American Mission Aims Aid to Russia Under Root Leadership
Ambassador Francis summarises a Petrograd statement on June 14 outlining the American mission led by Elihu Root. The goal is to help Russia defeat Germany, show American idealism, mobilize material resources, and ease Russian burdens while maintaining no personal or commercial aims among mission members. The cabinet weighs allies talks and the provisional government imposes a military disorder decree with penalties including long penitentiary terms and land rights impacts.
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Petrograd
David TR. Francis
Delihu Root
Russia
Germany
Ameren
America
Roosevelt Speech Emphasizes American Duty in Nebraska
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt addressed thousands on the Nebraska capitol grounds on the semi centennial celebration. He urged every American to uphold Americanism and criticized German language newspapers as unpatriotic, arguing English should lead in the United States.
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Lincoln
Neb
Theodore Roosevelt
Capitol Grounds
Nebraska
United States
Roosevelt
Paris Celebrates Pershing Welcoming Parade
Paris greets Major General Pershing on his first day in the city with enthusiastic demonstrations. Crowds fill the Concorde area and French soldiers on leave mingle with American troopers as the Stars and Stripes fly over the hotel.
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Paris
Pershing
Aimer
Leanne
Second Cavalry
Teysting
Ceverus Hotel
Washington project approved to build war sites progress
Approval granted Thursday clears plans for new wartime installations at two Washington locations. Construction at the Willowmilioney site progresses toward a September 2 target, coinciding with the anticipated drafting of additional troops.
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Washingtton
Abe
Wilebmilioney
Washington Navy submarine chaser program on track
The Navy Department announced that nearly three times the expected number of submarine chasers will be delivered by August 4, keeping the building program ahead of schedule.
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Washington
Navy Department
Constantine Abdicates Greek Throne After Entente Pressures
King Constantine of Greece abdicates in favor of his son Prince Alexander and plans to leave Greece with Crown Prince George II. The move follows entente demands for freedom of movement of allied forces and security from attack, with Italian occupation near the Albanian frontier and Venizelos provisional government implications. Alexander, 24, to assume duties, while Constantine's reign began in 1913 after George I's assassination and faced entente tensions over neutrality and Balkan conflicts.
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Athens
Constantine
Greece
Alexander
George II
Jonnart
Kanina
Elassona
Mount Olympus
Gulf of
Salon
George
Zaimis
Switzerland
Italy
Constantine I
George I
Salonki
Eliphtherios Venizelos
Greece King Constantine Abdicates in Favor of Prince Alexander
Allied pressure leads to abdication of King Constantine of Greece and transfer of the throne to his son Prince Alexander. The move reshapes the Greek royal line amid ongoing European negotiations.
Norse Liner Arrives at Adriatic Port
The Norwegian steamship Hergensfjord arrived in the United States on June 2 bringing 028 passengers from the Adriatic port. No submarine was sighted during the voyage.
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Adriatic
United States
Hergensfjord
Weavwel
Germans Starving Belgians Reported by Officials
A semi official statement released here claims Belgians are dying of starvation within three months of returning to Germany. The report is described as thoroughly reliable by the issuing authorities.
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Havre
German air raid devastates London killing and wounding hundreds
On June 13 German airmen bombed London in a heavy raid causing 544 casualties including 97 dead and 487 wounded. The east end suffered the worst damage as many homes and small businesses were destroyed and 16 women and 26 children were killed. British fighters challenged the attackers but claimed only one German aircraft down. Field Marshal French said no military or naval targets were hit.
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London
East End
Viscount French
Orders Issued For Arrest Of Unregistered Draft Age Men
Washington reports general orders from Provost Marshal General Crowder authorizing arrest of men aged 21 to 30 who cannot prove wartime service registration. Quotas will match state populations. leniency ends. Imprisonment one year for failing to register and immediate enforcement begin, with local boards handling exemptions. Crowder plans draft rules before Secretary Baker.
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Washington
Crowder
Department of Justice
General Crowder
Baker
Japan Criticizes U.S. Note On China Affairs
Tokyo reacts with surprise and criticism to Washington’s note of regret over China dissensions. Officials say the move overlooks Japan’s special role and could have been better handled by consultations with the Entente, especially Japan, which maintains a policy of noninterference in Chinese domestic affairs.
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Tokio
China
Japan
Entente
Bank Cashier in Tooele Ends Life After Crisis
George W Kaul 82 cashier of the Commercial Bank of Tooele shot himself Wednesday afternoon after closing the bank and locking the vault. Bank officials found discrepancies in the books totaling 500 to 750 dollars but said a full audit isn’t needed. Any shortage would be covered by Kaul’s bond totaling 25000 dollars.
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Tooele
Utah
George W. Kaul
Nee
Commercial Bank of
My. Kaul
Red Cross Receives Dividends From Major Corporations
The United States Steel Corp and other large companies declared Red Cross dividends totaling 2,001,000 dollars on June 13. This boosts Red Cross funding from corporate dividends to a grand total of 5,210,000 dollars.
Thousands Destitute After San Salvador Earthquake and Eruption
American Minister Long reports at least 20,000 people roam streets and parks of Ron Salvador living without food or shelter following a devastating earthquake and volcanic eruption.
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Washington.e
Ron Salvador
Long
Chinese Parliament Dissolved by Presidential Mandate
Chiang Kai-shek signs and dissolves parliament after taking premiership. Dr Wu Ting-fang resigns as ambassador to the United States, prompting the constitutional action in Pekin.
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Pekin
Chiang Chao Chung
Hetlag
Wu Ting Fang
United States
Strikers and guards clash in New Jersey plant deadly riot
Two strikers were killed and ten wounded in a battle at the Mer riwoo Aukam handkerchief factory in South Miver New Jersey between idle workers and guards protecting strike-breakers on June 11.
