British Drive at Hand French Strike Back in Belgium
Berlin reports heavy artillery duels in Flanders as German forces deny losses and cite 21 French attacks. Paris says French counterattacks recaptured ground on the California plateau and Casemates, with Germans launching limited counter efforts. London notes several raids by British lines near Ypres and Laventie with prisoners taken and one missing.
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California
Berlin
Flanders
London
War Office
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
LaBassee Canal
Hultuch
Chemin-des-Dames
Cerny
Old Front
Paris
Champagne
Meuse
Aisne
Braye-en-Laannois
Ailles
Brazilian aid drive organized for Belgian relief
A large committee in Rio de Janeiro on July 24 moved to raise funds and gather supplies for Belgians in invaded regions. Items will be shipped by a Lloyd Brazilian Line steamer to Rotterdam, with assurances that Germany will respect the vessel.
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Rio Janeiro
Lloyd Brazilian Line
Rotterdam
Germany
Death notices July 1917 Buena Vista area family tributes
Died briefs list multiple obituaries with names John M Curran Elizabeth G Harrison William L Hickey Eliza Grace Jeffries John Taylor Stroud. Funeral details note locations in Washington DC area and Wilmington Delaware with dates July 24 1917 and July 25 1917. Interments and services described. flowers requested.
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Ocurran
John M
John A. Curran
Harrison
Elizabeth G
John Stewart Harrison
Dorother F. Anderson
Zurhorst
East Capitol Street
Oak II
Hicket
William L
Katharine Rickey
Lawrence
Catherine Hickey
Liemarulate Conception Church
Mount Olivet
Jeffries
Monroe Street
Eliza Grace
Hev. P. W. Jeffries
Stroud
Providence Hospital
John Taylor Stroud
Josep Gacier
Pennsylvania Avenue
Wilmington
Del
German Press Debates Michaelis Speech and Peace Formula
Copenhagen dispatch reports Kreuz Zeitung arguing the Reichstag speech does not signal peace without annexations and that figures like Hindenburg and the Emperor will resist soft terms. Liberal papers urge a clear stance while Germans debate whether the peace resolution shifts power or remains symbolic.
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Copenhagen
Kreuz Zaitung
Berlin
Michaelis
Field Marshal
von Hindenburg
William
Iike
The
Vorwaerts
Tageblatt
Kreuz Zeitung
Germany
Kruz Zeitung
Reichstag
Theodore Wolff
Four Tons of Bombs Dropped by British Aerial Raids
London reports Gen Haig says aerial forces and artillery again carried out strong operations. More than four tons of bombs hit enemy airdromes, depots, and rail junctions. Fewer German planes, three hostile aircraft shot down, three driven down out of control, and one note of our machines missing.
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London
Haig
War Anniversary Prayer Signals Fourth Year Start
London observes the fourth year of war with a prayer service in which King George and Queen Mary will attend and a London meeting on August 4 where Prime Minister Lloyd George will inaugurate the national war aims committee. The committee, chaired by Lloyd George, Asquith, Bonar Law, and Barnes, aims to keep the public aware of war aims and the necessity to continue hostilities until the foe is defeated.
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London
Great Britain
King George
Queen Mary
Lloyd George
National War Aims Committee
War Aims Committee
Herbert H. Asquith
Andrew Bonar Law
Pension
Barnes
Sweden Loses 136 Ships in War Losses
Copenhagen dispatch reports Swedish losses at 136 ships due to submarine attacks or mines during the war. The total tonnage of these vessels is listed as 125,000. Danish ships lost in a similar manner reach 180, per the same authority.
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London
Copenhagen
Hungary's War Goal Not Conquests Says Premier
Budapest dispatch reports Hungarian premier Count Moritz Esterhazy tells parliament the war is defensive and the peace goal is not conquest. He says Austria Hungary seeks honorable peace and accord with the allies. Former premier Tisza adds that harmony on war aims and alliance loyalty exists between Reichstag and Hungarian public opinion.
