English Fans See Navy Win as King Watches Baseball
London July 5 King George witnessed the American army lose 2 to 1 to a navy pick, in a highly publicized postwar baseball match. Crowds cheered, royal observers greeted Umpire Latham and captains, and the ball autographed by the King was sent to President Wilson. Balloon formations and a dirigible added spectacle above the field.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Queen Mary
Princess Mary
Prince Albert
Royal Box
King George
Admiral Sims
Biddle
Arlie Latham
Army
Navy
Wilson
Jin Munitions Factories
British Ambassador attends U S Independence Day luncheon
In Paris the Earl of Derby and Ambassador Sharp clasped hands at an American Chamber of Commerce luncheon marking Independence Day. Gen Bliss delivered a message praising American idealism as troops fight in Europe. Lord Derby praised the U S and noted Britain’s lessons. In Rio de Janeiro the Fourth was celebrated with flags and a military parade plus a street named after Woodrow Wilson.
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American Chamber of Commerce
Earl of Derby
William G. Sharp
America
United States
Tasker I. Bliss
Bellenn Wood
Chateau-Thierry
Shara
France
Lord Derby
England
Sharp
Australia
Canada
South Africa
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Pinge
Trestaipiie Wilson
Twenty Norwegian Vessels Sunk In June at Sea
Reports to the Norwegian legation in Washington list twenty Norwegian ships sunk by submarines in June, totaling 245,000 tons and 31 dead. The month raises Norway’s June total to 82 vessels, with 1,747 lives lost and tonnage now about 1,445,000.
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Norway
Washington, D.C
Poisoned girl in San Antonio vice raid hospital bound
A 19 year old white girl arrested in a South San Antonio vice squad raid was found unconscious in a jail cell with a note and a vial of poison nearby. She is in critical condition at Rob ert B. Green Memorial Hospital with a slight chance of recovery. Several other women faced fines for rooming house and vagrancy charges as police conducted raids at Brackenridge Park.
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Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
Aclive Vies Squad
San Antonio
Central Police
Central Headquarters
Seliee
Brackenrige Park
Vorwaerts Sees German Anxious For Peace With Honor
Amsterdam reports the Vorwaerts of Berlin declares the German people desire a concordant peace with honor. It argues that enemies could accept a peace not mapped by war but balanced by military and economic forces, urging truth about limited overseas materials and insisting on no dishonorable terms.
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Amsterdam
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Philipp Seheidman
17 Year Old Contractor Runs War Industry
A 17 year old boy named Robert Scott is described as a government contractor with eleven men and eight women on his payroll. Once earning $7.50 a week, he and a partner formed a nut and screw firm. After his partner joined the army, Scott invested his savings in machinery and started an airplane parts shop that soon gained government work.
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Associated Press
London
Robert Scott
Scott
Weather snapshot across major cities and regions
San Antonio and vicinity show unsettled conditions with high temperatures near 195 and NE to SE winds. St Louis records 74 with SW winds, 72 low. Chicago 70s with NW winds and rain. Kansas City 74 cloudy with W winds and a 34 low. New York 68 clear with N winds and 94 high in the last 24 hours. Washington DC 64 cloudy with S winds.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Washington, DC
Allied push tightens on western front with prisoner haul
Harassing German lines continues with British and Australian thrusts aided by American detachments. In successes near the Somme and Aisne fronts, Allied forces seize ground and capture hundreds of prisoners and several machine guns while German counterattacks are repulsed. French patrols raid across sectors from Picardy to Lorraine, with modest prisoner gains noted. The American Fourth of July sees unusually quiet activity along front sectors.
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Associated Press
Somme
Gise
Aidne
Chateau-Thierry
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Aisne
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Hamel
Vaire
Ypres
Rheims
Boel
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Goug
Goran
Berlin
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Sontine
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Piave
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Tondo
Amiens
Jame
War Office
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Strazeele
Flanders Front
Kreuch
Paris
Th Front
Picardy
Torraine
Dallas Players Face Work or Fight Ruling in Wartime Draft
Dallas Texas League figures Coupere and Sam Lewis were ordered into Class 2 of the selective service by a local exemption board, the first known sports related work or fight action. Coupere plans to resign and take a productive occupation, while Lewis plans to appeal. League officials held a private session in Dallas amid talk the season may end early and shifts to other leagues could follow.
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Tex
Compere
Sam Lewis
Dallas Texas League
Cnerge
Hearey
Coupere
Lewis
Elid
Crowder
Texas League
Mailuce
Theeague
Southern Association
Germans Get Cotton Shipped From Valis to Budapest
Amsterdam reports five tons of raw Caucasian cotton have been shipped from Valis to Budapest to be distributed among Hungary Austria and Germany. The dispatch accompanies twenty freight cars of Merino wool already arriving in Budapest. The note hints at ongoing wartime trade and logistics.
