Warsaw Burns as Russian Forces Hold and Withdraw
Trotzky reported that Warsaw and surrounding fortifications are being burned as Russians retreat from the city. German plans include a ceremonial entry into Warsaw while Petrograd notes signal heavy Russian rear-guard actions and stubborn defense along the Narew and Bug rivers.
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Narew
von Fuelow
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Marshal von Mackensen
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Russia
Trefensive
France
Alsace
Muenster
Belgium
Stockholm
Petrograd
Lemberg
Evacuation of Warsaw as Russo German advance grows
A Chicago Daily News correspondent reports on the mass evacuation of Warsaw as Russian forces pull back. He describes rail and road dispersal of refugees, destruction of docks and factories, removal of church treasures, and widespread abandonment of the city amid a push toward Moscow.
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Chicago
Warsaw
Chicago Daily News Today
Stockholm
United Fruit Cashier Inman Missing After Funds Shortage
United Fruit Company reports cashier George S Inman vanished following a funds shortage tied to his bond with National Surety. Officials say he resigned as treasurer and is not believed to have been arrested, with investigators tracing his movements from Boston to Manhattan and locating his wife at 1197 Beacon Street as private detectives monitor the case.
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Inman
State Street
United Fruit
Exchange
Beacon Street
Post
E. W. Ong
Storey, Thorndike, Palmer & Dodge
United Fruit Company
George S. Inman
National Surety Company
Charles A. Hubbard
Ong
Surety
New York
Inmans
Russian Front Advances Halted After Allied Offensives
The Vienna war office reports renewed Allied offensives from the Vistula to the Bug with a 20 kilometer breakthrough west of Vieprez to Chmiel. Austro-Hungarian and German forces seize positions near Chmiel and Piaski Biskupice while Russians retreat, burning farms as pursuit continues northwest of Ivangorod.
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Vienna
London
War Office
Vistula
Bug
Vieprez
Chmiel
Piaski-Biskupice
Kowala
Belzyce
Krasnostaw
Wojsiawice
Ivangorod
German army claims victories on eastern and western fronts
Berlin reports western theatre mining actions and French trench clashes near Perthes as Lingekopf and Banenkopf battles continue. In the east, Vistula crossings yield 800 prisoners and five machine guns as Austro German forces push east of the Vistula and the Prussian guard advances near Krupe and Wojsiawice. Russians begin evacuations along the front north of Grubeczow.
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Bertin
von Mackensen
Vieprez
Bug
Berlin
le Pretre
Gorizia
Geneva
Pelagosa
Adriatic
Rome
Ypres-Roulers
Longueval
Chatel
Argonne
Barthecourt
Lorraine
Paris
Pechelbronn
Alsace
Detwiller
Phalsbourg
Perthes
Vosges
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Banenkopf
von Woyrsch
Vistuls
Pilica
Kozienice
Sandomierz
von Mackenser
Wieprz
Piaski
Biskupice
Krupe
Krasnostny
Wojsiawice
Grubeczow
Will Present Leelanaw Claim This Morning
Berlin reports that American notes on the sinking of the US steamer Leelanaw by a German submarine off the Orkney Islands last Sunday will likely be presented to the German government by Ambassador James W. Gerard on Saturday morning.
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Kaiser
Warsaw
Russia
Petrograd
United States
Orkney Islands
James W. Gerard
Lavish Spender George S Inman Cited Inquiries
Neighbors recall George S Inman as a spendthrift with multiple city and Brookline addresses. He funded expensive photographs of his two wives sent to various residences including 45 Mt Vernon street and 2 Marlboro street. He lived at the Hotel Westminster in winter 1907.
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George S. Inman
Beacon Street
Brookline
Westminster
New York
Mountfort Street
Marlboro Street
Mt. Vernon Street
Chestnut Street
Retired to Farm: Hubbard Resigns as United Fruit Treasurer
Mrs. Hubbard says Charles A. Hubbard left his post as United Fruit Company treasurer after 15 or 16 years to live on his Hampshire farm. He is 58, married with two children, and reportedly jetted on a business trip with plans to reach Mt. Vernon by Saturday. The shortage amount cited to her son was 4000 dollars.
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Brookline
Inmans
Charles A. Hubbard
United Fruit Company
Beacon Street
Newton Centre
Mt. Vernon
Wnhl
Newton
Harry
Mrs. Hubbard
French War Front Dispatch Reports Raids and Bombing
Paris reports no infantry action on the front with artillery battles in Belgium and Champagne. Bombardments targeted Ypres Roulers rail line Passchendaele and several German positions, plus air raids on Dornac h Fribours Chauny and Pechelbronn works. All aircraft returned safely.
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Belgium
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Steenstraete
Quennevieres
Champagne
Auberive
Suippe
Argonne
Saint Hubert
Meuse
Moselle
Mortmore Wood
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Longueval
Combres
Brimont
Rheims
Chatel
Burthecourt
Lorraine
Wissembourg
Alsace
Pechelbronn
Detwiller
Phaisbourg
Phalsbourg
Foss Wants Eight Hour Day as Strike Ties to Prohibition
Labor leaders meet with Governor Foss at the Becker plant to press for an eight hour day while noting his support for prohibition as economic policy. Foss promises 54 hours pay for August and a 10 percent raise for competent workers, but avoids committing to September terms. The union committee leaves disappointed as talks end without agreement.
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Governor Foss
Quincy House
John M. Tobin
The
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P. J. Conlon
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Roscoe L. Hall
New England
O. I. Preble
Pattern Makers
Hyde Park
Prohibition
Manufacturers’ Association
Foss
Wilson
Mr. Foss
Two Vessels Sunk in North Atlantic Claims
The Norwegian steamship Trondhjemsfjorden was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The Belgian steamer Prince Albert also sunk by a mine. Both crews saved. Trondhjemsfjorden sailed from New York July 13 bound for Bergen Christiania and other Nordic ports.
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Trondhjemsfijord
Trondhiemsfjord
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Christiansand
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