Canada to nationalize railways Extend control from Atlantic to Pacific
Ottawa plans announced by Finance Minister Sir Thomas White would nationalize the Canadian Northern Railway system of over 9 000 miles, creating a government owned network from sea to sea. The move includes steamship lines telegraph companies hotels grain elevators and the Mount Royal tunnel with an eventual target of Grand Trunk Pacific involvement. The government would fix value via arbitration and may pay $25 000 000 to $49 000 000 to private owners through a new operating company headed by existing executives if they cooperate.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Ottawa
Dominion
Thomas White
Eastern
Canada
Canadian Northern
Western Wheat Belt
Inter_ colonial
BD. B. Hanna
McLeod
Western Linen
William Mackenzie
Donald Mann
Express Department
Western
Mount Royal Tunnel
Montreal
Vancouver
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Winnipeg
Trince Rupert
Pacific Coast
Grand Trunk Pacific
Roderick Mackenzie
World War I Official Front Line Updates From August Fronts
London and Berlin dispatches report a major Flanders battle with heavy fighting near Ypres and Westhoek. Allied troops claim ground gains on the east bank of the Yser while German forces announce fierce counterattacks and substantial prisoner captures, including 95 officers, across multiple sectors.
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London
Yaer Cana
Weaehoek
Fallen
St Julien
Westhoek
Ypres-Roulers
Bernstorff Sees Michaelis at Munich Visit
Count Von Bernstoriff, former German ambassador to Washington, attended Chancellor Michaelis’s visit at sea in Munich. Herr Michaelis wore a captain's uniform. The Berlin newspaper notes epaulettes, while speculating ex-chancellor Bethmann Hollweg and former foreign minister Jagow may soon receive higher ranks.
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Copenhagen
Count von Bernstoriff
Washington
Baron von Yreutler
William
Bavaria
Michaelis
Munich
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
von Bethmann Hollweg
Herr von Jagow
Bulgars Starving Greeks in Eastern Macedonia
Athens dispatch reports forty thousand Greeks dead from starvation in eastern Macedonia since Bulgarian occupation. The Greek government cites records describing systematic persecution, forced labor, and deportations by Bulgarian authorities targeting the Greek population.
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Paris
Macedonia
Havas
Athens
American dollar falls as Denmark backs Swedish purchases
Copenhagen July 31 American exchange dipped to 2287 with a heavy premium on Swedish exchange in Denmark reaching 12 per cent. Bankers attribute the high rate to Germany financing purchases in Sweden, which refuses gold payment and demands compensation in goods or securities. Germany is buying Swedish exchange in Denmark and has sent large gold quantities here for that purpose.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Germany
Sweden
Charles Smith Drowned in Clough Pond London NH
Charles Smith aged 19 son of United States Geological Survey director George Otis Smith drowned at Clough Pond London New Hampshire while surveying shorelines from a boat. The raft overturned and he could not swim. He was educated in Washington and employed in the geological survey.
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Charles Smith
George Otis Smith
United States Geological Survey
Clough Pond
London
Mrs Smith
Skowhegan
Smith
Washington
Geological Survey
Germans Demand Loan From Switzerland At Conference
German delegates at a conference with Swiss representatives in Berne demanded that Switzerland extend a loan of about 39.7 million dollars to Germany to enable it to meet payments. They stated that without the loan Swiss bankers must provide the funds to keep Germany solvent and able to run its economy.
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Berne
Switzerland
Germany
Forcing Deported Belgians to Work Under German Rule
Detailed testimony to the Belgium government describes German mistreatment of deported Belgian civilians. Methods include torture by heat in the post, forced labor, rifle butt corporal punishment, forced running, simulated executions, and exposure to cold and hunger. Mortality is alarmingly high, with camps like Soltau noted for brutal conditions and deprivation.
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Hatte
Rance
Associated Press
Belgium
Germany
Stouthy
Antwerp
Havre
Lebris Brothers
Orde
Aur
Verviers
Soltau
Woman Becomes Naval Ensign From Wilmette
Mrs William Ley Osborne of Wilmette is named one of two women commissioned as ensigns in the United States Navy. She has long aided at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, and sailors there largely influenced the appointment.
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Chicago
William Ley Osborne
Wilmette
United States Navy
Great Lakes
Germans Fight Prussianism In German-American Union Plan
Otto C. Butz announced in Chicago the organization of a German Americans revolutionary stock group to oppose Prussian militarism. Similar groups are planned in New York. The movement targets Americans of German descent disliking Prussian warfare including Zeppelins and U boats.
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Chicago
Atock
Otto C. Butz
New York
Alien Draft Resolution Adopted by Senate
Senate adopts Senator McCumber's resolution urging the President to seek allies and negotiate an agreement to allow drafting of aliens in the United States. The plan would enable the President to draft any alien aged 21 to 45 into the military establishment.
