Capture of Monte Santo raises Italian momentum on Isonzo front
Italian forces push along the Tolmino to A K sector as Austrians fall back after a notable assault. Monte Santo, 2245 feet high, near Gorizia, is seized, altering the line on the Isonzo and improving Italian leverage over the plain beyond Gorizia. The Rome report notes multiple Austrian breaches and ongoing French and Belgian actions elsewhere.
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North Carolina Political Moves And New Lawyers
Aug 29 report from Raleigh details Henry Page taking government duties as campaign director in North Carolina. Senator Wiley Mangum discusses the state blue book and salaries in departments while James Pou resigns political ambitions amid war donations. Forty new lawyers, including two women and two negroes, were licensed by the Supreme Court with a lengthy list of names and locales.
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Henry Page
Fone
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Wiley Mangum
Franklin County
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Supreme Court
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Weldon
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Brevard
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Raymond Thomas Corsi
Joan Rowland McCy
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Grover Benjay
Chadbourn
Arthur Nore
Winterville
Navy Yard Explosion Arouses Accusations At Mare Island
An explosion at Mare Island Navy Yard is alleged not to be accidental and authorities say the act may have been deliberate. Officials reported 受到 five dead and several injured as investigators confirm the event was not an accident.
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Ly Associated Press
Likton
Mare Island Navy Yard
Reichstag session debates Chancellor Michaelis peace terms
Reports from Copenhagen dated August 25 summarize Reichstag committee discussions on Chancellor Michaelis stance on peace. While Erzberger seeks a clear denouncement of annexation aims, others doubt or deny his positions. Critics warn of pan German manipulation and stress peace must follow the July 19 resolution.
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Copenhagen
Reichstag
Michealis
Michaelis
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Vorwaerts
Berlin Tageblatt
Herr Haussmann
Pan
Elobor
Berlin Tages Zeitung
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Sugar rate approved to Wilmington by Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized a rate of 20 cents per hundred pounds on sugar from Port Wentworth and Savannah to Wilmington North Carolina. The rate applies only if no higher intermediate point rate is charged, pending revisions of current rates.
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Washington
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Palo Alto Order Not To Be Rescinded
The War Department will not modify its decision to move the 41st division National Guard troops from Palo Alto California to Charlotte North Carolina. Representative Kahn said the Palo Alto sewer plans would require over 400000 dollars and four weeks of extra training time, but the War Department prioritizes timeliness to ready troops without delay.
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Washington
War Department
National Guard
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Charlotte
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Roish
San Francisco
Scott
Moscow Conference Opposed by Union Men
Labor unions oppose the Moscow conference calling it counter revolutionary and nonrepresentative. They announce a one day strike and protest meetings in factories. Minimalists and social revolutionists also speak against the conference and vow not to abide by its decisions. Troops guard the Opera House where sessions will be held.
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Moscow
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Southern mills lead in cotton consumption in 12 months
Washington July 31 cotton use by Southern mills exceeded all states by over 2 million bales. Census figures show Southern mills consumed 3 901 413 bales versus 2 899 775 in other states. Southern gains 373 885 bales, about 11 percent, while others rise 29 690 bales or 1 percent.
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Harrison
Southern Railway System
United States Census Bureau
South
Publishers Tax Battle Delays Senate War Levy Fight
Washington August 25 The Senate stalled on the war tax bill delaying action on income tax schedules and a one cent postal levy increase for publishers income tax and second class mail. Weeks urged eliminating publisher tax while leaders plan next week to push higher income and war profits taxes. intrusions in the Finance committee room were reported with missing papers.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Weeks
LaFollette
Finance Committee
Simmons
Treasury
Another Big Loan to Russia
Washington reports a new $100 million loan to the provisional Russian government. The Treasury announced the loan after Secretary Lansing denied unfavourable Russian reports and said confidential dispatches supported belief Petrograd’s administration was strengthening its position.
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Washington
United States
The
Treasury
Lansing
State Department
Russia
Petrograd
Cardinal Bello Banished From Lisbon
Cardinal Anthony Mendes Bello, patriarch of Lisbon, given five days to leave Lisbon by decree of the Portuguese government. He is forbidden to reside in Lisbon or its suburbs for one year.
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Associated Press
Lisbon
Anthony Mendes Bello
Trade caused the war, Helferich argues in Reichstag debate
In Amsterdam on August 25, Vice Chancellor Helferich told the Reichstag main committee that Britain entered World War I to defend its economic supremacy. He said the war stems from tension over Britain's growing naval power and Germany's rising economic strength and accused Britain of economic oppression.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Helferich
Reichstag
Great Britain
Germany
Cheaper Coal Aims Of New U S Fuel Administrator
Dr. H A Garfield heads the new fuel administration and outlines aims to make coal cheaper for American households. A retailer profit scale is suggested as an early measure and government price fixing could lead to mine requisition and direct sale if plans fail.
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United Press
Washington
H. A. Garfield
Battalion of 24th Infantry Transferred From Deming
In Deming New Mexico on August 21 preparations were made at noon to move the battalion of the 24th United States infantry back to its former post at Columbus New Mexico to avoid disturbances expected in the area.
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Associated Press
Deming
N. M
24Th United States'infantry
Columbus
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