Brusiloff resigns Russian command amid war turmoil
Petrograd reports Gen. Alexis Brusiloff has resigned as commander in chief of the Russian armies. Gen. L. G. Norniloff is named Generalissimo for the southwestern front, with Gen. Tehere wishoff succeeding on the southern front. The move comes as Russian generals warn they will quit if politics intrudes on military duties.
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Korniloff
Western Front
London
Flanders
Douglas Haig
Meuse
Avecourt Wood
Apreiment Forest
Bet St. Mihiel
Petrograd
Uskull
Riga
Alexis A. Brusiloff
L. G. Norniloff
Teherewishoff
Eighth Army
Norniloff
Kerensky
Zbrodz
Dniester
Khotlin
Russian War Department
Prath
Berlin
Stig
Bukowina
Kimpolung
Czernovita
Iester
Pruth
Kelmen
Putna River
Carpathians
Moldavia
Government to Acquire Canadian Northern Railway In Entirety
Ottawa moves toward public ownership as Sir Thomas White announces government takeover of the Canadian Northern system, including telegraphs, steamships, and elevators, with aid to Grand Trunk Pacific and a three member valuation board. Critics cite costs around five hundred million dollars and question management.
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Canadian Northern System Railway
Ottawa
House of Commons
Thomas White
Canadian Northern Railway
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canada
Canadian Northern
Exchequer Court
Supreme Court
Great North Western Company
Great Lakes
Royal Line
Admiralty
Cunard Company
Port Arthur
George P. Graham
Rodolphe Lemieux
E. M. MacDonald
Frank Oliver
Peace feelers from Vienna and London fuel negotiation talk
A Zurich wireless despatch reports Count Czernin would mediate between Vienna and London if Austria is seen not as an enemy. It notes France and Hungary show no direct hostility, while German papers express openness to negotiations through mediation.
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Yser
Washington
Italy
Palestine
Britain
Bern
London
France
Mugland
Austria
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Germany
Frem@enBrat
Peste
Revolutionists Appeal to Rally behind Provisional Government
Petrograd reports a call from veteran revolutionaries including Pleknakoff Tschaikolvaky and Zasztulich urging all citizens to support the provisional government to avert civil strife and save the country from mortal danger.
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Petrograd
George Pleknakoff
Nicholay Tschaikolvaky
Va¢Hetpe Breshkovsky
Vera Zastulitch
French Rear Admiral La Caze Offers Resignation
Paria reports Rear Admiral La Caze, minister of marine, presented his resignation to Premier Bibot Edgington through the Cahinet. The action follows unverified controversy and leaves French naval leadership in question.
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Paria
Lacaze
Local Casualties Reach Forster Family
The cablegram from the War Office informs Edmonton official F G Forster of his son Ralph P Forster a Machine in Corps Heaty Branch was admitted to Red Cross Hospital Letouquet on July 1 with a shell wound to the left side. Further news to follow.
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Lleut
Ralph P. Forster
Machine In Corps
Heaty
Red Cross Hospital
Letouquet
War Office
London
Major Bruce Reaches France as Major in Imperial Army
News from Crescent Heights reports Major James Bruce landed in France on July 13 and has joined the Imperial Army as a major. His family and friends are delighted by his promotion after a hard struggle, and they wish him God speed in the trenches.
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Tom Clenneil
Crescent Heights
Bruce
France
Imperial Army
Sir Wilfrid Sets Clifford Sifton Right on Question
Ottawa reports Sir Wilfrid Laugier challenged Sir Clifford Sifton on war stance and Quebec influence. He asserted he follows Liberal principles nationwide, will not claim conscription, supports voluntary enlistment, and that his position today mirrors August 1914.
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Wilfrid
Clifford Sifton
Ottawa
Wilfeld Laugier
Canadian Club
Winnipeg
Clifford
Quebec
Canada
Chautauqua Opens Day Two with Talent and Talks
Ruthven MacDonald delivers a broad music and storytelling program in the big tent on First Street. J S Wallace follows with a lecture on democracy’s salvation advocating education to lift individual and governmental ideals.
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First Street
Ruthven MacDonald
J. S. Wallace
Residence on Third St is a Total Wreck
A fire at 84 Third St caused two alarms today. A gas explosion from a plumber fixing water pipes burned him and blew out windows, then the house burned furiously later with all contents destroyed while unoccupied. A passing farmer’s furniture also perished. No reason found for a second blaze.
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Third St
Berns
United proposes operating ship takeover plan
Washington reports the Shipping Board will announce a plan to commandeer an ocean-going vessel under a recent act authorizing government seizure for wartime needs. Charters will be arranged under presidential authority for national purposes.
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Washington
Plhae
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Iwankoutz
Archduke Joseph
Wood Carpathians
Ypres
Zillebeke
Teutons
Aisne
Verdun
Petuin
Alene
Cerny
Hindenburg
Russia
F. G. Forster
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Ralphy
James Bruce
United As
W. J. Hanna
Scpt
Ontroller
Minister of Justice
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