American Troops in France exceed eight hundred thousand
Washington announces American forces in France now number over 800000, encompassing all branches to form a complete army. General March notes troop shipments depend on ship capacity and will continue. He cites four German drives as part of a common scheme and emphasizes rapid deployment.
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Washington
France
General March
March
War Department
England
Paris
Oise
Aisne
Soissons
Americans More Than Match for Germans in France
Reuters dispatch from London reports that American soldiers in France outmatch the Germans in combat and are quickly learning. The correspondent notes Americans are disciplined, fearless, and avenge fallen comrades without mercy, urging Secretary Baker to surge the American force by a million as soon as possible.
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London
Reuters
France
Lds
Tommy
Baker
Austro-Hungarian Tensions Rise Amid Berlin Journey
On the Amsterdam bourse Baron Burian the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister travels to Berlin as tensions in Austro-Hungarian affairs intensify. The market shows renewed strain with Austrian stocks dropping another point on Friday as the tour unfolds.
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Amsterdam
Amserdam
Baron Burian
Berlin
Xchan 8
Submarine off American Coast Deemed Not a Real Threat
Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, first sea lord, says German activity off the U S coast is mainly a demonstration to frighten Americans. He argues Germany cannot blockade the shores and urges centralized warfare in the North Sea and Mediterranean while praising Allied naval cooperation.
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London
Atlantic
United States
Rosslyn Wemyss
North Sea
Mediterranean
Wemyss
North
Gibraltar
Archibald S. Hurd
Admiral Yeymesa
Napoleon
Admiral Mahan
American
British Isles
Elks Leader Fred Harper Helps Lay Cornerstone
Fred Harper of Lynchburg Virginia grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and John K Tener of Pennsylvania attended ceremonies in Boston to lay the cornerstone of a reconstruction hospital to be erected and presented to the government. An appropriation for the institution was authorized at the order's annual convention in Boston last year.
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Boston
Mass
Fred Harper
Lynchburg
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
John K. Tener
Pennsylvania
Berlin Eyes Home Peace as Allies Stand Firm
Berlin hopes for a favorable peace as German intrigue is seen failing against the unshakeable Allied will. Six days of fighting east of Montdidier yielded mediocre gains, while the German crown prince’s forces appear exhausted and Rupprecht may resume action on his sector.
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Paris
Havas
Berlin
Petit Journal
Montdidier
Petit Parisien
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Steamer F A Kilburn Burned At Sea
Word from marine circles reports the American steamship F. A. Kilburn 997 tons gross burned at sea while sailing from Havana to New Orleans. Crew were landed at Key West Florida. No details on the loss or fire cause were available. The Kilburn served in the Mexico and Gulf trade.
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New York
F. A. Kilburn
Havana
New Orleans
Key West
Fla
F A. Kilburn
Mexico
Gulf
Army Casualty List Shows 81 Names With Actions And States
Washington confirms 81 names on the army casualty list. Killed in action Captain Jewett Williams of Athens Georgia and Captain Donald F Duncan of St Joseph Missouri are named. Died of wounds include Captain Amel Frey of Langendorf Switzerland and Lieutenant Russell A Warner of Washington DC. Severely wounded include Lieutenant Elmer E Silver of Woburn Massachusetts and Lieutenant Charles B Maynard of Spokane Washington along with a long list of others. The report notes several southern state servicemen among the wounded and dead.
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Washington
Esas
Jewett Williams
Athens
Amel Frey
Langendorf
Switz
Russell A. Warner
Washington, D. C
Elmer E. Silver, Jr
Woburn
Mass
Donald F. Duncan
St. Joseph
Orlando C. Crowther
Canton
Caldwell Oc. Robinson
Martford
Conn
Clarence A. Denis
Hackensack
N. J
Charles B. Maynard
Spokane
Wash
Richard W. Murphy
Greensboro
Ala
Charles I. Murray
Sewickley
Julius S. Coeswell
Charleston
William A. Worren
Mattapan
Boston
Harold D. Shannon
Bernice
Henry Turnage
Wynne
ATK
Robert O. Smith
Waycross
Marco Adams
Manchester
Tenn
William C. Brown
Crossville
Michael Elder
Elberta
Walter Everett Harris
Charlottesville
Robert G. Hayes
Marietta
8. C
Oliver Prince
Morton
Miss
Joe Robbins
Hughett
Boyd Westbrook
Chesnee
Greystone Inn Opens Season at Carolina Beach
Greystone Inn at Carolina Beach will open for the season Sunday. Management reports good prospects for the year with several guests already signing to register for the season.
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Greystone Inn
Carolina Beach
Southeast Weather Forecast for Next Week
Fair weather expected across the southeastern states at the start of the week with warm daytime highs. Showers are forecast toward the end of the week as a new weather system moves through the region.
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Washington
First American bombing raid behind German lines in France
American bombers completed their initial behind the lines raid with observers noting expert bomb fall. The squadron faced heavy anti air fire near Dommary Baron court, but released a circular smoke pattern over a railway junction and returned safely amid cheers from French British and American aviators.
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France
Germany
Dommary-Baroncourt
Dommery
Czecho Slovaks Sweep Siberia and Seal Rail Lanes
Czech Slovak troops widen their advance from Samara to Omsk and Novo Nicholaevsk, cutting Siberian rail links to Moscow and Petrograd. New Siberian central government formed at Novo Nicholaevsk with mixed White guard support. Soviet halt on grain flow risks bread supplies.
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London
Siberia
Ural
Moscow
Samara
Ouffa
Siberian
Tcheliabinsk
Tomsk
Omsk
Ivanog
Tunen
Russia
Petrograd
Novo Nicholaevsk
Novo-Nicholaevsk
White Guards
Vladivostok
France
Omsk-Nicholaevsk
Ivanoff
Council of Commissioners of
China to close doors to American tobacco shipments
Washington reports say China plans to shut American tobacco imports, amid rumors China may transfer control of its tobacco market to Japan via a Chinese loan. Southern senators pressed Secretary Lansing for a protest if charges prove true. American tobacco interests amount to about 30 million dollars in yearly business with China.
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Washington
State Department
China
Lansing
Japan
Acid Attacks Burn Twelve Women on Manhattan Street
Twelve young women were burned by acid flung from a bottle or squirted from a gun on Seventh Avenue between Forty sixth and Forty seventh streets in New York. Police believe a crank was responsible as victims sought treatment in hospitals or from ambulance surgeons and drugstores.
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New York
Seventh Avenue
Forty-sixth
Forty-seventh Streets
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