Teutons Begin Offensive in the Balkans
London reports a slow eastern campaign as Germany and Austria-Hungary press toward Petrograd and Brest-Litovsk while Balkan nations grapple with neutrality and possible united action with the Allies. Greece aims to stay out, Serbia seeks compromise, and Bulgaria’s demands threaten a Balkan alliance.
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London
Warsaw
von Slindenburg
Dvina
Petrograd
Prince Leopold of Bavaria
Brest-Litovsk
Ofin
Greece
Bulgaria
Balkans
Serbia
Athens
Constantine I
Balkan
Bucharest
Hungary
Roumania
Belgrade
Danube
Germany
Turkey
M. Bashkovitch
Associated Press
Balkan States
Berlin
von Mackensen
Best-Litovsk
Ciale
Shwatycze
Prince Leopold of
Bavaria
Losyce
Miedzyrazec
Liwiec
Krzna
Siedsce- Lukow
Narer
Narew Tivers
Bug
Ossovets
Bilaystok
Kovel
Narew
Serdice-Luk
Baltic
Two Marines Washed Overboard From New Hampshire
Washington August 16 Two American marines were washed overboard from the battleship New Hampshire in a Gulf storm south of the Florida coast during a hurricane. The ship reported no damage and continued to southern waters. The missing marines were James Franklin Robinson and Bardn Wayne Ray. Robinson's mother Mrs W A Hobinson lives in Urs harvest?villa Mississippi The bodies were not recovered.
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Washington, D. C
New Hampshire
Florida
New, Hampshire
Louisiana
James Franklin Robinson
Bardn Wayne Ray
Robinson
W. A. Hobinson
Urehsavilla
Soldier Boys of Waterloo Off to Encampment
Two trains carried 231 enlisted men and officers from Waterloo to Iowa City for the First Infantry encampment. Companies B G F E and FE are represented, led by Captains Weilein Sias Wilimek Beardmore. Waterloo boasts the largest enlistment in the First regiment. Veterans from the Spanish American War watched as the khaki column departed.
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Sixth Street
First Infantry
LN. G
Iowa City
George Weilein
Carleton Sias
Cedar Falls
Charles City
J. W. Wilimek
Waterloo
Company FE
Beardmore
Illinois Central
Black Hawk County
Iowa National Guard
Weslein
Dubnane
National Guards
Cuba
C. W. Cotton
Wilber Betts
Forty-ninth Iowa Infantry
Cotton
Coltonel
S. Geist
Dell Scholes
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Fails
Italians Battle Interned Germans in Boston Harbor
In Boston on August 16 a crowd of about 1,300 Italian reservists and supporters clashed with guards and attacked Hamburg American liners Amerika and Cincinnati. Police were injured, shots were fired in the air, and several demonstrators and stewards were hurt as crowds pelted vessels and the dockside, with ten arrests reported.
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Boston
Amerikan
Cincinnati
North Square
New England
Commonwealth Pier
Italy
Amerjika
Mier
United States Custom Station
Russell Again Named Dominican Minister
Washington August 76 W W Russell former American minister to the Dominican republic was chosen by President Wilson for appointment to the same post He will succeed James M Sullivan who resigned amid charges
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Washington, D. C
W.W. Russell
Dominican Republic
Wilson
James M. Sullivan
Germany Pays High Prices for Foodstuffs Along Romanian Frontier
A Havas dispatch from Bucharest reports Austrian and German agents along the Romanian frontier are paying three times the normal price for wheat corn hay flax peas and beans. The spike follows heavy export taxes after Romania lifted a ban on certain food shipments.
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Paris
Avge
Havas
Bucharest
Roumanian
President Wilson Cancels Cabinet Meeting and Press Conference
Washington August 16 President Wilson canceled tomorrow's cabinet meeting and the usual Tuesday press conference with Washington correspondents. The decision followed other business as he intended to consult Secretary Daniels and Rear Admiral Benson on national defenses. Also, Colonel C M Perkins, recently restored to active Marine Corps status, was assigned to command the Marine Barracks at Puget Sound.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Washington
Daniels
William E. Benson
Washington, D.C
C. M. Perkins
Marine Corps
Marine Barracks
Puget Sound
Final Word on Arms Traffic Warns Against Neutral Embargo
Secretary Lansing released the text of the Austro Hungarian note replying to the volume of arms and ammunition exports. The note argues a neutral embargo would force nations to militarize, and counters Austria Hungary and Germany, warning Congress to refrain from further action next winter.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Lansing
Austria
Austria-Fungary
Altho
S&s
Europe
Salesman falls to death from hotel window
Jesse F. Wrench a 45 year old traveling salesman for St. Louis Tea and Coffee company living in Kirkwood Missouri was killed when he fell or jumped from a fourth story hotel window. Coroner says skull fracture and two broken arms. Widow and three children survive.
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Marshalltown
Jesse F. Wrench
St. Louis
Americans Repel Mexican Bandits on Border Ambush
Fifteen American civilians fought off a band of Mexican raiders for hours at Lon Nora, enduring odds of four to one. Two Americans were fatally wounded and others badly hurt as the attackers fled, with one Mexican woman shot dead after recognizing bandits. Soldiers later found two bandits dead on the field.
