San Diego Sunk Off Fire Island Amid Battle with Submarine
New York reports the United States cruiser San Diego was torpedoed eight miles off Fire Island at 11 10 during a clash with a German submarine. She sank in 26 minutes. 1 156 aboard and hundreds rescued. A quartermaster saluted as the ship went down. casualty numbers varied in survivor accounts.
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New York
United States
San Diego
Fire Island
Cluse’ Range
Point of Woods
Devikouc
Ofheer
Tumeelf
Quartertiasior
Tiian
Ie Steuuastips
General Crowder Clarifies no Nonproductive Order for Newspapers
Washington General Crowder war marshal states no order from his office places newspaper workers in nonproductive class under the work or fight order.
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General Crowder
Washington
Maarshal
Five Thousand Camp Grant Soldiers Fire On Targets Backed By Changed German Faces
Army units at Camp Grant practiced nightly on the rifle range and reported German faces turned to the rear as victory over France shifted focus. Honduras declared war on Germany after breaking relations, and Theodore Roosevelt will not run for New York governor. Seventeen men face graft charges linked to 340 million in army rubber coat contracts amid a fibs codefraud probe. The Cape Cod Canal will be taken over by the government to safeguard coal shipments as German U boats threaten New England coast.
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Rockford
Iwi
Camp Grant
France
Washington
Honduras
Germany
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
New York State
Army
General Pershing
Codefraud
Boston
Cape Cod
New England
Massachusetts
War Department Severs Baseball Status Under Work or Fight Rule
Secretary of War Baker upholds that baseball is nonproductive and players must shift to essential work or face reclassification. Edward Musmith of the WashingtonAmeren Lease team appeals after being moved to Class 2, with local and district boards sustaining, and Giants and other majors facing roster disruptions as drafted players are affected.
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Washington
Manton D. Baker
Edward Musmith
Ameren
Padrons
Secretay Ool
Distriet of Columbia
Ainsunth
Wenn II Beaainst
Adpsmuth
District Board
District of Columbia
Secretary of War
No New Trial for Mooney Denied by California Court
The California Supreme Court affirmed a preliminary order denying a new trial for Thomas J. Mooney at San Quentin. The ruling leaves Mooney's fate to Governor Stevens, with attorney I. V. McKenzie stating the decision places the case squarely in the governor's hands.
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California
San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
San Quentin State Penitentiary
Par‘cipition
Mooney
Stevens
I. V. McKenzie
Brazil Burns Flour for Fuel amid Coal Shortage
In Buenos Aires reports say cereals and flour are burned for fuel as coal costs 70 a ton. Electric and manufacturing firms switch to flour as a substitute, while the lone railway suffers from strikes financed by German agents and parts shortages.
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Buenos Aires
Electric Company
Thaber
German Loss Put at 175 000 Men as Allies Press Marne Salient
General Foch drives an Aisne Marne operation with furious assaults on both flanks and apex. American and French forces repel fresh German divisions including six from Crown Prince Rupprecht, advancing east of La Croix and Griselles and taking Epieds. Germani retreat signs visible with villages burned and supplies destroyed ahead of evacuation north of the Marne.
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London
Foch
Aisne- Marne
Crown Prince
Souissons
Marne
Ourcq
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Flanders
la Croix
Griselles
Epieds
Chateau-Thierry
Vesle
Soissons
Rheims
Bate Front
Quentin Roosevelt Buried with Military Honors
A Wolff Bureau dispatch from Berlin confirms Quentin Roosevelt, the son of Theodore Roosevelt, was killed in action near Chambry ten kilometers north of the Marne. He was buried with military honors by German airmen at the site of his death, and his personal belongings are being prepared for his relatives.
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Amsterdam
Quentin Roosevelt
Wolff Bereau
Berlin
Roosevelt
Germats
Wolff Bureau
Marne
Chambry
PITH OF THE WAR NEWS
Maximilian Harden urged Belgium to seek decency and forgiveness not coercion. In the north Americans cut a narrow gauge railway from Soissons. On the Marne French and Americans opened bridges and pursued retreating Germans as villages and supplies were wrecked. The Marne destroyer sank a German U boat. Secretary Daniels ordered an inquiry into naval hydro airplane failures after a tug and barges were shelled. Admiral Wood denied air fleet delay. In Austria 150 officers and 500 Czechs Slovaks were shot and 3,000 arrested amid mutinies while soldiers deserted to form armed bands in the mountains.
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Maximilian Harden
Germany
Soissons
Marne
Daniels
Admiral Wood
Austria
U-Boat Sinks Barges Near Cape Cod During Cape Alarm
A German submarine attacked four barges off Orleans Massachusetts near Cape Cod, sinking three barges and burning the tug Perth Amboy. Four people aboard the tug survived while reports say three women and five children onboard were injured among witnesses from a crowded Cape Cod weekend crowd. The raider fired three torpedoes that went wild and then submerged after engaging local defense aircraft and naval observers.
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Orleans
Mass
Perth Amboy
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Cape Cod
Wess A
Lansford
Atlantie
Chatham
Ainslie
Tansford
Te Chatham
Spencer S. Wood
First Naval District
Heyding
Cape
Record Meat Order Sets Army Supplies Goal
A government meat order at the stock yards requests 99,560,000 pounds of bacon and 4,000,000 pounds of canned meats for the army. The cost is estimated between 140,000,000 and 845,000,000 with about 130,000,000 to growers. Deliveries must be completed by January 1 next.
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Chicago
Seven Aviators Die In Week Across Five US Fields
Seven aviators were killed in the week ended July 13 at Barron Field Everman Texas Call Field Wichita Falls Gerstner Field Lake Charles Hazelhurst Field Mineola and Scott Field Hollenville Illinois. The losses equate to one family per 8,237 flight hours or 260000 miles flown.
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United States
Washington
Barron Field
Everman
Tex
Call Field
Wichita Falls
Gerstner
Lake Charles Lia
Hazelhurst Field
Mineola
N. C
Scott Field
Holleville
Sunshine Study Sparks Klein and Trout
In a humorous tale Klein and his friend Trout chase a plan to spread sunshine by kindness. A misadventure lands Trout briefly jailed as townspeople joke about his behavior while Klein rescues the day with a farcical misunderstanding, ending with a lesson on balancing generosity with personal boundaries.
Broad-minded politician faces sharp criticism over mines
A political figure is criticized for a broad-minded stance described as expansive and shallow. The remarks suggest frustration with his approach and imply a need for more concrete limits on his positions.
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Uncle Sam
Stephen Bonsall, Jr
Bonsall
General Staff
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