San Antonians Honored for Gallantry in French Operations
Washington dispatches list American officers and soldiers cited for heroism in the recent Cautigny operations. Names, ranks, and home addresses are being published, including Col. Lucius Holbrook of Idaho and Maj. Theodore Roosevelter of New York among others from across the country.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Press
France
War Department
Wershing
Lucius Holbrook
Boise
Idaho
Theodore Roosevelter
New York
Gauilnus Ames Frey
Langendorf
Switzerland
R. Oglesby
Lynchburg
Volney Bowles
Denver
Colo
G. P. Cather
Bladen
Neb
Jack Cowan
Watertown
Curve
Carl Theete
Cincinnati
Corpordlis
Walter Coil
Walton
Ind
William Robbins
Bloomingdale
Leo I. Ready
Jermit
N. C
Clifford Cagle
Horton
Tex
John A. Davidson
Crosswell
Mich
John Wennessey
Rochester
Benjamin F. Lawson
Latrobe
Harry 2
Schaeffer
Philadelphia
San Antonian Honored for Gallantry in World War I Action
First Lieutenant Wesley Prem Jr of the infantry receives honors cited in dispatches for bravery in France. His wife, Mrs. Freml of 45 Van Ness Street, learned the news as she sat in a chair, pregnant with pride at his long service and heroism. Freml has a long combat record including rescuing Archie Roosevelt and aiding wounded officers, with 15 years in the regular army and prior service in the Philippines, Alaska, Mexico, and Vera Cruz.
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Freml Jr
van Ness Street
Wesley Prem Jr
Washington Dispatch
France
Freml
the Light
Western Front
Roosevelts
Archie Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Frenl
Wreml
Janwas
Cantigny
Jen
Vail Lown
Nineteenth Infantry
Jamesville
Wis
Philippine Islands
Alaska
Mexico
General Funston
Vera Cruz
Fort Sam Houston
Tdeutenant
British Steamship Athan tian Sunk by Torpedo
Private advices report the British steamship Athan tian torpedoed and sunk with no casualties. No date or place of disaster is provided and the ship was loaded with munitions.
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Gulf
Athantian
Wilson Names Eight New Major Generals And 43 Brigadiers
President Wilson sent to the Senate nominations of eight brigadiers to become major generals and 48 colonels to become brigadiers. Named for brigadier include Cornelius Vanderbilt and Douglas MacArthur. Colonels nominated cover many senior officers including James Hornbrook and John Hodges, with notes on recent service and court-martial history.
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Wilson
Washington, D. C
National Army
Senate
Presidant Wilson
Mason Matrick
Edward M. Lewis
William
MacArthur
Rainbow Division
Charles C. Walcutt Jr
Ridward St. Christian
Edwin B. Winnos
Willian * Jackson
Lemuel J. Rockenbach
Meriwether
L. Walker
Otho
Rosenbaum
Henry J. Tateh
Wilson Burtt
Harold GC. Piske
Cornelius Vanderbilt
N. G
Charles A. Hedekin
James J. Morrow
George Saffarans
Hanson J
Charles W. Kutz
Francis Led
Parker
Stewart
Albert J. Bowley
John H. Stephens
Oliver
Spaulding Jr. Ewing
Tooth
Richard. Marshalldin
John
James G. Hornbrook
Jobe N. Hodges
Hodges
San Antonio
Claude Coleman
A. Coleman
Hornbrook
Twenty-fourth Infantry Rintesses
Submarine Victims Rescued After Eight Days Adrift
A boatload of 24 sailors from the American vessel Dwinska, sunk by a submarine off the Atlantic coast, were rescued by a Shelburne fishing vessel. They had drifted eight days, 60 miles south of Seal Ishind in the Gulf of St Lawrence, subsisting on bread and water. Previous reports claimed the Dwinska, a British ship under American charter, was sunk June 18, about 700 miles east of the Delaware Capes.
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Halifax
Atlanne
Shelburne
N. S
Seal
Delaware Capes
Allies Clare in Attacks on Berman Lines
Paris reports French forces advanced their lines in Senecat wood near the Avre River southeast of Amiens and took 122 prisoners in actions south of Demard LONDON says heavy artillery operations continued southeast of Commescourt southwest of Arras. British raids near Mericourt and Moyenneville yielded mixed results with German losses.
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Clare
Berman
Paris
Amiens
Senecat Wood
Avre
War Office
Marne
Qureq
Demmard
London
Commecourt
Arras
Mericourt
Moyenneville
No Sign of New German Offensive Yet
No clear timetable for the next German strike against the Allied line. Observers say the western front sees raids while Austrians in Italy appear to yield initiative to the Italians. The front between Montdidier and Ypres is eyed for a potential renewed offensive with violent artillery and increased aerial activity.
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Trntian
Compiegne
Aisne
Noyou-Montdidier
Montdidier
Ypres
Whch
Arras
Lys Salient
Germany
Metz
Rhine
Austria
Hungary
Italy
Switzerland
Weather Card For Multiple US Cities
San Antonio shows tonight and Saturday partly cloudy to cloudy with a high near 2 to 100 and moderate heat driven by southerly winds. St Louis records 72 with east wind. Chicago unclear with 60s and northwest winds. Kansas City 70s with north winds. New York 74 with northeast winds. Washington 62 partly cloudy with north winds.
