Roumania Refuses Aid Russia Offered Guarantees
Berlin reports that Romania will not enter the war. Keen disappointment in Petrograd over the allies failed maneuvers at Bucharest. Allies asked Russia to send troops through Romania to Hungary but the plan collapsed. Germany cites setbacks aiding Bucharest and says Allied efforts have been halted.
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Berlin
Petrograd
Bucharest
Oenna
Balkan
Stockholm
Bucnarest
Roumania
Russia
Hungary
Carpathian
Austria
Germany
Roumantia
Sharp Returning to U V Trade Mission Ambassadorship
Will iam Graves Sharp and his daughter have secured provisional passage to the United States if needed for embassy business. If detained, he plans a vacation. he has not received notice for two years and, though fully recovered from pneumonia, desires rest and a short stay at home plus a chance to confer with the State Department.
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Parla
William Graves Sharp
United States
Sharp
State Department
Pope to Make Protest Over Shapitants of Northern France
A Rome dispatch states the Pope will protest to Germany after reviewing a French handover incident. The request, sent by Bishop Lite and Archbishop Rheims, seeks return of women and children and denounces German military actions.
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Paris
Germany
Rene
Rome
Lite
Rheims
Berlin
Dated Death Notices From August 6 1918
Summaries of obituaries and funeral notices for Isaac Bag Gott Jones John William Lucas Charles Allen Mills Daisy Viola Shaffer Tessie K Sillers and others with details on dates, residence, funeral times, and interment locations across Baltimore and neighboring areas.
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Koostrest
Congressional Cemetery
Mills
Topeka
Kana
Charles Allen Mills Mitchell
Alary FP
Andrew B Miterelt
St Albans Church
Itaom
Congressign
Baltimore
Wilmington del Tessie K
Daniel J Sillers
Joseph W King
Jackson Street
Brookland
Colo
Oro Toene
Simon Fuveral
St Tom's Church
Trent
Ho Stree
Lop Am
Martin William
Be'oved Gon
Foa
Minnie Suta
Fev
Columbir Sivner Northwaet
Prospect Hillsneters
Swartscout
Mass
Jonathan Beoved
Emma L. Taslu Fun Ra
Starving Armenians Devour Dead Reported in Desert Exile
Boston reports details from a dispatch via the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief describing Armenians in northern Arabia and the lower Euphrates valley eating grass herbs locusts and even dead animals as starvation and sickness rise. Witnesses cite mass deportations open camp living in harsh desert heat with scarce rations and brutal treatment. A 100 child group cared for by a widow later dispersed with many perishing. caravan deaths and missing boat passengers hint at a state policy to exterminate while denying massacre charges.
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Boston
Arabia
Euphrates Valley
American Committee For
Turkey
Tenta
Turks Lose Hopes of Egyptian Victory at Romani
British dispatch from Romani dated August 5 recounts a sharp Turkish setback in the desert. ANZAC mounted troops led the pursuit, supported by Scottish, Warwickshire and Yeomanry units, as British forces forced the Turks from Romani, Gannit, and Wellington Ridge, capturing about a thousand prisoners and driving dispersed remnants toward the canal. Egypt’s safety is hailed as secured and traffic on the canal uninterrupted.
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London
Romani
Suaz
Senda
Egypt
Anzac Mounted
Scottian and Warwickshire Territorials
Warwick and Gloucester Yeomanry
Katia-Amasha
Mediterranean
Nzaca
Lawrence
Mahamadiya
Romant
Katia
Gannit
Mount Meredith
Mount Royston
Abuhamra
Wellington Ridge
Meredith
Murray
Will Not Release Appam Vessel in Bond Ruling
Norfolk Aug 7 Judge Waddill denied release of the British owned Appam under bond while awaiting the German government appeal. Respondents may file a supersedeas bond to preserve the vessel in federal custody and cover potential damages. The order was not signed today as both sides sought more time to prepare it.
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Norfolk
Appam
Waddill
United States District Court
Supreme Court
May Hold Italian Steamer Re d Italia in Protest
The German embassy is expected to protest clearance of the Italian steamer Re d Italia from New York. The captain admitted fleeing submarines and gunfire from pursuing vessels, raising questions about whether this defense justifies stopping and whether a warship status is created by naval gunners aboard. The issue awaits official attention from Acting Secretary Polk.
