Front of 200 Miles Advances in Albania and Balkans
Allied forces push 200 miles from the Adriatic to Saloniki with British monitors Italian destroyers and French troops aiding in Albania. Berat reportedly captured, with ongoing operations along a 60 mile front as Greek forces grow stronger and Jugo Slavs seek to rejoin their homeland.
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Austria
Albania
Balkans
Adriatic Sea
Saloniki
Aegean Sea
Koritsa
Berat
Washington
Thres
Hindenburg Reported Dead From Epileptic Stroke
Amsterdam dispatch cites Les Nouvelles claiming Paul von Hindenburg died from an epileptic stroke after a heated interview with the Kaiser about the Paris offensive delay. The report cites a highly reliable source and notes the arc of events leading to his death.
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Les Nouvelles
Hindenburg
Kaiser
Chicago Holds Seven Draft Evaders in New War Effort
About 10 000 men were questioned in Chicago during a draft canvass day and a half. Seven men were held for noncompliance, 250 handed to draft boards for service, 400 detained in federal buildings, with 4 000 Secret Service and police aiding the second day of the detentions.
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Renal “Eateh
Federal Building
Edgard B. Tolman
Secret Service
Mutiny reported among Ottoman and Austrian forces in Asia Minor and Serbia
An uncensored letter from Smyrna claims a Turkish vilayet regiment murdered German officers in Mesopotamia after an order to deploy. It also notes amnesty for mutineers by Talaat Pasha and price rises from restricted cultivation. A Serbian mutiny at Kragujevac, sparked by food shortages, was quashed after heavy fighting.
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Suyene
Aidin
Smyrna
Talaat Pashoa
Mesopotamia
Tobnero
Corfu
Serbia
Kragujevarz
National League results from Friday's games
In St Louis, the Cardinals beat the Phillies 8 to 2 while the Cubs defeated the Red Sox 8 to 0 as rain halted other games. In the American League the Yankees topped Cleveland 6 to 1, the Athletics lost to Philadelphia 3 to 1, and Washington and Detroit both won 5 to 4 as Boston and Chicago were listed with a score symbol.
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Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
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New York
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
French Forces Make Local Progress Near Oise and Vieux Berquin
Paris reports July 13 that French troops push forward between Montricier and the Oise river. British raids near Vieux Berquin seize many prisoners in local operations.
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Paris
Montricier
Oise River
Vieux Berquin
Senate OKs three day recess amid war wire control talks
Senate leaders tentatively agree to postpone prohibition legislation until August 20 and to a three day recess with a vote today on the administration wire control resolution. President Wilson promises no censorship of news dispatches and maintains free newspaper wires, while Senators Reed and Watson push amendments to exempt wires from government control.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Burleson
Reed
Watson
Italians Advance in Albania Press Austrians Retreat
Rome reports the Italian army in Albania advancing rapidly as the enemy makes only sporadic rear guard resistance. Italian forces are securing large amounts of war material abandoned by the Austrians in their retreat.
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Albania
Rome
Rumor of Hindenburg Illness Shakes German High Command
A German traveler reports a widespread rumor that Field Marshal von Hindenburg is ill and unable to work at the army headquarters. First Quartermaster General Ludendorff has assumed military duties, with German newspapers not allowed to mention the rumor.
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London
Germany
Hague
Exchannge Telegraph Company
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
First
Ludendorff
Dernburg Warns Peace Demands Diplomacy Not Battle
During a debate in the Prussian upper house Dr Bernhard Dernburg former German colonial minister argued peace cannot be won on the battlefield alone without diplomacy. He urged Prussia to pursue and maintain leadership through negotiation while opponents challenged his view amid names and charges.
