Hearst's Man Bayard Hale Was Picked for Rumely's Job
Hearst aide Bayard Hale was named to head the German propaganda effort in the United States before the war, editor of The Mail, with reports in The Tribune detailing shifting roles and Hale's ties to Berlin officials. The piece notes Rumely’s eventual appointment, Hale's resignation, and questions over German information influence and censorship.
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William Bayard Hale
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Male
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Broadway
Germany
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Tribune
Zimmermann
Dr. Male
Beeen German
Pay Out Off From War Prisoners' Kin Pay Out Off
Washington July 11 War Department informs wives and dependents of US officers captured by Germans that pay allotments cease. International law assigns salary obligations to the captor nation. Senator Hitchcock petitions Treasury to overturn and have US continue officer pay in German prison camps.
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Washington
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Nebraska
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Omaha
Hitchcork
United States
Transatlantic Trust Seized by U S Agents
Four officials of the Transatlantic Trust Company were detained under Presidential warrants as the Alien Property Custodian seized the Budapest linked institution. Ex Judge James A. Delehanty announced the arrests and identified the men including Julius Pirnitzer president and Andrew Gomary ru private secretary, with details given by Fus R. Sprague of the New York Port Enemy Alien Bureau.
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Budapest
James A. Delehanty
A. Mitchell Palmer
Rufus W. Sprague
New York Port
Julius Pirnitzer
Transatlantic Company
Andrew’ Gomary Ru
West
West 121Nt Street
Emperor Francis Jseph. de
Mitchel Laid To Rest as All In City Mourn
Crowds gathered at Woodlawn Cemetery as John Yarrey Mitchel the ex mayor and youngest executive of New York was honored. Soldiers aviators and civic leaders joined the procession from City Hall to St Patrick’s Cathedral and Woodlawn. Races and creeds united in grief as planes circled above and roses fell from the sky.
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Woodlawn
John Yarrey Mitchel
James Mitchel
Liberty
John Purroy Mitchel
Hoth
Soth
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Long Island Sound
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Japan
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Hylan
Theodore Roosevelt
Commander Muravieff Betrays Bolsheviks and Ends Life
London July 11 General Muravieff commander of Bolshevik forces fighting Czecho Slovaks reportedly killed himself after issuing a treacherous order to his troops He aimed to attack Moscow and Simbirsk while soldiers refused to follow betraying the revolution He had served as police inspector of Petrograd under the imperial regime and held the rank of colonel.
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Muravieff
Muragieff
Russia
Moscow
Simbirsk
Volga
Petrograd
Beer Fuel Cut Reveals Grave Coal Shortage
Theodore M. Knappen reports July 11 Washington as the fuel administration moves to end brewing and tighten coal use Garf ield leads intensified production push with direct mine calls to boost output Continued on page seven.
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Washington
Fuel Administration
Puel
Garfield
Allies Drive Ahead in Albania Front Gains Extend
Allied forces push forward in Albania as enemy units begin a 25 mile retreat. French troops extend gains while Bolshevik communiques acknowledge a Czecho Slovak front. Reports claim Bolshevik forces capture Syzran and Bayulma and advance toward Stavropol and Yaroslav. Muravieff allegedly commits suicide amid Moscow turmoil. Archangel officers arrested per Lenine orders.
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Albania
Bolsheviks Claim Major Gains Against Czecho-Slovaks
London dispatch reports Bolshevik forces advancing in the Volga region and Siberia. According to a Moscow statement, Czecho-Slovaks retreat under counteroffensive as White Guards flee toward Samara Stavropol and Yaroslav while armed trains shell towns. Russian officers accuse Czecho-Slovak troops of atrocities on West Siberian railway personnel.
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Moscow
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Rybinsk
Volga
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Peking
Siberia
Urals
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Murman
Stockholm
Archangel
Lenine
London
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People's Commissariat of War
Bugulma
Samara
Syaran
Evhinsk
Mures
Shardrinak
Council
Wirsin
West Siberian Railway
Bolsheviks Prepared For Action On Murman Coast
Stockholm July 11 report says Allied landings on the Murman coast prompted the Bolshevik War Commissariat to order hurried military preparations. Fighting units move forward and workers called into service for at least six months as a purge follows arrests of about 300 Serbian and Italian officers at Arche Ange on Lenine's orders. American Consul Poole and British Consul Lockhard visited the Foreign Ministry.
