Russians retreat in Galicia threaten Odessa route
Berlin reports indicate Galician territory largely in German hands as Russian forces fall back toward the Pruth region. German Austro forces push toward Czernowitz and the Dniester line while Romanian positions gain on the Moldavian front near Beresczi and Kalakul Mountain.
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Berlin
Galicia
Russia
Odessa
Turkey
Zbryz
Stanislau
Podhoroe River
Podoli
Associated Press
New York
Volhynia
Fokshani
Rumania
Petrograd
Carpathians
Pruth
Kolomea
Czernowitz
Dniester
Kezci-Vasarhely
Transylvania
Beresczi
Kalakul
Putna
Boduple
Hat warehouse arrests aid by deceptive ad law
In Chicago on July 28 Mrs Olga M Hirsh and Emma A Anderson entered Samuel Bezark's hat shop after a sign offered hats at one dollar. A sales clerk cited another displayed price of 1 99 dollars. The pair had Bezark arrested under the new deceptive advertisement ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Samuel Bezark
Olga M. Hirsh
Emma A. Anderson
Bezark
Sinking of Carmela by German submarine reported
A British Admiralty statement says the American bark Carmela of 1,370 tons, from New York, was sunk by bombs after a submarine attack near the entrance to the English Channel on July 27. All 20 crew were rescued at Plymouth with no casualties.
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London
English Channel
Plymouth
New York
Calais
Hussars
Thorsdal
Foreign Office
Copenhagen
Vaarbad
Chalkydon
Marseilles
Germany
Vienna
Arbeiter Zeitung
Famed Dutch Artist to Paint in Gotham for Syndicate
Louis Raemaekers, famed Dutch cartoonist famed for anti Kaiser sketches, signed a contract to draw cartoons for a New York syndicate. He arrived in New York amid mixed Dutch sentiment toward the war, with pro allied feelings in his family and among peasant and noble circles. The Dutch government maintains strict neutrality while the war rages.
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Gotham
New York
Louis Raemaekers
Maximilian Harden
Tcons
Raemaekers
Mynheer Raemaekers
Holland
Veterans Aged 12 to 17 Dismissed by War and Navy
Advices from Mexico City report all veterans aged 12 to 17 from the recent troubles are to be dismissed from services by the War and Navy Departments. The youths are described as good soldiers but deemed unnecessary to continue in service.
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Washington
Mexico City
Departments of War and Navy
Cor
Hoover says America will win war through voluntary food drive
President Hoover declares the United States will triumph in the war, crediting the voluntary food conservation effort and the mobilization of over two million women in the Food Administration. He notes rapid expansion of membership and calls for curb on profiteers while Congress debates food control and prohibition provisions.
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Washington
America
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Germany
Mr. Hoover
Food Administration
Weather roundup and temperatures across regions
Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia fair and warmer Sunday and Monday. Indiana fair and warmer with likely sunny conditions. Listed temperatures show Montreal 64/78, Salt Lake City 64/74, Boston 74/80, Denver 82, New York 2 giao, Phoenix 90/90, Jacksonville 78/94, Seattle, Galveston, San Francisco, Chicago 190/94, Cincinnati July 2, 1917 record with highs 88, lows 67, averages 78, precipitation 1.43.
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Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
Montreal
Salt Lake Co
Boston
Denver
New York
Giao
Phoenix
Jacksonville
Spokane
New Comenee
Seattle
Galveston
San Francisco
Chattanooga
The
Angeles
Chicago
Winnipeg
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Teuton Airmen Raid Paris in Night Attack
Paris reports German airplanes raided at 11 o'clock last night dropping two bombs. Officials link the strike to testing a larger assault as in the London raid. Paris earlier received warnings to seek shelter and Zeppelin attacks in January 1916 killed twenty four people.
