Senate Debates Manpower Bill and Draft Age Changes
Washington August 26 Enactment of the manpower draft ages to 18 to 45 faces Senate action as the House bill moves to conference. Key amendments include protection for soldiers from birthplace bias, and limits on civil service exams. The Senate may substitute the House version in altered form as debate continues.
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Hhington
Senate
Congress
House
Tennessee
Military Affairs Committee
Army
Navy
Seaplanes Collide Off Fire Island Navy Men Missing
Washington reports a collision of two navy seaplanes twelve miles southeast of Fire Island New York on Saturday night. Ensign Stevens survived the crash while Ensign Donald C Pero and crew members W C Jaeger and F A Newman are missing after fog hampered search. Minesweepers and nearby craft combed the area as crews from both planes were unaccounted for.
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Washington
Fire Island
N. Y
Navy Department
Stevens
Donald C. Pero
Acciden
Pero
W. C. Jaeger
F. A. Newman
Tanks Going Strong on Picardy Battlefield
London reports tanks have covered about 400 miles since August 8 and remain active. A fleet of twelve tanks in conjunction along the Arras Bapaume railway bagged four Saxon battalions in a single operation, forcing the troops to lay down arms at first sight of the land dreadnaughts.
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London
Picardy
Arras-Bapaume
Big Theft Of Furs In Bar Harbor Store Burglary
A man and woman burglarized Edward Genzberg’s fur store in Bar Harbor Maine last night stealing about ten thousand dollars worth of furs. They used a car to flee, waking a neighbor who provided a detailed description of the pair. Only the finest furs were taken.
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Bar Harbor
Edward Genzberg
Italy Agrees With Lodge Speech on Irredente Rights
Washington August 26 official dispatch from Italy says Senator Lodge’s senate remarks urging Italian rights in Irredente lands and independence for Slav peoples under Austria were met with interest and sympathy. The dispatch notes the United States understands the Italian spirit.
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Italy
Lodge
Washington
Sen
Senate
Big Bertha Celebration In Paris Honors The 369th Infantry
In Paris on August 26 the 369th New York Infantry contributed to a municipal M C A festival marking the German Big Bertha cannon. The Tuilleries ceremony raised funds for bombardment victims as thousands sang and band music from Grenadier and Italian ensembles filled the air.
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Paris
369Th News Infantry
Tuilleries
Success For Czecho-Slavs
Basle reports Kazan, seat of the Kazan government, has fallen to the Czecho-Slovaks according to received advices. The city lies east of Moscow and the report signals a notable wartime advance amid shifting fronts.
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Basle
Kazan
Government of
Moscow
Acto
Cardinal Farley In Critical Yet Improving Condition
New York August reports say Cardinal Farley remains in danger though condition shows improvement. Vatican and medical staff caution that his state is fragile and monitoring continues as officials issue daily updates on his health.
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Cardinal Farley
New York
Phy
Cardinal Far
May Head American Mission To Russia
Joseph E Davies a possible president’s choice to head the American Mission to Russia according to Washington reports. Davies formerly served as commissioner of corporations and studied lumber oil farm machinery taxation and other key government issues. He is known in Washington as a statesman and lawyer.
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Russia
Joseph E. Davies
Washington
Davies
German Papers Retracting Admit 1,200,000 Americans in France
German newspapers acknowledge 1,200,000 American troops in France with 800,000 combatants and rest workers, per diplomatic cables. The Kolnische Zeitung cites 200,000 to 250,000 trained troops and warns of mass desertions as proof of upheaval caused by American intervention.
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France
Washington
West Front
Kroezeitung
Germany
Praise for Red Cross Acknowledged by General Bullard
Washington August 26 Major General Robert A Bullard commander of the First division in France cables praise to the Red Cross war council. He credits prompt cooperation abundant hospital and field supplies and ambulance and cannon service for troops success and notes the outcome would be hard to foresee without these services.
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West Front
Washington
American Red Cross
Robert A. Bullard
France
War Council of the Red Cross
Bullard
State invited to sing National Minute of Song
Hartford Aug 26 Connecticut is invited through Governor Holcomb to sing The Star Spangled Banner at 9 p m tomorrow evening August 27. The telegram came from the liberty song commission of the war camp community service and the council of national defense urging all states to participate in this nation-wide minute of song.
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Holcomb
Hartford
Air Connecticut
Liberty Song Commission
War Camp Community Service
Council of National Defense
Missing In Action in World War I Stamford Chronicle
A war department wire reports private James Guerin of the Regular Army has been missing since July 24. Guerin served six years, spent three at Panama, was at the Mexican border during tensions, and went to France last May with Company I, 4th United States Infantry. He held the rank of top sergeant and was home briefly on furlough before departure.
