Kaiser in Rage Over Mirbach Murder Sparks Moscow Turmoil
Berlin reports citing the Mirbach assassination as a turning point. Protests and a bolshevik revolt attempt spark clashes in Moscow with hundreds arrested and claims of entente involvement. Lenine seeks an investigation led by Comrade Peters as Russia tightens security.
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London
William
Count von Mirbach
Russia
von Kuehlmann
Berlin
Lenine
Hans
Peters
Mirbach
Entente
Moscow
Alexandrovich
M. Araloff
Alexandrovitch
Social Revolutionary Party
Vladivostok
Tokyo
Exchange Telegraph Company
Russian Pacific
Washington
Switzerland
United States
Wilson
Lord Reading
Kaiser May Seize Russia After Mirbach Killing
London dispatch notes Allies urge joint action in Russia but unofficially a definite policy is set to end waiting after the Mirbach assassination. German plans to capitalize on the event include possible occupation moves toward Moscow and Petrograd as German forces push closer to the capital and are reinforced.
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Russia
Kaiser
London
Count von Mirbach
Entente
Moscow
Petrograd
Rumely Seized Over German Ownership of Mail and Express
Dr. Edward A. Rumely vice president and treasurer of the Mail and Express company publisher of the New York Evening Mail was arrested in the attorney general’s office on perjury charges. Federal warrant issued after claim he bought stock in June 1917 from Henry L. Stoddard acting for the German government. Payments totaling 1 361 000 dollars allegedly concealed until Justice and state investigators uncovered them.
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New York
Edward A. Rumels
The
Mail and Express Company
New York Evening Mail
Lewis
A. Mitchell Palmer
Rumely
Henry L. Stoddard
Department of Justice
New York State
French advance with tanks near Montdidier yield prisoners
Paris reports French forces supported by tanks crossed 1800 yards of a 2.5 mile front between Montdidier and the Oise river. The operation resulted in several hundred prisoners and repelled counterattacks by enemy forces.
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Paris
Montdidier
Oise
Passenger Train Collision Kills Up To Fifty in Nashville
Nashville July 9 Twenty five to fifty are reported killed and nearly a hundred injured after a head on collision of two fast passenger trains on the N C and St L A R near Belle Meade Park western suburb of Nashville Tenn authorities said the wreck occurred this morning and emergency crews rushed to the scene.
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Tenn
Nashville
N. C
St. L. A.R
Enar Belle Meade Park
Steampipe Burst Kills Three on Ferry No. 5
In Frankfort Michigan on July 9 an explosion of a steam pipe on the Ann Arbor car ferry No. 5 killed three men and seriously burned two. The dead were A Gilbert William Free man and Lon Boyd. The injured were Assistant Engineers Moore and Fray.
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Frankfort
Mich
Ann Arbor
A. Gilbert
William Freeman
Lon Boyd
Moore
Fray
U S Officers Die in Crash Near Fontainbleau
Paris July 9 American officers were killed and several injured when two automobiles collided near Fontainbleau 87 miles southeast of Paris.
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France
Paris
Fontainbleau
Dowling Trial Reveals German Irish Brigade Plot
The case against Lance Corporal J Dowling opened in London detailing his arrival in Ireland from a German submarine and links to a Sinn Fein conspiracy. Prosecutor Bodkin described the 1914 Irish brigade plan, German promises of future U S aid, and Dowling's treatment in Limburg prison. Witnesses included John Cronin and references to Sir Roger Casement and Father Nicholson.
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London
J. Dowling
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Dowling
Limburg
Bodkin
Corporal Dowling
Clare
Archibald
United States
John Cronin
Limberg
Roger Casement
Germany
Casement
Father Nicholson
Gerard
O'Sullivan
Yankees Retake Men Captured in German Counter Attack
In France on July 9 American and Australian troops retook two Americans and five Australians captured in a German counter attack near Hamel. Corporal Raymond Powell led a rescue force through heavy fire, recapturing the men and capturing a Roche officer as 12 Australians joined to bring the total prisoners to 50.
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France
Hamel
Raymond Powell
Roche
No Man's Land
Diver Links Ship Near U S in Atlantic Port
An Atlantic port reports a July 9 message on the sinking of the Norwegian steamer Augvald. A transatlantic liner rescued 11 crew members and isolated them aboard the liner Hner. No details of the sinking are known. the Augvald is said to have been torpedoed. A warning may exist between latitudes 8 and 4 north. On July 5 an enemy submarine was sighted at latitude 42 north, 48.50 west.
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Atlantic
Augvald
Hner
Hail Causes Crop Loss Across North Dakota and Minnesota
Hail damaged growing grain and truck gardens across North Dakota and Minnesota late Monday, with losses estimated between 3 million and 5 million dollars. The storms affected numerous farms and agricultural areas in the two states.
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Dakota
Minnesota
Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Allies Attack in Albania Near Tomorica Valley
Italian and French troops in Albania began an operation between the coast and the Tomorica valley. The war office reports the operation is in full and satisfactory development. More than 1,000 prisoners have been taken by Entente forces.
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Rome
Albania
Tomorica
Italian War Office
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Muenchener Zeitung
Richard von Kuehlmann
Albert J. Beveridge
von Mirbach
Chicago Public Library
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U.S
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U. S
Plac
Corporal J. Dowling
Trish Brigade
Hilda Mulhauser Richards
United States Employment Service
Department of Labor
W. S. Graves
War Department
General Graves
National Army
General Staff
General March
Yankees
Clemenceau
Lower
Piave
Ludendorff
Italy
Longpont
War Office
Somme
Marne
Villers-Cotterets
Villers- Cotterets
Clesenceau
Foch
Echo de Paris
M. Clemenceau
Trenvino
Matin
Innsbruck
Trent
Austria
Otto von Below
Alps
Trentino
Lower Piave
Monte Grappa
Asiago
Augvald Land
Atlantic Port
Haig
Macedonia
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