Draft Exemption Rules Spark Labor Duty Debate
Nation debates if workers exempt from the draft on industrial grounds should stay on essential jobs. Senator Chamberlain outlines manpower aims to 80 divisions by mid 1919 while Aberlain interprets the anti strike amendment as forcing exempt workers to remain in employment. The clause risks induction if industrial duties falter. Continued on Page Two.
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Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania
Fair conditions prevail in Western Pennsylvania with cool tonight and Friday. Temperatures remain mild with light winds. no precipitation is expected.
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Fatima
President Wilson Heads Next Liberty Loan Ad Campaign
President Wilson has written an advertisement for the next Liberty Loan to appear nationwide under his signature. The text will be kept secret until the campaign opens, with other ads by Billy Sunday Samuel Gompers George M Coman Herbert Quick and several other prominent figures to follow.
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Wilson
Billy Sunday
Samusl Gompers
George M. Coman
Herbert Quick
Moscow Consul Leaves as Russia-Poland Ties Come Under Scrutiny
A Moscow consul departure prompts questions in Washington about Russia and Poland relations. State Department weighs potential implications for policy and ongoing diplomacy amid shifts in regional stance.
Bolsheviks threaten Americans as Moscow consul seeks safe conduct
Washington reports open hostility from the Bolshevik government toward American consular staff in Russia. Consul General Poole at Moscow is believed en route to Stockholm after turning affairs over to the Swedish representative. Allies note strengthening anti-German sentiment in Ukraine and growing resistance to Bolshevik control, with Americans potentially leaving the country.
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Russia
Poole
Moscow
Lenine Trotzky
Stockholm
United States
David R. Francis
Vladivostok
Bidou cites German losses at roughly three hundred sixty thousand dead or wounded
Paris, Aug. 15 Henri Bidou, war critic, says in an article that German losses since July 18 total about 360,000 dead or wounded and 70,600 prisoners. He provides a conservative estimate based on military reports and observed casualty figures.
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Paris
Henri Bidou
Schooner Dorothy Barrett Attacked by German Submarine
Washington August 15 The schooner Dorothy Barrett was attacked by a German submarine six and a half miles northeast of the lightship at Cape May New Jersey. The crew escaped as the vessel burned to the waterline. A seaplane dropped bombs nearby and two submarine chasers depth-bombed the area while minesweepers combed the vicinity. The Barrett was bound for Norfolk and the crew landed safely at Cape May. Kellogg May Be Salvaged.
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Cape May
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Navy Department
Barret
Norfolk
Kellogg
Frederick R. Kellogg
Ambrose Channel
Baregat
President and Mrs Wilson take weekend vacation
Magnolia Massachusetts August 15 President and Mrs Wilson arrived by special train and will spend the weekend at Col E M House's summer home on the north shore with no newspapermen. Washington August 15 The president and Mrs Wilson are guests of Col House at his summer cottage near Magnolia with no advance notice issued.
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Washington
White House
Austrian Plot Sparks Army Desertion Arrests
New York dated Aug 15 report says additional arrests were expected as an Austrian plot to induce wholesale desertions from the U S army broadens. Five soldiers urged to desert from Camp Dix triggered the inquiry, with Arthur Sacher named as the alleged leader.
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United States Army
Camp Dix
Arthur Sacher
German Choral Societies Pledge War Savings Support
Chicago August 15. Five hundred thousand dollars in War Savings Stamps pledged by 406 German choral societies of the city to be secured before January 1 1919. Resolution promises unstinted support to America in wining the war.
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America
Looks Like More Peace Proposals
London August 15. Germany will not refuse any reasonable peace proposals, Admiral von Hintze said. A dispatch from Amsterdam quoted Germany’s foreign secretary claiming there can be no question of a refusal of reasonable peace proposals. He critiqued Allied diplomacy and noted Lloyd George’s recent speech, saying approaches through authorized persons would matter.
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Germany
von Hintze
Weuther
Amsterdam
Lloyd George
Major colleges added for wartime ROTC training units
Washington reports the War Department Education committee lists Princeton Harvard Cornell Yale and many others as schools selected to be equipped next month for units of the students army training corps. The roster includes Wisconsin Massachusetts Agricultural Amherst Pennsylvania Throop Louisiana State Mississippi A and M Kansas South Dakota West Virginia Stanford Ohio State NYU California Whitman Boston College Chicago Drake and more, spanning from New York to Idaho and Montana.
