French Honor Bois de Belleau Name Change to Bois de la Brigade de Marine
On the Marne the French honor American troops for halting the German rush to Paris and capturing Bois de Belleau. American acts of bravery are cited including Sgt William Walther in Vosges and Lt Edison Boerke in No Man's Land. Other soldiers, rests of heroics, and local notes fill the field report.
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Bois de Belleau
Bois de la Brigade de Marine
Illinois
Paris
Marne
Hols de Belliesa
France
Vosges Mountains
Sergt
William 8
Walther
Pincknerville, I
Wisconsin
95 in U S Casualty List
Washington reports 95 casualties in the American expeditionary forces. Five killed in action, ten died of wounds, two from disease, one from accident and other causes, 26 wounded severely, one wounded slightly, 23 missing. Marines add 35 casualties: 13 killed, 4 died of wounds, 18 severely wounded.
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Washington
War Department
Marine Corps
Netion
White soldier Hoffmann hanged after court martial
Nat Hoffman a white soldier was hanged at Camp MacArthur in Waco Texas for attacking an eleven year old girl last April. His sentence was affirmed by Washington and he was twenty five years old. He resided in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and had been listed for the hanging.
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Waco
Tex
Nat Hoffman
Camp MacArthur
Washington
Hoffman
Vittaburgh
Soldier-Linked Assault Near Camp MacArthur
A boy about her age and a girl were attacked in a lonely wooded spot near Camp MacArthur. The boy, who witnessed the assault, reported to military police, who quickly captured Hoffman. He reportedly said he deserved his fate after the incident.
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Camp MacArthur
Hoffman
Army Medic Is Punished for Death of Soldier
Lieutenant Joseph C. Robinson of the medical reserve corps is dismissed and sentenced to one year of hard labor for gross neglect of duty in the death of recruit Wardell C. Van Tassel at Camp Dix New Jersey. The trial centered on a misdiagnosis and failure to provide proper medical care.
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Washington
Joseph C. Robinson
Medical Reserve Corps
War Department
Robinson
Wardell C. van Tassel
Camp Dix
N. J
van Tassel
French air efforts tally in June large losses and bombs
Paris reports for June the French forces downed 130 enemy planes and gravely damaged 161 with 31 captive balloons burned. Bombing machines delivered 604 tons of explosives, 214 tons by day and 300 at night.
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Paris
War Office
Five U S Planes Seized After Coblenz Raid
Berlin July 12 five American aircraft from a six plane squadron that set out to raid Coblenz fell into German hands after being forced down or captured. The crews were taken prisoner by German authorities.
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Berlin
Coblenz
General Headquarters
Farmer Held on Espionage Charge in Iowa
Cedar Rapids July 12 William Stout a Belle Plaine farmer sits in jail on espionage law violation charge He is held to $1000 bail for the federal grand jury proces urine potential typo preserved as available.
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Cedar Rapids
William Stout
Belleplaine
Federal Grand Jury
Czechs Lose Three Towns in Siberia
London July 12 Bolshevik forces push the Czecho Slovak army in the Volga region as government troops report a major gain. Czechoslovaks retreat in Siberia before a Bolshevik counter offensive. towns Syzran Bugulma Yaroslav Rybinsk fall. trains shell White guards. Russian officers accuse Czecho Slovak troops of atrocities on the West Siberian railway.
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London
Volga
Moscow
Siberia
Department of Military Operations
People's Commissariat of War
Syzran
Simbirsk
Bugulma
Ufa
Samora
Stavropolian Cisenuensia
Yaroslav
Rybinsk
Teheshardrinsk
Rirzin
West Siberian Railway
Flyer killed in Texas plane crash
Wichita Falls Texas July 12. See, and Lieh. Harry J. Ross was killed when his plane fell at Call field. His home was in Philadelphia.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Liew
Harry J. Ross
Call Field
Philadelphia
Italians Pressure in Albania with Berat Objective
London reports Italian forces advancing on Berat ridge in Albania, driving Austro Hungarian troops back toward the Skumi river. Vienna confirms a new defensive line as French and Italian actions threaten Bulhar flank and Balkan routes. An official Rome dispatch notes an unchecked Italian advance toward Sermeni, with 15 miles gained on a 60 mile front aided by cavalry and British monitors.
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London
Rock
Berat
Albania
Skumi
Develi
Balkan Kingdom
Toa
Serbia
Asutria
Vienna
War Office
Devoll
Washington
Rome
Vogusa
Italian Forces Advance in Balkans Amid Heavy Fighting
The report describes a major push by Italian troops on both flanks. The right wing claims conquest of the Berat positions after brutal combat as soldiers scale to nearby summits. The advance secures Malacastra on the left and Tomorjie on the right, perched high above the Devoli valley.
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Berat
Malacastra
Tomorjie
Beruteito Proper
Ane
Devoli Valley
Swedish newspaper claims Romanoff slain by Bolshevik soldier
A Swedish report from Copenhagen says Alexis Romanoff son of the former czar has been killed by a bomb thrown by a Bolshevik soldier. In Chicago a separate lawsuit seeks 1.9 million damages against the Loyal Order of Moose and seven individuals for malicious prosecution.
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Russia
London
Moscow
Alexis Romanoff
Copenhagen
Chicago
Loyal Order of Moose of the World
Thomas G. McCabe
Louis 8. Carlin
Steamer Sinks Sub In a Running Fight
A German submarine attacked the American steamship Lake Forest 1500 miles off Cape Henry. The ship’s commander Capt Herbert R O Johnson is commended for sinking the U boat after a two hour running fight. Details of the combat remain unavailable. The Lake Forest was formerly the War Fox before being taken by the United States Shipping Board.
