Bierman Faces Court Martial for Disloyalty Charges
A large crowd attended the general court martial of Band Sergt Oscar Biermann at Camp Pravis. Nineteenth Infantry, with 19 specifications under the sixth article of war alleging disloyal remarks and conduct. Biermann pleaded not guilty and the trial opened with him in restraints as spectators filled the depot brigade headquarters.
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Oscar Biermann
Teenth
United States Army
Camp Pravis
America
United States
Biermann
Avenue Pound Sixth Street
Jivrmaon
Nineteenth Infantry
Beaiser Keederick
Guard Mount
Germany
Patriot
Gereman
New York
Thanise
Coueurgas
Testineny
Riemann
Patiot
Wing
Wis
Wong
Mening United Cas
Epicmericans
Kerrville
Red Cross
Switzerland
France
von Wait
Paris
Beethoven Hall
San Antonio
Aevord Persons
Two Local Men and Several Texans on New Casualty Lists
Army and marine corps casualty tallies show increases with 70 percent weekly rise. San Antonio men Wesley Fremi and Linn Jr. listed killed in action. Texans J. Sojourner of Potter and Frank Smart of Houston severely wounded. Total casualties across services reach 4414 deaths and 6160 wounded, with 503 missing or prisoners.
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Washington
D. C
Army
Marine Corps
San Antonio
Wesley Fremi
Break CG. Linn Jr
Lyndley ‘S, Spencer
Canutillo
Tex
Corp. J. Sojourner
Potette
Frank Smart Samaritan
Houston
Getiow
Edmund J. Reisner
Claude M. Day
Beaumont
Texas
Steve Q. Stubblefield
Rosenberg
Marine
Ecris
McIntyre to be chief assistant to General March
Washington dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Frank McIntyre, chief of the bureau and former military censor, will become principal assistant to Gen. March, chief of staff, succeeding Maj. Gen. William Graves as assistant chief of staff. Manila typhoon damages rise as wires go down and communications fail. An intense earthquake near South America was recorded by Georgetown University seismographs.
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McIntyre
Washington, D. C
Frank McIntyre
Ine Swim Bureau
General March
William §. Graves
Manila
Philippines
Venaningi
Uy Sul
Washington
South America
Georgetown University
Weather summary for multiple cities amid inconsistent OCR data
San Antonio and vicinity forecast fair tonight and Tuesday with warm highs. Chicago Kansas City Washington New York show varied temperatures and light to moderate winds with generally clear or cloudy conditions and low temperatures in the 40s to 60s noted in last 24 hours.
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San Antonio
Texas
St. Louis
Towent
Chicago
Kansas City
Washington
New York
Australians Drive Forward on Somme Front as Influenza Spreads
Special Cable from British Headquarters reports Australian forces pushing beyond the Somme line on July 4 expanding gains by about 400 yards on a mile-wide front No Man's Land held few enemy outposts. German divisions battered by tanks and infantry suffer heavy losses as flu and typhoid affect ranks.
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Philie Gibbs
New York Times Co
San Antonio
Somme
No Man's Land
U-boat Praise Amid Italian Front Air Battles Report
German navy claims rising U-boat numbers and quality while Italian front air actions praise American fliers. Captured accounts describe Lieut Craig of New York and Lieut Waltz of Burleigh Idaho succeeding in missions despite heavy Italian barrage and enemy chasers. A balloon observer notes the exchange as wreckage and damage occur to Austrian defenses.
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Italan Army Teanquiliers
Italan Front
Alexander O. Craig
New York
Idaho
Toms
Moltz
Holtz
Coblenz Bombing by British Airmen Damages Bridge and Palace
Basel reports the Friday raid by British airmen on Coblenz caused severe destruction despite fog. The northern railway station and the famous iron bridge were heavily damaged, with a bomb hitting the Moselle river bridge waterward and another striking the royal palace. South German papers list casualties and report bombs at the fortress across the Rhine as well.
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Basel
Coblenz
Moselle
Royal Palace
Cohien
Ihyenbreitstein
Rhine
Saldic
Japs Getting Ready for National Defense Plans
In a 1918 dispatch, marshals and admirals approve decisive national defense measures. A co operative plan links army and navy with 21 corps, 42 divisions, and 126 regiments. Changes may come from international tensions and finances, shelving the prior 25 corps proposal amid opposition.