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Copenhagen
Budapest
Moritz Esterhazy
Count Esterhazy
Michaelis
Reichstag
Austria- Hungary
Germany
Tisza
Harmory
Irish Convention Declares Meet Today With Noted Delegates
London reports that Andrew Bonar Law announced government nominees to the Irish convention including the Earl of Dunraven Sir William Goulding Lord Desart Lord Granard and Sir Horace Plunkett among others. Labor representation rises to seven. Dublin arrangements for the convention are completed as Henry Duke and Sir Francis Hopwood inspect Trinity College halls.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
Earl of Dunraven
Irish Reform
Earl of Desart
Earl of Granard
Baron MacDonnell
William Goulding
Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland
Horace Curzon Plunkett
Irish Agricultural Organization Society
George W. E. Russell
Dublin
Henry E. Duke
Ireland
Sir Francis Hopwood
Trinity College
Sinn Feiners
O'Brilenttes
William O’brien
Dollar at low record in European markets
Geneva reports in the Lausanne Gazette that the American dollar hits a postwar low of four francs 46 centimes, with rubles, marks, austria crowns and Italian lire all fallen. Copenhagen notes the US dollar at 341 francs in exchange, about 10 percent below parity, while belligerent currencies also show steep depreciation and the German mark stands 47 percent under par.
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Geneva
Lausanne
France
Copenhagen
Denmark
Kaiser Snubs America In Berlin Reception Report
Berne notes from July 24 say Emperor William in talks with socialist leader Philipp Scheidemann belittled the United States and predicted it would not play a decisive wartime role. Copenhagen reports July 25 describe socialist voters in suburban Berlin denouncing the Kaiser's socialists for attending a garden party and pressuring for cabinet roles amid debates on socialist policy and revolution within the party.
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Switzerland
British Admiralty
Wireleas Prensa
Post Zeitung
Augsburg
Bavaria
Berlin
William
Reichstag
Philipp Scheidemann
America
United States
Copenhagen
Ats Kerl Helfferth
Michaelis
Philipp §Cheldamann
Socialist Party
Revolutionary Party
Entente Naval Conference Opens in Paris Amid Balkans Tensions
Paris prepares for a high level meeting with Premier Ribot presiding. Attending are Lloyd George Balfour Sonnino and Roberts from England and Italy’s Cardona. Russia and Roumania issue protests over consultative roles while the United States declines participation. A parallel naval meeting will include Jellicoe Lacaze and Thaon di Revel as leaders discuss Macedonia options.
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Paris
Balkans
Lloyd George
Balfour
William Robertson
Imperial Staff
Army Headquarters
England
Baron Sonnino
Cardona
Italy
France
Ribot
Russia
M. Bevastopoulo
Waz Ohé
United States
Washington
Luis
Great Britain
Jellicoe
Bear
Lacaze
Thaon di Revel
Death of Manton Marble Former New York World Owner
London reports the death of Manton Marble at Sir Martin Conway s Kent home aged eighty three. Marble, a journalist era survivor and author diplomat, promoted Anglo American food relations and among friends counted leading English politicians and scientists. Born Worcester Massachusetts November 16 1834 he led the New York World from 1842 to 1876 and later served in diplomatic missions and wrote extensively on politics and biography.
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London ‘Times
Public Ledger Company
London
Times
Manton Marble
The
New York World
Martin Conway
Kent
América
Britain
Marble
Worcester
Mass
Boston
New York Evening Post
Cleveland
Kremlin Style Russia Faces Blood and Iron Policy
Petrograd reports Premier Kerensky forming a ten member provisional cabinet with five socialists and five nonsocialists. Henderson warns that coalition chances depend on army discipline and public unity while pledging to halt retreat and economic dissolution to restore finances.
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Petrograd
Herensky
Prince Lyoff
Socialat
Alexander Kerensky
Iiritator
M. . Tseretelis
M. Skobeleff
M. Tehernoff
M.pieschehonoff
Ruasgia
Iin Ming Orly
Gaiding
Kerengky
Singer Cleared at Old Bailey in Tax Conspiracy Case
London July 24 at the Old Bailey the crown offered no evidence against W W G Singer in a long delayed case accusing him of conspiring with his sister the Princess De Polignac to defraud the government of income tax. Singer was discharged without reflection on his character. his sister, earning about 400000 dollars yearly, is not prosecuted. Both are children of Isaac Singer, the sewing machine inventor.
