Germans Press Bessarabia Drive Aiming to Encircle Roumania
Military briefing warns of a German Austrian push in Bessarabia to cut off Russian and Roumanian forces in northern Roumania. Odessa potential target, with vast fertile land aiding blockade efforts. Allied delays in shipping coal and steel from the United States hinder Saloniki offensives and overall actions against Germany.
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Bessarabia
Roumania
von Mackensen
Russia
Moldavia
Odessa
Germany
Saloniki
Entente
Balkans
M. Jonnart
Constantine
United States
Austria
America
Italy
U S Engineer Corps Recruits Train in Britain for War
London reports a staff correspondent watched American engineer troops drilled by British instructors. Recruits learn gas mask use, calisthenics, and infantry drill from dawn to 4 pm, with many from Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York rail networks. Officers praise their health and adaptability, noting they can run a military railroad or fight.
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U. S. Engineer Corps
Britain
London
War and Foreign Offices
Associated Press
England
Engineer Corps
Railways of
America
France
Chicago
Pittsburgh
New York
Chicago Hnes
Flanders Gains and Actions Marked by Artillery Fire
In Flanders the artillery battle continues as heavy bombardments and infantry moves press on the Ypres to Dixmude line. French and British actions push toward Langemarck and Bixschoote with new gains and counter moves while reports from Roeux and the Aisne front note trench actions and raids. An Annapolis murder case unfolds with autopsy findings revealing bruises and possible assault, two entry points to the Brandon residence examined as investigators pursue a criminal theory.
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Flanders
Ypres
Dixmude
Bixschoote
Langemarck
Belgian
Bixscheote
Hollebeke
Paris
War Office
Belgium
Artilleries
Pantheon
Epine de Chevregny
Monts
Auberive
Meuse
Colmar
Hubsheim
Alsace
Chevregny
French War Office
Vaux Les Palameix
Aisne
Teuton
London
Roeux
Berlin
Londori
Bixachoote
Annapolis
Lottie May Hutslop Brandon
Valentine N. Brandon
Naval Experiment Station
Joseph Joyce
Walton H. Hopkins
Kratz and Pholer
Baltimore
Joyce
Hopkins
State Board of Health
Brandon House
Brandon
Brandons
Russell Alone Believes Troops Should Go to Russia
American mission to Russia reports unity on opposing troop deployment. Elihu Root and others back Lansing on keeping U S forces out, urging focus on organization, transport, and supplies. They stress railroad rolling stock, equipment, and continued citizen encouragement to counter German propaganda.
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Eastern Front
Russia
Charles Edward Russell
United States
New Democracy
Elihu Root
Lansing
Wilson
Arma
Riots in Lima Car Strike Leave Three Shot by Guards
Lima Ohio August 9 Rioting followed a street car strike clash between strike sympathizers and armed guards. Three men were shot as a mob of over 1 600 pursued cars to the interurban depot. Police and fire crews responded while saloons closed at 5 30.
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Lima
Ohio
Ohio Electric Railway Company
Simpson
H. K. Stroup
Charles Crider
Stroup
Ohio Electric Company
Leonard Short
Charles Morrison
Short
Joteee
Hogs and Wool Set Records
Chicago reports a new hog price record at 16.75 per hundredweight, surpassing 16.65 set May 14. Calgary announces peak wool prices at 74 cents per pound for fine clothing wool, with 150000 pounds sold at an average of 60 cents, up from 29.2 cents last year.
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Chicago
Calgary
Alberta
Calgary Association
Magazine Fiction Promises New Sunday Post Delights
Harold MacGrath presents A Night's Enchantment about a playwright’s kidnap by a pretty girl. Brand Whitlock, famed diplomat and author, offers A State Secret a vivid political crime tale. Max Rittenberg debuts A Man's Honor at Stake a detective romance set in a South Pacific leper colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Macgrath
Washington
Sunday Post
Brand Whitlock
Max Rittenberg
South Pacific
Crippled girl's body found near Lyndon swamp
The body of Alice Bradshaw, a crippled child, was discovered tonight near a Lyndon swamp mile from her father's home. Miss Etta May Hicks and Mrs. Alvin Kenniston, held since July for killing the child, guided searchers to the spot amid questions about their mental state.
