Action on Russia May Be Surprise
Washington dispatch notes a possible new US and allied policy toward Russia with no official White House statements. Moscow’s anti German sentiment grows as Russians prepare to govern themselves, while Allied aid aims to be military secondary and economic assistance large in scope. Officials anticipate Versailles council briefings and heightened rumor.
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Outwitted Germans at French listening post
An American soldier at a Toul sector listening post in France outsmarted three German captors. As two fled with him, he dropped a grenade and hid in a shell hole. one attacker died and the other fled toward Berlin while the Chicagoan returned unharmed with no pockets rifled.
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Drowning Victims Buried in Pekin Community Service
Pekin Illinois mourns as thirty victims of the steamer Columbia are buried at a single town service after the Illinois river disaster. Additional bodies await burial as authorities count twenty missing and other funerals unfold at homes and morgues.
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Not to Call Bourgeois in Russia’s Draft Debate
London July 8 A belated dispatch says Bolsheviki leaders fear the bourgeois would oppose the proletariat if drafted. They declare conscription necessary for the republics safety but plan to set the bourgeois to work at duty and stable cleaning rather than frontline service.
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Sub Treasury Report Shows Net Loss for Day
New York eight reported by the sub treasury that gains totaled 52,000 while cash on hand declined and net loss reached 196,000 dollars for the day according to the latest financial update.
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Air Activity on American Front at Marne in July Fight
American pursuit planes fought German aircraft over the Marne front near Mouthiers and within German lines. Lieuts Sumner Sewall James Meisner Hamilton Coolridge and Stephen Noyes led multiple engagements, with several enemy planes shot down or forced to land. Harwood and Leuhr endured heavy fire yet landed safely after a dramatic pursuit and photographs. Americans and French also conducted daylight bombing.
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Fifty Casualties In Army Report From War Dept
Washington July 8 Fifty casualties in the American expeditionary forces were announced by the war department. The report lists six killed in action thirteen died of wounds two from accident and other causes and 29 severely wounded. The New England list names several killed wounded and prisoners previously reported missing with multiple names across Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine Connecticut and Vermont. Total casualties reach 11 086 with breakdowns for army and marine corps and a weekly increase of 103 compared to the prior week.
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Leaders In Work Among Girls To Be Addressed By Prominent Speakers
Hartford July 8 Dr Katherine Bement Davis first woman prison commissioner of New York City and war worker will headline the state conference of leaders in work for girls at the capitol July 10 under Health and Recreation committee. Other speakers include Cyrus F Stimson Miss Jean Hamilton Miss Hazel Woodhull Howell Cheney Mrs Samuel Russell Jr and Miss Margaret Stack. Mrs Morgan G Bulkeley will preside morning and Dr Valeria H Parker will preside afternoon. In Amsterdam the Kaiser era talk contemplates Albert Ballin as foreign secretary successor at German headquarters following a conference with von Hertling and von Lydendorff. Ballin led the Hamburg American line before the war and figures prominently in shipping circles.
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New Pastor Named for Waterbury Parish
Rev. Thomas P. Mulcahy, longtime assistant at St Marys Bridgeport, to succeed the late Rev Reinhard Bardeck as pastor of St Cecilia s German Roman Catholic church in Waterbury. He has served Bridgeport for over 12 years.
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Austrian Peace Attempt Fails at Berne Talks
A high Austrian official in close touch with Emperor Charles failed to open preliminary peace negotiations with Allied representatives in Berne. The report, cited by Express, cites a recent Columbia river steamship innovation and notes Women as deckhands.
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Assistants to be Attached to Colleges for Training Camps
Washington July 8 Assistant military instructors will be appointed to colleges with military training as part of the curriculum. Camps for intensive training of these instructors will open at Plattsburgh Fort Sheridan and the presidio San Francisco from July 18 to September 16. The 60 day course will enable attendees to become assistants to army officers already at the colleges.
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