Lens Fight Rages As Crown Prince Fails To Lose Hill 70
British and Canadian forces hold Hill 70 near Lens as German attacks cost heavy losses. Hand to hand fighting, bayonets and liquid fire mark the brutal recapture efforts with many German divisions exhausted. Haig reports aerial combat and ongoing bombardments in the Lens area.
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William Philip Simms
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Lens
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Light Brigade
Valley of Death
France
Ruffin vs We Calls Refusal Offer Vigorous Protest
A protest erupts as Ruffin and We refuse an offered proposal from Pope Benedict. Demonstrators gather amid claims the plan compromises church doctrine. Local officials urge calm while Catholic groups weigh the papal initiative.
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Pope Benedict
Governor protests mobilizing Negro and Porto Rican troops at Camp Jackson
Governor Manning denounces plans to train black and Porto Rican troops at Camp Jackson near Columbia. He calls on South Carolina’s congressional delegation to oppose the move and asks lawmakers to meet in Washington to file the protest with the Secretary of War. He stresses the danger of mobilizing nonwhite troops alongside whites.
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Columbia
3. C
Ate
Camp Jackson
Manning
South Carolina
Congress
Washington
Secretary of War
North Carolina
Florida
German Spy Otto Griener Arrested in Philadelphia
Otto Griener, former German army lieutenant and alleged spy, is in federal custody in Philadelphia. A report for the German admiralty was found on him, along with submarine net drawings. Navy yard officials say he admitted being paid by Germany, as DOJ agents prepare actions against local draft-exemption recruiters.
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Germany
Philadelphia
United Press
Otto Griener
Department of Justice
T. Henry Walcutt
United States District Attorney
Wilson Drives War Effort Across Agencies In August
President Wilson pushes wartime program via Hoover commission Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department. He plans priority coal shipments to Great Lakes districts authorizes price and distribution control. Draft act defense briefs prepared and cases to be dismissed after October court term.
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Washington
Wilson
Hoover Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justice
National Defence Council
Great Lakes
Federal Commission
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Hoover
United States
Exports Council
Congress
France
Cuba
War Department
National Army
Senate
Hous Ways and Means
Americans at Front Witness Real War in Practice Range
American Field Headquarters reports a night exercise with grenade practice rockets and modern warfare drills turning into a real war scene. The horizon glowed red gunfire roared searchlights flashed and shells burst as observers watched from hilltops amid the long running German French line.
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United Press
Vigilantes Active as Free Speech Sparks New York Clashes
United Press reports hot times anticipated in New York as vigilante squads patrol districts to demand arrests of treasonous street speakers. The Constitutionalists support free speech with reporters at meetings to document proceedings and aid in defending speakers who could be arrested.
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United Press
New York
New
Pope Pressures Berlin on Alsace and Palestine Crisis
Rome dispatches report Germany may declare Alsace-Lorraine autonomous to block Pope peace terms while earlier tips said Berlin would back the Vatican. Austria reportedly open to talks as the Pontiff prepares a protest over alleged Turkish atrocities in Palestine.
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John H. Hurley
United Press
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Germany
Berlin
Idea Nazionale
Alsace-Lorraine
Alsace
France
Vatican
Austria
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Constantinople
Librarian Miss Jen nie Coffin Dies After Long Service
Raleigh August 18 Miss Jennie Coffin librarian of the Olivie Raney Library since its organization sixteen years ago died today after a long illness at her library apartment She was born in Salisbury sixty two years ago and is survived by her sister Mrs Sallie Coffin Taylor The funeral will be held Sunday morning from Christ church
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Raleigh
N. C
Jennie Coffin
Olivie Raney Library
Sallie Coffin Taylor
Christ Church
Government to set coal prices under new control plan
Washington August 14 President Wilson will order government control of coal distribution and prices next week under the Pomerene amendment. The plan would empower the Federal Trade Commission to fix prices regulate production and distribution from mine to consumer and designate a agency to regulate resale and allocation. Operators who resist could be forced to sell to the United States and prices would be set by cost of production plus a reasonable profit.
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United Press
Washington
Wilson
Pomerene
Federal Trade Commission
United States
No Peace With Prussian Militant Autocracy, League Says
In New York the League to Enforce Peace urged rejection of the Pope's peace proposals and vowed vigorous war until Prussian militarism ends. The resolution telegraphed to President Wilson cites participation by President Lowell Harvard Dr Slocum Fahey Noyes and Finley and calls for abolition of Prussia's military autocracy to make any league of nations effective.
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New York
United Press
Wilson
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Wm. F. G. Slocum
Colorado College
John H. Fahey
Boston
Lavern W. Noyes
Chicago
John B. Finley
Baltimore
League of Nations
Navy Secretary Daniels Believes Navy League Targets Him
Secretary of the Navy Daniels says the Navy League is out to get him after he ordered banning league members from naval vessels and stations. Leaguers warn the move could force recalls of many officers from sea duty, while Daniels allows gifts to be sent through Navy Department channels.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Navy League
League
United States
Mare Island
Navy
Navy Department
Exemption Plea for Firemen and Police Chiefs Pleaded
New York district exemption boards urge President Wilson to amend selective service rules to exempt firemen and policemen in large cities. They also press detailing medical students and hospital interns to schools to ensure ongoing medical officer supply, and call for more surgeons for the army and navy.