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St. Johnsbury
Alice Bradshaw
Lyndon
E. A. Gray
Gray
Etta May Hicks
John Bradshaw
Alvin Kenniston
Miss Hicks
Bradshaw
Miss Hicka
Kenniston
Windsor
Spain Averts Northern Rail Strike With Voted Notice
In Madrid on August 9 leaders of railway workers voted to call off strike notices hoping the government will secure concessions from the railroad companies. The move ends the immediate danger of a widespread rail disruption in northern Spain.
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Madrid
Spain
Chinese Bandits Hem-In Americans Near Tabul
Capt Calvin B Matthews and Lieut Thomas M Luby of the US Marine Corps aiding at the Peking legation travel from Kalgan toward Tabul in Chili province to rescue 12 American board of missions members and 12 other foreigners besieged by bandits. Boston officials say no Tabul station and missionaries’ exact identities are unclear. Tabul lies in northwestern Chili about 160 miles from Peking with Kalgan between them.
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Peking
Calvin B. Matthews
Thomas M. Luby
United States Marine Corps
Kalgan
Tabul
Chili
American Board of Missions
Boston
Taft Gains After Unfavorable Day
Former President William Howard Taft shows some improvement after a day described as unfavorable. Dr. B F Morgan notes Taft refuses nourishment, needs rest and quiet, and the illness may prove serious or clear up soon due to an intestinal complication. The speaking trip is halted through Monday.
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Clay Center
Kans
William H. Taft
B. F. Morgan
Taft
Dr. Morgan
Villa Wounded Chief Reported Hiding Near Durango
Mexico City reports Francisco Villa seriously wounded and hiding in the mountains near Durango. Gen Amaro conveys the word, and a capture of the bandit leader is expected soon after his raid on Columbus, New Mexico sparked the crisis.
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Mexico City
Francisco Villa
Durango
Amaro
Columbus
New Mexico
Russians in Teuton Trap and War News Digest
Index page listing multiple items: Russians in Teuton Trap, U S Soldiers in England, heavy gun battle in Flanders, Mrs Brandon life threat, Crowder ends exemption abuse, army call details, draft law repeats, steel rail prices clash, Kerensky task, U boat activity, Dr Michaelis victory, son visits Mrs de Saulles, Bisbee firm deportations, peer’s home dynamited, Sammies host French, new student officers named, editorial comment, society ballet social, sporting events, financial notes, new German gas deadly, junk dealer on trial, city news in brief.
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Teuton
U. S
England
Flanders
Brandon
Russia
U S Work Faces Strike New York Conference Fails
New York August Ninth union leaders warned that if the carpenters on government contracts walk out more than 56000 men would quit. Talks with War and Navy department reps and contractors were deadlocked tonight. Gompers telegraphed Hutcheson that a strike would violate a prior June agreement.
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War and Navy Departments
Gompers
New York
Carpenters’ Union
Con Undir
New York Navy Yard
Admiral Harris
T. N. Querin
The
William L. Hutcheson
Henry Stiers
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Hutcheson
Baker
Army
War Department
Kaiser Again Calls Council of War at German HQ
Amsterdam reports a major conference has been summoned by the Kaiser at grand headquarters. Chancellor Michaelis travels to Berlin for the gathering as Crown Prince, Hindenburg, Ludendorff, Helfferich, Kuhlmann, and von Stumm prepare to outline a policy program amid cabinet changes.
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Amsterdam
Michaelis
Berlin
Empire
Marshal von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Hindenburg
Kuhlmann
Helfferich
von Stumm
Foreign Office
Draft exemptions edict tightens on depen dents across states
Provost Marshal Crowder warns governors to curb broad claims for discharge on dependency grounds as up to 80 percent of exam entrants seek exemption. He stresses the law exempts no one for dependency and urges local boards to limit allowances to clearly defined, necessary cases to avoid hindering army recruitment.
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Gen. Crowder
Crow
Ito
District Boards Limited
War Crosses for Four Awarded to American Field Service
Four additional members of the American field service receive the cross of war. Honorees include W. York Stevenson of Philadelphia Howard R Gamble of New York Hugh Elliott of Evanston Illinois a Northwestern University student and Kares Inc of North Adams Massachusetts a Dartmouth student.
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Paris
W. York Stevenson
Philadelpnia
Howard R. Gamble
New York
Hugh Elliott
Evanston, Il
Northwestern University
Kares Inc
North Adams
Mess
Dartmouth
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