Germans Drive First Belgian Front Push Toward Dunkirk
Gallant action on the Belgian coast described as a renewed German offensive near Yser bridges destroyed blocking reinforcements. Russians push in Galicia capturing Halicz and advancing toward Lemberg while British and Belgian defenses resist along the coast. German losses include prisoners and guns as observers in London report ongoing battle with heavy firing heard.
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Associated Press
Galicia
Halicz
Lemberg
Galician
Belgium
Dunkirk
Yser
The
North Sea
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Calata
Ypres
London
England
Russia
Lamberg
SkotaLtena
General Korniloff Emerges as New Russian War Hero
Petrograd reports Lieutenant General R G Korniloff, Galicia victor and famed for daring, chivalry, and intellect. From a Siberian Cossack family he rose from log cabin origins to army leadership, earning fame in the Russo Japanese War and at Mukden, later escaping an Austrian prison to return to Russia.
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Kuropatkin
Galicia
Petrograd
Russia
R. G. Korniloff
Korniloff
Cer
Siberia
Siberian Cadet Corps
Mukden
Kuropattin
St. George
Gallela
Ad- Senthpeh
Russie
Airplanes Will Win Last War Says Wrights
Dayton Ohio July 11 Orville Wright predicts this is the last war airplanes will end war by their numbers while Wilbur Wright field trains 400 aviators to aid the effort He says planes will become a popular sport and many young flyers will return to aviation after the conflict.
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Orville Wright
Dayton
Oho
Wright
United States
Wilbur Wright Field
Germany
War Gave Titles to Many Women
London July 11 There are twenty women in England who form the nucleus of a class that promises to grow as the war continues and male heirs are killed Where there is no male heir to a peer title a daughter may inherit In many cases women have gained recognition ahead of male predecessors Several titled women in their own right have writings to their names including Viscountess Walewisley and others The article lists several peeresses and baronesses who hold titles and notes that married commoners retain rank in this unique wartime succession Also reports a separate traffic accident near Minot involving Dr Pence and Mr Greens with a collision damaging a car and injuring Dr Pence
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London
England
Cromartie
Walesley
Worman
Nines Amherst
Baronean
Benner
Baronem Bersing
Berners
Countean
Cromartle
Darcy de Knayth
Baroness de Rog
Haroness Dorches- Lap
Fudcon
Three Bodies Recovered at Ortonville Tragedy
Miss Belle Larson and one of her two Fargo nieces were found among seven victims after a squall swamped the Muskegon near Ortonville Minnesota. Survivors Ole Tranberg and a twelve year old boy described the sudden storm as rescuers searched Big Stone Lake. Betsy Erickson and Hazel Erickson, sisters from Fargo, were identified among the victims.
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Ortonville
Minn
Belle Larson
Big Stone Lake
Ole Tranberg
David Maanvell
Fargo
N. D
Betsy Erickson
Fargo Atore
Land
Hazel Erickson
Audubon
H. F. Erickson
Air Raid on Turkish Fleet Off Constantinople
London reports a British air raid on the Turkish fleet near Constantinople. bombs hit Goeben and Sultan Selim with fires observed. direct hits claimed on other ships. The attack surprised enemy defenses. British forces returned without casualties.
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London
Constantinople
British
War Office
Ywuz
Sultan Selim
Gosben
Goeben
Germany Again Torn by Fight for Reforms
A Cologne Gazette dispatch cites minister retirements and press attacks on Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg amid debates on international reform and Prussian dualism. Bernstorff and Zimermann touted as successors while Reichstag factions clash over a peace plan and coalition reforms.
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Germany
Copenhagen
Barlch
Cologne
Helfferich
Z Zimgernan
Tagblatt
Crown Council
von Bethamann-Hollweg
David
Reichstag
Hes Chancelor
Curtis Publishing Co Charged With Unfair Practices
The Federal Trade Commission issued a formal complaint charging Curtis Publishing Co with unfair business practices and stifling competition by refusing to sell its publications to dealers who carried competitors' titles. The action, dated July 11, targets Curtis's distribution policy in a bid to curb dealer choice and price competition.
