Big Gun Duelling Opens New Week on Picardy Front
Predications on new drive by Frank Charlton outlines renewed British advances on the Picardy front. Australian troops push again astride the Somme, extending 3600 yards and improving gains near Hamel. Air fighting rises on the Marne sector as American forces hold air mastery. Germans may redeploy to Italy and the eastern front, with Moscow assassinated ambassador triggering potential operations. Continued on page four.
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Picardy
Somme
Frank Charlton
Somme River
Hamel
Villers-Cotterets Forest
Marne River
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Wood
Marne Front
Nie Piave
Italy
von Ludendorff
Russia
Moscow
Petrograd
German food situation grows daily more acute
Amsterdam witnesses mounting distress as German workers desert Krupp plants. Reported bread rations shrink while meals rely on sparse carrots and mangel wurzels boiled in water. Dutch workers describe worsening conditions and widespread discontent over the ration cut.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Krupp
Telegraphers Locked Out at Atlanta Today
Atlanta reports 60 to 75 Western Union telegraphers locked out since Saturday as a nationwide strike extends. About 150 workers are affected, with officials of the Atlanta district council unable to halt the action in time. S. J. Konenkamp seeks labor secretary cooperation for a settlement. Oklahoma City also reports 20 men locked out after a meeting. New York's Carlton of Eastern Union Telegraph issues a statement on the strike.
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Chicago
Atlanta
Oklahoma City
Okla
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers Union Today
Wilson
Savannah
Western Union
Atlantas
The
Telegraphers’ Union
Carlson
New York
Roosevelt Thrills With HMNS Field Action at Marne
In the Marne sector, Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt the youngest son of ex President Roosevelt saw his first combat. His plane jammed its machine gun and he was chased by two German fighters, but he evaded them through quick maneuvers as French troops seized Hill 204 west of Chateau Thierry near Vaux.
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Chateau Thierry
Vaux
Quentin Roosevelt
Senate panel backs phased beer wine ban in food bill
Washington July 8. The manufacture of beer and wine would be stopped in four months and the sale of whiskey in six months under an amendment to the food production bill agreed upon by the Senate agricultural committee.
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Aircraft Inquiry to Move to Dayton Ohio
Washington reports the department of justice aviation probe will shift to Dayton Ohio. Attorney General Gregory Assistant Attorney General Fitts and Charles E Hughes will depart this afternoon to gather firsthand information from plants producing aircraft for the government.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Dayton
Ohio
Gregory
Atorney
Fitts
Charles E. Hughes
Ohio City
U S Air Men Keep Busy in Maine Front Actions
A brisk American sector clash sees German aircraft shot down and another forced to land out of control as U S air men maintain relentless activity along the Maine front.
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Maine Front
Thrilling Marne Air Battles Reported By American Flyers
Air combat over the Marne front produced multiple enemy losses as American planes shot down German machines and forced others to land. Lieuts Meisner Coolidge Sewall Wooten Noyes and Hardenwood plus Leuhr played key roles in dogfights at 5,000 feet and above, with daring escapes and several aircraft put out of action.
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Bert Ford
Marne
A. Meisner
Brooklyn
Hamilton Coolidge
Boston
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Maine
Mounthiers
Seut
Sewall
James Wooten
Columbia
Tenn
Cowart
Bowie
Stephen Noyes
Harvard
Doodale
Mont
Fred Leuhr
Missouri
Hardwood
Lieut. Leuhr
Kaiser appoints Ballin as German secretary successor
Amsterdam reports Chancellor von Hertling and von Ludendorff held a conference at German headquarters on appointing Albert Ballin to succeed Dr. von Kuehlmann as German secretary. Ballin, former head of Hamburg America Line, played a key role in expanding German shipping before the war.
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Amsterdam
Kaiser
von Hertling
von Ludendorff
Albert Ballin
von Kuehlmann
Herr Ballin
Von Ludendorff Prepares Joint Front Offensive
Geneva dispatch says General Von Ludendorff chief of staff to Von Hindenburg plans a joint offensive on the French and Italian fronts. The dispatch cites the Giornale Dialia as the source for the statement.
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Geneva
Abnormal Movements of Troops Reported
Washington reports behind the lines troop movements in sectors held by American forces. Pershing says heightened activity near Belleau and a heavy machine gun duel in the Chateau Thierry area during the night of July 4 into July 5. German warning to troops and flashy flare preparations noted.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
Belleau
Chateau Thierry
Tsuehtin
New York Leads U S in 1918 Tax Collections
The second Internal Revenue District of New York reports 1918 collections totaling 547,058,250.19 dollars. It shows 414,608,970.24 from income and excess profits taxes and 42,449,342.95 from miscellaneous taxes. Pennsylvania’s Twenty third district ranks second with 332,159,701.43 dollars. The nationwide total for 1918 across 64 districts, Hawaii, and the Philippines is 3,671,918,236.91 dollars.
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Washington
Internal Revenue District
New York
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Wall Street
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
United States
Hawaii
Philippines
Agricultural Appropriation Bill May Be Passed In House
Washington July Elimination of the $2.40 wheat section and re passage of the agricultural appropriation bill after the reading of the President s veto of the measure was scheduled in the House this afternoon.