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London Times
San Antonio
Fleeing German Shot Injures Interned Prisoner at Fort Oglethorpe
Chattanooga reports interned enemy alien Teter Caan at Fort Oglethorpe is dying after guards fired buckshot while he tried to escape from an open area outside the stockade. Officers offered no details on his home or prior records.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Teter Caan
Fort Oglethorpe
Cxzan
Two Negroes Rout 40 Hans and Are Cited By French Commander
Henry Johnson and Tebert Robinson, colored soldiers from New York, were cited for bravery by the French command after driving a party of about 40 Germans from No Man's Land while serving with an American unit on the French front.
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Associated
Preva
France
Henry Johnson
Tebert Robinson
New York
No Man's Land
Italian and French Troops Open Attack in Albania
Italian and French forces attacked along the coast and Vomoricea Valley in Albania. The operation progressed toward Col La Prible and Massik with substantial air and ground gains. Over 1,000 prisoners were reported captured as eight enemy planes were destroyed. A second dispatch notes a new Trentino front offensive being prepared by Austria. Chilean cabinet resigns after forming April 22 last year.
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Rome
Albania
Vomoricea
Italian War Office
Col la Prible
Monte Grappa
Talons
Massik
Allies Brace for German Offensives as Aerial Activity Rises
In France the front remains tense amid expected renewed German attacks. Generals assess three main targets near Chalons Abbeville and Chateau Thierry with 80 to 40 divisions possible. American units rest while volunteers from a Native unit join French operations and American aviators claim two enemy aircraft down near Chateau Thierry.
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Associated Press
France
Chateau-Phierry
Chalons
Abbeville
Flanders
Anit
Hill
Amerieue
Chateau-Thierry
Wave 30 divisions ready on western front
Allied and German moves dominate front reports as Germany readies 10 to 40 divisions for a major push while raids by Allies continue. Italian and Russian fronts show limited gains and shifts. Murman region rebels against Bolshevik authority with Allied and American forces guarding as German and Finnish troops advance northward.
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Tarmel
Shetardia
Chateaubierry
Berlin
Piave
Vienna
Capo Sile
Venice
Zono
Russia
Murman
Mosca
En- Mente
Finland
Murmay
Russian Uprising in Moscow Follows German Envoy Murder
The Bolsheviki face a revolt after the murder of German envoy Count von Mirbach in Moscow. Allied powers consider intervention in Siberia as a response, with plans discussed by Wilson administration officials. Population on the Murman coast and Kol a peninsula joins the Entente due to Bolshevik failures.
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Moscow
Russia
Siberia
Count von Mirbach
London
Paris
Germany
Peninsula
Murman
Kola Peninsula
White Sea
Arctic
Kola
America
Wilson
Moscow mutiny and Mirbach assassination spark Bolshevik crackdown
A suspended mutiny in Moscow following Count von Mirbach’s assassination triggers reports of severe street fighting between Bolshevik troops and Social Revolutionaries. Russia’s Lenine expresses regret and calls for protection of the German embassy as Moscow authorities vow strict actions.
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London
Moscow
Wolff Bureau
Exchanger Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Count von Mirbach
William
Russia
von Viuehliminn
Berlin
M. Araloff
Fraudul Jent
The
Mail
Express
Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Lenine
Nikolai Lenine
Joffe
Basel
Coune
Plan Formal Announcement Anwric Aiding Czecho Slavs
Washington July 8 official quarters indicate a formal announcement on U S policy toward Russia may come soon. The Czecho Slovak Legions in Siberia near Samara in central Russia are a major topic at the White House conference on the Russian problem. It is believed aid to these soldiers could be extended without violating Russian neutrality if Russia exits the entente through Brest Litovsk.
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Fem
Washington, DC
United States
Lussia
Siberia
Samara
Russia
White House
Huesia
Brest-Litovel
Russians Join Enyente on Murman Coast
Fragmentary text indicates Russians with Bolshevik involvement on the Murman coast. Other readable items mention Copenhagen and population notes but details are unclear. no clear event or names to confirm.
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Edward A. Vilene
United States Chamber of Commerce
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Craig
Navy
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Ludendorff
Italy
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Judendorff
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Chile
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Murman Coast
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