Germany Awaits Peace Proposals In Reichstag Debate
London dispatch reports July discussions in the Reichstag as Chancellor von Hertling defends Germany’s policy. He cites Pope Benedict’s peace note spirit but warns against unconditional surrender, saying any peace talks must occur in a limited circle with duly authorized representatives. He notes no change in policy unless serious peace intent appears from the enemy.
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Associated Press
London
Reichstag
von Hertling
Richard von Kuehlmann
German Chancellor Sets Peace Terms in Wartime Letter
The speech outlines German views on allied peace offers and calls for negotiations within a limited circle. It notes President Wilson’s demand for continued war, cites British Foreign Secretary Balfour, and emphasizes the need for a genuine desire for peace from the enemy. It mentions Brest-Litovsk, Russia’s uncertain conditions, and conditions for appointing Admiral von Hintze as foreign minister.
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Wilson
Balfour
Tate
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Berlin
Admiral von Hintze
Wilson vetoes wheat price measure in agricultural bill
President Wilson vetoed the annual agricultural appropriation bill over a rider to fix the minimum wheat price at 2.40 per bushel. He warned the move would raise flour costs to 12.50 a barrel and ripple through prices worldwide. Wheat belt lawmakers planned to push the bill over the veto, while others eyed attaching the provision to emergency agricultural funds.
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Hango
Wilson
House
Senate
Department of Agriculture
Germany
Misery in Germany from lack of food and forced labor
Special cable from London reports Westphalia hunger with Dutch workers among ruined towns. A Rheinengen arrival details two days without food, two bread slices and soup, while prisoners of war from Poland Russia France Italy England and Belgium are housed in shacks behind barbed wire. Guards protect exhausted labor force unable to obtain meals or shelter amid illness in Essen with 23 deaths last week.
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London Times
Washington Post
The
Public Ledger Co
the Hague
Rheinengen
Basen
Krupp’s
Westphalia
Rheineusen
Putehman
Rheiheusen
Essen
Insurgents Face Austrian Pursuit and Albanian Band Infiltration
The text describes insurgents operating without Austrian protection, while Austria hires former Montenegrin officials as defeatist agents but finds no listen ers. Relatives of insurgents are relentlessly persecuted and many executed. Bands of Albanians are employed by the Austrians to track insurgents amid reported extreme cruelties.
King and Queen of Belgium Return by Air Flight
The King and Queen of Belgium, who had been visiting England, flew back to France by air in about 30 minutes. They said the aerial voyage was delightful and enjoyable, marking a swift royal return by the same method used to cross the channel.
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Paris
Havas
Belgium
England
France
Washington flier dead in French hospital
James H. Baughan of Washington D C a member of the Lafayette Escadrille died in a French hospital on July 2 after his airplane was shot down on July 1 while patrolling German lines with his squadron. He was engaged in combat with multiple German machines when his craft was brought down.
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Perlis
James H. Baughan
Washington, D. C
E Lafayette Escadrille
Roosevelt Under Knife Readies Arm Nerves
Paris July 12 Captain Archie Roosevelt, twice wounded by shrapnel last March, has undergone surgery to readjust nerves in his partially paralyzed left arm. He has been moved to Neuilly hospital and remains cheerful amid fears of possible invalidation home.
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Paris
Archie Roosevelt
Neuilly
Famine Strikes Montenegro Amid Insurgents and Occupation
Telegraph report from Saloniki describes Montenegro's severe famine with people subsisting on herbs and tree roots. Brigandage and insurgent bands, armed by Austrian rifles, operate to shield rural communities. a Serbian lieutenant-turned-hero leads them in Nikshich region. Recent clash at Spoujh wounded and killed Austrian troops. Gen Veshovitch, once teacher to insurgents, seeks terms with Austrians and is branded a traitor by many.
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London Times
Washington Post
iCopyright
The
Public Ledger Co
Saloniki
Montenegro
Nikshichn
Bolohovlitch
Spoujh
Insurgenta
Veshovitch
Olla
Nsbe
American Aviator Prisoner News From Front Lines
A note from Lieut. Clarence Young of Des Moines Iowa dropped behind Austrian lines confirms he is a prisoner of the Austrians after a landing near the Piave last month. In a separate report Lieut. Paul Eaton, listed as missing, is believed in a German prisoner camp at Lemberg. Also missing is J McGavock Grider of Osceola Ark with sea flight service, presumed killed. First Lieut. Lewis Ewing of Maryland, son of Mrs. George Ewing, has been killed in France air service.
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Thurday
Associated Press
Clarence Young
Des Moines
Iowa
Lower
Piave
Lieut. Young
Jackson
Mich
Paul Eaton
Pershing
Lemberg
Germany
Red Cross
Geneva
Switzerland
Osceola
Ark
J. McGavock Grider
Osceoa
Eighty-Fifth
British Royal Flying Corps
W. H. Grider
G. H. Baker
Eighty-fifth Squadron
Baker
Grider
United States
Baltimore
Lewis Ewing
Aviation ‘Corps
George Ewing
Green Spring Valley
France
George W. Ewing, Jr
Aviation Corps
Five seek Polish throne per Berliner Blatt list
Fragmented lines report five candidates for the Polish throne named by the Berliner Blatt. Archduke Karl Stephan, Prince August Wilhelm, Prince Friedrich Christian, Duke Albrecht Eugene of Württemberg, and Prince Cyril of Bulgaria are listed as contenders. The note cites various royal houses and mentions the Times Elu s.
