Balkan Fighting Grows in Fury Across Fronts
Allied offensives push on the Sa toniki front with British and French advances crossing the Struma toward Bulgaria. Serbian forces drive on Monastir while evacuating Banica south of the town. Carpathian and Stokhod actions continue with minor advances claimed by both sides. Portugal and Romania moves hint at broader Entente involvement. Romanian mobilization cited as large and well equipped.
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London
Struma
Monastir
Banica
Vardar
Serbis
Serbia
Saloniki
Italy
Germany
Stokhod
Kovel
Pinsk
Carpathians
Russians Drive Attacks Before Lemberg Amid Heavy Front
London reports Russian forces renew 12 hour bombardment of Austro German lines before Lemberg. Vienna says most assaults stalled at wire entanglements though some footholds reached first line trenches before counter attacks reclaim positions. German counter offensives in France regain much ground with only Belloy en Santerre held by Allies.
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Lemberg
London
von Boehm-Ermolli
Paraplinska
Piniski
Vienna
Kanojoa
France
Thhem
Somme
Belloy-en-Santerre
Hungarian Deputy Attacks Hindenburg Power Move
Budapest report cites Count Geza Polonyi criticising the government for granting Field Marshal von Hindenburg full powers over the Hungarian army. Polonyi argues Hindenburg, a foreign citizen, cannot constitutionally command Hungarians.
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Count Polonyi
von Hindenburg
London
Budapest
Chamber of Deputies
Geza Polonyi
Germans Score Danish Press in Official Organ Attack
A Copenhagen despatch to Reuters reports the German official organ Nordeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung criticizing the Danish press for alleged lack of impartiality. The paper questions the motives of Danish attacks on Germany and sympathy for its enemies.
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Kaleer
London
Reuter
Copenhagen
Nordeutache Allemeine Zeitung
Germany
Bulgars Push Forward as Allies Face Setback in Balkans
In the Balkans the Bulgars gain in the fighting while Allies falter on the wings. Russians join the Serbian frontier, boosting a planned front against the Central Powers as Salonica hosts disembarking troops.
U boats sink British cruisers in North Sea action
British light cruisers Nottingham and Falmouth were sunk by German submarines in the North Sea while searching for the High Seas Fleet. One German submarine was destroyed and another rammed and possibly sunk. Thirty eight crewmen from the Nottingham are missing. all aboard the Falmouth were saved except one leading stoker who died.
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London
Nottingham
Falmouth
North Sea
Admiralty
H. M
C. B. Miller
H. M. S. Falmouth
John Edwards
Norman Fry
Ymuiden
Holland
Reuter
White Bank
Pith of the War News Highlights Allied Actions
British official report says a Nassau class German battleship likely sunk by a British submarine. Sixth Green division engaged Bulgarians with heavy losses. Greeks ordered to retire as British troops advance near Pozieres and Leipzig salient. Guillemont remains stubbornly held by Germans. Greece offers no opposition to Bulgarian push on Kavalla. Russia may join Romania to attack Serbia from the north. Verdun attack aimed to reclaim Fleury was halted by French barrier fire. Somme artillery intensity signals preparation for another major Allied assault.
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L*va
Fleury
Verdun
Paris
Portugal
Lisbon
Saloniki
Romania
Somme
Pozieres
Leipzig
Guillemont
Greece
Kavalla
Aegean
Russia
Rumania
Serbia
French War Office
Administration names American members of Mexico arbitration panel
Secretary Lansing announced the American contingent for the International Joint Commission to resolve differences with Mexico. Members include Franklin K. Lane, George Gray, and John R. Mott. The Mexican side appointed Luis Cabrera, Ignacio Bonillas, Alberto Pani, and Judge Gray.
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Washington
Lansing
International Joint Commission
United States
Mexico
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
George Gray
Delaware
John R. Mott
New York
Carranza
Joint Commission
Luis Cabrera
Ignacio Bonillas
Alberto Pani
Gray
Dr. Mott
New York State
Cornell
Student Christian Federation
International Committee
The
Christian Missions
Wilson
California
Interstate Commerce Commission
Explosion in Canadian munitions plant kills five
A boiler room blast at Drummondville P G munitions works in Montreal area ignites 1 000 pounds of cordite used for smokeless gun cartridges. The flash and roar injure twenty and kill five workers. Authorities cite static electricity as the likely cause and say the blast was unexpected. The injured were taken to General and Mount Royal Hospitals. One survivor recalls a sudden flash and blaze.
