Mirbach Killing Sparks Moscow Uprising and War Talk
Reports from Berlin and London describe the assassination of German Ambassador Count von Mirbach and a raging revolt in Moscow. Authorities arrest hundreds, including Socialist leaders, as Bolsheviks and revolutionary socialists clash while Britain and the United States weigh joint action in Russia amid renewed German pressure.
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Moscow
London
William
Count von Mirbach
Rusein
Russia
von Kuehlmann
Berlin
Thes Capitel
Lenine
Huns
Preters
Bertin
Mirbach
Entente
Alexandrovich
M. Araloff
Germany
von Mirbach
U. S. Nurses Die in Fontainbleau Crash
Several American officers were killed and others injured when two cars collided near Fontainbleau about 87 miles southeast of Paris. Separate note reports an editor in San Francisco, Lawrence De Lacey, starting a 12 month sentence for sedition and a £5,000 fine.
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France
Parmeduly
Fontainbleau
Lontein Mieau
Paris
San Francisco
Lawrence de Lacey
Lender
Troops Retake Captured Comrades After German Counterattack
Amid a German counter-attack near Hamel two Americans and five Australians were captured. Volunteers were dispatched to recover the prisoners, aided by twelve Australians. Corporal Raymond Powell led the rescue, returning with the captives and a German officer, while fifty German soldiers were eventually brought back. A sniper incident that night left one American dead on No Man's Land.
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France
Hamel
Raymond Powell
Roche
No Man's Land
French Troops Reach Gains Northwest of Longpont In War Office Report
Paris dispatch reports French advance about two thirds of a mile on a two mile front northwest of Longpont with 47 prisoners, as Australians push 600 yards across the Soyme front and Americans attack south of the river. Clemenceau returns to Paris confident and chats with generals after visiting front lines and Hamel village. Ludendorff is said to visit Austrian HQ in Switzerland while preparing another Italian blow toward Trentino.
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Paris
Longpont
War Office
France
Soyme
Clemenceau
Hamel
Foch
Echo de Paris
M. Clemenceau
Trentino
Ludendorff
Matin
Switzerland
Innsbruck
Trent
Montdidier
German Forces to Aid Austria on Italian Front
Rome dispatch reports Germany will send three army corps to assist Austria on the Italian front under Gen Otto von Below. The Trentino railways will be German controlled for troop use and regiments may reinforce other fronts. The lower Piave Delta is reconquered by Italian forces after stubborn Austrian resistance with hundreds of prisoners taken. Near Monte Grappa Italian troops attacked a fortified summit. On the Asiago plateau French troops captured 70 prisoners and two machine guns amid heavy fighting. two enemy planes were shot down.
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Germany
Austria
Rome
Otto von Below
Alps
Trentino
Lower Piave
Washington
Piave
Monte Grappa
Asiago
Victims of the steamer disaster buried in Pekin
Nine bodies from the Titness river excursion steamer Columbia sinking were buried at Pekin with coroner L D Clary confirming about 100 missing. Five bodies were recovered today including Mrs Alvin Jacobs Miss Theresa Canion and Clarence Hill. Red Cross aid and donated cars aided funeral arrangements as the town prepared public ceremonies.
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Peki
Columbia
L. D. Clary
Alvin Jacobs
Theresa Canion
Clarence Hill
Pekin
Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Darin
Steamer Sun
Dowling Trial Reveals Irish Brigade Plot From German Prison
The Dowling trial details his landing in Ireland from a German submarine and the alleged Sinn Fein plot to form an Irish brigade among prisoners. Prosecutor Bodkin recounts the influx of German promises and the offer to send brigade members to the United States after the war. A British ex-prisoner, John Cronin, testifies about conditions at Limburg.
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Lenten
J. Dowling
Sinn Fein
Dewing
Limburg
Treland
Dowling
Bodkin
Clare
Mississippi
Eveny
United States
John Cronin
Limberg
Irish Brigade Drive Signals German Aid and Ambition
Private O Sullivan testifies about payments to Sir Roger Casement during Irish brigade efforts in Germany. He recalls Father Nichol son aiding Casement and praises Ambassador Gerard for lifesaving parcels and clothing. He describes Dowling recruiting with a civilian ally claiming Irish-American backing and a 150000 strong force to land in Ireland with German support.
