Bone Dry Prohibition Aims to Start January 1
Washington July 11 The bone dry prohibition of manufacturing and selling intoxicating liquor nationwide for the war period would take effect January 1 unless President Wilson blocks. The Senate cleared the path by voting 86 to 38 to attach the prohibition rider to the extension bill. The House had already moved to suspend liquor traffic, making passage likely. The vote details show party lines and procedural wrangles over the rider.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
Salsbury
Delaware
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Jones
Roosevelt’s son downs German plane over France
Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, son of former President Roosevelt, shot down a German aircraft near Chateau Thierry while leading American pursuit planes. Flying 5,000 yards high inside German lines, he engaged three planes before realizing they were foes, scoring a decisive hit after about 50 tracer shots and witnessing the crash.
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Marne
Quentin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Chateau Thierry
Leutenant
Mrs Edward Tuck French Flew Through Spinning Dive
A pilot named Mrs Edward Tuck French enters a 2000 yard spinning nose dive. The two enemy planes attacked Roosevelt who escaped and landed with his machine undamaged.
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Edward Tuck French
Roosevelt
French Forces Capture Corcy Town Southwest of Soissons
Paris reports French troops have captured Corcy on the front southwest of Soissons. The victory includes the railway station at Corcy and the Chateau and the St. Paul farm as key gains.
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Paris
Corcy
Soissons
St. Paul
Hoover urges higher war profits taxes to Simmons
Food Administrator Hoover asked Senate Finance Committee chair Senator Simmons to back higher taxes on war profits in a letter presented to the senate. He presents the proposal as a means to fund wartime costs and support national programs.
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Washington
Hoover
Senator Simmons
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Yanks Chase HMS Home Over German Lines
American pursuit planes flew in formation into occupied territory north of Chateau Thierry reaching 50 miles. They chased several German aircraft and gathered information while observing new flying fields including one tied to the Richtofen circus. All planes returned safely.
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Marne
Chateau Thierry
Richtofen
British Advance South of Somme Front
British forces improved their position south of the Somme and east of Vollers Brettonneaux as German bombardments intensified east of Amiens. On the American front, conditions remained comparatively quiet with no major offensives reported.
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London
Somme
Vollers Brettonneaux
Spokane Among Healthiest Cities as Death Rate Drops
Spokane Washington reports a weekly death rate of 5.8 per 1000 for the week ending July 6, the nation’s lowest. Memphis records 32.8 per 1000 as the highest, while New York City shows 10.4, per census bureau figures.
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Washington
Spokane
Wash
Bureau of the Census
Memphis
Tenn
New York City
Snow falls in Boulder setting new record for date
Snow fell for a quarter hour near Denver at Boulder marking the latest snowfall ever recorded in the town. A cold rain followed the brief snow shower as residents noted the unusual weather event in Boulder, Colorado.
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Boulder
Denver
Colo
Here
Indiana flyer killed in New York aviation accident
Bruce N. Culmer of Martinsville Indiana was killed when a plane crashed in Mineola New York on July 11. The accident occurred during an aviation incident involving the Indiana resident.
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Bruce N. Culmer
Martinsville
Mineola, N. Y
Mineola
N. Y
Ind
Banks Probed in $1 Million Payment Case
Washington July 11 Several banks and brokers are under investigation by the alien property custodian to trace the origin and handling of more than $1,000,000 paid to the New York Evening Mail. All participants will be asked to testify.
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New York
Washington
Office of the Alien Property Custodian
New York Evening Mail
Silence and How It Will Help in Winning the War
Russell T. Edwards of the National War Garden Commission outlines a speech in Cincinnati before the Women's Association of Commerce on July 17. He will not reveal details in advance, and Florence King of Chigazo presumes a nationwide reveal to businesswomen. The association will include representatives from every state.
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Russell T. Edwards
National War Garden Commission of
Washington
Cincinnati
Women’s Association of Commerce
Edwards
Florence King of
Chigazo
Business Women's Organization
Women’s Association
Emperors Illness and Arrangements Amid War News
Reports from a Swiss source reaching the Epocha say Emperor William of Germany has influenza and returned home from the French front with several family members affected. Basel dispatches deny Empress Zita fostering peace or influencing failures, calling such claims slanderous to the imperial couple.
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Aris
Admiral von Flintze
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Couzla
Two New Republics in Russia Open Paths for Allies
Washington reports rapid changes in Russia prompt no military aid decisions. Simultaneous White Sea and Vologdaczhe republics form in the north, with entente sympathies. A Siberian provisional government at Vladivostok pledges to fight the central powers and seek democratic reform. The new flag features white and green stripes.
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White Sea
Asiatic
Amsterdam
White Sea Republic
Moscow
Vologdaczhe Republic
Wologdaczhe
Germany
Arctic
London
Murman
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Siberia
Vladivostok
Times
Tokyo
Assahi
Huns Kill 23 Americans in AEF Casualty Report
The War Department lists 103 American expeditionary forces casualties: 21 killed in action, 15 died of wounds, 4 from disease, 8 from accident or other causes, 45 wounded severely, 1 wounded slightly, 12 missing, 2 prisoners. Marines attached report five casualties: 2 killed in action, 2 died of wounds, 1 wounded severely.
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Washington
War Department
Marine Corps Headquarters
Italian General Fa dini Killed on Piave Mission
Rome reports General Umberto Fadini commanding the artillery of the Twenty third army corps was killed by an enemy shell during a Piave reconnaissance. He was known as a great sportsman and a fearless steeplechase rider.
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Rome
Gien
Umberto Fadini
Twenty-third Army Corps
Nurses slain near La Panne in German air raid
A dispatch from Amsterdam reports 54 nurses and female ambulance workers were killed when German airmen bombed an ambulance station at La Panne Belgium. About 50 bombs were dropped in the raid along the North Sea coast near the fighting front.
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la Panne
Belgium
Amsterdam
North Sea
Chilean cabinet to stay in office after resignation
Santiago July 11 cabinet members who resigned July percent have agreed to remain in office.
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Santiago
Chile
Navy Fireman Drowns in Baltimore Incident
Hopper 8. Parrott, a navy fireman aboard the U S Louisiana, drowned at Baltimore on July 7. He resided at 1206 Cleveland street. The sea loss was announced by the Navy authorities.
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Washington
Hopper
Parrott
Cleveland Street
Baltimore
U. S
Louisiana
British Break Through German Front Near Merris and Villers Brettonneux
Allied forces on the northern front advanced about 250 yards northwest of Merris and pushed near 1,200 yard fronts as German attacks near Villers Brettonneux were repelled. Bombardment and counterfire dominated the sector with renewed attempts to retake trenches east of the village failed.
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la Grille
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Villers-Brettoneux
Somme
Ancre
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Villers
Brettonneux
Bretloneux
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Anccre
Central powers set aside 30 million for U.S. propaganda
Investigators report a 30 million fund created to buy American newspapers and spread propaganda during seven months of inquiry leading to the arrest of Dr. B A Rumely. The fund supposedly formed when plans to sink the Lusitania were laid as Kaiser advisers believed a propaganda campaign could influence U.S. opinion and support later unrestricted submarine warfare.
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Central Powers
B. A. Rumely
New York Mail
Germany
Planes Bombard Constantinople. No Damage Reported
Turkish war office reports five enemy airplanes bombed Constantinople on July 11 and states no damage was inflicted.
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