French and Australian Gains on the Aisne Front
British and French forces reported progress on multiple fronts in France. Australian troops penetrated near Ocris and took prisoners and machine guns. French troops seized Corey and the St Paul farm south of Corey, enlarging positions east of Retz forest, while British operations south of the Somme improved positions east of Villers-Bretonneux.
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St. Paul
Retz Forest
Haig
London
Ocris
Paris
Corey
Soissons
War Office
Thhe
Somme
Villers-Bretonneux
Amiens
Sone
Flanders Battle
Lys Salient
Hazebrouck
Flanders
Locre
Lys Battle Ground
Picardy
Morlancourt
Aisne
Longpont
Villers-Cotterets
Chavigny Farm
White Soldier Hanged at Camp MacArthur in Texas
Nat Hoffman a white soldier was executed by hanging at Camp MacArthur Waco Texas after a court martial found him guilty of attacking an eleven year old girl near the camp in April. His mother in Pittsburgh was notified. The boy who accompanied the girl fled, and Hoffman reportedly confessed his crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
Nat Hoffman
Camp MacArthur
Washington
Hoffman
Pittsburgh
Soo
Army Medic Is Punished For Neglect At Camp Dix
Lieutenant Joseph Robinson of the medical reserve corps was sentenced to dismissal from the army and one year of hard labor for gross neglect of duty that contributed to the death of recruit Wardell C. Van Tassel at Camp Dix New Jersey last January. The trial centered on a careless diagnosis and failure to provide proper medical relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph C. Robinson
Medical Reserve Corps
Army
War Department
Robinson
Wardell C. van Tassel
Camp Dix
N. J
van Tassel
French Forces Capture Long Point on Western Front
Paris reports French troops have taken the village of Long Point on the Squieres river east of Villers Cotterels. They also advanced north of Chavigny farm and east of Favorelles. Allied raids north of Montdidier end in Cham pagne show further activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Long-Point
Squieres River
Villers- Cotterels
Chavigny Farm
Favorelles
Montdidier End
Cham
Mutiny Reported Among Austrian Troops in Serbia
Allied forces in Albania report a serious mutiny at Kragujevaraz garrison Serbia. Many officers were killed, and a battle with machine guns and artillery ended the uprising. Disturbance attributed to bad food.
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Serbia
Corfu
Greece
Albania
Kragujevarz
Czechs Los: Forces Take Siberian Cities in Bolshevik Push
Moscow says Bolshevik troops drive Czecho-Slovaks and White guards from Syzran and Bugulma. An armed train shelled towns along the Volga while retreating Czecho-Slovaks head toward Rybinsk and Stavropol as reports claim atrocities by Czecho-Slovak forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Volga
Moscow
Siberia
Department of Military Operations
People’s Commissariat of War
Syzran
Simbirsk
Bugulma
Ufa
Samara
Stavropol
Ciscaucasia
Yaroslav
Rybinsk
West_Siberlan railway
Columbia Steamer Columbia Rises Near Pekin After Wreck
The steamer Columbia, wrecked in the Tipoli river last Saturday with 600 aboard, rose from the river yesterday near Pekin Illinois and 85 Pekin residents died. Rescue workers recovered two more bodies bringing the total to 85 dead. Coroner Chirry and Sheriff Wilson rode aboard. an inspection will determine wreck cause. a snag may have held the boat underwater until current released it.
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Peoria
Ill
Columbia
Tipoli
Soroner Chiry
Sheriff Wilson
Pazewell County
Farmer Held on Espionage Charge in Iowa
Cedar Rapids Iowa July 12 William Stout a Belleplaine farmer is jailed on espionage law violation charges He is held to await action by the federal grand jury with bail set at 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
William Stout
Belleplaine
Federal Grand Jury
American and German patrol clash on Marne front gains marked
Reports detail a large German patrol raiding American trenches on the Marne front and being repulsed with German dead left behind aiding unit identification. French authorities rename Bois de Belleau in honor of Marine defense, and accounts praise U.S. soldiers including Sgt Wallopol Dinchoevilles and Lt Boerke for close quarters fighting and rescue actions north of No Man's Land.
