Haig Gains on Flanders Front as German Attacks Fail
British lines hold near Ypres Menin road with new ground gained on the right wing. In Romanian sector Russians repulse Austro German assaults near Vydra Voloshkany and Cifestchi and push Teuton forces back across the Putna river. Prisoners taken include 200 officers and men, plus two hundred Austro Germans and three machine guns seized near Lukovica.
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Haig
Ypres- Roulers
EOE
Russian War Office
Zarkovo
Brady
Galicia
Okna
Fokshani
Suchitza
Furious assaults on French lines at Chemin des Dames
German forces launched dawn attacks to retake trenches near Pantheon and Chevregny, facing stiff resistance from the chasseurs. French artillery and infantry halted the German onslaught after eight hours of bombardment, with many German officers staying behind as troops advanced led by sergeants.
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France
Chemin-des- Dames
Ainse
Pantheon
Chevregny
Xouth
Game Division
Riot erupts in Kansas City strike strikebreakers attacked
Kansas City Aug 11 riot broke out as operating forces of the Kansas City Railways faced strikers who attacked three street cars filled with strikebreakers from St Louis. Bricks and stones damaged cars. injuries reported minor to several strikebreakers. police headquarters sought details. Transit crews began working despite the four day halt in street car service as strikers claimed the right to organize and reinstatement of discharged workers.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Railways Company
Burt Company Officals
St. Louis
ICARS
Standstike
Chicago to Have 12 001 Ready for National Army
Chicago major says 12,000 young men will be ready for service by Monday, up from the 10,000 previously estimated, for National Army mobilization in Chicago.
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Chicago
B. M. Chiperfield
Secret tunnel between Villa of the Roses and Hotel Eden debunked
Rome August 11 reports a claimed secret passage from Prince von Buelow’s Villa of the Roses to the Hotel Eden has been dismissed as false. Investigations show no such tunnel exists.
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Rome
Minorhhat
Villa of the Roses
Prince von Buelow
Eden
Local men learn soldiering at Snelling camp
Eleven Waterloo men and three Cedar Falls men are among 460 Iowa applicants for the second officers training camp opening August 27 at Fort Snelling Minnesota. Forty six alternates named. 2093 applications received, 75 percent of those accepted are professional men. Waterloo notables include George W Williams and Alfred Zimmerman. Camp lasts three months with modern warfare instruction and post camp assignments vary.
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Wateriog
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Fort Snelling
Minn
Frank Dawson
Des Moines
Dawson
Waterloo
George W. Williams
Leavitt & Johnson Trust Company
Rotary Club
Jr.Johnson
Times- Tribune
Alfred Zimmerman
John W. Leavitt
National Army
Gedar Falls
Fred K. Busby
Frank J. Collard
Wilson B. Friend
John W. Gwynne
Charles C. Harper
Alfred E. Johnson
Arthur R.isher
Delos Allan Towle
Paul William Guse
Arthur A. Zimmerman
Claude F. Cox
Joan W. Leavitt
David William Schmitt
James H. Cummins
la Porte
George C. Claassen
Maurice Li
Pettit
Grundy Center
Tessie W. McCluskey
Hudson
Frederick K. Young
Gladbrook
Hoover Named Food Administrator as War Measures Begin
President Wilson appoints Herbert Hoover as food administrator with broad powers to regulate supply and curb speculation. The Hoover plan coordinates Agriculture, Federal Trade Commission, and other agencies to educate, conserve, and stabilize prices while avoiding drastic actions unless negotiations fail.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Food Administration
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Hoover
Taft Improves Slowly and Plans to End Speaking Tour
Former President William H. Taft shows marked improvement after another restless night in Clay Center Kansas and will cancel remaining speaking engagements this month. He plans to travel next to his Quebec summer home if recovery continues and may leave in five to six days.
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Clay Center
Kan
William H. Taft
B. ¥. Morgan
Altho
Mr. Taft
Morgan
Canada
Taft
Tate
District Board Is Swamped With Claims for Exemption
Aug 11 report shows over 23 percent of appeals are for occupational exemption at the supreme draft exemption board for the southern Iowa district. A card from Dubuque signed Twenty-Five Single Men asks that married fellows since April be deemed not exempt. The Clark county board failed to reach its quota despite men offering for service.
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Dee Meines
Supreme Draft Exemption Board
Southern Judicial District of Iowa
Dubuque
Clark County
Bill Proposes Reclamation of Rejected Men
New York Aug 11 Ninety per cent of the men rejected for physical disabilities by military authorities can be reclaimed for the service of the country, Dr John Vi Quayle of Cleveland Ohio author of the bill said in the senate yesterday Senator Pomerens introduced the measure and aims to appropriate 100000000 to establish and maintain reclamation camps nationwide as adjuncts to regular training camps.
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New York
John Vi. Quayle
Cleveland
Senate
Pomerens
Quayle
New York Draft Board Discharges Under Scrutiny
Washington reports New York local selective board members will be prosecuted after an inquiry into how draft discharges were granted. Officials say any improper actions will be corrected, and fraud or bribery could lead to prosecution. A supplemental ruling on discharge for registered aliens faces delays due to lack of foreign affidavits.