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South Miver
N. J
Merriwoo Aukam
Ftyetory
Dublin Inspector Killed Protecting Rebels Meeting
Dublin police inspector Milla was killed Monday night while guarding a gathering to oppose imprisonment of Iptah rebels. He was struck with a stick or stone during the incident.
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Dubline
Milla
Wilson Sets War Aims No Annexations No Indemnities
President Wilson, addressing the new Russian government, states the United States war aims. No territory to change hands except to secure life and liberty. no indemnities except for manifest wrongs. no readjustments unless to secure future peace and welfare. The message rejects restoring the prewar status quo and was delivered by Ambassador Francis at Petrograd.
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Washington
Wilson
Russia
United States
Germany
Francis
Petrograd
Butte miner who saved 25 found dead in blast ruins
The body of Manta Duggan, a tool boy who led twenty five entombed miners to safety in the North Butte mine disaster and directed bulkheading against poisonous gas, was recovered Wednesday. He was 1500 feet from his last sighting, raising the death toll to 141.
Adams family members and McInnis charged in abduction plots
Four Adams family members and Sam McInnis held in Missouri jails in connection with alleged abduction plots. They are charged with conspiring to kidnap C. A. Clement, a Springfield jeweler, in an information filed by County Prosecutor Paul M. O Day.
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Springfield
Adams
Sam McInnis
Missouri
C. A. Clement
Paul M. O'Day
Airplanes Seen as Cheap Fast Cure for Submarines
Washington Rear Admiral Robert E Peary told a senate subcommittee that airplanes are the cheapest quickest solution to the submarine threat. He said sending 1000 airplanes abroad would curb the menace more than any other measure.
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Washington
Robert E. Peary
Senate Military Committee
Thesday
Bingham Principal Arthur Willard Fatally Shoots Former Friend
In Bingham Utah on June 18 Arthur Willard principal of Bingham schools and practicing attorney fatally shoots Deedl Holmes during a street fight. The tragedy centers on a love triangle with Holmes accused of wrecking Willard’s home.
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Bingham
Utah
Arthur Willard
Bingham Schools
Faully
Deedl Holmes
Willard
Holmes
Pay During War: US Proposes Equal Pay for Captured Officers
The United States proposes to Germany, via the Spanish government, that captured military and naval officers receive the same pay as officers of corresponding rank in the captor nation. The move aims to ensure fair treatment of prisoners of war under international law.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Trial of Mrs Mooney Begun in San Francisco Murder Case
Testimony began June 11 in the murder trial of Mrs Rena Mooney over the bomb explosion last summer that killed ten people in San Francisco. The case centers on the alleged planning and involvement of Mooney in the incident.
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San Francisco
Rena Mooney
Sugar Refinery Explosion Kills Three in New York
A massive blast at the American Sugar Refinery plant in New York Thursday morning killed three men and left fifty believed buried in rubble while many more were injured as the fire took hold.
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New York
Submarine U2 Disabled by Spanish Torpedo Boat No 6
In Cadiz Spain the German submarine U2 was spotted and damaged by gunfire from the Spanish torpedo boat No 6. The crippled submarine was towed into Cadiz for further handling.
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Cadiz
Spain
Tnto
Ute Indians Register on Igoado Reservation
All Ute Indians on the Igoado reservation are reported as registered according to a melange from the reservation’s headquarters in Durango Colorado.
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Ute Indians Register
Durango
Colo
Queen Wilhelmina in Narrow Escape After Dutch Train Wreck
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands escaped injury in an Italian wreck near Utrecht. Four cars derailed as the train heading to The Hague carried the queen back to London.
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London
Wilhelmina of
Holland
Houten
Utrecht
Murder near Mount Plepagan razes farm buildings
Fremington, N. de Williams, Queen, his wife and daughter Miss Eleanor Queen a school teacher were murdered near Mount Plepagan Haunterdon county Priday eight. The farm buildings were burned.
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Fremington
N. de Williams
Queen
Eleanor Queen
Mount Plepagan
Haunterdon
Vanderlip Warns Against “Business as Usual” in War Readjustment
National City Bank president Frank A. Vanderlip warns that war will force major shifts in American industry and employment. He argues bigger business is better business and urges workers to switch from luxury goods to war production, preventing idle labor and easing the nationwide readjustment toward war prosperity.
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Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
Vanderlip
United States
Europe
Industria R
Whole Country Behind President in War Speech
The piece lauds the president for rallying the nation to war against Teutonic autocracy. It credits his address with uniting Americans across politics, calling for decisive leadership and collective effort to defend liberty and democracy worldwide.
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Teutonic Autocracy
America
Industrial Expansion Predicted
Industrial expansion is urged as essential during wartime prosperity. The text argues that a huge war loan and spending on ammunition and supplies will spur national industry growth, raise demand for factory goods, and sustain profitable, potentially higher prices.
Duty Laid Upon Congress Warns of Shared Burden
The article argues Congress must join the people in a great sacrifice. It calls for an end to bickering and log rolling and demands efficiency and single mindedness in handling the heavy duties of governance during wartime. It stresses Congress should curb perquisites and party advantages.
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Congress
One Possible End to War Yet Unknown
The article reflects uncertainty about how long the war will last and what changes may affect relative strength. It emphasizes that America can and must understand the matter as the conflict ends to secure victory for democratic peoples.
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France
America
Investment critique harms Colombia urges U S action
A fragmented commentary argues Roosevelt's policy harms Colombia and favors antiseptic measures, urging the United States to make amends for past wrongs to weaker powers. It calls for safeguards against foreign intrigue in South America and compensation for Isa feat town, framed as a good investment.
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Colombia
Roosevelt
United States
South Ameria
Isefa
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