Defeat of Germans at Rheims and Piave offensives noted
London reports French hold the Rheims front and repulse a large German assault amid heavy losses. In Italy the Piave front sees renewed Austrian attempts to cross the river thwarted, with Italian and Allied forces holding positions. Anxious Austrian leadership seeks another bold but dangerous Italian offensive in defiance of German backing.
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Fiheims
Piave River
London
France
Italy
Rheims
Compiegne
Vrigny Plateau
Sil Jery
Piave
San Andrea
Candela
Dossulta
Cape Sile
Reuter
Tome
Gerumti
More Men Placed in Class One Before Reclassification
Early reports indicate over 250000 men will be added to Class 1 through local board reclassification, surpassing initial estimates of 200000. General Crowder’s draft regulations, effective July 1, are expected to raise first class totals, with each district near the national average of 28.7 percent.
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Wasington
General Crowder
Drowned in Mount Pletaant Cloudburst Debris
One man dies in a cloudburst above Mount Phar. Louis Oldham a farmer age 40s, swept away by floodwaters. Property damage estimated at substantial value as houses collapse and are washed away in the northern canyon area with several escapes reported.
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Utann
Mt Pletaant
Ciah
Louis Oldham
Mount Pharnot
German Vessels Bottled Up After Zeebrugge Raid
Report from Zeebrugge indicates twenty one German ships stranded in Bruges canal docks along with submarines and military vehicles seized or blocked by British forces during the raid on the submarine base on the Belgian coast.
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Lomlon
Bruges
Zeebrugge
Belgian
American Flyers Head to Italy for Front Duty
A group of American aviators began their deployment to Italy for service on the Thallin front. The expedition departs Wednesday and ends up in Italy after transportation to the European theater.
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Italy
Washington
Esendrille
Street fighting erupts in Kiev amid intercepted wireless message
A revolt rumor from Moscow via wireless telegram reports street clashes in Kiev with artillery stores exploding in a street. London notes the intercepted message as the source of the claim.
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Kiev
London
Moscow
Forest Fires Reported in Coeur d Alene Region
Forest fires were reported Wednesday near Mixsxouth and Mine Creek in the Coeur d Alene area. Officials warned the fires could become serious as crews battled flames in the forested region.
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Mixsxouth
Monte-Pires
Hanken
Coeur
Alene
Gothi
Kantian
Mine Creek
Hawaiian Registry Date Fixed For July First
Officials set July first as the registration date under the selective law for Hawaii residents who have reached their majority. President Wilcom noted continued bias in policy discussions and urged compliance with the new rule.
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Wishingstone
Wilcom Bias
Hawaaii
Duly Bi
Wit
Sherman Favors Siberian Invasion and US Intervention
In the senate on Thursday Senator Sherman argues for immediate intervention in Russia. He labels the Bolshevik government an ally of Germany and urges bold action, citing Japan as eager to join an expedition and warning against watchful waiting. Senate colleagues dispute Japan’s eagerness and caution against broad intervention.
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Washington
Sherman
Mindrs
Senate
Russia
Germany
Milnois
United States
Japan
Siberia
Great Britain
France
Gut
Asia
Mexico
America
Carranza
Hitchcock
Nebraska
King
Utah
Monarchist General Executed in Tilentsin
In Pekin the execution of General Hu Chien-Chang at the military headquarters in Tilentsin is confirmed by a presidential mandate issued Thursday for monarchist propaganda among the troops.
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Pekin
Tilentsin
Hu Chien-Chang
Transport Sant Anna Sunk Off Bizerta Night of June 11
The transport Sant Anna en route from Bizerta to Malta was torpedoed and sunk during the night of June 11. Of 2150 soldiers and native workers aboard, 1512 were saved.
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Paris
Sant’ Anna
Bizerta
Malta
Major Griffith Leads Army Pigeon Training Section
Major Griffith heads the pigeon section of the Signal Corps, a department within the army tasked with training birds for carrier service.
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Griffith
Army
The
Signal Corps
Draft Age Limit Debate Prompts Congressional View
Congress faces question of extending the draft age either below 21 or above 30. Secretary Baker, backed by the War Department, says no firm position will be offered at this time.
