British Drive On In Belgium Opens Front Assault
June 7 report notes a British offensive in Belgium with a nine mile front between Messines and Wytschaete, first objectives captured, French and Belgian artillery aiding the assault. Prisoners taken as heavy bombardment continues from Dixmude to Wytschaete with German reserves massed behind lines. American warships arrive in French waters carrying a transport of supplies for US forces. The American oil tanker Silver Shell reportedly sank a German submarine in the Mediterranean. The French navy welcomes American fleet as allied forces prepare for final victory.
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Belgium
France
Silver Shell
Mediterranean Sea
French Ministry of Marine
Theaa
Messines
Wrytschaete Ridge
West Flanders
Northea
Dixmude
Ypres
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Ruta
No Drink Rule to Check I D in Canton Saloons
Canton saloon personnel adopt a no registration card no drink policy. Bartenders will ask for age proof from youths and those with no valid card will be refused service. Signs will warn patrons that unregistered individuals cannot purchase liquor. The plan aims to enforce age verification.
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Canton
Two Special Days For Registration In City Hall
The draft board announces two additional registration days in the city hall council chamber on Friday and Saturday from 8 am to noon and 2 pm to 8 pm to allow men who could not register on Tuesday to comply. Transients and nonresidents will register during regular hours with help from interpreters for Austrian, Roumanian, Greek, and Italian speakers as the board pushes to enforce the law. An official from Col. Hubert Turney advises liberal enforcement unless fraud is suspected, with penalties to follow after these grace days.
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Council Chamber
Election Board
Hubert Turney
Ohio National Guard
Broken Leg Exemption Claims Surge In Canton Register
Registration cards at the board of elections show a high share of Cantonese military age residents listing broken legs as a reason for exemption. The line for Support Of A Family is outranked only by Broken Leg as the favored exemption entry.
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Board of Elections Office
Short Weighing Charged in Canton Trial
State Inspector John Mote and M J Dotter charge David Bersteen of Great Lakes Refining Co Cleveland with selling short weight. An affidavit claims 26.6 gallons of lubricating oil measured for 5 gallons in a test by state experts. Trial expected Thursday in Squire Corrells court. State officials will stay to pursue related prosecutions.
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M. J. Dotter
State Department of Agriculture
Canton
David Bersteen
Great Lakes Refining Co
Cleveland
Dotter
Bernsteen
S. E. Axe
Mansillon
Squire Correll
Americans seek heartening news in three-year slump
The Express reports 10,000,000 Americans yearn for hopeful signals after three years of hardship. The June dispatch notes rising optimism despite widespread weariness, highlighting limited signs of improvement and public desire for stabilizing developments.
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London
Express
Russian secessionists push moves as Kronstadt eyes peace
June dispatches from Petrograd note Kronstadt and Samatoff followers inviting soldiers to join a secessionist movement while Kerensky pressures front-line troops. Petrograd war plans continue as chaos persists in Russia amid rival governments and uncertain outcomes. In Vienna, Vienna reports 10266 Italians captured by Austro Hungarian forces including 2564 officers after three days of fighting between the Vipacco valley and another sector.
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Austro Mungarian War Office
Vippaco
Austro Hungarians Capture Hill Position Near Jamiani
In a storm assault near Jamiani Austro Hungarians repulsed the Adriatic area action and captured a hill. The official statement says nearly all of the eleventh sixth, sixty ninth and seventy first regiments of the Italian army were taken. Among the officers captured were four Italian generals.
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Jamiani
Ammons
Silver Shell Sank First German Submarine by U S Sailors
June 7 report from Washington states the Silver Shell tanker from Wilmington Del led an American crew that sank the first German submarine since the war opened. Commander William J. Clark of New York presided gun crews aboard the 5605 gross ton vessel built in 1915 with 47 crew and wireless. The Silver Shell also became the first American merchant ship to sail from an American port for the war zone after Kaiser's decree to paint neutral ships.
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Washington
Wilmington
Del
Navy Department
Wm. J. Clark
New York
Shipping Losses Show Decrease
London reports 33 ships sunk in the week ending June 3 but critics urge caution noting a possible lull in the submarine war. Germany may deploy more submarines at sea, with 15 ships totaling 14600 tons sunk, 18 ships last week, and five fishing boats among the losses while three were under 1400 tons versus one the prior week.
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London
Germany
Veterans Parade On Old Glory Honors Lost Cause Heroes
Washington observers watched a march of Confederate veterans and Union supporters under the Stars and Stripes. Five thousand United Confederates and six thousand others participated in a parade recalling Civil War valor and loss, as acast skies stood over the event.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Parents Charged in Death of SevenYearOld Evelyn Wakelin
Boston June 7 news says Mr and Mrs Wakelin of Melrose were indicted by the Middlesex county grand jury on first degree murder for the alleged killing of their seven year old daughter Evelyn Wakelin on January 6.
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Boston
Jos Wakelin
Melrose
Middlesex County Grand Jury
Evelyn Wakelin
Ruth Law Heads to Lincoln for Liberty Loan Flight Tour
Ruth Law, premier aviatrix, departed by train for Lincoln Nebraska where she will begin a flight tour to promote the Liberty Loan. The itinerary includes stops over Oklahoma oil districts and Kansas as part of the fundraising effort.
