Americans Hold Belleau Wood After German Attacks
American troops on the Marne front north of Chateau Thierry repelled German counter attacks in Belleau Wood. They took 216 prisoners and captured equipment and machine guns after an intense bombardment and night assault. The French war office reported 150 German prisoners counted. German artillery and air activity continued along the front as Pershing noted failed ambush attempts and intensified air operations.
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Bert Ford
I. N
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Wood
Pale
Mailly-Reneval
Melbocq
Vinly
Cornislet
Lorraine
le Port
Washington
Fershing
War Department
Pershing
Big British air raid hits Saarbrucken Offenburg Karlsruhe
British airmen bombed railways factories and barracks in Saarbrucken Offenburg and Karlsruhe on Tuesday morning. Direct hits were reported with a great explosion at Karlsruhe. two German planes were shot down and two forced down. three British aircraft are missing. Karlsruhe hosts extensive munitions works.
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London
Saarbrucken
Offenburg
Karlsruhe
Von Kuehlmann Speech Receives Tepid Reception
Amsterdam dispatch reports Dr. Richard von Kuehlmann’s Reichstag address on war aims drew a cool response in Germany. Pan Germans brace for anger over the frontier reference while Junkers see the world, Liberals and Socialists condemn perceived Belgian hypocrisy.
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London
Richard von Kuehman
Reichstag
Germany
Amsterdam
The
Express
Junkers
von Kuehlman
Belgium
Americans Key In Marne Fight On Belleau Front
Official reports describe American forces advancing against German lines in the Belleau sector with ground gained and prisoners taken. The action is labeled as a major offensive, possibly by mixed marines and infantry, amid severe and desolate battlefield conditions.
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Frank Charlton
I. N.S
Marne
France
Belleau
Piave
Piave Front
Italy
Germans Again Advance in Russia Near Smolensk
London dispatch reports German forces marching toward Smolensk as Bolsheviki Ambassador Dr Jaffe in Berlin is notified by Bolshevik foreign minister Tchit Cherin that action is unexplainable. Smolensk lies on the Dniper 250 miles southwest of Moscow.
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London
Russia
Iare
Smolensk
Jaffe
Berlin
Tchit Cherin
Moscow
Germany
Dniper River
Turkish forces active in Northwest Persia reach about 2000
A dispatch dated June 24 and received by the State Department says about 2,000 Turkish forces are operating in Northwest Persia. It adds no further details on the sacking of the American missionary hospital or the seizure of the American consulate at Tabriz.
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Washington
Persia
State Department
Caldwell
Teheran
American Missionary Hospital
Tabriz
President Wilson Proclaims Boost in Hawaiian Sugar Cultivation
Washington June 26 President Wilson issued a proclamation to rapidly grow sugar in all lands in Hawaii. The commissioner of public lands is authorized to contract for cultivation of vacant lands and require homesteaders to continue cultivation, with powers to pay for needed labor and conservation of crops.
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Washington
Wilson
Territory
Hawaii
Commissioner of Public Lands
Formal recess of Congress planned
Washington reports a formal recess of Congress for thirty or forty days once all appropriation bills and conference reports are resolved. Majority Leader Kitchin announced that the administration water power bill would not be acted on before the recess and would wait for the new revenue bill to pass.
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Washington
Congress
Kitchin
House
Kerensky in England Here to Seek Health and Counsel
London reports Alexander Kerensky former Russian premier is in England. The rumor of him being a hopeless invalid is denied and his health is said to be good. His counsel is considered important though a return to Russian leadership is not believed likely.
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London
Alexander Kerensky
Russia
England
Kerensky
Heavily Armed German Raider Reported in the West Indies
The Navy Department issued a warning to all shipping last night that a heavily armed German commerce raider is operating in the West Indies. The alert covers ships east of longitude 40 between Cape Rave and Bermuda and was announced today.
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Washington
West Indies
Navy Department
Cape Rave
Bermuda
Assassination Report On Ex-Czar Nicholas Not Confirmed
London reports say ex-Czar Nicholas of Russia may have been assassinated by Red Guards. Dispatches from Copenhagen cite a Russian paper and Moscow sources noting rumors of Bolshevik actions and a potential plan to free him.
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London
Nicholas Romanoff
Russia
Copenhagen
Vjia
International
Ekaterinburg
Nicholas of
Rusia
Moscow
Calls for Training Break All Records
The report notes 367,961 called in July and 124,525 summoned yesterday for a two month training course in mechanical schools, following prior calls of 23,436. The figures set new records across the board.
Pennsylvanians to Wadsworth s Washington calls
United States plans 1 400 000 troops in France by September with 3 340 000 under arms in America and Europe. The July selective service call totals 376 961, the largest monthly draft since the law. Pennsylvania sends 3 000 white recruits to Camp Wadsworth with other states listed for July entrainment.
