Downfall of the Hapsburgs Foretold in Allied Triumphs
A wartime lament argues that Austria-Hungary’s collapse hinges on consent of the governed, with the Allies’ French victory marking a turning point. The piece asserts Austria’s peoples seek self government as the German-led regimes falter, forecasting the Hapsburg dynasty’s demise by allied guns.
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Ludendorff
Danubian Empire
Paris
Germany
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Serbia
Roumania
Marne
Foch
Austria
Bohemia
Jugoslavia
Austro-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Hapsburg Dynasty
Hozenhollerns
Austrian Poles Revolt Redraws Austrian Parliament Power
Austrian Poles revolt against Herr von Seydler as Polish deputies withdraw support and align with Czecho Slovak and Jugoslav factions in the reichsrat. The Seydler cabinet resigns, risking a parliamentary majority loss and signaling a coup like shift. Entente support for restoring Poland pushes Austrian Poles to side with allies. Emperor Karl faces a turbulent crisis as the new successor must govern without a majority.
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Herr von Seydler
Kaiser Karl
Reichsrath
Seydler
Austria
Vienna
Count Goluchowski
Count Badent
Russia
Germany
Brest-Litovsk
Warsaw
Europe
Supreme Council of
Allies
Versailles
Wilson
Empire
Kari
German Deceit in War Reports Exposed in Marne Retreat
An analysis contrasts German Berlin communiques with actual battlefield events near Chateau Thierry. It asserts German claims of a quiet withdrawal across the Marne are false, noting heavy American and French pursuit, destroyed bridges, and dramatic German routs.
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Marne
Chateau Thierry
Berlin
Paris
The Ships Go On. German U boats fail to slow troop movement
Submarine activity along the Atlantic coast resumes after a pause as officials note the rapid transfer of American troops to France. Despite torpedo threats and mined waterways, War and Navy Department officials state the United States will keep sending soldiers to augment Allied forces, undeterred by German harassments.
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Atlantic
France
Cape Cod
San Diego
Atlantic Seaboard
U-boata
Baker
March
Europe
United States
War
Navy Department
Lleut
Fiat
Migland
Italy
Princess Chigh Dead at 80 Mother Lived to 102
Princess Chigh dies at Rome aged about 80, part of a storied lineage that includes Leonilie Gayn- Wittgenstein and the Chigi family. The article traces royal ties, wealth, and historic auctions, noting a Botticelli sale and the family’s influence in Catholic and Italian affairs. It mentions the Farnese line, Chigi palace dealings, and a proud history of papal service.
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Princess Chigh
Antoinette Chigi
Leonilie Gayn- Wittgenstein
Bariatineka
Lanteanne
Lake of
Geneva
Waterloo
Antoinette
Rome
Don Marie
Chigi
Eternal City
Sia
Farnese
Adona
Abyssinia
Corso
Piazza Colonna
Department of the Colonies
Farnesina
Nicewise
Naples
Duke of
Riparta
Tiber
Raphael
Tk Wag
Don Agostino Chigi
Leo X
the Magnificent
House of Medici
Prince Chigi
Botticelli
Department of Fine Arts
Italy
House of
Modifying Mexican Oil Laws Delayed by Talks in Mexico City
Acting Secretary Folk announced that Mexican lawyers are drafting changes to oil law provisions involving alimony from the United States and tax rates. A final decision is expected in August.
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Folk
Mexico City
United States
Coal Output Up in East and Virginia Region
The Railroad Administration reports a 29 percent rise in western district coal car loads for the first sixteen days of July compared with last year, with 114,368 cars moved. In Southwest Virginia, Norton district rep G D Eligore notes a weekly output at 192,434 tons for the week ended July 18, the greatest in field history, with labor efficiency up and a target of 200,000 tons weekly. James B Neale, director of production, sent congratulations.
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East
Virginia
Railroad Administration
Thosa
G. D. Eligore
Norton
United States Fuel Administration
Southwest
James B. Neale
Shippers Enter Rate Boards With Railroad Committees
The railroad administration created Eastern Western and Southern freight traffic rate committees each with five members, two from shipper interests. Eastern shippers are J. C. Lincoln of New York and G. M. Fraer of Cincinnati, joined by railroad reps B. Campbell B. P. Bates and W. Maxwell. Southern shippers are H. T. Moore of Atlanta and J. S. Davant of Memphis, with railroad members Randall Clifton M. B. Wright and Joseph Hattendorf.
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Railroad Administration
J. C. Lincoln
New York
G.M. Fraer
Cincinnati
B. Campbell
B. P. Bates
W. C. Maxwell
H. T. Moore
Atlanta
J. S. Davant
Memphis
Southern Committee
Randall Clifton
M. B. Wright
Joseph Hattendorf
Railroads
Military orders and officer assignments list
The notice lists multiple officers by name and location for temporary duty and examinations, including Maj W H Melville, Capt C Vanderpeel, First Lieuts C Cetter and E Roeschke, Maj A W Whiteford, First Lieut W J Night, Capt J D Rogers, and Brig. Generals B Eyeleth and W H Arthur. It notes a board formed at Ancon Canal Zone, a resignation of First Lieut F Long, leave for Brig Gen Eugene F Ladd, and a slate of lieutenants ordered to Ellington Field for duty at coast defense sites with numerous names.
