Russians Drive Germans From Lipa Lemberg And Kovel
In the Caucasus the Turks are being driven back as in the Erzerum days. British and French attacks on the German front near the Somme show a lull with no activity along the front from north of the Somme to Switzerland. German losses are described as enormous in recent battles, with heavy casualties in Delville Wood and multiple air engagements reported. The Leipsic redoubt to Delville wood line remains contested with limited gains and failed northern incursions.
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Caucasus
Erzerum
Somme
France
London
Paris
Switzerland
Leipzig
Haig
Delville Wood
Germans Penetrate Trenches on Leipsic Salient Briefly
British official report says German forces briefly occupied front trenches on the northern edge of the Leipsic salient but were driven out shortly after. Elsewhere along the line, calm prevailed with a lull in major fighting. The Royal Flying Corps continued bombing operations using favorable weather.
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Leipsic Salient
London
Royal Flying Corps
Austria Seeks Details on Submarine Attack on Petrolite
The State Department reports Austria-Hungary has asked for more information through Ambassador Penfield in Vienna about the Austrian submarine attack on the American tanker Petrolite. It is unclear if Vienna will apologize or punish the commander, with a reply to be sent soon.
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Austria
Washington
State Department
Austria - Hungary
Penfield
Vienna
Two Runaway Boys Reunited With Circus in Gloucester
Two fifteen year old boys from Haverhill named Daniel J. MacLoud and Norman Slassky ran away with a circus after hiring as water boys. The circus played in Haverhill yesterday and the youths were taken from the elephant pen in Gloucester tonight. Parents were notified and came to retrieve them.
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Gloucester
Haverhill
Daniel J. MacLoud
Norman Slassky
Elephant Pen
Front-line shifts and actions across WWI battle zones
British lines advance to Foureaux Wood north of Bazen tin and Longueval but lose part of the position. French hold and counter-attack south of Somme near Soyecourt. Russians retreat in Volhynia as Germans push west. Fromelles attack costs over 2000 killed and 500 prisoners. German line near Hardecourt breached, Vermandovillers salient penetrated.
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Bazentin and
Longueval
Foureaux Wood
London
Somme
Soyecourt
Paris
Soissons
Rheims
Verdun
Chattancourt
Fleury
Conflans
Mars-a-Tour
Longuyon
Brieulles
Volhynian
Volhynia
Zamniacze
Svininsky
Vienna
Fromelles
la Bassee
Berlin
Armenia
Gumuskhaneh
Baiburt
Nicholas
Petrograd
Pozieres
Vermandovillers
Hardecourt
la Bassee Canal
Lens
Argonne
Meuse
Vendresse
Aisne
Posieres
Bapaume
Riga
Dvina
Friedrichstadt
Deveten
West Bank
Smorgon
Prince Leopold of
Bavaria
von Linsingen
Werbes
Kornow
Werben
Count von Bothmer
Balkan
Poldhu
1Th
119Th
Wurttemburg
Ypres
Commission Finds Sir Sam Hughes Innocent
The Meredith Duff Royal Commission finds Sir Sam Hughes minister of militia not responsible for negotiating government fuse contracts with American manufacturers. The commission announced its findings today, stating there was no undue profit linked to him.
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Ottawa
Ont
Sam Hughes
Meredith-Duff Royal Commission
Walter Hines Page Granted Short Leave Home
The American ambassador Walter Hines Page and Mrs Page will depart London on July 29 for a month in the United States. He has not been home in three years and plans to visit Washington for a conference with the State Department.
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London
Walter Hines Page
Page
United States
Ambassador Page
Washington
State Department
Resinol Ointment Promoted For Skin Troubles
An advertisement urges readers to help a friend with eczema or itching by trying Resinol Ointment. It notes doctors have prescribed it for years and stresses it as a soothing, healing dressing free from harsh drugs that usually helps such cases. Free samples are offered by mail from Baltimore.
