French and British Allies Advance on Somme Front
French troops under General Foch make rapid gains toward Peronne in the Somme front offensive. They capture Herbecourt Feillieres Flaucourt and Asevillers and push to Estress and Buscourt. British forces advance at La Boisselle with heavy artillery, reporting progress and repelling counterattacks as air and artillery support intensify. Russian and Italian fronts continue with prisoner captures and battles across the eastern and southern theatres.
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Somme
Peronne
Herbecourt
Feillieres
Flaucourt
Asevillers
Estress
Buscourt
la Boisselle
The
Theritish
Rusetan Succesa
Ruawian War Office
Linewka
Lutsk
Petrograd
Latin Nations Alliance Letter Cites 1908 Pact
An open letter from 8 Latin American signers cites a 1908 Garagosa pact to resist U S aggression, swearing by the Virgin of the Pillar to unite if any Latin American republics are threatened. In Washington, Harry K Dougherty of Grove City, Pa, was named neutral arbitrator between New York Central and Nickel Plate railways and their telegraphers over wages vacations and related disputes.
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Mexico City
Bosme Zafra
Ee Eg Rene Apalives
Garagosa
Spain
Zafrletter
United States
Washington
Harry K Dougherty
Grove City
United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation
New York Central
Nickel Plate Railways
Machine Guns Turn Tide On French Front Battle
London reports from the French front July 2 describe heavy use of machine guns by both German and British forces in the present major battle. Dug outs are Sieged, men transfer guns to forward positions, and entanglements are cut, with new British mine-like bombs and mobile machines noted.
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London
Egypt
Ten Thousand More Guards To Be Moved From Camps
New York July 3 Major General Leonard Wood says the movement of militia from the east toward the Mexican border has peaked but about 10 000 more troops will leave mobilization camps this week Nine states in Wood's command have sent National Guard units southward Massachusetts and New Jersey have sent larger shares New Jersey in proportion to its size has 307 militiamen left in camps and 4056 on the way to the order Figures at Wood's headquarters show the troops in each eastern state that have gone to the border or remain in mobilization camps
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New York
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Wood
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Hughes Begins Campaign Work For July Effort
Bridge Hamton N H July Hughes today began a detailed study of all campaign phases. He plans two months of preparation to equip himself for detailed issue discussions. A large file of documents and clippings will be reviewed in his library as part of the effort. Peary Withdraws From Race For Senate Nomination In Maine Portland July 3 Rear Admiral Robert E Peary announced his withdrawal from the Republican senatorial nomination contest to fit out the remainder of the late Edwin term.
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Bridge Hamton
E. Hughes
ISI
Geen Peary
Portland
Robert BE. Peary
Edwin
Epidemic of Infantile Paralysis Hits Metropolis
The infantile paralysis outbreak in the metropolis has claimed 82 lives by tonight with 23 deaths since Saturday noon. Health Commissioner Emerson urged police to revoke licenses and permits for Independence Day celebrations in districts and streets where cases are prevalent.
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York
Emerson
Democrats Favors GOP Seen in North Dakota
Washington July 3 R W Farrar Wahpeton secretary to Senator McCumber says a good majority of democrats in North Dakota will vote Republican in November. He notes opposition to the President's Mexican policy and cites Barnes county where 1400 democrats cast only 502 votes for their ticket. McCumber is on a fishing trip in Detroit and not due back soon.
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Washington, D. C
Ore Dakota
R. W. Farrar
Wahpeton
McCumber
North Dakota
Farrar
Barnes County
Detroit
Minn
Mills Nominated As Major General By the President
President Wilson submitted many reorganizational measures to the Senate today led by Brigadier General Albert T. Mills to be promoted to major general. The Massachusetts Guardsmen ambulance corps faced heat and fatigue at Fort Bliss during retraining. Agriculture estimates show 1916 beet sugar acreage at 768,500 acres, up from prior years.
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Mills
Washington
Wilson
Albert T. Mills
Ohier
Department of Aggriculture
North Dakota Guards Stay Put At Fort Lincoln
Fort Lincoln ND July 3. The North Dakota regiment will likely remain for another week as rations are drawn for seven days and no orders to move have arrived. Officers praise the delay for better discipline and camp endurance while heavy afternoon rain and wind lash the post. All seven men who initially refused the oath have signed muster rolls and joined the U S service.
