Russian push widens Halicz front near Lemberg
Russians break the Austro German line at Halicz and advance toward Lemberg from Halice and Stanislau. They capture prisoners and guns as they extend the front to the Carpathians. In Belgium, Yser fighting continues with British and German actions near Dunkirk and Lombaertzydek. Artillery clashes intensify on the Aisne Champagne fronts and near Verdun, while Italians seize Dolina on the Carso.
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Halice
Lemberg
Galicia
Stanislau
Dniester
Halicz
Halica
Zolotvin
Korniloff
Lomnica
Stoka
Posiecs Lesiuvka
Karmiacz
Lesiuvka
Belgium
Dunkirk
Yser
Nieuport
North Sea
Berlin
Lombaertzydek
Calais
Aisne
Champagne
France
Verdun
Selo
Carso
Dolina
Limited Navy Enlistment in Chicago to 44 Weekly
Chicago July 12 Ensign H D Childs head of the Chicago recruiting station reports only a limited number of navy recruits meeting all tests will be admitted after next Monday. The weekly quota will be about 44 men and applies to first enlistments only excluding machinist applicants for the quartermaster’s department and those seeking re enlistment.
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Chicago
Bureau of Navigation
H. D. Childs
Ensign Childs
Quartermaster's Department
Army
Navy
United States Army
War Department
Central Department
Department
Nota
No Date Announced for the Army Draft
New York July 12 no date for the drawing under the selective draft system has been fixed. Details are not yet completed and the Washington office will announce them as soon as public. When the draft is made the numbers will be sent immediately.
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New York
Washington
German ministers Höfferich and Zimmerman to retire
COPENHAGEN July 10 A Berlin dispatch says ministers Helfferich and Zimmerman will be gazetted as retiring Tuesday. Reports from Berlin say Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg faced division over internal reform while Erzberger urged a peace declaration no annexations. Die Zukunft notes suppression of Maximilian Harden’s publication. Harden mobilized as a military clerk under auxiliary service law.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Cologne
Helfferich and Zimmerman
Germania of
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Matthias Erzberger
Germany
Taglische Rundschaus
von Bethmann-Hollwegg
Tageblatt
Crown Council
Maximilian Harden
Berlin Tageblatt
Herr Harden
Lutheran charges shake Nebraska church loyalties
Lincoln July 12 the Nebraska state council of defense denounced leaders of the Lutheran church and university professors for treasonable utterances and disloyal activity that allegedly aided Germany. The statement cites reports from across the state and letters from patriotic citizens amid war stress.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lutheran Church
University of Nebraska
Germany
Nebraska State Council of Defense
Red Cross
Nebraska University
George Coupland
Council
Defense
Samuel Avery
Drive Down Germans in Air Engagement
London July 12 The admiralty reports five naval machines met ten Albatross scouts and three large two seater planes southwest of Nieuport. Three enemy scouts were driven down of control and two more were driven down One of our machines is unable to continue fighting and is believed to have been damaged but crew is safe
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London
Admiralty
Nieuport
Enemies Trading Bill Passes House War Measure
Washington July 12 The administrations trading with the enemy bill passed the house without a record vote. It bans business with enemy nations or allies unless licensed and allows seizure of alien enemy property with possible postwar disposition by Congress. The act mirrors Britain’s but with key changes on neutral firms and messages to enemy territories.
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Washington
United States
House
Great Britain
Senate
Congress
Hill
Connecticut
Hague
War Department
Springfield Man Appointed as Insurance Advisor
WASHINGTON July 12 A G Porch of Springfield Illinois has been appointed an additional member of the committee of insurance men who will advise Secretary McAdoo in plans for life insurance for men in the army on naval service.
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Springfield
Washington
A. G. Porch
Ill
McAdoo
Hill Heads Riot Board of Inquiry in East St. Louis
Gov. Lowden orders a seven member military board of inquiry to examine the conduct of Illinois guardsmen at East St. Louis on July 3 and after as a riot killed several people and homes burned. The panel includes Gen. Hill Stewart Brown Foreman Macclesney Tolman Abbott with Brundage handling legal matters.
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Springfield
Lowden
Dickson
Haat St. Louis
East St. Louis
Henry R. Hill
James E. Stewart
Taylor E. Brown
Milton J. Foreman
Second
Tlinois Artillery
William Nathan Maccesney
Edgar B. Tolman
Richard Abbott
Quartermaster Corps
Birent Gov. Lowdon
Brundage
Noom
Republicans in China Capital Reported Abdication Hinted
Washington dispatch says Republican troops entered Peking and expect the abdication of the Manchu Emperor Hsuan Tung. President Feng Kwo Chang ordered the arrest of Gen. Chang Hsun for the coup. Dr Wu Ting Fang resigns as foreign minister on grounds of ill health.
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Washington
Peking
Hsuan Tung
Chinese Foreign Office
Feng Kwo Chang
Chang Hsun
Wu Ting Fang
Corn Backward but Doing Well in Illinois July Bulletin
The July 10 week report from Illinois weather bureau notes corn backward but improving. Farmers mow hay across regions, cut oats in the south and wheat in central counties, with southern wheat harvest near completion and north oats ripening. Cherries ripen in the north, raspberries in the central, and early apples in the south.
