Global War News and Domestic Measures Reported
Reports from Europe discuss Polish troops under Austrian command joining the Central Powers and expected action against Italy. In Berlin and Washington, officials note pressure for reforms, free press, and potential anti war measures while Russia and Greece face internal turmoil. The United States prepares for food and war aid with price controls and new Liberty Loan plans as global diplomacy shifts.
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United States
Trieste
Adriatic Sea
Reichstag
Germany
Berlin
Russia
Chamber of Deputies
Constantine
Greece
Galicia
Bukowina
Bukovina
Roumania
Petrograd
Moldavia
M. Kerensky
Moscow
London
Earl Grey
Canada
Howick House
Northumberland
Harvey Kennedy
San Francisco
Lima
Ohio
White House
Washington
National Woman’s Party
Byron Nelson
John M. Nelson
Madison
Wis
National Army Division
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Sixth Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Federal District Court
Greensboro
N. C
George H. Hartford
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Orange
N. J
Spring Lake
Eben Swift
Chicago
Federal Food Commission
Wilson Proclaims Global War Policy and Embargo
President Wilson issues a sweeping embargo and export control to aid allies, while promising to meet neutral needs after domestic and allied requirements are satisfied. He notes Germany’s autocracy blocks peace and urges democracy, with Russia's provisional government seeking unity and continued war. Italian gains against Austria on the Isonzo front and pressure near Trieste are highlighted, as are new U.S. fiscal plans for 1917 18 and naval buildup.
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Washington
Porto Rico
Cayey
San Juan
P. R
Wilson
Gulf
South Atlantic
Europe
Toronto
Canada
Pope Benedict
Argentina
Germany
Buenos Aires
Chicago
C. I. Corby
Hoover
Secretary of the Treasury
Gores
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Edward W. Pickard
United States
Vatican
Russia
America
Reichstag
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Italy
Sam
Kaiser
Kerensky
Russian National Council
Moscow
Korniloff
Kaledines
Don Cossacks
National Council
Cadorna
Alps
Bainsizza
Carniola
Laibach
Trieste
Corso
Verdun
Aisne
Meuse
Beaumont
Dead Man Hill
Toro
House
Ways and Means
Kitchin
Senate
Treasury Department
House Committee
Daniels
Congress
Houston
Patriotic Education Society
Germans Capture Big Russian Port and Retreat of Russians
German forces have captured Riga on the Gulf of Riga with the Russian garrison and civilians retreating eastward. Russians evacuate after bridges are built across the Divina river while Germans advance along both riverbanks toward the city. Behind the retreat, Russians burn villages and farms as defence lines shift and Winter approaches.
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Riga
Russia
Divina
Uxkull
Dahmlen
Gulf of Riga
Gulf of Finland
Petrograd
Ders
Labor Day Address Secretary Baker Promises Victory in War
Secretary of War Newton D. Baker told a large Newport News crowd that the war with Germany will end when the United States wins it. He praised Samuel Gompers and labor, urged support for victory, and spoke of democracy versus autocracy while stressing a united home front.
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Baker
Newport News
Newton D. Baker
Germany
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Great Brotherhood of
Associated Press protests Arizona censorship action
The Associated Press press chief Melville H. Stone and U S Attorney Thomas A Flynn pressed Attorney General Wiley B Jones on censorship by Phelps Dodge officials in Bisbee. The incident coincided with the deportation of I W workers from Bisbee on July 1 and affected a Western Union office.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Melville H. Stone
Associated Press
Torney
Wiley B. Jones
Thomas A. Flynn
United Sta
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Western Union
Bisbee
Industria Workers of the World
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West Front
Army Balloon School
Fort Omaha
Neb
France
Sir Douglas Haig
Lloyd George
Marshal Joffre
Opty
Arizonia
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