Smith Wins Open Ticket At New York Democratic Convention
Saratoga Springs July 24 Alfred E. Smith was designated by an unofficial Democratic state convention to head a complete state ticket. Samuel Seabury opposed Smith citing Tammany ties but praised him as a strong representative of the party's worst elements. Tammany and Hearst tensions rose as upstate leaders warned Murphy to nominate Smith or bolt, with possible shifts toward Hearst and Hylan.
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Alfred E. Smith
New York City
Charles F. Murphy
William Randolph Hearst
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Murphy
Higlan
Tammany
McCovey
Hylan
Wilson
California
Judge Seabury
Joseph A. Kellogg
Glens
Edge Seabury
Charles B. Murphy
Grerd Union Hotel
Fishing Boat Encounters Suspected German Raider Off Nantucket
Gloucester captain William Price of the Elizabeth King reported a Sunday encounter with a camouflaged German raider about twenty miles south southeast of Nantucket South Shoal Lightship. The 2,500 ton steamer with two high wireless masts approached within 100 feet, showed no flag or name, and shouted in a foreign language when hailed. The incident preceded a German submarine attack off Cape Cod several hours later.
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William Price
Elizabeth King
Nantucket South Shoal
First Naval District
Boston
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Capri Price
Moring
Cape Cod
Germans Treat U. S. Wounded Brutally
Special cable report from Montmirail details a wounded American doughboy abused by German troops. Nurse Mary Hoyt Wiborg relays that the American was exposed to shellfire and left without protection before being rescued after the German retreat. His condition worsened, and Ensl ey’s arm was amputated. many Americans arrived in France in poor shape.
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Marne
Mary Hoyt Wibore
New York City
New York
Ensley
Justicia Sunk After Eight U Boats Attack Off Ireland
The 2,000 ton White Star liner Justicia was sunk off the north coast of Ireland after a twenty hour battle with a squadron of up to eight U boats. Eleven crew members died as three torpedoes hit the ship, with the first striking the engine room at 2:40 PM Friday and a final torpedo causing her loss by Saturday morning. Survivors say the ship exchanged gunfire with the attackers and that one shot destroyed a torpedo nearing the vessel. News reached German authorities before Britain’s.
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Tritone
Metbitne Assoctation
London
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Battlefield South of the Marne Describes German Retreat After Paris Advance
Scenes south of the river Marne reveal the aftermath of a German retreat as 650,000 soldiers fled to the north bank. The ground is strewn with corpses, mutilated horses, wagons, and cannon debris across miles, with red-roofed villages looted and burned, while wheat fields offer grim contrast. The account conveys the grim reality of a war-torn landscape amid the Allied push.
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Foch
Allied Ship Losses for June Hit 21-Month Low
London reports June shipping losses totaled 276,629 gross tons, the lowest for any month since September 1916. British losses reached 151,062 tons, while Allied and neutral losses were 114,567. Quarter losses through June stood at 946,578 tons, a low for any third quarter since 1916. Sailings by steamers over 500 tons from the U.K. reached 7,490,386 tons for the quarter ending June 30. The Admiralty notes a June drop of 81,905 tons vs May, with 37,706 fewer than April and 125,834 less than March. year-over-year decline is 437,092 tons.
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Germans Struggle as Foch Forces Hold Aisne Marne Salients
Allied officials report massed German reserves striving to stabilize lines in the Aisne Marne pocket while retreating forces seek an exit via the remaining rail line from Soissons to Chateau Thierry. General March says fifteen German divisions were fed in to halt the breakthrough, with American and French troops pushing the eastern flank toward the Marne.
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$2 500 000 Gift For War Heroes Education
Chicago philanthropist La Verne W. Noyes announced a $2.5 million grant to the University of Chicago to fund education for soldiers and sailors and their descendants after the war. The gift underscores postwar rehabilitation and scholarly support from private philanthropy in the city.
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University of Chicago
Three Villages Recaptured by Pershing's Men
Allied forces surged along a wide southern sector between the Aisne and Marne rivers recapturing Epieds Trugny and Courpoil as French American troops pushed forward in Chatelet Wood and toward the Soissons railroad. British action south of Vrigny yielded prisoners and booty with French gains on the Marne widening bridgeheads Jaulgonne Chateves and Treloup. In Picardy the French netted 1850 prisoners and 49 cannons plus 300 machine guns while advancing in Albania ten miles into Devoli region and taking 642 captives.
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Albania
Main Railroad in Marne salient now of no use to Ludendorff
American forces on the Aisne Marne front report lighter German losses as they advance past Epieds with comparatively little resistance. Allied aviators claim success with no American losses after downing five German planes. Heavy fighting continues north of Soissons amid German withdrawal moves and redistributions of guns and stores by General von Boehm.
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Aisne-Marne
Epieds
Chateau Thierry
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