Rioting and Fire Devastate East St Louis Districts
A large scale mob disorder in East St Louis burned Black homes and businesses across four city sections. White men suffered fatal injuries, two killed earlier, while hundreds of Black residents fled burning quarters. Police and state troops struggled as fires raged, with property losses estimated in the millions and refugees sheltered downtown.
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Ociecek
Salley
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Sundown
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Young Chinese emperor Huanzong takes palace amid coup shocks
Reports from Peking say Hsuan Tung seizes palace as President Li Yuan Hung resigns in favor of the vice president. Telegraph and telephone lines are restricted while factions in China threaten civil war between Manchu loyalists and republican south.
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Huan Tung
Peking
Li Yuan Hung
Loi
Hsuan Tung
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State Department
Chang
Shu Shi-Chang
Reinsch
Chang Hsu
Li Chang Hsi
Czar's Old Blacklist Bars Bernstein Till Lansing Acts
Special Dispatch to Washington from Stockholm reports that due to a passport blunder and Bernstein’s blacklist status the Russian frontier blocked entry to Russia, with American diplomats interceding. After rapid correspondence via Moscow, Petrograd admitted Bernstein, promising improved scrutiny of enemies over friends amid German terror optics.
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Lansing
Stockholm
London
Torneau
Russia
Haparanad
Petrograd
Ira Nelson Morris
David KR. Francis
Gulkevitch
Washington
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New York Herald
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Russian Offensive Sweeps Front in First Day of War
Amid a global bombardment report, Russia’s forces led by War Minister Kerensky advance across a 200 mile front from Stokhod to Dniester. The first day yields 106000 prisoners, including 200 officers, with Kerensky urging continued push and revolutionary flags for regiments.
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Russia
Stokhod
Volhynia
Dni Jester
Galicia
Kerensky
Kentuchy
Lemberg
Brzezany
Kaiser’s War Office
Kontuchy
Kerensky Urges All Russian Armies to Strike
Petrograd July 2 War Minister Kerensky appeals to Russia to take the offensive after Austria and Germany proposed a separate peace to crush Russia and its western allies. He warns that delay endangers freedom and the revolution, urging that liberty strengthens military power and that Russia shine through its exploits for liberty and lasting peace.
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Petrograd
Austria
Germany
Russia
Gays
Uberty
Lafayette squadron reports 14 aerial combats and 22 recon flights
In the week ending June 24 the Lafayette flying squadron conducted 22 reconnaissance missions over enemy lines with 17 aircraft taking part, fought 14 aerial combats, and brought back important information. Participants included Lieut Thaw, Ligur de Maison Rouge, Aajt Lufbery, Corn Willis, Serst Soubiran, Private Campbell, Private Lovall, and Corp Halli Later. During the first fight with the squadron, Corp Halli Later’s unit damaged several enemy planes. Sergei Marr bombarded enemy cantonments with machine gun fire.
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France
Associated Press
Lafayette
Lieut Thaw
Ligur de Maison Rouge
Aajt Lufbery
Corn Wills
Serst Soubiran
Campbell
Loval
U S Troops Parade in Paris for July Fourth
Paris July 2 United States army to parade one battalion in Paris on July 4 troops arrive tomorrow morning quarters at the Grand Palace officers at military club French band to serenade Gen Pershing at his mansion then a commemorative ceremony at the Invalides where he receives a pennant from Society of Cinennati and a flag from Le Puy Lafayette tomb speeches at Picpus Cemetery after marching there escorted by 36 French soldiers at the request of French authorities.
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Paris
United States Army
Gen Pershing
the Invalides
Society of the Cinennati
France
le Puy
Haute Loire
Picpus
Lafayette
Vast German Plot to Sink Lake Ships Uncovered
Government agencies disclose a large German led conspiracy to sink or disrupt Great Lakes shipping to impede American war mobilization. Captured plotters face US and Canadian cooperation. ships like Saxonia Pentacost Mitchell Venetian Mata Kasuga II Jay Dee Niagara were harmed or sabotaged as authorities pursue cross border suspects.