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Veaterdas
New York
Polk
Trajan
Germany
United States
Deutschland Raid Rumors Intensify U S Debate Over Seizure
Diplomatic circles report British and French plans to intercept the German submarine Deutschland off the American coast or beyond, with officials fearing its capture could spark pro German sentiment in the United States and provoke German reprisals. Rumors also say a second German raider is at large awaiting orders for another Atlantic blow against armed Allied merchant ships carrying munitions.
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American
United States
Great Britain
France
Atlantic
Peninsular and Oriental ship reaches Bombay with heatstroke toll
The Dongola, a P and O hospital ship from Basra to Bombay, reports 130 cases of heat stroke on the voyage. Seventeen deaths occurred, with five additional probable heat related fatalities. To aid ventilation, the ship frequently changed course with shifting winds.
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London
Bombay
Basra
Turkey
Forts Underground Cost Big Bombardment Says Northcliffe
Lord Northcliffe reports on the Somme bombardment costs and German underground fortresses. He notes daily British shell use, advances in artillery, and high German defenses. He describes deep dugouts with amenities, and praises Allied gunners as they exploit newer guns and flights.
Turks Gain and Lose in Caucasus and Mush
The Caucasus report says Russian troops advanced north of the Marathaia near Kalkit Tehifti Erzingan while Turks attacked all day but were repelled. In Mush region Turkish assaults forced a slight Russian retreat northward as large Turkish and Kurdish forces pressed. Russian soldiers reportedly routed in Mush with over 200 captured, seven cannon and six machine guns lost.
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Petrograd
Caucasus
Kalkit-Tehifti
Erzingan
Marathaia
Mush
Bitlis
Persia
Kermanshah
Berlin
Sayville
Armenia
French Socialists Firm on Severing Ties With German Group
Paris reporters say the national council of French socialists adopted by a large margin a motion to sever international relations with the German socialists. The decision follows a debate sparked by recent events and calls for a congress of allied nations to prepare for resumption of ties. Socialist ministers Sembat and Guesde attended the session along with Albert Thomas, undersecretary for war and munitions.
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Paris
National Council of
Marcel Sembat
Jules Guesde
Albert Thomas
M. Sembat
Vorwaerts Editor Arrested in Berlin
London reports the arrest of Dr Ernest Meyer editor of Vorwaerts Berlin a leading socialist newspaper. He has clashed with German authorities before and was sentenced in February to one week imprisonment for inciting class hatred and disobeying military orders. His pamphlets Who Is Responsible for the War and The Annexation Manta drew wide attention.
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London
Ernest Meyer
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Amsterdam
Central News
Mayer
War- Two German Doctors Freed
The British embassy informed the State Department that German physicians Otto Ganz and H. Zileschuck, aboard the British steamer Waimgate, are free to quit the ship or remain until passage is arranged to a neutral European port for rail travel to Germany. They had been detained in New Zealand and were exchanged for two British internees in Germany. The Waimgate sails from Wellington to English ports.
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State Department
Otto Ganz
H. Zileschuck
Newport News
Germany
New Zealand
Wellington
French Corporal and a Companion Force 100 Germans to Surrender
Paris Aug 7 Corps Gouteaubier of the French infantry was decorated with a military cross by President Poincaré for capturing 109 Germans including two officers aided by a single companion. He and Guillot led 100 prisoners to the French line before Guillot fell fatally wounded.
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Paris
Gouteaubier
Poincaré
Somme
Hemwood
Gouteaubler
Gulliot
Guiliot
Guillot
Aerial Bombardment Over Somme Front Report
British aviators strike HenriHetard northeast Arras with 112 pound bombs. Incendiaries set Martinpuich sheds ablaze. Smoke pillar rises 8000 feet as air offensive expands with dozen planes clashing in large flotillas. German depots and trenches attacked. villages unoccupied fall under bombardment. barges and trains set afire.
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France
Henri Iietard
Arras
Martinpuich
Somma
Must Sever England From France Warns German Critic
Rotterdam Aug 7 Maj Moraht a famed German military critic argues in Berliner Volkszeitung that France’s fate hinges on England's continued war effort and coastal supply. He notes Britain moves troops and munitions across the channel while German artillery pounds Somme trenches and rail lines amid new eastern front redeployments and army reorganizations.
