epoch-making British French offensive across Lys to Aire front
British and French forces opened a major offensive between the River Lys and Hazinghe front. Allied troops penetrated German trenches, claimed early gains across marshy ground, and reported cross-front advances with captured positions and prisoners. Russian bayonet actions repelled Austro German attempts on the river Zbrves. An American destroyer engagement followed.
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Lys
Hoesinghe
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Mars
Roesinghe
Warneton
Eresnes
Dixmude
Lovsinge
Swt
Haris
London
Teutons
Pliders
Hridge
Zbrves
Ebush
Senate Revisions Raise War Tax Bill toward Two Billion
The Senate finance committee agreed to raise the war tax bill from about 1.67 billion to roughly 2.0 billion dollars mainly via higher taxes on corporate incomes and personal incomes of 19 dollars or more. New levies include 104.6 million on corporations and individuals and planned increases on spirits wines sugar coffee and firearms.
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Washington
Senate
Hilliard and Jones Ousted in Denver School Board
Denver votes show Hilliard reelected as school director by 162 to ten over Jones at a recut election. FH Cowell and Mrs W B Lai replace them on the board. Pershing Inspects Troops in Paris.
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Denver
Hilliard School
A. Vot
Jones
FH. Cowell
Mra. W. 8. Lai
Conferees agree on wheat price and tax boosts in war bill
Senate finance committee eyes a 2 per bushel minimum for wheat and higher income taxes as part of a broad wartime tax bill. Provisional terms set a 5 percent individual rate and 6 percent corporate rate, with rest from excise and consumption levies. Conferees also advance a prohibition provision delaying use of foods for beverage purposes while allowing fortification of sweet wines.
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Tle
Washington
Senate
Miners Walk Out at Colby Iron Mine in Gogebic Range
Two unnamed workers at the Colby Iron mine led a strike across the Gogebic range. They tied up ore operations as they demanded a daily wage of one dollar and the right to work without bosses.
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Heasemer
Midh
Colby
Gogebic Range
Liberty Bread and War Policy Headlines
Liberty bread is urged by the food administration as a substitute for wheat flour in wartime. The German chancellor Michaelis accuses Britain of not seeking peace, demanding total victory. Pedro Montes is hanged for the 1916 murder of his 16 year old sweetheart Refugia Vitlanueva in Silver City New Mexico.
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Washington
Food Administration
Sweetheart
Silver City
N. M
Pedro Montes
Grant County
Refugiaa Vitlanueva
Montes
Jassy
Rumania
War Office
No War of Aggression Laid Bare by Secretary Lansing
Secretary of State Lansing denounces Germany’s war aims and autocratic rule in a Washington address before 1700 officers. He argues democracy must prevail worldwide to secure peace, asserting Germany’s promises were never meant to be kept and submersible warfare proved the evil of its government. Prosecutions for draft evaders ordered as the war effort intensifies. Admiral Luce dies at 98 in Newport. Ambulance section No 31 sails to the front from Paris.
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Fliers’ Reserve Corps
Robert Lansing
Germain
United States
Germany
Unies
United Democrac
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France
America
War Front
Paris
Front
Potato crop may not hit record forecast says expert
Lou D. Sweet, a Colorado potato expert, warns the 452,000,000 bushel forecast may be unmet due to poor seed, scarce fertilizer, high prices, and possible disease. Paris France begins its fourth year of war with calm confidence and determination.
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Washington
Lou D. Sweet
Colorado
Paris
France
Exemption Rules Curtail Provost Marshal General Queries
The Provost Marshal General announces rules barring direct answers to individual exemptions questions. Individuals should consult local boards or state governors, and boards must forward unresolved queries to the governor. The policy stems from Crowder guidance, noting married men with dependent wives may be exempt.
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Weetoen Newspapre
Hinewe Servier
Washington
Mitshal
Trenton
N. J
Gen. Crowder
National Army
Hoover Dispels Pessimism With Record Food Prospects
Washington Herbert Hoover says wartime food efforts have yielded the most astonishing results in history. He cites predicted cereal output of 850 million bushels and a record stock of fruits vegetables and preserved goods as evidence of national achievement.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
America
United States
Germany
Hoover
Keep Company With Soldiers Enlistment in Women's Corps Opens
Toledo reports the Young Women's Christian Association begins enlisting a regiment of young women to accompany American troops in Europe to “keep company.” In Chicago a rail strike halts nearly half of trans continental freight traffic on Saturday.
