Russians Forcing Back Gaining South of Brody
Petrograd reports Gen Sakharoff’s forces recaptured Rudka Miryanska and pushed toward Brody, taking 1,300 prisoners. German Austro forces claim gains near Kovel and Rudka Miryankaia with hundreds taken, while battles continue in the Carpathians and Sereth-Graherkl areas.
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Sakharoff
Gubieszow
BerUn
Carpathians
Rudka-Miryanskain
Stuck
Sokhod
Sakharofs
Lubiessow
Kavel
Srakhod
Rudka-Mirynakaia
Dish Legion
Athens
Archduke Karl Thera
Koplas
Died Davidson in Bayhead Vermont Friday
Obituaries note deaths and funeral details for multiple individuals in August 1818 through 1938, including Edward Crawford son of Delavenir Dasinser and Henrietta Crawford. Evla Johnson nee Roseways. William Harrison Jr.. George Witeloved Stokes. Services listed at various residences and dates with interment details and Baltimore notices.
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Fifth Street
Tori Yate
Jenwood Cemetery
Baltimare
William Harrison, Jr
William H
Grace M Spignal
H Pareets
Monroa Street
Ila Om
Baltimore Papers
Cope
Aurus
George Witeloved
Pusha Elta Fsartrell Stokes
Funers
Hes
Thirteenth Street
Mordas
Germany Talks of Peace Restoring Old Frontiers
Amsterdam reports an unofficial German line that peace could restore former frontiers and end the war without Germany gaining new lands. Public debates grow, people cite food shortages and long-term damage, while some German speakers favor a plebiscite peace.
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Washington Post
Amsterdam
Germany
England Loses 7,084 Officers in July at Somme
July fighting on the western front cost Britain 7,084 officers killed wounded or missing, bringing totals since the war began to 36,508. Yorkshires Northumberland London Lancashire Irish Rifles field artillery and Canadian units suffered heavily with several high ranking officers among the losses.
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England
Somme
London
Associated Press
Ltd
Yorkshires
Northumberlands
Londons
Lanca
Shires
Irish Rifles
Field Artillery
Warwickshires
Manchesters
Staffordshires
Prowse
Food Crisis Ends As War Organization Surges Ahead
Berlin dispatch reports Germany entering year three of WWI with food sufficiency for at least three more years despite the blockade. Batocki asserts the harvest is strong and the food chain has begun, projecting possible fourth or fifth year supply, while Haig and Asquith praise naval dominance and allied unity in pursuit of victory.
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Carl W. Ackerman
Berlin
Germany
Ford
Adolph von Batocki
Batocki
Pershing and Cabel Stricken by Dysentery in Mexico
Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing and Lieut. Col. De Rosey C. Cabell, commanding the American punitive expedition in Mexico, have suffered dysentery while staying at the Baptist Hotel in Colonia Dulán for a week. They are reported nearly recovered and expected to return to duty soon.
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Washington Poat
el Paso
John J. Pershing
Mexico
Staf
de Rosey C. Cabel
Colonia Dublan
George Bell, Jr
Italian Submarines Lost Two U Boats In War Action
Rome announces the loss of two Italian submarines after they sailed with others on a mission to the enemy coast and failed to return. A Vienna report dated August 3 claimed the Italian submarine Giacinto Pullino was sunk by Austrians in the North Adriatic with its crew captured.
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Rome
Vienna
Giacinto Pullino
Adriatic
Italy
Casement clemency appeal arrives after Casement’s death
A Senate resolution urging clemency for Roger Casement was sent Wednesday afternoon and reached London the same night but was not delivered to British authorities until the next morning, after Casement had been executed.
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Senate
Roger Casement
Casement
London
Turks Relate Victory in Strife Over Camp Equipment
Turkiye authorities report Allied and Russian actions in Armenia and at the Binal peninsula, with heavy losses for the Russians and a Russian air raid over the Black Sea. Allied forces repulse brigand landings near Samos and land near Kala Burnu. President Wilson and mediation board discuss railroad strike risk. Newlands resolution tabled. Camp Ordway prepares Battery B for border move to Bisbee. 137 recruits, 15 new musters, and routine training amid rain.