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Washington
Law Partner Recalled as O Leary Trial Reopens
Arthur L. Lyon, law partner of Jeremiah J. O Leary, was recalled to the stand as the trial of John J. O Leary, charged with aiding his brother to escape, was reopened. He testified about Jeremiah's flight from New York and arrival in Portland, Oregon.
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York
Arthur L. Lyon
Jeremiah J. O'Leary
John J. O'Leary
Jeremiah
New York
Portland
Ore
Colleges to Have Military Instructors Named
The War Department announced that assistant military instructors will be appointed at colleges offering military training as part of the curriculum. Camps for training instructors will open at Plattsburg New York Fort Sheridan Illinois and San Francisco beginning July 8 and running to September 16.
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Washington
War Department
Plattsburg
N. Y
Fort Sheridan
San Francisco
Blacksmiths Strike in Paterson in Sympathy for Schenectady
Nearly 50 blacksmiths at American Locomotive works in Paterson New Jersey walked out today in sympathy with workers at Schenectady. The plant’s operations were not affected by the strike action.
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Paterson
N. J
American Locomotive Works
Schenectady
Pekin Buries Victims and Towns Grief Struck
In a quiet Illinois town, mourning fills streets as funeral services mass for about fifty families affected by the Columbia disaster. Businesses close for the day as community members honor the victims and reflect on the tragedy.
Unseaworthy Columbia blamed for deadly river sinking
Pekin, July 8 Charges that the pleasure craft Columbia which sank on the Illinois River Saturday was unseaworthy and known to officers before departure have been made. William Tinny, river navigation expert, says George Hines of Pekin observed the boat drew too much water and notified the engineer who admitted it. Hines and Tinny’s wife refused to return, spent the night in Peoria, and escaped the wreck with the wife injured. Officials examining survivors regard the statement as important.
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Pekin
Columbia
Illinois River
Wm. Tinny
George Hines
Hines
Tinny
Peoria
Pekin Mourns Thirty Dead From Columbia Steamer Tragedy
In Pekin Illinois a community funeral was held for thirty victims of the Columbia steamer disaster. The town, still stunned by the loss, observed a solemn day with offices closed and residents recalling the tragedy as bodies awaited burial in local morgues. Mourning crowds waited in silence as funeral services took place at Westminster Presbyterian church amid pouring rain.
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Pekin
Columbia
Illinois River
Westminster
Presbyterian Church
Little River Town
Peoria
Kaiser's orders follow Moscow assassination of German envoy
The Kaiser orders German stations with Russian delegates broken off after the assassination of Gen. von Mirbach in Moscow. The German embassy at Berlin is placed under guard as the news reaches Amsterdam and reports from a German source.
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New- Amsterdam
Kaiser
von Mirbach
Moscow
Kun
Berlin
Dowling Trial Reveals More Hun Intrigue
London July 8 John Cronin a former German camp prisoner testified in the Dowling trial that a brigade of Irish prisoners was to be landed in Ireland from submarines as a prelude to a naval strike on England. Dowling of the Connaught Rangers was captured after landing on the Irish coast. He claimed his name was O'Brien and that he was aboard the steamship Mississippi. He had $2090.
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Earle C. Reeves
I. N.S
London
Germany
Ireland
England
John Cronin
Joseph Dowling
Dowling
Connaught Rangers
Tower of London
Middlesex Guild Hall
Limbers
O’brien
Ila
Mississippi
America
War Crosses For Two New York Negroes
Two New York City Black soldiers, Henry Fohngen and Robert Robinson, earned the French War Cross for actions in the Argonne and on the Lorra ine front. Robinson was wounded while driving enemy troops off a post with rifles and grenades, and Johnson carried his wounded comrade back to safety before returning to the post.
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Newton C. Patsee
France
Lorraine Front
Tour Jars
New York City
Henrys Fohngen
Robert Robinson
Argonne Forest
Robinson
Johnsson
War Council Abolished by War Department
Washington July 8 The War Council composed of representatives from government departments and bureaus has been abolished. The necessity for which the council was created no longer exists. Conferences between representatives of the Shipping Board War Industries Board and members of the House and Senate were involved.
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Washington
War Council
War Department
Shipping Board
War Industries Board
House and
Senate
Hitch Occurs in Anglo German Plans for Prisoner Exchange
The Hague July 8 a hitch has arisen in Anglo German talks over prisoner exchange. German pressure seeks the release of three of the noblest submarine captains to aid attacks on American convoys in the Atlantic. Rumors say the issue was raised by German representatives.
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Hitch
the Hague
Atlantic
Rioting Breaks Out in Moscow Amid War Policy Rumors
Washington dispatch reports rising unrest as U S leaders weigh new Russia policy after the assassination of Count von Mirbach. Cable talks with Entente governments and Bliss in play. Moscow fighting described amid fears of German retaliation and possible occupation.
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John Edwin Nevin
I. N.S
Washington
United States
White House
Supreme Council
Versailles
Wilson
Entente
Gen
Tasker H. Bliss
America
Supreme War Council
Count von Mirbach
Russia
Moscow
Nikolai Lenine
Berlin
Copenhagen
von Mirbach
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NEW Drive
Qadhaif
Q. Roosevelt
HMNS
Hill 204
U.S
Katser Disco
Kuehlman
HEW
Lead
Twenty-Second
Yleary
Ilinois
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