Wilson warns food bill fight over Senate joint committee
President objects to Section 23 creating a joint Senate House committee to oversee war policy. He says final adoption would hamper war conduct and recalls Lincoln era harassment to justify his veto threat. Conference action expected in House as senators and representatives press for both Senate and three member food board amendments.
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Washington
Administration
Senate
House Committee On Agriculture
House
Joint Committee
Food Administration Board
Herbert C. Moorer
Wilson
Food Board
Lever
White House
Mr. Lever
Congress
Lincoln
Caase
Houses of Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Asbury F Lever
House of Representatives
U Boat Sunk by American Steamer Off Havre
A U boat was sunk by an American steamer off Havre after a surface clash. The steamer, en route from the United States, fired thirty five shells at the submarine which submerged after taking fire. The dispatch notes a brisk engagement resulting in the German submersible going out of sight.
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Paris
Temps
Havre
United States
City Draft Call Delays as Quotas Loom
The city faces 189 local exemption boards preparing for examinations as Albany sets quotas. Registrants will be grouped into thirds with reporting dates spread over seven days, while boards warn against influence and pledge punishment for attempts to evade service.
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Albany
Roscoe
Fedoes Se
Flm&th
Maet
Manson
Sone Crowder
George Gordon Battle
150
Oes Wiley Abel Np
Conkling
General Crowder
Levery
War relief groups rail against Red Cross control at Ritz meeting
Delegates from about seventy five independent war relief organizations gathered at the Ritz Carlton to press for centralized coordination while fearing loss of free transport for their shipments. They opposed Red Cross dominance and demanded clarification on transportation privileges and possible coercive methods.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Rits-Carlton
Robert 8. Lovett
Union Pacific Railroad
Red Cross Clearing House
United States
War Department
General Pershing
Independent War Relief Acciecies
American Camp in France Endures Luft Battle and Training Shift
American training camp in France reports German aerial squadrons repeatedly failed to locate the encampment with countersquadrons watching the skies. Battles observed from automobiles involved about fifteen planes first and a dozen second, both far from the camp. Troops begin intensive bayonet and trench mortar drills and adopt French methods to split duties among men. Officials seek interpreters as language needs rise.
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France
Test Vote Victory For Lloyd George On Farm Wage Issue
London reports the Commons defeated the Wardle amendment to the Corn Production bill by 301 to 11, averting a general election and endorsing government plans to set farm labor wages. Debate warned of higher costs to farmers and potential state liability if wages rose further.
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London
House of Commons
Wardle
Walter Runciman
Runciman
Hpouse
Frederick E. Smith
James Henry Tomas
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
Laborites
Labor
Rowland EB. Prothero
Board of Agriculture
Prothero
Wardie amendment vote shows unreal majority in Parliament
The Daily Chronicle reports that the governing Wardie amendment drew a large but unreal majority as MPs prepared for a possible general election. Khaki ministers, ex-ministers including McKenna Runciman Simon Samuel Birrell and Burns, voted in the minority with most Irish members abstaining or voting minority.
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NEW York Times
London
The
Daily Chronicle
Wardie
Messrs. McKenna
Runciman
Sir John Simon
Herbert Samuel
Augustine Birrell
John Burns
Strengthen nerves with Horsford's Acid Phosphate
An advertisement urges readers to take Horsford's Acid Phosphate to calm nerves and restore the system, promoting tiredness relief and sleep. It invites purchase of the bottle.
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Horsford
Boitie
French Shatter German Attacks on Aisne Ridge
The battle of the three plateaus continued with heavy bombardments and stubborn defense by French forces on the Aisne ridge. German assaults were repelled, with losses approaching 100000, as observers note the strategic value of the Ailette Valley and the delayed impact of American entry.
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Aisne Ridge
New York Times
Three Plateaus
Meuse
Somme
Ailette
Heavy fighting persists on Craonne plateau in France
On the plateau north of Craonne heavy exchanges with Germans and French continue. Germans pierce French fleet line trenches on the Casemates Plateau but a rapid counterattack regains most zones, leaving only a small front in German hands. California Plateau sees night-long combat as Germany presses to seize the first line before Pétain’s forces halt further advances.
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Venclerc
Casemates
California
Imperial Guard
Chemin Des Dames
Craonne
Verdun
Allette
Aisne Heights
Paris
Pétain
Dictatorship urged as Russia faces traitors in front lines
Kerensky era proclamation from All Russia workers and soldiers councils calls for unwavering obedience to the Provisional Government. It blames disobedience for battlefield losses and urges troops to fight for a durable peace, land, and freedom, warning traitors will have no mercy.
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William
Russia
Russia to Confer With Allies on War Aims
Washington reports favorable replies from Britain and France to a proposed August conference of allied nations defining war aims and policies. Russia seeks a restatement of goals, invites U S and Italy likely. US credit to Russia and France announced, totaling over 1.5 billion.
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New Yorks Times
Washington
Great Britain
France
United States
Italy
Russia
Wilson
Germany
Africa
Ono
McAdoo
Congress
Russian Embassy Today From the Foreign Office
Petrograd
Russians Take 1 000 Prisoners In Frontline Push
London dispatch reports the Russian forces north of the Pinsk Marshes broke through the German line and advanced up to two miles, taking upwards of 1 000 prisoners. The German drive in northern Galicia yielded Tarnopol as mutinies disrupted Russian units.
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London
Pinsk
Galicia
Tarnopol
Reuters
Dniester
Kerensky
Carpathians
Iimpers
Volhynia
Dvinsk
Vilna
Krevo
Tsary-Kogushi
Petrograd Rebels Urge Harsh Orders to Fend Off Mutiny
Reports from Petrograd say the government and soldiers council authorize harsh actions to quell mutiny and deserters. Front units face collapse as officers warn those fleeing will be shot, with arrests of Baltic Fleet officials for alleged secret communications.
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New York Times Company
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Stripa
Zlota Lipa
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Slavinda
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Foscheni
Braila
Caucasus Front
Berlin
ARMY
RCT
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