American forces hold Marne lines as Germans regroup
On the Marne front July 5 American aviators reported downing two German planes in flames. A patrol captured two Germans and killed another. Berlin claimed repulses while Americans faced a new German division. Copenhagen dispatch said a German aeroplane was lost off Jutland with crew. a Danish lifeboat could not rescue them.
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Marne
Washington, D. C
Jutland
Copenhagen
Associated Press
Somme
Oise
Aisne
Mote Lobul
Vuu
Chateau Thierry
St. Pierre Aigle
Hamel
Hamel and
Vaire
Autrches
Ancre
Armenians Seize Erivan and Trans-Caucasia Advance
Armenian forces reportedly occupy Erivan within Trans Caucasus as fighting with Bolsheviks continues. In Russia Trotzky pushes universal military service for all classes, while Lenine approves. Western fronts see Allied gains with prisoners and matériel captured as German efforts falter.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Russian Soviet Republic
Leon Trotzky
Lenine
Trotzky
TNE
Presses Bush
Foes Can Get Peace Declared By German Paper
Amsterdam dispatch notes Voerwaerts, a Berlin Socialist daily, arguing Germans crave a peaceful settlement with honor. It says enemies could gain a just peace without war conditions, if both sides accept balanced economic realities and material shortages.
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Amsterdam
Voerwaerts
Berlin
Phillipp Scheidemann
Peace Campaign a War Measure
Frank H. Simonds argues that Germany views a peace campaign as a war measure and that America must act decisively in both combat and peace efforts. He contends U.S. decisive supply of men and materials will shape the war’s outcome and urges readers to grasp Poland Russia and Slav concerns alongside Belgium and Alsace Lorraine.
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Evening Courier
Germany
Frank H. Simonds
Europe
Simonds
America
Poland
Russia
Belgium
Alsace-Lorraine
Defense Council's No Christmas Gift Plan Draws Opposition
The council of national defense proposes restricting Christmas gifts to cards and letters as a war measure. Merchants nationwide, via the Retail Dry Goods Association, oppose the plan, arguing current non essential regulations at production sources suffice.
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New York
Council
Nose Breaks for Woman in Overturned Car Accident
George Knapp from Bennington township was driving home after a picnic when his car skidded into a ditch and overturned. His mother, aged over 70, was uninjured. Mrs. Knapp suffered a broken nose and bruises after being struck by the car’s top during the wreck.
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George Knapp
Bennington
Des Moines Soldiers Executed for Rape-Murder case
Five faces were charged. three black soldiers were executed at Camp Dodge after a court martial. Robert Johnson Stanley Trammell and Fred Allen were hanged at 9:09 a.m. in full division view. Allen admitted presence, others confessed guilt. Parents of all three are deceased. Allen has a 10-year-old son.
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Des Moines
Robert Johnson
Stanley Trammell
Fred Allen
Nelson Johnson
Tuscamba
Ala
Stanley Tramble
Stroud
Georgiana
Johnson
Tramble
Allen
Srcaffold
J. P. Jackensen
North Dakota
Camp Dodge
Wilsea
Name Suffix as Bravery Reward Trish Army Lure
Dublin July 5. A proposal to aid Ireland's recruitment suggests granting every Irish veteran of the great war a suffix to his name denoting army or navy service. The suffix would follow the name and be passed to descendants.
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Dublin
Ireland
Gallant Service Honors for U S Troops in France
American forces in France receive honors for bravery. Pershing awards the Distinguished Service Cross to 32 officers and enlisted men for actions at Bourrasches and near Belleau Wood and Chateau Thierry. Italian Army decorates five U S aviators with the Italian War Cross during a July 4 review.
