Attempt on Kerensky in Polotsk sparks knife edge crisis
Petrograd reports an assassination attempt on War Minister Kerensky in Polotsk, with the city’s unrest tally rising to 68 killed or dead and 659 wounded over three days. Maximalists at Mme Sheshinska’s villa surrendered after surrounding troops moved in, while Kronstadt sailors and Cossacks besieged the fortress. Official dispatches say order is being restored and a cabinet reorganization is planned.
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Petrograd
Drowned Girl Elizabeth McGregor Found Near Cape Charles
Special to The Washington Post reports Elizabeth McGregor 21, secretary at Parahontas Fuel, drowned while bathing at Ocean View. Her body drifted about fifteen miles, picked up by Rapahannock near Cape Charles, to be interred in Norfolk. Father Archibald McGregor arrived Monday. she lived with sister Mrs Emmi Thomas in Washington, DC.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Ocean View
Elizabeth MetGregor
Archibald MetGregor
Washington
Death notices from July 1917 trumpet many local obits
Died notices for Campbell Carrington Laura Carrington widow Kearney Mary Kearney Randolph Lifs Fitz Randolph Wise Margaret Wise. Dates: July 12 1917 July 18 1917 July 19 1917. Locations: Mount Vernon Apartments 832 Pennsylvania Ave NW 1518 Thirty-Fifth Street NW 240 Fourteenth Street NW 2409 F Street NW. Funeral plans: various private and public Masses and chapels, services on July 21 and July 23, with chapels at Lee's, WoW Chad Chambers Co., and Holy Trinity Church. Relatives invited. Burial private Rock Creek Cemetery.
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Carrington
Tte
Mount Vernon
Campbell
Laura
Lee's Chapel
Pennsylvania Avenue
Rock Creek Cemetery
Kearney
Mary
Luke Kearney
Holy Trinity Church
Randolph
Fourteenth Street
L‘fits F
Emma J. Randolph Paneral
Wow ‘Chambers & Co
Chapin Street
Wise
F Street
Margareta
Henry Ho Wise
War era Britain maze of Kaiser power and labor fears
A London Times dispatch to the Washington Post reports that British business leaders urge a broad national policy to curb labor unrest and defend empire as Germany remains firm under military and elite control. They argue workers and capital must align under statesmen with wartime reconstruction aims. They dispute the idea of a German democratic uprising toppling the militarist bloc.
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London Times
Washington Post
Public Ledger Company
London
Unionist Business Committee
House of Commons
Bonar Law
Germany
Hohenzollern
German Center Party
Great Britain
France
Norwegian War Wrecks to Expose German Submarine Victims
London report says Norway will publish an official work titled Norwegian War Wrecks detailing 600 marine inquests from August 1914 to July 1917. The Christiana special notes the volume aims to name Norwegian victims of German submarines amid a wartime debate.
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London Times
Washington Post
Public Ledger Company
London
Christiana
Dutch to Aid Belgium: Dutch Ship Owners to Lead Allied Relief
A London Times special dispatch reports Belgian relief officials and the Dutch government near agreement with Dutch ship owners. If finalized, Dutch vessels would assume control of the work of all allied relief ships aiding Belgium during the ongoing crisis.
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Holland
Allied Relief
London Times
Washington Post
Public Ledger Company
London
Rotterdam
Germans Repulsed Along Aisne Front Threats Mute
Paris reports a general night attack on the Aisne front between Craonne and Vauclère. French forces held positions while German dead lay before their trenches. Artillery exchanges continued north of the Aisne and near Moronvillier with no infantry advances. In Flanders British raids captured prisoners opposite Gavrelle and near Ypres. German artillery activity rose around St Quentin and Lens. Some French positions on Winterburg were briefly captured then abandoned after a counterattack.
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Paris
Aisne
Craonne
Vaucilere
War Office
St. Quentin
Moulin de Tout-Vent
Hurtebise
Champagne
Moronviller
Meuse
London
Gavrelle
Ypres
St Quentin
Lens
Berlin
Flanders
Saya
Winterburg
Holland Bars U Boats From Neutral Waters
Dutch minister von Rappard announced Holland will not tolerate any submarine within its neutral waters. He said the Netherlands imposes stricter rules than any other neutral on submarines and rejected recent newspaper accusations that it allowed free passage to German U boats.
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Holland
von Rappard
Netherlands
Woman Found Dead in Closet in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh on July 20 four boys searching a vacant house found 19 year old Annie Evanik dead in a small closet. Police arrested Turks Manat Osman and Manat Hassanic in connection with the death. The case is under investigation as authorities seek a clear motive and evidence.
