Bolo Pacha case links Hearst in treason probe
Attorney General Becker reveals Bolo Pacha made social approaches to Mme. Barrientos in New York and met the wife of an American diplomat. Hearst is named in letters as a friend. Trial records show dinners with Hearst associates and a French spy master present.
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U.S
Hearst
Lapland
Ifred L. Becker
Merton B. Lewis
Bolo Pacha
William Randolph Hearst
Figlo Pacha
America
Mme, Maria Hurrientos
Metropolitan Opera
Lewis
Bolo Ciu
Bolo
Alfred L. Becker
Mme. Barrientos
Barcelona
Metropolite Grera House
Marrientos
Sven
Frince
Hearst Roso
Plaza Hotel
Uly
Plaza
New York
Millicent Hearst
Riverside Derive
Paris
Buenos Ayres
Nuevos Ayres
Line
AL Rolo'srial
Sherry
Pacha
Germany
France
Sherry's
Adolf Farenstedt
Georgia
Heral Lewis
Bob
Riverside Rive
War era transit battles and Allied advance on Aisne front
Dispatches describe American troops advancing under heavy German fire on the Aisne Marne front, with French forces also pushing forward. Fierce bombardments, bayonet and bomb actions marked a brutal night battle as the line extended north of Sergy toward Nesles and Seringes, with Nesles Forest and surrounding hamlets under shellfire.
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4Th Guards
Sergy
Nesles
Serignes-et-Nesles
Hand to Hand Fighting for Meury Farm Battle
The battle near Meury Farm south of Seringes featured street fighting with Americans gaining the upper hand. German machine gunners and infantry retreated as Americans advanced through wheat fields and stormed farm buildings to kill gunners at their posts. The engagement was brutal and representative of the wider line.
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Compani
Meurey Farm
Seringes
Escaped Prisoner Gainey Fleeing After Gun Battle
Vincent Gainey, who escaped from the Tombs after a 19 year murder sentence, was found at 107 West 11th Street but fled in underwear after a pistol confrontation with detectives and police. He fled down the fire escape toward Morningside Park as arrests were made of Catherine and Alfred Mascal and three alleged accomplices, with Catherine Coyle of 456 West Fifty-eighth Street identified as Gainey's sweetheart.
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Vincent Gainey
West
Manhattan Avenue
Morningside Park
Catherine
Alfred Mascal
Catherine Coyle
West Fifty-eight Street
Gafney
German Fliers Die When Planes Collide Over U S Hospital
On the Aisne Marne front two German planes with machine gunners attacked an American supply train near Sergy. After an American aviator countered the attack, the German planes collided in flight, killing both aviators and their gunners.
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Associated Press
Aisne-Marne
Sergy
Americans Fight With Valor In Aisne Marne Clash
Berlin dispatch reports that American forces entered the battle in the Aisne Marne sector with mixed divisions. Americans display excellent equipment and combat spirit though training varies. Some divisions include soldiers of German descent. Casualties rose as several U.S. divisions were relieved after brief combat.
Wilson to Use Presidential Prestige in Coal Strike Push
President Wilson plans a proclamation to stimulate coal miners and will act to modify drafts for miners. The policy aims to return furloughed miners from the army, suspend drafting coal miners until after March 2, 1919, and urge others back to work. Possible appeal to miners and operators on prohibition is hinted, with strong action anticipated to aid production.
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Jock Inaparen
Washington
Wilson
National Coal Association
Trix
U S Troops Hold Apex of Foch Line In 24 Hour Battle
Allied forces under Foch push forward at the apex of the Aisne Marne salient near Beugneux Romigny and Ville en Tarden as French and American lines advance while German counterattacks gain little ground. Beugneux recaptured by French forces. Romigny captured. St Euphraisie attacked with heavy losses for the Germans.
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Carter Field
Washington
United States
New York City
Public Service
Travis H. Whitney
F. J. H. Kracke
New York
Railroad Administration
Railread Administration
Associated Press
Aisne-Marne
Middle West
U.S
Foch Line
Pershing
Crown Prince
Fere-en-Tardenois
Foch
Fére-en-Tardenois
Beugneux
Oulchy-le-Chateau
Ville-en-Tarden
Romigny
Ardre
St. Euphraisie
Rheims
War Office
Paris
Battle notes and Australian success on the Flanders front
A potential general engagement looms as the Crown Prince resists a retreat and presses a frontal line defense. On the British front at Morris in Flanders Australian patrols surprised the enemy, surrounded the city, took 169 prisoners, and forced a retreat to the east. Australian light artillery supported the operation.
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Flanders
Morris
American Bayonets and Rifle Butts Pave Way to Capture of Sergy
A Reuters report from the Aisne Marne front details a day of heavy fighting as American forces press toward Sergy and Mesrey Farm. French and American troops breach well-defended positions, employ bayonets and rifles, and overcome stubborn German artillery and machine gun nests to push the enemy from Sergy and advance toward Mesrey Farm.
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London
Reuter
Aisne-Marne
Vesse
Snem
Nesles
Cierens
Sergy
Guarda
Sergey
Mesrey Farm
Valey
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Barrientos
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House
Ways and Means Committee
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Kandalaska
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M ‘Tehitchein
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Newton
Treasury Department
Kitchin
Cierges
Roncheres
Ars
Lon
Gainey
U. S
Vorwaerts
Amsterdam
Berlin
Aisne
Marne
Entente
von Etzel
von Watter
Amerceas Neau
Mouthisrs Hill
Brusiloft
Eo Germain
Secretary of Waker
General Pershing
Theaiberty Bondm Lon
Muir & Cn
Ramigny
Serviges
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