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Congress
War Department
Baker
Brewery Pool Discusses Coal Content Reduction Plan
Brewery representatives at a conference considered lowering beer coal content to at least sixty percent of normal as a potential efficiency measure.
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Washington
House Approves Sundry Civil Bill for Ship Building
The House passed the sundry civil bill on June 17 approving 2.915 billion in appropriations, with 1.7617 billion for ship building and 350 million for the emergency war fund. The measure includes funds for the president and the information committee, and limits pay for draft-age personnel in the information budget. The bill goes to the Senate.
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Washington
Committee On Public Information
House
Senate
President
Information Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Information’ Committee
Shipping Board
The
Food Administration
Fuel Administration
War Trade Board
Department of Labor
War Industries Board
Council of National Defense
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Presidential Fund
Marine Casualty List: 717 Marines Lost Overseas
Total American marine casualties overseas from landing to last June reach 717. Major General Barnett, commandant, issues the summary: 106 killed in action, 58 died of wounds, 588 wounded in action, 1 missing, and 1 held prisoner in Germany.
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Washington
Barnett
Marine Corps
Germany
Fairbanks Trust Leaves $50,000 For 500 Year Social Welfare
Probate in Todianapolis reveals a trust from the late Charles W. Fairbanks valued at about 2.15 million dollars. A fund of fifty thousand is to be held for five centuries with income distributed every 50 years to support social welfare work as a memorial to his wife.
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Todianapolis
Charles W. Fairbanks
Mob-Related Deaths Taint Mississippi Case
A Black man accused in a grave incident in Mississippi dies after a posse confrontation. He had fatally wounded his employer Ben Brooks, and six others were wounded, with one likely fatally.
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Hatches
Gvorge Clayton
Ben Brooks
Ace Baer Prisoner of German Forces Reported Missing
Lieutenant Paul Krank Baer known as the American Ace is now reported a prisoner in a German camp. He had been listed missing since May 22 and confirmation telegrams reached his mother in Fort Wayne Indiana.
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Ace
Fort Wayne
Ind
Paul Krank Baer
British salvage saves hundreds of ships in 1918
From January 11 to the end of May 1918, 407 ships sunk by the Gecommus in British waters were salvaged, detailing the Admiralty salvage department’s work.
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London
Gecommus
Admiralty Salvage Department
Americans Storm German Trenches at Cantigny
Dawn raid in Montdidier sector sees American infantry storm front trenches while artillery bombards the rear. German garrison, fighting to hold positions, is largely killed or captured. a machine gun nest is destroyed by a trench mortar direct hit.
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France
Cantigny
Montdidier
Americans Prepare to Aid Italians on Piave Front
Secretary of War Baker indicated in a telegram that American soldiers soon will be fighting on the Piave front. The message was sent to the Roman Legion of America, which delivered greetings to troops at the front via the War Department on Flag Day.
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New York
Baker
Roman Legion of America
War Department
March Promotes Peyton C. March to General and Chief of Staff
Acting chief of staff Peyton C. March is promoted to general and chief of staff in recognition of his record and efficiency.
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Peyton
March
Fire Destroys Freighter Ravalli En Route to Alaska
Messages report the Pacific Steamship Company freighter Ravalli a 7177 ton vessel was destroyed by fire Saturday while sailing toward southwestern Alaska ports. The loss involved freight and passengers and occurred at sea near a Pacific port.
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Pacific
Pacific Steamship Company
Prsssenger
Ravalli
Alaska
Swiss Red Cross Rewarded for Allied Troop Aid
Washington reports the American Red Cross awarded Switzerland's Swiss Red Cross 125000 dollars in recognition of its service to allied troops interned by Switzerland and prisoners held in Germany.
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Swiss Red Cross
Washington
Switzerland
Germany
Swine Red Cross
America Red Cross
President Wilson Delays War Move on Turkey and Bulgaria
Washington reports President Wilson has restrained Congress from immediate war action while state department investigates. Secretary Lansing testified before the Senate committee on foreign relations as urgent calls for war grow. The administration asks Sweden and Spain for quick details on the seizure of the American consulate at Tabriz and the sacking of the American hospital.
