American Army Lands in France to Front Soon
General Pershing's American forces have landed in France marking the first contingent in place for action. Maj. Gen. Sibert assumes command at a nearby camp as transports arrive through submarine danger amid cheers and harbor beflagging.
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France
General Pershing
William L. Sibert
Pershing
United States
Sibert
Washington
Germany
Mexican
Hatti
Santo Domingo
White House
South Africa
Army General Staff
VERDUN FIGHT AND LENS PUSH REPORTED IN JULY
Paris reports French and German troops clashing west of Dead Man's hill in Verdun with fluctuating positions and final abandon. A German assault on Avecourt failed. British HQ says Lens encirclement progresses with capture of German defenses on a half mile front along the Ranchez river.
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Paris
Dead Man's Hill
Verdun
Avecourt
Aisne
Champagne
London
Lens
Ranchez River
Tena
Woodruff to Lead Timber Regiment for France Service
Lieutenant Colonel James A. Woodruff with 18 years in the engineer corps will organize a regiment of woodsmen and mill workers for frontline timber extraction in France. Enlistment opens for men aged eight een to forty for the war period, with one battalion to assemble at the American University and another at Fort Leavenworth.
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James A. Woodruff
Engineer Corps
France
American University
Woodruff
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Railroads Lose Bid to Raise Freight Rates Nationwide
The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected railroads petition for a 15 percent freight rate increase. The order dated June 27 suspends the proposed increases until October 28 1917 except for coal coke and iron ore schedules in certain districts. The decision notes 1916 as a record year for railroads and allows limited raises to offset regional revenue needs.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
MceChard
Compassion
Russians Launch Large Eastern Front Assault
Berlin reports a major Russian attack along the Strips front stretching about 18 1/2 miles. German officials say the assault caused heavy losses to the attackers, who were repulsed, marking the widest offensive by the Russians since the revolution.
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Berlin
Germain
French Warship Kleber Sunk by Mine
An official announcement reports the armored cruiser Kleber struck a mine off Point St Matthieu and sank. Three officers and 85 men perished. The vessel had departed Dakar and was en route to Brent.
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Kleber
Point St. Mathieu
Paris
Dakar
Africa
Brent
Coal Prices Reduced Immediately To Cut Costs
Washington reports an immediate $1 to $1.50 a ton cut in bituminous coal at the mine by coal operators. The move aims to lower consumer costs and may lead to further decreases after cost investigations. Secretary Lane praised the step and urged prompt action.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Federal Trade Commission
Committee On Coal Production
National Defense Council
Lane
Peabody
Toy. S. Peabody
Fort
Coal Committee
The
Council of National Defense
Decatur, T
Canadians Drive On Lens Front In France Action
Canadian troops under heavy artillery fire stormed the German front line before Ayton near Lens. The British advance reached within a mile of Lens center on a two mile front. Soldiers from British Columbia Manitoba central Ontario and Nova Scotia participated. Nova Scotians seized Lenavette on the Lens Arras road capturing prisoners.
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France
Ayton
Lens
British Columbia
Manitoba
Ontario
Nova Scotia
Nova
Colorado miners to strike over Rockefeller plan
Denver July 2 formal notice of intent to strike was filed with the state industrial committee by John F Moran president of Patrict No 15 U M W A representative of members at Colorado Fuel and Iron Moran cited opposition to the Rockefeller plan as a major factor in the action No pay raise was requested Amateur Killed by Pitched Ball Great Bend Kan June 50 A ball game at Alamota Kan cost the life of Theodore Norton a Beeler farmer struck on the head by a pitched ball
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Denver
Colo
State Industrial Committee
John F. Moran
Patrict No. 15
United Mineworkers
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Moran
Great Bend
Kan
Alamota
Theodore Norton
Forty Drown When Car Plunges Into Niagara
Niagara Falls July 2 Forty persons drowned when a Great Gorge route car slid on a landslide under a trestle and plunged into the Niagara river. Twenty bodies were recovered and many were injured as rescuers, firemen, guardsmen, Fort Niagara students, and police searched the rapids and whirlpool for victims.
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Niagara Falls
Great Gorge
Niagara River
National
Fort Niagara
Greece Breaks with Kaiser Allies in War Rift
Athens reports Greece has broken diplomatic relations with Germany Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey. A Le Temps telegraph from Athens says G Caradja instructed Greek ministers in Berlin Vienna Sofia and Constantinople to sever ties and depart with staffs placing archives in the Netherlands as Greece deems war exists though no formal declaration has been made.
