British protest over Fryatt execution echoes Grey letter
London reports Viscount Grey urging Ambassador Gerard to press German Foreign Office for full details of the Fryatt case. A Budapest dispatch argues the central empires face a decisive harvest struggle, not battlefield feats, as Teutonic nations mobilize across Europe to sustain war effort.
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War Cross for American Ambulance Hero MacMonagle
Paris August 9 Douglas MacMonagle of San Francisco UC graduate and American ambulance field service member received the war cross. In his citation the Sixteenth division commander notes a bomb burst near the ambulance section as MacMonagle kept at work and carried three seriously wounded men to safety during the bombardment.
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University of California
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Two Convicted as Spies in London Court Martial
London reports two prisoners charged with espionage were tried by a general court martial in July. Both were found guilty. one case received a death sentence later commuted to ten years penal servitude, and the other sentence stood as ten years penal servitude.
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London
War Office
Germans Fight Like Tigers as Allies Gain, Derby Says
Lord Derby, undersecretary of war, tells American correspondents in London that Allies have momentum since the last visit. He asserts no return of German initiative, notes Russians progress and Verdun relief, and stresses continued pressure on all fronts until victory. The German fight remains fierce though no longer dominant.
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London
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Lord Werby
Verdun
Somme
Secrecy Charges Hit Federal Civil Service Policy
New York August 9 The National Civil Service Reform League charged that the Federal civil service commission has begun a secrecy policy endangering civil service law. It released correspondence with the commission president and with President Wilson, alleging the commission refused record examinations except during one brief period in 1899 to avoid public scrutiny and potential partisan attack on the Wilson administration. The league cited May 7 1913 as the executive order requiring fourth class postmasters to undergo competitive exams and claimed the effect often shifts jobs from Republicans to Democrats.
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Federal Civil Service Commission
Wilson
National Civil Service Reform League
League
Civil Service Commission
Wilson League
Mitas
Turmoil and Turkish Advances Reported on Armenian Front
Russian forces retreat from Mush and bulbs under Turkish pressure while fighting continues in Mush Bitlis Van skou Amtjsk Senesk Khermanghan and Khanazan. British reports claim Turkish attacks near the Suez Canal repulsed with a pursuit in the Katia district and camel corps driving back rear guards. An embassy protest over censorship sparks a clash between American correspondents and Ambassador Gerard.
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London
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Katina
Egypt
Katia
Imperial Camel Corps
Blreland
Austrian U-Boat Torpedoed
London reports say a branch torpedoed a destroyer and a submarine in the North Sea near Corti ays, with crew losses cited. Washington noted JP Morgan backed new credits. talks of Britain and Russia loans totaling hundreds of millions to fund armaments.
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Corti
Ice Asponte
J P Morgan & Co
France Opens Mutilated Soldiers Reeducation Institute
Five hundred maimed French soldiers attend the opening ceremony as Justin Godart inaugurates a new reeducation program at Neuilly sur Marne, funded largely by American aid led by Edward T Stotesbury. The program trains troops as carpenters, tailors, electricians, stenographers and typewriters with Ambassador Sharp and other officials present.
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Paris
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United States
Edward T Stotesbury
Philadelphia
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Godart
France
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New York
American Commission
Walter Berry
William Graves Sharp
Grand Opera
Seize Red Cross Supplies Memorandum Issued
Berlin reports a German government memorandum stating free passage for Red Cross supplies will end. German naval forces may seize such articles for use if encountered. Britain blocks Red Cross shipments into Germany and Austria under wartime blockade.
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Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
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Zeppelin Base Bombed By Naval Planes Near Brussels
London reports naval aeroplanes attacked near Brussels at daybreak with heavy fire. Eight bombs fell on an airship shed near the city, part of an air raid by naval aircraft. A casualty account follows with damaged ships and fires.
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London
Broasela
War Office
Brussels
Argentine protest cites US trade methods in Buenos Aires
A formal protest by Argentina's Industrial Union alleges breaches by American exporters and argues that the charges have broad exposure in Argentina. The Buenos Aires branch manager notes growing concerns over US Argentina trade relations and foresees a serious impact on future commerce.
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United States
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Will of Estella Horkhelmer leaves son $86400 trust
Probate filing in Baltimore notes Estella Horkhelmer's will creating a trust fund of 86400 for son Jack B Horkheimer to be held until age 80. Income to be paid to him until then with discretionary early possession allowed at age 25 by trustees Herthold I and Henry Horkheimer.
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Baltimore
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Orphans’ Court
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Ambulance Revolt Denied by American Unit Head
A Platt Andrew in Paris told The Washington Post there is no truth to reports of a revolt or division within the American Ambulance corps at Neuilly. He denied claims that Neuilly Hospital conditions and a transportation committee changes caused any split.
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Washington Post
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Henderson to stay in cabinet as labor adviser
London reports Arthur Henderson will remain in the British cabinet as labor adviser, with legislation to regularize the post. He resigns as president of the board of education but is retained, signaling a possible postwar move toward a ministry of labor amid labor and trade concerns.
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London
Arthur
Jersey City Norwegians Held as Witnesses in Black Tom Fire
Erling Iverson and Axel Larzen detained in Jersey City as material witnesses in the Black Tom Island explosion of July 30. Police seized papers from a violin case including submarine drawings claiming 73 mph speed and plans for the US Navy. An unfinished letter to Iverson’s London mother notes further blasts and 68 railroad cars of ammunition remaining.
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New York
Jersey City
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Axel Larzen
Black Tom Island
United States Navy
Iverson
London
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Australians Gain On Pozieres Front In Fresh Advance
Allied forces push along the Cambrai to Peronne railway area and seize a line of German trenches. British units attack Guillemont aided by French batteries and a French regiment, with six hours of fierce hand to hand fighting. By evening the village houses began falling under control as French pressure northeast of Hardecourt aided the effort.
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Baby Scourge Warning From District Health Official
Dr. William C Woodward urged strict sanitary measures against infantile paralysis in Washington and advised parents to keep children home and limit travel northward. He noted a regional risk and favored continuing public guidance while monitoring for possible movie closures if an outbreak occurs. Federal health officials called a conference next Thursday to discuss preventing spread.
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Willam C Woodward
Washington
Woodward
Kenyon
Harteriologist
Health Department
New York
Germans Repulse Attacks Near Somme and Meuse
Berlin reports heavy bombardment battles with Brit ish and French forces north of the Somme checked by German fire. About 350 to 400 enemy prisoners taken, six machine guns captured, and German losses described as severe but the enemy driven back in multiple sectors including Thiaumont Fleury and the Ovilliars Bazentin Le Petit line.
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