German Offensive On West Front Rebuffed Despite Heavy Fighting
Reports from the Marne indicate the German offensive largely failed with few pockets of resistance in enemy-held zones. American forces captured German prisoners and even shot down a carrier pigeon carrying a message from a German division chief stating the situation was serious and progress unlikely. The War Department in Washington called the overall situation satisfactory based on Pershing and Bliss dispatches confirming yesterday’s fighting.
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Associated Press
Chateau Thierry
Washington
War Department
Pershing
Bliss
Battle in France Sees Continued Fighting South of Marne
Paris reports heavy combat as American and French forces counter attack south of the Marne. German advance stalls at Stagnan Le Chapelle Monthodon Lisieres and Bouquigny forest with French forces taking prisoners. East of Rheims, despite fierce day and night fighting, German gains remain limited. London notes little change in the German offensive by noon.
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Chatillon
War Office
Toda
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le Chapelle
Monthodon
Lisieres
Bouquigny
London
German offensives progress at Paris front
London reports that on July 16 German assaults against the French line were repulsed or held, with heavy losses. West of Rheims fresh attacks near the Marne railway and south of Dormans saw six bridges thrown across the Marne between Revilly and Dormans, yet no breach beyond four miles into French positions on the 25 mile front.
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Rheims
Marne
Dormans
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Allied defense checks German advance near Rheims
Allied lines east of Rheims hold firm against German pressure on July 16 at 10 45 A M with reports that the enemy's spirit has been broken as American troops move toward the Marne.
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Marne
Associated Press
Rheims
American Forces Recapture Fossey and Crezancy
London reports American troops have retaken Fossey and Crezancy on the south bank of the Marne after German advances yesterday. The recapture follows German crossing of the river in the recent fighting.
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London
Fossey
Crezancy
Marne
Germans Mowed Down On Marne Front In Offensive
Germans mowed down on the Marne front during a July offensive as American forces pressed forward at key points. Dispatches report heavy artillery and intense fighting as allied troops seek a breakthrough against German lines.
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Marne
Associated Press
Counter-Attack Drives Germány Forces Back East of Rheims
Late yesterday a small American counter-attack on a German salient flank forced enemy troops from the line in hot fighting. American units held intermediate rear positions while machine gunners and infantry on improved ground mowed down advancing forces as they attempted to cross open fields. The action occurred on a front segment east of Rheims.
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Rheims
British Improve Positions East of Amiens After Night Fighting
In the Villerst-Pretonneux sector British forces advanced after sharp night fighting. German artillery was active southwest of Albert and at various points along the northern front.
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London
Amiens
Villerst-Pretonneux
War Office
Albert
Discharged employee accused of disloyalty in espionage case
Deputy U S Marshal Geren of Shreveport arrested two Ouachita residents on espionage act charges for disloyal remarks. Harry Snelebright, ex Western Union employee, and A S Cade, former sawmill owner near West Monroe, deny the charges claiming prejudice and asserting Germany would defeat the U S. Cade says accuser George Wells is a discredited lawyer. Cade was released after appearance before U S Commissioner O Kelly.
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Geren
Shreveport
Ouachita
Harry Snelebright
Western Union
A. S. Cade
West Monroe
Cade
Russia
Germany
George Wells
Wells
U. S
O'Kelly
O. M. Grisham
Tallulah
Japanese Cabinet Holds Special Meeting in Tokyo
Report says a cabinet session attended by army officers was held and newspapers stress it as important. It is believed the meeting discussed a communication from the American government on possible intervention in Siberia.
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Tokio
Siberia
Germans Bomb Red Cross Hospital in Paris Action
German aviators dropped bombs on the American Red Cross hospital at Joly near Paris killing two enlisted men and wounding nine hospital personnel. Nurse Jane Jeffrey was among the injured though not seriously.
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Paris
Red Cross
Joly
Jane Jeffrey
Pineville Man Among Wounded and Dead in US Casualty Lists
Washington reports show 102 Army casualties with 8 died of wounds including Pineville Iowa Private Lee E. Smith killed in action and 53 wounded severely. Marine Corps list totals 87 with 49 killed in action and 10 died of wounds.
