French Win Big in Picardy Front Advance and Albania Offense
Paris reports French troops struck a heavy blow on a three mile front in Picardy seizing German positions to over a mile depth. Captured Castel ruins and Anchin farm with 500+ prisoners. British raids yield prisoners. Allies push in Albania with Italian Greek forces driving toward Berat and Koritsa with 400+ prisoners. Five U.S. planes lost on bombing mission. counts of prisoners rise on multiple fronts.
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Caste
Mailly
Castel
Anchin
Hes
Avre
Moreuil
Montididier
Cantigny
London
Flanders
Morris
Meteren
War Office
Kemmel
Hamel
Somme
Germany
Ypres
Reims
Austria
Rome
Albania
Balkans
Adriatic Sea
Saloniki
Aegean Sea
Koritsa
Paria
Devoll
Kayany
Tomorica
U. S
Washington
General Pershing
Berlin
Coblenz
Antheuil
Montdidier
Oise
Loges
Long Pont
Retz
Rock
Berat
Skuuil
Devoli
Balkan Kingdom
Serbia
Vienna
Vagusa
Semeni
Corcy
Soissons
St. Paul
Marne
Adriatic
Fler
Arras
London Transport column aids wounded in London trains
A thousand business men in navy blue uniforms form the London Transport column of the Red Cross. They meet trains bringing wounded to London stations before dawn, transferring casualties from trains to stretchers and ambulances for hospital care. The unit, formed in August 1917 by volunteers from London insurance staffs, operates at multiple stations day and night.
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London
London Transport
Red Cross
London Transport Column
German on American troops in France says they are nearly an attacking division
An intelligence report from the German army describes the American division at the Marne as "almost an attacking division" with undisturbed morale. It notes prisoners aged eighteen to twenty eight who declare "We kill or are killed" and says Americans lack only clear instructions.
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France
Marne
Bolshevik Army Claims Victory in Siberia Front
London reports say Bolshevik forces offensive against Czech Slovak army in the Volga region yielded major gains. Troops captured Syzran and Bugulma, with White guards retreating toward Samara as Bolshevik command claims success in several sectors.
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London
Volga
Moscow
Siberia
Department of Military Operations
People’s Commissariat of War
Syzran
Simbirsk
Bugulma
Ufa
Samara
Stavropol
Ciseaucasia
Yaroslav
Rybinsk
White Guard
Jwastern
Tcheshardrinsk
Columbia Float To Pekin Rescue Of Wreck Sought
The steamship Columbia, wrecked in the Illinois River last Saturday with 600 aboard, surfaced near Pekin on Thursday. Coroner Clary, Sheriff Wilson, and 15 rescuers were aboard when it rose, two more bodies were recovered, and passengers scrambled to small boats for safety.
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Peoria
Ill
Columbia
Ilinois
Pekin
Clary
Wilson
Massive 5000-Plus Draft Roundup Strikes Chicago
More than 5,000 men of draft age were seized as suspects in Chicago as part of the largest round up in the city’s history. Federal agents and police led the operation with raids at the Cubs baseball park and searches across hotels, barber shops, saloons, and theaters. Many without registration cards were sent to nearby stations as officers combed the streets.
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Chicago
Department of Justice
Cubs
Lieut John Macarthur Downed German Plane in France
Lieut John Macarthur formerly of Wilmington Delaware credited by General Pershing in a Washington communique with bringing down a German plane during a one month service at the front in France. MacArthur a Yale graduate and ex DuPont Powder electrical engineer.
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John Macarthur
Wilmington
Del
France
Pershing
Washington
MacArthur
Yale
DuPont Powder Company
Wilsons White House talks signal Russia intervention plan
Washington reports that President Wilson invited Viscount Ishii the Japanese ambassador to the White House for a conference on aiding Russia against Germany. The discussion aims to gauge Tokyo’s view on military action in Siberia and possible American collaboration. Meanwhile 50,000 Czechoslovak troops in Russia face a critical future without relief.
