British Gain Near Pozieres in Fierce Somme Fighting
British progress near Pozieres and Delville Wood with hard hand to hand fighting and shifting gains along the Albert ridge. French advances south of the Somme around Thiamont fort are noted as artillery bombardments continue, while German efforts to retake and hold trenches in Pozieres and Longueval are described amid heavy counterattacks.
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London
Pozieres
Delville Wood
Longueval
Albert Ridge
Somme
Thiamont
Pocores
Enka
Suppley
Haig
Capsume
Corcelett
Martinpuich
Albert
Bapaume
Ste Auill
Thiepval
Belgium
Sala
Germany
Struggl
Aisne
Champaigne
Presnes
Allies Hope for Romanian Aid After Turkish Defeat
London reports renewed hope that Romania and possibly Greece will join the Allies following the Turkish defeat at Erzingan. Romania is urged to enter at a moment when it can swing the balance with minimal cost, while Greek political upheavals delay prompt action in Athens for about three months.
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Switzerland
West Front
Alreays
Cliea
London
Rumania
Greece
Erzingan
Armenia
Romania
Rus
Austria
Athens
Kaisers Open Letter Calls Germans to Endure Hard Times
A London published open letter from the Kaiser urges German civilians to endure adversity and refrain from despondency. It portrays battles on the western and eastern fronts as intensified, warns against treasonous despair, and pleads for national unity as the war drags on.
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Terhune
London
Wolff
West Front
Russia
Italy
France
Somme
Thames
Bullets Riddle Two Kaisers Likenesses
In Hoboken at 02 Washington Street a cafe patrons sang German songs and two emperor portraits were shot. George Schaefer fired three bullets into the Kaiser likeness, another patron fired two more, and three bullets hit Francis Joseph’s portrait. Schaefer fled but needed a doctor.
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William of
Germany
Francis Joseph
Austria
Washington Street
Hoboken
George Schaefer
Schaefer
Kaiser
Many Mistake Tramp Steamer for Bremen
After two days of reports that the Bremen arrived off Sandy Hook a low visibility vessel caused excitement in Lower Bay. The Norwegian tramp Alderney from Bombay appeared, seen briefly in darkness near the harbor, leading shore observers to fear a submarine before realizing it was a merchant ship. A British Adriatic followed, heightening the confusion among onlookers.
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Bremen
Sandy Hook
Bombay
Wilson note on blacklist shifts politics and troop refunds
The State Department note to Great Britain shifts the blacklist dispute into domestic politics as critics question whether the move serves campaign needs. It notes naval blockades, seizures, and rights disputes while detailing costs for discharged National Guardsmen to return home, with potential broad effects on midterm sentiment.
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Lprom
Washington
Great Britain
State Department
Ambassador Page
London Foreign Office
Atlantic
Wilson
Supreme Court
Lusitania
White House
England
London
Polks
United States
Guard
Kilbourne
Wood
National Guard
Regular Army
Senate
House
New York National Guard
Noted Quarterback in Chilean Divorce Case
Mrs. Blanes Errazuriz de Saulles, Chile’s richest heiress and a niece of a former president, sues American husband John Longer de Saulles for divorce in the Supreme Court. Yale quarterback and ex-ministerial hopeful De Saulles married in Paris nearly five years ago after pursuing the heiress. The suit notes alleged affairs and mentions a connection to Zienfeld’s Midnight Frolic as part of the affair circle. Continued on page 3, column 5.
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Blanes Errazuriz de Saulles
Chili
Supreme Court
John Longer de Saulles
Yale
Jack” de Saulles
Tid
Zienfeld
Errazuris
de Saulles
Europe
Chile
Paris
McClellan
Philip M. Lydig
John G. Hoekschor
Stephen van Rensselaer
Americas Diplomatic Corps
College Men's League
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Uruguay
Col Butler's Slayer Held for Grand Jury
Alpine Texas July 27 Harry J Spannell faced a preliminary examination on a charge of killing his wife and Lieutenant Colonel M C Butler A S A He was remanded to jail without bond to await the grand jury session starting September 11 The prisoner showed signs of mental strain repeatedly murmuring Oh my little girl about his five year old daughter the scene drew little attention in town
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Alpine
Tex
Harry J. Spannell
M. C. Butler
Ex convict accused of bomb deaths in San Francisco
Ex convict Billings in custody identified by Estelle Smith as man seen with a suitcase near the scene before the blast. Police name him leader of the gang behind the downtown explosion that killed nine and injured over forty. Six alleged dynamiters held. Thomas Mooney’s arrest expected. Authorities say the blast aimed to hit United Railroad platform workers and stem a streetcar strike.
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San Francisco
Warren K. Billings
Estelle Smith
Billings
Thomas Mooney
Mooney
Omce
United Railroad
Lightning Bolt Splits Kill Two Livestock In Barn Fire
Caspar Schultz milking a cow on his Livingston New Jersey farm when a lightning bolt struck the ridge pole and split in two forks. One end killed the horse, the other killed the cow Mrs Schultz was milking. Hay caught fire and ignited the barn as farmhands fought the blaze. Mrs Schultz recovered after being revived an hour later.
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Caspar Schultz
Livingston
N. J
Schultz
Strikebreaker Crashes Leave City in Turmoil
A Tremont Avenue streetcar derailed near Boston Road killing one and fatally injuring two as three others were hurt. Runaway cars plowed into the wreckage, followed by two more trolleys, shattering windows and heightening a tense city strike atmosphere amid non union clashes.
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Bronx
Tremont Avenue
Boston Road
O'Brien
Union Railway
Manhattan
Captain Langtry
Third Avenue
Fire and wreck in Harlem warehouse blaze traps truck
At midnight a warehouse fire on Amsterdam Avenue near 150th Street trapped a hook and ladder truck. Firefighter William Donnelly and Fire Chief Rankin were injured. The blaze, blamed on a center floor start, drew 2000 spectators and caused over 1 million dollars in damage.
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Fifty-ninth Street
Uneeda Storage and Warehouse Company
Amsterdam Avenue
150Th
151St Streets
William Donnelly
Washington Heights
Charles W. Rankin
Kenton
William Early
Adamson
Denman
150Th Street
151St Street
Stt
Heidelberg
James McCarthy
Heiler
Philip Reville
Albert Hartog
Bernard Loth
Harlem
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Close of Texas Service
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National
New York
Eastern Department
War Department
Texsa
Active Service Auxiliary
Plattsburg Camps
Mrs
John DE
Aulles
Col. Butler
Spannell
Tribune
Tribune Institute
the Sunday Tribune
Ine Sre News
The
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Strikebreaker
Clock Tower
Mon
Breaker Motorman
Nelson
Charles
Mais
Gan
Joseph
Westth Street
Durant
William
West 177Th Street
Fordham Hospital
Barbara Klein
West Farms
Edison Avenue
Sheriff Halts
Paul Sirois
Westchester and
St. Ann's Avenue
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