Heavy gains along west front reported by Haig
July 5 dispatch says German counter attack on Hamel was repulsed by Australian and American troops. Prisoners from yesterday’s Somme advance exceed 1300 with captured field gun, 100 machine guns, mortars. French forces also advanced a mile, taking about 2000 prisoners. Beaumont-Hamel raid successful. Strazelle raid repulsed.
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Hamel
Haig
Somme
Beaumont-Hamel
Albert
Strazelle
Flanders Front
Casualties Reported by General Pershing
Washington July 5 twenty three casualties reported by General Pershing: five killed in action seven dead from wounds two deaths from disease one death from accident and other causes three wounded severely five missing in action. J Kotlyn Cleveland Ohio and F B Snyder Meadowbrook W Va died of wounds.
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Washington
Pershing
J. Kotlyn
Cleveland
Ohio
Snyder
Meadowbrook
W. Va
Germans Raid on American Sector Repelled in Vosges
In France July 4 night reports say a German raiding party attacked an American sector in the Vosges after preparatory artillery. The attack was severely punished. a captured officer said eight Germans were killed. Elsewhere between Toul and the lower Alsace, American positions remained quiet with poor visibility hindering air and artillery operations.
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France
Vosges
Toul Front
Lower Alsace
Patrols Take Prisoners Across Front in Champagne Meuse Areas
Paris reports French war office statements noting patrols between Montdidier and the Oise and along the right bank of the Meuse brought in prisoners. The areas mentioned include Champagne and the nearby sectors as patrols increased.
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Paris
French War Office
Montdidier
Oise
Champagne
Meuse
Armenian Refugees Occupy Erisvan City in Russian Armenia
Vienna dispatch reports twenty five thousand Armenians have occupied Erisvan a city of about thirty thousand residents in Russian Armenia located about one hundred miles south and west of Tiflis. A note mentions a dance at Red Men's Hall Saturday evening with all welcome.
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Amsterdam
Erisvan
Vienna
Armenia
Tiflis
Saturda
New York Merchant Drives Fish Conservation Effort
Kenneth Fowler, a young New York businessman, is tasked with expanding fish supply distribution and consumption in the United States as a food conservation measure. The food administration pulled him from major New York fish markets to lead this work, aiming to steer Americans toward less perishable substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Fowler
New York
United States
The
Food Administration
Finland poised to declare war. German aid to each other noted
The report from Stockholm says Finland may declare war on the Allies as Finnish troops cooperate with 50 000 Germans and plan a campaign toward the Russian Murman districts where Allied forces guard supplies. The piece also lists a marriage licensed for several individuals including Hester Granby and Austin McCune in Trimble and Columbus area ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murman
Austin McCune
Trimble
Hester Granby
Vern H. Sayre
Cincinnati
Grace Aroline Brown
J. O. Bryant
Columbus
Grate Graves
Nelsonville
T. Isom
White to speak on temperance at Presbyterian Church
Hon James A White superintendent of the Ohio Anti Saloon League will address Sunday morning services at the Presbyterian Church He offers a wealth of first hand information on the temperance question and will be heard with great interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. White
Ohio Anti Saloon League
Presbyterian Church
White
Mutual air raid talks rumor in Germany amid war zone debate
Amsterdam reports rumors of a German proposal for a mutual Allies agreement to stop bombing towns outside the war zone with strong domestic support. London says ten German aircraft were shot down and sixteen tons of bombs were dropped on targets as operations continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Amsterdam
Germany
Lille
Courtrai
Norway Suffers Heavy Losses in U Boat Warfare
United States cables report June losses for Norway include twenty vessels totaling 23 833 gross tons sunk by U boats or mines with thirty one men missing all presumed dead in the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United
RESA
Washington
Legation
Irish Ordered To Remain Out Of Big Meets
Dublin July 5 General Shaw commander in chief of British forces in Ireland forbade all meetings and processions in public places except those officially authorized. Columbus Ohio July 6 Spencer Hollow Coal Company Nelsonville increased its capital stock from six thousand to twenty four thousand dollars.
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ITED
Dublin
Shaw
Ireland
Columbus
Spencer Hollow Coal Company
Nelsonville
Beermaking Cuts 50 Percent Under Fuel Board Order
Washington reports that for one year from July 1 last, beer and near beer brewing will be cut by 50 percent due to fuel restrictions. The order by Fuel Administrator Garfield and War Industries Board Chair Baruch applies to all cereal beverages including non alcoholic outputs and uses average consumption 1915 1917 as the basis. Also notes Ohio University summer session registration 1717 and potential late entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Garfield
Baruch
War Industries Board
Auto license certificate delay causes owner notices
Police warn residents that many 1918 automobile license certificates have not been mailed. The Secretary of State lacks funds for postage, sending certificates for Athens County to the Columbus police chief to hold for owner pickup. Owners must request their certificate or mail a three cent stamp for mailing.
