U-Boat Mutiny Rocked German Navy as Submarines Surrender
London dispatch reports a German naval mutiny driving a wave of submarine surrenders. Crews overpowered officers or scuttled ships in neutral waters, with fifty plus subs surrendering and many more interned or seized amid Allied countermeasures.
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Earle C. Reeves
I. N.S
London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Germany
Mr. Lloyd George
Foch
Maz
Wall
Marshal Foch
Amsterdam
Wilhelms
Europe
Mediterranean
Malta
Tondon
Recen
Courtm
Upr
Germ Wilhelmishaven
Taal
Admiral von Holtzen
von Holtzendorf
Average 290000 A Month Could Bring Congress Back
General March testifies to the Senate Military Affairs Committee that an average shipment of 290000 dollars monthly may prompt Congress to reconvene.
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Congress
General March
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Washington draft plan calls for 5 million mobilization
Gen Peyton C March told the Senate military affairs committee that Congress may delay new manpower legislation. He said the War Department seeks to raise the draft age to 45 and lower it to 18 to meet a projected 5,000,000 army for overseas duties and an average monthly troop shipment of 250,000 during winter. The House resumes August 19 and the Senate on August 26.
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Washington
Congress
Peyton. C. March
Senate Military Affairs Committee
War Department
House
Senate
Baker
March
America
Department
Women protest as National Woman's Party cases postponed
In Washington the 58 suffragists held after an unauthorized White House protest had their court appearance postponed to next Tuesday. They demanded refunds of $5 and $10 bail, and possible jail, while District Attorney Laskey prepares the unlawful assemblage charge. Helen Hill Weed spoke for the group. Matthew O'Brien handles legal matters.
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Washington
National Woman’s Party
White House
Laskey
Helen Hill Weed
Connecticut
Matthew O'Brein
Mutiny Reported by Sailors at Wilhelmshaven
London reports an uprising by German fleet sailors at Wilhelmshaven via Amsterdam dispatch to the Daily Express. The mutiny grew from protests over intensified Allied counter measures against U boats and six months of opposition to submarine warfare.
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London
Wilhemshaven
Amsterdam
Daily Express
Twister Hits Gerstner Field Sparking Million Dollar Damage
Army officials at Gerstner field training camp in Lake Charles assess damage after an eighty mile an hour tornado swept across parts of Louisiana and Texas. Estimated regional damage reaches about one million dollars with reports of losses in Suphur and unverified death rumors.
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Lake Charles
Gerstner Field
Lake Charlies
Louisiana
Texas
Supiphur
Consul Held in Jail Report from Archangel City
Six Cole United States Representative at Archangel reports to State Department that shortly before Allied occupancy of that city he was placed under arrest.
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Cole
United States
Archangel
State Department
Allied Bolshevik Break Imminent and Allied Push at Vladivostok
Archangel consul Felix Cole reports Bolshevik harassment and arrest prior to Allied occupation, with no charges given. British troops land at Vladivostok to guard war materials, as Horvath arrives to lead anti Bolsheviks. Observers say Siberian provisional government relies on Allied support to resist Bolshevik pressure.
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Vladivostok
Russia
Pacific
Horvath
Siberia
Ural Mountains
Lightship Sunk Off Cape Hatteras in Submarine Attack
The Diamond Shoals lightship off Cape Hatteras was shelled and sunk by a German submarine late yesterday afternoon. The crew reached shore safely in boats after the attack, which occurred only about a half mile offshore per Navy Department reports.
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Washington
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Navy Department
871 NAMES ON THE CASUALTY LIST TODAY
The War Department released the largest casualty listing to date, totaling 871 names from American forces in the Soissons Rheims sector. The Army lists 579 and the Marine Corps 291, with detailed counts of killed in action, died of wounds, disease, accident, wounded, and missing. Officers named include Lieutenants Hazey Keller Kinne McConnell Payne and others. the Pennsylvanians shown mostly in the army list, with names of sergeants and privates across two lists.
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Washington
War Department
Soissons-Rheims Sailent
Army
Marine Corps
Tha.Marine. Corps
Willard H. Hazey
Toledo
Ohio
Wilson S. Keller
Barto
Yonkers
Joseph M. Katz
Atlantic City
N. J
Lester E. Kirkpatrick
Aberdeen
S. D
Allen W. Mathis
Fort Wayne
Ala
John E. Wilson
North Lowell
Maine
Lee M. Brown
A. Waterman
St. Louis
Daniel F. Christie
Milo
Hugh M. Flanigan
Fon du Lac
Wis
Wm H. Haynes
Bellbuckle
Tenn
Ralph K. Hickey
Bellfouche
Jim
Quinn
Memphis
Hundrick M. Steinecker
Plymouth
Elmer Warner
N. Y
Kenneth L. Ogle
Terra Haute
Robert J. Bonner
Philadelphia
J. Graham
D. C
Bert Guy
New Brighton
Gilbert J. Jerome
New Haven
Conn
Wilbur EB. Schnell
Somerset
Clyde P. Matteson
Buffalo
Wyo
Robert E. Messersmith
Fleetwood
Carlton
Wallace
South Minneapolis
Minn
Herman L. McLeod
Paulding
John J. Schneider, Jr
St Joseph
Mo. Louis
Timmerman, Jr
Leonia
N. JF
Harry T. Dorr
Phila
Roy Houston
Martin Markel
Rochester
John (. Tressler
Meyers
Two Men Narrowly Escape Death Above Niagara Falls
George Harrig and Gus Lasperg nearly drowned after a scow hung near the edge of the cataract in the Niagara River. Rescued by a breeches buoy after life lines were shot from the Canadian shore. tow line broke during dredging near the Hydraulic Company canal.