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Chicago
Missa Ruth Law
Lincoln
Neb
Liberty Loan
Oklahoma
Kansas
Pomerene Boosts Canton Lib erty Bond Drive
Senator Pomerene presented Canton with a $1,000 Liberty bond contribution Thursday afternoon as part of the local Liberty loan drive. Judge Henry W. Harter, chairman of the Liberty loan committee, accepted the check.
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Henry W. Harter
Liberty Loan Committee
Senator Pomerene
Want Girls To Tabulate Cards For War Draft Helpers
Six or eight patriotic girls can do real war service by tabulating draft registration cards. Volunteers will duplicate and alphabetize lists, speeding work for the war department. Girls report to the board of elections office in the Daily News building for four or five days of duty.
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War Department
War Draft Board
Board of Elections
George Shauf
Daily News
Majority Makes Exemption Claim
Columbus report states that of about 550000 Ohio registrants two thirds claim exemption. Reasons include dependents physical defects and occupational troubles. While roughly 180000 did not claim exemption many will be excused, and thousands who gave exemption reasons will still have to serve. Ohio may supply about fifty thousand soldiers.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio tops, Stark eighth in statewide registration
Ohio reports show Stark county as eighth in total registered men with 18 071 as part of 683 261 registered statewide. Other large counties include Cuyahoga 86 230, Lucas 83 563, Hamilton 49 011, Summit 40 263, while exemptions reach 178 009 of 260 439 in seven counties. Military and tribal cases surface from Oklahoma and Colorado as registration continues.
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Cuyahowa
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Summit
Lucas
Mahoning
Franklin
Montgomery
Stark
Rehtecans
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Athens
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Darke
Guernsey
Morgan
Multiple City Briefs Report June 7
A string of terse notices from cities including Youngstown Toledo Marion and Cleveland report incidents such as a flag desecration charge a lynching scare four men arrested over a registration matter cattle killed in a lightning storm thefts from a theater and a drowning in Sandusky plus a gas accident at Woodfield and international updates from Buenos Aires and Paris noting metal export bans and American warships off France coast.
Closing Prices In Grain Markets And Livestock Markets
Pittsburgh and Chicago trading notes show cattle prices steady to firm with primes around 13.00 to 13.55 and many grades from 5.50 to 11.50, hogs drifting lower with prime heavy at 15.85 to 15.90, and calves and sheep varied. Chicago and Toledo report mixed grain futures and commodities prices, wheat and corn moving with small gains and declines across July and September contracts. Elgin reports butter at 40 cents a pound, and Cleveland stock markets show cattle and hogs with modest shifts and lambs around 12.60 to 13.00 for good to choice.
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Toledo
Alsike
Timothy
A. Cleveland
Cleveland
Charity Estate Sparks Will Challenge in Mansfield Ohio
Relatives file action in common pleas seeking to set aside the will of Miss Susan M. Sturges valued at about 100000, largely leaving bequests to charity and churches. Sturges wrote a self dated will and later pasted an unsigned codicil onto it, which relatives contend is invalid because it lacks proper signing and witness proof.
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Mansfield
Susan M. Sturges
Common Pleas
Sturges
Extend Time On Petitions In Ohio Voting Delay
A state anti saloon headquarters in Columbus announced a petition deadline shift to June 27 for the dry amendment. At least 125 000 signatures are required with 40 000 already reported from 13 counties near Cleveland. Officials expect total signatures to exceed the minimum. Debates over timing and support continue amid political pressure.
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Columbus
James A. White
Cleveland
Budgets Filed for 32 Tax Districts by Local Officials
Officials from 32 taxing districts have filed probable budget needs for next year. The budget commission will convene on the first Monday in August to trim the budgets to fit within each locality's tax limits.
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Budget Commission
Death notice Kozmas Kozmides dies of tuberculosis
Kozmas Kozmides, twenty nine, died Wednesday evening at 6 oclock of tuberculosis at his home 207 Blecker pi NE. An uncle, Harry Arafads, 207 Bleckerpi NE, is the only relative living in America. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 oclock at Haralampus Greek church Walnut and 3rd street SE.
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Bleckerpi
Harry Arafads
America
Haralampus Greek Church
Walnut
War Bride Stocks Rally On New York Stock Exchange
Bethlehem Steel and Industrial Alcohol lead early gains as war brides and steel shares spark a bull market resumption. U S Steel climbs to 133 percent before dividend, with Reading and Lackawanna also rising high. Bank lending at 4 percent, and profits take hold as rails gain late in the morning.
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Bethlehem Steel
Stock Exchange
Bethlehem
U. S&s. Steel Common
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Lacka- Wanna Steel
Republic Iron
S. Steel
Union Pacific
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Cully Arrested in Rockford Treason Charge Riot
John Cully, organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World, was arrested on treason charges after a riot in Rockford. About 139 prisoners faced arrest. 189 socialists stormed the county jail seeking confinement for failure to register. Assistant DA Neal said they would be offered a chance to register before charges.
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John Cully
Industrial Workers of the World
Cully
Robert Neal
Chicago
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