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Fort Lincoln
N. D
North Dakota
Fraine
United States
Taylor
Cyclone causes heavy damage in Scott Sask district
A cyclone struck Scott Saskatchewan Sunday night causing about 15 000 in damage and injuring some residents no fatalities were reported. The Royal Bank the Imperial Oil warehouse and Farmers Labour warehouse were damaged Huff's Grain Crusher and one church suffered extensive harm Grand Trunk railway tracks were torn and thousands of acres of crops were wiped out. Weather outlook includes partly cloudy skies in North Dakota and Minnesota with showers and cooler temperatures. Maximum 80.4 Fahrenheit minimum 60.8. Northeast winds 20 mph Barometer 29.74.
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Herald Special Service
Winnipeg
Man
Scott
Sask
Royal Bank
Imperial Oil Company
Farmers’ Labor Company
Huff
Grand Trunk
Jocality
Mobilization on both sides near Mexico line warned
San Antonio and Eagle Pass reports show General Funston planning to mobilize 40 000 regular troops with national guards for possible invasion if needed. Illinois Wisconsin Kansas Missouri and New York units are en route or at border stations. Mexican forces concentrate north of Mexico with dispersed cavalry along the border and main depots inland to speed defense and supply moves.
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Mexico
Funston
Foster
Lllnois
Wisconsin
Funeton
Brownsville
Kansas
Missouri
Laredo
Eagle Pass
New York Field Artillery
Brownaville
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of California
German Americans Declare Loyalty to the American Flag
Buffalo on July 3 marked the state convention of the German American Alliance ending with officers re elected and resolutions affirming the group would not be used as a political instrument. Members pledged to follow their political faith and to place property and lives at the nation’s service during the Mexican crisis.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Alliance
Labor Leaders Urging Peace Across Borders
A joint committee of labor officials from the United States and Mexico appeals for government and public effort to avoid war. They propose a binational commission to resolve misunderstandings from inadequate information and plan to reconvene when the crisis lessens. Also notes Sage donation to Lawrence College for a girls dormitory and a quip about crises.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
American Federation of Labor
El Paso to Be Nation's Largest Field Artillery Post
El Paso becomes the skeleton brigade station under Col Granger Adams with units from Fifth U S artillery First Massachusetts field artillery and batteries from Connecticut and Rhode Island. The move aims to make El Paso the largest military post in the United States as drills begin in the border heat and troops are distributed to border points. A special train will carry El Paso undertakers to Villa Ahumada to repatriate American soldiers killed at Carrizal under Mexican escort and de facto guarantees. Rumors of Pershing’s force withdrawal circulate but lack official confirmation.
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el Paso
Tex
el Pasoleto
Granger Adams
Fifth Field Artillery
Fifth United States Artillery
Massachusetts Field Artillery
Connecticut
Rhode Island
United States
Fl Paso
Francisco Gonzales
Juarez
Villa Ahumada
Bell, Jr
Carrizs
Carranza
Tetras
John J. Pershing
Guardsmen Rush to Protect Elephant Butte Dam
Columbus New Mexico July 3 Troops of the National Guard have been ordered rushed to the Elephant Butte Dam to reinforce defenses along the Rio Grande irrigation system. The note mentions the valley and southern reach, with scattered reflections on romance.
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Columbus
N. M
New Mexico National Guard
Elephant Butte
Pershing Offered Border Commander Post
Washington dispatch reports Major General John J. Pershing was offered the post of department commander over the New Mexico expeditionary area as part of a reorganization to cover the 1800 mile frontier. The plan would split duties between Funston in the southern and Bell in the western departments with Pershing as commander of the New Mexico department awaiting his reply. The note confirms no withdrawal of the expedition from Mexico and cites strategic needs for closer border lines and supply considerations. Ambassador Arredondo said Mexico hopes for amicable adjustment of tensions and noted no withdrawal of Pershing.
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War Department
Border Patrol
Supreme Command
Mexico
el Paro
Douglas
State Line
Department of
Pershing
Perstin
Wilson
Lansine
Carranza
Mande
Eral Funston
Ambaemdor
Elisio Arredando
Dor
Mexico City
Siring
State Department
Arredondo
Independence Day Publication Notice
The Evening Herald will not publish on Independence Day. No separate edition will be issued. The paper will resume normal publication the following day.
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Evening Herald
Berry
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