French and German Fronts See Heavy Action Across France
Paris reports French advances near Belley wood and St. Maur with 400 prisoners taken. German assaults on Ambleny and St. Pierre Aigle halted. Montecourt and areas north of Eloup captured by Allied forces north of the Marne. London notes German pincers efforts from Montdidier to Chateau Thierry and costly stalemate along most of the front.
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Paris
Belley Wood
St. Maur
Antheuil
Ambleny
St. Pierre-Aigle
Dommiere-Cutry
Marne
Montecourt
Eloup
Bussiares
London
Montdidier
Chateau Thierry
Berlin
Matz
Soissons
Marne River
Noyon
Carlepont Wood
Oise
Carlepont
Caisnes
Bailly
Tracy-le Val
Nampoel
Inspector of Nurses Advocates Suffrage Amid War Effort
Miss Anne Goodrich, inspector of nurses in army hospitals under the surgeon general, champions the suffrage amendment. She urged that only college graduates join nursing, reflecting progressive reform within wartime service as battles unfold across Montdidier and the Oise with French counterattacks and German assaults.
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Anne Goodrich
Surgeon General's Office
Dutch anger over Koningin Regentes sinking
London reports Holland expresses strong indignation at the Koningin Regentes disaster. Newspapers urge the German government to take responsibility for the attack on a neutral hospital ship and question whether the vessel was torpedoed.
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London
Holland
Nieuwe Couran
Ae’ Pcopts
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
Austrians Lose Airplanes Reported in Rome
A Rome report states Austrians have lost about 600 airplanes in the past five months with estimates continuing to rise as the war intensifies.
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Rome
Germans Driven Back by French Over the Matz River
Paris reports a heavy French blow forcing German forces back across the Matz river and disrupting the Soissons drive. Fighting continues between the Aisne and Villers Cotterets Forest as Germans briefly gain footholds near Coeuvres and St. Pierre Aigle. American forces on the Marne near Belleau Wood repel a German attack with heavy losses. Lieutenant James A. Meissner, 21, a Cornell graduate and new pilot, shot down an Albatross in flames while pursuing it 15,000 feet above the lines.
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Paris
Montdidier
Oise
Mery
Genlis Wood
Aaronde
St. Maur
Loge Farm
Antheuil
Aisne
Valers Cotterets
Dommiers
Curry
Ambleny
London
Locre
Matz
Soissons
Villers Cotterets
Coeuvres
St. Pierre-Aigle
Marne
Belleau Wood
James A. Meissner
Brooklyn
Meissner
Cornell
British Advance Lines on Flanders Front
British troops have advanced their lines on the Flanders front southeast of Morris and taken a number of prisoners.
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Flanders
London
Flanders Front
Morris
Appeal and Rebuffs Split Russian Crisis Echoes in Europe
Washington reports on U S policy toward intervention in Russia as factors like the Ukrainian uprising and Bolshevik strength shape views. The Dowager Empress and older Russian royals decline to meet a German general, signaling lingering anti German sentiment among the imperial family.
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Washington
Russia
State Department
Njusela
Kotsiki
Ilena
Siberia
Foch
Arctic
Tehere
United
Hans
Amsterdam
Ukraine
Rheinische Westfaelische Zeitung
Mssen
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Minotto Drops His Appeal
Attorneys for Count James Minotto surrendered to the U.S. government and his appeal of internment as an enemy flier was dismissed by the U.S. circuit court of appeals at their request. Vegder said Minotto is interned on the ground he was born in Germany, though he is an Italian citizen and his relatives believe in his loyalty to the country.
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Chicago
James Minotto
United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Minotto
Henry Vegder
Sele
Germany
Star of Chile Towed to Safety by Roosevelt Tug
The Star of Chile, a large wallips vessel of the Alagkamw fleet, was towed to safety by the government steamer Roosevelt after becoming stuck in the Bering Sea ice. It is the fifth ship rescued from the ice on its Bristol Bay route from Seattle.
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Star of Chile
Waals
Alagkamw
Bering Sea
Roosevelt
Bureau of Finhe’ Eries
Seattle
Bristol Bay
League Baseball Games Standings Report
National League New York 1 Chicago 6 Boston 1 Pittabureh 0 rain halted other games. American League Chicago 0 Boston 7 Cleveland 7 New York 5 Detroit 8 Philadelphia 4 St Louis 45 Washington 6. American Association Minneapolis 9 Columbus 4 Louisville 11 St Paul 5 Indianapolis 12 Milwaukee 1 Toledo 7. Leta ee
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New York
Chicago
Boston
Pittabureh
Cleveland
Detroit
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Washington
Minneapolis
Columbus
Louisville
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Toledo
Leta
Aay Peret
Chi
Cincinnati
Hoston Spree
Pittsburgh
Sapserpaees
Brooklyn
Amienc
Toston Pheere Ee
New Yorkert
Lowatens Ancehiaake
Funes
Lvew
Peeneen
ANS Avsivors
Toneeoma Oneavase
Arteee Oa
Ag American
Kansie City
Eas
Eeewarenes
Uae
Uproar at A F of L Meet Tension Over Apology Prompted by Duffy
At the St Paul AFL gathering Frank Duffy fourth vice president demanded an apology from Benjamin Schlesinger of New York before resuming the committee on organization. Duffy argued Schlesinger and others voted against the labor mission report, labeling vocalists as politicians. The incident followed days of partisan friction within the convention.
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St. Paul
Minn
American Federation of Labor
Frank Duffy
Federation
Committee On Organization
Benjamin Schlesinger
New York
Schlesinger
American Labor Mission
Tepnnot
Sehles- Inger Sarless
Duffy
Lee Meremeer
Dempers
Schiesinger
Tovieration of
A. Mowner
John V. Prev
Labor Commission
Europe
Andrew Purossih
Peo Scharrenburg
Pember
Fresh U S Troops Repel German Attacks Northwest of Chateau Thierry
Reuters filed from French HQ describing German attempts to blunt the American drive in the Clignon valley northwest of Chateau Thierry. Five divisions totaling about 67 800 men were used with limited success as fresh units attacked Bouresches and nearby woods, meeting severe machine gun and artillery fire from U S forces.
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Chateau Thierry
London
Clignon
Reuter
Bouresches
Arwy
Americanas
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Fech
Carepont
Chevincourt
Marestsur-Matz
Outre
France
Kealdes
Bethbancourt
Machemmont
Cheyincourt
Machevont
Bethencourt
Entente al
Matz River
U.S
A. F. OF S. Meet
Ben Schlesinger
Marse Front
Bois de Balleau
Baewesches
Maine
Tellean Wand
Bowlders
Carler Geran
U. S. Gunn
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