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San Antonio
Chicago
St . Kansas City
New York
Notheast
Washington
Nourg
Nighent
Band Sergeant Oscar Biermann Arrested on Disloyalty Charges
Band Sergeant Oscar Biermann, longtime leader of the Nineteenth Infantry band, faces court martial on disloyalty charges. He was arrested at Camp Travis after a months long inquiry. the case cites statements praising the Kaiser and alleged funds sent to Germany. He claims the charges are lies.
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Oscar Biermann
United States Army
Biermann
Camp Travis Stockade
America
Germany
Kaiser
Sussia
Nineteenth Infantry
Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
War Department
San Adutonio
Galveston
Hungarian Mutiny Rebels Sentenced to Death
Reports from Parts indicate widespread revolt among Hungarian and Austrian troops. About 2000 soldiers implicated in the mutiny are condemned to death as unrest spreads across Gyor and Raab with disruptions in factories and press.
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Gyor
Tees
Hungary
Mitin
Austria
Von Kuehlmann Offered Resignation as German Foreign Secretary
Zurich dispatch reports Dr. von Kuehlmann offered to resign as German foreign secretary. Emperor likely to accept. Reports from Amsterdam say campaign to remove von Kuehlmann grows, with William II willing to dismiss him and von Hertling hesitant to retain. Critics in Reichstag accuse leadership of military domination and question who truly rules Germany.
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Wekerle
Amsterdam
Lome
Budapest
Alexander Wekerle
Woekerle
Fue- Vienna
Silva Varonea
Charles
Austria
Baron von Seydler
von Seindler
Baron Banhuns
Paris
von Kuehlmann
Zurich
German foreign secretary speech blamed on military higher ups
London dispatches report the Westminster Gazette dismisses claims that Von Ruechmann spoke without authorization. The article says German leaders pressured public statements to prepare the nation for delays after previous promises of a swift victory. An Amsterdam dispatch notes the emperor sent a furious telegram to Chancellor von Hertling over D von Kuehlmanns remarks.
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London
von Ruechmann
Westminster Gazette
Germany
Inez
von Kuehlmann
Wounded Leave Paris Seen as Swift Allied Care Plan
American wounded remaining in Paris are to be moved from base hospitals to bases in the United States or southern France for further treatment and convalescence. The evacuation by hospital train marks a rapid, organized effort praised by French authorities and American officials as the fastest and most successful handling of wounded yet.
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Paris
United States
France
Aaterjean
Amundsen Sets Sail From Christiana For Arctic Quest
The explorer Roald Amundsen prepares to depart Christiania aboard the ship Mande or Coristiana to begin a voyage toward the North Pole. President Wilson and Secretary Taftson have sent best wishes as Amundsen plans to follow the Siberian coast eastward from North Cape.
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Coristianta
Roald Amundsen
Mande
North Pole
Christiania
Amundeen Mimeself
Tromane
Lromsac
Amundsen
Wilson
Chraugh
Tansins
North Cape
Arctic
Northwest Passage
San Antonio's champion worker jailed again after short liberty
Police report a remarkable case as a man famed for nonstop work is released then arrested within an hour. He remains in custody as officers ponder legal options, noting no law bars work but seeking observation. Citizens phoned to hire him away from his duties.
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San Antonio
Paul Izzet
Tne
West Side
Texans clash with Congressmen over constitutional amendment
Representatives Blanton and Wilson of Texas reportedly argued outside the House office building in Washington, D.C. The altercation followed a dispute about a vote last winter on submitting a federal constitutional prohibition amendment to the states. No injuries were reported.
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Blanton
Wilson
Washington
D.C
Texas
Bolshevik Plot Suspected as Korniloff Advances on Moscow
Unconfirmed reports claim Moscow fallen to Korniloff with German support. Grand Duke Nicholas reportedly proclaimed emperor while Lenine and Trotsky allegedly fled to the Murman coast. Kerensky named possible future Russian leader per Berlin dispatch. Unterstützung claims of Soviet uprisings across Siberia and Red Guard treachery noted.
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London
Moscow
iSays
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Korniloff
Nicholas
Lenine
Trotsky
Nikolai Lenine
Leon “Lrotsky
Murman Coast
Dispatch
Berlin
Tages Zeitung
Petrograd
Kerensky
Russia
United States Plans Commission to Aid Russia Economically
Washington reports advance on a U S commission to assist Russia economically and industrially. Selection focuses on transportation and industrial experts as factions in Russia begin to shape the commission s destiny. President Wilson s pledge to back Russia remains, with civil aid considered to avoid German propaganda.
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Washington, D.C
Thy Sia
Suihg
Wilson
United States
Russia
Russian News Confusion Dispatches on Moscow Capture
Unconfirmed reports claim anti-Soviet forces led by General Kerniloff and General Kaledines seized Moscow with Grand Duke Nicholas proclaiming emperor. Dispatches note possible German aid but also state no German troops near Moscow. Reports also claim Nicholas Romanoff, former emperor, has been assassinated.
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Tryhe
Tress
Donerhigen
Lopedow
Kerniloff
Kaledines
Moscow
Grand Duke
Nichols
Laven
Ramniloff
Germany
Nicholas Romanoff
Kerensky comments at labor conference on Brest-Litovsk and Russia's fate
Former Russian premier Alexander F. Kerensky told a London labor conference that Russians reject the Brest-Litovsk treaty and oppose the enemy invasion, warning of the nation’s peril while asserting resilience despite insults and suffering.
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London
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Alexander F. Kerensky
M. Kerensky
Everstore
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Willian
von Hertling
Auer
Hoase
Reichstag
Haase
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von Kuehlman
Wanse
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Hegun
Herr Selfferieh
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von Capelle
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Roald Amlindsen
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