Oklahoma City. A letter to all sugar dealers demands a sales record for county administrators to audit. Those who have repeated the act will be barred from future purchases.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
State Food Administration
Wilson commutes death sentence to 15 years hard labor
President Wilson commutes Private Herman Ladenson’s death sentence to confinement at hard labor for 15 years at Fort Leavenworth. Ladenson, a drafted man and conscientious objector, deserted at Harrisburg and was later captured in Philadelphia and charged with disobeying orders.
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Wilson
Camp Meade
Herman Ladenson
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Ladenson
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Irkutsk Taken by Czecho-Slovaks and Siberian Army
Washington reports confirmation from Pekin that Irkutsk has fallen to Czecho-Slovaks and the Siberian People's Army. The Irkutsk Samara railway line is open, but communications with Irkutsk and Moscow remain cut. Casualties through July 10 were 250 K/W. Omsk to host new Siberian element. Americans in Irkutsk are safe.
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Washington
Irkutsk
Peple
State Department
Americal
Pekin
Samara
Moscow
Omsk
Brest-Litovsk
Poole
Morris
Stockholm
Sea Power and the British Fleet in World War I
The piece argues sea power as decisive in World War I, praising Admiral Mahan and Lloyd George. It states the British navy as the keystone of the allied cause, preventing German domination and enabling munitions and troops to reach the continent, with the United States, France, and Italy reliant on British sea control.
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Chicago Tribune
Mahan
Lloyd George
Germany
United States
France
Italy
Fatal Auto Crash Near Sterling Massachusetts
In Sterling Massachusetts on August 17 Scott a 27 year old from San Francisco was killed and Miss Helen Borden Carl Weigand were injured when their car collided with a truck between here and West Boylston Archie Lacroix drove the group to Worcester City hospital, where Scott was found dead upon arrival. He was head auditor of the Crompton and Knowles Works.
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Sterling
Mass
F1 Scott
San Francisco
Helen Borden Carl Weigand
Here
West Boylston
Archie Lacroix
Worcester City Hospital
Scott
Crompton and Knowles Works
Limited Service call for 250 men to duty in aviation division
Washington reports a call by Provost Marshal General Crowder for 250 limited service men to entrain August 29 to Madison Barracks for duty with the military aeronautics division. Quotas are listed by state: Connecticut 10, Delaware 3, Georgia 5, Illinois 25, Indiana 16, Maine 5, Maryland 5, Massachusetts 20, Michigan 20, Minnesota 10, Missouri 10, New Hampshire 5, New Jersey 20, New York 40, Ohio 25, Pennsylvania 25, Rhode Island 5, Virginia 5.
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Crowder
Madison Barracks
Military Aeronautics Division
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesot
New Hampshire
New J
New York
Ohio
Aovania
Rhode Island
Virginia
Griswold Sells Lincoln Street Property to Bielby
William B. Griswold sold his 168 Lincoln Street property to William F. Bielby. The transfer confirms a real estate sale involving the two named individuals and the listed address.
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William B. Griswold
Lincoln Street
William F. Bielby
Register August 24 for men 21 and older
All male persons who have reached their 21st birthday since June 5 1918, or on or before August 24, must register on August 24. These men should consult with local authorities as to how and where they should register.
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