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Scere
W. H. Melville
This City
C. 3. Vanderpeel
Buffalo
C. Cetter
San Antonio
E. Roeschke
Alexandris
W. J. Brown
A. W. Whiteford
Thin City
W. J. Night
Olcott
Tex
J. D. Rogers
B. Eyeleth
W. H. Arthur
W. W. Wynne
E.R. Burnlight
T. R. Evans
Ancon
Canal Zone
Aero Coast Defense Squadron
Balloon Coast Defense Company
Panama Canal Department
F. Long
Eugene F. Ladd
Ellington Field
K. P. Klinger
J. H. Vincent
R. 8. Gillett
M. W. Hirech
C. HE. Robinson
B. J. Frazier
BE. c. Kalkman
C. H. Penland
F. W. McConky
H. R. Mooney
J. A. Goldthwaite
A. J Hangan
B. Young
W. D. Prindle
W. BE. Yeomans
T. V. Hamilton
F. A. Sansome
A. W. Taylor
G. E. Winants
T. W. Hastey
G M. Norwood
G. E. Knowlton, Jr
C. L. Midcap
W. 8
Gravely
F. E. Lippman
A. Bouquet
G. G. Garrison
F. J. Hardesty
5. T. Wagner
L. Brubaker
R. B. Williams
M. T. Hershaw
J. B. Palmertee
Kaiser Sought U S Cash in German Asset Plan
Chicago July 22 Gaston B Means testified at the King will contest hearing about 25 006 000 dollars in American securities the German government sought to convert to cash after war with the United States. Means said Rudolph Otte a German agent in New York sent the securities to him in Chicago via Schwartz or Witte. He noted German interests were under review by the United States Attorney General and later dropped.
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Chicago
United States
Gaston B. Means
Meaha
Rudolph Otte
New York
Schwartz Or Witte
Limits on Letters From Soldiers Warn of Enemy Propaganda
War Department orders forbid officers and men from corresponding with strangers in response to ads or invitations. Officials warn that efforts by strangers to recruit soldiers for propaganda pose a real risk to military information and security.
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War Department
Requa appeals to oil men to follow war service plan
Tulca Oklahoma July 22 M L Requa head of the oil division of the fuel administration urged midcontinent oil men to adopt the premium schedule set by the national petroleum war service committee chaired by A C Bedford The appeal came at a meeting attended by refinery owners urging elimination of personal advantage and framing operation of the industry as patriotic duty
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Tulca
Okla
National Petroleum War Service Committee
M. L. Requa
Oil Division
The
Fuel Administration
A. C. Bedford
Requa
Bedford
War Finance Board Expands Loans to Drought Farmers
The War Finance Corporation board announced it will advance funds up to 75 percent of loan amounts to farmers and cattlemen in drought-threatened Northwest and Southwest regions. Federal reserve banks in Dallas Kansas City and Minneapolis were asked to notify banks and trust companies, both members and nonmembers, of the program availability.
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Northwest
Southwest
War Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Banks
Dallas
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Federal Reserve System
McAdoo travels to Glacier for talks on freight rates
Spokane July 22 MDirector General McAdoo of the railroad administration said graded rates are being compiled for New York to Colorado freight and will include the Spokane territory. He will meet at Glacier National Park with the railroad wage board tomorrow to discuss working conditions for mechanical crafts crews.
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Spokane
Wash
McAdoo
The
Railroad Administration
New York
Colorado Points
Glacier National Park
Clemency for Two Soldiers by President Wilson
President Wilson commuted the death sentence of Private Albert F. Beauregard of the 16th Infantry to life imprisonment for desertion. Executive clemency also commuted First Lieutenant Millard M. Grean’s sentence, removing hard labor imprisonment and leaving dismissal from the army for five years for bigamy.
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Wilson
Lfe
Albert FE. Beauregard
Company H
Sixteenth Infantry
American Expeditionary Forces
Millard M. Grean
Engineer Reserve Corps
Workforce drive targets forty thousand unskilled laborers
The United States employment service plans a broad recruitment to fill 40008 unskilled positions in war plants during August and September. State and community labor boards will coordinate, with employers and employees on state boards and community boards handling recruiting details.
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The
United States Employment Service
War Planta
Mississippi
Smaller Men for Army Amended Draft Rules
Gen Crowder authorizes medical advisory boards to certify registrants for general service who meet new minimums of 60 inches in height and 110 pounds in weight. Regular army minimum height remains 62 inches.
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Gen. Crowder
Testimony in Malvy trial marks eighth senate hearing
Paris witnesses from the prefecture and detective service testified at the eighth senate hearing in the Louis J. Malvy former interior minister trial. Defatia of Mr Malve a lendeaagy Seward suspects described.
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Paris
Senate
Louis J. , Malvy
Interior
Defatia
Malve'alendeaagy Seward
Hughes Examines Witnesses at Midwest Aircraft Hearings
Charles E. Hughes and Attorney General Gregory presided over hearings in the aircraft investigation ordered by President Wilson. They heard additional witnesses yesterday and planned to continue the hearings in Buffalo and other Western cities where manufacturing plants are located.
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Howl Sanggeean
Charles E. Hughes
Gregory
Middle West
Wilaon
Department of Justice
Hughes
Buffalo
Washington Hotel Corridor Talks Mirror War Era Politics
In Washington hotels, Rep. Phil Campbell urges Republicans to embrace a House majority despite dissenting views. He predicts a strong GOP win in November, possible 1929 Roosevelt nomination, and argues the party’s success could shape a postwar agenda. The piece weaves in war tensions and assorted opinions from lawmakers and witnesses in the capital.
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Congress
Phil Campbell
Kansas
Washington
House
Senate
Cal Roosevelt
Martesue
Selator Gallinger
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida Busy to Help Win War
Gen. Cromwell Gibbons of Jacksonville praises Florida for supplying crops, vegetables, ships, and labor to aid the war effort. He notes no major political issues this year and predicts little change in Florida’s federal delegation as all focus remains on victory.
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Florida
Cromwell Gibbons
Jacksonville
Washington
Congress
House
Muc
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