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England
France
Rotterdam
Maj
Moraht
Continent
Somme
China Group Formed To Foster Friendly Parliaments Ties
An unofficial China group of U S senators and representatives was announced to promote friendly relations with China and share legislative ideas. Invitations signed by Curtis Saulabury Cooper McKinley Slayden and Austin went to members as a first meeting was set.
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Congress
China
Curtis
Saulabury
Cooper
McKinley
Slayden
Austin
England
France
Belgium
Italy
Switserland
Portugal
Spain
Austria
Hain-Jou-Kal
U boats bag three ships in Atlantic clash
London Aug 7 Lloyds reports Italian sailing vessel Eugenia and Norwegian steamer Aranda sunk. A dispatch from West Hartlepool says British steamer Spiral was also sunk by a submarine.
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London
Lloyds Shipping Agency
Eugenia
Aranda
Lloyds
West Hartlepool
Spiral
British relief offer may reopen German civilian aid talks
London reports Britain will send a memorandum to Ambassador Walter Hines Page proposing resumption of negotiations to feed civilians in German occupied areas. Britain rejects Germany’s delays claim and states October 1 is not a cutoff while inviting US judgment on reopening talks, a move welcomed by Polish relief circles.
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London
Foreign Office
Walter Hines Page
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Nets Guard Allied Ships Off Virginia Coast
Special to The Washington Foat Norfolk Virginia August 7 to guard against emergencies allied warships off the Virginia coast while at anchor are protected from torpedo attacks by nets around the entire ship. The measure follows reports that the Bremen submarine is en route to the United States and may be convoyed by two fighting subs. British circles fear Germany could send armed submarines to American waters to protect merchant U boats. Germany’s Deutschland reportedly did not go to sea last Wednesday night as claimed.
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Washington
Norfolk
Virginia
Bremen
Germany
Deutschland
Probe battleships blaze in Brooklyn yard inquiry urged
Fires aboard the battleships Oklahoma and Maine at the Brooklyn navy yard are being investigated by their captains. No report has reached the Navy Department yet. If suspicion rests on the fires an additional inquiry will be ordered by Admiral Mayo, commander of the Atlantic fleet.
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Oklahoma
Maine
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Department
Admiral Mayo
Atlantic Fleet
Riot at Barre Wool Plant Leaves One Dead
A riot outside the Barre Wool Combing Company mill in Barre Mace Aug 7 left one man dead another seriously wounded and several injured. Company guards fired shots during an attempt to reopen the plant with new workers replacing strikers. The two men shot were known as strikers.
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Goutesubler
Guillot
Barre, Mace
Mille
Barre
Mil
Murray Seeks Recount After Oklahoma Primary Loss
Oklahoma City August 7 representative William H. Murray filed with the state election board for a recount of the Fourth Oklahoma district race. He trails by 97 votes according to unofficial returns and acted the day after the primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
William H. Murray
unoMcral
Oklahoma
State Election Board
Quarantine Bars Children Under 16 at Pennsylvania Border
Philadelphia August 7 health authorities ordered strict enforcement of the infantile paralysis quarantine guarding children under 16 from entering the state from New York New Jersey Delaware and Maryland. Over a thousand deputies guard the border as the quarantine began at midnight with inspectors at railroad stations and trains checked before crossing the state line.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
State Line
Wright Aeroplane and Glenn Martin Merge to Wright Martin Aircraft
New York August seven 1916 Wright Aeroplane Company and Glenn Le Martin Aeroplane Company merge under Wright Martin Aircraft Corporation with ten million dollars capital. The consolidated firm is incorporated in New York State and will acquire Simplex Automobile Company to supply engines and motors for aeroplane construction.
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New York
Wright Aeroplane Company
Glenn le Martin Aeroplane Company
Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation
Consolidated Company
New York State
Simplex Automobile Company
Wright Company
New Corporation
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U. S
America
Pope
Bell-Ans
Ty. H. Small & Sons
Washington Wellerf
Re d'Italia
Kalon
Kalon Co., Inc
St. N. W
Frank Geier
George P. Zurhorst
F. A. Speare Sons
H Street
N. W
Almus R. Speare
Willis B. Speare
Koenig
R. Harris & CO
Northcliffe
Lord Northcliffe
Dr. Meyer
Teutons
Aeros
Peking
Friendship Group
Horlick
Judgment of
J -M. Gidding & Es
Shoreham Hotel
Aero Companies
Wright
Glenn Martin
Unite
Dellfield
Millbrook Eggs
Hamburg
Kermis Hams
Ritter
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