New York Doctor Claims British Bayonet Wounds Die On Field
Dr Joseph R Bissell states British surgeons abandon wounded in bayonet cases due to transport limits and hospital access. He cites mangled thorax and abdomen injuries dying before base hospitals, notes relief from radium treatment in Canada and hut hospitals as key, and comments on Dardanelles opposition and civilian recruitment methods.
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Apedal
Washington Foot
New York
Joseph R. Biaser
Lapland
England
Briugsn
Great Britain
Bissell
Manchester
Cambridge
Cliveden
Thames
William Waldorf Astor
London
Dardanelles
Ndt
Jewish groups hold nationwide prayers for peace in Europe
Chevrinonex nephews of Washington joined with their brethren across the United States in special prayer meetings to seek peace and keep the nation out of war. An appeal drafted by 20 New York rabbis was read in three orthodox synagogues as a day of prayer urged Americans to fast mourn and pray. Services at Adas Israel Ahav Sholom and Talmud Torah temples lasted about two hours with readings and holy day rituals led by rabbis Groisman Silverstone and Horowitz.
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Chevrinonex Nephews
Washington
United States
Europe
New York
Sity
America
Adan Israel Temple
Sixth
Benjamin L. Groasman
Ahove Sholem Temple
George Silverstone
Moses A. Horowitz
Talmud Torah Temple
Nike
France
Paria
Artois
Somme
Oise
Aisne
Rheims
Argonne
Pontaine- Aux-Charmes
Vosges
War Department
Arras
Souchax
Neuville-St. Vaast
Lille
Vienne-Le-Chateau
Binarville
Haute Chevauches
Vauquois
Strayer’s Business College
Masonie Temple
Emerson Institute
W. Preud’homme
L & Tilton
Church ST. N. WL
G. M. Thomas
A.M
Lottiearitie
Mrs. Virginia Bulkley Dead
Mrs. Virginia Johnston Bulkley widow of Dr. John Walls Bulkley longtime city physician died at her Portland apartments. She came from a Washington family dating to before the federal city and was born here. The funeral will be held at Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church tomorrow at 11 o clock with interment in Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Virginia Johnston Bulkley
John Walls Bulkley
Portland
Robert Walls Bulkley
Barry Bulkley
Bulkley
Washington
Federal City
Robert, Johnston
Frankfort
Sarah Hutchinson
Washington, D. C
Robert Johnston
Amos Kendall
Kentucky
Andrew Jackson
William B. Masgruder
William T. Barry
Jackson
Auasta
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
Thint
Rock Creek Cemetery
German Invention Replaces Cotton With Wood Pulp Explosive Basis
A neutral traveler reports Germany’s move to substitute wood pulp for cotton in making explosives. The process mirrors pulp production for paper, with impurities and oxycal ullose needing removal to ensure safety. Three large factories are producing this new base, and lack of cotton could pressure Germany to endure shortages.
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Washington Post
London
Germany
Sweden Weighs Joint Protest in Neutrals Trade Crisis
Swedish legation pressed negotiations for neutral cooperation against British orders, seeking identical notes. State Department rejected joint entangling alliance framing and found Swedish proposals unsatisfactory on many details as talks stalled.
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Sweden
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Ordera Id Counsil
Neutrala
Fiat
Atarican State Department
Negotia
Germany
London
Reftral
Holland
Canadian Casualties Reach Total of 10 680
Ottawa reports updated war casualty totals for Canada with 1 877 deaths 6 788 wounded and 2 065 missing across armed forces. The figures reflect ongoing tolls as Ottawa notes revised counts for the conflict period.
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Hirt
Peril in Bomb School Trains French Soldiers in Explosives
Special to the Washington Post from New York describes a French field headquarters soldiers’ bomb throwing school. About 150 privates study highly explosive devices over four days beneath a trench and wire entanglements. An engineer instructor demonstrates eight varieties of bombs with dangerous fuses, including five grenades, using realistic but non-graphic detail.
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Washington Post
New York
New York World
Eye
Chinda Refuses Ministry In Japanese Cabinet Shakeup
Tokyo Aug 9 Emperor Yoshihito authorized Premier Okuma to withdraw his resignation as the reconstructed cabinet forms tomorrow. Reports say Okuma struggles to appoint a foreign minister to replace Takashi Keto. The Koku min Shimbun says Baron Motone, Viscount Chinda in Petrograd, the Washington envoy, and Count Inouye in London have declined the ministerial post.