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Marne
Urey
Paris
the Marne
Beles de Belleay
Marné
Toils de Belleau
Boise de la Iricade de Marine
Illinois
France
Vosges Mountains
William 8
Wallopol Dinchoevilles
Street Car Men Get Raise In Nation Wide Recommendation
The War Labor Board proposes a forty percent pay increase for street car conductors and motormen nationwide. To fund the raise, many cities may raise fares to six cents, but the board prioritizes ensuring a living wage for street railway workers.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Labor Board
French Air War Record June Downed Planes and Bombs
Paris reports from the war office that in June French forces shot down 150 enemy aircraft and gravely damaged 161. They burned 81 captive balloons and dropped 604 tons of explosives, 214 tons by day and 290 at high time.
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Paris
War Office
Raid Targets Draftsmen at Cubs Park in Chicago
More than 2,000 men of draft age were seized by federal agents and police in a city wide roundup. The Cubs park served as the first raid site where attendees were stopped until proof of registration was shown. Suspects were detained or sent to stations while excuses were collected and sifted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Department of Justice
Hinton G. Clabaugh
Bureau of Investigation
Cubs
Secret Service
Stet
Air Instructors Killed in Plane Crash at Scort Field
Belleville Illinois July 12 Lieng Lee C Giddings of Duluth Minnesota an instructor was killed and Cadet Edward C Darlington of Washington DC was severely injured when an airplane dropped 800 feet at Scort field near here The accident mars a training flight reported by local authorities and investigators are at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Lieng Lee C. Giddings
Duluth, Minn
Edward C. Darlington
Washington, D. C
Scort Field
Here
Flyer Killed in Texas Plane Crash
Wichita Falls Texas July 12 Second Lieut. Harry J. Ross was killed when his plane fell at Call field. His home was in Philadelphia.
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H. J. Ross
Philadelphia
Call Field
Wichita Falls
Tex
Harry J. Ross
Italians Press On In Albania Reach Berat Summit
Allied forces push rock by rock to the Berat ridge 6,500 feet high in Albania forcing Austro Hungarian lines back to the Skumi river 25 miles north of Berat. Rome dispatch says Italian troops advance along the Devoli and reach Fileri, Malacastra, and Tomorle, with Berat as a key objective.
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London
Rock
Berat
Albania
Skumi
Monastir
Durazzo
Adriatic
Serbia
Washington
Rome
Vogusa
Sement
Fileri
Tlllian
Malacastra
Tomorle
Devoll
Upholds Child Labor Laws Across States
Washington July 12 Federal employment directors were advised by the department to observe the former federal standard after the Supreme Court struck down the recent federal rule. The old law barred children under sixteen from mines and quarries and under fourteen from canneries mills workshops factories or manufacturing establishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Department of Inchor
Huns jail 73000 Finns and harsher rule noted
Hugo Haase, leader of the minority socialists, said 73000 Finnish workers have been arrested since Germany’s entry into Finland. He claimed many have been executed and criticized German rule in Livonia and Estonia in a Reichstag speech, per Het Volk verbatim report.
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Amsterdam
Ince
Finland
Hugo Haase
Reichstag
Hetvolk
Livonia
Esthonia
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Corcy
Petain
J. C. Robinson
Maj
Bennett Clark
National Army
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Pagne
LOS
U.S
Marne Front
U. S. Marines
Bois de Belleau
de la Brigade de Marine
Nize
Wisconsin
Edison Boerke
Wausau
Wis
No Man's Land
Joseph Bourdue
Corp
Fred Henderson
Kansas
Rexford K. Walker
Thi Wels
Henderson
Walker
Lady Winnifred Pennoyer
Winnifred Pennoyer
Viscount Ingestre
Winnifred Constance Paget
Richard Pennoyer
California
Viscount Anglesey
Earl of Shrewsbury
Cub Ball Park
U. S
L. C. Giddings
Scott Field
Flyer
Texas
Austrias
BIG Guns
Asiago
Devoli
Balkan Kingdom
Asstria
Vienna
United States Department of Labor
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