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War Department Committee On Education
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Yale
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Massachusetts Agricultural College
Amherst
Mass
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Throop College, of Technology
Pittsburgh
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Mississippi
A. and M. College
University of Kansas
South Dakota State College
Alabama Poly
German Official Assassinated in Wenden Russia
Amsterdam reports the assassination of Herr von Sengbusch, a German official at Wenden Russia, as details emerge from Riga. The murderer escaped, and case details remain unclear with no arrest yet.
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Russia
Amsterdam
Herr von Sengbusch
Riga
Last Liberty Loan Oversubscribed By 75 Million
Washington reports the final issue of treasury certificates for the fourth Liberty Loan is oversubscribed by 75 million dollars. New York led with a subscription of 207.287 million against a quota of 169.6 million, pushing total certificates issued to date to 2.759.415.0?00.
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Treasury
Liberty Loan
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New York
New Minister of Marines Appointed by Kaiser
Zurich August 15 Vice Admiral von Behnecke appointed minister of marine by the Kaiser to succeed von Capelle. Resignation follows German disappointment in U boat campaign and von Capelle’s failure to satisfy the Reichstag. Von Behnecke, previously assistant chief of the general naval staff, resigned with von Pohl in protest at 1916 submarine campaign suspension. wounded in the Battle of Jutland.
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Marine
von Capelle
Holland
Switzerland
Germnn
Germany
von Tirpitz
Reichstag
von Bedincke
Admiralty Staff
General Naval Staff
von Pohl
Jutland
Six Police Women Appointed to New York City Force
August 15 Commission er Enright appointed six police women to the New York force. They will be attached to the office of Mrs. Katherine O Grady fifth deputy police commissioner and assigned to regular duty. Four more appointments are to be made tomorrow. The appointments are experimental as the women are the first to be officially appointed.
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New York
Enright
Katherine O'Grady
Senator Gallinger Improves After Comfortable Night
Franklin N H Aug 15 Senator Jacob H Gallinger, seriously ill at a hospital in Franklin, showed slight improvement today after passing a comfortable night according to his physicians Stay tuned for further health updates as doctors monitor his condition in New Hampshire.
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Italians take Austrian positions at Mount Montello
Washington reports Italians have stormed Austrian positions at Mount Montello and won appreciable gains on Tonale and Vali Di Geneva, as Rome cables describe actions near Lassingy Wood. London dispatches note German artillery shells mustard gas targeting the valley and woods southeast of Lassingy.
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Vali di Geneva
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Reuters
Resolution thanking Army and Navy for part in war
Washington August 15 a joint resolution tendering the thanks of the American Congress and people to the army and navy for their gallant part in the war was introduced in the Senate by Senator Jones New Mexico He gave notice he would call the resolution up for action Monday in the Senate.
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Navy
United States
Senate
Senator Jones
New Mexico
Jones
Boche Airmen Use New Flares Over Front
American forces on the Vesle and Aisne fronts report German artillery limited to 105mm shells in the past 72 hours. German airmen lit villages with new flares and swept courier routes with machine gun fire as raids continued through the night. The American line on the Aisne remained comparatively quiet today.
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Aise Vesle
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Oise
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Massachusetts Boy Decorated After Ten German Planes
Paris Aug 15 Lieut David Putnam of the Lafayette Escadrille was decorated with the French military medal for bringing down ten German machines. The citation calls him a pilot of the first class. Putnam from Brookline Massachusetts is a descendant of Gen Isaac Putnam a Revolutionary hero.
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David Putnam
Lafayette Escadrille
Putnam
Lieut Putnam
Brookline, Mass
Gen Isaac Putnam
Differentials in Cotton Prices Set by War Industry Board
Washington announces fixed cotton differentials based on 80 cents per pound fob mill. By using weights of wide sheetings, other differentials can be calculated. The afternoon release outlines how price variations are determined for different widths of sheetings.
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Washington
War Industry Board
Total German Prisoners Captured Since August 8
Official report shows 30,344 German prisoners captured since August 8. British forces account for 21,844 of the captures and French forces hold 8,500.
Allies tighten grip as German salient erodes near Arras
Allied forces press German positions along the Arras Oise corridor driving back defenders. French and British units encircle key positions at Lassigny and near Ribe court while German forces fall back toward high ground east of the Albert Arras railway. Prisoners reach over 30,000 in the opening week as minor actions continue on multiple fronts, with Flanders reporting progress.
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