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Great Lakes
Atlantic
State
Nav
Justice Departments
Soo River
Detroit River
Navy Department
Plot to seize power in Russia sparks martial law push
Rome reports a Maximalist faction plot to seize the provisional government and leaders of the workers and soldiers' deputies, recall soldiers from the front, and end the war. Swiss dispatches note arrests including 220 German agents, with no confirmation of martial law or censorship restoration in Russia.
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Rome
Workmena
Switzerland
Russia
Greek destroyer Doxa blown up in the Mediterranean
Paris reports the Greek destroyer Doxa was blown up in the Mediterranean on June 24. Twenty nine crew members including all officers died. The vessel sank after a double explosion while convoying a merchant ship, with the Doxa just 190 yards from the merchant vessel.
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Paris
Mediterranean
Probing London War News Leak
Paria July 1 an official statement from the American army says an investigation is underway into the premature publication in London papers of June 28 announcing the arrival of the first American expeditionary forces. The fault lies not with a correspondent but with someone who allowed a single telegram to be released early.
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Paria
London
First U S Force Death in France as Pilot Dies
Thomas Winch Barrett of Mentor Ohio, a U S aeronautical service member, is killed in a fire aboard a hydroplane during training in Tours France. He crashes from 4 000 feet with a French instructor. both die. Barrett's funeral is held with his casket draped in stars and stripes.
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Paris
America
Thomas Winch Barrett
Mentor
Ohio
United States Aeronautical Service
Barrett
Navy
France
Tours
Italians Repulse Assaults Near Lake Garda
Austrian troops last night made unsuccessful assaults against Italian positions between Lake Garda and the Ledro valley in the southwestern Trentino. The war office released the official statement today detailing the failed attacks and Italian defenses.
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Lake Garda
Ledro
Trentino
War Office
Five Bandits Rob Chicago Cashier of Tea Company
Five bandits held up C Beard cashier of the National Tea and Coffee Company in Chicago and escaped with between 15000 and 20000 dollars by car. Police launched a wide search for the robbers.
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Chicago
C. Beard
National Tea and Coffee Company
Index to Today's Issue 3- Page 1-Scores Die in Race Riots
A scanned index lists topics and page numbers including race riot scores, the 200 mile drive, food bill cloture, and a 1918 army exemption rule plea to win recruits. Also notes battles west of Lens, Spanish crisis, police seek a woman’s assailant, and social events.
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China
News of
Alexandria
Aluminum price row targets Arthur W. Davis
Senate criticism targets Arthur W. Davis president of Aluminum Company of America for pushing government price terms via a Council of National Defense subcommittee. Secretary Daniels plans a FTC inquiry after Navy findings show aluminum bought by the government cost far less on open market.
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Council
Arthur W Davis
Aluminum Company of America
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Davis
United States
Missouri
Kngwiedee
Navy Department
Navy
Daniels
Federal Trade Commission
Baker
Cloture Debate Looms on Food Bill Amid Prohibition Clash
In the Senate a heated fight over the food control bill and its parity with prohibition spurred leadership to invoke the new cloture rule to limit debate and push a Thursday vote. The move follows a large turnout of signatures and deepening splits between wets and drys over expanded government controls and distilled spirits provisions.
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Penrose
Senate
Genurne
Chamberlain
Sheppard
Pentrose
Agriculture Committee
Tore
Administration
Five French ships sunk in week official report
Paris reports the week ending January saw five French ships sunk from fleets over 1,600 tons and under 1,600 tons. In the same period 3,088 ships entered and 96 percent departed from French ports. Other items note Baltimore and Ohio schedule from Washington and a July 4 return window.
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Paris
J W Foster Seriously Ill At Henderson Harbor
Watertown reports former Secretary of State John W Foster is seriously ill at his Henderson Harbor summer home. His daughters Mrs Lansing and Mrs Allen May Tries of Auburn were not available for comment as to his condition and family updates.
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John W Foster
Robert Lansing
Henderson Harbor
Here
Lansing
MreXe
Allen May Trlies
Auburn
Tokyo House of Representatives Supports Government Vote
Tokyo July 2 The House of Representatives approved the government with 324 votes in favor and 194 against. The decision follows a government confidence motion amid ongoing political maneuvering in Tokyo.
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