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Athens
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey
Paris
le Temps
Switzerland
G. Caradja
Berlin
Vienna
Sofia
Constantinople
Netherlands
Iowa Airman Not Killed In French Flight Action
Corporal James Norman Hall of Colfax Indiana a member of the French aviation corps is reported alive though in serious condition. A telegram from Soissons dated Thursday night says Hall is in hospital with a bullet through his lung and another bullet grazed his scalp. Hall was wounded while engaging eight German machines.
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Paris
James Norman Hall
Colfax
Soissona
Hall
White
War Appeal Urges Stores Cut Nonessential War Services
Washington on June 2 the commercial economy board urged retailers to eliminate nonessential services and release unnecessary men and vehicles as a wartime measure.
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Washington
Commercial Economy Board
The
Council of Na Donal Defense
Five Die on Lake Ship as Tank Falls on Decks
A Milwaukee river disaster aboard the excursion boat Christopher Columbus leaves five dead and twenty three missing after a 25 000 gallon water tank toppled from a high tank and crashed onto crowded decks. Federal agents open inquiry as captains and survivors describe the frightening moments and rescue attempts.
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Milwaukee
H. W. Thorp
Goodrich Transportation Company
Charles H. Moody
Fred Blum
Blanche Cooper
Cherokee
Kan
Bertha M. Comstock
Kenyon
Minn
Thomas H. Creel
Parkersburg
W. V
Robert Downs
Colored
Chicago
Eva Katman
Alfred B. Murray
Cecil Neil
Buiings
Okla
Bertha Parsons
A. G. Pollak
Dubuque
Alta Roberts
Morrill
Frank Saukup
William Steenberg
Adella Swanson
Uniown
U. S
Charles Moody
Jaimes Brody
Brody
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
Bank Graha & Sons Fails in Chicago
The Graha & Sons private bank at 650 West Madison Street closed its doors on Friday. State detectives seized the bank two hours later, pursuing an involuntary bankruptcy petition by William Shale for $38,000. The late Andrew J. Graham served as president. deposits were estimated up to $5,000,000, with heavy real estate bond investments hindering liquidity.
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Chcago
Graha & Sons
West
Madison Street
Hoyne
Federal District Court
William Shale
Andrew J. Graham
Hainets
Nomination to Federal Vocational Commission
President nominates Charles A. Greathouse former Indiana public instruction superintendent and Democratic state chair to the Federal Vocational Commission. Other nominees include Arthur E. Holder from Town and James Phinney Munroe of Massachusetts with terms of three two and one years respectively.
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Washington
Senate
Charles A. Greathouse
Indiana
Democratic State Committee
Federal Vocational Commission
Arthur E. Holder
Town
Charles A. Great
House of Indians
James Phinney Munroe
Massachusetts
Notable wartime brief from Anson and Chicago fires
A firesmoke roundup reports George Rowe family perished in a river road home blaze near Anson Maine with six children. It notes Chicago losses over 500000 in moving pictures and 150000 in two buildings, and various war and shipping developments including Brady mobilizing movies and a Dutch armored cruiser entering an Atlantic port.
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George Rowe
River Road
Anson
Consumers
Chicago
Washington
Senate
Vedder
Division
Leonard Russo
John Alongo
Wilhelmina of
Holland
Hague
Great Britain
Germany
Wilson
William A. Brady
United States
France
The
Food Administration
Florida
Pernambuco
Brazil
I. J. Heckroth
New York
W. H. Suptren
Kentucky
Westfalen
Rotterdam
Copenhagen
Terschelling
Twin City
Lqnor
Dakotas
Minneapolis
Minn
Atlantic
Percy Grainger
Coast Artillery
Fort Totten
Grainger
War Department
National Guard
Dry's Quit Fight On Beer In Food Control Bill
Washington reports a compromise between dry leaders and administration chiefs to modify the prohibition amendment of the food control bill to allow beers and wines. President Wilson, per Senator Phelan, seeks authority to halt malt and vinous liquor manufacture only in emergencies.
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Senate
Washington
Wilson
Phelan
California
Markets Show Mixed Wheat and Livestock Prices in Chicago
Chicago market notes show July wheat at 2.00 with highs near 2.02 and September around 1.80s, corn values around 1.56 to 1.58, and a wide spread in wheat flour and rye prices. Cattle and hog ranges list good to prime calves and prime butchers with several price bands, while sheep and lambs vary by grade, reflecting a broad trading day.
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Chicago
Timothy
Jon
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J. A. Woodruff
Pat Aes Hs
Stripa
Dominion Troope
Colorado
Rockefeller
Boris A. Bakhmetieff
Russia
Niagara
Greece
Kaiser
Recaila
Austria
Iowa
James Hall
Graham & Sons
Drys
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