Verdun Front Raids Repulsed As British Hold Ground
British and French forces repelled raids along the Ypres Verdun sectors amid heavy artillery and air activity. German counters and raids near Lombaertryde Roeux Roeux region were checked as weather impacted operations. Paris and Berlin reported continued bombardments and mutual shelling with limited gains.
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la Coyere Farm
Meuse
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Belgium
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California
Aisne
St. Mihiel
Verdun
Alsace
Jewish Relief in Russia Stirs Hope for American Aid
Special cable reports hundreds of thousands of Russian Jews starving amid war upheaval. Russian Jewish Congress planned in Petrograd or Moscow to secure civil and national rights, with funds sought from American Jews to cover twelve million rubles for schools, refugees, and orphans. Degenerative coalition politics delay unity as Tchernoff and Kerensky face rifts. Gen Korniloff named generalissimo with muted public response.
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Herman Bernstein
London Times
Washington Post
Public Ledger Company
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Paris
Baron Ginsburs
Kremin
Prussia
Gton Post
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Poland
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Tchernoff
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Constitutional Democrata
Kerensky
Korniloff
Brusefloff
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Death notices and funeral arrangements in Washington area
A batch of death notices dated August 1917 lists several individuals with their dates, locations, and funeral details. Names include Fannie Eliot De Loffre, Lucille Johnston, Alice Kehoe, Helen Kuenzel, Emily Johnston Mauro, Katie Norris, Malinda Northrop, James B Nourse, Maggie Young, and Maggie Young. Interments planned at Arlington National Cemetery, Rock Creek Cemetery, Providence Rhode Island, and private graves. Local funeral homes George P. Zarhorst and Sons, W. R. Speare Co., Frank Geier's Sons & Co., and others listed with addresses in Washington DC.
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St. John's Hospital
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Ness
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Ilkinso
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William J. Kehoe
Rock Creek
Kuenzel
Sibley Hospital
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Hosband
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Prospect Hill
Mauro
Sherborn Ma
Emily Johnston
Philip Mauro
Nathaniel J. Rockwood
Nceris
M Street
Katie 5
Milton W. Norris
Thomas G. Hardy
Emanuel Episconal
Anacostia
Relatrex
Northrop
D.chase
Belt Road
Malinda
H. H. Northrop
Providence
R. I
Casanova
James B. Notrs
St Alba's Church
Washington
Young
Holmead Place
Maggie Oung
Stuard
Alesander WL. Young
Pound of Flesh? Cambon Hopes Kerensky Strong Hand
Paris Aug. 8 Jules Cambon, French foreign ministry secretary, comments on Russia's upheaval and Germany's ministerial changes. He hopes Kerensky's dictatorship will stabilize Russia and notes Savinkoff and Tchernoff as positive picks. He criticizes Spahn for annexationist aims and warns Germany seeks peace only with political and territorial gains.
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M. Savinkoff
M.cambon
Germany
Michaelis
Spahn
Gas Masked Attack On Westminster Hall Worms
London reports a team wearing gas masks attacking the wood worm estibium tessalatum that has damaged Westminster Hall for four centuries. They use 50 percent tetrachloroethylene spray, dangerous but effective for larvae that feed only on oak. Prof Maxwell Le Froh leads the effort, building on his earlier fly spray invention.
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Washington Post
Public Ledger Company
London
Westminster Hall
Maxwell Lefroh
Hand Organs Used by Spies in Athens Report
A French officer in Athens notes an abundance of organ grinders, many suspected as spies for the Germanophile faction, signaling via music. In Zurich, word says Germany plans to raise postal tolls on letters and telegrams from 30 to 50 percent.
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Paris
Athens
Zurich
Erzberger Approved Berlin Press Censorship Plot
London August 8 The Stockholm Times correspondent reports the Berlin censor Erzberger feared to be approving foreign press dispatches. The Times had detailed Potsdam conference revelations. Erzberger, then official censor in Berlin for foreign press correspondents, reportedly read and passed the September 7, 1914 dispatch.
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Washington Post
Public Ledger Company
London
Stockholm
Times
Berlin
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Herr Erzberger
Hints Raiders Have Met Fate in Ocean Patrol Query
In London, Aug 8, in the House of Commons Robert P Houston asked for information on German raiders Wolf Seeadler Mowe Vineta Payme and others in the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic. Thomas J MacNamara said the Admiralty was not without knowledge of their movements or fate but would not disclose details as it would aid the enemy.
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House of Commons
Robert P. Houston
Uniontal
Wolf
Indian Ocean
Seeadler
Mowe
Vineta
Payme
Atlantic
Thomas J. MacNamara
Admiralty
Four Hartz Hotels Closed Over Meat Trade Probe
Amsterdam reports four of the Harz Mountains hotels in northwest Germany have been closed by authorities over clandestine meat dealings. Additional hotels and food stores are expected to close as the investigation continues.
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Amsterdam
Harz Mountains
Germany
Irish Convention Resumes Its Task in Dublin and London
The Irish Home Rule Convention reassembled in Dublin amid renewed optimism after adjournment. Sir Horace Plunkett discussed governing schemes and proposed a standing committee of up to 20 members to refine process and advise on chairman selection, with adjournment to tomorrow. A prior London session outlined procedure and royal interest following Plunkett’s meeting with King George.