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Roger Casement
Germany
Casement
Father Nicholson
Gerard
O'Sullivan
Limberg
Dowling
Ireland
Public sales to auction alien owned properties in Pennsylvania
Washington reports that several alien owned properties valued in the millions will be sold at public auctions. The first sale will be August 15 at Kopple Pennsylvania for the Orenstein Arthur Kopple company, based in Pittsburgh. The firm and a large lumber company are noted as the only German corporations never incorporated in the United States.
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Washington
Orenstein Arthur Kopple Company
Kopple
Pittsburgh
United States
Belgian ace Oleslagers nets sixth German plane
Belgian Army Headquarters reports Jan Olieslagers, famed aviator and former record setting motorcyclist, credited with downing his sixth German aircraft. In New York, Baptist campaign raises one million dollars to support mission work and fill funding gaps announced by Rev. Fred P. Harvard.
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Jan Oleslagers
Olieslagers
New York
Fred P. Hacvard
American Flyers Down Four Hun Machines on Marne Front
American pursuit aircraft fought heavy action on the Mourne front. Lieut Sumner Sewall and others compelled or shot down German planes, with nine American planes engaging six enemy craft. The article notes another German plane down in flames and several forced down within German lines amid intense aerial duels. Also mentions Switzerland setting minimum cattle slaughter price at 23 cents per pound and new meat price ceilings.
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Mourne
Marne
James A. Meisner
Brooklyn
Hamilton Coolidge
Boston
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Mouthiers
Sewall
Eontrol
James Wooter
Columbia
Tennard
Cowart
Bowie
Stephen Noyes
Harvard
Goodale
Switzerland
French Tanks Push 1800 Yards to Aid Break on Trench Line
French armored units advance about 1800 yards aiding a breakthrough on a trench line along a front exceeding two and a half miles. Infantry and artillery support follow as the fight continues.
Fast Trains Crash Near Nashville Killing Dozens
A collision of fast passenger trains near Nashville today left twenty five to fifty dead. Casualty figures vary as rescue efforts continue. The incident dominates early war and transport news in this edition.
Fatal Nashville train collision near Bellemeade Park
Special report from Nashville says two fast trains on the N and St. L Railway collided near Bellemeade Park. Between twenty five and fifty people were killed and nearly a hundred injured in the morning disaster. The report notes extensive wreckage and ongoing rescue efforts.
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Nashville Tenn
Bellemeade Park
Rumely Arrested on Perjury Charge in Mail and Express Case
Dr Edward A Rumely vice president and treasurer of the Mail and Express company publisher of the New York Evening Mail was arrested in the office of Attorney General Lewis. He faces perjury charges over a report to A Mitchell Palmer property custodian. The warrant followed a federal commissioner's complaint alleging Rumely bought the company stock in June 1917 from Henry L Stoddard acting for the Imperial German government. Payments totaling 1 361 000 were alleged to have been concealed until Justice Department and New York state investigators uncovered them.
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New York
Edward A. Rumely
The
Mail and Express Company
New York Evening Mail
Lewis
A. Mitchell Palmey
Alew
Rumely
Mat! and Express Company
Henry L. Stoddard
Rumety
Department of Justice
New York State Attorney General
Senate Reopens Telegraph and Telephone Bill to Committee
Republican senators led by Penrose force the administration telegraph and telephone bill back to the committee after reporting to the floor without hearings. The move follows a quick two hour committee session in which four of seven members voted to report. Full Senate membership is 17.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Allied Attack in Albania Reported by War Office
Italian and French troops in Albania launched a coastal to Tomorica valley operation. The war office said the push is in full and satisfactory progress and noted that over 1,000 prisoners have been taken by the Entente forces.
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Rome
Albania
Tomorica
Italian War Office
Entente Forcea
Senate body approves U K dry bill is law proposed
The Senate agricultural committee agreed to a bill prohibiting sale and distribution of liquor wine and beer after January 1 2019 and the manufacture of wine and beer after November 1 next.
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
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