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Dept
Resinol
Baltimore
Russian gains in Galicia and Caucasus fronts reported
Petrograd says Russian troops defeated Austro Hungarians near the Styr and Lipa confluence capturing over 160 prisoners and advancing on Berestechko. It also cites Gumuskhaneh capture near Trebizond and progress in the Caucasus with large prisoner numbers and material gains.
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Petrograd
London
Styr
Lipa
Berestecik
Dvina
Verbene
Berestechk
Tatarnoff
Kozin
Prubno
Gumuskhaneh
Trebizond
Turkish
Armenia
War Office
Nicholas
Baiburt
Erzignan
Mamakhatum
Diwizlyk
Erzingan
Kialkitschevisi
Rivandousa
Mozule
Sakoharoff
Kimpolung
Southjo Bukowina
Waleputna
French Front Quiet Amid Counterattacks Repulsed
Paris reports a largely quiet western front yesterday with German counterattacks repulsed near Soyecourt and Belfort minor bomber damage. Belgian lines saw artillery exchanges south of Nieuwpoort and around Dixmude as batteries targeted Steenstraete. The Somme area remained calm except for a costly assault south of Soyecourt thwarted by French fire.
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Paris
War Office
Belfort
Nieuwport
Dixmude
Steenstraete
The
Somme
Soyecourt
Chaulnes
German War Update From Berlin Reports Major Fromelles Assault
Berlin dispatch details an English attack near Fromelles with Bavarian forces claiming 2000+ enemy killed and 481 prisoners. The report notes heavy fighting along the Somme front, with vast German counterattacks and captures, plus air battles and Balkan theater updates.
Austro-Hungarian Forces Withdraw Near Styr and Lipa
Vienna reports Austro-Hungarian troops retreat under Russian pressure to new positions in the Berestewik area after heavy artillery and German forces at Werben. The statement notes Russian advances were halted at the Lipa mouth as the withdrawal proceeded to avoid encirclement.
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Styr
Lipa
Vienna
London
Berestewik
War Office
Werben
Berestechk
Italian War Office Report From Adige and Isonzo Fronts
The war office states that heavy enemy shelling of Ala and other Adige valley towns prompted a Riva Arco and Rovereto bombardment by Italian forces. Italian troops repulsed enemy attacks at Monte Maio and captured additional trenches while asphyxiating shells caused no harm at Casetana head. Isonzo fighting included artillery exchanges with Monfalcone shelled and Doberdo Jamiano and St Giovanni bombarded in reply.
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Rome
London
War Office
Ala
Adige Valley
Riva
Arco
Rovereto
Posina
Monte Maio
Casetana
Bolle
Isonzo
Monfalecone
Doberdo
Jamiano
St. Giovanni
Captured German submarine mine layer inspected in dockyard
The German sub marine mine layer, seized by the British, was visited by an Associated Press representative before public exhibition in the Thames. The vessel features six forward mine cells, no torpedo tubes, a crew of thirteen bluejackets and five officers, and is credited with laying over two hundred mines on routes near the British coast prior to capture on its 21st voyage.
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London
Associated Press
Thames
Germany
Russia Warns Turks Over Hospital Ships
A Reuters dispatch reports Russia will disregard The Hague rules regarding Turkish hospital ships. The hospital ship Portugal was sunk by a Turkish submarine in the Black Sea in March with many wounded aboard and 115 deaths. On July 9 the V periode, succeeding Portugal, was torpedoed and sunk en route to Batum with wounded soldiers aboard.
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Russia
London
Reuter Petrograd
United States
Spain
Portugal
Black Sea
Batum
Food Riots Quelled in Belgium and North France
Rotterdam reports say German authorities suppressed food riots in Belgium and northern France. Cities affected include Liege Verviers Roubaix Renaix Saint Nicholas Lokeren Termonde. Food shortages stem from lack of tonnage and a German embargo on import of Dutch foods, hampering relief efforts by the Belgium relief commission.