Strathness Sinks German Sub In Mediterranean Fight
Captain Davia Thomson arrived in Baltimore reporting the British steamship Strathness wrested victory from a German submarine in the Mediterranean near Algiers on July 15. Gunners with a 6 pounder destroyed the sub after a shell hit amidships, the submarine dived and was not seen again. the Strathness sustained some dented plates but escaped.
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Baltimore
Davia Thomson
Strathness
Mediterranean Sea
Royal British Navy
Thomson
Mediterranean
Algiers
Belgians Gain Ground in Africa From Belgian War Office
Havre August 4 official Belgian war office statement reports the right wing of Belgian troops advancing southward has occupied Kigoma in the Unii district. Kigoma is a key German port on Lake Tanganyika and the terminus of the railway from Dar Es Salaam to the lake. The report notes continued progress of Belgian forces in German East Africa.
Railway Inquiry Tabled by Senate Commerce Panel
The Senate commerce committee voted to table Senator Newland's resolution directing the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate and report on waves and hours of service for railroad employees. Action deemed inadvisable pending mediation between railroads and their workers. The move followed a Chamber of Commerce request for hearings and a brotherhood letter opposing hearings until joint action by managers and workers.
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Congress
Senate Commerce Committee
Newlands
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Wilson
Chambers
Mediation and Conciliation Board
Newland
Interatats Commerce Commission
New York
National Conference
Seamen Threaten Strike Over Demands
The International Seamen's Union announced a strike threat with 46 000 members on the Great Lakes Atlantic and Pacific coasts if shipping companies are not granted snow. Secretary G H Brown said plans are laid and grievances must be remedied. A nationwide strike would hit rail disarray as tracks run through the country.
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New York
Uniers
International Seamen's Union
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Pacific
G. H. Brown
International Union
Brown
Count Bobrinsky Named Minister of Agriculture in Sturmer Cabinet
Petrograd on August 4 reports Count Bobrinsky appointed minister of agriculture in the Sturmer cabinet succeeding A. N. Neumoff. The formal royal approval followed the cabinet reshuffle as the new lineup took office.
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Count Bobrinsky
Petrograd
Sturmer
A. N. Neumoff
Germans regain Fleury and Thiaumont trenches near Verdun
Berlin reports Pleury village north of Verdun recaptured by German forces after a night counterattack restored positions. French assault on Fleury and south of Thiaumont failed. German lines hold with heavy enemy losses noted.
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Berlin
Pleury
Verdun
Fleury
Thiaumont
Chapltre
Four Signal Corps Men Fired On In Texas Chase
San Antonio reports that four United States signal corps men were fired on between Marfa and Presidio, Texas. Col J A Gaston at Marfa transmitted the report to Gen Funston. The cause and shooter unknown as 20 guards from the Fourth Texas infantry hunted for bandits or snipers.
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San Antonio
Vex
United States Signal Corps
Marfa
Presidio
Tex
Funston
J. A. Gaston
Fourth Texas Infantry
Soldiers Family Deprived Seeks Aid For Guardsmen Dependents
Mrs Alice Stuart executive secretary of the Citizens Welfare Association reports 156 applicants for aid with six new cases at headquarters yesterday A colored woman with seven children seeks food clothes and rent help A machinist helper aged 18 supports his family after his father was sent to the border Contributions can be sent to Room 716 Munsey Building The Board of Trade relief committee pledged 250 for guardsmen families and the funds will be given to the association once raised
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Alice Stuart
Citizens’, Welfare Association
Munsey
Relief Committee of the
Board of Trade
Vafternoon
Guard's Case Grows as 28 Sign Statement
In Columbus New Mexico on August 4 Hugh Clarke Massachusetts guardsman under arrest for maligning officers, 28 D Company Second Massachusetts Infantry soldiers signed a statement backing his allegations. The signers said they did so at Clarke's request after learning of his trouble. Clarke is held awaiting orders from General Pershing. no proof of accusations was produced.
