Seven Nations Join Today in Observing Fourth of July Parade
Seven Nations join in observing Independence Day with a continuous 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. parade in New York. The celebration unites Allied nations for independence from Germany’s tyranny, featuring a Washington to Mount Vernon tribute with President Wilson, 110000 marchers, 75,000-110,000 expected, 20 military aircraft, Liberty motors, and a large, diverse, cross-Atlantic display across Fifth Avenue and Riverside Drive.
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Washington
Mount Vernon
France
Tampa
Great Britain
London
Liverpool
Italy
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Ibassador
Rin
Florence
Genoa
Naples
Perugia
New York
George Ry Dyer
Fifth Avenue
Wishington Square
The
Aero Club
America
Hudson River
de Haviland
Curtiss
Liberty Motors
United States
Navy
Pershing's Men Give Pledge of Fealty
Washington July 3 This Fourth of July message from General Pershing states that the officers and men of the American expeditionary forces in France renew their pledge of fealty and devotion to our cause, inspired by the resolve for freedom and fortified by united American support.
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Washington
General Pershing
France
Fuel Order Cuts Brewing 50 Per Cent
Washington July 8 1918 Brewers of beer ale porter and other cereal beverages along with non alcoholic cereal beverages face a 50 percent curtailment in fuel use for one year starting July 1 under a joint order by Fuel Administrator Garfield and War Industries Board Chairman Baruch The restriction based on 1915 to 1917 consumption aims to save fuel and allows plant consolidation to keep some operations running while others close adjustments may follow within the year
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Washington
Garfield
Baruch
War Industries Board
War Cabinet
Caruso Signs for Moving Pictures with Lasky Company
Opera star Enrico Caruso has signed to appear in a series of Artcraft pictures produced by Famous Players Lasky. Jesse L. Lasky confirms the deal and says Caruso will begin filming around July 16 on an original story not adapted from an opera. Reported earnings are about 100000 dollars per picture.
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Jesse L. Lasky
Famous -Players- Lasky Corporation
Mr. Caruso
Mr. Lasky
Caruso
Austria Proclaims Army Law in Styria
Amsterdam July 3 martial law has been proclaimed in the Austrian Duchy of Styria per the Pesther Lloyd Budapest. The measure aims to handle mutiny desertion and the refusal of some persons to serve the state as well as other offences.
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Amsterdam
Duchy of Styria
Peru Proclaims Fourth of July as National Holiday
The government of Peru officially proclaims July 4 as a national holiday in Lima to honor the United States. The decree states the date will be observed nationwide with celebrating and official observances.
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Peru
Lima
United States
2,500,000 Americans To Be in France Jaw
Paris July 3 reports that within six months 2,500,000 American troops will be on the French front. André Tardieu, head of the General Commission for Franco American War Matters, told the editor of the Petit Journal of the plan.
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André Tardieu
Commission For
Grand Duke Michael Crowned Czar of Russia Leads Czech Forces
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch proclaimed Czar of Russia and leading Czech troops toward Moscow amid tension with Germany. Reports from Moscow note German violation of front lines by capturing Stolbuki and Derfleche near Novgorod-Seversky, while battles with Soviet forces continue near Valuiki on the Voronezh front.
Czecho-Slovaks Gain Allies in Siberia to Help Russia
Washington July 8 Unusual strength shown by Czecho-Slovak bands marching from European Russia into Siberia has drawn official notice. They seized Vladivostok battling Bolsheviks, creating a potential nucleus for revolt against Bolshevik rule and possible German influence. Authorities see this as hindering German reach and possibly prompting Entente and American consideration of a stable Siberian government. bands control key rail points with 1000 to 16000 fighters, largest at Vladivostok, and major stores of grain and meat scattered along the railway. Continued on page four.
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Pacific
Vladivostok
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Ural Mountains
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Irkutak
Syzran
War Tax on Belgium Increased by Germany
The wartime contribution Belgium owes Germany rises from 50 million to 60 million francs monthly. Belgium faces a convocation of provincial councils to determine payment methods as Germany expands its demand amid occupation.
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Germany
Amsterdam
Les Nouvelles
Bennett's Will Gives Home to Journalists
James Gordon Bennett estate details disclosed in Manhattan Surrogate's Court. The James Gordon Bennett Memorial Home for New York Journalists to be funded by Bennett properties under trusteeship. Executors Wanamaker and Higgins to form corporation. residuary estate funds to treasury. Estimated value ranges up to $25 million with annuities of $163,000 and other yearly sums to widow Maud Potter Bennett and others. Percy Mitchell receives $4,000 annual annuity. nephew Isaac Bell gets $30,000. nieces Norah Ricardo and Countess d Aramon receive $10,000 each. The article notes extensive holdings and mentions relatives and ertexts, with continuation promised on page nine.
