Allies Break German Lines Near Aisne Front
Paris Aug 4 The French and American forces claim major gains on the Aisne Marne front with Fismes taken and Vesle crossings forced. German flanks reportedly turned while fighting rages along the Vesle and near Rheims Soissons and Albert as Allied advance continues with heavy German casualties and withdrawals to prepared lines.
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Rheims
Foe
Albert
Paris
Fismes
Germany
Aisne-Marne
Vesle
Cermons
Soissons
Pars Ang
Sileral Pot
Venice
Champigny
Jon Hery
Rheine
Dead Flier Capital Boy Dies in San Diego Aerial Crash
Teeu t Clement R Jacomini, a Washington boy born in the city and educated here, died Saturday in San Diego from an aigiplane nose dive crash. His father was a longtime instrument maker for the U S Geodetic Survey in Washington, later moving to California to work at the Carnegie Observatory on Mount Wilson. Jacomini had five brothers, all in the service.
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Clement R Jacomini
San Diego
Washington
Jacomints
California
Carnegie Observatory
Mount Wilson
Jacomint
Lieut J E Duke Reported Prisoner by Germans
The Red Cross told Lieut J E Duke s mother that he has been captured by German forces and is held at Camp Friedrichsfeste Rastatt Germany He recently was listed missing in action in casualty lists sent by Gen Pershing Duke was cited for bravery after aiding a winged aircraft in distress He studied at Princeton University Force School and Stainess High School in this city
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Switzerland
J . Duke
Aviation Division
France
Camp Friedrichsfeste
Rastatt
Germany
Duke
Ger Pershing
Mary L. Duke
Corcoran Street
Pershing
Lieut
Princeton University
Force
Stainess
Pershing reports victory gains on Vesle front
Gen Pershing says Franco American troops captured 8,400 prisoners and 133 guns after driving the enemy beyond the Vesle line west of Fismes. Allied dispatches from Paris and Rome recount further advances and local German withdrawals across several fronts.
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Vesle
War Department
Marne
Fismes
Muizon
Champigny
Rheims
la Nermilette
Avre
Castel
Mesnil St. Georges
Braches
Hargicourt
Courtemanche
Front Battle Line Unchanged Through Night Report
Paris Aug 4 The situation along the battle front was unchanged during the night according to the war office statement today There were no events to report during the night London Aug 4 The official war office statement reads the same without changes
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Albert
Ancre
Todas
Berlin
Vie
London
Ypres
Somme
Tuce Brook
Montidier
Aisne
Soissons
Vienna
War Office
Dosso Alto
Fieri-Berat
Albania
Paris
Tevt
Canada Sends 48000 Troops Overseas Says War Spirit Unshaken
Seattle reports Ottawa states Canada has sent 48000 troops overseas to French and Belgian fronts. Col. Chambers says the cost of war is terrible yet the spirit of Canadians remains unshaken. He cites Canada US comradeship as repaying war costs. A Vancouver dispatch notes Australia has sent 321000 men to the front and will continue until victory.
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Wash
Cal
Ernest J. Chambers
Presa
Canada
Col. Chambers
United States
Vancouver BC
Australia
Vancouver
Sydney
Million Club
Pearce
Archie Roosevelt Proved Heroism
John E Atkins of Chicago, a Salvation Army major, returned from nearly a year with Maj Theodore Roosevelt Jr's infantry battalion in France. He described frontline service with Roosevelt's unit, praised morale, noted pay delays but no drunkenness, and recounted Archie Roosevelt's bravery after being wounded while refusing care to stay with comrades.
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John E Atkins
Chicago
Salvation Army
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Atkins
Roosevelt
United States Army
Alome
Archie Roosevelt
Maj
Mine sinks San Diego crewed ship off Pit Island Bay
Reports say a U boat mine sank the cruiser San Diego off Pit Island in August, with the submarine capturing and burning the Canadian schooner Dornfonstein in Fondy Bay. Survivors told fragments of the tale after being taken aboard the submersible.
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San Diego
Pit Island
Levt
Dornfonstein
Bay of Fondy
Wriday
Fochs Blows May Prove Decisive in German Retreat
Washington Post reports1 05 pm datestamp on 1918 war bulletin says American forces reach Fismes and engage in fierce house to house fighting as French claim possession of the town. Pershing notes 3400 Americans taken prisoner with 133 taken by other forces. analysts expect higher totals as reports come in. Observers caution on declaring German demoralization but note signs of retreat near Alberton and potential wider Allied victory.
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Zoechi
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Tassan
Afano
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Berat
Albert W. Fox
Washington Post Co
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Pershing
Foch
Marne
Penn
Herent
Gen. Pershing
Thia
Yama
Alberton
Picardy Front
Carlin Maintains Edge in Virginia's Eighth District
Incumbent Charles C. Carlin of Alexandria fights challenger B. White of Leesburg in a contest seen as settled in Carlin’s favor. Carlin, a consistent ally of the President, has campaigned from Washington while White, banker and grain man, touts farmer backing but faces questions about farming bona fides and railroad ties. The race centers on loyalty, policy, and the influence of professional campaign managers.
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Etesburg
Virginia
Charles C. Carlin
Alexandria
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Leesburg
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Carlin
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Congress
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Banken White
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Oh Carlin
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Loudon County
Col White
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Hanes
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Port Deposit Md
Farmers’ National Congress
Bolsheviks Execute Three Russian Grand Dukes
Paris reports three Russian grand dukes including Nicholas Nicholadevitch were executed by Bolsheviks, with earlier German and Russian notices saying one duke was arrested in Tiflis or Moscow. Amsterdam dispatches later claimed four grand dukes seized at Yekaterinburg by an unidentified faction.
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Havas
Nicholas Nicholaaevitch
Moscow
Bayerische Zeitung
Munich
Nicholas Nicholdtevitch
Tiflis
Russia
Amsterdam
Ekaterinburg
Meteberg
Teor Constantine
Ivan Constantinovitel
Berke Michael-' Evitch
End Harvester Suit Appeal to Be Dismissed in Antitrust Accord
Government and International Harvester reach a settlement dissolving the harvester trust with sale of machinery lines under Gaborn Champion Milwaukee and plants in Springfield Ohio and Auburn North Carolina. One year after peace to complete terms with restoration of competition within eighteen months if not the government may extend relief. The agreement also limits representation in towns after 1915 and covers related antitrust actions including the anthracite coal trust.
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Supreme Court
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Department of Justice
Minnesota
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West Pullman
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Milwaunee
Wis
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Auburn, N
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