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United Press
New York
Wilson
New York State
Charles E. Hughes
New York City
Hughes
Whitman
National Army
Army
Navy
District Exemption Board Opens Its First Session
Goldsboro North Carolina August 18 The Eastern North Carolina strict exemption board convenes its first session in Goldsboro Monday Col J D Langston chairs the board and says the business may keep them in session for a month or more
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Goldsboro
Carolina
Col. J. D. Langston
Justice Dept to Fast-Track Conscription Case Disposition
Washington reports the Department of Justice plans a quick cleanup of constitutional challenges to the conscription law. With Supreme Court opening October 13, the government aims to dismiss the cases, as its brief is already being drafted. Officials note the lack of explicit constitutional authority to deploy National Guard troops abroad and argue militia identity ends once sworn into Federal service.
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United Press
Washington
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
United States
Heavy German losses in renewed Flanders battle drives
London reports the third day of the Flanders fight with British and French forces holding all initial positions. Cana dian assault near Lens continues as Germans suffer high casualties aiming to regain ground. Simms notes 114 German planes down last week, 62 outright, as 111 French planes bomb Frieburg and Brisgau amid ongoing aerial combat.
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Lens
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Haig
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Verdon
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le Funs
Piet
Arshal Haig
Hugo Wood
United Press
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Langemark
William Phillip Simms
Belgium
Frieburg
Brisgau
Duchy of Baden
America's Answer to Pope Peace Proposal Under Consideration
Washington Aug 18 officials say the United States and its allies will answer the Pope's peace proposal separately with careful digestion. A rejection is expected by experts, though a potential basis for a peace offer may emerge if the President issues a statement. The War Department accelerates plans to push fighters abroad before winter while Vatican reports suggest Alsace Lorraine to France and Trieste to Italy as possible resolutions.
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Washington
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Germany
Wilson
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Poland
Illinois To Continue Probe Coal Situation
Chicago August 18 The Illinois investigation into the coal situation will proceed despite Washington reports of a possible presidential action next week. Hearings should finish Monday and Fuel Director Carter plans to declare a fair Illinois coal price by Tuesday or Wednesday, potentially cutting the Washington set $2.75 a ton for mine run and $3.50 for screened sizes by about $1.
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United Press
Chicago
Illinois
Washington
Wilson
Carter
Ilinois
Shot Up Car in Montgomery. Several Wounded in Strike Turmoil
In Montgomery on August 18 a motorman Roger Hall was fatally shot in the back, passengers Byrd Boyd and Frank Worter were shot in the shoulder and leg respectively, and conductor Jesse Watts was beaten with knuckles. Authorities blame soldiers sympathizing with strikers for the violence amid ongoing labor unrest.
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United Press
Montgomery
Ala
Roger Hall
Byrd Boyd
Frank Worter
Jesse Watts
Greece Under Martial Law Extends Nationwide
Athens reports that all of Greece is now under martial law extending from the Athens region where military control began. The move followed Allied troop movements and raises questions about further developments and conditions across the country.
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United Press
Athens
Greece
Suffragists Choose Prison Over Fine in Washington
In arm garb six women’s party pickets are at Occoquan workhouse for 30 days after refusing a $10 police court fine. Judge Pugh ordered arrest for banner bearing actions as Senator Myers proposes a bill to ban banners under penalty of one year imprisonment and a $1000 fine.
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United Press
Washington
Women's Party
Occoquan
Pugh
White House
Senator Myers
Montana
Myers
Navy eases weight rules to widen eligibles
Washington announces further reductions in weight requirements to broaden eligibility for the new national army. Mariners on the Great Lakes may be examined at multiple local boards if they miss scheduled drafts. thresholds now allow 61 or 62 inches and 110 pounds, 63 inches and 112 pounds, and 64 inches or more with temporary underweight exceptions.
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United Press
Washington
National Army
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Chicago
Milwaukee
Erie
Willard to Meet Winner After Canton Fight Elimination
Cleveland dispatch reports Jesse Willard traveling to Detroit to sign a $60,000 deal for a future title bout with the winner of the Fulton Morris Labor Day match in Canton Ohio. Promoter Matt Minkle left for Detroit with the offer, Canton fight billed as elimination to pick Willard’s challenger.
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United Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Jesse Willard
Detroit
Canton
Matt Minkle
Willard
Hinkle
Fearing Draft Leon Folsom Fatally Wounds Wife Then Self
Newport Maine August 18 Leon Folsom aged 23 shot and killed his 16 year old wife and then wounded himself in a murder suicide tied to fears over the draft. Folsom survived the self inflicted wounds and was not expected to live.
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United Press
Newport
Maine
Leon Folsom
Folsom
Thorpe Returns to Giants in Cincinnati Sale
New York notices Jim Thorpe is again a Giant after being resold by Cincinnati. Manager Mathewson honors a prior agreement to give the local club first chance. The trade includes Magee from the Braves and Magee's comeback prospects are discussed.
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United Press
New York
Jim Thorpe
Cincinnati
Mathewson
Magee
Braves
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