Allies Hammer Central Front As German Lines Falter
Reports from the Aisne Marne front say French British and American troops are driving the Germans from forest positions north of Chateau Thierr y and attacking along the Marne. Casualties are lighter for the Allies as German defenses weaken under sustained pressure.
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Associated Press
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Aisne-Marne
Chateau-Thierry
Marne Washington
Oarey
Pershing
War Department
Marne
Hun
London
Vrigny
Rheims
War Office
Aisnie
Lowond
Bucquoy
Albert
Bethune
Flanders
Renter
Otinws Agency
Marfie
Ancre
Soissons-Marne Frort
Aisne
Bourg
Bazoches
Soissons-Rheims
Vesle
Postal Strike Declared Off Ottawa July 24
Ottawa reports a government telegram outlining terms to end the postal strike. A cabinet sub committee will meet workers who return to work and issue quarterly cheques to those remaining at work or returning. The government deems the strike unjustified and warns it may use powers to prevent disruption of mail service.
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Collier
Ottawa
Coulter
Wien
British war effort support behind Lloyd George
Ottawa reports confidential cabinet advice shows Sir Robert Borden staying in England for patriotic reasons. He and Premier Hughes of Australia back Lloyd George in boosting army efficiency with overseas forces a key part. Lloyd George seeks their presence in England until his plans are ready.
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Sir Robert Borden
England
Sir Robert
Premier Hughes
Australia
General Smuts
South Africa
Lloyd George
Many Prisoners Die In Turkish Camps
In the House of Commons today Rear Admiral Hope announced that three British officers and about 18 men died in Turkish prison camps during the eighteen months from January 1917 to the present. Seventeen naval ratings, six Indian officers, and 733 men also died in these camps.
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London
House of Commons
Hope
Admiralty Board
Westward pension mission visits Ottawa officials
Commissioners Clarke and Todd of the Pensions Board toured Ottawa last evening on a western trip to investigate pension claims and complaints. At the station no local cases were raised by Secretary Wright of the Great War Veterans Association, who said they would be addressed.
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Clarke and
Todd
Pensions Board
Ottawa
Wright
Great War Veterans’ Association
Ukraine Forms Army With 5000 Recruits
Amsterdam reports a Kiev despatch stating Ukraine begins a military levy for a new army. Five thousand youths born in 1899 will be conscripted with volunteers aged 18 to 25 eligible. Service terms: two years infantry and artillery, three years in other arms. Levy set for July.
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Amsterdam
Kiev
Conference Postponed for Afternoon Talks on Carrier Strikes
Ottawa reports a conference between government officials and letter carriers as postponed to this afternoon after a morning miscue. The cabinet plans to meet Toronto representatives at 10 o clock Wednesday to seek an immediate settlement of strikes affecting Toronto Winnipeg Vancouver and other points.
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Ottawa
Toronto
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Coulter
Labor Day Sports Prizes Set in Medicine Hat Event
More than three hundred dollars in prizes will be competed for at the Labor Day sports program in Medicine Hat on September 2. Local athletes and clubs are preparing for a full day of competitions and community participation.
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Medicine Hat
Government completes arrangements for Hay
The Provincial Department of Agriculture in Edmonton issues official instructions for hay and haying outfits. Haymaking machinery may ship north at half rate with return at half rate. Applications for reduced northbound rates go to Labor Bureaus. Southbound shipments qualify for certificates at reduced rate upon declaration the hay is for the shipper’s feed.
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Provincial Department of Agriculture
Edmonton
W. Grant
Cameron Building
Calgary
J. Weir
Lethbridge
H. Hassard
Medicine Hat
Provincial Department
H. A. Craig
Germany proposes terms for peace conference
Amsterdam July 24 Germany has sent peace conference suggestions to the Spanish government per Vorwertz Berlin. The proposals call for no western annexations or indemnities, tacit peace with Russia and Romania, self determination for peoples to be settled at the conference, and decisions on the Balkan issue, freedom of the seas, Gibraltar and Suez, coaling stations, and colonial status quo.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Vorwertz
Berlin
Russia
Romania
Belgium
Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Death of Mirbakh avenged by Bolshevik actions
Amsterdam reports through a Berlin telegram that by July 19 more than 200 Left Social Revolutionists had been shot by Bolsheviks for involvement in the assassination of Ambassador Von Mirbach and the counter revolution. The German charge at Moscow cites Foreign Minister Tchitcherin.
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Amsterdam
von Mirbach
Moscow
Tchitcherin
Bertin
Alexis Romanoff Dies of Exposure in Moscow Despatch
Former heir apparent to the Russian throne Alexis Romanoff died from exposure in Moscow a few days after his father the former emperor was executed. The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger cites a Moscow despatch.
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Amsterdam
Alexis Romanoff
Moscow
Berlin
Justicia Torpedoed Off Ireland Coast
The Giant White Star liner Justicia was torpedoed and sunk off the Ireland coast during return to New York after delivering American troops. About 7,000 to 8,000 troops were aboard with a crew around 500. 10 crew losses reported, no passengers killed, 24 hours of combat with submarines described.
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Associated Press
Justicia
Statendam
Belfast
New York
Ireland
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