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Washington
State Department
Wilson
Congress
Turkey
Bulgaria
State Lansing
Senate
Tabriz
Draftee in Double Tragedy in Los Angeles
George Ivan Crow, 24, son of A H Crow of Salt Lake City saddlery fame and cousin of Raymond F Crow, the first Salt Lake marine killed in France, was found dead with a woman in a Los Angeles rooming house. Crow shot the woman identified as Mrs R F Simons and then himself, police say, while in a temporary insane state.
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Los Angeles
George Ivan Crow
A. H. Crow
Salt Lake City
Raymond Franklin Crow
Salt Lake
United States Marine Corps
France
R. F. Simons
Crow
Bread Riots Erupt in Vienna Over Ration Cut
London reports via Amsterdam dispatch that Vienna saw serious rioting with mobs breaking into bakeries and stoning the premier's residence and Hofburg wing. Cavalry rush to restore order as martial law appears likely amid protests over bread ration reductions.
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London
Vienna
Amsterdam
Hofburg Palace
More Hun Tricks Allegedly Used by Austrians
Rome reports a semi official note says Austrian troops dressed as Italians in Italian uniforms to sow panic before a major offensive. Captured impostors were executed by drumhead court martial under wartime law.
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Rome
Cloudburst floods Goldfield Nevada close to two feet
A Thursday cloudburst drenched Goldfield Nevada washing the lower town area to two feet. The power plant and light lines were destroyed halting all trains and flooding the Southern Pacific roundhouse.
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Goldfield
Nev
Southern Pacific Roundhouse
German air losses cited to question enemy claims
An official statement says eight hundred thirty five German airplanes have been destroyed since January 1, challenging German air force communiques and suggesting they underreport or misstate losses.
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Paris
Vienna Workers Strike At Vulcan Arsenal And Warschalowski Works
More than 100000 workers have walked out in Vienna at the Vulcan arsenal and the Warschalowski airplane plant, a Zurich to Exchange Telegraph map patch reports.
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Vienna
London
Vulcan
Warschalowski
Mapatch
Zurich
Exchange
Cloudburst in Mining Camp Causes Heavy Property Damage
A cloudburst and electrical storm centered near Alta Friday morning caused about $5000 in property damage and likely delays to industry in Salt Lake City area. The incident disrupted activity at the mining camp and surrounding facilities as crews assess losses.
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Salt Lake City
Alta
Submarine sighting reported 180 miles off Bandy Hook
An Atlante Port An American steamer arriving Thursday from a Central American port reported sighting a submarine 180 to 200 miles south of Bandy Hook, described as wartime activity with a U-boat in pursuit.
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Atlante
Bandy Hook
Ideal Place for Solitude Bird Island wrecks record
Bird island, the northern Magdalen island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, is a sheer cliff of five acres hosting thousands of seabirds and a solitary lighthouse keeper and wife. The island, infamous for shipwrecks, is accessed only by rope and windlass with infrequent supplies.
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Bird Island
Magdalen Islands
Gulf of St. Lawrence
New Fashion Fad Theming Undergarments With Artful Displays
The Brockton Times notes a fashion fad where hosiery makers cut costs by plain colors, boosting artistic undergarment ideas. Oil paintings on fabrics and dramatic motifs including Marie Antoinette and the Bastile appear on corset covers and underskirts, thrilling artists facing postwar market quiet.
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Nes
Marie Antoinette
Brockton Times
Boulevard term tied to fortifications through history
The word boulevard derives from bulwark meaning fortification linking to old ramparts, yet since the mid nineteenth century the title has been used for new thoroughfares not shown on the line of an ancient enceinte.
Plano Not Necessity in War Price Probe
A Berlin musical instrument dealer faced antiprofiteering charges for selling a renovated hand plane at $600 after paying $175. The official argued planes were a daily necessity for wartime nerves, but the trader disputed the view, insisting a plano is a luxury and may be sold for any price.
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Berlin
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