Allied push advances on multiple fronts amid heavy German losses
Allied troops press the offensive along the Somme and Italian fronts. Australian forces seize Hamel village and push beyond it toward Vatre wood. British and French units widen their front by several hundred yards while taking hundreds of prisoners. German morale dips as Americans repulse a major counterattack at Vaux and Boils de la Roche.
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London
Pllles
Vaux
Vaux and Boils de la Roche
Maris
Villers-Bretonneux
Somme
Hamel
Vatre
Sommy
Ancre
Plave
War Office
Senator Tillman Dies After Cerebral Hemorrhage
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina dies at his Washington home on July 8 from a cerebral hemorrhage. A veteran of 24 years in Congress and former governor, he chaired the Senate Naval Affairs Committee and influenced southern Democratic leadership and naval policy. He is the eighth senator to die since the United States entered the war, with others named Lane Hursting Newlinds Nevadey Brady Kieho Blughes Broussand Dloulstain and Stone.
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Grim Reaper
Washington
United States
Benjamin R. Tillman
Congress
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
South Carolina
Tillman
Senator Tillman
Senate
Senator Lane
Oregon
Hursting
Wisconsin
Newlinds
Nevadey Brady
Kieho
Blughes
New Jersey
Broussand
Dloulstain
Stone
Missouri
Hundred ships launched to aid Europe effort
On July 4 Philadelphia celebrated with one hundred slips and ships launched as part of a nationwide mobilization. By July 8 the first slip was launched at Superior Wisconsin as cargo carriers and vessels were sent to support the ocean bridge for fighting forces in Europe.
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Philadelphia
Superior
Wiswath
Europe
Laclede Honors Pershing Day Readied This July Fourth
Laclede Missouri decked with flags for Pershing Day to salute John J Pershing the leader of the American Expeditionary Force The observance highlights a patriotic ceremony and hometown recognition marked on the national holiday schedule from the period.
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Laclede
Pershing
Bloch
International Baptist Young Peoples union opens in Cedar Tapida
About six hundred delegates from the United States and Canada gathered at Cedar Tapida on July 4 to attend the opening session of the International Baptist Young Peoples union convention.
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Baptist Union
Cedar Tapida
Llowa
De Palma Wins Liberty 100-Mile Auto Race
Cinchamitl Ralph De Palma led the Liberty classic at Bhuronyville speedway on July 4 finishing almost a full lap ahead of Tommy Milton. Ralph Mulford finished third in the 100 mile event.
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de Palma
Cinchamitl
Ralph de Palma
Bhuronyville Speedway
Hoichiog
Tommy Milton
Ralph Mulford
Wilson Advises Federal Control of Tele/Telegraph Systems
President Wilson approved a bill granting federal power to seize and operate telegraph, telephone, marine cable and radio systems during the war. Rep. Aswell of Louisiana introduces the measure as a safeguard for military and public communications. Burleson urges passage, warning paralysis of electrical networks could harm war efforts.
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Washington
Wilson
Capitol
Congress
Bakers and Daniels
Burleson
Aswell
Louisiana
House Interstate Commerce Commission
Sims
Gneral Burleson
Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America
Representative Aswell
Metal Trades Strike Ends in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake machine shops resumed operations Tuesday after a nine day strike by 600 metal trades unionists begun June 22. After talks with shop owners and Federal Conciliator Captain Charles T. Connell an agreement grants workers a one dollar daily wage increase.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
Charles T. Connell
Senator’s Wife Killed in Auto Crash Near Newberg
Mrs Charles L. McNary wife of U S Senator McNary died in an automobile accident near Newberg Oregon Her sister Mrs K I Boise of Salem was injured in the wreck Telephone advices from the scene reported the tragedy and injuries to the relative personages involved
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Portland
Charles L. McNary
United States
McNary
Newberg
Ore
Kt. I. Boise
Salem
Conscription plans endure after Irish volunteers talk
Raymond T. Baker, director of the mint, who recently wed Mrs. Reginald Gwynne Vanderbilt, says in London that the conscription program is not abandoned. Viscount French, the lord lieutenant, stated in a Wednesday speech that there was no idea of dropping the conscription plan despite calls for Irish volunteers.