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Lee E. Smith
Pineville
Marine Corps
Nearly All Class 1 Men Cleared for Army Service
About 60 to 75 white Class 1 registrants were examined yesterday to judge fitness for service. Only two were rejected. Some were referred to the Medical Advisory Board. Accepted men placed in group A for immediate service and group B for later qualification after remedial work. One hundred negro registrants will depart tonight for Camp Grant Illinois. Nine white selectees will leave at 6:25 p.m. for Jackson Barracks New Orleans.
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Jackson Barracks
New Orleans
Vienna Note Sees Little Difference Between Belligerent Principles
A Vienna dispatch quotes Baron Van Burien saying there is hardly any difference between the general principles of both belligerents. He cites President Wilson's four points with some approval though noting stubborn German claims on Alsace Lorraine Trieste and other territories. He vows to discuss everything except their own territory.
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Trentino
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Baron von Burier
Paris Bombarded Again by Long Range Guns
Paris is again shelled by German long range guns this morning as fighting resumes in the capital. The assault was confirmed from Paris with details limited to artillery activity and continued siege conditions.
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Paris
Aris
German Language Push in Belgium Reported by Cologne Gazette
A Cologne Gazette article cited in New York states Germany is Germanizing Belgium by imposing the language on Belgian children. It notes ten German schools operate in Belgium and Belgian German children are gathered in homes for instruction in German.
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New York
Man With Family of Thirteen First to Register Here
John W. Barnes, age 56, of Calhoun Route 1, first to enroll in Ouachita’s manpower and woman-power registration. He has a family of 13, works as a sawmill hand for H. M. Williams Lumber Co, fires a dry kiln, 60 hours weekly, born Jan 15, 1862, in Ouachita Parish.
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John W. Barnes
Calhoun
G. T. Cross
Barnes
Route 1
Ouachita Parish
H. M. Williams Lumber Company
Two American Ships Collide One Vessel Sinks
A Swedish vessel reports that the American steamship Costerdijk collided with the San Jacinto in mid Atlantic. The Costerdijk sank and the crew were taken aboard the San Jacinto, which reached an Atlantic port badly damaged.
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Atlantic
Costerdijjk
Costerdijk
Irish MP Estimates Ireland's War Tax at 60 Million Pounds
Dublin on July 16 reports Thomas Lough, Irish MP for a London division, estimates Ireland will contribute about 60 million pounds in taxation toward the war by 1914. He frames the sum as Ireland's share in the national effort.
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Dublin
Thomas Lough
London
Ireland
Poison peaches prompt investigators to Arkansas town
Special Agent Cleve Dunn of the Missouri Pacific railway said he would travel to Gurdon Ark tonight to probe an alleged poisoning incident involving Engineer Jones and Fireman Toombs on the Gurdon branch. The men fell ill after eating peaches from a shipment said to have originated in Elliott Ark and destined for Camp Pike. Their homes are in Gordon and they were taken there.
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Guerriero
Monroe
Camp Pike
News-Star
Pine Bluff
Ark
Missouri Pacific
Little Rock
E. J. Rainey
Argenta
Redmond
Cleve Dunn
Missouri Paccific Railway
Gurdon
Jones
Toombs
I Elliott
Ensineer
Gordon
Mr. Dunn
Selectmen Call for Registrants During August Training
Officials summon 7 000 registrants for summer training sessions amid local government drill.
States Called for 7000 Draft Registrants and 899 Cooks
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced calls for 7000 registrants fit for general service to training schools between August 1 and 10 with voluntary induction allowed until July 22. A separate call for 899 drafted cooks to move August 1 and accept voluntary enlistment until July 29. Louisiana requests 36 cooks. 200 Louisiana men go to Auburn Alabama Polytechnic Institute for training.
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Washington
General Crowder
Louisiannia
Louisiana
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Auburn
New Orleans Licks Dinner Plates Clean
New Orleans reports progress in 1918 waste reduction with 6 751 tons eliminated in six months and 1 200 tons in June alone. Garbage collection and food administration efforts are credited with the city’s cleanup as residents promptly dispose of waste.
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Commissioner of Public Property
Food Administration Department
Washington
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