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Pittsburgh
Annie Evanik
Manat Osman
Manat Hassanic
Rioting in Barcelona Ends as Governor Disperses MPs
Madrid reports shuttle meeting in Barcelona met by police and crowd clashes. One man wounded in Rue Condessario barrier clash as governor arrives. Abadal and deputies press for rights, but force used to end unauthorized session. Barcelona stores closed briefly. Valencia and Castellon rail strikes separate and not linked.
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Madrid
Barcelona
Ministry of the Interior
Fine Arts Club
Condessario
Senor Abadal
Senor—Abadal
Dato
Valencia
Castellon
Catalonia
France Loses Five Steamers in Uboat Attacks
Paris reports in the weekly official statement that five French merchant vessels totaling more than 1,600 tons each were sunk during the last week by submarine attacks. Four French merchantmen were unsuccessfully attacked and no fishing boats were damaged.
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Paris
Russia Premier Sees Gravest Dangers Passed Calm Optimism Amid War
Prince Looff, premier of new Russia, reports four months of revolution bring order, improved transport, and stronger democracy. He says grim crisis passes, radicals isolated, and America’s role shifts from fantasy to reality. Jewish oppression ends as liberty statue eyed for Moscow.
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Washington Post
New York Herald
Petrograf
Paris
Prince Looff
New Russia
Prince Tasoff
Sand
Old Russia
Everthing
Zemstvo
Prut Uly
Kronstadt
Helsingfors
Russia
Mr Root
America
Democratic
American Republic
Prince Lyvoff
Moscow
Three Lines of Russian Trenches Taken in Galicia Push
Berlin reports German forces breached three Russian defense zones between the Sureth and Zlota Lipa rivers in eastern Galicia. Russians suffered heavy losses and retreated, with several thousand prisoners captured near Jacobstadt Dvinsk and Smorgon as artillery activity intensified along the Stokhed and Zlota Lipa fronts. A separate Petrograd dispatch blames Bolshevik extremist detachments for halting a planned defense, with regiments retreating after voluntary withdrawals and failed efforts to rally troops.
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Berlin
London
Sureth
Zlota Lipa
Galicia
Jacobstadt
Dvinsk
Smorgan
Stokhed
Dmester
Prince Leopold
Sereth
Smorgon
Stakhof
Dniester
Novica
Lomnica
Petrograd
War Department
Batkovy
Manasov
Howard to chair District subcommittee on appropriation bill
Representative William Schley Howard of Georgia is slated to head the district subcommittee of the appropriations committee. He has served two terms on the panel and pledged close scrutiny of proposed District appropriations, noting mixed views on the half and half plan and potential arts funding concerns.
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William Schley Howard
Georgia
Appropriations Committee
Howard
Fine Arts Commission
District of Columbia
Catholics Plan War Drive in Atlantic City
A patriotic campaign under Catholic auspices is planned soon after a meeting between President Wilson and Catholic Church dignitaries. Delegates at the Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association convention in Atlantic City discussed a war service drive to be launched following the conference.
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Atlantic City
The
Ladies’ Catholic Benevolent Association
Wilson
Charles E. Paper
Chicago
Supreme Gacribe
Royal League
Freed Pending Appeal in Bakerman and Others Bail Orders
Federal Judge Hand ordered U S Marshals to fetch Alexander Berkman Emma Goldman Louise Kramer and Morrie Becker from Atlanta and Jefferson City to await bail hearings on their appeals. If Berkman is granted bail he faces re-arrest on treason charges tied to the preparedness parade bombing in San Francisco.
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United States
McCarthy
Atlanta
Jefferson City
Alexander
Berkman
Goldman
Louise Kramer
Morrie Becker
San Franciscs
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Grand Fleet
England
Thos. S. Sergeon
Oil Seventh St NW
W. R. Speare
N. W
George P. Zarhorst
Seventh ST
Modern Chapel
F. A. Speare Sons
H Street
Almus R. Speare
Willis B. Speare
Peo Sardo & CO
William Les
API
J. H. Small & Sons
15Th
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Waldorf-Astoria
Madison
Ibe
Bell-Ans
R. Harris & Co
the Jewelers
Ith and
D Sts
Norway
Official Marine
Belgium
Aisne Line
Dato Confident
Mr. Root
R. Herman Bernstein
Gagarin
Kalusz
Prince
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Brody
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Batkov
Hanajov
Brzezany
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Halicz
Bludnik
Prince Gagarin
Ukhnov Regiment
Burishen
Weet York
Hashington
Sens
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx O. D. Serge
Munson
RA Haberdagis
Pennsylvania Ave
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the Commercial National Bank
the Bank of Personal Service
14Th and
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Miss Goldman
Mexico
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Ranza
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