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Toledo
Ohio
France
Europe
Young Women's Christian Association
Chicago
United States
Loyal Russian Forces Hold River Zbrece Height After Battle
Loyal Russians return to the army in Galicia halt the retreat on several sectors and hold a key river height after a violent battle. Romanian forces report capturing villages in the valleys of Casin and Putna amid ongoing artillery duels on the Aisne and Verdun fronts.
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Union News Service
London
Galleia
Zbrece
Casin
Putna
Reservoir Bill
Cite du Moulin
Reservoir Will
Lens
Aisne
Verdun
Allied Conference Ends War Resolve Kaiser's Power Must Fall
The allied powers concluded their conference announcing they will continue the war until their aims are achieved and to prevent a return of aggression for which the central empire bears responsibility. President Wilson urges housewives to can and preserve to avert fruit losses. Chicago switchmen end strike after near full yard operations resume. House and Senate conferees agree on one-man food control replacing a three-member board.
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Paris
Balkan
Washington —House
Senate
Food Administration Board
Provisional Government Closes Russian Frontiers
The Russian provisional government issues a decree closing all frontiers until August 15 for both entrance and exit. In related naval events, five Dutch fishing vessels were sunk by a German U-boat eighteen miles from the Dutch coast between Scheveningen and Yuruiden.
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Russia
Amsterdam
Scheveningen
Yuruiden
Deacon Confesses to Multiple Bomb Plots in Tennessee
W. H. Clark, a deacon, confessed to dynamiting the Federal Dye and Chemical plant at Kingsport last May, killing one and wounding several. He admitted plans to destroy other facilities, and to sabotage trains and bridges with a secret service operative posing as an ally. Authorities say he claimed a confederate at Kingsport and plotted blasts from a distance.
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Tenn
W. 8
Clark
Federal
Dye and Chemeu Corporation
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Pavan Canal
Tront
Ait London
Slanrise
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Secret Service
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Chirk
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Pal
Premonition Saves Widow's Money From Burglar
Mrs Luelle Twombly, widow, credited a premonition for returning home to fetch her money before grocery shopping. A burglar ransacked her dining room but fled with curtain portieres, while she reached the store, she kept the cash and planned to deposit it in the bank.
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Clive
Luelle Twombly
Hfe
Bee
Bert
Fought Duel With Knives In New York City
In New York two tailors clashed in a room and fought to the death. Matthews Casselli died from throat wounds and heart injuries. Thomas Abruzzo survived with grave wounds and faces murder charges. The duel followed a Boston murder over a disputed hold up sum and was to avenge Casselli’s death.
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New York City
Matthews Cannelli
Thomas J. Abruzzo
Mursder
Boston
Louis Cassselli
Louis Casselli
Abruzzo
Casselli
Matthews Casselli
WIFE-BEATER DUCKED THREE TIMES IN KAW RIVER
Kansas City Kansas George Martin was jailed 100 days in the workhouse for beating his wife and for assaulting officers who took him to the Kaw River. He was ducked under the water three times as instructed by Judge Herrod who said his spirit was too fiery and needed quenching.
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Kan
George Martin
Kaw River
Martin
Herrod
Late Market Quotations for Livestock and Feed
The market lists steer and cow prices for pulps fed and grain fed beef, with bids for feeders, yearlings, and veal calves. Hay prices cover Colorado upland, Nebraska, prairie, timothy, alfalfa, straw, and assorted regional feeds, alongside oats and corn, with Chicago area and Colo auctions noted.
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Wethers Vanov
Colo
South Park
Gunnison Valley
Wdek
Market-Price Quotations for Metals Grains and Livestock
Minneapolis and Chicago market notes list lead copper tin and silver prices and futures. barley rye wheat in Minneapolis. live stock quotes for hogs cows calves and sheep. Kansas City and Chicago butter eggs poultry potatoes and linseed prices. prices in Duluth for linseed and Elgin butter with limited sales activity.
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Kanaan City
Kansas City
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