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Montreal
Quebec
Drummondville
P. G
General
Mount Royal
Tigat
Germans claim big crops and food sufficiency for next year
Berlin reports from the food regulation board chief Adolph von Batocki that Germany expects crops this year to exceed prewar levels. The statement says supplies of all food necessaries are assured for another year.
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Batocki
Berlin
Sayville
Adolph von Batocki
Food Regulation Board
Germany
End of Printers Strikes as Union and Publishers Reach Arbitration
At the sixty second annual Typographical Union convention in Baltimore an arbitration agreement with the American Publishers Association was ratified. The five year pact begins May 1 1917 and requires all differences between union members and their employers to be settled by arbitration along fixed lines.
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Typographical Union and Publishers
Baltimore
International —Typographical Union
American Publishers Association
National Guard Stays On Border Amid Hope For Return
Secretary Baker says the National Guard will be detained on the Mexican border until it can be withdrawn without endangering lives. He notes border residents enjoy security due to guard presence and acknowledges hardship for families while praising the militia's bloodless gains and training for potential war roles.
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Washington
Baker
Border Service
Department
United States
Churchill urges bread tickets and meat days for England
In the House of Commons Major Winston Churchill recommended bread tickets and meatless days per week for England. Other items note U S warning over Armenian massacres in Persia and a baseball game in Stockholm with an 8 to 7 American win.
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London
England
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Washington
Turkey
Persia
United States
Stockholm
Gustave
Westeros
Buffalo
Great Lakes
Paris
Bouchate
Tragic fall death of Jersey veteran in Burlington
News brief compiles local incidents from New Jersey towns. It notes Morgan Shinn, Civil War veteran, died from injuries after falling from a second story window on Pearl Street in Burlington, with relatives suggesting heat and restlessness played a role.
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Morgan Shinn
Burlington
Pearl Street
John W. Wescott
United States
Trenton
Browning
John McDonough
New Jersey State Hospital
Delaware and Raritan Canal
Pitman
Hetrick
Asbury Park
Paulsboro
Gibbstown
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Mantua
Grover Cleveland
Caldwell
New York
Ocean Grove
Bergen County Fair Association
Philip, Dtor
Orthodox
Russian Theologcal Academy
Tenafly
Alaska
Sitka
San Francisco
Anna C. Wilson
Collingswood
Lake Hopatcong
Aloha Club
Malaga
Abel
Camp-meeting Association
Holmes F. Gravatt
M. E
Camden
J. F. Brock
Vineland
Pomerania
Hammonton Park
Moorestown
New England
Burlington County Farmers’ Exchange
Helen Lockhart
Shields Farm
Woodbury
Washington Township
Gloucester County
State Department of Health
Frank A. Reddan
State Department of Conservation and Development
Civil Service Commission
Mary Williamison
Jersey Central
Flagtown Crossing
New Brunswick
Edward Garrity
Somerville
Borough of
Audubon
Janee Bodnar
Lackawanna Railroad
Fox Hill
Westville
Jersey City
Interstate Commerce Commission
Black Tom Island
Bumper Cranberry Crop Hindered by Shortage of Pickers
South Jersey cranberry growers face a labor squeeze as a bumper harvest arrives. Foreign workers and their families supply most pickers, but infantile paralysis reduces child labor this year. Local officials press for reform while factories seek female workers to fill canning and farming needs.
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Trenton
South Jersey
Pine
Salem County
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World’s News
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H. Ot. ‘To Wittpenn
Women's Reformatory
Clinton
State Commissioner of Charities and Corrections
Stockton
Helena Hudson
Pennsgrove
John Forman
Forman
Clinton Reformatory
State
John Bolas
Riverside
Cal
State Hospital For the
Board of Freeholders
Crete
E. Powell Dobbins
2D Regiment
Freehold
Dobbing
Pennsylvania Rallroad Freight Staton
Sea Girt
Dobbins
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