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Columbus
N. Mex
Hugh Clarke
Massachusetts
Holyoke
Mass
Clarke
D Company
Second Massachusetts Infantry
Pershing
Villa Leader Put To Death In Chihuahua Penitentiary
Pedro Solis, a Villa leader captured by Carranza troops, was executed in the Chihuahua penitentiary. The sentence was carried out quietly at night with no public knowledge. Also, three Mexican bandits were moved from Juarez toward Chihuahua City for a Trevino sentence after their capture near San Ignacio and an encounter with an American patrol near Fort Hancock.
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Fort, Myer
Glendie B. Young
Capt. Adams
Redio
Chihuahua City
Mex
Pedro Solis
Villa
Carranza
Chihuahua
el Paso
Tex
San Ignacio
Juarez
Jacinto Trevino
Fort Hancock
Sentry Shot at International Bridge
Nogales Arizona August 4 Private Howard of Company G Twelfth United States Infantry was wounded in the leg by a sniper's bullet fired from the Mexican side while on sentry duty at the international bridge. Howard returned fire but it had no effect.
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Wilson
William L. Chambers
United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Nogales
Arix
Howard
Twelfth
United States Infantry
Fred
International Bridge
Dead Man Believed American Found Near Pershing HQ
Unidentified male body found today near Ojo Frederico north of General Pershing's headquarters. No missing-person reports filed from the expeditionary column.
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Fesatiing
Columbus
B. Mex
Ojo Frederico
Aerial Victories Reported as War Tally Grows
Berlin reports Lieut Mulzer destroyed his ninth enemy plane in a Lens area battle and Lieut Frankel claimed his sixth at Heaumetz on Wednesday. Additional blows included a plane down near Peronne and two more near Arras and Lihons. Anti aircraft fire scored hits near Bleau-Hola southwest of Arras and Namur.
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Mulzer
Lens
Frankel
Heaumetz
Yeateniay
Peronne
Arras
Lihons
Blea-au-Hola
Namur
Aerial Attack Near Suez Reports No Damage
London reports two hostile aircraft bombarded shipping on the Suez Canal near Lake Timah and the Ismailia frontier. Despite the raid there was no reported damage. An enemy plane was shot down near Salmania. In another note, Maj. Everett Warren of Scranton died at Lake Placid at age 67 while resting for a few days.
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Suez Canal
Lake Timaah
Port Said
Ismailia
Lake Timeah
Scranton
Everett Warren
Pennsylvania
Lake Plarid
Maj. Warren
Explosion ruling limits on explosives handling questioned
White House release summarizes Interstate Commerce Commission findings on the Black Tom Island blast in New York harbor. The ICC says no federal law violations occurred but notes states or municipalities may set limits on handling of explosives. A Jersey City official explored a bill to require written consent for shipments into governmental divisions and to curb in transit cabotage by state laws.
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Black Tom Island
New York Harbor
White House
Interstate Commerce Comminsion
Frank A Hague
Publi Safety
Jersey City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hamil
New Jersey
Raid on German aerodrome and ammo shed reported
British naval aircraft raided a German aerodrome and an ammunition shed near Denia and Westrem, dropping about two tons of bombs. One fighter from Flight Lieutenant Baudrys’ squadron is missing and presumed shot down. other planes returned undamaged.
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London
Ent
Belgium
Admiralty
Denia
Westrem
Hla
Meireleke
Baudrys
Naval bill conference reaches accord on minor provisions
Conferees on the naval bill agreed on many minor provisions yesterday and plan to tackle major personnel and building increases next week. Chairman Tillman hopes a full report by week’s end, though they split over a $1,085,000 dry dock appropriation for Charlestown Navy Yard and referred the issue back to the House.
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Tillman
Charlaton (S
Navy Yard
Friedlander Bros. Offers Record Sale on Men’s Summer Wear
Friedlander Bros. announces a buy of surplus factory stock from Straues Manufacturing, Baltimore, offering Palm Beach suits, Kool Kloth, Mohair and Worsted suits, and lightweight coats at deep cuts. Palm Beach pieces priced at 4.75, Kool Kloth suits 6 to 8 values, others from 8.75 to 12.50, all at summer sale prices in Washington.
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Friedlander Broa
Ninth
Palm Beach
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