Canadians in Fierce Lens Front Clash Near Cherisy
British advance posts near Cherisy are recaptured as Germans push back defenders. Canadian troops led a night dash to seize the Lens electric works, holding them briefly before German counter attacks drove forces to original positions. Artillery hindered progress and shelter construction, but valuable identifications were made.
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Associated Press
France
Lens
Arras
Piepeahe
Aliat
Regirdaeta
British Recapture Post Near Cherisy in West Front Action
London reports the British have recaptured the advanced post southwest of Cherisy that had been held by Germans since Saturday night. Allied forces also repulsed attacks southwest of La Bassée and near Neuve Chapelle, and entered enemy trenches east of Vermelles.
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London
Cherisy
la Baeses
Neuve Chapelle
Vermesies
Bruges Bombing Reported by Dunkirk Commodore
The War Office says a bombing attack on Bruges wharves and canals was carried out last night with good results. The commodore at Dunkirk relays the report.
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London
Bruges
War Office
Dunkirk
Norwegian Steamers Sunk by Germans in May
London reports 49 Norwegian steamers totaling 75,397 GRT sunk in May with 25 lives lost. The figures were conveyed by the Norwegian legation and reflect wartime losses among merchant ships.
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London
Artillery Battle Intensifies in Belgian Front
Berlin reports the artillery duel in the Wytechaete salient near the Belgian front grew to the fiercest violence and continued through the night, according to today’s army bulletin.
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Berlin
London
Wytachaete
French Give Way Near Friedmont In Treidmont Salient
Paris reports German forces have pressed into French advance positions near Treidmont as a salient develops. Survivors describe the British freighter Karums torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off the Spanish coast on April 27. two crew members died and an engineer and sailor were lost.
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Paris
Treidmont
New York
Chris Thornton
Arrest of GermanCaptain’s Son In Spy Suspects Roundup
New York June 4 arrest of the son of a German Army captain marks a dramatic twist after a group of three men were arrested on penal code charges for carrying mail in opposition to the postal service. Authorities withheld names until arraignment while two defendants are American born and the third Swedish naturalized citizen. Federal agents found mail showing transmission of information by steamer to Mexico and possibly by wireless to Germany.
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New York
New York City
Soint
Germany
United States
Knox
Sweden
Mexico
Kronstadt Sailors Threaten Petrograd Over Council Reforms
Kronstadt sailors who recently declared independence arrived in Petrograd endorsing a protest against the Provisional Government. They threaten to bring Kronstadt warships to Petrograd, claim dissatisfaction with Kerensky and the abolition of the death penalty. An island fire and phosphorus explosions occurred with no injuries, officials citing spontaneous combustion.
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Petrograd
Kronstadt
Gautuyeff
Gutuyeff
Kronstat Eailors
Kerensky
Oranienbaum
Howland Co. Plans Wartime Support for Dependents
The Howland Dry Goods Co announces a plan to keep loyal employees financially stable during military service. Married men enroll in Class 1 with wives paid monthly equal to their husbands’ current pay, while single men fall under Class 2 with payments to mothers or next of kin at half the gap between military pay and government pay. The benefit lasts two years or until war ends, with potential early termination at the company’s discretion.
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Howland Dry Goods Co
Army
Navy
Howland Dry Goods
Seaplane Invented for Fighting Subs
Paris reports Santos Dumont has devised a seaplane designed to combat submarines. A Turin dispatch to the Petit Journal says the aircraft will be manufactured in the United States and supplied to the Allies.
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Paris
Santos Dumont
Turin
Petit Journal
United States
Remington Co Plans Doubling Its Production
Rumors of a government takeover of the Remington Arms plant were denied by officials. The plant is expanding output with a new Four Thousand a Day slogan, producing 2,300 rifles daily as engineers depart and negotiations continue. Bridgeport plant makes 7,000 bayonets for Ilion Holdystone Winchester rifles. No successor named for the late lien examiner. council meeting postponed to June 15.
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Remington Arms &Ammunition Co
United States
Home Office
New York
Remington Arms & Ammunition Company
W. B. Ferguson
Remington Arms Co
Brooklyn Navy Yards
Bridgeport
Remington
Clinton 5.Woods
Allied
Ilion
Holdystone
Winchester
Unions Rally Bridgeport For Liberty Bond Drive
Bridgeport unions plan a joint push to sell Liberty Loans with Machinists leading, joined by the Dorset Workers union and Building Trades Council affiliates. Boy Scouts will canvass June 11 to 14, while Capt G M Tooker and Hincks Bros. workers discuss pay raises to fund bonds. National Biscuit Co commits 500000 dollars to the Liberty Loan.
