Mutiny in Hun troops amid famine and strikes
Paris reports mutinous Hungarian garrisons in Gyur and Pecs condemning 2000 to death while Budapest faces a general strike and food protests. Finland and Russia endure famine with 1.6 to 1.9 million fed by public relief and widespread starvation in Petrograd.
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Paris
Gyur
Pecs
Hungary
Matin
Austria
Fungary
Amsterdam
AM Werk
Budapest
Wekerle
London
Finland
Russia
Petrograd
Nova Vie Domesty
Exchange Telegraph
Copenhagen
Dartmouth Leader Ernest Hopkins Appointed Assistant Secretary of War
Ernest M. Hopkins from Dartmouth College is named the new assistant secretary of war in charge of industrial relations. He brings seven years with major industries on organization and administration and recently led the industrial relations department under the war department’s quartermaster general before this appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest M. Hopkins
Dartmouth College
War Department
German Foreign Secretary Von Kuehlmann Faces Libel Suit
Swiss reports say the libel suit against German Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann over Deutsche Zeitung articles on his Bucharest conduct will be called next week. Witnesses including chauffeurs tied to his car rides have been summoned. Czernin is named in the scandal. A Zurich dispatch claims von Kuehlmann offered his resignation, with the emperor expected to accept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Bel
Kuehlmann
Deutsche Zeitung
Berlin
Bucharest
Switzerland
von Kuehlmann
Count Czernin
Kuehlimann
Vom Kuehlwann
Zurich
Drummers May Get 2 Cent Rate
Washington June 29 After hearing arguments by representatives of the commercial travelers representing 600000 salesmen Gerrit Fort passenger traffic director of the railroad administration took under consideration for recommendation proposals for a universal mileage book containing 5008 ales at 2 cents a mile
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Washington
Gerrit Fort
The
Railroad Administration
Deadly Crash Kills Seven in Elmhurst Wisconsin
Seven killed and 31 injured when a Chicago Aurora and Teagan limited train collided with a concrete truck near Elmhurst. Victims included the truck's driver Jones of Chicago and army Major Robert D. Brooks. Dr. E. S. Higley of Glen Ellyn among the injured. The crash occurred after the truck stalled on the right of way and the train struck it south of the Elmhurst station. Most passengers were residents of Glen Ellyn and Elgin returning from Chicago.
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Elmhurst
Chicago
Aurora & Telgin
Wheaton
Jones
A. W. Dunlap
W. S. Miller
Elgin
Harry D, Westphall
Robert D. Broks
United States Army
E. 8
Higley
Glen Elswyn
Brooks
Elmhurst Station
Glen Ellyn
Bombs Fall On Paris Kill 11 and Injure 14
German air raid on Paris Thursday night left eleven dead and fourteen wounded. Reports say several squadrons diverged to break the defensive line and dropped bombs as they penetrated, causing substantial damage before the attack waned.
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Paris
Germany to Meet U S on Prisoner Exchange Talks
Germany accepted the US invitation to send representatives to Berne Switzerland for a conference on August 5 with an American delegation to discuss exchange and treatment of prisoners of war.
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Germany
U. S
Berne
Washington
United States
Switzerland
U S Men Police Panama Cities Under Baker Orders
Secretary Baker instructed Major General Blatchford to take over policing of Panama and Colon to maintain public order in the canal zone.
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Baker
Blatchford
Washington
Department of Panama
Panama
Colon
First American Troops Land in Italy Reach Front Sector
General March announces that the first American troops have been landed in Italy. They are from the Seventy-seventh National Army Division raised in New York and shipped directly from the United States. They have taken over a sector on the front.
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Washington, D. C
March
Italy
Pershing
United States
New York
Senate fights over draft ages as war bill moves forward
Sen Warren warns of shipping shortages as contracts with allies lapse, arguing for an eighteen to thirty five year old army and rapid deployment. The Senate rejects amendments lowering draft age while backing neutral exemptions and a 5 million fighting force target.
