Three Are Dead and 48 Missing From San Diego Disaster
The San Diego sank ten miles southeast of The Island after a torpedo or mine. Of about 1,257 aboard, 1,209 were accounted for by survivors landed in Hoboken and other ships. Officers survived. 48 firemen unaccounted for, possibly killed by the blast. Captain Christy suspects torpedo. no submarine sighted. official rolls to confirm casualties await Portsmouth records.
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United States Tuiser
San Diego
Atlantic
United States
Hoboken
Jenel
Fussum
P. F. Jones
Malden
Point of Woods
Navy Department
Washington
James ¥. Rochet
Bue Lake
Cal
Thomas
Charleston
W. Va
Thomas E. Davis
Twelfth Street
N. W
Canton
Ohio
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
Fire Island
Christy
the Diego
Ever
Fee
Carpathia
Theodore Roosevelt Family Faces Wounding and Death News
Oyster Bay dispatch reports Lt Quentin Roosevelt dead and Maj Theodore Roosevelt Jr wounded in Paris. Col Theodore Roosevelt and family receive Wilson sympathy note and Red Cross visits amid ongoing war casualties.
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Theodore, Jr
Quentin
Star
the Tribune
Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
Quentin Roosevelt
Paris
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Ted
Red Cross
Theodore
Roosevelt
W Department
Washington
France
Alice Longworth
Richard Derby
Japanese Red Cross Commission
President Wilson
White House
Washington, D. C
Woodrow Wilson
Washington, D.C
Sagamore Hill
Wilson Sends Belgian Independence Day Message
President Wilson addressed King Albert and the Belgian people on their eighty seventh independence day. He expressed American sympathy and support for Belgium’s struggle for rights and liberties and praised Belgians for sacrifices in the defense of freedom and justice.
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Washington
Wilson
Albert
Belgium
Ex Czar Shot By Bolsheviks Without Trial
London dispatch reports former Emperor Nicholas II shot by Bolsheviks on July 16 after a revolutionary conspiracy was uncovered. Rasputin letters and Nicholas diaries to be published. Empress and Alexis placed in security as Soviet authorities claim to possess key documents.
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London
Nicholas
Russia
Rasputin
Alexis Romanoff
Soviet Council
Ural
Moscow
Central ‘Executive Committee
Reconquered Territory in Aisne Marne Drive Near Soissons
The Franco American forces reported by Wilbur Forrest recaptured about ninety square miles between the Aisne and Marne, over thirty villages, 400 cannon, and 20,000 prisoners by July 20 afternoon. French troops south of the Marne advanced toward the river, signaling possible German withdrawal to shorten lines. The gains mark a sharp reversal of the German offensive, with heavy reactions from the enemy.
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Wilbur Forrest
the Tribune
The
Tribune
Aisne
Marne
Fossoy
Qeuilly
Aisne-Marne
Amsterdam
Berlin
German Supreme Army Command
Rheims
Entente
All Germans Beyond Marne Dead Or Prisoner Alibi
London dispatch reports German forces south of the Marne claimed complete success and withdrawal to the north. A Berlin statement says the crossing objectives were met and the French counteroffensive miscarried, asserting most Germans in the south are dead or captured.
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Marne
Rainbow Division on Champagne Front Says General March
General March disclosed front line dispositions along the Soissons Rheims area with multiple Regular divisions, the 42d Rainbow National Guard, 93d Negro troops unit, the 77th National Army Division and the Illinois National Guard unit in training, noting collaboration with Australians in an advance.
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Rainbow
Champagne
March
Washington
Soissons- Rheims
36Th
New England
28Th
Pennsylvania
National Guard
Champigne
Rheims
42D National Guard
93D
National Army
Earthquake felt near Panama city July reports shocks
Earthquake shocks were felt eighty miles west of the city with people in the region anxious. No casualties and no damage reported.
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Panama
Allied Push Expands Ten Miles Into German Lines
Washington reports General Mangin's counterattack on the Aisne Marne front penetrated ten miles into German lines. General March cites 1,200,000 American troops in action as six divisions operate between Soissons and Chateau Thierry. American negro regiments support the advance while German withdrawal appears south of the Mare.
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Washington
France
Voch
Aisne-Marne
General March
Senate Military Committee
Mangin
Foch
March
Men
Chateau Thierry
The
Mare
Soissons
Marne
Goursgue
Rheims
Soissons-Chateau Thierry
British Troops Join in Attacks on German Retreat
British and Entente forces press the Marne Aisne salient as Germans retreat south of the Marne. Twenty thousand prisoners and 400 guns captured. Allies push through thirty villages from Chateau Thierry to Soissons. Franco Italian units drive Austrians from Monte Stabel and Como di Cavento.
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French War Office
Chateau Thierry
Soissons
Aisne
Marne
Rheims
Flanders
The
Lys
Picardy
Rossignal Wood
Somme
Monte Stabel
Como di Cavento
Soissons-Chateau Thirry
Chateau
Two American Units Capture 5150 Germans in Two Days
Allied reports from the AISNE MARNE front say one American unit since Thursday seized 2650 prisoners including 133 officers while another unit on the northern front took 2261 prisoners including 42 officers. The fighting intensified with increased daylight shelling and heavy air raids as Allied guns threaten the junction of key German rail lines near Soissons and Chateau Thierry.
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Prova
Aisne-Marne
Nor Ern Front
Ohe
Seisseau Thierry
Vierzy
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Henry B. Davison
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Truby
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Reuter
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Iran
Balkan
Chéteau Thierry
Ampagne
Forest of
Argonne
Frene
Teuton
War Office
Berlin War Office
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