Bolshevik Army Claims Victory in Siberia Front
London reports say Bolshevik forces have offensive against the Czecho Slovak army in the Volga region with a major success. Czecho Slovaks retreat in Siberia as Bolshevik troops strike toward Stavropol Yaroslav and Rybinsk with armed trains shelling White guard towns. Eastern sector shows Czecho Slovaks retreating after occupying Techesahrdrinsk.
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Volga
Moscow
Siberia
People’s Commissariat of War
Syzran
Simbirsk
Bugulma
Ufa
Samara
Stavropol
Ciscaucasia
Yaroslav
Rybinsk
Columbia Floats to Pekin After River Disaster
The steamer Columbia, wrecked on the Illinois River last Saturday with more than 600 aboard, resurfaced near Pekin on July 13. Rescue workers located two more bodies while Coroner Clary, Sheriff Wilson, and over a dozen others were aboard when it surfaced. Several fled to small boats and escaped.
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Peoria
Columbia
Tlinois River
Pekin
Clary
Wilson
Largest draft round-up in Chicago history
More than 5,000 men of draft age were seized as suspects by Justice Department agents, along with police, in a city wide roundup. The Cubs park hosted the first raid as registration cards were checked at stations and nearby venues. Police and secret service searched hotels, barber shops, saloons, and theaters.
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Chicago
Department of Justice
Cubs
Lake Forest Sinks German Sub After Two Hour Fight
The Lake Forest attacked a German submarine 1500 miles off Cape Henry during a return voyage to Europe. After a two hour running battle the Uboat was sunk by the Lake Forest's guns. Captain Herbert R. O. Johnson, in command, is commended to the navy for sinking the vessel. The Lake Forest, formerly the War Fox, was taken over by the Shipping Board on the Great Lakes after launch.
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New York
Lake Forest
Cape Henry
Europe
Herbert R. O. Johnson
United States Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Naval Reserve
United States Shipping Board
Great Lakes
Exchange of 500000 Captives Through Switzerland Recounts
Official statistics show more than 500000 invalid and sick prisoners of war of different nationalities have been exchanged and repatriated through Switzerland since the war began. The figures are reported as of July 15 in Berne.
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Berne
Switzerland
Kuehlmann Sick of It All in Amsterdam
Dr. Richard is cited in a July Amsterdam note regarding Kuehlmann and remarks about dissatisfaction.
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Kuehlmann
Amsterdam
Richard
Wilson signals US intervention in Russia via Ishii talk
Washington on July 11 reports President Wilson invited Viscount Ishii to the White House to discuss military aid to Russia and potential Japanese action in Siberia. The move aims to gauge Tokyo's views on troop levels and Chinese cooperation, with relief for 50,000 Czecho-Slovak troops in Russia seen as urgent.
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Wilson
Russia
Viscount Ishii
White House
Ishii
United States
Tokyo
Japan
Siberia
Vladivostok
Irkutsk
Samara
Roosevelt’s son downs German plane over Marne front
Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt son of former President Roosevelt scored his first air victory in July near Chateau Thierry as he and three fellow pilots engaged German planes at 5,000 yards inside enemy lines. After mistaking friend for foe he joined the attack and fired 50 tracers into the nearest plane causing it to spin and dive 2,000 yards to the clouds below.
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Marne
Quentin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
100 Die and 80 Hurt in Nashville Train Wreck
A head on collision seven miles west of Nashville Christian area injures many. about 100 believed dead, most victims African American. One train allegedly ignored orders. Lieut. Don Long among the seriously injured. dead include Private John P. Hussey, Wilson B. Harris, and Alexander.
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Nashville
Tenn
Louisville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
Here
Don Long
Aviation Service of
John P. Hussey
Uhlan
Ill
Wilson B. Harris
Naval
Alexander
United States Marine Corps
Cubans Save Yank Officers Off Cuban Coast
A Cuban gunboat launch rescued two American army officers after their motor boat was swept three miles offshore near Santiago by heavy seas. The engine failed and the crew invoked Cuban aid.
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Havana
Santiago
Rail Strike Spreads Across Russian Districts
Paris dispatch reports a growing Russian railway strike with multiple districts affected as 15 workers are noted taking part. The movement signals broader labor unrest amid ongoing transportation disruption.
