Russians Trap Sections of German Army on Baltic Fronts
Petrograd reports German efforts to force a rail corridor near Nieman toward Warsaw while fighting around Poneviech Vilkemar and Koyno. Russians hold lines after inflicting losses as Germans divert from Koyno and press advances along Wegraw and Bug. Baltic naval actions see repeated clashes with the Russian fleet near Reval and the Gulf of Finland, with several German torpedo craft and light cruisers damaged.
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P. A. Service
Petrograd
War Office
Germany
Nieman
Warsaw
Koyno
Poneviech
Vilkemar
Wegraw
Bug
The
Marine, Almistry
Baltic
Russian
Bay of Reval
Gulf of Pinland
Hindenberg to Direct German Attack on Kovno
Berlin reports General von Hindenberg has taken personal charge of the assault on Kovno to break the Russian defense blocking the Warsaw Petrograd railway. The move aims to force a Russian retreat within days as German forces push northeast of the Niemen and seize key towns east of the Nevesina. The offensive, aided by Mackensen and Austrian units, targets a broad eastward advance and renewed pressure around Ivangorod.
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P. A. Service
Berlin
von Hindenberg
Kovno
Warsaw Petrograd
Nieman
Nevesina
Poneviec
Bug
Ivangorod
von Mackensen
Funston seeks artillery and airplane for border defense
General Funston will recommend to the War Department that a battery of artillery and an aeroplane be sent to Brownsville to aid in protecting the boundary from Mexican incursions. The border situation remains tense with Mexican forays possible, and the plan is endorsed by War Department staff visiting the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Service
San Antonia
Funston
War Department
Brownsville
Nugget prints job printing and laundry pickup ad
A compact notice promotes prompt laundry pickup by Main 151 from the People's Steam Laundry and announces Nugget prints all kinds of job printing requests under Williamson.
New Eagle Distilling Ad Teases Limited Minis Edition
Old Lewis Hunter Rye and the Famous Atherton Bourbon whiskeys advertised as distilled 1904-05 and sold in bond reduced to 90 percent by U S Government. Bottles or gallons available by order, minting edition offered.
Pacific Slope Loses Five Largest Steamers
Pacific Mail line sells five of its largest Pacific coast steamers to Atlantic Transport Company of New York. The ships will join Atlantic runs, not to be replaced soon by Pacific Mail. The deal, consummated in San Francisco, marks a major monetary transfer on the Pacific coast amid rising Atlantic demand for freight and passenger service.
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A. P. A. Service
San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Avante)transport Company of
New York
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Trasport Company
Pacific Mail
Sels
Pacific
Atlantic
Teuton Allies Bombard Belgrade Amid Balkan Tensions
Balkan reports say Teutonic allies intensify bombardment of Belgrade while about 400,000 troops mass along the Serbian border to cross for a drive to open a way for war munitions to the Turks. Austro German forces have not yet crossed the Danube as Serbs resist.
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Dardanelles
Danube
Teutons
Balkans
Society Girls Join Ursuline Order in Beacon Hill
A section of eastern society women entered the Ursuline order at the sisters convent on Beacon Hill. The group includes Missva Bertrand of Boston Miss Winnifred Dorsey and Miss Madeline Wagner from Washington Miss Roberta Jordan of Philadelphia and Miss Marie Tobedeau of Missouri. They will depart for Alaska to begin missionary work.
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A. P
Iattle
Ursuline Order
Sisters
Beacon Hill
Alaska
Misa
Italians Fail Attempt to Wreck Interred German Ship
In Boston on August 16 a group of about thirteen hundred Italian reservists awaiting return to Italy for military duty attempted to dynamite a German vessel in port. The plan was thwarted by the crew’s vigilance and a clash with Italian attackers left several sailors injured. Several Italians were arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. A. Service
Boston
Italy
Geman
Norwegian steamer Allbus sunk by German submarine
The admiralty reports the Norwegian steamer Allbus was sunk in the North Sea this morning by a German submarine. The crew were saved.