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Associated Press
France
Bourasches
Belleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
Gen. Pershing
Randolph T. Zane
James McB. Sellers
P. H. Harley
James F. Robertson
Charles Murray
William Moore
Frederick ©. Wheeler
William A.dd
John H. Quick
Raymond W. Boone
Harry B. Fletcher
David L. Spaulding
Harold J. Randles
Roland R. Sheaff
John Hingalls
Ray W. Chase
Frank A. Vial
Fred W. Hill
Joseph A. Garges
Ly We
South Africa Faces Unrest. Botha Announces Military Measures
Premier Botha of the Union of South Africa warns of serious unrest and says strong police and military actions are needed. He notes that prompt and effective forces could have prevented greater disturbance and loss of life.
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Botha
Union of South Africa
South Africa
Wilson Fourth of July Speech Dominates Allied Press
Paris and Washington observers note President Wilson’s Mount Vernon oration as a decisive statement of independence and no compromise. Officials believe the address may forestall a German peace offensive and strengthen allied resolve. Paris papers praise its clarity and broad vision while stressing Russia and democracy themes.
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Washington, D. C
America
Wilson
Mount Vernon
Germany
Paris
Mount ‘Vernon
France
England
Fetit Parisien
Nilssan
trans-Atlantic
Petit Parisien
Sever
Comassador Sharp
United States
Marshal Joffre
Hou Recordington
D. C
Representative Rillett
Massachusetts
House
Sedar
Great Lakes Fleet to Tour Inland Ports
Great Lakes fleet of nine vessels to begin a tour of the five lakes with stops at important forts. Capt. W. A. Moffett announces drills trades and a 19¢ band will be carried. tour includes inland ports. Also notes Roumania pact signed by Reichstag with Socialists voting against.
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Great Lakes
W. A. Moffett
Naval Training Station
Five Lakes
Amsterdam
Reichstag
Roumania
Berlin
Wilson Pushes Wire Control and Power Bill Ties
President Wilson urged Congress to pass a resolution authorizing control of telegraph and telephone lines before recess. The House was pressed to approve the pending water power bill to ease electric shortages hampering war work.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
House
Sims
Water Power Commission
Secretaries of War, Interior and Agriculture
Ways and
Kitchin
Navy
Commissioner of Patents
pan-American Bureau
Havana
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Hendricks
Wyoming
Phelan
California
Tumuity
Secretary Lane calls for 2,000,000 more troops if needed
Pittsburgh July 5. Secretary Lane at the National Education Association declares no limit to troops and cannon for the war and urges teaching Americanism while noting 3,500,000 illiterates in the United States and half year school terms. Strayer elected NEA president with a slate of officers announced.
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Pittsburgh
United States
Germany
Lane
National Educational Association
Teutonic Autocracy
France
Larne
Strayer
Kuehlmann Libel Trial Moved to Secret Hearing
The court ruling that Dr. Richard von Kuehlmann libel case against two Berlin editors will be heard in secret due to state security concerns. Amsterdam reported the opening session on July 5 noted the decision by the court president.
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Amsterdam
Richard von Kuehlmann
Berlin
Draft Orders Send Alaskans to Seward and others
Provost Marshal Gen Crowder directed 300 white selective service registrants from Alaska to Fort William Seward Haines Alaska. New York must supply 300 limited service men to Camp Johnston Jacksonville Fla and Connecticut 140 to Camp Meigs Washington D C by July 15 to serve as clerks.
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Washington, D. C
Alaska
Crowder
Fort William Seward
Haines
New York
Camp Johnston
Jacksonville
Fla
Connecticut
Camp Meigs
Washington,d.c
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Irkutsk
Siberia
Lake Baikal
State Department
Vologda
Department
Francis
Trans-Caucasia
Kiev
Lokal Anzeiger
Erivan
Titus
TAN Webise Monthin
Jy Ruwes Areneees
Financial Department
Izvestia
Finance Department
All Russian Congress of Soviets
Ypres
Reims
Foch
U.S
Defense Council
John
el Verso Vavana
Bias
Pershing
Botan Otory
Martin Ia Venga Thavana
Petit Parisian
Hun
Gun Lane
Kuehlmann
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