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Tokyo
Yoshihito
Okuma
Count Okuma
Takashi Keto
Kokumin Shimbun
Baron Motone
Petrograd
Viscount Chinda
Washington
Inouye
London
Italy to send 650000 troops to France or Dardanelles
New York August reports Capt Victor del Franci of the Italian army states Italy will dispatch 650000 fresh troops to France or the Dardanelles within three weeks. He notes Turin holds 500000 troops, Taranto 150000, with 150-200 transports ready. He plans to visit New England factories.
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Italy
France
Dardanelles
New York
Victor del Franctle
Turin
del Franatis
Taranto
Min
New England
Official War Reports From the Fronts Aug. Battles Across Europe
The dispatches describe western fighting near Hooge and Ypres, French setbacks in the Argonne, aerial losses over Dammerkirch and Saarbrucken, and advances near Kovno. Russian prison gains near Lomza and Ostrov. Austro German offensives across the Vistula and Bug, plus Italian and Balkan theater activity with artillery actions on the Doberdo plateau and Carpathian fronts.
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Germany
Berlin
Astor
Hooge
Ypres
Argonne Forest
Dammerkirch
Black Lake
Gondrexange
Harboney
Lomza
Ostrow
Novogeorgievsk
Narew
Vistula
Praga
Warsaw
Ham
Woyrdon
Garwolin-Kurow
Ivangorod
Marshel von Mackengen
Viepra
Labarte
Migchow
Joseph Ferdinand
Vicprs
Bug
Dniester
Usoleczko
Bukowina
Doberdo
Plava
Zagora
Rusgia
Petrograd
War Office
Dvina
Frederikstad
Filga
Schoenberg
Vilkomer
Kovna
Kovno
Ossowetz
Jedwabno
Ostrov Road
Viatula
Viaddra
Woman as war agent will spend million here
New York August 9 A former wife of Percy Procter Mrs Nadine Procter says she has come from Russia to buy leather for shoes and equipment for the Russian army She acts as agent for her father G M Wingehof who directs the Second Mutual Credit Bank at Petrograd She says two Chicago firms received her leather order and that she plans to return home in two weeks She appeals to aid struggling countrywomen and reports she has sued for divorce from Procter for 349000 The baron she was married to died before the suit reached trial
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Percy Procter
Baron
Washington Post
New York
Nadine Procter
Russia
Germany to guard foods with new grain measures
Berlin authorities prepare further steps to safeguard food and grain stocks. A bundesrat decree orders anyone holding grain to report to authorities between August 16 and 20. The Berlin Chamber of Commerce will meet on August 12 to review current and future vegetable prices.
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Washington Post
Berlin
Berlin Chamber of Commerce
Germans Fight Italy As Bavarian Soldiers Die in Action
Special Cable reports German troops in the Italy campaign. Zurich notices confirm deaths of soldiers from the First Bavarian Alpine brigade and six more Bavarian wounded who died in the field hospital at Lagnano in the Tyrol.
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Washington Post
Zurich
Italy
Lagnano
Tyra
Bulgaria Pressures In Turbulent Deductions Of War Talks
London dispatch reports a signed Turkish Bulgarian protocol on the Dededghatch railway leaves Bulgaria guarded in its European war stance. The accord supposedly cedes Turkish land west of the Marttea River, but final details face obstacles as Bulgaria seeks further concessions Turks resist amid Russia setbacks.
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London
Turkey
Bulgaria
Aispatch
Times
Sofia
Marttea River
Russia
Americans Must Register in England Under New Law
The British foreign office informed the American embassy in London that U S residents in the United Kingdom and all aliens will be subject to registration under the British National Registration Act. New arrivals have 28 days to report, and Americans cannot be pressed into service. the aim is to check spurious enrollment. Forms are being distributed this week and must be returned by next Sunday.
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England
Dendon
London
United Kingdom
Nervas
George Fitch Dies After Operation in Berkeley
George Fitch, author of Peoria Indiana, died in a Berkeley sanatorium after failing to recover from an appendectomy operation performed yesterday. The news item notes the death and the operation, with brief references to maritime movement including sailings from Bordeaux and Liverpool.