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Washington
Wilson
Russia
Viscount Ishii
White House
Ishii
United States
Tokyo
Japan
Siberia
Vladivostok
Irkutsk
Samara
Rumely Arrested on Perjury Charge in Mail and Express Case
Dr Edward A Rumely vice president and treasurer of the Mail and Express company publisher of the New York Evening Mail was arrested in New York charged with perjury in a report to A Mitchell Palmer alien property custodian The attorney general says Rumely bought the Mail and Express stock in June 1917 from Henry L Stoddard acting for the imperial German government The German government is said to have paid Rumely 1801000 in several transactions tied to the purchase and these payments were concealed until justice investigators uncovered them
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New York
Edward A. Rumely
The
Mail and Express Company
New York Evening Mail
A. Mitchell Palmer
Rumely
Henry L. Stoddard
Department of Justice
New York State
Ex Lake Ship Sinks Sub As Two Hour Battle Ends
A German submarine attacked the American steamship Lake Forest 1500 miles off Cape Henry on a voyage to Europe. The Lake Forest returned fire for two hours and sank the U boat. Captain Herbert R O Johnson USNR was commended for sinking the sub by naval reserve officers. The Lake Forest was formerly the War Fox and was acquired by the Shipping Board on the Great Lakes after launch.
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New York
Lake Forest
Cape Henry
Europe
Herbert R. O. Johnson
United States Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Naval Reserve
United States Shipping Board
Great Lakes
100 Die 80 Hurt In Wreck
A head on collision seven miles west of Nashville between Louisville Chattanooga and St. Louis trains left about 100 dead and many injured. The crash occurred Tuesday as one train allegedly ignored orders. Lt Don Long of the Nashville aviation service was seriously hurt. The deceased include Private John P Hussey Uhlan J Wilson B Harris naval reserves and Alexander US marine corps.
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Nashville
Tenn
Louisville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Here
Don Long
Aviation Service of
John P. Hussey
Uhlan
Wilson B. Harris
Naval Reserves
Alexander
United States Marine Corps
Senate Votes to Attach Wartime Prohibition to Extension Bill
Washington July 12 The senate voted 36 to 33 to attach a nationwide wartime prohibition rider to the agricultural extension bill. The move reverses the chair’s ruling and signals a likely larger majority in favor of prohibition before a house concurrence.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
Saulsbury
Delaware
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Jones
Federal guidance on child labor limits upheld
Washington July 12 Federal employment directors in states with weaker child labor standards were told by the labor department to observe the former federal standard. They were reminded of the old rule banning miners and quarries workers under sixteen and those under fourteen in canneries mills workshops factories or manufacturing plants.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Department of Labor
Sugar situation declared better. new limits outlined
Washington on July 11 reports the food administration assures no sugar famine and a favorable food situation. Americans must observe the new rule limiting household per capita sugar to three pounds per month and continue other conservation measures.
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Washington
Food Administration
America
Air Instructor Killed as Plane Drops at Scott Field
Belleville Indiana July 18 Lieut Lee C G Giddings of Duluth Minnesota an instructor was killed and Cadet Edward C Darlington of Washington DC was severely injured when a plane dropped 800 feet at Scott field.
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Belleville
Lieut
Lee CG. Giddings
Duluth
Edison Jr Enlists in U S Tank Division at Fort Slocum
William L. Edison son of Thomas A Edison and honorary chairman of the navy consulting board joined a U S army tank division and departed for Fort Slocum Morristown New Jersey on July 18 to begin training or service.
Hoover Urges Higher War Profit Taxes in Senate Letter
Food Administrator Hoover asked for steeper taxes on war profits in a letter to Senator Simmons chairman of the senate finance committee, which was presented to the Senate.
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Washington
Hoover
Senator Simmons
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Flyer Lost on Patrol Trip Over Paris
Paris July 12 Lieut De Gramont commander of a squadron of American aviators disappeared during a patrolling expedition according to the Matin He was the son of a member of the Academy of Science.
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Flyer
Paris
Lieut. de Gramont
Academy of Science
First Ford Eagle submarine chaser joins the fleet
Detroit on July 12 reports the first Ford Eagle, a submarine chaser, entering service with a speed of 45 knots. It features an onboard device designed to locate submarines within a 30 mile radius.
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Detroit
Mich
Italian General Fa dining slain on Piave reconnaissance
Rome July 12 Gen Umberto Fadini commanding artillery of the twenty third army corps was killed by an enemy shell during a Piave reconnaissance mission.
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Rome
Umberto Fadini
Twenty Three More Ships in Week
Washington reports 28 ships totaling 122771 deadweight tons completed in the first week of July. The Shipping Board’s new vessels bring the year to 223 ships with aggregate tonnage 1415022 across the program.
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Washington
Shipping Board
U. S. Controls All Sulphur
The sulphur industry has passed into government control. Production and distribution will be administered by the War Industries Board with presidential approval.