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Tedger Co
Lendon
Whet
Gerard
Busipene
Hague
Times-elus
Berliner’ Paeeblatt
Archduke Karl Stéphan
Prince August Wilhelm
Kaiger
Freidrich Christian
Saxony
Albrecht Eugene of
Wurtemberg
Albrecht
Cgyril
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Psittaci
Belgium to be a federal state under German control
Amsterdam, July 12 Gen Baron Friedrich von Falkenhausen, German governor general of Belgium, plans to transform Belgium into a federal state. Read that Flanders and Walloon sections would live separately under one king or a president under German control, with Austri a style federal arrangement.
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Wianders
Walloon
Gern
Amsterdam
Baron Friedrich Vort Falkenhausen
Belgium
Hamburger Nachrichten
Austria
Flanders
U-boat Captures Bark Off Canary Island Then Uses It as Raider
Survivors of the Norwegian bark Manx King say a German submarine appeared 300 miles off Cape Race on July 6 and ordered the 19 crew to abandon ship. They reached Atlantic Port aboard a British steamer after dark, unsure whether the bark was sunk or converted into a raider by the Gaymate. No explosion was heard. The Manx King, built in 1884 at Stockton and registered at Fredrikstad, was under Capt Helgesen. Later, Ellaston survivors recounted ten days adrift after the Canary Islands sinking. The U-boat, described as one of the largest ever seen, held the British ship for eight hours before sinking it with shell fire. Survivors say the sub carried four 6-inch guns and was over 350 feet long.
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Cape Race
Ise
Stockton
England
Fredrikstad
T. Wilhems
Axel Jacobson
Helgesen
San Grant
Norfolk
Spveral
Canary Islands
Teneriffe
Ellaston
Austrian nobles fear revolution amid estate selloffs
Italian Army Headquarters reports Austrian prisoners confirm noblemen in Bohémia and Moravia are selling estates after fearing a revolution. Count Czernin has sold Bohemian lands for 3,009,000 crowns to a buyer with an agricultural bank interest, while Count Henry Clam-Martinic suggested in Vienna that a Moravian revolution is probable and urged liquidation of holdings.
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Associated Press
Bohémia
Moravia
Czernin
Bohemia
I Dleo
Henry Clam-Martinic
Vwieund
British Front Readies Reinforcements for Major Push
Two million British troops poised at the front as 600 men buffer the advance. Reports describe intense activity along the line with heavy movement and strategic positions preparing for a critical offensive.
American Area in France Expands War Industry Reach
George Rothwell Brown reports on the American zone in France stretching from seaports inland. Six warehouse groups totaling 4,500,000 square feet, plus five more docks, 30 miles of track, and a 9,000 bed hospital already in use show vast U.S. and French cooperation. Projects total near 50 million dollars with new rails, docks, and brick semi permanent buildings forming a massive logistic network.
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France
Gre Pert
United States
American Forestry Regimente
Peace Offer Awaited as German War Tides Shift
A wartime index notes Germany awaiting a peace offer while U S artillery remains active. Reports cite cholera in Petrograd and French gains in Picardy. U-boat activity interrupts shipping with bark captured. Vetoes and plan items echo across fields from tax hearings to church services. News items include a murder case and shortages prompting dry bills.
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U. S
Petrograd
U. 8
Wisaon
Picardy
Seoffa
U. S. Army
Sappe- Aeros
Russia
Tochaerve “‘Bastile Day Society
Hamilton to retire from Congress in 1940 race
Jamestown July 12 Charles P Hamilton six year representative in Congress and Republican whip says he will not be a candidate for renomination He makes the decision public in Jamestown adding no plans for political future after leaving office He leaves a vacancy in the party leadership after serving as whip for the Houze and the district's GOP setup
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Jamestown
Charles P. Hamilton
Congress
Houze
Cholera in Petrograd and unrest reach Moscow front
Reports from London quote a July 12 wireless dispatch noting a cholera surge in Petrograd with hundreds dying daily as famine bites. Zinovieff appeals for corn and bread while railways urged to speed food. unrest includes Tchernoff led movements toward Moscow and a railway strike spreading. German ambassador Mirbach slain. banker Manos linked to Mirbach network and monarchists. Col. Cyon arrives in Stockholm with details of arrests and 2,000,000 rubles tied to Mirbach conspirators.
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Asso
Presa
London
Petrograd
M. Zinovieff
Count von Mirbach
Russia
Moscow
Frankfurter Zeitung
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Sergius Cyon
Stockholm
M. Manos
Manos
Horvath Declared Ruler of Siberia Provisional Leader
London reports Lieut General Horvath, head of the Chinese Eastern Railway, proclaims a temporary Siberian government and is named provisional ruler of Liberia. Dispatches note a new Siberian government with broad popular support, seated at Vladivostok, outlining a program of governance and policy.
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Horvath
Siberia
Associated Press
London
Chinese Eastern Railway
Liberia
Harbin
Tokyo
Vladivostok
French Advance Drives In Picardy Front
Paris July 13 French troops attacked along a three mile front between Castel and Mailly Raineval in Picardy pushing Germans from Castel and the Anchin farm. Longpont south of Corcy reported taken as allied lines extend south toward Favenelles and north toward Corey. British actions around Ypres Lys andAlbert region reported as local engagements continue.
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Mailly-Raineval
Picardy
Amiens
Senecat Wood
Anchin Farm
Cantigny
Marne
Aignes
Longpont
Corcy
Petain
Corey
Chavigny
Favenelles
Ypres
Lys Salient
Albert
Brltish
Rheims
Albania
Herat
Berat
Monastir
Italy
Paria
Rattan
Mailly-Rainevall
War Office
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