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Stamford
War Department
James Guerin
Regular Army
Guerin
United States’ Army
Panama
France
Fourth
United States Infantry
Babe Ruth Father Killed in Baltimore Fist Fight
George H. Ruth aged 42 father of baseball star Babe Ruth was killed in a fist fight with Benjamin Sipes a 30 year old city fireman and brother in law to George Ruth. Sipes is in custody awaiting police claims self defense while Babe Ruth expected to attend the funeral after the autopsy to be performed today by the city post mortem physician.
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Babe” Ruth
Baltimore
George H. Ruth
Boston Red Sox
Benjamin Sipes
Ruth
Sipes
Three Killed At Blind Crossing In Milford NH
Milford New Hampshire August 26 three persons were killed and a fourth seriously injured when an automobile was struck by a Boston and Maine railroad train on a blind crossing near Milford. The dead are Mrs John F Dolan age 22 of Medford Hillside Massachusetts John F Dolan Jr 15 months old son and William Prest 29 of East Boston brother of Mrs Dolan.
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Milford
N. H
Boston & Maine Railroad
Here
John F. Dolan
Medford Hillside
Mass
John F. Dolan,Jr
William Prest
East Boston
St. Louis Bank Fails Strands Nation’s Trust
St. Louis Aug 26 Bank commissioners of Missouri took over management of Union Station Bank of St Louis after it failed to open. Commissioner C N Enright stated the bank faced a matta of about 100000 dollars and as of now the bank’s finances were in disarray.
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St. Louis
Bank Commissioners of Missouri Today
Union Station Bank of
C. N. Enright
Bolshevik Chiefs Reported in Flight Across Regions
Washington reports say all Bolshevik leaders quit Petrograd and Moscow, per a traveler from Petrograd via Swedish dispatches. Claims circulated that Lenine was aboard a Kronstadt battleship and Trotzky hid on the late Czar Nicholas yacht, denied by Swedish press but revived in traveler accounts. Arrests of Jaro-Slav groups were reported, with some prisoners released after authorities found them innocent. Siberia travel difficulties noted as Czecho-Slovak advance east of Irkutsk slows. two Americans travel from Irkutsk to Urga in 40 days.
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Washington
Petrograd
Moscow
Stockholm
State Department
Lenine
Kronstadt
Trotzky
Nicholas
Siberia
States Department
Irkutsk
Urga
Arson Plot Aimed at Savin Rock Fire for Insurance
West Haven police arrested Joseph Correy pool hall owner at Savin Rock and five West Haven and New Haven men for an arson plan. They confessed taking money to buy combustibles and to set fires at Correy’s pool room and nearby buildings to fake an accidental blaze and collect insurance.
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New Haven
Savin Rock
West Haven
Joseph Correy
the Rock
John Allen
Arthur Raffile
Clifford Burns
Frank Tiernan
Irving Valentine
Correy
U S Fliers In Italy Rally With Italians Against Austria
American aviators co operating with Italian air forces in the Adriatic routed an Austrian air patrol. They have also played a prominent part in bombing Pola in recent days. The Americans are praised for dash and initiative. One American plane was forced down over the Adriatic but a companion rescued the pilot and sank the damaged aircraft to prevent capture.
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Agence
Rome
Adriatic
Pola
Organize Motor Transport Corps Created
Washington announces the War Department forms a motor transport corps to take over all motor vehicles except tanks and caterpillar tractors. The new force will comprise 5,000 officers and 200,000 men, separating duties previously handled by the quartermaster department. Training schools for officers and men have been established nationwide.
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Washington
War Department
Quartermaster Department
To Build Deep Sea Trawlers
Washington reports the Emergency Fleet Corporation will start building 75 modern deep sea trawlers at the Food Administration's request. The vessels will be delivered to the Atlantic and Pacific fleets early in 1919 to replace trawlers sunk by German submarines and support the fishing industry.
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Washington
Corporation
The
Food Administration
Atlantic
Pacific
Big Fire in Medford At W C Miles Wood Finishing Plant
Medford Massachusetts August 26 fire presumed incendiary started in the W C Miles Wood Finishing Co plant. Loss estimated at 75000 and still burning. The plant stored Medford Woolen Co stock working on war contracts. Freight sheds of the Boston Maine railroad repeatedly caught and threatened by flames.
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Medford
Mass
W. C. Miles Wood Finishing Co
Medford Woolen Co
Boston & Maine Railroad
Germans Offer Stiff Resistance Near Aisne Vesle Front
With American forces on the Aisne Vesle front on August 26 at 8 a m German troops are mounting desperate resistance against General Mangin's army near Coucy le Chateau northeast of Soissons. The French advance north of Soissons is bitterly contested as the entire German Vesle line faces possible disaster.
