Kerensky Flees as Bolsheviks Advance in Petrograd
Defeated premier Kerensky flees Petrograd after his forces are beaten near Tsarskoe Selo. Reports tie up with Cossacks, military cadets, and street fighting across Kiev and Petrograd. Barricade clashes unfold as Bolsheviks gain control of central areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kerensky
Petrograd
Russia
Caucasus
Kuban
Astrakhan
Don Region
Kerenky
Gatchina
Tsarskoe-Selo
Pulkova
Reuter
Alexandrofsky
Kiev
Moscow
Kretchka Street
Copenhagen
Politiken
Haparanda
Sweden
War Savings Campaign Acknowledged by President Wilson
The national war savings committee led by Frank Vanderlip and federal and state directors was presented to President Wilson. He noted the war costs and the education in saving it may yield, praising volunteers joining the effort.
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Washington
National War Savings Committee
Frank & Vanderlips
Federal
Wilson
Student flyer fatally injured in sea plane crash
James P. Farman of New York, a naval air station student, was hurt when his seaplane fell from 500 feet, plunging into Discayne Bay near Miami.
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James P. Farman
New York
Miami
Fla
Naval Air Station
Discayne Bay
Norwegians Vote Boycott of Germany Aimed at Trade
Christiania reports the Norwegian Water Association adopted a resolution calling for a complete boycott of Germany German shipping trade and German citizens in Norway. The association chairman warned that if foods were refused to German subjects they would leave the country.
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Germany
Christiania
Tideng Tegn
Norwegian Water Association
Norway
President Wilson Sees Northwest Victory In War Message
President Wilson sent a telegram to Northwest loyalty meeting leaders in St. Paul praising the gathering as a sign of national unity in the war effort. He declared the home must be protected and faith must be affirmed through sacrifice and service by all Americans. He said the war is not limited to any one group but a national undertaking to fight, farm, mine, manufacture, and conserve resources. The Northwest is urged to provide steady resolve to ensure victory over Germany.
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Wilson
Washington
Northwest
St. Paul
Germany
Great
America
Europe
Prairie
Forest
Venice Strips Bare as Flood Tames Warfront Inundation
Italian engineers flood Piave and Sile rivers to halt Austro German advance toward Venice. Inundation creates a twelve mile water barrier with 140,000 residents fleeing. Venice’s hotels cafes and shops close while the mayor stays at his post to protect heritage and population is moved by trains and ships.
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Italy
Piave
Sile
Grisiera
Dona di Piave
Venice
Doges
Royal Daniels
Grand Canal
St. Mark
Rialto Bridge
St. Mark’s Square
German Retreat Fears Rise As War Demands Grow
Reports from Flanders indicate German newspapers pushed for a strategic retreat on the western front as British advances threaten larger withdrawals. British data show Crown Prince Rupprecht exhausted 91 divisions in two months defending Passchendaele while Somme fighting used 86 divisions. American artillery halted a German raid and a German propaganda balloon dropped copies of a French paper in American occupied towns.
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Flanders
West Front
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Passchendaele Ridge
the Somme
France
Gazette Des Ardennes
Charleville
Wilson
Germany
Yene
H Sand
General Pershing
Spies Warned as Navy Areas Tighten Security Rules
Washington officials announce renewed warnings against enemy spies posted at navy yards and stations with placards urging secrecy. President Wilson to issue a proclamation extending registration and barred zones as fires and explosions spur tighter controls on enemy aliens along Atlantic coast fronts.
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Washington
Wilson
Department of Justice
New Yo
Atlantic Coast
Seaboard
England
France
Germany
British Seaplanes Shoot Down German Planes in Raid
British seaplanes in a raid on Handzaema destroyed two German aircraft and forced two more out of control. The force bombarded the German aviation depot and returned to base safely.
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Handzaema
London
Brazil Names War Delegate
Rio de Janeiro announces Antonio Olyn the de Magalhaes named Brazil's delegate to the allies conference.
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Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Antonio Olynthe de Magalhaes
Peril Not Yet Past Says U S Navy Sees Submarine Threat Ongoing
Washington officials caution against declaring the U boat campaign over. Naval experts acknowledge progress against submarines but want more testing before certainty. Secretary Daniels notes the menace remains and ships toll next week is not forecasted. Germany’s aim to starve England by August failed.
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Washington
Navy Department
Daniels
England
Bavarian government moves Sunday holiday to save coal
The Bavarian government decides to transfer the Sunday holiday to another weekday to conserve coal. Catholic clergy protest vigorously with Protestant support and Catholic labor unions stage a large protest meeting. Only the socialist union accepts the change.
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Copenhagen
Unio
Gompers Urges Speed Up of Industry to Win War
President Samuel Gompers addressed the executive and Greater Buffalo clubs urging accelerated industry to support the war effort. He warned neither side holds all patriotism and called for better life standards so soldiers lack nothing at home while fighting. He urged collaboration with employers to reform industrial rights and discard old ideas.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Executive Club
Greater
Buffalo Club
Mr. Gompers
Three Die in Virginia Minn Ax Murders
In Virginia Minnesota a killer axed three people Mr and Mrs Paul Alar and boarder Peter Trepich. Bodies found at their home with a note warning Austrian families who bought Liberty bonds or donated to the Red Cross. Police consider feud over aid to the American cause or robbery as theories. Wholesale arrests reported.
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Virginia
Minn
Paul Alar
Peter Trepich
Red Cross
Yankee wins medal and dies in French action
William Parringfield of San Francisco a member of the French Foreign Legion dies from wounds received in action in Lorraine. He had already earned the War Cross for bravery at Verdun and is said to have sent a letter home via Jack Barry of Brooklyn describing his death scene and the medal pinning by his captain.
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Paris
William Parringfield
San Francisco
French Foreign Legion
The
Herald
Parringfield
Jack Barry
Brookelyn
Legion
Oscar Monvet
Lorraine
Verdun
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Dispatch
Allied War Council
Carlo Porro
Allied Nations
Porro
JU. S
U.S
Kaiser
M. W. Ltargadine
Woodrow Wilson
Diaz
Berlin
Cismon
War Office
Adriatic
Piave River
Rome
Asiago
Maj
Benedict Crowell
Cleveland
William M. Ingraham
General Munitions Board
Council of National Defense
Panama Canal
Belgium
Navy
U. S
Yankee
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