Bulgars Retire in Disorder as Allied Forces Advance
Paris reports Florina near Monastir again in Allied hands after a wide encircling move by French and Russian troops that crushed the Bulgars flank and forced a retreat toward Monastir. Serbian troops reach Mount Vetrenik and push Bulgars from Kamackalah ridge as Franco Russian forces win at Florina.
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Paris
Florina
Monastir
Saloniki-Monastir
Saloniki
Cerna
Mount Vetrenik
Mount Kamackalah
Lake Ostrovo
Brod
Athens
Germany Opens Frontier as Belgians Cross to Holland
Despatch from Amsterdam reports German guards along the Dutch frontier toward Belgium and Germany withdrawn. Belgian families seeking entry into Holland are crossing the line with their possessions piled on every conveyance.
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Holland
London
Evening News
Amsterdam
Belgium
Germany
Berlin Bread Price Cut Sheds Light on Grain Prices
Berlin lowers bread price to about 17 cents for a four pound loaf. Overseas News Agency reports oats and barley price declines due to new crop abundance. Oats drop from 45 pfennigs to 28 pfennigs per pound retail.
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Berlin
Sayville
Serbians claim gains on their soil amid shifting fronts
Allied advances reported along the Macedonian line as Serbians seize the Kaimakcalan range north of Lake Ostrovo after fierce fighting. Bulgarians and Germans claim Romanian and Russian lines falter in Dobrudja while French, Serbian, and Russian forces push from Florina toward Monastir. Doiran front remains quiet. Struma area sees calm.
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Paris
Monastir
Dobrudja
Kaimakcalan Range
Lake Ostrovo
Sa’oniki
Florina
War Office
Lake Doiran
Doiran
London War Office
Struma
Allies Extend Gain At Somme And Fronts
British troops north of the Somme report capture of the Damue trench as French forces take remaining Prussian trenches near Vernandovillers south of the river. French Serbs and Russians push near Florina. In Romania, Dobruja advance continues while Transylvania sees Romanian penetration. On the Dnieper front Brusi loff resumes attacks as 3,000 prisoners claimed. Berlin notes Russian losses east of Halicz and a halted assault in Volhynia.
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Somme
London
Damue
Vernandovillers
Riv
Vockensen
Dobruchja
Transylvania
Macedonia
Sarval
Florina
Monastir
Sofia
Brusiloff
War News Digest From The Fronts Across Europe
Along the Stokhod River German and Austro Hungarian forces crossed to pursue Russians at Zarecze capturing 31 officers 2511 men and 17 machine guns. British Somme push at Courcelette aided by American volunteers. Austrians plan Trieste evacuation. Haig cites 29 German divisions defeated since July totaling 580000. Lieutenant Raymond Asquith son of Premier Asquith killed at the front.
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Stokhod
Russia
Zarecze
Somme
Courcelette
United States
Trieste
Haig
Raymond Asquith
Asquith
Whitman Wins Big in New York Republican Primary
Governor Whitman defeats Senator Bennett by two to one in the Republican race and leads in the Progressive and Independence primaries. Seabury runs unopposed for Democratic nomination while Bacon and Calder clash for U S Senate. McCombs wins Democratic U S Senate nomination as Conway gains upstate support. City results show Whitman ahead. overall ticket renominated.
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Whitman
Senator Bennett
Judge Seabury
MNC
New York
New York State
William M. Bennett
Samuel Se Ipury
Seabury
Upstate
Robert Bacon
Calder
Whitman-Parsons
William Barnes
Albany
Bacon
Barnes
William F. McCombs
United States
Thomas F. Conway
Conway
Congress
Benjamin Fairchield
A. W. Lawrence
Lawrence
William L. Ward
Westchester
Independence League
Republican
Progressive
Eugene M. Travis
Hooker
Bacon-Calder
New York City
Bennett
Battle in Chihuahua City as Villa Pursued After Defeat
General Francisco Gonzales reports martial law in Chihuahua City after Villa forces attacked the outskirts, with 157 killed and 87 captured. Trevino led counterattacks, was wounded, and prisoners claim Villa directed the assault from Santa Rosa Hill. Villistas flee toward Santa Ysabel as trains depart Chihuahua.
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el Paso
Texas
Francisco Gonzales
Juarez
Chihuahua City
Villa
Gonzales
Santa Rosa Hill
Jacinto Trevino
Carranza
Trevino
Chihuahua
Santa Rosa
Santa Ysabel
Villista
PERSHING CLOSE TO VILLA BAND IN MEXICO
Reports reach General Pershing headquarters that Pancho Villa and his outlaw band are at Guerrero Mexico while General Trevino may head to Guerrero and Obregon reconciles with a political party. A Car Tranza garrison captain and town citizen were executed on charges of alignment with legatista interests. New London reports Mexican Joint Commission members say Carranza mining taxation is not intended as confiscation.
