French Repulse Germans on Matz Front
British and French fronts show Allied advantage with prisoners taken and raids near Lys Somme and Matz Oise fronts. German attempts to cross the Matz checked. French local actions southwest of Villers-Cotterets Forest yield seventy prisoners and several machine guns. Artillery activity reported near Ypres and Bethune with Haig noting no special front-wide developments.
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London
Western Front
Lys
Somme
Ypres
Paris
Matz
Oise
Merrie
Hebuterne
Bethune
Locre
Ypres-Comines Canal
Dickebusch Lake
Haig
Ertal
iOn
Estaires God Armentires
Bruges
French War Office
Xivray
Genlia
Dammard
Vinly
Mars River
Front reports limited activity on front west Morris and Villers-Cotterets
The General Headquarters summary states local attacks west of Morris and north of the British are limited to hand to hand fighting. A similar attack near Villers-Cotterets was repulsed with heavy enemy losses. No other new developments reported from the battle line.
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Berlin
London
General Headquarters
Morris
Villers-Cotterets
British Airmen Fight Under French Orders
Paris dispatch notes the R nomme Libre remarks on British air force collaboration with French airmen in the western front battles. It cites General Pershing directing the American Army under General Foch, with the air force placed in a supporting role alongside major Allied forces. The piece contends Allied spirit and unity across commands during the Picardy operations.
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PARIB
R Nomme Libre
Picardy
Sewepaeper
Pershing
Foch
Bitter Attacks on Germans Stir in American Press
The Hague reports German newspapers denounce American wartime moves, claiming America hyped by propaganda and woefully failing in supplies and military aid. They recount alleged American bluster, cite the Robert Prager case, and accuse U S papers of shift in stance from 1914 15 to present.
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New York Times
Hague
America
United States
Weserseltung
Amerikanische Kulturraten
West Front
Germany
Leideprey
Robert Prager
Reichstag
Siniache Zeitung
Amherst Man Wounded in War Casualty List
Lieutenant Whitney W. Stark of Brooklyn wounded in action and transferred to the marines. He, 23, is a Amherst graduate who served in France since January after training at Plattsburg. He is descended from General Stark and lives with parents at 520 President Street. Another Staten Island native, John Leon Gardner, 24, was killed in action in France while serving with Company G, 26th Infantry. Gardner, formerly of Tottenville, enlisted in February 1911 at Fort Amboy and died in an air raid on the 7th. George H. Munder of Brooklyn, son of German parents, was severely wounded after joining the 40th Regiment and serving in the trenches.
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Whitney W. Stark
Army
James E. Stark
President Street
Brooklyn
General Stark
Stark
Amherst
Plattsburg
France
Lloyd R. Stark
San Antonio
Teras
John Leon Gardner
E.izaveth Cole
Brighton Street
Tottenville
Gardner
Staten Island
Forth Amboy
Fort Slocum
26Th Infantry
War Department
Cole
George H. Munder
Fiftieth Street
Munder
Austrian held in raid over German badge in Bayonne
In Bayonne New Jersey police rounded up suspected slackers. An Austrian, Frank Metser of East Twenty second Street, was found with a stamped German Iron Cross 1914. He could not or would not explain his possession as about 30 others faced draft evasion questions. Seventy three men were detained overnight for possible draft evasion.
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Bayonne
N. J
Frank Metser
East Twenty-second Street
Metzser
M4ner
Regis Ees
O Leary Arrested After Shootout Near Ranch
Jeremiah A. O Leary was captured after a noon shootout at a wooded three acre ranch. Authorities found a revolver and shotgun in the home and noted he had been hiding in Portland for weeks. The arrest will not halt the John O Leary trial, which proceeds with evidence.
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O'Leary
Corbett
Stein
Segar
O' Lear
Mancouver
Portland
Young Corbett
United States
Earl B. Barnes
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
John O'Leary
John J. O Leary
Department of Justice
Prussian Soldiers Demand Ballot Reform Clash in Diet
Harden reports a wounded officer urging a broader vote reform as front line men press for democracy. The piece notes Conservative tactics, absence of women suffrage, and a stalledPrussian reform bill amid July 2 readings and political maneuvering in Berlin.
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Cappright
New York Tints Company
New York Times
the Hague
Maximilien Harden
Die Zukunft
Harden
Count Vor Spec
Prussia
von Heydebbrand
Lohmann
Lidicke
von Hagen
Cologne
von Heydebrand
Questyorwarts
Kosher Food Plans At Camp Upton Auditorium And Hostess House
The Jewish Welfare Board considers building an auditorium for 1000 and a hostess house to provide kosher food for orthodox Jews at Camp Upton. The camp serves as a major training center for Jewish soldiers and is awaiting New York board approval to begin. Fewer visitors today due to higher railroad rates and the abolition of the visitors rate of 2.70 last May.
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New York Times
Camp Upton
Jewish Welfare Board
Welfare Board
New York Board
57 Casualties Reported in Overseas Army Week Ended Yesterday
War Department releases weekly casualty tally for Pershing expedition abroad. Total to date 8085 with 770 in the week ended yesterday. Include 27 killed in action 18 died of wounds 16 severely wounded and 1 died of accident. Names and next of kin listed for many casualties.
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Washington
War Department
Whitney W. Stark
Brooklyn
Evesereevrerse Eter
Soldiers Letters Read At Meetings Aid Units
The 806th Field Artillery Welfare Association hosted a gathering at Public School 27 with over a thousand attendees, sharing letters from soldiers in France and calling for continued support to keep families in touch with service members. The event, led by Mrs. Russell H. Roadhey Jr., included plans to expand the American Army Association’s network and a knitting room for mothers and wives, with new officers elected and future meetings scheduled.
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806Th Field Artillery
Camp Upton
France
806Th Field Artillery Welfare Association
Pramees and Friends of the Arts
Oversean
Relati
Dublie
Fortunane
Mother
Oetes Nathan
Samuel Fine
J. T. K. Witwer
Tipton
Reiares
One Men's Christian Association
Robineye
National War Work
Madison Avenue
Russell H. Roadhey, Jr
804Th Field Aniliery Association
Army Association
Perkins
Ede
Hoadley
Joseph Burden
Lloyd Derb Ae
Lydi Hoyt
H. H. Pike
Seonewee
Venezuelan editor accuses government of aiding Teutons
Dr. Carlos Lopes Bustamanti, editor of pro Allied papers in Venezuela, travels to Washington to report German propaganda. He claims President Gomes supports the Teutons and alleges his arrest and mistreatment for pro Entente editorials. He cites German agents offering to buy his papers and says he spent eight months imprisoned without trial. He escaped aboard a vessel after being declared dead by Venezuelan authorities.
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Carlos Lopes Bustamanti
Venezuela
Washington
State Department
Bustamanti
Gomes
Teutons
Orinece
Caracas
Pussamanti
United States
George B. Messersmith
New York
Uslamaati
Germany
Poe
Dusignant
Denial of Ill Treatment of American Prisoners
The Wolff Bureau in Berlin telegraphs Amsterdam denying charges of mistreatment of American war prisoners. It cites reports from the Spanish Legation confirming humane treatment, healthy prisoners, excellent hospital facilities, and ample food matching Germany’s wartime conditions.
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Amsterdam
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Legation
Germany
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