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George Fitch
Berkeley
Cal
Peoria
British meat rates soar in July 1916 rise report
London August 9. The London central market report shows meat supply in July 1916 at 29,702 tons versus 34,838 tons in July 1915. Fresh beef up 42 percent, frozen beef up 74 percent, fresh mutton up 13 percent, while frozen mutton also up, signaling broad price increases.
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London
Lepved
Printers Make Peace Plea at Typographical Union Meet
At the sixty first annual International Typographical Union convention in Los Angeles resolutions urged an honorable lasting peace among warring European nations and praised President Wilson. James M Lynch presented the resolutions, copies sent to Washington. Union members earned 61,155,285 dollars for the year ending May 31, 1915, up 104,493 from the prior year.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Europe
Wilson
International Typographical Union
James M. Lynch
New York
Coplea
Washington
W. A Snyder
General Committee
British exports shrink as July trade shows shifts in imports and coal loss
London reports July imports up about 16.17 million pounds led by food and metals while exports fall by roughly 34.7 million pounds, mainly in coal yarns textiles and machinery. US imports in the half year reach about 124 million pounds versus 70 million pounds a year ago. Exports gain nearly 2.5 million dollars in chemicals drugs dyes and colors due to German blockade effects.
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London
United States
Belgian records show fear of Britain as Europe’s enemy
A 1908 Belgian review paints Britain as a strategic threat and England's diplomatic moves as aimed at isolating Germany. It cites Belgian ambassadors in Berlin and Paris describing France, Russia, and Italy within a shifting balance of power, marking the triple alliance as defensive and warning of new pacts that threaten peace.
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Britain
Europe
Russia
England
Manchuria
Transvaal
France
Morocco
Germany
Watt
Paris
Ruisia
Berlin
Italy
Vienna
London
Algebiras
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
Spain
Edward VII
Almost Wrecked Express Near Miss at Switcher
Passengers aboard the Bar Harbor express bound for New York escaped a serious collision after a yardman signaling a switcher mistake sent the train toward a misused turnout. The engineer, uncertain of the signal, halted only when the switcher backed onto a side track, narrowly avoiding a crash under the overhead bridge near Pequonnock.
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Washington Poat
Groton
Bar Harbor
Battle Cry of Peace shown at Press Club roof
Commodore J S Blackton presents The Battle Cry of Peace a nine reel Vitagraph production. The film highlights American defense weaknesses with a New York naval bombardment and fortifications destruction. Government and military figures including War Secretary Garrison General Wood Admiral Dewey and others are said to attend on the National Press Club roof this evening. admission cards from the club secretary.
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Commodore Blackton
Press Club
Commodore J. Stuart Blackton
America
National Presse Club
Vitagraph Company of America
Army
Navy
Garrison
Leonard Wood
Admiral Dewey
Lyman Howe Abbott
Hudson Maxim
New York City
Washington
Prees Club
National Presa Club
Highland is Committeeman for West Virginia Republicans
Virgil P. Highland of Clarksburg has been elected to the Republican national committee from West Virginia, succeeding Col. William Seymour Edwards who left the state.
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Charleston
W. Va
Virgil P. Highland
Clarksburg
Republican National Committee
West Virginia
Highland
William Seymour Edwards
Special Notices and Dividend Declaration from Washington Railway and Electric
A noticable notice details a twenty third semiannual dividend of two and one half percent on preferred stock of Washington Electric Company payable December 1, with holders on record August 13, 1915, and changes to payment timing. It also notes a quarterly dividend of one and three fourths percent on common stock payable September 1, 1915, with records August 13, 1915. Transfer books close August 13 to August 15, 1915. Circulation specialist signoffs follow.
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Washington Ad Way Eniectric Company
Washington Railway and Electric Company
SR. Rowen
Annette Hodge
the Bromawick
Advertisements for Repairs and Goods in 10th Street Area
Local ads offer piano tuning and repairs at low summer prices by Larsen and others, shoe repairs at Cosmopolitan Shoe Repair and footwear services, umbrella repairs, upholstery services with specials, and braze and soldering work. Contacts include Benedict at 510 Tenth St NW and Southern Upholstery Co at 5352 Braiding area.
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Geneva
Larsen
South Carliere
Tenth St. N. W
Cosmopolitan
AUREL
11Th St
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