American War Casualties and Key WWI Stats Revealed
A Statistical summary of the Meuse-Argonne offensive records American losses at about 120000 men, two per hundred killed or sick. It lists totals for forces, overseas, battles, and deaths, with 4889000 armed forces and 56801 deaths from disease, plus 21.85 billion cost through April 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Washington
Meuse-Argonne
Leonard
Ayres
General Staff
Aar Department
Rrussia
France
Great Britain
Austrian
Italy
Turkey
Serbia and Montenegro
Belgium
Rumania
Bulgaria
United States
Greece
Portugal
Navy
Marine Corps
America
National Guard
Americans Denied Rights in Mexico Oil Lands Row
Washington reports say Carranza's government used troops to block American oil firms from drilling on lands legally owned by Americans. A complaint filed April 2 urged permits be granted, but no answer came until after the Juarez incident. Officials warn compliance would imply government ownership of oil sands. Military orders to halt drilling were issued May 16 and enforced in Tampico and Tuxpan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Suter Department
Juarez
Qorrio
Carranza
War Department
Tampico
Tuxpom
Will Enforce Day Law in Prohibition Start
Attorney General Palmer said the Department of Justice will bring immediate prosecutions against violators of the new day law and punish those with alcohol content above one per cent or below twenty four percent. He pledged orderly enforcement in all jurisdictions as prohibition takes effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ington
Department of Justice
Palmer
Riots kill civilians and injure Americans in Brest clash
In Brest on Sunday night two French civilians were killed and more than 100 people were wounded in riots. Five American servicemen were seriously injured and two likely to die after an exchange of gunfire between American aviators and local police and Rene Howre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brest
Viitney
Raval Police
Rene Howre
Palmer Otayg The Ban On Light Beer
Advocates of dry measure prepare to fight to bar manufacture and sale of beer containing more than half percent alcohol. War time prohibition curbs 2 percent beer but uncertainty over New York court ruling prompts continued enforcement against stronger beverages. Congress poised to push a bill to halt all beer over one half percent alcohol as courts decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Justice
Department
Federal District Court of New York
Congress
Judiciary Committee
Big navy dirigible explodes injuring many spectators
A Baltimore crowd gathered at Camp Holabird watched the navy dirigible commanded by Lieutenant N J Learned explode after landing from Cape May New Jersey to Washington. The blast caused widespread panic, ignited flames, and left about seventy five people including many women and children burned or injured across the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
N. J. Learned
Bownd
Cape May
N. J
Washington
Camp Holabird
Tits City
Pues Diy
Charnes
Imi Ffield
Packing Employees Walk Out In Spokane Plants
Spokane workers at the Amour and Corstens packing plants walked out on Monday to press wage demands. About 200 employees were affected as cronies of 10 cents a day were reportedly involved and then returned to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Amour and Corstens
Bank syndicate plans 820000000 credit to back California fruit crop
A syndicate of prominent banks across the United States forms to extend acceptance credits potentially totaling 820 million dollars to finance California fruit crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
California
Veto by U Governor On Boxing Bill Sparks Debate
Springfield authorities report Governor Prank C. Lowden vetoed the boxing bill. The measure would authorize ten round fights under three commission supervision but was declared unconstitutional by the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Prank C. Lowden
Wle
Twelve Miners Dead In Alderson Coal Mine Disaster
Twelve miners are dead and three more are expected to die after an explosion at a Rock Taland Coal company mine in Alderson Oklo five miles east of here. Rescue teams work amid collapse and damaged passageways as authorities assess losses. Local officials say life in the mine is suspended pending further evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAllister
Oklo
Rock Taland Coal Company
Alderson
Here
Five member council to steer peace talks formed
Paris reports a new five member peace council including Lansing Pichon Balfour Tittoni and Makino will temporarily direct peace conference affairs. Italy demands all Austrian territorial provisions be settled in the Austrian treaty, signaling a possible delay in treaty completion. A committee to execute the German treaty reparations and outline the Bulgarian frontier was also appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Clemenceau
Lansing
Balfour
Pichon
Baron Makino
Viscount Chinda
Japan
Titton
Italy
Council of Five
M. Pichon
Tittoni
Council of Ten
Austria
Denver Plans Five Cent Car Fare Change
Denver council approved a five cent car fare to take effect next Sunday, repealing the six cent tramway ordinance. The streetcar company will cut workers and a likely strike by employees is anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Clemenceau to Deal With Iriah and Parish Derogation
A fragmented note indicates Iriah and Parish derogation are being handled within the peace conference framework. The matter is reported to be in the hands of Premier Chemoncean, as part of ongoing negotiations referenced by the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemenceau
Iriah
United States
Chemoncean