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Buffalo
George Harrig
Gus Lasperg
Niagar
New York State Reservation
Twenty Five Die In Destructive Alabama Storm
Lake Channel La Aug 7 Twenty five lives were lost and property damage estimated at several millions as a storm roared through the region at eighty miles an hour last night. Many marshes residents perished near the coast while Gerstner field aviation training camp sustained sixty thousand dollars in damage but officials promise uninterrupted training.
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Lake Channel
Gerstner
Progress on Two Fronts and Repulsed German Attacks
French war office reports progress on two fronts in Picardy and Vesle with local gains near Framicourt and Mesnil St Georges and the seizure of the Sergy Sassogne railway station. About 100 prisoners were taken east of Braisnes. In Champagne a local attack south of Aubérive was repulsed. British forces regain Morlancourt ground and push along the Clarence river, with additional gains astride the River.
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Paris
French War Office
Montdidier
Picardy
Framicourt
Mesnil St. Georges
Vesle
la Grange Farm
Sergy Salsonne
Salsagne
City Sassogne
Braisnes
Champagne
Auberive
London
War Office
Morlancourt
Clarence River
Morlandcourt
Vieux- Berquin
Robecq
Dickebush and
Melville
Paris Bombarded by Long Range German Cannon
Paris was again shelled today as long range German artillery pounded the city in the ongoing siege. Residents reported continuous booming echoes across the capital amid heavy bombardment and air raid alerts.
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Paris
Heat wave grips New York with record heat
The city endured extreme heat on a recent August afternoon with temperatures reaching historic highs. Officials report 16 deaths from heat in the past 24 hours and many prostrations remain unaccounted for as the situation worsens.
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New York
Rehet
Three Die in Illinois Dynamite Plant Explosion
Three men were killed when an explosion partially wrecked the Crafton Dynamite plant in Grafton today. The dead were Joseph Campbell and Herman Thomas of Grafton and an unnamed man from Elsah. Physicians and nurses were summoned from Alton but details were unavailable.
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Illinois
Grafton
Crafton
Joseph Campbell
Herman Thomas
Elsahil
Alton
Supreme Srectors Named by Knights of Columbus
Balloting at the Knights of Columbus convention elected four supreme directors: Wm. P. Larkin of New York, William J. Mulligan of Thompsonville Connecticut, Lantee Hart of St. Louis Missouri, and John F. Martin of Green Bay Wisconsin.
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New York
The
Knights of Columbus
Wm. P. Larkin
William J. Mulligan
Thompsonville
Conn
Lantee Hart
St. Louis
John F. Martin
Green Bay
Wis
French Pressuring Opposite Montdi dier As British Advance North
French forces maintain steady pressure opposite Montdi dier while British troops push farther north in the Albert sector despite persistent bad weather hampering operations.
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Montdidier
Albert
Yankee Guns Fire On Vesle Front In Major Action
American batteries pound the German line north of the Vesle river as patrols report many prisoners and large guns captured. Lieutenants Cates Cooke and Coolidge credited with shooting down German planes protecting observation points amid heavy gas and high explosive fire.
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Henry G. Wales
LN. 5
Marne-Vesle Front
Vesle River
Robert Cates
Spartansburg
S. C
H. Cooke
Anderson, Ind
War Labor Board Makes Decision in Lead Case
Washington August 7 the war labor board issued a decision in the St Joseph Missouri Lead Company case granting a minimum wage system and collective bargaining for employers and employees along with a general wage increase The plant produces one ninth of all lead mined in the nation and had suffered from high labor turnover due to low wages The increases range from 23 1 3 percent for workers paid 3 per day to smaller gains for higher paid workers
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Washington
War Labor Board
St. Joseph
Superior forces force retreat of Cercho Slav troops
Shanghai dispatch reports Cercho Slav forces facing superior pressure retreating to the Usuri front while operating against Bolsheviks in Siberia. The Vladivostock dispatch notes the withdrawal amid heavy Bolshevik resistance.
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Shanghai
Siberia
Vladivostock
Weather Forecast: Partly Cloudy Tonight and Thursday
The weather report for Washington indicates partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. No significant precipitation expected and winds light.
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Washington
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