China Civil War Sparks Flee and Frontline Battles
Reports from Beijing and Shanghai say President Li Yuan Hung fled the palace and is safe in the Japanese legation as southern forces pursue a republic, while Fung Kuck Jung directs troops from Nanking. Dispatches note a manifesto by southern provinces refusing monarchy and growing naval revolt concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
China
Chinese Nationalist League
League
Li Yuan Hung
Pekin
Fung Kuck Jung
Nanking
the Commercial Tribune
London
Peking
Chang-Hsun
Hsuan Tung
Reuter
Shanghai
Feng Kwo- Chang
Hsun Tung
Chang Hsun
Picnic Boosts St Joseph Orphan Asylum Funds
More than 40 000 people attend the fifty fourth annual picnic at Cumminsville raising about 22000 for the St Joseph Orphan Asylum. Arch bishop Moeller and Mayor Padilla joined patriotic addresses and a 1000 voice chorus performed The Star Spangled Banner as festivities continued into night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s Asylum
St. Joseph Orphan Asylum
Cumminsville
Cincinnati
Charles Finn Williams
George Padilla
Richard Crane
John Galvin
Alfred G- Allen
Henry Moeller
D.D
Williams
Jerome O’reagan
Anthony B. Dunlap
George W. Tibbles
Asylum
Lawrence Becker
Daniel Butler
J. Dominic Cloud
Joseph F. Costello
Frank Burns
John F.egan
Louis Flannagan
Robert F. Heath
John J. Hogan
John J. Vogelpohl
Albert R. Hoffman
George H. Magavin
William R. Mc
Comedy Riot At White House Protest Triggers 18 Arrests
A suffrage demonstration by the Woman's party in front of the White House ends in a comedy riot with eighteen arrests. Leaders Lucy Burns and other suffragists clash with police as banners are ripped away. Several women held for unlawful assemblage. men charged with disorderly conduct. President Wilson was aboard a Potomac yacht during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Woman's Party
White House
Wilson
Potomac
House of Detention
A. L. Simpson
John Jones
W. J. Cain
C. E. Morgan
Kitty Marion
Jones
Lucy Burns
Lucy, Burns
Joy. Young
Vida Milholland
L. A. Greene
New York
Margaret Whittemore
Detroit
Walter Adams
Norfolk
Elizabeth Stuyvesant
Cincinnati
Helena Hill Weed
Norwalk
Americans Celebrate Fourth of July in Paris Parade
In Paris the Fourth of July was celebrated with a vast crowd as General Pershing and American expeditionary forces were reviewed near the Court of Honor. President Poincare and French dignitaries attended as bands played the Marseillaise and The Star-Spangled Banner. Pershing declared the day marks America's entry into the war and the nation’s commitment to aid France.
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Paris
France
Rue de Verenne
Republican Guards
Pershing
the Invalides
Court of Honor
United States
Napoleon
Marne
Alsace
Poincare
Charlemagne
d’Artagnan
Marshal Joffre
America
Weather Synopsis and July 4 Weather Readings
The report lists regional forecasts fair and warmer conditions for Ohio and West Virginia with thunder showers possible in later days, similar patterns for Indiana Kentucky and Tennessee, followed by temperature readings and a Cincinnati July Ninth record section. It includes city weather highs and lows for Montreal Denver Seattle Chicago St Louis and more with wind directions and rainfall notes.
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Ohio
Tennessee
West
Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
German air raid kills eleven in Harwich and injures thirty six
London July 4 A German raid on the Essex seaport of Harwich killed eleven people and left thirty six injured as twelve to fourteen enemy planes attacked shortly after 7 am. British anti aircraft guns and planes fought back, the Germans briefly penetrated inland before retreating seaward.
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Harwich
Essex County
War Office
Essex
Bruges
Lietervelde
Belgium
Oine
Heintz Urges Ohio Guards to Rush to Russia
Special Dispatch from The Commercial Tribune reports Rep. Victor Heintz of Cincinnati proposes sending Ohio and other state National Guards to Russia to bolster the fight there. Heintz argues 100,000 volunteers and Guardsmen could quickly adapt, boosting democracy and morale, and warns delays could cost a crucial opportunity amid stalled mobilization and seniority disputes.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
National Guard
Ohio
Russia
Victor Heintz
Cincinnati
Baker
Heintz
Ohio Infantry
Europe
France
U S Aviation School Opened in France
Seventy American mechanics and sailors arrived at Toulon to start an aviation school in connection with the French naval air center at St Raphael. Lieutenants Kenneth Whiting and Griffin command the group to study construction and repair of airplanes.
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Toulon
France
Kenneth, Whiting
Griffin
St. Raphael
German Double Offensive Opens at Verdun and Aisne Fronts
British and French observers note a major scale German drive at Verdun with Crown Prince leading fierce attacks on Le Mort Homme Hill 304 and Avecourt wood while simultaneous pressure grows along the Aisne heights. Russia reports large enemy losses in Galicia as fronts elsewhere see clashes.
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The
Commercial Tribune
London
Verdun
Meuse
le Mort Homme
Dead Man Hill
Avecourt Wood
Paris
Aisne River
St. Quentin
Arras
West Flanders
Ypres
Ostend
Galicia
Russian War Office
Castagnievizza
Corso
Workhouse Sentences Meted Out To Autoists For Driving While Drunk
Judge Yeatman in Municipal Police Court on the Fourth of July morning enforced the new traffic law against intoxicated drivers. Max Taylor of 4647 Spring Grove avenue received ten days in the Workhouse and a $100 fine plus costs after his car hit a fire plug on Dixmyth and Clifton. Emil Ennis of 3015 Bathgate street was fined $50 and given a two day Workhouse sentence. he secured a ten day Stay of Execution. A total of 38 traffic law violations appeared on the docket, many for headlamp and tail light offenses, disposed of by dismissal or suspended sentences.
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United States
the Republic
Queen City
Cincinnati
George Puchta
St. Joseph Orphanage
Cumminsville
Thelma Renke
Livingston Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
John Schulte
Calhoun Street
F. F. Hellmann
Broadway
Robert Miller
Mitchell Avenue
Robert Hayward
Clinton Springs Avenue
General Hospital
Yeatman
Max Taylor
Spring Grove Avenue
Taylor
Eighth District
Dixmyth Avenue
Clifton Avenue
Emil Ennis
Bathgate Street
Plum
Longworth Streets
Ennis
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Clay
Jesus
Robert O'Brien
Patrick Kilgariff
John Fehring
William F. Reussenzehn
Holy Angelis
Dnrty
Stephen Decatur
Cincinna
William Timmer Carnes
Mr. Carnes
J. C. Harbord
General Pershing
Court OF
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Azores
Ponte del Gada
Rine
Montreal
Sance City
Jacksonville
Denver
Piutsburg
Seattle
Nooga
Portland
Chicago
San Frcisco
St. Louia
Winnipeg
Omaha
Kamloops
U. S
Aisne
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