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London Times
Washington Post
Public Ledger Company
London
Old Bailey
W. W. G. Singer
Princess de Polignac
Singer
Isaac Singer
Naval Tender Berthilde Sunk by Submarine
Pars July 24 official report says the naval tender Berthilde was torpedoed by a submarine in the eastern Mediterranean on July 12. Twenty five men lost their lives.
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Pars
Berthilde
Mediterranean
Turks Claim Victories Over British Attacks in Palestine
Constantinople reports a repulse of British attacks on July 20 and 21 along the Gaza front. British detachments were repulsed at the Gaza group right wing and Chewket Tepe while suffering 50 dead or wounded and six prisoners taken by Ottoman forces.
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Constantinople
Palestine
War Office
Gaza
Chewket-Tepe
Gaza-Honjunous
Americans on casualty list Ottawa July 24 casualties
The casualty list from the Canadian overseas forces includes Americans among the dead and wounded. Killed in action A Coughlin Nece dah Wis wounded H Booth Springfield Roy Room Spokane Wash the names appear in tonight’s casualty update.
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Ottawa
Ont
Americana
A. Coughlin
Necedah
Wis
H._ Booth
Springfield
Roy Room
Spokane
Wash
Paris City Council Grants Free Site for American Students Club
Jem Paria reports that Paris authorities allocated a free site on Rue Savorgyah de Brazza near the Eiffel Tower for a clubhouse serving American students in Paris. The notice contrasts with Germany halting coal exports to Holland, as Amsterdam records the stoppage on July 14.
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Paria
Savorgyah de Brazza
Eiffel Tower
Paris
Germany
Holland
Amsterdam
Russians in Flight on Galician Front Routs Dust If Any
German and Austro Hungarian forces push 155 mile front from the Bereth to the Carpathians in Galicia. Prisoners and booty flood in as Tarnopol depots burn. Russians retreat in several sectors while Russian and Romanian offensives are repulsed in multiple valleys and towns along the eastern front. The German warc office notes advances beyond Podhajce Halicz and across the Sereth south of Tarnopol amid heavy fighting.
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Berlin Zeitung Ammittag
Galicia
Kosova
Krzyve
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Tarnopol
Emperor Charlies of Austria
Galician Front
Vnta
London
Bereth
Carpathians
Jacobstadt
Dvinsk
Trotus
Putna
Dryingk
Prevols
Smorgon
Bystritza
Seek Billets for More U. S. Troops
Permanent Camp of the American Expeditionary Army in France faces payday and tight money as Pershing's Sammies seek new billets. French towns near the camp report visitors and pilfered goods while billets and interpreters remain scarce. A staff officer notes three kinds of language gaps among officers and men.
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France
Pershing
Gen. Pershing
Chinese navy refuses to recognize government. cruisers sail to Canton
Shanghai reports Chan Pih Kuan, appointed navy minister, issues manifesto calling for provisional constitution and parliament reassembly while deeming the present Peking government illegal. Chen Pih Kuan and Tang Shai Yi sail to Canton aboard Halchi as 14 cruisers depart Woosung to support southern provinces.
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Shanghai
Chan Pih Kuan
Li Yuan Hung
Peking
Chen Pith Kuan
Tang Shai Yi
Halchi
Canton
Chen Pih Kuan
London
Morning Post
Saya
Tuan Chi Jul
Woosung
New U S Unit Lands In England
London reports a new American hospital unit arriving in England today. The event drew little public attention as onlookers were not admitted to the disembarkation area.
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London
England
Germany Enlisting Poles In German Command Regions
Warsaw dispatch reports the temporary council of state issued a manifesto explaining its decision to enroll Polish recruits under General von Beseler rather than forming an independent Polish army. It says avoiding German control would jeopardize future independence and state formation.
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Vorwaerts
Kreuz Zeitung
Schaefer
Independent Committee of German Peace
Taegliche Rungschau
Copenhagen
Warsaw
Council of State
von Sbeseler
Autocar widens delivery territory expansion
Autocar Sales and Service Co with a Washington address announces enlargement of its delivery territory. The Washington factory branch operates alongside Ardmore, Fa, broadening regional service and distribution for Autocar vehicles.
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Autocar
The
Autocar Sales & Service Co
14Th St. N.W
Washington
Autocar Co
Ardmore, Fa
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