Allied Victory Advances on the Marne Front Across France
British casualties for the week ending July 20 totaled 16 971 the lightest in months. French and Allied forces cross the Marne recapturing key positions near Chateau Thierry and Rheims with 20 000 prisoners and 400 guns. American units report large prisoner captures while aviators harass retreating German forces. Notable aid comes from American Indians aiding Pershing in Marne scouting.
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Marne
Monte Stabel
Corno di Cavento
Adamello
Cape Cod
Mass
Moscow
Birsk
Amsterdam
Berlin
Chateau Thierry
Paris
Soissons
Rheims
Brooks
Pershing
Cholera outbreak in Moscow and world war era notes
A Russian message reports cholera in Moscow while Herbert Hoover arrives at a British port from America. Dispatches say Nicholas II has been shot, Wilson's peace principles gain AFL approval, and von Seydler resigns as Austrian premier.
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Moscow
Herbert C. Hoover
America
Nicholas of
Russia
General Federation of Labor
Paris
Wilson
von Seydler
Vienna
Quentin Roosevelt
Relief Committee of Greeks For
Asia Minor
Turkey
Buenos Aires
Arizona's first war casualty from France among Pima Indians
The piece notes the first Arizona casualty, a Pima Indian, killed in action in France. It also mentions Camp Cody training divisions, a Salvation Army hut, and Euphemia Ellingwood's son Ralph reported missing but later found alive as a prisoner in Germany. It covers ferrochrome production near Denver and ore from Oregon California and Nevada affecting Rocky Mountain states' war needs.
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Arizona
France
Camp Cody
N. M
Salvation Army
Deming
Colorado
E. E. Ellingwood
Bisbee
Ariz
Ralph
Soissons
W. H. Brophy
American Red Cross
Paris
Germany
Utah Junction
Denver
Oregon
California
Nevada
Rocky Mountain States
US Navy reports San Diego casualties and missing numbers
The Navy says the cruiser San Diego has three known dead and fifty eight missing. Brig Gen R E Wood, acting head of the quartermaster corps, is slated for an important assignment in France. Twenty one American Red Cross ambulance drivers receive the Italian cross of war for bravery. The War Department names 125 Americans reported in Prussian prison camps.
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Navy Department
United States
San Diego
R. E. Wood
Quartermaster Corps
Washington
France
Baker
Red Cross
War Ministry
War Department
Kansas City Wins 1918 American Association Pennant
The Kansas City team clinched the American Association pennant as Sunday games ended the 1918 season. The New York Supreme Court ap pellate division third department ruled that running baseball pools constitutes bookmaking. In tennis, J G Uhriaub of Rocky Ford defeated Bom Bonbrake of Des Moines 6-2 7-5 in a fourth round upset, Heath Moore of Kansas City advancing toward the semifinals with a 7-5 6-3 win over Phil Bagby. John J McGraw plans a Paris trip with big league players to face former pros now in military service, per Johnny Evers of the Knights of Columbus athletic department overseas.
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Kansas City
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Third Department of
New York State
J. G. Uhriaub
Rocky Ford
Colo
Bom Bonbrake
Des Moines
Great Plains
Heathmoore
Phil Bagby
John J. McGraw
New York Giants
Paris
New York
Johnny Evers
Chicago Cub
Knights of Columbus
Secretary Daniels on San Diego sinking and war stance
Secretary Daniels said in Norfolk that a mine caused the San Diego sinking, not a torpedo, adding the loss of life is the main effect. Major Theodore Roosevelt Jr. has been slightly wounded and taken to a Paris hospital.
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Daniels
Norfolk
San Diego
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Paris
United States
Department of Agriculture
Porfirio Hernandez
James Lowery
Clarkdale
Ariz
Frank Dickinson
Wright
Jerome
Hernandez
Dickinson
Verde Road
Verde Copper Company
Arizona Mining Boom and Labor Struggles Report
Arizona reports on mining development across Nogales, Superior, Kingman, Wickenburg and Parker with new discoveries in manganese and tungsten. Labor shortages push prison labor use while a murder case in Kyrene is dismissed and a Bisbee mine booms with dividends and a fatal Casa Grande train collision suit filed.