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Murman
Bolshevik War Commissariat
Russia
Archeange
Lenine
Poole
Lockhard
Half a Pound of Food a Day Is Now Full Ration in Vienna
A Vienna dispatch to the Berlin Tageblatt describes dire food shortages with per person rations of bread and flour substitutes, meat, fat, potatoes, jam, and war coffee totaling seven and three quarters ounces daily. Prices for staples like flour, meat, and horseflesh are exorbitant, and meals at middle class restaurants cost about $3. The report notes secret channels may supplement rations. Hungarian food minister Paul says no relief from Romania or Ukraine and harvest delays due to cold, wet weather. bread and flour rations cannot resume before late August.
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Vienna
Berlin
Tageblatt
Aurich
Herr Paul
Budapest
Die Zeit
Rumania
Ukraine
Austria- Hungary
Teuton Policy Unchanged Says Hertling Amid U S Planes Capture
Paris July 1 Imperial Chancellor von Hertling declared no change in German foreign policy citing papal note reception and Wilson and Balfour speeches. Berlin July 11 Five American aircraft in a six plane air raid on Coblenz were captured with crews taken prisoner, War Office said.
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Paris
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Basel
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Balfour
Germany
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Coblenz
German War Office
Covent
Aisers Choice of Von Hintze Rouses German Liberals
A Zurich dispatch reports German liberal circles fear Admiral von Hintze’s impending appointment as Foreign Minister, signaling internal party clashes. The Kaiser and Hertling reportedly pressed to nominate Hintze after von Kuehlmann’s resignation, seen as a victory for pan Germans and a test of Reichstag support.
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von Kuehlmann
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Reichtag
Naming of Hintze Excites Reichstag In Germany Victory
Special cable report notes that the naming of Hintze stirs the Reichstag against Junkers as Germany nears a victory. Details are continued on page three.
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Arthur S. Draper
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Germans on Marne Raid Repulsed by American Forces
German patrols on the Marne front attempted a dawn raid but were broken up and routed by American troops. Several German dead aided U S forces in identifying units. Weather was cloudy with showers and wind. air observation was limited and artillery activity remained below normal. French authorities renamed Bois de Belleau to Bois de la Brigade de Marine in tribute to American services.
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Bois Des Americainy
Americans Victors In Patrol Fighting On Woevre Front
General Pershing's communiqué details a quiet day for American sectors on the Western front. In the Chateaux Thierry region July 7 to 8, German rifle and machine gun fire targeted Vaux and Bouresches while gas shells impacted Murette and Belleau woods. German air activity declined and patrols remained active with limited artillery exchange across the Marne sector.
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Pershing
Western Front
War Department
Chéteau Thierry
Enem
Vaux
Bouresehes
Allied Forces Advance on Berat and Other Balkan Fronts
Allied forces in the Balkans press toward Berat with Austrians retreating toward the Skumbi River beyond new positions near Voy. Italians seize 200 prisoners as French advance five miles in the Tomorica Valley and occupy Corey and nearby St Paul farm. British on the Somme improve positions east of Villers Bretonneux amid light German fire.
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Voy
Berat
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Champagne
Villers-Cotterets
Corey
St. Paul
Somme
Villers-Bretonneux
French Troops Advance Five Miles in Albania Amid Prisoner Rise
Allied forces push roughly five miles in the Tomorica Valley near Berat as Austrians retreat toward the Skumbi River. About 1,800 captives are reported in the offensive, with 250 prisoners taken at Xafa Glamake. British air units bombarded Struma Valley depots while Italians report additional prisoners and renewed activity on the Macedonian front.
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Albania
Skumbi
Berat
Rome
Tomorica
Dobreny
War Office
Paris
Xafa Glamake
Devol River
Kounitea Ereat
Tomezia Valles
Devoli
Italian Drive in Albania Rapid and Wide, Rome Says
Rome reports unchecked Italian advance in Albania with Berat as a target. Front details claim a fifteen mile advance over a fifty mile front, with cavalry and monitors aiding, and positions secured along the summit heights. The dispatch notes left wing maneuvers reaching Florine and Malacastra area while securing Herat positions on rocks about 2,000 meters high.
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