Massachusetts Delays Draft in Statewide Readiness
Massachusetts will not be ready for the draft for at least a week as officials rush card copying numbering and town by town lists. Washington plans draft after July 16 with exemption boards organized. the state awaits a Second Regiment report and final lists for divisional boards and mass enrollment.
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Washington
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State House
United States
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John
John Smith
Boston
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McCall
Gettemy
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Max Mitchell Escapes Wreck Near Scituate
Max Mitchell president of Cosmopolitan Trust Company with seven relatives narrowly escaped tragedy when a front wheel came off their car in Greenbush Scituate. The vehicle tilted and four passengers were thrown out while three clung to the car as it stopped against an embankment near the First Herring Brook bridge. None were hurt.
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Cosmopolitan Trust Company
Greenbush
Scituate
Herring Brook
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Rush to Beat Out the Draft
Recruiting in all branches surged as news of an imminent national army draft drew crowds to the Tremont Row army station. Applicants flooded in for service with infantry preferred under regular officers, signaling a push to join before conscription.
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National Army
Tremont Row
Navy Enlistment Drives At Tremont Street Stations Rapid
The navy reports strong enrolments at 146 Tremont Street with many youths entering the office from open to close. Enlistments may exceed quotas for quartermasters in aviation and machinists mates in the same corps. Marine Corps recruiters at 22 Tremont Row signed up a dozen men by nightfall. National Guard units continue to accept recruits for fighting roles. British recruiting mission officers note many non citizens applying from Massachusetts for overseas service with Canada’s contingents.
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Tremont Street
Bureau of Navigation
Marine Corps
Tremont Row
Massachusetts
Dominion
Tis Playtime in Cambridge
Amusement facilities opened at Cambridge municipal playgrounds with swings teeter boards slides and sand piles ready for children aged 9 to 11:30 mornings and 1:45 to 4:30 afternoons daily except Saturday. About 500 children attended under experienced instructors supervising seven baseball diamonds and girls play areas.
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Cambridge
Cambridge Field
East Cambridge
Only Two Bombs Found at Essen, Say Germans
Berlin's official report on the French air raid states two bomb holes were found at Essen, home of the Krupp Plant. Six bombs damaged villages nearby. casualties included a child killed at Ehrang and a man killed at Neunkirchen. An airman fell near the Saar after attacking Treves, which was bombed with a monastery set on fire.
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Berlin
Essen
Krupp
Speecher
Ehrang
Oberemmel
Neunkirchen
Diedenhofen
Treves
Saar
Spain Decides Not to Summon Parliament
MADRID July 9 The government said the present time was inopportune to summon Parliament after a cabinet meeting considered the request from Catalonian Senators and deputies. They warned they would call members to meet in Barcelona on July 19 if the government did not act.
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Madrid
Legislative Assembly
Barcelona
Russians Occupy Austrian Defences West of Stanislau
An Austro Hungarian general staff statement says Russian forces captured the first Austrian defence positions west of Stanislau in Galicia after two days of intense fighting.
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Stanislau
Galicia
Russians Seize Villages West of Stanislau in Galicia
The war office reports Russians captured several villages and over 7000 troops west of Stanislau in Galicia. They also seized 48 guns, 12 heavy, and numerous machine guns, while cavalry pursued retreating forces to the Lukva River.
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Stanislau
Galicia
War Office
Lukva River
Dolina
Korniloff
Lomnica
Jezupol
Ciezov
Pavelche
Rybno
Starylysiec
Lukva
Russians menace key to Lemberg in eastern Galicia
Halicz, the strategic gateway to Lemberg, faces a serious threat as Russians push a second major advance within ten days in eastern Galicia. They shifted toward Stanislau, capturing Jezupol near the Dniester and seizing four villages between the Lemberg Czernowitz line and the Lomnica River, about ten miles west.
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Lemberg
Galicia
Stanislau
Lemberg-Czernowitz
Jezupol
Dniester
Lomnica
Ciezov
Taken
Lemberg-Stanislau
Russian Offensive Advances Across Eastern Front With Captures
General Brussiloff’s forces seize over 7000 soldiers 131 officers 48 guns and various machine guns from Austro German lines. Russian attacks continue northwest of Stanislau as cavalry reach the Livka River. Berlin and Vienna acknowledge progress but claim German reserves checked the advance. Major General Hugh L Scott reports high morale and intent to fight. French repulse German drives south of the Chemin des Dames while Ottoman fronts see limited activity. Mesopotamian Persian frontier notes evacuations including Khanikin on the Diala River.
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Stanislau
Livka
Berlin
Vienna
Livka River
Halicz
Zlochoff
Bystritsa-Solotvina
Hugh L. Scott
Petrograd
Scott
Brzezany
Chemin Des Dames
Food Strikes Erupt in Cologne Factories
Food troubles trigger a large scale walkout at Cologne plants with both Socialist and Catholic unions participating. An official report says unions agreed to resume work the next day.
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Cologne
Copenhagen
Withdrawal of Russian forces near Persia and Mesopotamia
Official reports say Russian forces withdrew from the border area between Persia and Mesopotamia under Turkish pressure, evacuating Panjwin, Khanikin and Kasr-i-Shirin. British forces captured 35 prisoners in a southeast Hargicourt raid, and a hostile raid south east of Loos was repulsed. Germans captured French trenches on the Aisne and took 800 prisoners, while another German attack on the Chemin-des-Dames region failed. Russian attacks near Stanish Inn were halted by a German counter thrust.
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Mesopotamia
Panjwin
Khanikin
Kasr-i-Shirin
Petrograd
Hargicourt
Loos
London
Aisne
Berlin
Chemin-des-Dames
Bovetts
Chevregny Ridge
Paris
Stanish Inn
Austrian Cabinet Resigns After Short-Lived Term
The Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin reports the Austrian cabinet under Dr. von Seydler has decided to resign after two weeks in office since being formed on June 24. A new ministry is in formation following the six month tenure of Count Clam-Martinic.
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Amsterdam
Lokal Anezeiger
Berlin
von Seydler
Clam-Martinic
Air Raid Casualty Toll Revised After Saturday Attacks
London reports a total 43 killed and 197 injured from Saturday’s air raid. The metropolitan area accounts for 29 men 6 women 5 children killed and 98 men 44 women 52 children injured. Thanet Island records 1 man and 2 women killed and 2 women 1 child injured.
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Thanet Island
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