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Secretary of State
Columbus
Fulton
Athens County
Porter
Hanged Soldiers Before Men in Western Camp
Des Moines July 5 three Alabama Negro soldiers were hanged at Camp Dodge for attacking a 17 year old white girl within the camp. Fred Allen Robert Johnson and Stanley Tramble faced execution on gallows erected on the parade ground as the 88th Division formed a surrounding guard. The traps were sprung by three soldiers in booths and several Negro soldiers collapsed at the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Fred Allen
Robert Johnson
Stanley Tramble
Czernin to be named foreign minister again after Vienna conference
Amsterdam reports a conference among Emperor Karl Count Czernin and Baron Burian. The Vienna Neue Freie Presse declares Czernin will be named again as foreign minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Amsterdam
Emperor Karl
Count Czernin
Baron Burian
Vienna Neue Frie Presse
Czernin
Hindenburg’s West Front Policy Faces Doubt
New York July 5 The delay in new offensive action on the west front signals possible loss of confidence in General Hindenburg at the Kaisers headquarters. German leaders debate shifting to a defensive role and question his policy of heavy manpower losses for uncertain gains. The 26 days since the last offensive imply reassessment and possible changes in command in light of America's first France mission arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
von Hindenburg
West Front
Hindenburg
Germany
America
France
America's Stand Before World War II Propaganda Effort
Washington July 6 The United States flags the strongest wartime propaganda push as foreign born citizens pledge allegiance and a nationwide Fourth of July display signals resolve for the Allies. The president at Mount Vernon reaffirms that peace must follow the destruction of militarism and the consent of the governed with a league of peace, rejecting any peace by compromise through a council table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
Mt. Vernon
United States
Congress Time Short for Six Week Recess
Washington July 5 Congress likely to decide in forty eight hours whether to grant a six week recess to rebuild political fences. Backers of wire control push Sanders Resolution to the House while Chairman Simms claims White House backing. House leaders seek a recess by tomorrow night as others oppose delays.
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Washington
Congress
Sanders
House
Simms
House Interstate Committee
Wilson
White House
Kitchin
Surgeon Farwell Cited for Valor Frontline Marine Aid
Dr. Wree G. Farwell of Washington is cited for valor in dispatches from France for tending Colonel A. W. Catlin after he was wounded on the battle line. Farwell sought assignment with the Marines eight months ago and has served at the front under heavy shell fire.
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Wree G. Farwell
Washington
France
Col
A. W. Catlin
Ybattle
pDr
Farwell
Special Call for Athens County Men to Camp Sherman
Eleven colored men listed in the Athens county call depart for Camp Sherman on July 18 by the B and O. Local board classification begins after all questionnaires are received, with class one called for medical exams. Volunteers are sought for engineers, limited to white men, and June 1918 registrants may volunteer if time limits are waived.
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Athens County
Camp Sherman
T. L. Morgan
Legal Advisory Board
Adjutant General's Office
Italians Call for American Aid and USSR German Relation Tensions
Milan reports Italians seek fair distribution of American forces as a possible Austrian offensive looms. A Moscow dispatch says Foreign Minister Tchicherin protested German soldiers in Cossack raids and against the German advance near Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United
Milan
Corriere Della Sera
Versailles Council
London
Moscow
Techitcherin
Berlin
Class One Athens County men listed for service in July call
A lengthy list names 29 Athens county residents deemed Class One eligible for full military service with remedial issues noted for some. The crowd of names includes Fred Rutter Glouster William Howell Athens R D Harry Wilson Albany Everett Hdward Baker Muskegell Michigan Pearl R Orndorf Glouster Wald Hoyt Springer Herman Henry Kloh Trimble Frank Leslie Phillips Athens and many more across Millfield Chauncey Nelsonville Buchtel Glouster Nelsonville and other local towns. The article also mentions aviation fields, noting 29 government operated airfields nationwide.
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Athens County
Fred Rutter
Glouster
William Howell
Athens
R. D
Harry ‘Wilson
Albany
Everett Hdward Baker
Muskegell Michigan
Pearl R. Orndorf
Wald Hoyt Springer
Herman Henry Kloh
Trimble
Frank Leslie Phillips
Fred ©. Linsecott
Millfield
Fred R. Crouch
Kenmore
Claud Vanhorn
Chauncey
Albert Gannon
Roll H. Chevalier
Charles Higgins’ Russell
Allens
Earl Clyde Knight
Meee
Edward Grosvenor
Cheater McQuaid
Buchtel Howard Hunter
Adena
Wilbur Donley
Nelsonville
George Bartlett
Robert Lewis McGrew
Torch
Cecil R. Dew
Jacob T. Gibbs
Dwight Davis
Tritipo
Athems
Charles BE. Nye
Albert Wells
Floodwood
Basil Elmer Lama
John Guepere
Nelsonv
Abraham Arthur Betts
Williamstent
Neltere van
N Everett Power
Robert Osman
Robert Merkle
Bainbridge
Robert Baird Stuart
Howard Edgar Cleveland
Larne
Claud Gill
Percy Tufford
John Robert Day
Buchtel
Earl R. Ator
Clarence Wemsley
Hoit Larch Love
John Ray Holman
Hooker Zoath Jacob Lewis
Deanville
Glen Scott Robinson
Stewart
R. L. Lewis
Arthur Shirley
Guysville
Brooks Albert Russell
Birgie Morgan
Edward Rittemyer
Ben Searles
Jesse Stuart McLain
John Joseph Patterson
Joseph Bycofski
Jacksonville
James Allen Ball
Arthur Ray Moore
Hubert Young
William Edward Jones
William Fitzer
John Henry Leffler
Ernest Cole
Frost
William Smathers
Bert Steed
Clarence E. Dutton
Hockingport
John McAllister
Frank Edwin Mason
John C. Lewis
Sabina
Ezra Hoisington
Miller Wilson
Samuel Ray Knowlton
James Hoy Redd
John Elmer Hartman
R . Emery Loomis
Tom Burkett
Robert E. Ellis
Charles Ernest Staneart
Wiliam Arthur Moorehead
Mansfield
Thomas E. Leslie
Coolville
Benjamin Franklin Allgood
Carbondale
Elmer Gould
William D. Mathews
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