Germans Mass Attacks To Regain Ground On multiple Fronts
German forces launched violent efforts to retake positions lost to French and British on Verdun and Ypres fronts. British counterattacks near Loos met mixed results while heavy artillery bombardment in Belgium and air raids targeted military sites accompanied French air victories. Russian commander Komiloff warned of a vast winter campaign and possible combined land naval actions on the Romanian front.
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Verdun
Loos
Ypres
Belgium
Steenbeke
Aisne
Californie
Cemy
Komiloff
Petrograd
Teuton Attacks Meet Repulse On Front
London reports on the Muko on front between the Dniester and Moldavia where enemy attacks were repulsed at most points. Our forces counterattacked, held peaks, and claimed over 600 prisoners with some machine guns captured. Additional raids and assaults yielded hundreds more prisoners and continued heavy fighting with stubborn defense on both sides.
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London
Mukoon
Dniester
Moldavia
Addih Af Iby Varna
Caveral
Maranecht
Qirzezany
Rereth
Iberlin Reports Full Victory Victory in Belgium and Langemarck Capture
Aug 17 London report says German general staff announces a complete victory for the German lines with ground gained east of Bizachoote and at St Julien. Langemarck captured after fierce fighting as entente forces penetrated new German battle zone. cathedral reef and interior burnt. English assaults collapsed.
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London
Yeer Tapal
Drelgrachlen
Belgium
Bizachoote
St Julien
Warneton
Langemarck
Ata
Teuton
Staf
St. Quentin Cathedral
Calles
Ypres
Great American unit hospital status in American army control
The great American hospital at Dark has been taken over by the U S army and will be known as the American military ship hospital. For more than a year the ambulance and auxiliaries cared for over a thousand patients daily with an annual budget near four hundred thousand dollars. Since transfer, funds totaling over one and a quarter million dollars have been sent, work continuing under French military regulation with U S officers and nurses in France until war end.
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New York
Aur, Jr
Darks
United States Army
Mra
Robert Bacon
France
Surgeons At War Front Aid Belgian Battle Effort
In a Belgian front clearing station yesterday four American surgeons worked in the operating rooms under the supervision of busy American nurses. A growing number of U.S. surgeons are near the front this season and others are being brought forward continually. They appear to be doing steady, skilled work amid the chaos of battle.
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Critish Nont
France
Belgium
Associated Press
Jesterdar
Thia Reson
Steamer Dodges Two Submarines in Atlantic Run
A steamer carrying American saw mill unit No. 1 to a Turkish port was attacked mid ocean by two German submarines. The letter from a crewman says two torpedoes were fired but missed, and the ship escaped due to pivot speed.
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Matnard
Mase
Tirkish Port
Tald
JAP SOCIALISTS TO SEND A DELEGATE TO STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE
Aug 11 reports a small body of Japanese Socialists in Tokyo voted to send Ben Katayama a Japanese Socialist teacher now in New York as delegate to the Stockholm Socialist conference. The government is believed to favor Japanese participation in the conference. A Dublin street protest and laundry workers strike are mentioned as context.
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Toro
Germans Attempt to Re take Lost Positions in Belgium
German forces launch limited assault to recapture ground lost in Belgium as Allied units reinforce the sector. frontline fighting concentrates near key villages with artillery duels and probing attacks reported by observers. casualties and shifting lines remain unconfirmed by official sources.
Teutons Repulsed Paris Front in Belgium and Aisne
German forces attacked new French positions along the Breembreke river in Belgium and on the Aisne front but were repulsed. Verdun and Champagne fronts saw heavy artillery fighting and German efforts were beaten back. Allied aviators reported several enemy aircraft downed while bombing and machine gun fire targeted trains and bases.
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Paris
Breenbeke
Belgium
War ‘Office
Aisne
Verdun
Rome Polots
Germany
Oll
Vauclere Mill
Cal- Marale
THIRTY MEN FACE MURDER CHARGES IN FAST BT. LOUIA
Fast Bt Louis April 17. Thirty men were indicted yesterday by a grand jury investigating disturbances in the city. Among those charged are a lieutenant, two sergeants, and four patrolmen. nineteen police members are indicted with more arrests expected.
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FAST
Louia
Louis
Thin City
Dutch noble named to head Belgium relief commission
Jonkheer Charles Ruys de Beerenk, a Dutch Roman Catholic deputy for Linburg, has been appointed head of the Belgian food commission succeeding Hoover. The appointment places the noted Dutchman as leader of relief efforts after Hoover's role in Belgian relief.
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Jonkheer
Charles Ruys de Beerenk
Hegger
Belguin
Wilson to Open Series of Talks On War Affairs
Wilson and Lansing plan a series of conferences before replying to the pope's peace note. Premier Lloyd George’s speech signals Allied views on peace and Britain’s strong position in wartime. The Vatican note is published by Osservatore Romano, with allies expected to issue a collective answer. Monsegnor Jieccaria to deliver the papal note to the Italian king.
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Washington
Wilson
Lansing
Benedict
Lloyd George
Rome
Osservatore Homane
Vatican Orgale
Vatican
M. Liriand
Alles
Monelgnor Jieccaria
Italy
Snet Wrek
Wilson appoints new assistant secretaries of agriculture
Clarence Ounley of College Station Texas and Faymond A Earson of Amen were named by Urbaldrat Wilson as assistant secretaries of agriculture under the food nursery law. Nookbinders of Toronto report a 29 percent increase.
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Wilson
Warrington
Clarence Ounley
College Station
Texas
Faymond A
Earson
Amen
Nwa
Nornl
Nookbinders
Toronto
Germans Send Home Valuables From Saint Quentin Cathedral Fire
Aug 16 report from the French front describes a blaze at the St. Quentin cathedral after a fire in a French trench near the town. The roof collapsed and the structure was destroyed. observers note looting by officers and vague motives for the arson remain unclear.
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France
St. Quentin
van Brat
Germany
Havas
Jarnand
Gersiana
Dee
Great Lakes engineering works plant shuts down amid union strike
Detroit authorities claim Todustrial Works era of the World caused recurring labor troubles at the Great Lakes Engineering Works yard near River Rouge. They order every union member to leave immediately or face jail after three strikes in 16 days. Despite a 10 percent wage increase, agitation among workers continues.
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Detroit
Mich
Great Lakea
River Toure
Democratic politician Weston charged with murder in East St. Louis rioting
East St. Louis sources report Democratic politician and former sheriff candidate Thomas Weston charged with murder in connection with riots. Authorities say Weston was arrested yesterday as protests and unrest roiled the area, with legal action pending in local court.
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Ang
Thomas Newton
Thomas Weston
Tke
Kil
Senator Ashurst Denounces W. W. W. in Senate
Washington Ag 17 Senator Ashurst of Arizona denounced the W. W. W. today in the Senate claiming perjury is a crime and murder is treated as entertainment. He said the organization manufactures alibis after crimes and promised a future explanation of its aims and reporting.
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Ashurst
Arizona
Senate
Oman
Organisa
Udon
Government to Take Prompt Steps in Any Emergency
Axted reports from Grand Junction and Detroit detail industrial and labor tensions as home guards patrol Pall County while IWW members desert River Rouge. Washington contemplates federal troop use to keep war industries running, with officials warning of swift action to prevent disruption to harvests and shipping amid potential broad strikes.
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Wise
Stutt Orcharta
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Idaho
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Department of Justice
I. W. TW
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