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Washington
United States
France
War Department
Europe
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
General Crowder
Chamberlain
Baker
Military
Sterling
South Dakota
Gen. Crowder
Crowder
McCumber
North Dakota
Congress
Fail
New Mexico
Humber
Alabama
Camp Shelby
Arkansas
Georgia
Fort Oglethrope
Fort Screven
Kentucky
Fort Thomas
Louisiana
Jackson Barracks
Massachusetts
Fort Slocum
Missouri
Jefferson M Barracks
New Jersey
Camp Humphreys
New York
North Carolina
Camp Greenleaf
Oregon
Fort McDowell
Pennsylvania
Camp Wadsworth
Tennessee
Texas
Fort Sam Houston
Wisconsin
Columbus Barracks
Wyoming
Fort Logan
Americans Enter Battle Line in Northern France
By Newton C. Parke. An American force has entered the battle line in Alsace, north of Gebweiler, as Germans already located the force after a raid in which two Americans were captured. Gebweiler sits in the eastern Vosges foothills about 50 miles south by west of Strasbourg, near the Rhine frontier.
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France
Newton C. Parke
S. N
Alcase
Gebweiler
Volages
Strausspurge
Rhine
Reichstag hears von Kuehlmann in second speech
London reports that Dr. Richard von Kuehlmann told the Berlin reichstag negotiations by parliaments cannot solve the war and the diplomatic route is blocked. Count von Hertin urged Germany to seek a decisive battlefield victory as the condition for any diplomacy.
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London
Richard von Kuehlmann
Reichstag
Berlin
Amsterdam
Count von Hertin
Germany
von Kuehlmann
Aaneelt
Count Westarp
Movement of troops to camps across the country list
The document lists state by state troop deployments to various camps and forts including Fort McDowell Fort Logan Camp Humphreys Camp Shelby Camp Gordon Camp Meade Camp Dodge Camp Funston Camp Taylor Camp Grant Camp Dix Camp Meade Camp Sherman Camp Travis and others with quantities ranging from 100 to 6 000. It also notes colored entrainment and mentions several camps in different states with assigned troop numbers.
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Colorado
Fort Logan
District of Columbia
Camp Humphreys
Florida
Camp Shelby
Georgia
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Screven
Camp Greenleaf
Louisiana
Jackson Barracks
Mississippi
Camp Shel
Missouri
Jefferson Barracks
Pennsylvania
Camp Wadsworth
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Fort Sam Houston
Virginia
Wisconsin
Columbus Barracks
Wyoming
Alabama
Camp Pike
Arkansas
Delaware
Camp Meade
Camp Gordon
Iowa
Camp Dodge
Kansas
Camp Funston
Kentucky
Camp Taylor
Camp Grant
Maryland
New Jersey
Camp Dix
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Camp Sheridan
Oklahoma
Camp Tackson
Camp Sherman
Camp Travis
Counter Assault Started In Addition to Driving All Aus
A report notes a counter assault underway alongside driving actions in Australia. Details remain sparse with emphasis on ongoing security measures and related operations.
Italians Counter at Asiago Plateau Take Prisoners
Rome reports a new Italian counter offensive in the mountains. On the Asiago Plateau and Monte ldi Val Bella slopes 102 prisoners were captured. northwestern Grappa front sees heavy artillery and ground gains with 1,233 prisoners taken, seven officers. Capo Sile bridgehead re-occupied with 78 more prisoners.
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Asiago
Monte-Grappa
Italy
Rome
Piaveé
War Office
Monteldi Val Bella
Grappa
Austrian War Office
Capo Sile
Piave River
Damage Suit Follows Wreck of Circus Train
Hamamad Indiana June 26 the first suit for damages from the Hagenbeck Wallace circus train wreck has been filed in Lake county superior court seeking 310000 for clown George A Donahue who lies hospitalized with a broken back. Funeral services for 58 victims will be held in Chicago today. Lawyers for engineer Lon Sargent and fireman Gustav Klaws seek habeas corpus release.
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Hamamad
Ind
Superior Court of
Lake County
George A Donahue
Donahue
Chicago
Lon Sargent
Gustav Klaws
Circus
O’Leary Trial Delayed To Monday
New York June 26. The retrial of John O’Leary for alleged help in the escape of Jeremiah A. O’Leary Irish agitator is postponed on appeal by counsel Thomas B. Feder who cites doctors orders for a few days rest despite government protests.
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New York
John O'Leary
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
O'Leary
Thomas B. Feder
Camps Receiving Troops Across States
Virginia ships 3,000 to Camp Lee while West Virginia sends 200 to Camp Dis. Alabama receives 7,000 at Camp Sherman. Arkansas 1,000 to Camp Pike Georgia 1,000 to Camp Wheeler Kentucky 1,411 to Camp Taylor. Weather in Washington shows fair conditions tonight and Thursday.
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Virginia
Camp Lee
West Virginia
Camp Dis
Alabama
Camp Sherman
Arkansas
Camp Pike
Georgia
Camp Wheeler
Kentucky
Camp Taylor
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Dr. von Kuehlmann
California
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