French Advance Near Montdidier Pushes German Lines
July 9 French forces with tanks advanced about 1.8 kilometres from Montdidier to the Oise, overran Porte and Loges farms, and captured about 450 German prisoners. British raiders also reported a successful night action along the eastern front, with limited prisoners and a gun taken.
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Aisne
Terrof Compiegne
Compiegne
Marne
Develo
Hamel
Sas
Somme
Abbeville
Teutons
Onia
Albania
Fams
Austrian War Office
Salkan
Criti
Ogor
Russia
Moscow
Ukrai
Montdidier
River
Porte
Antheuil
Champagne
Forstween
Oise
Porte Farm
Loges
Artilgion
Chavigny
Chateau Thierry
Camn
Bute de
London
Round Table Talks on Peace and Disarmament Proposed
A Berlin dispatch reports writer George Bernhard calling for a round table discussion on peace grounded in disarmament rather than a formal table. He favors restoring colonies, a mercantile agreement with England, and recognition of Brest-Litovsk terms, with broader self rule claims.
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Ahagen
George Bernhard
Wilson
India
Taxes Will Persist After War Say Revenue Bill Plans
Washington predicts five billion dollars yearly will be needed after the war to pay interest on bonds retire bonds and cover government expenses. Henry Rainey says the new revenue bill will be future focused with many taxes continuing postwar while luxury and excess profits taxes will be trimmed to offset tariff increases. The measure aims to be revenue only, not to curb extravagance or shut nonessential industries. The committee studies luxury taxes on certain goods and contemplates replacing alcohol levies with luxury taxes if wartime prohibition continues. The current framework, similar to the last revenue bill, will shape the final bill to be reported as a substitute.
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Washington
United States
Henry T. Rainey
Ways and Means
Treasury Department
Jewels for Cause Aid National Woman's Party
Suffragists pour jewelry into the National Woman's Party coffers. Colorado women sent a gold collar set with pearls along with a pearl pin and a diamond, while Philadelphia donors contributed hammered silver pieces. Treasurer Mary Gartrude Fendall said the proceeds will fund suffrage efforts before the Senate recess.
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Washington
National Woman's Party
Colorado
Philadelphia
Mary Gartrude Fendall
Woman’s ‘Party
Senate
Dr Naon Returns as Argentine Ambassador Arrives in Washington
Argentine Ambassador Dr Rumio Naon returns to Washington with a diplomatic mission. The party's composition remains undisclosed. Naon aims to secure a $40,000,000 loan from the U S after six months of talks with officials at home. He plans to meet Secretary Lansing today and outline conference outcomes.
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Washington
Rumio
Naon
Argentina
Noon
Lansing
To Advance Hard Coal Price In Connecticut
Connecticut coal prices rise immediately from 30 to 50 cents per ton for all sizes above pea as freight rates jump 40 cents per ton per government authorization. Hartford area prices go up 40 cents to 10.70 per ton with other towns adjusting by freight mileages from distribution centers.
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Hartford
Thomas W. Russell
Connecticut
Dowling Pleads Not Guilty in Irish Landing Case
London July 9 The prosecution closes in the case of Corporal Joseph Dowling a former Irish soldier recently landed on the Irish coast from a German submarine Dowling is charged with joining a force hostile to England while a POW in Germany attempting to induce others to join and being implicated in an attempt to land hostile forces in Ireland He had nothing to say in his defense and pleaded not guilty.
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Dowling
London
Joseph Dowling
England
Germany
Ireland
Russian reports Garbied Stockholm says Bolsheviks control wireless
Stockholm reports claim that Moscow controlled Russian wireless for a time. The soviets issued a warning not to believe reports of counter revolutionary successes, according to information received today.
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Stockholm
Moscow
Austrian-Hungarian Losses Reported in Italy
Rome reports Austro-Hungarian losses of 20,000 men between July 2 and July 6, equal to about half of those engaged, according to the war office.
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Rome
Was
Patriot Lieutenant Hickey Gives Up Bright Career For War Service
New York reports First Lieutenant Daniel Hickey of Stamford Connecticut shows pure patriotism by trading a promising legal and political path for service. He left a major role in the judge advocate general department to join the air service and now heads air service supply with the rank of lieutenant. His friend Major Cushman A Rice notes Hickey longs for active combat and to help defeat the Kaiser. The piece ends with a note on a Sub-Treasury gain for the day.
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New York
Daniel Hickey
Stamford
Conn
Hickey
Judge Advocate General's Department
Air Service
Connecticut
S. O.S
Cushman A. Rice
Officers’ Club
American Air Service
France
Rice
United States
Happenings In This Vicinity 25 Years Ago
A local column recalls events from 25 years ago. Merchants discuss forming a board of trade led by Henry Bernhard and H H Sherman with Alva H Kelsey as secretary. The Portland Electric Light Co plans streetlight overhauls under new superintendent J Allen Butler. A special city meeting is set to consider a $50 000 school room expansion. The Y M C A declines to accept secretary H L Jacoby’s resignation. A range of past local happenings is noted from portland brownstone shipments to a quarantine schooner in New Haven.
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Henry Bernhard
H. H. Sherman
Alva H. Kelsey
George A. Custer
Song of Veterans
Benjamin R. Singleton
Eastern Tinware Co
Portland
J. Allen Butler
Portland Electric Light Co
S. B. Hubbard
A. R. Mehaffey
New Haven
Superior Court Room
Old Court House
H. L. Jacoby
Paul G. McCoy
Germany
W. 3B. Odber
Haddam
Wethersfield
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New England
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Block Island
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King’s
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Middletown
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Center St
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Main Street
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