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Amsterdam
Hungary
Austria
Germany
Valis
Budpest
Army casualty list reports 23 including sergeant Racxer
Washington D C duty list shows 23 casualties with 5 killed in action 7 died of wounds 2 died of disease 3 missing 2 wounded severely and contains Sergeant John W Racxer of San Antonio Texas reported dead of disease. He is listed at 15 Willow Street in the City Directory but residents know nothing of him after management change.
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Washington, D
John W.raczer
San Antonio
Tex
John W. Racxer
Willow Street
Aviators Receive Italian War Cross at King’s Review
Italian Army Headquarters reports American aviators attached to the Italian army were decorated with the Italian war cross by King Victor Emmanuel during a review. Present were General Eben Swift and four decorated lieutenants Archibald Frost Raymond Hardwin Kenneth Collins and John Galehons for leading bombing raids in the recent Austrian offensive.
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Associated Press
Victor Emanuel
Eben Swift
Victory Loan Raised for St Johns Newfound Land
A $2,000 Victory Loan sought from St Johns Newfoundland was subscribed in six days and the organizers expect the total to double. The six week target was exceeded in a rapid, popular effort.
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NewFoundland
Witnesses Ordered to See Hangings in Military Lynching
In Perlis July 5 dispatch, a U S Army division in Camp Dodge Iowa witnessed the hangings of three selective service men convicted of assaulting a white girl. Nelson Tohusoy from Tusumbia Alabama Tramble of Stroud Alabama and Tred Allen of Georgia Alabama were executed after deadly charges.
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Iowa
Daly
Nelson Tohusoy
Tuscumbia
Alas Stintes 'Tramble
Stroud
Ala
Tred Allen
Georgiana
Johnson
Prumble
Vellew
Con
Qelook
Seventy four ships launched amid rapid wartime shipbuilding surge
Philadelphia reports the launch of forty two ships this week by the Fleet Corporation, raising total ships to over four hundred thousand tons. A telegraph from Portland says fourteen more vessels were ready for launch on Independence Day, but a freshet in the Columbia River prevented the overboard launch. The fleet includes steel and wood tonnages totaling about 170,000 tons, with several cargo ships launched at Santa Pedro and nearby ports.
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Philadelphia
Dalu B
Tauniehs
Hracrgeuey Fleet Corporation
Beatthe
Townley Not Guilty In Minnesota Supreme Court Ruling
The Minnesota Supreme Court cleared A Townley and Joseph Gilbert of violating state law by circulating literature about the war. They had been indicted in Martin County for attempting to discourage enlistments. The court said the Non-Partisan League resolutions are a flamboyant platform inviting supporters, not a legal violation, and noted federal authorities had not acted on them. The demurrer against the indictment was overruled.
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Jaly
Minnesota Supreme Court
A.townley
League
Joseph Gilbert
Martin County
Supreme Court
Townley
Gilbert
Martin County District Court
Premier Rotha warns on unrest in South Africa
Pretoria July 5 Premier Rotha of the union of South Africa says serious unrest exists and that strong police and military measures are being used to cope with the situation. Also Strayer elected president of the National Education Association at its fifty sixth annual convention closing session.
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South Africa
Pretoria
Rotha
Union of South Africa
Nouth Africa
Strayer
Pittsburg
George W. Strayer
Columbia University
New York
National Education Association
Germans Rush Into Roumania After Peace Treaty
Amsterdam reports the Reichstag has approved the peace treaty with Roumania and supplementary accords despite Socialist opposition. London dispatch notes rapid German penetration of Roumania, revival of rail traffic, and a surge of German merchants and officials. Jassy sees such influence that the royal family flees to a Carpathian frontier exile in a hunting lodge once used by Wing Ferdinand.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Roumania
Penes
Roamania
Jassy
Bieaz
Tiere
Carpathian Forests
Wing Perdinand
Alaska to send selectees to forts and camps
Alaska was ordered by Provost Marshal General to furnish 300 white registrants for Fort William Seward in Haines. New York was directed to provide 1500 limited service men to Camp Tolmiston in Jacksonville. Selectees to Camp Meigs in Washington will serve as clerks and entrain on July 15.
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Alaska
Crawler
Fort William Seward
Haines
New York
Tolmiston
Jacksonville
Fin
Connecticut
Meigs
Australians Break German Line in 1.5 Mile Somme Advance
Special Cable report from France details a dawn Australian assault on the Somme front. Tanks and infantry surged forward, taking Hamel and adjacent trenches with light Australian casualties and hundreds of German prisoners. Air support and heavy artillery helped drive the surprise victory in about an hour.
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San Antonio
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New York Times Co
France
Hamel
Somme
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