Reductions in Bituminous Coal Prices Sweep Nation
East of the Mississippi reductions range from one to five dollars per ton with a fifty cent cut for government. Effective July 1 the deal sets mine prices and transportation plus twenty five cents a ton. Four hundred operators pledged to supply by regional committees and share price setting with government through the defense council.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Lane
Defense Council
Coal Production Committee
Fort
Federal Trade Commission
Smith
Geological Survey
Clearfield
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Illinois
Indiana
Alabama
Maryland
Peabody
United States
Democracy Principles Shown in Public Relations
A statement about showing sympathy for the people and understanding relationships as the essence of democracy. The remark emphasizes that such conduct constitutes the core of democratic governance.
Suffragists Plan To Keep Up Demonstrations
Washington reports say suffragists will continue protests before the White House and other venues despite 25 arrests and six jailed in the past week. Miss Alice Paul leads the effort with hundreds of volunteers ready to travel to Washington. Police continue to arrest for obstructing sidewalks and promoting disorderly gatherings as banners are displayed. two more entrants were arrested at a president event but released without charges. The six jailed yesterday will be freed tomorrow morning.
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Washington
White House
Missa Alice Paul
Women's Party
Wilson
Complete Pershing Reports Delayed From France Landing
Washington on June 28 reports say major general Pershing has not yet submitted complete details of the French landing. Navy department awaits convoy commander’s report on a largely peaceful voyage. Officials foresee a period before troops enter the trenches as strategic plans, supply chains, and acclimation must be arranged.
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Washington
Pershing
France
War Department
Navy Department
Tropics
Mexican
Harvesting Wheat Progress Across Southern States
Harvesting of the winter wheat crop is well under way in all southern states with oats and winter wheat progressing in central districts. The winter wheat harvest runs about ten days late in Kansas eight or more in Tennessee North Carolina and Virginia and about two weeks late in southern Illinois and Indiana.
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Washington
Kansas
Tennessee
North Carolinia
Virginia
Ilinois
Indiana
Strange Malady Kills Children in Cape Girardeau
Six teen children have died in recent days and more than twenty five are ill in Oran Missouri from a mysterious illness puzzling doctors. Symptoms resemble enterocolitis but the disease differs in key aspects, with specialists noting the condition targets children and involves intestinal inflammation characteristics.
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Cape Girardeau
Oran
Scott County
American Aviator Killed in French Skirmish
Corporal James Hall of Colfax Iowa a member of the Lafayette escadrille is believed killed in an encounter with seven German airplanes. He was shot through the lungs and his machine fell within the French lines according to the Herald.
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Paris
James Hall
Colfax
Iowa
Lafayette Escadrille
Herald
Addah Sunk by German Submarine in June Torpedoing
The Elder Dempster steamer Addah was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on June 15 near London. The attack also hit the captain's boat killing eight crew members.
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London
Elder-Dempster
Addah
Romanian Army Recruiting Mission in Washington
A Romanian mission headed by Dr Basil Lucaci with Johann Mota and Lt V Stocia arrived in Washington to seek quarters and meet the state department. The group aims to stimulate recruitment for the Romanian army among Romanians in America, despite lacking a formal diplomatic representative.
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Washington
Roumania
United States
Basil Lucaci
Johann Mota
V. Stocia
State Department
America
Lawyers Read London Agreement Text in Coal Trial
In New York on June 28 the jury heard the text of a London agreement claiming a $5 a ton price for bunker coal. W W Willett testified he proposed a 2.98 bid to avoid collusion, noting others might bid 3. The judge allowed the document to be used to show intent, and the trial adjourned until tomorrow.
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London
W. W. Willett
Boston
Chesapeake and Ohio Coal Agency Co
J. M. Wright
Raleigh Coal and Cole Co
Cincinnati
Navy Department
Jones
Whiterwaetah
United States
Gribb
Canadians Capture Front Line Near Avion in Lens Area
Canadian troops under heavy artillery fire stormed the German front line before Avion, a Lens suburb, and captured the trench positions in France on June 28. The advance reflects ongoing Allied efforts to push German defenses along the Western Front.