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Nashington
Curtis Publishing Company
Federal Trade Commission
Founder of N. E. A. Dies at Convention
Minneapolis July 1. National Editorial Association mourns founder Colonel Benjamin B. Herbert of Chicago editor of The National Printer-Journalist who died last midnight after heart trouble Monday night. Delegates adopted resolutions of sorrow and urged Congress to empower the federal trade commission to take over and operate American paper mills to lower prices. M Levang of Lanesboro protested free political advertising, arguing candidates merit the same treatment as merchants and publishers should not provide free space to politicians.
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Minneapolis
Minn
M. Levang
Lanesboro
Harden's Paper Suppressed as War Mobilization Moves
Copenhagen reports Die Zukunft editor Maximilian Harden has been suppressed for the war's remainder. Harden is mobilized under the auxiliary cylinder Vice law and will serve as a military clerk. The government had planned action earlier but lacked courage.
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Copenhagen
Maximilian Harden
Berlin Tageblatt
Herr Harden
Acton
No Import of Berlin Events Says German Crisis Lies in Army
Washington reports that officials see Germany's core issues as rooted in the army general staff rather than surface changes. Dismissals of Zimmerman Helfferich or Bethmann Hollweg would not alter policy. the real shift requires addressing Junkers Pan-Germans and military influence as Austria presses for a liberal peace.
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Washington
Germany
Zimmerman
Helfferich
von. Bethmann-Hollweg
Foreign Office
German Peace Party
Junkers
Austria
Samoan Islands Hit by Earthquake and Tidal Wave
A Suva dispatch reports damage in the Samoan Islands from a strong earthquake and ensuing tidal wave. The Friendly Islands nearby also felt an earthquake.
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Samoan Islands
Washington
Suva
Fiji Island
Senate Opens Food Control Bill Debate in Washington
Washington July 11 senators debate the administration section of the food control bill after a tentative amendment allowing the president to commandeer whiskey held in bond. Overman and Smoot object to $159000 for implementing the act without detailed expenditure statements. Chamberlain calls for annual itemized accounts while Reed notes a substitute food bill may be ready and protests further delay.
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Washington
Senate
Overman
Smoot
Chamberlain
Reed
Agriculture Committee
German People Still Doubt U. S. Army Is in France
The Hague dispatch notes German papers question American troop arrival in France. Weser Zeitung questions how many troops are in France and contends reports of a full landing sound plausible but numbers seem exaggerated. It cites lack of field equipment and doubts a second division is en route due to transport limits.
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the Hague
France
Weser Zeitung
America
Europe
Nebraska professors and others charged with disloyalty
Lincoln Neb July 11 The Nebraska council of defense issued a statement charging certain professors at the University and others connected with Taubaren church in the state with disloyal activity and aiding Germany. The weather forecast calls for fair tonight and Thursday cooler in the east and warmer in the west part tonight.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraake Council
Defenan
Sbi
Ese
Taubaren
Marcial Thet Haa
Germany
Baer Wins First District Congress Seat in Narrow Victory
John M. Baer of Faro elected congressman from North Dakota's First District to fill the late Henry T. Helgesen's term. Baer led with about 9,500 more votes than Olger B. Burtness. Geo A Bangs trailed by around 9,000. District total 23,219 with 477 of 545 precincts reporting. Burtness and Bangs carried their home counties by large margins amid inclement weather and voter apathy.
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John M. Baer
Faro
Yeater
Henry T. Helgesen
Baer
Olger B. Burtness
Bangs
H. H. Anker
Burthems
Congress
Hartness
Grand Forks
Armed citizens halt IWW deportees at Needles
Sixty three men, including many IWW members, were deported from Jerome to Needles where armed residents halted the train and forced a return to Arizona. Some said they fled skyline clashes with miners and mine operators. others claimed coercion to join picket lines. Twenty escaped with guards, two more fled, and the rest were driven to the court house for food. The town remains patrolled by a home guard.
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Kingman
Aziz
Jerome Yeaterday
Industrial Workers of the World
Needles
Arizona
Jerome
Arisona
Cal
Arts
Moarch
Four Lads Arrested for Stealing Pies
Four boys in Grand Forks were arrested after allegedly lifting several pies from a kitchen area above a hotel. They were detained by patrol officers and later placed on probation.
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Grand Forks
Kitchem
Gitumbla
Celumia
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