Belgians Feted by Boston City in Mass Rally
A 10 000 strong Boston crowd crowded Faneuil Hall and the Common to welcome Belgian envoys Baron Moncheur and staff. Mayor Curley led tributes to Belgian courage, pledging U S support for restoration of Belgian rights as Bourke Cochran and Lt Governor Coolidge attended and spoke. A large parade followed with bands and a state dinner at Copley Plaza.
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Boston
Little Kingdom
England
France
Baron Moncheur
Faneuil Hall
State House
Germany
America
Curley
Ruddock
State Department
Belgium
Paris
Bourke Cockran
North Station
W. F. Kenney
Standish Willcox
Copley Plaza
Bourke Cochran
City Hall
Custom House
Boston Park System
Algonquin Club
Commonwealth Avenue
Rourke Cochran
Parkman Bandstand
Governor McCall
Clarence E. Edwards
E. S. Mansfield
K. Sumner Mansfield
Coolidge
LeClerq
Bar Harbor
Wiliam F. Kenney
Boston Public Library
Old State House
Parad Bourke Cochran
Mc‘all
Edwards
Honedala
New York
Bunker Hill
Lexington Green
Concord Bridge
Minute Men
Massachusetts
Copley Square
Larz Anderson
Reddington Fiske
Joseph O'Neil
Belgian Relief Fund Commission
Colonel Prescott
Concord
Colonial Inn
Wilson
King Albert
le Clercq
Harvard College Ward
Boston College
Belgians Toasted by Massachusetts Delegates in Historic Welcome
Belgian envoys receiving ovations in Boston as Governor McCall Baron Moncheur and ex Governor Bates praise Belgium’s cause and America’s role. The visit featured demonstrations at the State House and a crowd watching war footage while flags of allied nations united in song and homage.
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America
McCall
Belgium
Germany
United States
Commonwealth
Curley
Executive Chamber
Capitol
State House
Council Chamber
Samuel L. Powers
Legislative Chamber
Baron Moncheur
MceCall
Bates
France
Bosporus
Europe
Thermopylae
Liege
Military Parade Rosters Listed for Today
Brigadier General E Leroy Sweetser serves as chief marshal. The lineup includes one battalion Coast Artillery with band, one company Marines, two battalions from the navy yard, two reservist battalions from Commonwealth pier, multiple National Guard regiments under Col Stover Col Sweetser Col Perry Col Logan, Coast Artillery from forts under Col Quimby, First Engineers under Lt Col Perkins, First Squadron Cavalry under Maj Perkins, First Battalion Signal Corps under Maj Chase, Eleventh Massachusetts State Guard under Col Sullivan, Thirteenth State Guard under Col Frothingham, Motor Battalion under Lt Col Decrow, Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, and unions Union Belge of Boston and Union Franco-Belge of Lawrence.
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Navy Yard
Commonwealth Pier
Stover
Sweetser
Perry
Logan
Coast Artillery Corps
Forts
Quimby
First Engineer
Perkins
Signal Corps
Chase
Massachusetts State Guard
Sullivan
State Guard
Frothingham
Decrow
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Union Belge
Boston
Union Franco-Belge
Lawrence
War News in Brief From Fronts Across Europe
Reports from official sources describe German attacks near Cerny in the Aisne. Russian retirement across the Zbrock at Dniester. Austro-Hungarian entry into Czernowitz capital of Bukovina. British gains east of Monchy le Preux. Kimpelung evacuated by Russians. Italian air squadrons bombing Pola arsenal and naval works.
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Cerny
Aisne
Paris
Galicia
Zbrock
Dniester
Petrograd
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Berlin
Vienna
Monchy le Preux
London
Kimpelung
Pola
Austria-Hungary
Adriatic
Turmoil in Petrograd as Governor Assassinates Rife
Turmoil grips Petrograd as opposition grows to the provisional government. Minister of agriculture M. Tchernoff resigns amid charges he aided the German general staff. Premier Kerensky accepts the move while hoping for his rehabilitation.
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Tchernoff
Kerensky
M. Tchernoff
Petrograd
Neckrasoff
Associated Press
Switzerland
Russia
Constitutional Democrats
M. Tehernoff
M. Terestchenko
Council of Peasants’ Delegates
British Take Saint Julien Near Ypres In Weeklong Drive
Field Marshal Haig’s forces re established in Saint Julien northeast of Ypres after recapturing the town. Ground was gained south of Hollebeke and British artillery repelled German attacks near Ypres. On Tuesday the allied advance held 6122 German prisoners.
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Ypres
Haig
Saint Julien
Hollebeke
Teutons
German and Russian Front Moves Amid Night Attacks and Retreats
German forces entered British trenches near Monchy le Preux and launched raids along the western front as British counterattacks recaptured most positions. In Russia, the front lines retreated from Tarnopol toward the Romanian border with Bukowina largely in German hands and Czernowitz occupied. The push toward Kamyents Podolsky aims at Odessa, while a new Petrograd political crisis emerges.
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Monchy le Preux
Arras
Cerny
Aisne
Tarnopol
Petrograd
Zbrocz
Dniester
Pruth
Bukowina
Teutons
Czernowitz
Kimpelung
Galicia
Kamenets Podolsky
Odessa
Russia
Black Sea
General Gurko Arrested Says Petrograd Report
London August 3 Reuters Petrograd report says General Gurko former commander of the southern armies of the western front has been arrested.
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Gurko
Petrograd
London
Russian Western Front
Reuter
Big Military Turnout in Boston Parade to Honor Belgians
A mass parade in Boston on a day of Belgian visits features 13 000 soldiers and sailors, with Major General Bancroft predicting the largest turnout yet. The Belgian Commission tours historic sites before a 3 pm march from Arlington Street to Tremont Street ending at the Common.
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Copley Plaza
Algonquin Club
Massachusetts National Guard
Massachusetts
France
Hugh Bancroft
Boston
City Hall
State House
Arlington Street
Commonwealth Avenue
Tremont Street
Temple Place
Washington
High
Federal
Broad
State
Beacon
Charles
Belgium Socialist Official Sees Russia Austria Accord Near
Camille Huysmans the Belgian secretary of the international Socialist conference told Handelsblad in Copenhagen that Russia and Austria Hungary are close to an understanding. The interview was published in a Danish dispatch to a London telegram service.
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London
Camille Huysmans
International Socialist Conference
Handelsblad
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Motano Sunk by German Submarine With Heavy Losses
London reports the American tank steamer Motano of 2750 tons gross sunk July 31 by a German submarine. Eight naval gunners and sixteen crewmen perished, twenty two survivors landed by Aug. 1 from the wreck.
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London
U S Tanker Fought U Boat and Escaped
An American gasoline laden tanker reports a running duel with a German submarine on July 10 near the French coast. The tanker, arriving Aug 3, said the U boat fired a torpedo and 21 deck shots, the American gunners replying with 16 shots without visible effect.
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Atlantic
Passengers for Russia Held Up at Christiania
Detention at Christiania Norway of about six hundred passengers bound for Russia prompts the American legation to urge travelers to confirm the situation before leaving the United States through the State Department.
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Russia
Christiania
Washington
Norway
State Department
United States
London Post Praises Gompers Message Across Atlantic
The London Post applauds Samuel Gompers head of the American Federation of Labor for declining to join the international socialist conference. It states America provides timely leadership while British ministers lack conviction and says an international conference without America would be weak, urging independence from Ramsay MacDonald and his confederates.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of [Labor
M. Jouhaux
General Federation of Labor
W. A. Appleton
General Federation of Trade Unions
International Socialist Conference
America
Gompers
Ramsay Macdonald
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