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Springfield
Illinois
Weather Bureau
Deposed Czar Seeks Freedom Loan Stock
In Petrograd on July 12 the former Emperor Nicholas urged the provisional government to permit him and his family to buy stock in the loan of freedom. He stated their investment would depend on whether the Russian state backs his family and listed his assets and family holdings in rubies.
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Petrograd
Nicholas
Alexis
Olga
Illinois Troops Headed to Houston for Concentration Camps
Washington July 12 Am the assignments of national guard troops to concentration camps by the militia bureau are Illinois to Houston and Iowa Pak meet eee assignmente are eet to approve Major Gen Bi es chief of state.
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Washington
Militia Bureau
Illinois
Houston
Scence
Iowa
Pak
Biies
Patriotism and Profits Clash In Wilson Appeal
President Wilson urged coal operators and manufacturers to set aside self interest and help the nation as it fights the war. He rejected the idea of profits as a motive, insisted on one price for government and public, and condemned high ocean freight rates as obstacles to war effort while stressing just pay for essential industry. He called for patriotic cooperation and warned against indirect bribes to spur production.
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Washington
Wilson
France
Germany
United States
U Boat Totals
London reports last week saw fourteen British merchant ships over 1,800 tons sunk by mines or submarines. Arrivals 2,808 sailings 2,798. 14 ships over 1,600 tons sunk, 3 under 1,600 tons. 17 British merchant ships unsuccessfully attacked. 7 British fishing vessels sunk. The measures against submarines by British and American warships show increasing effectiveness. with one exception, merchantmen sunk was the lowest weekly total since March.
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London
Four Missing in Crew of Kansan
Washington dispatches report the wrecking of the American steamer Kansan by a German submarine. Four crew members are missing and presumed lost: J. B. Murphy assistant engineer, F. A. Guirre, Kau of Honolulu, and C. Hanna of Singapore. The armed naval guard is said to be safe.
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Washington
State Department
Kansan
Naval Guard
Ware
Pirse
J. B. Murphy
Erican
F. A. Guirre
Kau
Honolulu
C. Hanna
Singapom
British airmen raid Turkish fleet off Constantinople
London reports a Royal Naval Air Service attack on the Turkish German fleet near Constantinople in the Golden Horn. Bombs hit the Goeben and other ships, large explosions and fires observed, a direct hit on the Goeben noted. the war office says the attack occurred at night and the crew returned with no casualties.
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London
Constantinople
British
War Office
Ynus Sultan Selim
Goeben
Mediterranean
Royal Naval Air Service
Lyt
Golden Horn
Goshen
Revision of Census Estimates Tied to Military Results
Washington July 12 incomplete draft notes a complete revision of action estimates will be based on the results of the military. The agency signals a broad realignment tied to ongoing defense and wartime data.
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Washington
Grain Men Set 1.28 Price for December Corn at Chicago
Directors of the Chicago Board of Trade fixed a maximum price of 1.28 for December and May 1913 corn deliveries after a three hour closed meeting. No action on September corn. The move aligns with war policy to curb speculation and consumer costs, averting drastic steps. Old crop futures remained at 1.65, while spot prices surged to 1.9134 for No 2 white.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Wilson approves change in Adams
Springfield Illinois July 12 exemption board members named by Gov Lowden to replace those who declined to serve were approved by President Wilson. The list includes divisions in Chicago Rockford East St. Louis and other districts with named doctors and vice doctors. several transfers and replacements noted.
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Springfield
Lowden
Wilson
Chicago
W. C. Danforth
William R. Parks
Sebastian Stol
W. E. Miller
Charles A. Albrecht
J. L. Abt
W. A. Montgomery
Wallace Blanchard
Albert C. Hammett
R. R. Ferguson
Rockford
Daniel Lichty
Emil Lofgren
Pe County
George F. Mead
Pineville
Charles Templeton
Adams County
A. D. Bates
Camp Point
David Knapp
East St. Louis
William E. Wyatt
John H. Fulgham
Bureau County
Frank B. Schurts
Spring Valley
J. Herbert Franklin
Madison County
Robert W. Binney
L. G. Burroughs
Kankakes
Fred Mann
Albert Rothfuhr
Morery County
G. H. Webster
Ices BE. Morgan
Germans Advance on Belgian Front
London reports the German army penetrated British positions in Belgium along 1400 yards of front to a depth of 300 yards. They reached the right bank of the Yser near the sea after a 24 hour bombardment that levelled dunes defenses and isolated the sector by destroying bridges.
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London
Belgium
British War Office
Yser
Nieuport
Yeer
Ana
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Die Zukunft
Nebraska
Defense Council of State
Russia
Representative Montague
Virginia
Scn
Wisconsin
LaGuardia
Miller
Minnesota
Riot Board OF Inquiry
Quincy
China
Foreign Office
CZAR
Freedom Loan
Texas
Turk Fleet
Chicago Board
Adams
Dr. Bates
London War Bulletin
Lembeor
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