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U. S
Washington
War Industries Board
White Soldier Is Hanged at Camp MacArthur
Nat Hoffman twenty five white soldier was hanged at Camp MacArthur in Waco Texas for attacking a school girl last April. The court martial sentence was affirmed by Washington.
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Waco
Tex
Nat Hoffman
Camp MacArthur
Washington
Street Car Men Get Raise Across Nation
War labor board to recommend 40 percent pay increases for street car conductors and motormen nationwide. Many cities likely to raise fares to six cents to cover higher wages.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Eugenic Marriage Bill Passes in Georgia Senate
Atlanta Georgia July 12 The state senate unanimously passed a eugenic marriage bill requiring a man to present a health certificate before a marriage license is issued.
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Atlanta
State Senate
Spokane Healthiest Place
Spokane Washington undertakers have little to do as the city records a death rate of 5.3 per 1000 for the week ending July 6. The note comes from Spokane health officials noting the city’s death rate level.
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Spokane
Washington
Wash
Breaks With Russia After Mirbach Killing
London reports Emperor William ordered a break off of talks with the Russian delegation in Berlin after Count von Mirbach the German ambassador to Russia was assassinated. A guard is placed before the Bolshevik ambassador in Berlin amid anti Russian demonstrations fears. Lenine seeks to placate Berlin by naming an extraordinary commission headed by Comrade Peters to investigate the death.
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London
William
Count von Mirbach
Russia
von Kuehlmann
Berlin
Lenine
Peters
Mirbach
Roosevelt Wins First Aerial Victory Over German Plane
Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt son of former President Roosevelt shot down a German aircraft eight miles inside enemy lines near Chateau Thierry during World War I. He and three other pilots climbed to 5 000 yards and after mistaking a target for a friend he opened fire. Fifty tracer rounds struck the fuselage causing the German plane to dive and crash two thousand yards below.
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Marne
Quentin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Chateau Thierry
German foreign chief resigns in Germany Denmark report
Copenhagen July 11 reports say Emperor William has accepted the resignation of Dr Richard von Kuehlmann the German foreign secretary. Admiral von Hintze currently minister at Christiania and former minister to Mexico is expected to succeed him.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
William
Richard von Kuehlmann
Wolff News Bureau
Berlin
Admiral von Hintze
Christiania
Mexico
Fifty-Four Nurses Killed in Belgium Ambulance Station Raid
A dispatch from Amsterdam reports that fifty four nurses and women ambulance workers were killed when bombs dropped by German airmen hit an ambulance station at La Panne Belgium. About fifty bombs were dropped in the raid. La Panne lies on the North Sea coast near the front.
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London
la Panne
Belgium
Amsterdam
North Sea
Army health report notes camps in good condition
The weekly army health report from Washington warns camps remain very satisfactory. Deaths this week were 112, down from last week, with no further details provided.
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Washington
Army
Big Losses Reported in Austro Hungarian Offensive
Italian Army Headquarters reports Austria Hungary losses in the recent offensive near 250000 based on evidence from Austrian prisoners. The figure underlines the heavy cost of the campaign and reflects the intensity of fighting seen in the theater.
Worcester Flier Officer Hobbs Killed in Europe
Lieutenant Warren J. Hobbs of Worcester a member of the American aviation corps was killed by German anti aircraft fire on June 2 He was a noted athlete and represented Worcester in sports prior to his service.
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Worcester
Mass
Lient
Warren Jt, Hobbs
American Aviation Corps
Hobbs
Martial Law Declared in Teheran Amid Riots and Shortages
A dispatch from the Teheran legation reports that Tehran is under martial law due to riots over food shortages and related disturbances.
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Teheran
Washington
Persia
Best Medicine for Women Propaganda Letter
Portsmouth Ohio Mrs Sara Shaw reports irregularities pains and weakness. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring her health and urges other women to try the remedy. The letter promotes mail consultation and cites the company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sara Shaw
R. No
Handsome officer bids farewells before war
A dashing uniformed man makes farewell rounds to ten women, promising nightly kisses and long letters as he hopes for not much fighting “over there.” The scene, reported by London Opinion, captures wartime romance and wary humor.
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London
Brighter Now First Scout Reflects On Choices
Two scouts debate action and preparation. One asks what to do if in another’s shoes and envisions shining a path forward. The exchange emphasizes readiness, guidance, and self improvement.
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