Loss of San Diego Near Fire Island Still Unexplained
The San Diego sinking off Fire Island remains unexplained as Navy officials weigh mine or torpedo causes. About 1,183 crew were landed. unofficial counts put aboard at 1,255 with up to 72 deaths. Admiral Palmer released a detailed account of the sinking and rescue, noting the ship listed heavily, capsized, and quick darkness followed the blast.
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Associated Press
Washington
Fire Island
United States
San Diego
Navy Department
Palmer
H. H. Christy
Admiral Palmer
Fuller
United States Steamship
Hawthorne
Millen
Christy
Weather across states shows fair warm patterns and showers
The region reports fair and warm in Ohio Indiana and Kentucky with Sunday generally fair and Monday cooler or unsettled in parts. Temperature readings include Philadelphia 88 and 90 highs, Kansas City 92 94, Jacksonville 88, Omaha 62, Denver Nashville and others. Cincinnati records July 20 1918 show 88 high 65 low and 76 average with clear and partly cloudy conditions and light precipitation totals.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Philadelphia
Kansas City
Jacksonville
Omaha
New Orleans
Denver
Nashville
San Nas
OO S. Ste. Marie
Winnipeg
Cincinnati
Ex-Czar Nicholas II Executed by Bolsheviks
The Moscow wireless wire reports former Emperor Nicholas II was shot on July 16 after a counter revolutionary conspiracy. The Empress and Alexis were moved to safety as documents and diaries related to the czar’s affairs were sent to Moscow.
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Associated Press
London
Nicholas of
Russia
Rasputin
Alexis Romanoff
E Nperov
Soviet Council
Ural
Moscow
Bolsheviki
American Negroes Do Them Selves Proud In France Troop Count Soars
Washington reports the German offensive on the Aisne Marne front has peaked and the initiative moved to Allied and American forces. General March, Chief of Staff, told the Senate Military Committee that American shipments exceed 1,200,000 men, with six divisions identified in action and two Negro regiments among those engaged east of Rheims and along the Soissons Chateau Thierry line. He expressed satisfaction at the turn, noting roughly 309,000 Americans are in battle.
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H. J. E. Gouraud
Champagne
Rheims
Associated Press
Washington
France
Foch
Aisne- Marne Front
General March
Senate Military Committee
March
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Mangin
Soissons
Gouraud
Chateau’ Thierry
Soissons- Chateau Thierry
Aisne-Marne
Soissons-Chateau -Thierry
Vierzy
Fossoys
Deuilly
Soissons-Chateau Thierry-Rheims
Roosevelt family in Paris telegram reports Ted Roosevelt wounded
Cable from Paris says Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Major Roosevelt have both been wounded in France. The message notes Ted Roosevelt Jr. was hospitalized and recovering, while Major Roosevelt earned gallantry honors after air action. Other Roosevelt heirs are referenced in connection to the ongoing war reports.
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Associ
Theodore Roose
Paris
Theodoris
Roosevelt
Liét Roosevelt
Archie R
Severit Roosevelt
France
Soldier Kills Self in Kentucky Pact Tale
Special Dispatch from Boyle County reports two Mercer County drafted friends Thomas Prewitt and Clayton Anderson allegedly made a suicide pact while at Camp Zachary Taylor Louisville. Prewitt killed himself near a relative’s home in Mercer County. Anderson fled camp, later arrested after confessing he did not carry out the pact.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Boyle County
Kentucky
Mercer County
Zachary Taylor
Louisville
Thomas Prewitt
Clayton Anderson
Prewitt
Wilson Waxes Poised Support for Belgium Independence Day
President Wilson sent greetings to King Albert and the Belgian people on their eighty seventh independence day. He praised Belgium’s heroism in the war and expressed confidence Belgium will gain a greater role in liberty and human achievement, noting Allied recognition in many U.S. cities.
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Albert
Associated Press
Washington
Belgium
Wilson
Balfour Replies To Hertling Belgium Pawn Remark
Foreign Secretary Balfour spoke at London today on Belgium’s Independence Day. He highlighted Count von Hertling’s claim to treat Belgium as a pawn and warned the German Chancellor would exchange Belgium for other European territory.
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Associated Press
London
Balfour
Belgium
Count von Hertling
Europe
Zeppelin Bomb Attacks Sink Two Sheds in Schleswig
British seaplanes from naval ships bombed Zeppelin sheds at Tondern Schleswig destroying two sheds with a possible third building. Four aircraft did not return. others landed in Danish territory. Admiralty says all ships returned safely.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Tondern
Schleswig
British Admiralty
Admiralty
Grand Fleet
Jutland
Tonholern
Royal Air Force
Germans Left South of the Marne Either Prisoners or Dead
Reuters dispatch from French headquarters reports that no Germans remain south of the Marne except prisoners and dead. The message is dated Saturday evening and filed from London July 20.
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Marne
Associated Press
London
The
Reuter
Germans Beaten Back Over the Marne in Allied Advance
Paris reports a War Office statement announcing a German retreat across the Marne after a violent attack on the right flank. Franco American and Franco British forces push forward from the Aisne to the Marne, capturing more than 20 000 prisoners and over 400 guns while bombing and air combat intensify along the front.
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Associated Press
Paris
Marne
War Office
Aisne
Ploisy
Parcy- Tigny
St. Remy -Blangy
Rozet-St. Albin
Priez
Courchamps
Servic Pp
Rheims
Courton Wood
Ardre
St. Euphraise
Vouzieres
Fre-en-Tardenois
Fismes
Laon
Allied Drive Near Soissons and Rheims On Marne Front
Allied forces report substantial gains across the Aisne Marne front with thousands of prisoners, including officers, as German retreats appear across the Marne and toward Rheims. British and French units push toward Soissons and Chateau Thierry while air and artillery raids intensify.
Trolley Collision Kills 17 Near Chelsea Michigan
A Detroit bound limited train and a westbound freight car collided head on near Chelsea Michigan at 8 30 pm. Seventeen people were killed and about thirty injured. Six of the dead were Detroit soldiers en route from Camp Custer.
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Associated Press
Jackson, Mich
Chelsea
Detroit
Camp Custer
Limited
Jackson
Ann Arbor
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Kergarth
United
Fderson
Perry
Clelland Colen
Harrodsburg
Anderson
Tayor
Préwitt
Witt and
Anfest
Yben
Camp Taylor
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Instan
Hertling
Schleswig-Holstein
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