Germans Fail in Attacks on Verdun Sector
Paris reports the Verdun front repulse of German assaults at Thianmont and Vaux Chapitre woods. French artillery duels north of the Somme and Chaulnes region, with French defense repelling the Thiuimont attack. Three German planes down, two balloons captured. Russians advance along Sereth and Graberka in northern Galicia. Romani battle yields over 2,500 Turkish prisoners.
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Paris
Thianmont
Vaux and Chapuis
Verdun
French War Office
Somme
Chaulnes
Thiuimont
Vaux-Chapitre
Petrograd
Sereth
Graberka
Galicia
Brody
War Office
Av ¥Jin
Kostinics
Remuly
London
Suez Canal
Romani
Katia
Claem
Berlin
Londen
Pozteres
Carpathians
Plaik
Desskowata Heights
Cheremoth
Ancre
Newspapers Compelled to Increase Charges Across Dailies
Osage News notes Des Moines Capital raises annual price from $2 to $3 and ends free copies. Denison Bulletin hikes from $1.50 to $3. Cedar Falls Record raises ad rates. Paper costs soar with linotype metal up 100 percent and stereo typing paper up 50 to 100 percent. Dailies may cut pages and hike subscriptions. readers face higher costs.
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Osage News
Des Moines
Denison Bulletin
Cedar Falls
Slooux City News
Altho
Muscatine News-Tribune
Dagenport Times
Russians Press Offensive Across Northern Galicia Front
General Krasiloff pushes across the Sereth after river passage seized by Russians near Beoly as they threaten Lemorg and threaten flanking the Austrian south along the Siripa. Verdun sees heavy fighting while German efforts near Thiaumont and Vanx-Chigistre fail. Somme operations show only artillery activity Chaulnes region. East of the Suez canal British reports a crushing Turks defeat with about 14,000 men lost.
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Krasiloff
Galicia
Sereth
Beoly
Petrograd
Sereda
Lemorg
Lkely
Siripa
Suez Canal
Egypt
Southerners in Fight on Child Labor Statute
Washington Aug 7 An attack on the constitutionality of the child labor bill was made in the Senate by Senator Overman North Carolina He argued the issue should go to the states as a constitutional amendment He warned that passage would erode state police powers and centralize power in Washington He claimed the bill aims to regulate production in mills not commerce and would coerce states into uniform policies He cited 1910 jail and labor statistics showing fewer NC children aged 14 to 16 jailed or employed per 100000 than Massachusetts Rhode Island or Missouri
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Overman
North Carolina
Commonwealths
Washington
SAS
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Missouri
Infantile Plague Continues Sweep In New York City
New York on August 7 marks the sixth week of the infantile paralysis epidemic. In the last 24 hours 44 children died in all five boroughs and 144 new cases were recorded, raising total cases to 5,162 with 1,143 deaths. Jersey City reports three new cases. A public appeal seeks recovered patients to donate blood for serum tests to help prevent paralysis, though experts caution about limited serum supplies and contested efficacy.
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New York
Health Department
New York City
Jersey City
Department of Health
Plan Aims at Settling New York Streetcar Strike
Aug 7 report says Mayor Mitchel failed to secure ratification of a tentative peace plan. Union leaders and company directors met to consider proposals. wage gains and union recognition were reportedly included, with arbitration for future disputes. Philadelphia also faced a partial strike with 1800 workers out, but company claims all cars ran on schedule.
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New York
Mitchel
New York Railways Company
Shonts
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America
Crea
Bronx
Manhattan
Queena
Lefl
Timothy Wexly
Bronx County
Wiliam Mizgerald
Carmen's Union
Winlam D. Maton
We Cayien
Nylon
Tadh Vrayin
American Pederation of Labor
Louis Fridiger
Carmen
Hughes Sees Workmen as Human Beings in Detroit Speech
Republican nominee Chartier Hughes told Detroit manufacturers that workers are fellow humans not mere economic units and urged cooperation across capital and labor. He then addressed suffragists urging nationwide vote for women and reaffirmed his early stance.
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Detroit
Mich
Ave
Chartier
E. Hughes
United States
Mr. Hughes
J. M. Eaton
National Welfare Association of Manufacturers
Hughes
New York
Undersea Boat Sighted Off Maine Coast Unidentified
A submarine was sighted five miles off the Maine coast near Cross Island by a coast guard lookout at 11:24 a.m. The vessel moved west in thick weather and could not be identified. It surfaced briefly before submerging again, raising Navy suspicions it could be the German merchant submarine Deutschland or Bremen on return voyage to the United States.
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Portland
Asuhmarine
Coast Guard
Cross Island
Washington, D. C
Deutschland
Bremen
Oklahoma to join Atlantic fleet at Newport Rhode Island
The superdreadnought Oklahoma will join the Atlantic fleet at Newport Rhode Island, leaving here to place with the big wave ships. She may cruise about three weeks to become familiar with crew, officers, and conditions. Two three inch antiaircraft guns were added before departure as part of equipment upgrades. Indiana papers raise subscription rates due to higher print paper costs in Elkhart, Goshen, and Hammond.
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New York
Oklahoma
Newport
Chonce
Tris
United States Navy
Indiana
Laporte
Ind
Elkhart
Goshen
Hammond
Chicago Tant Company Bomb Attack Targeting Drivers
A series of assaults on Shaw Taxi drivers culminating in a bomb explosion at the rear of the Shaw Taxi Company building in Chicago. Most of the 158 autos inside remained undamaged, but guests in nearby hotels were frightened by the blast.