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France
Avion
Lens
Would Send Food Bill Back To Committee
Washington reports the House control bill on government food powers facing debate in the Senate. Senator Lodge urged continued production of beer and wines while the measure would ban all intoxicating beverages unless the president exempts wines. Senators Johnson and Kellogg supported the bill as a war measure. A motion by Senator Hardwick to return the bill to committee argued prohibition and other sections may be unconstitutional.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Lodge
Johnson
California
Kellogg
Minnesota
Hardwick
Germans Repulsed at Wattweiler Salient Front
Paris reports that on June 28 German forces attacked the Wattweiler salient northeast of Thann in Alsace and were repulsed with casualties, according to the war office announcement.
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Paris
Wattweiler
Thann
Alsace
War Office
Virginia Boy Scouts Quit Potato Harvesting
Nearly a thousand Virginia city Boy Scouts withdraw from potato harvesting in the eastern shore district after a probe into mistreatment reports and trucker slowdowns. The move leaves most of the crop unpicked as prices and market congestion drove wages down and expenses up.
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Richmond
Virginia
Eastern Shore
Kell
Eastern Army
Sali
Allen Pott
Virginia National Guard
General Bell
John Stuart Bryan
Former convict sergeant leads Russian hero in Carpathian assault
Petrograd reports a Siberia born ex convict sergeant who inspired a bold attack in the Carpathians. Leading fifty volunteers through Russian lines, he charged German positions under heavy fire, personally killing two Germans and prompting a panic that led to many enemy prisoners captured with eighteen followers.
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Petrograd
Carpathians
Siberia
Jermans
Coal Price Reduction Agreed By Operators in Washington
Immediate general coal price cuts of one to one and a half dollars per ton were agreed by coal operators in Washington. The move aims to lower costs for the public and may lead to further cuts after mining cost investigations. Government price reductions are anticipated.
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Washington
Changes in Venizelos Cabinet
In Athens on June 28 alterations were made in the Venizelos government. M Negropontes takes over the finance portfolio from agriculture. M Spirites becomes minister of communications replacing Papnastasiou who moves to national economy. Agriculture and refugees ministers remain unappointed.
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Venizelos
Athens
M. Negropontes
M. Spirites
M. Papanastasiou
Agriculture
Railroads Use Efficiency Add 35,000 Miles of Capacity
Washington reports railroads controlling 51 percent of U S mileage show the railroad war board conservation campaign moved 3 354 000 more ton miles of freight in April than in 1916. The board says this equals adding 35 000 miles to the nation s railroad facilities and enhances capacity.
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Washington
Railroad War Board
Serbian Volunteers Fire On Imaginary Austrian Fort
A train carrying over 600 Serbian volunteers bound for the war zone fired revolver shots at a signal tower labeled U U F in the Pennsylvania railroad yard. J F Meyers of Jeanette Pa was shot in the left arm while on the tower roof. Other archers in the tower fled in disorder.
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Pittsburg
UU. F
Pennsylvania
J. F. Meyers
Jeanette
Britain Plans Board to Control Raw Cotton Distribution
In the House of Commons George Henry Roberts parliamentary secretary to the board of trade said cotton imports have fallen below needed levels for all mills. It is deemed wise to form a board to regulate distribution and use of raw cotton.
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Britain
London
George Henry . Roberts
Board of Trade
House of Commons
Weather Outlook for West Virginia and Virginia
West Virginia clears Friday with Saturday fair and warmer. Virginia shows showers and thunderstorms Friday, followed by fair and stable conditions Saturday. Temperatures remain light to moderate with little change overall.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Brazil Joins Entente War Effort as Canada Presses Lens
Brazil abandons neutrality and aligns morally with the United States and Entente as Canadian forces push toward Lens. Canadian units from Nova Scotia, Central Ontario, and British Columbia storm German lines protecting Lens, reaching within a mile of the city center after defeating Prussian Guards and Fifth Grenadiers. Fronts elsewhere see bombardments and limited actions across France Belgium Russia and the Austro-Italian sectors.
