Hollebeke Assaults and Lens Advances Reported by British and Canadian Forces
British and Canadian troops pushed toward the enemy main line near Lens and Hollebeke amid showers of bombs and artillery. Canadian units seized craters east of Cite du Moulin and north on the Lens Lievin road, while British forces west and southwest of Lens advanced despite German counter drills. Air raids resumed with several German planes downed. Hollebeke remained a focal point with repeated attempts to retake the position repulsed by heavy artillery and machine gun fire.
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France
Lens
Cite du Moulin
Lens-Lievin
du Moulin
London
Arieux
Hollebeke
Belian
Belgium
Associated Press
Ypres
Teutons
German Liberals Disappointed at Cabinet Changes
Amid German cabinet reshuffles, liberal and conservative papers desde indicating disappointment over Michaelis list. Vossische Zeitung calls course rightward despite leftward tilt signals. Vorwaerts denounces lack of parliamentarism. Kuehlinmann praised by liberal organs. Zimmermann and Lentzner named among five ministers announced in Berlin.
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Michaelia
Vorwaerts
Tageblatt
von Kuehlinmann
Thhe Mberal
Anna
New Kerensky Cabinet Formed in Provisional Government
Petrograd dispatch reports Kerensky accepting leadership and forming a provisional cabinet with constitutional democrats. Ministers named include Nekrasoff as finance and Tereschtenko as foreign minister. cadet abstention questions linger over agrarian policy and land reforms amid arrests of Trotsky and Lunacharsky.
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Tchernoff
Tereschenko
London Times
Washington Post
Public Ledger Company
London
Petrograd
Times
M. Kerensky
Winter Palace
ML Krensky
Kerensky
Tchernoft
Trotsky
Lunacharsky
Admiral Verderevsky
Ghurko
Associated Press
M. ‘Kerensky
Constitutional Democrats
War and Marine
Alexander F. Kerensky
N. V. Nekrasoff
M. I. Tereschtenka
M. Aksentieff
M. Oldenburg
The
Academy of Sciences
M. Skobeleft
M. Prokopovitch
Soldiers to retain all Europe facing right of ballot
American citizen soldiers stationed in cantonments mobilization centers or in France may vote in the fall election if their states establish voting machinery at camps. Provost Marshal Gen. Crowder said there is no federal bar to voting by guardsmen or drafted soldiers, only a lack of state legislation. Many states already permit troops to vote while away from home. similar procedures will likely be used again this fall.
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London Times
Washington Post
Public Ledger Company
Amsterdam
Vossische Zeitung
Richard May
Michaelis
von Krause
Porsch
Center
Reichstag Center
Massenbach
Graevenus
Waldow
Watlrafta
Helfferich
Associated Press
Copenhagen
Liberal
Germany
Ital
National Army
National Guard
France
Gen. Crowder
Karl H. von Wiegand
New York
Europe
Stockholm
Wilson
Herbert Hoover
United States
Preaigert Wilson
Quake in New Zealand Lands Severe Damage
A violent earthquake struck the southern North Island of New Zealand, with Wellington area Kairarapa district suffering major damage. Residents call it the worst since a historic upheaval six hundred six years ago. Nearby Worth Island features active volcanoes Mount Rua Pehu and Tongariro.
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London
North Island
New Zealand
Reuter
Wellington
Kairarapa
Worth Island
Ruapehu
Tongariro
Explosion at Henningsdorf Kills or Injures 300
London reports from the German front via Amsterdam state a munition factory at Henningsdorf was wiped out. About 300 people were killed or injured as the town was isolated by police and troops amid the disaster.
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London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Henningsdorf
Germany
Central Americans Held For Neutrality Violations
Federal authorities filed charges of violating U S neutrality against M B Rosales Roman Diaz and P Catarzo for raising funds and fomenting revolution in the United States against Central American states. Rosales released on 1000 bond. Diaz and Catarzo jailed in parish prison after bail attempts failed.
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New Orleans
United States
Central America
M. B. Rosales
Honduras
Roman Diaz
P. Torres Catarzo Rosales
Mandeville
Diaz
Catarzo
Washington
Rosales
Parish
Soldier Browning Breaks Down Then Takes Carbolic Acid
Special to The Waddington Post from Staunton Virginia reports Jim E Browning who was deemed unfit to march to martial music drank carbolic acid and died after a military escort and a funeral cortege. Officers question whether flattened feet affected his fate.
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Waddington Post
Staunton
Jim
Submarine Losses Declared Mild in Recent Months
Berlin reports via London that official figures show the monthly average U boat losses are little more than three from February through August, contrasting with a much larger rate of submarines constructed, despite rumors of heavy losses.