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New York
Lake Forest
Cape Henry
Europe
Stemmle
Marine Etretes
Herbert R. O. Johnson
United States Naval Reserve
Navy Department
Naval Reserve
United States Shipping Board
Great Lakes
Huns jail 73090 Finns amid German rule claims
Hugo Haase, leader of the minority socialists, reported that since German forces entered Finland 73000 workmen have been arrested and many executed. He also criticized German rule in Livonia and Estonia during a Reichstag speech.
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Finland
Amsterdam
Hugo Haase
Reichstag
Hetverk
Livenia
Esthenia
French and Australian Gains East of Retz Forest
Allied forces report gains on the Aisne front and in Picardy. Australian troops penetrated German lines near Oeris taking prisoners and machine guns. French troops captured Corey and the chateau and farm of St. Paul south of Corey as part of enlarging positions east of the Retz forest. British positions south of the Somme improved near Villers-Bretonneux while German bombardment increased east of Amiens.
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St. Paul
Retz Forest
Haig
London
German Ines
Oeris
Paris
Corey
Soissons
War Office
Retz
Somme
Villers-Bretonneux
Amiens
Somme River
Flinders Battle Field
Lys Salient
Hazebrouck
Flanders
Hinges
Locre
Lys Battle Ground
Picardy
Morlancourt
Nether
Aisne
Longpent
Villers-Cotterets
French Patrols Push Toward Longpont En Route to Corey
Opposition at Chavigny farm overcome. French patrols advance to the outskirts of Longpont and penetrate Corey. Prisoners were taken.
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Chavigny Farm
Longpont
Corey
Columbia Floats to Pekin After River Wreck
The steamer Columbia, wrecked on the Illinois river last Saturday with over six aboard, rose from the bottom at Pekin and floated near the waterfront. Fifteen rescue workers and officials aboard recovered two more bodies, bringing total deaths to 85. Coroner Clary and Sheriff Wilson led the expedition as a surface examination was planned to uncover the cause.
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Peoria
Columbia
Th- Nois
Pekin
Clary
Wilson
Tazewell County
Air Instructor Killed in 500 Foot Fall at Scott Field
July 12 report from Tellevii, TIL states Lieut Lee C. Giddings of Duluth Minnesota an instructor was killed when an airplane dropped 500 feet at Scott field near here. Cadet Edward C. Dartington of Washington D C was severely injured in the crash.
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Giddings
Duluth, Minn
Scott Field, Nl
Tellevii
Til
Lee C. Giddings
Edward C. Dartington
Washington, D
Scott Field
Here
British raid hits German town Of Offenburg
London reports British raiding planes bombed Offenburg with no losses. The air ministry announced the raid succeeded and casualties were nil.
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London
Offenburg
Air Ministry
Slackers Roundup Seizes 2000 Draft-Age Men in Chicago
U S agents aided by police conducted a secret raid across Chicago targeting theaters pool halls and streets in the largest roundup of slackers in the city’s history. At the Cubs park a crowd learned beforehand that draft cards were required for entry and those without proof were detained.
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U. S
Chicago
Department of Justice
Hinton G. Clabaugh
Bureau of Investigation
Cubs
Guill
Gindtie
Men Revolt Over Poor Food as Outbreak Suppressed
A riot over food quality ends after a bloody gun battle. Security forces quell the disturbance. No further details on casualties or location are provided.
The French Push On Against Germans North of Chavigny
A special Evening Journal report notes ongoing French advances north of Chavigny with raids described as successful. In Corfu a mutiny arose in Kraguyevatz garrison Siberia with heavy fighting and many officers killed, blamed on poor food and harsh conditions. suppression followed using machine guns and artillery.
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Specilal
Evening Journal
Corfu
Kraguyevatz
Siberia
French Capture Longponton Amid Kyiv Progress Note
Special to Evening Journal. Paris July 12 The village of Longponton on the Saviers River east of Villers Cotterets has been captured by the French who also advance north of Chavigny Farm and east of Favorelles. They raid further north of Montdidier and in Champagne.
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Evening Journal
Paris
Longponton
Saviers
Villers-Cotterets
Chavigny Farm
Favorelles
Montdidier
Champagne
Mass confusion as drivers forget cards across city
Citizens offered varied excuses as people left their cards at home while automobiles taxicabs patrol wagons and other vehicles were pressed into service to handle the surge.
Norwegian pilot returns decorations in protest over German submarine killings
Hans Olsen, famed Norwegian pilot who once sailed with the German emperor, sent back his many decorations to the German legation. He stated the decorations were returned as a protest against the murder and massacre of Norwegian sailors by German submarines, expressing disgust at possessing them.
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Christiania
Hans Olsen
Norway
Prisoners Report Heavy Austro Hungarian Losses
Italian Army headquarters reports Austrian prisoners claim Austro Hungarian losses in the recent offensive near 270000. They also say corporal punishment, abolished by Emperor Charles last year, is being practiced again.
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Charles
Depth charge shifts balance in naval warfare
London reports Sir Eric Geddes declares submarines are now controlled as depth charges turn hunters into the hunted. He notes fewer subs are operating than in the past and reveals the official exhibition of naval photographs.
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London
Eric Geddes
Admiralty
Street Car Men Get Raise
The War Labor Board plans a forty percent wage increase for street car conductors and motormen nationwide. To fund the higher pay in many cities fares may rise to six cents, though the board prioritizes providing a living wage over revenue methods.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Labor Board
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