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Aisne-Vesle
Mangin
Coucy le Chateau
Soissons
Vesle
Patriotic Day at Lebanon Led by Governor Holcomb
Governor Marcus H. Holcomb accepted an invitation to head a Connecticut automobile pilgrimage to Lebanon on September 8 for a day of patriotic exercises at the shrine. The trek emphasizes Lebanon as a national symbol akin to Mount Vernon for Connecticut citizens.
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Lebanon
Hartford
Marcus H. Holcomb
Lebanon War Bureau
Connecticut
Mount Vernon
No Duty On Red Cross Gifts Passes Senate
The Senate approved a bill to admit gifts for the American Red Cross without customs duties. The measure had already cleared the House, completing its path to enactment and reflecting wartime relief funding practice.
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Washington
Senate
House
Vessel George Hudson Runs Aground Off Rhode Island
Washington Aug 26 The vessel George Hudson ran aground off the coast of Rhode Island on Saturday amid navy department reports detailing the incident. The grounding prompted naval authorities to dispatch rescue and salvage crews to the scene.
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Rhode Island
Washington
George Hudson
Navy
Depa
Newberry Asked to Quit Michigan Senate Race
Lieutenant Governor L D Dickenson of Michigan asked Truman Newberry to withdraw from the Republican bid for United States senator. He did not allege personal primary law violations but said voters believe campaign spending has been lavish, implying potential political scandal if Newberry is nominated.
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Newberry
Michigan
L. D. Dickenson
Truman m Newberry
United States
Ambrine Hospital Sacked in Search of Rare Serum
Paris reports sixteen representatives of Ambrine hospital founded by Anne Morgan in 1917 observed German efforts to find hidden stores of the healing serum ambrine. They noted destruction of the chateau stables and outhouses, dynamiting of the chateau, and orchard digging as Germans retreated before General Mangin’s forces. Miss Morgan and Elsie DeWolf pioneered ambrine treatment at Compiegne. a Bleren court hospital continued ambrine work rear of front.
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Ambrine
Paris
Ambrine Hospital
Anne Morgan
Blerencourt
Miss Morgan
Elsie DeWolf
Baron Henry de Rothschild
Compiegne
Blerencourt Ambrine
Miss de Wolf
New Corps Formed To Handle Expanding Work
A new corps was announced today as the workload grew beyond existing capacity. The organization will appoint officers and men to staff the separate corps, ensuring focused effort and efficient management of tasks.
Austrian Success a Fake in Albania Claim
Washington dispatch branded a German communique via Nauen Wireless as false. The official note to the Italian embassy states Austrian forces tried to recapture lost positions in Albania with large contingents but failed, with Italian troops holding the line at nearly every point.
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Washington
Nauen Wireless
Albania
Hulk of Sunken Ship Removed Near Winter Quarter Shoals
The navy department announced the removal of the hulk of the Brazilian steamer Madnegada, sunk and burned after a U boat attack on August 15 off Winter Quarter shoals, Mary coast, a menace to navigation now eliminated.
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Washington
Madnegada
Winter Quarter Shoals
Maryand
Navy Department
Crown Prince Held Responsible For Prussian Reverses
Washington Star reports the crown prince is held accountable for recent Prussian military reverses as German resentment grows. The public mood shifts toward assigning blame and pressuring leadership amid ongoing setbacks.
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Wilhelm
Washington Star
Yankee Lieutenant Awarded the Distinguished Service Cross
Lieutenant W. D. Meyering of the American Infantry, 2d Division, is awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in action. He was wounded during the recent offensive, suffering injuries to his right arm.
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W. D. Meyering
Meyering
Rumely Tried to Win Creel Over German Propaganda
New York August 26 1918 Deputy Attorney General Becker disclosed that Dr Edward A Rumely former owner of the New York Evening Mail sought to have George Creel and the department of public information publish a pro German article by Prof Gebhardt von Schulze Gaevernitz. Rumely urged using the article in a personal letter dated January 3 1918 through Creel who provided a guarded reply calling it a specious piece of German pleading with remarks by a public information expert. The expert judged the article false on dates and claims about Wilson and Alsace Lorraine and urged a cautious approach while noting a warning about the danger of a general strike.
