Germans Again Fail on Western Front Attacks
Paris dispatch reports repeated night attacks south of St. Quentin and near the Avecourt woods failed to breach French lines as counterattacks pushed back the Germans. British front operations east of Lens also repelled minor assaults. observers say Germany aims to blunt a large offensive.
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Associated Press
Paris
St. Quentin
Verdun
Avecourt
War -Office
London
Lens
Fel
Russians Recapture Part of Novica After Fierce Fighting
Petrograd July 1 Russian forces again hold a portion of the village of Novica south of Kahusz after a furious battle with Austro German troops. The war office says Russians occupy the eastern end and are pushing Austrians to evacuate to the west. Rail traffic remains difficult but Russian Dolina units press Austrians along the front.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Novica
Kahusz
War Office
Rep
Teutons
Dolina
Carpathians
Senate Vote Narrows Food Bill Control Extension
The Senate rejected by 44 to 28 an amendment extending price control to iron ore hemp binding twine farm implements and tools. Hemp twine inclusion seems likely, while no expansion to more commodities appears imminent. final passage of the food bill faces delays and a weekend horizon.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Cation
Governor to Organize Alaska National Guard in North
Governor J M Strong plans to form a militia unit in Alaska after returning from Washington. He aims to raise one company in Juneau and one in Fairbanks, with possible future units depending on enrollment. He also inspected Portland's sanitarium for Alaska’s insane and reported good conditions. He and Mrs. Strong will stay a few days in Seattle before sailing to Juneau.
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Associated Prat
Seattle
Alaska
J. M.A. Strong
National Guard
Northern Territory
Washington
Strong
Juneau
Fairbanks
Portland
Ore
Wilson refuses to participate in Allied conference
President Wilson rejects the Allied invitation to a Paris conference. Secretary Lansing states the invitation was unearthed as the first hint of such talks. Wilson believes U S involvement is unnecessary now and will manage war policy independently while staying ready for joint action if required. In Seattle lumber mills are shut with 10,000 workers idle as talks fail and labor may be imported.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Paris
Lansing
United States
Petrograd Turmoil Draws Heavy Casualty Estimates
Reuters dispatches report Petrograd unrest claiming about 500 killed or wounded over two days. Provisional government tightens control with troops patrolling streets. hundreds of socialists jailed as plans to move the capital to Moscow rise amid ongoing disorder.
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Associated Press
Tondon
Reuter
Petrograd
Wallan
Phic
Moscow
Gavrison
Winter Palace
Wilson pardons suffragette pickets in work house
President Wilson grants clemency to sixteen suffragettes sentenced to sixty days in the work house for attempting to reestablish picketing in front of the White House. The court had earlier sentenced the women after a raid on the White House area. Secretary Tumulty declined to elaborate on the reasons for the pardons.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Tumulty
White House
Army Draft Drawings To Begin Tomorrow At 9 30
The war department announced that the army draft drawings will commence at 9 30 tomorrow morning in the committee room of the state building. Reports reaching the department indicate that exemption board work will likely be completed by night.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
State Face
Department
Seattle and Tacoma streetcar strike idle delay transit
Associated Press reports street railway systems in Seattle and Tacoma remain idle due to a carmen strike now in its third day. Non union workers are being used to maintain limited schedules while talks continue. Meanwhile jitneys and other transport modes flourish, with night and day service at Elite Baths operated by Billy Anderson in the vicinity.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Tacoma
Draft Arrangements Near Completion For Army Draft
The War Department nears final plans for the first draft drawing with a plan from Judge Advocate General Crowder. Two numeral sets will be used to ensure equal chance and order for nearly ten million registrants, informing the draw expected by Saturday.
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Walror Pon
War Department
Crowder
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