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United States
Germany
Brazil
Entirte
Dominion
Lens
Department
Pas-de-Calais
Nova Scotia
Ontario
British Columbia
Avion
Leauvette
France
Belgium
St. Georges
Galicia
Macedonia
Western Virginia Christian Endeavor Union Convention Opens
The West Virginia Christian Endeavor Union begins a four day program in Martinsburg with addresses by Guy H. McKee and Dr. John Prittan Clark. A morning session on Methods is led by Charles Evans, an excursion to Harper's Ferry is planned, and officers are to be elected.
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Martinsburg
West Virginia Christian Endeavor Union
Guy H. McKee
John Prittan Clark
First Presbyterian Church
Washington
Charles E. Evans
Kentucky
Union
Harper’s Ferry
Louis E. Black
Parkersburg
August Pohlman
Philadelphia
Paul FE. Reeves
Pohlman
Crist
Fvans
Morgan Comphers
Washington, D. C
Fess To Make Dress At Congressional Event
The dress will be prepared by Congressman S. D. Fess of Ohio for an upcoming event. Adjournment is planned for Sunday evening.
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S. D. Fess
Ohio
America must profit by England's censorship mistakes
Lord Northcliffe urged editors in New York to avoid censorship mistakes Britain made early in World War I. He said the United States can play a major role in the war, valuing brains and speed and learning from past missteps in reporting and government secrecy.
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New York
Lord Northcliffe
United States
England
America
Hoogland
Designation of Army Regiments by Number and Branch
Washington June 28 War department decides to designate all army regiments by number and service branch only mixing regulars national guards and national army. Regular regiments keep names while national guard and army regiments are renumbered forward with parenthetical state options for local identification.
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Washington
Regulars
National Guards
National Army
War Department
First Infantry
First Cavalry
National Guard
205Th Infantry
West Virginia
Sixty-Fifth Field Artillery
Virginia
Sixty-Sixth
Indiana
Police Delinquency Probe in Ruth Cruger Case
Leonard M Wallstein, commissioner of accounts, urged presenting Lt Browne and the Ruth Cruger case to the district attorney. He recommended trying Lt Francis A Steinkamp and Lt John J Flannelly and Sgt Francis McGee on negligence charges.
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New York
Leonard M Wallstein
Mitchell
Ruth Cruger
Woods
William Browne
Wallstein
Francis A. Steinkamp
John J. Flannelly
Francis McGee
Daniels Addresses Naval Academy Class at Annapolis
Secretary Daniels told nearly 200 Naval Academy third year students in Annapolis on June 28 that democracy of a hundred million can wage war efficiently with unity of spirit. The class graduation had been advanced by a year to supply officers for fighting ships.
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Daniels
Annapolis
America
Naval Academy
Government plans for absolute control of wheat trade
President Griffin of the board of trade announces government plans for complete control of the wheat market in all its aspects. He says there will be no speculation in wheat while buying and selling of other grains for current or future delivery remains unrestricted.
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Chicago
Griffin
Board of Trade
Two More Suffragists Nabbed By The Police
Washington June 28 two more women suffragists were arrested as they entered the national museum for the unveiling of the Robert Emmet statue attended by President Wilson They carried a banner they did not unfurl reading Mr President why be a liberal abroad and a conservative at home Iris Calderhead of Wichita Kansas and Elizabeth Stuyvesant of New York formerly Cincinnati were taken to police headquarters.
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Washington
National Museum
Robert Emmet
Wilson
Iris Calderhead
Witchita, Kans
Elizabeth Stuy
Plans to Fill Farm Labor Shortage Through Youth Camps
Washington June 28 Two day conference opens at council of national defense offices with state directors and United States Boys Working Reserve to discuss mobilizing youth labor for farms and industry. Speakers include Secretary of Labor Wilson Dr Claxton and W S Gifford.
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Washington
Council of National Defense
United States Boys’ Working Reserve
Wilson
P. P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
W. 8. Gifford
United States
Almet
Sue
William E. Hall
State Council of Defense
Hall
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
California
Philadelphia
New Haven
America
Y. M
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