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Dragon Mining & Milling Company
Wickenburg
Queen Creek Copper Company
Superior
J. T. Holmes
Wm. Pemberton
Kyrene
Justice Court
Phoenix
Colorado River
Parker
William Drumm
Peter Drumm
Tucson
Jesus Bustamente
Bisbee
Arizona
State Tax Commission
United Eastern
Oatman
Williams
Casa Grande
Southern Pacific
Gunter Renominated as Democratic Governor Candidate in Colorado
Denver voters in a 900 delegate convention at the Auditorium backed Governor Julius C. Gunter for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination with 72 214 votes. Thomas J. Tynan finished second, Harry S. Class carried a minor share, and other party leaders won various state offices and judicial nominations.
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Thomas J. Tynan
Denver
Julius C. Gunter
Democratic State Assembly
Carson City
Gunter
Auditorium
United States Senate
John F. Shafroth
Tynan
Harry S. Class
Brighton
William A. Hill
Fort Morgan
S. Harrison White
Supreme Court
Harry Churchill
Greeley
W. K. Lockhart
Garfield County
Helen King Robinson
Tom T. Barnard
Victor
John W. McMahon
Leadville
James R. Noland
Chas. H. Leckenby
Leslie E. Hubbard
Charles E. Friend
Jefferson County
Hubbard
Friend
Mary C. C. Bradford
Ernest Morris
Arthur King
Sterling
Colorado University
R. E. Jones
Clement Yore
Estes Park
Jones
Yore
Yankees Make Four-Mile Gain In Marne Advance
Franco-Americans cross the Marne and seize three towns in a rapid push as Allied forces press the German lines. The operation involves significant maneuvering and signals continued offensive momentum against the enemy.
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Marne
Germans plan retreat as British and American units press at Marne
From French HQ the German retreat is hinted north of the Marne as they blow dumps and burn stores. Crown Prince Rupprecht sends reserves while Haig shifts British divisions into the Rheims area. American troops push 4 miles from the south bank toward Fere-en-Tardenois while French forces cross to the north bank.
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Marne
Rheims
Courton Wood
Ardre
St. Euphraise
Salient
Rupprecht
Bavaria
France
Flanders
Marshal Haig
Picardy
Chateau Thierry
Charteres
Gland
Fere-en- Tardenois
Ourcq
Agree on Joint Intervention in Siberia Pact Reached
Tokyo dispatch reports July 17 that Japan and the United States have agreed to a joint intervention in Siberia. A proclamation will reassure Russia Entente aims are peaceful and a relief commission may accompany the expedition.
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London
Japan
United States
Siberia
Tokio
Russia
Entente
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Mexico
San Francisco
Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Crowder
Arizona State News
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Holbrook
Kingman
Comet
Nogales
Mesa Valley
Calumet & Jerome
Ajo
Wiley Bouldin
Douglas
Twin Mines
Phoenix Indian School
Fremont
Cal
Prescott
Silver King
Arizona-Oklahoma Gas & Oil Company
James Lowrey
Yavapai County
Bassito
Verde
Matthew R. Rivers
Matthew Juan
Texas
F. W. Strang
Quartermaster’s Corps
Red Cross Society
Carl J
Max Strang
Tergnier
Bureau of Crop Estimates
J. J. Ward
Bufford
Mark Turney
Whetstone Mountains
Chandler
Magma Chief Copper Company
Laurel
Haig
Bright
Dean
Pearl E. Miller
Abriendo St
Pueblo
Doan
F. W. Conrad
Cigar Store
Pearl St
Boulder
Conrad
Pete
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Union Depot
Louisville Courier-Journal
Maurot
Echo de Paris
Swift & Company
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