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New York
Edward A. Rumely
New York Evening Mail
United States
George Creel
Department of Public Information
Becker
Rumely
Creel
Gebhardt von Schulze- Gaevernitz
Reichstag
Freiberg University
George T. O'Dell
Berlin
Bureau of Public Information
von Schulze-Gaevernitz
Wilson
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Turkey
Fatherland Party
No New Draft Lottery Draw Planned for 21-Year-Old Registrants
Washington reports there will be no national drawing to assign order numbers for 21-year-old registrants. Provost Marshal General Crowder announced that local board cards will go to the state adjutant who will draw them from a hat, assigning numbers sequentially after the June 5 roll. The registration concludes with Jewish men, marking the end of 21-year-old only enrollments under the new manpower bill.
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Washington
Crowder
Ten Years More Camp Dix Times Army Life Good Training
Ten years more of life are promised by army discipline and training. The piece reflects on how veterans upholding healthier habits gain mentally and physically from military service and how military life instills automatic good routines for civil life.
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Camp Dix
Germany
War's Horrid Front. New York Tribune report of a nurse
A white tiled rendezvous once famed for nightlife is crowded at dawn with night owls and curious figures. A white faced woman sells bouquets, wearing a three-star service pin. An Army officer buys her flowers for 40 dollars and sends her home in a taxi.
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New York Tribune
Gotham
National Army
Victories Attributed To American Troops By Premier Borden
Sir Robert Borden, premier of Canada, returns from the war zone praising American divisions in France. He says allied victories in the last four weeks hinge on the insertion of American troops in the front line and credits their performance for the enhanced fighting spirit.
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Premier Borden
Robert Borden
Canada
Uncle Sam
France
Steel leads opening stock market in Hartford report
Newark August 26 stock market opened with Steel Common in urgent demand rising to 114 7-8. Other issues gained early but drifted lower by quarter hour end with overall declines from Saturday. Copper shares showed moderate activity as Anaconda rose to 67 1-4 while many specialties were quiet.
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Newark
Steel
Anaconda
Animals in the War Show Dogs and Uplifting Roles
An article notes the large scale use of animals in wartime effort. It cites 5,000 trained French dogs and 6,000,000 Allied horses with mules facing danger alongside humans. Dogs trained for sentry, patrol, dispatch, and guard duties assist at home and frontline, with Red Cross dogs aiding stretcher bearers.
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France
Red Cross
Lusitania Sinking Held Attributable to German Government
New York report states the admiralty court ruled the Lusitania’s loss was the fault of the imperial German government or its submarine commander. Judge Mayer dismissed Cunard suits seeking damages, affirming the ship was not armed and that torpedoing caused the disaster. Reparation, he argued, rests with Germany and its agents.
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New York
Cuma Steamship Company
Lusitania
Admiral Court
Julius M. Mayer
Th Lusitania
Sulon
Vésel
Mayer
Uni States of America
Cunard Line
Peak
Investig
Appeal for Truth in Wartime Press Reports
An appeal urges truthful wartime reporting amid reverses in France and broader military conditions. It argues governments and press distortions mislead readers, claims German fears grow as casualties rise and debts mount, and questions the value of the war effort and national honor.
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Springfield
Paris
London
Germany
Think It Over and Barney Bruce’s Rolfer Endorses Wilson
The Sac Bulletin cites Barney Bruce’s Rolfer urging support for Woodrow Wilson. It quotes Republicans who defend Wilson against partisan pressure, praising him as commander in chief and urging unity for the U. S. war effort. Public sentiment folds into wartime loyalty with a call to back Wilson through the conflict.
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Sac ‘Bulletin
Barney Bruce
Rolfer
Woodrow Wilson
Our
Navy
Republica
Wilson
South M E Church Notes Stated Brotherhood Meeting
The regular monthly business meeting of the Brotherhood will be on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Prayer meeting on Wednesday at 7 o'clock. Entertainment committee meet on Thursday evening at 7 o'clock.
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South M. E
Brotherhood
Sixth Regiment Band To Report For Camp Send Off
Members of the Sixth Regiment band C. S. G. are to report at the armory at 7 o clock Tuesday morning for the camp send off. Uniforms will not be worn.
Card of Thanks From the Roberts Family
The Roberts family expresses heartfelt thanks to all who kindly rendered assistance during our affliction and to those who sent flowers.
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C. Wm. Roberts
Gu quarrelsome man rages at wife over her talk back
A contentious husband, enraged by his wife’s reply, creates a scene prompting concern from onlookers. The dispute centers on a perceived lack of respect and verbal provocation. No further details on outcome or resolution are provided.
For Sale Watch Dog Scotch Collie Female
Classified notice advertises a for sale item a female Scotch Collie watch dog. Seller F. Highland Ave RF D 2 requests a right party to contact. The brief notice appears under other classified ads on page three.
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