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Doctor Dernburg
Amsterdam
Bernhard Dernburg
Prussia
Junker
Exchanges of 500000 Captives Highlight Swiss Mediation
Berne reports more than 500000 invalid and sick prisoners of war from various nations have been exchanged and repatriated through Switzerland since the war began. The number of officers and soldiers interned at Swiss health resorts recently reached 80000. Since 1914, Swiss postal service has forwarded between belligerents over 500 million letters and about 10 million money orders totaling more than 270 million francs.
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Berne
Switzerland
Release Reitman to Leave Warrensville Prison
Dr Ben Reitman of Chicago, serving six months in Warrensville workhouse for circulating birth control literature, was to be released. Superintendent Burns reported seven hundred dollars of the one thousand dollar fine paid by Chicago friends and two months shaved off for good behavior. Bettman says he will return to Chicago immediately.
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Ohio
Ben Reitman
Chicago
Warrensville
Burns
Bettman
Kuehlmann Plans Swiss Vacation After Berlin Debates
Former German foreign minister Richard Kuehlmann will travel to Switzerland for an extended vacation to seek fresh air, according to a Berlin dispatch. He told the newspaper he is sick of it all and looks forward to relief.
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Switzerland
Amsterdam
Richard Kuehlmann
Berlin
Wfpend
Casualties in U S Army announced by War Department
Washington July 13 Fifty two casualties in the American expedition ary forces were announced by the war department divided as follows Nine killed in action seven died from wounds seven from disease two from airplane accident four from accident and other causes fifteen severely wounded one slightly wounded two wounded degree undetermined and five missing in action.
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Washington
War Department
U. S. Bonds Held by Germans Revealed in Probe
Officials in Washington say secret service efforts uncover a list of German government bonds held in the United States as part of a propaganda crackdown. The disclosure follows Alfred L. Becker’s report on the DBusch family holdings, with nearly 2000 names on the list built from two years of investigations.
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Washington
United States
Dbusch Family
St Louis
Alfred L. Becker
New York
Five American aviators reported captured in war communiqué
Washington confirms German claim that five American aviators were captured after a bombing expedition. General Pershing's July 11 communique says five of our aircraft are missing and notes enemy raids in the Vosges failed with losses. other fronts remained quiet.
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Wasehington
Pershing
War Department
Vosges
Other Poly
Rail Strike Spreads Across Russia News Dispatch
A Zurich dispatch reports Russian railway workers in several districts striking and warns the action could become general, per Leipzig Neueste Nachrichten. The notice conveys growing labor unrest impacting rail transport and nationwide attention.
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Russia
Paris
Zurich
Keipzig Neueste Nachrichten
Admiral Adrian Rieunier Dies in Albi at Eighty
Paris reports the death of Admiral Adrian Rieunier former minister of marine of the French Navy He died in Albi at the age of eighty his passing ends a notable naval career with high rank and public service toward France.
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Paris
Adrian Rieunier
Albi
British Forces In France Reach 2 Million In Frontline Strength
Paris notes 2,000,000 British troops in France equal to 1917 levels as French and American advances reshape the front. French gains along Picardy yield fortress Castel ruins and several strongholds. 500+ prisoners reported. British raids at Planters Merris Meteren and near Hamel yield more captives amid ongoing weather disruptions from Ypres to Reims.
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France
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Caste and
Mailly Raineval
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Anchina
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Merris
Meteren
War Office
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Hamel
Somme
Gavrelle
Arras
Morris
Germany
Ypres
Reims
Picardy
Aisne
Marne
Buscalres
Corey
Marne Front
Sermime
Orphan With Many Mothers in France War Aid
A five year old boy in France has been adopted by a group of American telephone girls who arrived in Paris. The girls, who all speak French, club together to contribute funds annually to educate him, giving the boy many "godmothers" in France.
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Longport
Paris
Longpont
Suvieres
Villers-Cotterets
War Office
France
Adopts Bay
Sov Frances
Belgian King and Queen Return to France by Air
The Belgian king and queen, who had been visiting England, have returned to France via the same air route used to cross the channel to England.
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Paris
Belgium
England
France
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