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Raymond T. Baker
The
Mint
Reginald Gwynne Vanderbilt
London
Viscount French
Lord Lewtenant
Martial Law Looms in Austria-Hungary Over Food Crisis
Swiss dispatches report that due to a severe food shortage in Austria-Hungary, martial law is expected to be proclaimed across the empire. The note cites urgent measures anticipated in response to the crisis in Vienna and surrounding regions.
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Austria
Paris
Chireday
Austria-Hungary
Empire
Llandovery Castle Sunk by German Submarine off Irish Coast
German submarine torpedoed the hospital ship Llandovery Castle, 70 miles from the Irish coast, on June 27. The 11,000 ton vessel carried 258 people including 80 medical corps and 14 nurses. only 24, including the captain, survived. The attack, claimed to be without warning, left many dead in engine rooms as lights remained burning and crew could not respond. Nursing Sister Margaret Frazier, daughter of Nova Scotia's former lieutenant governor, served aboard.
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London
Llandovery Castle
England
Canada
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Corps
Pean Aviation
Sylvester
Margaret Frazier
Duncan Cameron Frazier
Nova Scotia
Germany peace terms demand vast territorial reparations
A reported Germain peace program published in Nachrichten of Goer lite outlines demands for Britain to surrender its fleet to Germany, return Gibraltar to Spain, restore Egypt and Suez to Turkey, and pay at least 45 billion dollars. Belgium and French territory would also be given up. The program is attributed to Count Roon, a Prussian lord, via a Havas dispatch from Basle.
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Paris
Great Britain
Germany
Gibraltar
Spain
Egypt
Suez Canal
Turkey
France
United States
Belgium
French
Goerlite
Prussia
Count Roon
House of Lords
Havas
Basle
Railways See Income Rise in Early Government Control
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports higher operating income for 123 large railroads in the first five months under government control, totaling 105,104 883 dollars more than the same period last year, signaling a rebound in earnings during the transition.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Germany Accepts Invitation to War Prisoner Conference
Germany accepted the United States invitation to send representatives to Berne Switzerland for a conference on August 5 with the American delegation. The talks will cover exchange and treatment of prisoners of war.
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Germany
Washington
United States
Berne
Switzerland
Senate adds 25 million for ten new drydocks in bill
Ten new drydocks are to be built with 25 million dollars added by the senate appropriations committee to the pending army civil appropriation bill at the request of the shipping board.
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Washington
The
Shipping Board
Senate Appropriations Committee
Extension on Freight Rates Granted to Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted railroads an additional thirty days to file schedules of increased freight rates ordered by Director General McAdoo in Washington.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission Bank
McAdoo
Americans Break German Front Near Hill 204
American troops in France shattered a German regiment west of Hill 204 near Vaux, penetrating about a kilometer and a half on a four kilometer front. They captured many prisoners as the front line endured heavy shelling and advanced through enemy nests.
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France
Hill
Vaux
Destructive Fire Wrecks Aetna Chemical Plants
Movant Union and Pax-Fire destroyed four Aetna Chemical buildings and about 450000 pounds of gun cotton. Estimated losses reach 9000000 with no loss of life reported.
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Movant Union
Aetna Chemical Company
Delay in Mailing Checks Explained in Washington
A misunderstanding of war risk insurance by enlisted men or dependents has caused much of the delay in mailing monthly allotment and allowance checks.
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Washington
Feeding Soldiers On The Transports On War Time
An article describes how soldiers are fed at sea aboard transports. It notes 210000 meals daily and 180 food varieties, with huge quantities of bread, beef, eggs, potatoes, fruit, and other supplies. It also covers parcel post reforms, dental corps expansion, and efforts to improve camp sanitation and labor mobility.
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Dental Corps
United States Army
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