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Lon Nora
Iwo
Ant
Naval academy dismisses two midshipmen in scandal
Annapolis Md Aug 16 two midshipmen Ralph M Nelson of the first class and Charles M Reagin of the second class were dismissed from the United States Naval Academy after the court of inquiry findings. Twelve others were disciplined or restored to duty as the inquiry into exams and recitations disclosed irregularities and the report urged reforms including ending advance information and easing exam rigor.
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Annapolis
Court of
Academy
United States Naval Academy
Tropical Storm Impacts Gulf Coast From Florida to Texas
A tropical storm lashed the Gulf coast today affecting western Florida to eastern Texas and up to fifty miles inland. Winds reached twenty eight miles per hour with high tides along the coast. inland property and shipping reported no serious damage.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Texas
Ancour
Nashville City Receivership Clears Officials Salaries
Chancellor Allison ordered the removal of all city officials and employees from the mayor downward and approved a municipal loan of 167000 for current expenses. The action follows the so called city scandal over financial irregularities with a receiver sought for Nashville. City credit remains intact.
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Nashville, Tenn
Allison
Nashville
Italian Invented Torpedo Safeguard Reported Satisfactory
Paris Aug 16 A device by Italian engineer Quiarini that diverts torpedoes from their course and detonates them has passed satisfactory tests. Special dispatch from Rome says arrangements are under way to supply the device to the Allied fleet.
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Paris
Quiarini
Rome
Berlin Receives New Frye Case Note on Sinking
The American note on the sinking of the Frye relief ship was delivered to Berlin officials by Ambassador Gerard. The State Department will publish the response tomorrow. The German note accepts the commission's damages method but rejects arbitration under the treaty provisions.
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Washington, DY OC
Amerleen
We P. Frye
Minister Accused of Girls Murder Commits Suicide in Jail
In South Bend Indiana Silas N Hbersole a former Dunkard minister accused of the murder of 15 year old Fazel Macklin in August 1914 hanged himself in the county jail this morning. The incident was reported by local sources in Smoke El Verso and involves a suicide following murder accusations.
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South Bend
Ind
Silas N. Hbersole
Dunkard
Hell
Fazel Macklin
Five killed in explosion at gelatine plant
Emporium Pennsylvania August 16 Five men were killed when the gelatine houses of the Aetna Explosive Company's Grove Run plant near here were blown to pieces by an explosion. Two other buildings were badly damaged and the countryside affected. The men were the only employees in the building and officials doubt the cause will ever be known.
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Emporium
Aetna Explosive Company
Grove Run
Goat Attack Causes Car Wreck Near Gale Town
In Williamsport Pennsylvania on August 16 a goat chained to a fence ran into the road and halted a motor car leading to an embankment crash. Stephen Waters and his wife from Logue suffered broken legs and two others were seriously bruised. The goat escaped unhurt.
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Williamsport
Galeton
Austin State Hospital
Stephen Waters
Logue
Tennis Tournament Draws Set For Doubles Start
In Des Moines on August 16 play in the preliminary and first rounds of the state tennis tournament at the Golf and Country club courts may finish tonight. Drawings for doubles and mixed doubles will be made tonight to begin tomorrow. Seventy three players entered singles. Weather was threatening in the morning.
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Des Moines
Golf and Country Club
Few College Women Become Mothers
Pittsburgh, Aug 16. An investigation by Roswell H Johnson of the University of Pittsburgh shows college women contribute little to birth rates. Among college graduates the per capita child rate is four fifths, among donor students one fifth. Marriages of alumnae from Wellesley Bryn Mawr Listh Vas sar Monat Halyoke and Wilson average 68 with 29 percent of the total.
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Pittsburgh
Roswell H. Johnson
University of Pittsburgh
Johnsen
Wellesley
Bryn Mawr
Lisith
Vassar
Monat
Halyoke
Wilson
Carranza Not To Block Pan American Peace Appeal
Washington reports General Carranza will not obstruct the Pan American peace appeal to Mexico City leaders. Messengers will receive safe conduct, while Americans in the capital report distress and request to be sent home. Villa forces advance toward Mexico City amid border trouble and calls for intervention.
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Washington, D.C
Carranza
Mexico
State Department Teaen
CO. B. Parker
Mexico City
Pablo Gonzales
Zapata
Parker
United States
Monterey
Villa
Rosario Hernandez
Raoul Madero
Carrania
Oilmne
Brownstille
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
J. J.sanders
Texas Rangers
United States Cavalry
Rio Grande
Mercedes
Progreso
el Paso
Berg
Calles
Sonora
State Department
Io Carranza
Wilson declines Plattsburg visit citing business duties
President Wilson will not visit the citizen soldiery camp at Plattsburgh New York due to press duties in Washington. He informed Major General Leonard Wood of his regret and interest in the movement. Also reported, the Norwegian steamer Albiz was sunk by a submarine with all crew saved.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Citizen Soldiery
Plattsburg
Washington
Leonard Wood
London
Albiz
Christiania
5000 Young Women Employed at Krupp's Alulations Works
Geneva via Paris reports official figures showing about 5000 young women employed at Krupp’s works by June 1, with 1320 employed by January 1. Total employed on June 4 not given, while January 2 total reached 16926 excluding associated industries and other Krupp munitions works.
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Geneva
Paris
Assén
Auining and
Aime Munition Works
Germany
Krupps
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Los
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Ileistifica
NAVAL
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Ftatian
Frye
Cupid
Chicago
James W. Bell
American Poultry Journal
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Mr. Bell
Dorothy Hell
Paul
Dorothy
Netter
Sheehan
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