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New York Herald
Paris Herald
New York Evening Telegram
Manhattan
Bennett
New York
Herald
James Stillman
Rodman Wanamaker
Eugene Higgins
Corporation
Hennett
Maud Potter Bennett
Baroness de Reuter
Donald de Reuter
Heralds
Evening Telegram
Percy Mitchell
Paris “Herald
Mitchell
Diiers
Lysistratx
Isaac Bell
Norah Ricardo
Countess d'Aramon
US Army prep data shows huge wartime production gains
Chairman Dent releases Baker summary detailing 160,400 officers and 2,010,000 soldiers, 286 combat planes by June 8 at eighty weekly, 2,000 Liberty engines at 115 weekly, 1,300,000 rifles by June 1, 900 heavy Browning guns in May, and 1,800 light Brownings. It notes rifles arrive fast enough to equip a division every three days and cites morale shift in France from Service of the Rear to Service of Supply due to connotations.
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Washington
Wilson
France
Dent
Military Committee
House
Baker
Regulars
National Guard
Liberty
Men Volunteer for Hazardous Roles and Yankee Land Flag Motto
The commission of personnel classification notes many recruits seek the most dangerous branches. A Baker statement explains National Army men go over the top by choice. It is asserted drunkenness in the army is under control in the U.S. and France. Continued on page six.
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Yankee Land
Baker
Commission of Classification of Personnel
National Army
United States
France
Berlin Says Hospital Ship Sunk by Mine Not U Boat
A Berlin note argues the British hospital ship Llandovery Castle was likely sunk by a British mine, not a German submarine. The claim challenges the British Admiralty account of the torpedo and a surfaced U-boat commander hailing the captain, with interrogations of five crewmen and a Canadian medical officer. Survivors reported shelling of an unseen target after.
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Amsterdam
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American Fliers in Battle Royal Shoot Down 4 German Machines
American pursuit squadrons in France claim four more enemy planes down in a half hour dog fight over Chateau Thierry. Lieutenants J. H. Stephens K. L. Porter Ralph O Neill and Maxwell Perry credited with victories. Two Americans lost one wounded. Quentin Roosevelt also flew in the clash as Berlin reports four down from a nine unit American squadron.
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Teddy
J. H. Stephens
New York
K. L. Porter
Dowagiac
Mich
Ralph O'Neill
Denver
Maxwell Perry
Indianapolis
Quentin Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Chateau Thierry
Pan-Germans and Italians Gain Plan on Piave War Front
Cable from Amsterdam and London reports German pan Germans pressing to seize foreign affairs under von Kuehlmann with Ludendorff and Tirpitz alliance at stake. Militarists seek a stronger hand in foreign policy as Italian offensives on the Piave push 2,000 to 9,800 yards over an eight mile front.
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The
Tribune
Coperiacht
Tribune Association
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Germany
von Kuehlmann
Count Mertling
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Reichstag
von ‘Tirpits
Berlin
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von Tirpitz
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United Rews
London
German Air Students Desert in Batches
London reports that young German pilots in Belgium flee to the Netherlands en masse, hiding petrol and crossing the frontier to be interned. Officials cite coercion of recruits, intolerable training, and frequent training accidents as motives for desertions.
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Holland
Nivelle
Belgium
Wastige
Italians Capture 1 900 Austrians In Piave Attack
British and French dispatches report Italian forces along the Piave front attacking from the mountains to the sea. Italian War Office says 1,900 Austrians were captured on the line’s far right as Italians pressed toward Chiesanov- a and Cortellazzo while attempting river crossings near Zenon. Allied thrusts west of Mount Asalon and enemy counterattacks near Grappa are noted with modest gains and prisoner tallies.
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Mount Grappa
War Office
Rome
Ex-Commander of Russian Baltic Fleet Put to Death
LONDON July report states Captain Stehi Pig, former commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet, was executed after conviction for opposing and agitating against the Bolshevik government. The sentence was carried out June 22, per a Moscow dispatch to the Telegraph Campas. The Revolutionary Socialists of the East protested and recalled their representatives from the tribunal, with independent press expressing indignation.
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Stehi Pig
Ashk Feet
Russia
Moscow
Tast
Independent Press
Hoetzendorf Replaced by Koevens on Austrian Front
JURICH July 4 Field Marshal Conrad von Hoetzendorf who led Austrian mountain front forces has been replaced by Field Marshal von Koevens according to Munich papers.
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Jurich
Conrad von Hoetzendorf
von Koevens
Munich
Paris to Proclaim Wilson a Citizen of Paris
Paris officials plan to honor President Wilson by proclaiming him a citizen of Paris at the upcoming municipal council meeting. Reports from the capital indicate Andre Gent, syndic of the Paris Municipal Council, will introduce the proposal.
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Paris
Andre Gent
Wilson
Germans Repelled In Counterattacks East Of Vaux
American forces repelled a second German counterattack east of Vaux near the chateau Thierry line, mowing down dense ranks with U S guns. Luft activity over the sector continued as Italians in the Piave front gained ground and took prisoners. Further north, British lines near Rouzincourt yielded ground after German assaults.
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German counterattack repulsed at Vaux by American lines
American forces repelled a heavy German counterattack at Vaux and Bois de la Roche launched after a bombardment. Germans suffered heavy losses as American machine gunners and artillery held the line. This was the second failed German attempt, with reports scarce on prisoner numbers and a strong defense by U S troops.
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Vaux
Bois de la Roche
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