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Washington
New York
New York Board
District Board
Europe
La Follette Moves Peace Resolution in Senate
Washington D C Aug 11 a peace resolution was introduced by Senator La Follette in the senate asking the United States to define the war aims and for allies to restate their terms. It opposes annexations or indemnities and proposes a common fund by belligerents to restore devastated territory. No speech was made, no debate occurred.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Senator la Follette
United States
Congress
la Follette
Williams WI
Illinois appoints coal director with wide powers
Chicago, Aug 11 Illingle Loday appointed as coal director to regulate price, production, and distribution in Illinois until March 31, 1918. The director, Chief Justice Orrin M Carter, will work with state defense, operators, and miners committees. He may set mine mouth prices within federal maximums, with actions to be taken promptly and after hearings.
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Washington, DC
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Wlated
Commission
Chicago
Illingle Loday
Orrin M. Carter
State Supreme Court
Lowden
State Council of Defense
Illinois
State Council of Difease
U Boat Sunk by Steamship in Atlantic Encounter
On a steamship voyage to Canada, a German submarine was sighted near a suspicious small sailing vessel. The lookout alerted the captain, the Runner fired, hitting the sub with the first shell and a second shot struck the conning tower, tipping the submarine and causing it to sink.
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Atlantic
Mear
Clash at Kiev as Soldiers and Guard Fire on Train
In Kiev today a mutinous train passing through the station fired on cuirassiers guarding the depot. The response sparked a battle with casualties on both sides. Reaching Novgrad-Volynsk, a cuirassier regiment faced mutiny anew and the fight continued until mutineers surrendered. Fourteen dead and about fifty wounded reported.
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Petrograd
Tne
Kiev
Novgrad-Volynsk
Jewish Brigade to Fight in Palestine
New York Aug 11 a brigade of Jewish soldiers is likely to be sent by Great Britain to fight in Palestine under command of Col Patterson of the Zion Mule Corps which participated in the Dardanelles campaign according to a London dispatch to the Jewish Morning Journal. Hosts of volunteers are applying at the recruiting station and it may be possible to send an entire division.
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New York
Great Britain
Palestine
Patterson
Zion
Dardanelles
London
Jewish Morning Journal
Henderson Quits British Cabinet After Peage Talk
London reports Arthur Henderson, labor member of the British war council, resigns from the cabinet and Premier Lloyd George accepts the resignation. Washington says no U S passports will be issued for Stockholm conference delegates. London press notes caustic Evening News reaction to the labor conference decision and MacDonald speech.
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London
Arthur Hoendersgon
British War Council
Pall Mall Gazette
Arthur Henderson
British War,council
Stockholm
Lloyd George
U. 8
Washington, D. C
State Department
Evening News
International Sovetaltat Organization
James Ramsay MacDonald
Five Iowans Get Army Commissions
Washington D C Aug 11 Commissions awarded to students at the Fort Sheridan training camp announced by the adjutant general include Iowa officers Paul K Ayres Second Iowa infantry captain Paul W Eells Ames second lieutenant George E Lenihan Fort Dodge second lieutenant Junius E Roberts Des Moines second lieutenant Edwin S Elder Keokuk second lieutenant
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Washington, D. C
Fort Sheridan
Adjutant General
Iowa
Paul K. Ayres
Iowa Infantry
Paul W. Eells
Ames
George E. Lenihan
Fort Dodge
Junius 5. Roberts
Des Moines
Edwin S. Elder
Keokuk
Two Drowned in Mississippi River Mishap
Dubuque Iowa August 14 Elizabeth Malan and Charles Krumback were drowned in the Mississippi river last night when a launch struck an obstruction tossing Miss Mahan and Margaret Lynch into the water Miss Mahan struggled and Krumback leaped to aid her both drowned while Miss Lynch was saved by other occupants of the boat
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Dubuque
Elizabeth Malan
Charles Krumback
Misippi
Miss Mahan
Margaret Lynch
Krumback
Miss Lynch
Weather Outlook for Washington Next Week
Weather prediction for the week beginning Sunday calls for generally fair skies with local rains at the start. Temperatures will be below normal early, then become considerably warmer toward the end of the week. The Plains states and upper and middle Mississippi valley are highlighted regions.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau Today
Big Business to Pay for War in Senate Debate
Washington Aug. 10 The $2,006,970,000 war tax bill remains unfinished business in the Senate as Senator Simmons defends his finance committee revision against charges it favored big wealth. Senator McCumber urges bond financing and warns a four year cost of 40 billion dollars unless bonds back the war effort. He argues higher taxes on corporations plus bond sales can fund government while safeguarding business and enabling capital to stay invested. He calls for speedy action to allow business to adjust.
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Washington
DC. C
Senate
Simmons
Finance Committee
Kitchin
House
Ways and Means
McCumber
Reptilisa
Wccumber
Uni
America
Safeguard Business
Fresh Air Farm for War Zone Children
Paris reports the American Red Cross established a fresh air farm on a hillside refugee center for 400 children driven from homes by gas bombs. The former barracks now house weary bombed city children kept for 19 days, marking the first such experiment of its kind.
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Paris
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Citi
Sinn Feiners Win Kilkenny Parliament Seat
Sinn Fein wins Kilkenny in a by election caused by the July death of Patrica O'Brien. Candidate William Cosgrave defeats ex Mayor McGuinnes by 380 votes as Cosgrave nets 772 to 322 for McGuinnes.
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London
Sinn
Fragmentary Notice Prompts Delivery Call to Action
The readable fragments urge calling a listed number before or after specific times to arrange paper delivery. It instructs phoning 2330 with a note of Sour and references delivery by six o'clock, though details are incomplete and unclear.
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