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Rotterdam
London
Belgium
France
Liege
Verviers
Roubeix
Renaix
St. Nicholas
Lokern
Termonde
Commission For Relief
Italy Declares War on Germany and Seizes German Property
A ministerial decree in Rome places German persons and property on the same footing as Austrians and Hungarians. Allies of Austria are treated as enemies with sequestration of subjects and goods. German interests in Italy drop from about 250 thousand to 150 million dollars, and remaining Germans face concentration camps or exile.
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Rome
Paris
Austria
Italy
Germany
Police officer injured in Everett limousine crash
State Police Officer Silas P. Smith was severely hurt and his chauffeur Charles E. Smith of Brookline was bruised when a limousine they rode in collided with a street car in Everett yesterday afternoon.
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Silas P. Smith
Charles E. Smith
Brookline
Everett
Narrow escape after Linden Street crash injures two men
A car collision at the Bucknam and Linden streets junction left Smith with severe facial and head cuts, a wrenched leg, and multiple bruises as he was hurled through a windshield. The other occupants were uninjured. air tanks on the car exploded loudly before authorities transported Smith to Dr Conroy and then to his Point of Pines residence.
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Bucknam
Linden Streets
Smith
Linden Street
West Medford
P. J. Conroy
Point of Pines
Piano Workers Increase Members in Boston Meeting
A meeting at Faneuil Hall aimed to grow the Piano and Musical Instruments Workers' International Union of America. The secretary reported more than 17 new membership applications. Speakers included Henry Abrams of the Cigar Makers' Union and Anthony Homan of the Piano and Musical Instruments Workers' Union.
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Piano and Musical Instruments Workers’ International Union of America
Faneuil Hall
Boston
Henry Abrams
Cigar Makers’ Union
Anthony Homan
Piano and Musical Instrument Workers’ Union
Strike ends at Revere Rubber Chelsea plant
Seven hundred workers at the Revere Rubber Company Chelsea plant voted to end the strike after accepting the company wage scale. The new terms set a 44 hour week for men and a 53 hour week for women, with workers to return to duties on Monday.
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Revere
Chelsea
Revere Rubber Company
Dniester floods aid German wartime redeployment
Floods along the Dniester favor the Austro German forces by freeing troops to reinforce Kovel Vladimire Volynski and Bukowina Transylvania fronts. Summer waters rise 6 to 7 feet, submerging large areas and halting operations for about a month, with a cease in fighting expected on Buczacz Kolomea roads.
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London
Dniester
Kovel-Vladimire-Volynski
Bukowina-Transylvania
Reuter
Petrograd
Buczacz
Kolomea
Brooklyn Man Arrested for Driving Without Lights
William Berger of 677 Carroll Street Brooklyn was charged with operating an automobile without lights and without an operator's license. Patrolman Jeremiah Buckley arrested him at Columbus Avenue and Dartmouth Street last evening as Berger, his wife and friends in the car, said he had forgotten to light the headlights while returning from Old Orchard.
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William Berger
Carroll Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jeremiah Buckley
South End
Columbus Avenue
Dartmouth Street
Berger
Old Orchard
Middlesex Boston Street Railway Workers Reject Wage Rise
Middlesex Boston Street Railway Company employees vote unanimously to reject the proposed wage increase of 24, 26, and 30 cents for the first three years. They demand 80, 34, and 88 cents an hour and will submit the dispute to arbitration.
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Middlesex “ Boston Street Railway Company
Massachusetts cavalry seeks to keep Captain Roberts as commander
Congressman James A. Gallivan for the Massachusetts cavalry appeals to the Secretary of War to extend Captain Thomas A. Roberts command of the New England division with the rank of colonel.
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James A. Gallivan
Boston
Massachusetts Cavalry
Secretary of War
Thomas A. Roberts
New England Division of Cavalry
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