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A. P. A. Service
London
Admiralty
North Sea
Allies expect entrance of Balkan states
Greece and Serbia parliaments meet today and are set to discuss actions in the war. Entente allies expect united aid though Greece and Serbia show reluctance to cede territories demanded by Bulgaria as the price of aid. Some advices say only Bulgaria’s absolute refusal to join could block the entire Balkan grouping. For sale piano inquire at Nugget office.
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P. A. Service
Ondon
Greece
Serbia
Bulgaria
Balkan
Lansing seeks settlement of old claim over James Hamilton Lewis
Washington announces Secretary Lansing plans to pursue a settlement with Russia over the seizure and confiscation of the schooner James Hamilton Lewis in the Bering Sea in the 1890s. The case tied to American owners and Senator Lewis of Seattle, with Lansing as counsel, and was part of the broader Bering Sea dispute.
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Lansing
A. P. A. Service
Washington
Frussia
James Hamilton Lewis
Bering Sea
Ens
Lewis
Bering Sea Claims Commission
Senator Lewis
Seattle
Senator Departs With A Big Cargo
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company’s northern liner Senator left Seattle at 10 this morning bound north carrying a full freight cargo and a number of passengers. Among the cabin travelers listed are Vieteher Hamshaw Charles McKay John R. Jordan R B Holm Rev Joseph Perron J S Worth H Pelker Mes Joseph Foley Mrs Eva Jaka ving William R. Springsteen Mrs L Eidenverg John Dean Elmer H Humble William B. Wood Henry A Hurt Fred L Huffman Domino Branteen A S Lyndatrom.
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A. P. A. Service
Seattle
Pacific 1 Coast Steamship Company
Senator
North
Vieteher Hamshaw
Charles McKay
John R. Jordan
R. BE. Holm
Joseph Perron
J. S. Worth
H. Peckler
Joseph Foley
Eva Jaka~ving
William R. Springsteen
Mra. L. Eidenverg
John Dean
Elmer H. Humble
William B. Wood
Henry A. Hurt
Fred L. Huffman
Domino Branteen
A.S. Lyndatrom
Teutons mass on Serbian border amid Balkan tension
Rome Aug. 16. A heavy Austro German bombardment of Belgrade and massed forces along the Serbian Romanian frontiers signal a coming Balkan entente with Greece Roumania and Bulgaria. Official advices say Teutonic pressure may force Serbia to concede to Bulgarian demands for an entente favorable to the allies.
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ALP. A. Service
Rome
Balkans
Greece
Roumania
Bulgaria
Germans Pressing Retreating Russians Near Warsaw
Berlin reports von Mackensen and Prince Leopold split their pursuit southeast of Warsaw with the southern force driving from the south and the prince’s army pressing from the west. Russians resist but are steadily forced east as both Teutonic columns seize several towns along the advancing line.
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Berlin
von Mackenzen
Leopold
Warsaw
Constantinople Bombarded by Allied Airplanes Reported
A Athens dispatch says French and British planes flew over Constantinople causing heavy casualties in Gallata and damaging wharves and Bosphorus properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
London
Daily News
Athens
Gallata
Bosphorus
Austrian King to Be Placed on Polish Throne
A Petrograd dispatch reports Archduke Charles Stepsen of Austria will be crowned king of Poland in Warsaw Cathedral. The royal proclamation naming him sovereign, chosen by Germany and Austria, has been published across Polish territory.
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German Press Service
London
Petrograd
the Times
Charles Stepsen
Austria
Poland
Warsaw
Germany
Tom Sharkey Quietly Weds Florence Mangole in San Francisco
Tom Sharkey the famous sailor pugilist was married in San Francisco to Florence Mangole of Brooklyn yesterday afternoon. The wedding took place in quiet fashion with few witnesses, as reported by La. P. A. Service.
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LA. P. A. Service
San Francisco
Tom Sharkey
Sailor Puginlat
Florence Mangole
Brooklyn
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