Humbert advances toward Noyon on Picardy front
French General Humbert's southern Picardy line pushes toward Noyon amid stiff German resistance on the Chaulnes-Roye axis. Rawlinson's forces north of the French positions face desperate rear-guard actions as Germans hold Chaulnes heights and retreat to Plemont and Lassigny area.
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Picardy Battlefront
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Two Killed in Clash of Troops at Uruguay Capital
In Montevideo, Uruguay, two people were killed and more than 50 wounded as troops clashed with workers during the general strike. The minister of public instruction was wounded in the afternoon when not recognized by the crowd.
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Uruguay
Associated Press
Montevideo
Italian Otto Better Races as War Result
London reports from a published study on war and population predicting dramatic gender imbalances after the war. England would show 121 women per 100 men ages 20 to 44, France 124, Germany 119, with England’s 1910 ratio at 108. The author argues eugenic gains as healthier men choose brides amid altered sex ratios.
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London
Associated Press
England
France
Germany
United States urged to give economic aid to Russia
The American Russian chamber of commerce urged the U S to provide extensive economic assistance to Russia. It argued aid is essential for rebuilding Russia’s economy, noting Russia faces a harsh winter and famine prices, with peasants trading furs and materials for American goods. It states aid could save thousands of lives and aid postwar regeneration.
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New York
United States
Russia
German Sub Sinks Oil Tanker Near New York Harbor
A German submarine sank the oil tanker Frederick R Kellogg near New York harbor last night. Seven crewmen are missing, believed killed, while 28 survived after the ship exploded and sank within minutes. survivors were picked up by a passing freighter after rowing for hours through fog and rough seas. The tanker, 7125 tons gross, carried about 70000 barrels of crude oil from Tampico to Boston. News dispatches place the sinking about Barnegat, New Jersey, with limited confirmation from navy authorities.
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Mason Celebrates 62nd Wedding Anniversary in 1856
Chisago Aug 14 Mr and Mrs George W Tratehkiss mark their 62nd anniversary. They wed on August 14 1858. The article notes Mr Siateh kiss as the oldest Tumbermite in the United States and the oldest surviving 4%er, plus a reference to the Illinois order member.
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Chisago
George W. Tratehkiss
Siatehkiss
United States
the & Jorge
Czech Turmoil Leads to Executions and Repression
London reports turmoil in Bohemia with 74 Czech soldiers executed and many arrests after raids. Jungistans garrisons reinforced, arms seized, meetings barred, newspapers suppressed or censored. Munich papers say a broad uprising in Bohemia seems likely.
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Munich
Dresden
Zurich
Bohomla
Draft age opposition voiced in Gomper letter
Washington August 14 organized labor leaders oppose any provision extending the draft ages in the new manpower bill. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, sent a letter to the Senate military committee expressing the emphatic stand as members received it today.
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Minnesota
St. Paul, Minn
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Gen. Crowder
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Jabo
Samuel Gomper
American Federation of Tabor
Senate Military Committee
British Losses Drop 1,246 in Week, AP Report
London, Aug 14. British losses in the week ending today totaled 8,620, a decrease of 1,246 from the prior period. Breakdown shows killed or died of wounds: officers 215, men 1,442. wounded or missing: officers 647, men 6,817.
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Associated Press
London
Interned Tet Die From Water in Hot Springs Camp
In Asheville North Carolina a group of Germain civilians interned at Hot Springs die and hundreds more fall ill after drinking unfiltered water from the French Broad river to avoid transfer to Fort Oglethorpe military prison. The ill are ferried to a hospital camp as plans to move remaining internees to Oglethorpe proceed. The Hot Springs camp will be converted into a hospital for American soldiers.
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Asheville
N. C
Fat Hot Springs
French Broad River
Miltary
Fort Ogtlethorpe
Oglethorpe
Hot Springs
Aborigine Sergeant Morris Among First US Wounded
Sergeant Morris, a Patago tribe member, was one of the first Americans wounded in the clash with the guns. He is convalescing in a British hospital in France.
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U.S
Sergeant Morris
Escaped British Prisoners Reach American Lines
Two exhausted British prisoners, escaped from a German camp after the Marne fighting, staggered into American lines north of the Vesle. They walked seven days through a German barrage to reach safety at Fismette. Americans gave them rations and cigarettes, while the men described German treatment of prisoners and scarce food.
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Associated Press
Wesle
Vesle
Marne
Fismette
Cox Ang Willis Election Rally Ed To Time
Columbus August 14 Willis Republican of Delaware faces James M Cox Democrat of Bayton for Ohio governor this November. Willis won the statewide primary over Edwin Jones and John H Arnold by about 25,000 votes as returns from roughly half the precincts site. Cox and all Democratic state officers were renominated without opposition.
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Columbus
Willis
Delaware
James M. Cox
Bayton
Ohio
Edwin Jones
Jackson
John H. Arnold
Cox
Picardy Salient Cut. U S Division Holds Front Near Paris
The 181st infantry of the 42nd Division fought north of the Somme repelling a counterattack at Chipilly and claiming three officers, 156 men, and seven 105 mm guns. The Picardy salient was trimmed to 53 miles front and 15 miles depth while the Aisne-Marne line stayed fixed. American troops captured Fismille on the Vesle north bank. The 28th Division, Pennsylvania troops, suffered about 400 casualties in the Vesle advance on July 30. The 131st regiment, composed of Illinois National Guardsmen, trained at Camp Logan, Texas, attached to the 66th Brigade, 33rd Division under Maj. Gen. George Bell.
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Washington, D. C
United States
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Chipilly
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Pleardy
Pists
Hindersburg
Paris
Picardy
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Aisne-Marne
Fismille
Veslel
George Bell
Logan
Tex
Yank Flying Circus Tours Middle West to Educate People
Ten American airplanes left Wilbur Wright aviation field at 16 a m for the first leg of a 3 900 mile flight around the central western states on an educational campaign for progressive aviation. The machines started for Cincinnati where they will join three British aircraft under Brig Gen Lee R F L Maj C K Rhinehardt of Hazelhurst field Mineola L I led the American flying circus arriving here after a 700 mile flight from Mineola.
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Associated Press
Darton
Ohio
Wilbur Wright Aviation Field
Cincinnati
Lee
C. K. Rhinehardt
Hazelfurst Field
Mineola
L. J
Mexico Rejects Foreign Protest Over Oil Decree
Mexico City August 14 The Mexican government says it does not recognize any foreign government protesting decrees. It asserts sovereign rights allow fiscal regulation and that court challenge is the proper remedy to test if the oil land decree is just or confiscatory. War Size Diamond Jour Se Cigar Good to the last pull.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Enla
Cadet Flier Falls to Death in Plane Descent
Rantoul Illinois reports Lieut J W Johnson a Chanute field cadet killed when his aircraft plummeted about one thousand feet near Gifford six miles east of town during a maneuver. A fellow aviator was only slightly hurt. Fort Worth Texas later notes Cadet William R Turnstal son of John R Turnstall of Brookfield Massachusetts died in a midair collision of two planes several thousand feet up the other machine landed safely and the occupant escaped uninjured.
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Tex
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Brookfield
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