Positions Awaiting Service Men in New York
Seventy percent of soldiers discharged since the armistice have positions awaiting them. Colonel Arthur Woods, in charge of obtaining employment for discharged service men, denounced the delay and urged rapid placement and federal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arthur Woods
Wilson Ready 10 Battle For League
President Wilson urges acceptance of the peace treaty and the league of nations in a nationwide address via Secretary Tumulty. He says the charter will establish a new world order, uphold international law, protect nationality and minority rights, free trade, and bind nations to peace with moral accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
Tumulty
Germany
R T Back On The Job In St Louis Telegraphers
Members of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers nationwide were told on July 1 to resume handling Western Union and Postal Telegraph Company business. The ban on commercial work, linked to a nationwide strike by the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America, was lifted by order of J J Monten, president of the National Telegraphers. About 10,000 members were instructed to return from excess traffic diverted to railroad offices, citing public duty and railroad administration obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adi
Fragmentary War Report From American Troop Action
A partial OCR fragment describes American forces engaging in a battle with insurgent troops. It mentions KU, an officer and seven men, seventy wounded, and references actions on a date around the 20th with units and locations unclear due to illegible text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Teem
Ihtin
Mgal
Anthiolohak
Ktunianoyke
President Wilson Sails Home From Brest
President Wilson departed Brest on Sunday aboard the destroyer George Washington carrying the presidential party. The vessel left the harbor at 2 20 o'clock in the afternoon as Wilson begins his return journey to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brest
Wilson
United States
George Waabington
Three Killed at Croasing in Scappoose Oregon
Three persons were killed and two injured, one probably fatally, Sunday when a team on the Spokane Portland and Seattle Railway struck a private auto at a grade crossing near Scappoose, Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Seattle
Ore
Radical change in Mexican policy urged for American protection
Washington. A radical shift in policy may follow President Wilson’s return as Senator King predicts a near ultimatum to the Carranza government. He cites the Tampico murder and argues the United States must demand guarantees for American lives and property or intervene. The National Association for the Protection of American Rights in Mexico launches a nationwide campaign to rally public support and serve as a information clearinghouse for Congress and the administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Sennator King
Utah
John W. Correll
Tampico
Thesiay
Carranza
Mexico
United States
King
Germany
National Association For the Protection of American Rights
Congress
Dr Anna Shaw Dead In Moylan Pa
Philadelphia obituary notes the death of Dr Anna Shaw honorary president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association at her Moylan home. Age T1, prominent in the woman's committee on the council of national defense, awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for war work, fell ill in Springfield while on a lecture tour with former President Taft and President Lowell of Harvard University in support of the league of nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Anon Howard Shaw
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Moylan
Shaw
Woman's Committee
Council of National Defense
Springfield
Tadt
Lowell
Liarvard University
League of Nab Tlons
Telegraphers Strike Calls Off After Confernce With Union
The telegraphers strike in Chicago ended on July 2 under President J Konenkamp of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America after talks with union officials. He returned from Washington West and issued a statement blaming Postmaster General Burleson for the strike’s failure but expressing optimism for telegraphers’ future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konenkaimp
Burleson
Fire Destroys Ferry Terminal in New York City
Fire at the South Perry terminal of the city’s levied structure destroyed one train and damaged another. Both trains carried passengers with many aboard, including women, escaping injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferry Terminal
New York
Huns Are Making Gone Coblenz
In the seven months after armistice and police there was no production of cannon rifles airplanes or other war equipment seen in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coblenz
Germany
Better Fit Toastmaster Missteps in Dinner Talk
A dinner scene shows a Toastmaster apologizing for introducing a speaker as professor and the doctor joking that the title suits him better though he lacks practice. The exchange highlights light banter over professional titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Canard Echoes of a Failing Phonograph Record
A fragment quotes a judge lamenting overloading a phonograph with large records and a jokey miscue about a canary’s rate. The brief exchange hints at comic misunderstanding and social irony in a courtroom setting.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr, Egaz Moniz
The
Portuthe
Ormerly
Um Jenolige Bryan
Gron Biijon
Moe
United
Palmer Otayg
Army Post
Adriatic
Fiume
Certullien
Guilbaud
Haytia
Certullien Guilbaud
Beris
Croasing
DR. Anna Shaw
Konenkamp
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!