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Chicago
Shaw Taxi Company
John W. Hertz
Althe
Submarine Deutschland Seen Escaping Allied Ships
Baltimore Aug. 7 The submarine Deutschland reportedly slipped past Allied warships on Aug. 2, ducking beneath ships and fading from view as it sped to sea. Capt. Koenig praised the crew’s calm, while crews aboard noted the ship’s voyage home and the welcome they received in Baltimore before continuing to their final leg on the long famed trip.
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Baltimore
Watt
Amin
Owen Tole Iwariner
de Raturna
Norfolk
Coleman
Barge Said to Have Blown Up in Big Tom Explosion
Attorneys for Johnson lighterage Co state barge No 24 owned by the company located today off Morris Street Jersey City. The barge, loaded with explosives, was alleged by Lehigh Valley to be the primary factor in the Black Tom Island explosion that caused over 20 million dollars in damage and killed at least four people. The captain, reported dead, is said to be alive and well.
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New York
Johnson Lighterage Company
Tom Teland
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Feot
Morris Street
Jersey Oley
Dickinson Receives 33085 Reward In Foreclosure Case
Former Secretary of War Dickinson received 33085 as receiver in the Rock Island foreclosure proceedings of the Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railway. The report, filed today in the United States district court by receiver Walter Do Negra, was approved on Tuesday. Washington reports show George Norris of New York appointed by President Wilson as executive head of the Farm Loan Bank System under the Rural Credit Act.
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New York
Ane
Wardsem M
Washington
Georgs Norris
Wilson
Farm Loan
Farm Loan Bank
New Rural Credit Act
What Would Waterloo Do in Event of a Strike on Railroad
Waterloo business men foresee a nation swinging into a rail strike crisis. They warn food and essential-article supply would be strained, with Iowa’s milk butter and fruit industries facing disruption while officials would likely compel continued shipments to avert a total collapse.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Frelight
Espress
Furiselee Lowa
Germany
Handle Express Consignmentu
Wholesnila Grocer
Weatere Potits
Chicago
Windy City
Waterlow
J. J. Hoxie
Geveral
Waterlog Fruit & Commission Company
Ceme
Syell
Tragic drowning of Sidney Bruner in Iowa River near Marengo
Sidney Bruner a 26 year old painter from Waterloo vanished after a boat overturned on the Iowa river near Marengo yesterday afternoon. His brother Roy Gruner learned of the tragedy last evening and the body was recovered after several hours. Funeral arrangements were expected to be announced by O'Keefe and Towne.
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Sidney Thraner
Wash- Meta Street
Jowa
Marengo
Roy Gruner
Hummel Cafe
O'Keefe & Towne
Kaner
Mul
Braner
Nout
British Push Thru German East Africa
Rapid progress in the southward drive of British forces through German East Africa is reported in a British statement. German positions along the central railway and other points have fallen, Smuts leading the expedition. The minor port of Sadani on the Indian Ocean was disrupted by naval forces with slight opposition, and additional naval operations are active along the coast.
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London
Authorities search for pair in newborn death by car
Police seek a man and a woman who threw a newborn from a car onto a main street, then fled. The baby was found dead. Officers have a description of the vehicle’s driver.
Brotherhoods of Hail Line Vote Turbulent Rail Strike Looms
Grim union leaders of about 400,000 railroad trainmen cleared ballot results and warned that a strike could halt 250,000 miles of track unless eight hour days and overtime pay are granted. Officials said arbitration talks with major eastern railroads may yield an agreement on time and pay. Union membership cited around 30,000 switchmen involved in the dispute.
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New York
United States
Pat W Prmal
Big
Your Brotherhood
Swlcoimen
Washington, D. C
Big Eastern Railroads
Switchmen's Union of North America
G. W. Hanger
United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Union
Special Train To Bring Delegates For Illinois Convention
About 150 members of the Order of the Song of St George arrive tonight on a Chicago to attend the Grand Lodge of Illinois convention. Sessions run August 8 and 9 at Knights of Columbus hall with eight states represented. Thomas Marshall and C C Mucrisse will attend. Final session is set for Cedar Rapids on August 14. Delegates will be met by Britannia lodge 528 and entertained during the stay.
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Order of the Song of St. George
Chicago
Grand Lodge of Illinois
Knights of Columbus Hall
Russell-Lamson
Thomas Marshall
Order
C. C. Mucrisse
Supreme Print
Cedar Rapids
Britannia Lodge
No. 528
Former Senator Thurston of Nebraska Near Death
Omaha physicians report former Nebraska senator John M. Thurston gravely ill in a local hospital. He suffered a heat prostration four weeks ago and a recent setback indicated he would not survive the day.
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Omaha
Neb
John M. Thurston
Nebraska
Woman Wins Democratic Nomination in Topeka First District
Dr Eva Harding of Topeka a suffragist leader won the Democratic nomination for congressman in the First district over Rev H J Gerwine in statewide primaries. Harding led by 608 votes and is the only woman candidate in the state for the coming election.
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Topeka
Kaw
Eva Harding
H. J. Gerwine
Harding
Young Couple Elopes From Parkersburg
Police learned Sunday afternoon that Oscar Leal and Emma Buchan eloped, leaving the Tt. C. train at Benson. Sheriff Bocies of Grundy Center was at headquarters and departed for Benson to pursue the pair.
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Parkersburg
Oscar Leal
Emma Buchan
Tt. C
Benson
Bocies
Grundy Center
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