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Trevino
Chihuahua City
Guerrero
Obregon
New Legislative Party
Tranza
el Valle
Legatista
New London
Conn
Joint International
Carranza Decree Forces Banks to Raise Cash Reserves
Gen. Carranza issued a decree regulating banks and the issuance of bank notes. It requires banks to increase reserves to cover all paper money already in circulation and ends their monopoly on issuing bank bills as the government plans to open a government bank for this currency.
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Carranza
Tax Sleuths Stop $21 Million in Tax Evasions in 1916
Treasury Department statement credits the Bureau of Internal Revenue with uncovering 21 million dollars in tax evasions, frauds and errors for the fiscal year 1916 while expenditures for the field force totaled 19.8 million dollars.
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Internal Revenue
Washington
Treasury Department
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Japan Pledges Open Door to China in Notes From Powers
The State Department released dispatches from Tokyo and Petrograd assuring the Russo Japanese treaty does not affect China's integrity or the open door policy. Officials say no authentic copy of the treaty has reached Washington and will rely on the treaty text for evidence of underlying purposes.
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China
Washington
State Department
Guthrig
Tokio
Francis
Petrograd
United States
Mexican Banking Plan Outlined for National System
Luis Cabrera outlined a plan for a Mexican national banking system to replace the suspended National Bank and the Bank of London and Mexico in Mexico City to American members of the joint Mexican American commission.
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New London
Conn
Bank of London
Mexico
Mexico City
Luis Cabrera
EL Paso
New York
Committee of
Bill Sunday
108Th Street
Broadway
Jersey Items Chronicle New Jersey News Tidbits
James G Hoffmier of Trenton nearly fainted after learning he won a touring car in a firemen carnival. Trustees in Trenton discussed saving daylight by moving clocks ahead on June 1 1917. Obituaries note Mary Shoemaker 93 of Phillipsburg famed pow wow healer. Senior Edison relative Simeon Ogden dies at 90 in East Orange. Grand Jury in New Brunswick frees Mrs Kish in murder case. E M Lorillard mansion robbed second time this summer. caretaker missing. Sea Girt review shown to 5000 spectators. post office robbery nets 600. Paterson plans to annex Passaic area. New Jersey farmers set roadside markets. Burglars steal jewels worth 50000 from Mrs Young near Elberon. Infantile paralysis claims two deaths in Merchantville area. Body identified as Wesley Oler found in Pensauken Creek. Burlington fire gutted New Life Company frame factory. loss 12000. Millville WCTU nominates officers. Swedesboro agents sell 150 autos. Bridgeport WCTU elects Ida M Clark president. Vineland glass tube factory bid 30000. Atlantic City Captain Barnett suffers skull fracture after fall at Santa Rita. to hospital. Eight year old Abe Lowser eats “elephants ear” plant after stomach ache. Montclair schools may face tuition cuts for out-of-town pupils. George Bradbury, crystal rock collector, dies Totowa. Central Railroad of New Jersey halts shipments of explosives to Jersey City.
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James G. Hoffmier
Trenton
Hoffmier
Chamber of Commerce
Mary Shoemaker
Phillipsburg
J. Gerbert Keenan
Elizabeth
Simeon Ogden Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Frank A. Potter
Glenwood Avenue
East Orange
New Brunswick
George Kish
Anton Bucsah
E. M. Lorillard
Bernard Township
Paul Beal
Sea Girt
Newark
Jersey City
Paterson
Passaic
New Jersey
F. C. Young
Elberon
Merchantville
John Wax
West Irving Avenue
H. T. Shantze
Linden Avenue
Pensauken Creek
Wesley Oler
Charles Oler
Camden
Riverside
New Life Company
South High Street
Burlington
Millville W. C. T. U
H. R. Erickson
R. M. Soewell
Anna Steelman
Joseph Chester
Swedesboro
Ida M. Clark
Bridgeport W. C. T. U
Durand & Koering Glass Company
Central Railroad
Vineland
Atlantic City
John J. Barnett
West Side
City
Abe Lowser
Homeopathic Hospital
Hay
Montclair
State Board of Education
George Bradbury
Crystal Rock
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Romania
Rome
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Charles S. Whitman
Edward Schoeneck
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Francis M. Hugo
Jefferson
Kings
Egbert G. Woodbury
Chautauqua
Jj James M. Wells
Bronx
Frank J. M.williams
Orange
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Frank H. Hiscock
Cuthbert W. Pound
Niagara
Supreme Court
John C. Clark
George V. Mullan
Vernon M. Davis
Court of General Sessions
James A. Delehanty
Samuel Seabury
Thomas Kreuzer
Frank M. Stage
Erie
Joseph W. Masters
W. W. Farley
Broome
Maurice, Cohen
Henry R. Beebe
Oneida
John T. Norton
Rensselaer
Robert L. Luce
Richard M. Mitchell
John F. McIntyre
Pershing
NEW Carranza Bank
Dragnet
Chicago
Dick” Barret
Edward J. Thompson
Department of Justice
H. C. Woodward
Barret
Thompson
Bar Harbor
Newport
Narragansett Pier
Lake Forest
Walnut Hills
Palm Beach
Japan
World’s News
Jersey
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