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Berlin
London
Igh
Kaiser Observes Austro German Drive From Balloon
Kaiser Wilhelm witnessed the Austro German forces in Galicia from an observation balloon. He reported the victory over Russian forces and noted the crossing of the Sereth River during his visit.
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Petrograd
Kaiser Wilhem
Kaiser
Galicia
Sereth
Russian women sailors organized for Murman coast
Petrograd reports that 150 women sailors were organized today and will be sent to the Murman coast as part of the effort to bolster naval forces. The action reflects wartime mobilization in Petrograd on August 6.
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Petrograd
Murman Coast
Bombs Sink Six Ships in Big U Boats Crew
German submarines sank six vessels off the Azores including American schooner John Twohy and Canadian Wilhelmina Gertrude. A seventh British schooner Conqueror was abandoned and sank after leaks in rough weather. Survivors were to lifeboats then towed toward shore by a French steamer as submarine crews manned lifeboats and provided directions. Captains Lethe and Evensen described the subs and crews aboard. A separate report noted Greek steamer Charilaos Tricoupis sunk July 13, with 35 taken to a British port by an American destroyer.
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Atlantic
Agores
Europe
Doris
Buenos Aires
Wilhelmina Gertrude
John Twohy
Norfolk
Conqueror
Flores
Ellen
Wilhelmina
Gertrude
Lethe
France
Hugo U 1
Azores
Lothe
Evenson
Hanseat
Lieut
Hyring
New York
Charilaog Tricoupis
National Steam Navigation Company, Ltd
Greece
Gallandria
Sammies Face Gas Chamber Test at French Camp
American troops in France welcomed clear weather after days of rain and looked forward to a key training week. They will don gas masks and shrapnel helmets, undergo a lethal gas chamber drill, and receive field bread from newly started bakeries as drills in rapid gear adjustment proceed.
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France
Associated Presa
Mrs De Saulles Seen Asleep While Custody Battle Looms
In Mineola on Aug 6 three physicians found Bianca Verga De Saulles gravely ill and nervously agitated over access to her four year old son Jack. Her attorney seeks bail relief, citing danger to her health if confinement continues. The case centers on custody amid the pending grand jury decision for her husband’s death.
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Associated Press
Mineola
Bianta de Saulles
Nassau County Hospital
Guy F. Cleghorne
August Hecksher
Desanttes
de Saulles
Maj
Arthur B. de Saulles
New York
Bianca Vergara de Saulles
Jack
Don Santiago Aldunato
Washington
Uterhart
Ceal
Sheriff Seaman
Seaman
Virginia Primaries Today
Virginia voters head to the polls today for primary elections amid reports of scarce office help and ongoing political maneuvering. The slate includes local and national figures as campaigns push for momentum ahead of November contests.
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Lens
Kerensky
de Saulles
Chamberlain
Gore
China
Virginia
Society News
Woodward
City News
Washington Man Wounded Among Canadian Casualties
Ottawa Ontario reports the latest Canadian casualty list with two Americans among the wounded. J Torrance of Rochester New York and C V Depses of Washington DC are named in tonight's dispatch as wounded.
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Ottwa
Ont
J. Torrance
Rochester
C. V. Depses
Washington, D. C
Wilson on His Guard Confers With President
President Wilson urged speedy passage of food control and revenue bills after a long talk with Senator Lewis. He indicated no time for peace talks with Germany, stressing that Congress should act quickly and that the President will inform the public when conditions warrant.
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Wilson
Lewis
Germany
Cogeco
Illinois
Congress
Senate
America
Woodrow Wilson
Germans Guests of Gen Murguia
Government officials in El Paso report Maur ice Goldner German consul at Chihuahua city and Gen Francisco Murguia led a group of Germans on Murguia s special train to Juarez Also present were other Germans from Chihuahua city Circulations in Chihuahua claim US revolution threats and calls for Mexicans to prepare to regain lost Mexican territory with German sympathizers aiding the movement
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el Paso
Tex
Maurice Goldner
Chihuahua City
Francisco Murguia
Juarez
Murguia
United States
Mexicana of
FE Paso
Michala
War Costs A Menace Wilson Warns of Danger
Aged editorial warns that war prices on materials and food threaten ruin for business and unrest for labor. It criticizes middlemen and railroads for profit-taking, predicts government price controls and possible nationalization, and notes Hoover’s limited ability to cut consumer costs amid soaring prices. Continued on fifth page.
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Moscow
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M. Takhtamishoeff
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Social Democrat
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Macovisky
Mardial
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Leon Trotzky
Russia
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Trotzky
Crowder
I Rosales
Murs
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U. S
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