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McCumber
Senate
United States
Teutons Shift Hatred From England to America
Miss Marie Brown of Pittsburgh, after three years in Berlin, says anti England sentiment among Germans has shifted to America. She details travel obstacles, help from Captain Hans Tallacher to secure exit papers, and dire food shortages in Germany including reports of zoo animal meat being eaten as prices soar.
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Atlantic
England
America
Marie Brown
Pittsburgh
Berlin
Miss Brown
United States
Germany
Hans Tallacher
Mme Johanna Gadski
Mian Brown
Leipzig
Zoological Garden
Allies Push Ahead Under Hard Blows As Germans Retreat
Allied forces press the night counteroffensive against German positions near Ypres and the Ypres Comines Canal. British artillery accuracy yields heavy German losses and vast numbers of prisoners. French and British forces consolidate gains after strong bombardment and staged offensives across the Meuse region near Verdun.
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Ypres-Comines Canal
Yprea Salient
French Troops Rally In Mist To Drive German Line
French infantry seized and held positions from near Ferryman's house to Bossinghe across a 3 000 yard front amid heavy bombardment and dense fog. Air observers including Americans failed to track the advance but advanced units reported victory with difficult ground churned by shells and water filled craters. The Yser River banks remained contested as northern areas near Dixmude were flooded.
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Steenatraete
Het Sas
Flanders
Associated Press
Yser Canal
Dixmude
Germany to Lose $440000 in Appam Bond Case
Richmond Aug. 1 Germany stands to lose 440000 by confiscation from the $2000000 bond tied to the steamship Appam appeal. Judge Ed mund Waddill heard the claim that the funds are alien enemy property. The case involves the British owners and the prize ship held by Germany during wartime.
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Richmond
Germany
Edmund Waddill
United States District Court
Hare
Supreme Court
Appam
United States
Hiram Smith
Imperialerman Treasury
No Flags for Interned Men on Angel Island
German aliens interned at Angel Island in San Francisco have been denied permission to use signal flags for amusement. The commandant issued the order after Department of Justice agents dismantled two arc lights mounted on poles atop Redwood Peak in Alameda County. Investigators connected the signals from the island with lights on the shore, following reports of men wagging signals toward the Alameda coast.
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San Francisco
Angel Island
Department of Justice
Redwood Peak
Alamada County
Germans cling to jewelry in wake of reichsbank appeal
Amsterdam reports the Cologne Gazette says only 150000 dollars worth of gold ornaments were donated to the German Reichsbank, far short of the 500200 dollar target. The paper warns the hour is serious and urges citizens to remember their duty to the hard pressed fatherland.
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Amsterdam
Reichsbank
Cologne
Leaves Navy for Army in Atlantic Desertion Case
Chattanooga Tenn Aug 1 Willis R Taylor who recently enlisted in the army at Fort Oglethorpe Ga was taken today to Newport News under arrest charged with desertion from the navy. Taylor according to arresting officers feared the naval ship to which he was assigned would not get into real action so he deserted and joined the army.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Pickpocket Strikes Crowded Street Car
Navy yard workers crowded a street car on Eighth Street Southeast when a pickpocket stole William T Fink's wallet from his coat pocket. Fink, of 144 A Street Northeast, reported about $5 in cash missing and notified police.
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Navy Yard
Eighth Street
William T Fink
Fink
Palais Royal Ad Promises Favorite Deals Tonight
A brief classified tease urges readers to view the Palais Royal advertisement in Times and Star this evening, highlighting special pricing at 7.50, 10, and 15 dollars and inviting attention to featured offers.
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Palais Royal
Times and Star
Report of Rear Admiral Gleaves on U boat attack on flagship
Rear Admiral Gleaves details u boat attack on the flagshi p during June 1917 operations. Witnesses describe helm jam, zigzag maneuvers, torpedo wakes, and submarine sightings near multiple escort ships. Multiple group contacts, depth charges, and gun actions are noted with officer statements and observed wakes.
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Gleaves
France
Frst
U &S WN
Aignal
Gleaves Bill Opens Mineral Lands Across West
Senator Walsh's bill to open vast government coal gas oil and phosphate lands in the West for private use was favorably reported by the Senate lands committee. The measure allows leasing or sale of coal lands except Alaska and oil lands leasing by the Interior Secretary. An amendment by Senator Phelan grants wells in reserve No 2 the right to lease by one eighth royalty, and Senator Pittman's potash operation bill was incorporated.
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Walsh
California
Senate Landa Committee
Alaska
Secretary of the Interior
Pheiaen
Pittman
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