04 Jul 1916
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1916
Page
1
Washington reports discussion of recalling U S troops as Allied actions shift. Pacific influences reach Mexico City while American forces move north, with Bunston and Bell assigned to eastern and western commands respectively and Pershing possibly taking a third post.
General Trevino reported to the War Department that a number of wounded American soldiers from detachments in the Carrizal fight were found in various parts of Chihuahua and are being returned to the American side as soon as they are encountered.
President Wilson weighs a gradual pullback of the American expedition from Mexico as Pershing moves toward the border. Officials deny orders to withdraw while noting no new directive has been issued. The move follows better prisoner releases and Carranza diplomacy signals, with observers wary of how fast troops may depart.
Health Commissioner Emerson expands anti polio drive amid 72 new infantile paralysis cases and 23 deaths. The city orders motion picture venues restrict child admission under 10 and Miami licenses revoked for Independence Day events while Brooklyn braces with 500000 leaflets urging precautions and hospital alerts.
Hetty Green, famed for vast wealth built from bonds and mortgages, died at 81 after months of illness. She resisted death, calling her son Edward Green and daughter Mrs Matthew Astor Wilks to arrange affairs after a paralytic stroke. Born April 17, she had moved between a Fifth Avenue home and a West Ninetieth Street residence, with a brownstone office near Central Park West where her son reported her affairs each morning.
British forces push toward Peronne as they press the French advance capturing five towns along the line. In the same action British troops win at La Boisselle and push on, with heavy machine gun duels emerging from dugouts as stout resistance strains the assault.
Berlin reports indicate the Allied food offensive extends through neutrals as pressure rises over the London declaration. Germany hopes Wilson may defend small nations while preparing countermeasures such as coal and iron restrictions. Paris notes French British offensives surpass schedule with heavy shelling and steady advance toward German positions south of the Somme.
A Census Bureau bulletin based on the 1910 census estimates there are about 21,071,076 males ages 18 to 45 in the United States eligible for military service. It notes 1,798,000 alien whites and 92,000 Chinese, Japanese, and others ineligible for duty.
The National Directory of the United Irish League met today under John Redmond and agreed to accept Lloyd George proposals for solving the Irish question. As the directory represents all Ireland, a convention is deemed unnecessary, with only two dissenters in the large meeting.
Airman in a single seat aircraft descended to near ground level amid heavy battle to identify troop colors and relay exact trench situation to British HQ. He returned with forty bullet holes in his plane yet both he and his engine were unharmed.
German positions at a frontier junction show the second defensive line broken in places while German forces fiercely contest the breach. Reports describe stubborn resistance as the Kaiser's troops defend villages and fortresses amid ongoing clashes along the front.
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