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Russia
Paris
Nation-wide wartime prohibition rider clears Senate vote
The Senate backed attaching a national wartime prohibition rider to the agricultural extension bill by 36 to 33, reversing a chair ruling. The move follows months of lobbying by prohibition advocates and is expected to pass the House, which already favored suspending liquor traffic.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
Sugar supply situation praised. new limits issued
Washington on July 11 reports no danger of a sugar famine and an improving food situation since America began feeding the allied world. The public must observe the three pounds per person monthly sugar limit and maintain other conservation measures.
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Hoover
Washington
Food Administration
America
Sixty nurses and workers killed in Belgian air attack
London dispatch from Amsterdam reports fifty four nurses and women ambulance workers were killed when German bombs hit an ambulance station at La Panne Belgium. About fifty bombs were dropped in the raid near the North Sea coast just behind the fighting front.
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la Panne
Belgium
Amsterdam
North Sea
German foreign chief out in Berlin shakeup
The Wolff news bureau reports Emperor William has accepted the resignation of Dr. Richard von Kuehlmann as German foreign secretary. Admiral von Hintze, previously minister to Mexico and the German envoy at Christiania, is expected to succeed him.
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Denmark
William
Richard von Kuehlmann
Wolff News Bureau
Berlin
Admiral von Hintze
Christiania
Mexico
Hog Island Shipyards Reach 28,500 Workers in Progress
Rapid progress at Hog Island shipyards Philadelphia with 35 keels laid and 28,500 workers employed by mid July. The expansion reflects wartime production demands and large on site activity.
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Hog Island
Philadelphia
Hog Island Shipyards
Turk Capital Bombed, pe ondos, Suly.
Turkiye reports a bombing at the capital and ongoing airstrikes by allied forces. Officials describe casualties and security cordons as investigations unfold.
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Suly
Wilson vetoes $2.40 wheat price support in Congress
President Wilson vetoed the annual agricultural appropriation bill over the $2.40 a bushel wheat minimum. He argues fixed prices hurt producers and consumers, saying such rigidity disrupts markets. He notes increased wheat production and potential higher costs of flour and living, urging flexibility. Woodrow Wilson.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Department of Agriculture
United States
Germany
Woodrow Wilson
Air Instructor Killed in Plane Crash at Scott Field
Belleville Ill July 13 Lieut Lee C Giddings Duluth Minn an air instructor was killed and Cadet Edward C Darlington Washington DC severely injured when a plane dropped 800 feet at Scott field.
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Belleville
Ill
Lee C. Giddings
Duluth, Minn
Edward C. Darlington
Washington, D. C
Scott Field
Edison Jr Joins Tank Forces
Morristown New Jersey July 18 William L Midion son of Thomas Fre Edison joins Tank Forces in a notable family military service update in the local column.
Navy to honor fallen sailors with memorial galleries
Navy seeks photographs of enlisted men who died in the war to create memorial galleries at training stations. Relatives should send photos to the Bureau of Navigation with name, branch, and station. Originals will be returned. copies kept for records and memorial display.
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Committee On Public Information
Washington
Navy Department
Daniels
Navy
Bureau of Navigation
Washington, D. C
Army seeks women for reconstruction aid positions
The surgeon general announces two sections for reconstruction aids: masseurs and physiotherapy trained women, and those skilled in simple handi crafts. Foreign service pay is $60 per month, home service pay $50, plus quarters allowance.
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United States Army
Surgeon General
Foreign Service
Home Service
Pratt Institute Scholarships For Army Wives Daughters
The division on woman s war work announces Pratt Institute trustees offer three scholarships for 1918 19 covering tuition and lab fees for wives and daughters of army officers in household science arts and institutional work. Agriculture specialists urge increased poultry egg production with guidance on breeding hatch timing egg preservation culling feed growing and meat conservation. Southern farm boy club members produced food and feed valued at 4 019 121 in 1917 as reported by depot agriculture reports.
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Committee On Public Information
Trustees
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
N. Y
Department of Agrieafcoure
Southern Farm Boy Club
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