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Teuton
Paris
London
Dissatisfied Guest at the Tombs Seeks Transfer to White Plains
Frank Rintelin, jailed a year for conspiracy at the Tombs, asks to be moved to the White Plains penitentiary. He cites poor health and has asked Washington to approve the transfer. Rintelin, who arrived in 1915 to foment strikes and tensions, remains under passport-law trial. The White Plains facility is described as one of the nation's finest with shower baths and a gym.
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Senate
Food Administration
House
Council of National Defense
War Industries Board
Frank A. Scott
Palmer E. Pierce
New York
Frank Rintelin
White Plains
N. Y
Washington
Rintelin
United States
Mexico
Westchester County
Holland Threatens Commercial Retaliation Over Grain Embargo
Chevalier Van Rappard, Dutch Minister to the United States, warns the United States that Holland will retaliate against the food embargo if the Dutch Economic Mission cannot sway the Exports Council. He says ships will be tied up and Dutch tonnage used to pressure allies until licenses for food exports are restored.
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Washington
Holland
Exports Council
Netherlands
Chevalier van Rappard
United States
Contingent Of Sammies Land In Europe On War Anniversary
A U S contingent landed at a European port on the war anniversary amid high spirits and little public ceremony. General staff representatives observed as troops departed for new quarters. Kermit Roosevelt and family were aboard a transport, with the War Department censor surprised the dispatch passed foreign censors.
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United States
Kermit Roosevelt
Europe
War Department
Associated Press
Dispatch on troop arrival not withheld by AP
At 9 40 this morning five hours after its receipt the AP was asked by the Committee on Public Information to kill a dispatch from a European port announcing the safe arrival of another contingent of American troops. The AP saw no reason for killing the dispatch as it disclosed no military information that could betray location or plans.
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House
Senate
Washington
Associated Press
Committee On Public Information
Gasoline Tank Blast Kills Fireman in Edgewater Park
Edgewater Park N J July 28 Richard Whittick a fireman was killed and thirty men and women were injured battling a fire caused by a gasoline tank truck struck by a freight train Three other firemen were seriously burned A second explosion spread burning fluid over a freight station and three small buildings drawing fire companies from Burlington to the scene
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Edgewater Park
N. J
Richard Whittick
Burlington
Whittick
Eight Foot Snake Escapes During Kent Carnival Feeding
A blue eight foot snake escaped from a carnival feeding in Kent Ohio. Citizens, led by Mayor Davy, urge the carnival proprietors to locate and remove the reptile. The snake remains at large late tonight as authorities mobilize search efforts.
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Kent, O
Kent
Davy
Inquiry Begun In Big Strike By Angle Sam
Chicago inquiry opened as United States wartime investigator probes how a switchmen strike in 19 terminals affects war plans. Brotherhood claims 5,000 out. federal mediators fail to reach agreement. Police and guards placed, embargo on perishable freight, and fears of troop movement disruption.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
George W. Hanger
Brotherhood of Railway
Schuettler
Michigan Governor Orders Troops to Copper Region
Lansing, July 28. Governor Sleeper ordered one troop of the State Constabulary to entrain immediately for the upper peninsula copper country. Fifty men and horses were on the way within two hours, commanded by Major Roy Vandercook. He said he does not anticipate trouble at the mines despite I W W activity.
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Lansing
Mich
Sleeper
State Constabulary
Upper Peninsula
New Berry
Roy Vandercook
Marquette
World War Cost To Europe Reaches Eighty Billion Dollars
New York reports eighty billion dollars as the direct money cost of three years of the great war to belligerent governments. The daily rate climbs toward 120 million, with indirect expenses, charity, and vast destruction adding further burden. The piece notes human loss, disrupted education, and a global debt that would force about 50 dollars per person if shared by all.
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New York
Red Cross
Woolworth
Greenland
Tasmania
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British War Office
Husitian
Nance. Goods Oold
Kaiser
Lic
Mynheer Louis Raemackers
Thority
Congressional
Food Control Board
Richard M. Boeckel
Angle
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