Bolshevik Government Overthrown and Mutinies in Hungary
A Petrograd cablegram says the Bolsheviki government was overthrown and Moscow captured by Generals Kaledine Korniloff and German forces, Lenine and Trotsky fled to Murman, and Nicolas Nikolaivitch named emperor. Budapest shut down by a general strike with workers council demands. In Hungary mutinies at Gyor and Pecs led to 2,000 condemned to death.
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Petrograd
Blad
Moscow
Kaledine
Korniloff
Lenine
Trotsky
Murman
Nicolas Nikolaivitch
Amsterdam
Budapest
Wekere
Paris
Gyor
Pecs
Hungary
Italian Front End of Austro-Hungarian Retreat Gains Ground
Italian and Austro-Hungarian battle reports from June reveal a retreat turning chaotic along the Piave from Montello to the Adriatic. Italian forces claim 250000 Austro-Hungarian losses, thousands drowned, and numerous prisoners, while Italian aviator Major Barranca is found dead after a self-inflicted death to avoid capture.
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Rome
the Tribuna
Orlando
Italy
Montello
Adriatic Sea
Piave
Piave River
von Cronstadt
Major Barranca
Monte Crest
French Front Wide War Report From June Actions
Paris reports show Italian POWs taken southwest of Rheims while French forces push near Montdidier and Senecat wood. Bombing raids kill and injure in Paris. German attack near Bligny repelled after Italian counterattack restores line. American troops seize 150 near Belleau wood.
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Berlin
Rheims
Paris
Senecat Wood
Montdidier
Bligny
Belleau Wood
Germany is War Weary and Unrest Grows in Nation
Returning Americans report Germany is ill fed and increasingly restless. Officers and soldiers from German and neutral forces warn of mounting discontent and a possible refusal to fight as revolution talk spreads among military and civilian populations.
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Atlantic
Germany
Ireland in Anarchy Declines Calls for England and America
A London Graphic dispatch reports Ireland at its worst anarchic state since 1888 with frequent shootings and hostile cries including To hell with England and America. The piece notes widespread insults toward England amid mounting disorder.
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London
Tireland
London Graphic
England
America
Former Congressman foresees long war with horrors to come
Former Congressman W. E. Humphrey, arriving from Washington, asserts the nation faces a long, desperate fight filled with horrors and atrocities from the enemy, according to those in a position to know.
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Seattle
Jun
W. E. Humphrey
Washington
Raids and Bombardments Reported on Several Fronts
Reports from June describe French raids near Mailly and surrounding areas capturing prisoners and machine guns. British air forces struck rail facilities at Saarbrucken Offenburg and Karlsruhe with direct hits and losses noted. An influenza outbreak on the German front hampers operations while American forces claim a railway station destruction near Verdun and report German casualties in a late June engagement.
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Mailly
Baineval
Mellicoecq
Mont Camillet
Belleau Wood Figure Cited At 1200 In Official Reports
Official reports today show Belleau Wood at a value of 1 200 after careful checking. The figure appears in the latest government or military accounting released for public record.
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Belleau Wood
Russia halts German prisoner repatriation amid dispute
Moscow reports a disagreement with Germany over prisoner exchanges prompts Russia to suspend repatriation of all German soldiers fit for military service.
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Moscow
Germany
Russia
Belgians Tried at Ghent Court Martial for Allied Papers
Forty four Belgians were tried at Ghent court martial for transmitting to the Allies papers about the German army and Bruges canal air raids. Sixteen were sentenced to death and the rest to prison terms ranging two to twenty years.
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Amsterdam
Ghent
Bruges
Americans Land 900000 in France Five Months Ahead
General March announced that 900000 American soldiers have been landed in France and the program for shipping troops is five months ahead. He noted a lull on the Western front as German divisions reform for another drive and said Central Powers were held on Washington. A conference with Secretary Baker followed by Cauldwell said materials for mobilizing American troops will be abundant by September and fighting in France will be on a large scale despite submarines. General Crowder urged a July mobilization of 220000 to reach 1000000 under arms by August 1, with 70 percent of Americans in France ready for battle.
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Washington
March
France
Weare
Baker
Representative Cauldwell
House Military Committee
United States
Atlantic
General March
Senate Military Committee
Crowder
Wilson
Diaz
Army Casualties Reported For Week Ending June 22
Casualties in the American forces show 549 for the week ending June 22 with 153 wounded and 78 killed on the Western Front and at home. Marine losses include 24 wounded and 56 total casualties on June 28. Judge Duke S E Stubbs attends district court at Flat. BUHACH advertised by Ansleys General Merchandise Iditarod.
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Washington
United States Army
Duke S. E. Stubbs
U. S
Aniak
Cle Elum Fire Destroys Town As Homeless Reach Fifteen Hundred
Fire in Cle Elum Washington destroys most buildings this morning leaving about 1500 people homeless. Property loss estimated at 1 million dollars. Gregg Stewart reports no new pay changes and food shortages reduce camp population to about six. An arriving electrical engineer and a newborn guest at Reed hospital are noted amid the disaster.
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Cle
Elum
Wash
Gregg Stewart
Nixon Fork
Reed Hospital
First draw selects place in 21 year draft
Washington and Seattle reports detail the morning drawing from a glass bowl for the 21year draft places with number 246 first. The Seattle note records Glenn Perry Simon, a shipyard worker, as the first drawn in the January 2 selective draft. A separate item notes Mrs. Thornton spending several days in Iditarod.
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Seattle
Glenn Perry ‘Simon
Mrs. Thornton
Iditarod
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