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Warren
France
Washington
War Department
Senate
Senator Hardwick
Georgia
Hardwick
Senator New
Indiana
Wyowing
Hitchcock
McCumber
North Dakota
Two Flyers Die In Michigan Crashes
Lieut Raymond Templeton of Pendleton Oregon and Private Edgar Sawyer of Hartford Connecticut were killed near Mount Clemens Michigan when their aircraft spun crashed from height and burned. The pilot and passenger were fatally burned in the fiery wreck.
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Michigan
Mount Clemens
Mich
Raymond Templeton
Pendleton
Ore
Edgar Sawyer
Hartford
Conn
Aero Squadron
Teagtoul
Harold Car Oters Noble
York
Chanite Flying Eld
Ludlow
Rantoul
Noble
Bliin
Evening Telegraph Sold and Ceases Publication
Philadelphia announces Cyrus H. K. Curtis buys the Evening Telegraph, owner of the Evening Public Ledger and publications. The Evening Telegraph will discontinue publication today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Evening Telegraph
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Evening Public Ledger
Slacker Held for $40,000 Theft
Chicago dispatches report Anton Zalataria, a draft slacker, has admitted he is wanted in Chicago for a $40,000 theft from the State bank of Cleoaire. He is under arrest in Glendive Moot according to Chief Mooney and detective Twible.
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Chicago
Anton Zalataria
Glendive
State Bank of
Mooney
Sheri
George Twible
Cleoaire
Bolshevik Regime Overthrown and Russian Emperor Debated
London reports the Bolshevik government overthrown and Nicholas Nicholaievitch elected emperor as Lenine and Trotzky flee. Troops under Kornilov and Kaledines occupy Moscow amid German involvement. Grand Duke Nicholas linked to Russian armies but later arrested for royalist activity.
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London
Russia
Nicholas Nicholaievitch
Stockholm
Nicolai Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Wre
Kornilof
Kaledines
Moscow
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Caucasus
Crimean
Deutsche Tageszeitung
Kerensky
Exchange
Paris
Darmstadt
Germany
Tehiceherin
Nicholas Tomanoff
Payan
Berne
Ekaterinburg
Perm
Berlin
Angela
Amsterdam
Paul Milyonkeoff
Constitutional Democrats
Alexander J. Guchkof
Octobertat
Harbin
Mancha
German Foreign Secretary Sees Dents in Enemy Offensive
The article reports on a statement by Germany's foreign secretary dismissing recent offensive gains as barren and predicting military victory remains distant unless swift success is achieved. It frames U S war morale as wavering amid crisis and emphasizes cautious optimism from Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decter von Kuehl- Pha
Ieee
Allied Armies Launch Surprise Attacks at Nieppe and Soissons
Allied forces push forward on fronts east of the Nieppe forest and south of Amblemy near Montgobert, seizing ground from German lines and taking over 1,060 prisoners with several machine guns. Australian troops also report local gains near Morris.
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London
Chery
Baitleur
Bethune
Forest of
Nelppe
Soissons
Amblemy
Montgobert
Paris War Office
Cutty
St. Pierre Ejale
Nieppe
Morris
Vieux Berquin
Pont Tournai
la Havelprouck
Ypres
Front
War Office
Nieppe Forest
Ot Pagune Verterue
le Besque
Paris
Alane
Laversine
Cutry
Aisne
Sailors Adrift After Dwinek Sinking Landed at Shelburne
A boatload of 24 sailors from the Dwinek, sunk by a submarine, were landed by eight fishing vessels at Shelburne Nova Scotia. They were rescued 60 miles south of Seal Island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after drifting eight days with little food and water.
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Malifax
N. S
Dwinek
Shelburne
Seal Island
Gulf of
Conc
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Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Line
Ill
Hiun
Army
Rantoul, St
Unele
Czar
Russin
Lenine
Trotzky
Bailleul
Poilus
Nova Scotia
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