Americansreinforce World War I effort in France amid praise
Italian writers visiting the American Army in France laud its transport and supply efficiency and call Americans crusaders for the holy war. They note ships and railways built for Allied needs and the broadening organization from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. Berlin and Paris dispatches report quiet fronts with continued American landings and French Italian advances, while aerial combat over Chateau Thierry highlights Allied air support and German losses.
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Gains Reported by French and American Forces on Aisne Marne Front
Highly important gains by French and American forces on the Aisne Marne front are reported in the war office statement. In the center of the line an advance of nearly two miles was made amid desperate engagements and heavy Allied artillery support.
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Ancient Massachusetts gold premium claim honored
Boston reported Massachusetts received 885289.68 dollars from the United States government to settle a civil war era premium claim on gold coin used to pay troops. The state argued its sovereign right to pay bonds in gold to maintain credit, while the feds insisted payment in paper was due. Portland Oregon note mentions Joseph P Pipal, football coach at Oregon State Agricultural College, not returning this year due to war duties with the Y's ASFT team.
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San Dikico
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Allied Advances Push German Pocket Near Rheims
Allied forces gain on the Marne front with British, French, and Italian lines pressing south of Rheims. British forces repel a strong German counterattack near Wrigny, bombard the line, and threaten the Rheims Fismes railway while closing the pocket around Soissons and Rheims. The German position inside the encircled pocket grows increasingly dire amid air attacks and continuous shelling.
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Rheims
Wrigny
Rheims Fismes
Soissons-Rheims
Strike at Birmingham Munitions Workers Begin
London reports a strike of munitions workers starting at Birmingham at 1 o clock, aligning with day shift change. The joint committee of engineering trades unions totals about 65,000 members, including around 5,000 women, who are said to remain loyal to the resolution to halt work.
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Birmingham
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Central News
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Engineering Trades Unions
Western broncho runs amuck in Brooklyn store
In Brooklyn a western broncho caused chaos at a busy 5 and 10 cent store. The horse charged through a show window injuring two men and ten shoppers. Clerks fled, police pursued for 18 blocks before the animal was captured. A fire later sparked by a dropped cigarette caused $260,000 in losses at the Fox Film vault in Kansas City.
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Bern
Kansas City
Fox Film
Wald
Hearty welcome to John D. Ryan arrives in Butte
The Red Cross hosts an informal reception at the hotel where Mr. Ryan will speak at 3 PM and inspect local chapter quarters. He will address the public at Broadway theater at 7 PM under defense council auspices. A dinner dance at the country club is postponed to tomorrow.
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Hard fighting on new British sector in France
In France on July 28, French reports say fierce combat raged along a five mile front from Courton Wood to St Euphrase as British and Highland units pressed along the Ardre south of Rheims. American and German fronts saw heavy fire with artillery and machine guns, while bridgeheads north of the Marne expand and fires lit depots behind German lines.
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Greek Prince to Wed American Heiress in Geneva Tale
Paris reports Prince Christopher brother of ex King Constantine to wed a wealthy American woman now in Switzerland. The Temps cites a plan backed by Constantine and the German emperor to fund a restoration campaign. dispatch notes Europe’s political intrigue amid royal marriage rumors. Also mentions Russian mobilization and a US swimming record set in Sacramento by Miss Gertrude Artiette.
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Hunger stalks among the runs in this battle
Descriptions of German soldiers facing hunger as they advance, with orders to protect provisions, restrict requisitions, and maintain discipline. Reports note trains halted, guards killed, and back-area pillaging while front-line troops are fed, with milder disciplinary language and concerns over subordination.
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Oswald Kunhardt Arrested as Enemy Alien in Boston
Boston July 24 Oswald Kunhardt formerly German and Austrian consul in Boston was arrested today as an enemy alien at his home in Manchester and brought to Boston. Federal officers would not confirm a submarine activity link but said the arrest was of unusual importance. His apartments were searched by Justice Department agents after custody. He will likely be interned for the war duration. Kunhardt, 42, unmarried, had resigned from the Tennis and Racquet Club and was active in business as representative for the Berlin dye works. He had continued consular work for Austria until relations were severed. He said he had been in the U S 19 years.
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Butte Man Chosen Union President
William McLennan of Butte was elected president at the biennial sheepshearers convention at Stevens & Manley hall. KE 8 Bartlett became vice president and manager of the merchandise and commission company. Unanimous votes highlighted the executive board, with Lewis Ricklement Correa J. W. Exley George Buchanan among officers. A new wage schedule edged above 1817 levels and constitution changes allow fund transfers from the sick and Feeney funds.
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William McLennan
Butte
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J. W. Exley
George Buchanan
Two Slight Injuries From Auto Crash
Burt Gant and his wife sustained minor injuries in an automobile accident at the corner of Mont and Inte yest erday. They were taken to a local first aid station for treatment. A patriotic entertainment is planned this evening at St. Mark's Lutheran Church on South Montana Street. The program includes a flag drill by 12 children and other patriotic features followed by refreshments.
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Important Irish Documents Show Irish Volunteer Actions
AP reports from Dublin July 24 disclose censoring publishing of documents with detailed reports from Cork Kerry and Limerick volunteers explaining their actions during the revolt. The papers, dated September, accuse German treachery and reveal failed landings and army moves amid Pearse's Dublin orders.
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Ireland
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Irland
Remarkable sinking of Justicia off Irish coast
An Irish Port report describes the sinking of the Justiceia, formerly the Dutch steamer Statendam, by a German submarine near the north Irish coast on a Saturday morning. No passengers were lost and 10 crew perished. The ship measured 42 234 tons gross and engaged in anti submarine warfare tales, reflecting strong Entente naval response and defensive tactics.
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Rotterdam
Submarines Attack Justiceia Aboard In Atlantic Sinking
New York reports the Justicia, a 33,000 ton British liner, was sunk after repeated torpedo strikes by a submarine and destroyers. Torpedo firings spanned from Friday afternoon to evening. Crew were transferred as the ship neared port, with eight torpedoes fired and two hits recorded.
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