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Bridgeport
Machinists
Howard Speer
Hincks Bros. & Co
Dorset Workers’ Union
Building Trades Council
Bridgeport Boy Scouts
United States
Park City
G .M. Tooker
Tooker
H. A. Baidlong
Clarence Payne
F. J. Kingsbury
Julia H. Kohlmaiser
Fred Curtis
A. E. Lavery
J. K. Williamson
Chary B. Smith
Minnie Walter
Mildred Foster
Imey Curtiss
Edith Wilson
David S. Day
Poli
Liberty Loan
Bridgeport completes preparations for 16 meet registration
Bridgeport readies registration for all males ages 24 to 31 under the selective act. Officials appoint chief registrars for twelve districts and prepare recording facilities as Home Guard units stand by for police duty tomorrow.
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Bridgerport
Flaas
United States Naval Coast Defense
Ohio
Bridgeport
J. Alex H. Robinson
Hartford
Henry P. Lyons
Charles V. Barring
Wilson's Note to New Russia Delivered in Petrograd
Washington reports President Wilson's communication to the new Russian government on the war aims has been cleared in Petrograd by Ambassador Francis. It will not be published in the United States or Russia for a day or two while the State Department handles matters of detail.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Petrograd
Francis
Russia
State Department
Bridgeport Named for Breslau in Navy Ship Renaming
Secretary Daniels announced the seizure ships had new names. Breslau becomes Bridgeport, Geier to Schurz, Kiel to Camden, Leibenfels to Houston, Saxonia to Savannah, Vogen sen to Quincy, Nicaria to Pensacola, Odenwald to Newport News, Hohenfelde to Long Beach, Frieda Leonhardt to Astoria, Andromeda to Bath, Rudolph Blumberg to Beaufort, President to Kittery, Lockson to Fullport. Most new names honor navy connections. Geier is renamed for Carl Schurz. Leibenfels Houstoin was sunk in Charleston harbor when relations with Germany ended.
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Washington
Daniels
Navy
Geier
Schurz
Breslau
Bridgeport
Kiel
Camden
Leibenfels
Houston
Saxonia
Savannah
Vogensen
Quincy
Nicaria
Pensacola
Odenwald
Newport News
Hohenfelde
Long Beach
Frieda Leonhardt
Astoria
Andromeda
Bath
Rudolph Blumberg
Beaufort
President
Kittery
Lockson
Fullport
Connecticut Governor Holcomb warns anti registration treason
Hartford June 4 Governor Marcus H. Holcomb urged Connecticut's young men aged 21 to 31 to report for registration and to alert police or military authorities if anyone discourages registration. He warned that anti registration advice is treason and urged patience with delays while urging early turnout tomorrow and loyalty to national war efforts.
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Holcomb
Hartford
Marcus H. Holcomb
Connecticut
Eos
Washington
PS “T
Matrimonial feud ends in self harm attempt in Brooks Street dispute
Octave Conti of 274 Brooks Street tried to kill himself after his mother in law took his wife. He faced breach of peace charges as the case, aided by his wife’s testimony, continued with Judge Fredis te Bartlett presiding tomorrow. The mother in law alleges coercion over signing the marriage license and threats, while Conti insists on reclaiming his wife.
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Octave Conti
Brooks Street
Conti
Frediste Bartlett
Automobile He Sent Doesn't Return
Fred Chagnon of 857 Mainstreet reported two men, known to him, borrowed his car from the Blue Ribbon garage on Fairfield avenue Saturday night at about 11 oclock. He expected its return but the auto with license 8 D remained missing. police asked to locate both men and the vehicle.
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Fred Chagnon
Mainstreet
Bridgeport Transportation Firm
Blue Ribbon
Fairfield Avenue
Arcas Looted On High Seas By Mexicans
Galveston June 4 The American fishing schooner Arcas was boarded by a Mexican gunboat off Tehuantepec on May 31 and looted of clothing fishing gear and a medicine chest. Capt S A MacDonald brings the report.
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Galveston
Arcas
Tehuantepec
Mex
S. A. MacDonald
The
Five Killed in Cumberland Mine Explosion
Nanaimo B C June 4 five men were killed and much damage done to No 6 mine of the Canadian Colleries in Cumberland by an explosion yesterday from an unknown cause. The victims were members of a survey party mapping out work for the week. The mine is under the town of Cumberland which was severely rocked by the explosion.
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Nanaimo
B. C
Cumberland
Factory Explosion Levels Suburban Paris Plant
Paris residents woke to a powerful blast at 4 am when an Aubervilles factory exploded destroying the building and hurling roofs from nearby structures. No casualties reported as authorities assess damage in the suburb.
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Paris
Aubervilles
Three Farn Officers Arrive as Prisoners in New York
Three officers from the German prize steamer Farn, interned at San Juan Puerto Rico and seized by the United States in April, arrived in New York today aboard a Porto Rico steamer as prisoners.
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New York
Farn
San Juan
P. R
United States
Porto Rico
Remington Arms Union Workers Register Plans Revealed
Chief J J Farmer of the Remington Arms plant outlines elaborate plans for registering employees. The department handles military service liability for workers at the Union Metallic Cartridge Co. facility with ongoing preparations.
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Arms CO
J. J. Farmer
Remingt
Department
Remington Arms Union Metallic Carteridge Co
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