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Horace Plunkett
Ireland
Rapahoe
King George
Dublin
Thomas Sinclair
Lisburn
Princeton Student Dies of Wounds in France
John Verplanck Newlin of Whitford Pennsylvania an American field service member died from wounds received by a shell at his post on August 3 at a front hospital He was a Princeton student and the second Princeton man killed in field service within a week Julian Broome L Allen of New York the section leader was wounded by the same shell
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Paris
John Verplanck Newlin
Whitford
Newlin
New York Herald
Paria
Princeton
New- Ma
Julian Broome L. Allen
New York
Frederick Alien
Germans Fear Polish Revolt Raises Crisis in Poland
London reports Poland faces a critical situation with talk of an organized Pole revolt. German women including officials’ wives have returned to Germany, martial law is in effect in Warsaw and other centers, and mining area riots have resumed after earlier bloodshed.
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Poland
Lausanne
Witzerland
Exchange Telegraph Co
Germany
Warsaw
30 Per Cent of Prisoners Taken in Flanders Are 20 Years Old or Younger
London reports from Perry Robinson at the British front on August 7 say there has been no major infantry action, Lens advance continues, and German counterattacks in Flanders have ceased. Among nearly 4,000 prisoners from 6,000 taken, about 13 percent are 1917, 17 percent 1918, totaling 30 percent aged 30 or younger, with a few 1919 class eight teenagers also captured.
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London Times
Washington Post
Public Ledger Company
London
Perry Robinson
Lens
Gans in Flanders Heard Thirty Miles From London
London August 8 The roar of heavy guns was distinctly heard within 360 miles of London as shells fell on German lines. Windows in South End and near the Thames vibrated from the concussion. Haig announced night artillery fire near Ypres with raiding on the coast, fueling speculation of an Allied push against the German positions. The bombardment heightened public expectancy for major developments to come.
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England
Gaza Defenses Raided On Gaza Front
London reports August 7 that no major events occurred in Egypt. An official statement says Israeli patrols in Gaza have been active, capturing a number of prisoners with small losses to themselves. Artillery achieved direct hits on guns and emplacements, causing notable inconvenience to the enemy.
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Ypres
Teuton
Lombaertryde
British War Office
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Ypres-Staden Railway
London
Egypt
Gaza
Berlin Socialist Chief Demands Representing Government
Berlin socialist leader Philipp Scheidemann urged a government truly representing the will of the people, demanding the substitution of Chancellor Michaelis. The piece notes German reformers worry parliamentarian influence waning and calls for a government of the people amid cabinet appointments and party dynamics.
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Michaelis
Amsterdam
Phillipp Scheidemann
Reichstag
Mannheim
Baden
U-boat Massacre Kills Four Americans Aboard Bel gian Prince
London reports the British steamship Bel gian Prince was sunk July 31 by a German submarine. Four Americans died: William Crissy Hughes of Philadelphia, James Shaw of Detroit, Thomas Gilmore of Marrick, Massachusetts, Ben Cain of Norfolk. One survivor, William Snell of Jacksonville, Florida, said the U-boat shelled the ship and crews were killed after life belts and boats were destroyed. hatches were closed and the vessel sank after a period on the surface.
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William Crissy
Spain to Quell Strike in Spain News
Madrid officials announce preparation of rigorous measures to quell impending agitation. A state of siege may be declared if a general strike occurs. Northern Spain railroad workers blame company and government over unfulfilled agreement. Strike calls for August 10 with talks contingent on legality. News censorship restored and a 6,329,500 peseta credit approved for mine acquisition and port defense.
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Madrid
Spain
Council of Ministers
Forming a Jewish Corps in London under allied agreement
London reports a Jewish corps being organized under a Russia Britain pact. About twenty thousand Russian Jews of military age in London. total British army Jews near forty thousand with thirty-two thousand English and eight thousand Russian. The commander led the Zion corps at Gallipoli and eight thousand British Jewish soldiers will join the new unit.
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London Times
Washington Post
Public Ledger Company
London
Russia
Great Britain
Zion Corps
Alexandria
Gallipoli
Britain
Seven Norwegian ships sunk in Arctic gale
A heavy gale near Greenland sinks seven Norwegian waiting vessels and 90 men from a fleet of 50 returning from a fishing trip in the Arctic Ocean. Central News dispatch from Christiania reports the loss as official advices from Chios also say Turkish bombardment hits Tehesme, a seaport near Smyrna, sinking four sailing vessels and damaging the town and aviation grounds.
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Adispatch
Christiania
Arctic Ocean
Athens
Chios
Tehesme
Asia
Smyrna
German Socialist Official Jailed for Lese Majeste
Berlin via London August 7. Dr August Mueller a social democrat of Harzburg now undersecretary of the war food bureau has a history with police from his socialist editor days. In 1899 he was sentenced to four years for lese majeste but served only two and a half months before a new hearing led to acquittal. In 1906 a pamphlet found in his home led to charges against others and his printer faced jail. Mueller claims an earlier sentence was credited to him by the state attorney. He is the first social democrat in a major government post and has focused on consumer leagues.
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Berlin
London
August Mueller
Harzburg
War Food Bureau
Mueller
Italy offers to create independent Croatia and extend Serbia to the Adriatic
Italy signals willingness to abandon claims on Adriatic coasts and back independent Croatia with guarantees. Addressing Lloyd George Ribot and other allies, Rome seeks release of Jugoslav and Serbian realms from Austro Hungarian influence, promising allied support against Austria.
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Serbia
Mr. Lloyd George
M. Ribot
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Hapaburg
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