Russia Entreats Allies for Expeditionary Force
Washington reports no change in U S policy toward Russia despite rumors of Siberian action. The Russian Cadet Party appeals to the United States and Allies to send an expedition under internal control to safeguard rights and oppose German advances.
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Associated Press
Washington
Siberia
Russia
State Department
United States
Cadet Party
Constitutional Democrat
Brest-Litovsk
Prisoners and Guns Taken as Front Holds Station
Bloody fighting on a seven mile front between Ribescourt and St Maur halted German divisions. Allied forces reported 1 000 captured enemy bodies and secured the sector with heavy losses on both sides.
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Ribescourt
ST. Maur
Bodhes
Montidier
Bessons-Sur-Matz
Oise
Belloy
Genlis Wood
Courcelles
Mortemer
Foch
American Troops Advance in Belleau Wood With Success
Washington reports northwest of Chateau Thierry the American forces in Belleau Wood advance their positions capturing 250 prisoners and extensive material including machine guns and trench mortars. French gains along a 70 mile front include Belley Genlis Wood recaptured with over 1,000 prisoners and several guns.
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Balleau Wood
Per Shing
Washington
Ghateau Thierry
Belleau Wood
Pershing
Chateau Thierry
Bouresches
Belleau
Belley
Genlis Wood
St. Maur
Loge Farm
Antheuil
Matz
Chevincourt
Machemont
Bethancourt
Oure
Montdidier
Noyon
Anthenil
Oise
Weather Summary For Ohio West Virginia and Indiana Regions
Weather outlook across Ohio shows partly cloudy skies with chances of showers and cooler air along Lake Erie. West Virginia and Kentucky expect fair, slightly cooler conditions. Indiana remains fair and warm with cooler trends in the northwest Thursday. Temperature readings from major stations include Cincinnati and San Francisco, with noted fog and clear periods and a June 11 1918 record comparison at Cincinnati ending 7 pm.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
West Virginia
Kentucky
Indiana
Jacksonville
Spokane
Ssiso
Pittsburg
iSeattle
Chattanooga
Soos
Fricago
San Francisco
Bt. Louis
Los Seh Carseat Be
Denver
Saehiaiebantan Pibti
Cincinnati
S.W
Peenetenben
France blocks foreign ads to curb espionage aims
Paris authorities under General Dubail ban sending newspapers abroad with advertisements. Journals must issue special editions with ads blocked to maintain foreign connections. France follows Italy after the Austro German offensive, amid espionage suspicions in French and Italian papers.
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Associated Press
London
Dubail
Paris
France
Italy
Doctors on Record for Day Proclamation at AMA Meet
Dr. Arthur Dean Bevan of Chicago installed as President of the American Medical Association during a war meeting in Chicago. Attendees included Dr. Charles Mayo and top U S officials as he urged 20 percent county quotas of medical men for army service and noted better army health and the role of Prohibition in public health.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Germany
Arthur Dean Bevan
The
American Medical
Gorgas
Bevan
Government-Imposed War Order Freeze In Congested Districts
The War Industries Board and Fuel and Railroad Administrations set a policy to halt increases in war orders and the number of plants in a defined congested district. The zone covers New England, Eastern and Southern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania to Williamsport and Altoona, New Jersey, Delaware and Eastern Maryland excluding Baltimore. The aim is to shift expansion toward the Midwest and South while avoiding eastern hardship.
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War Industries Board, Fuel and Railroad Administrations
Middle West
South
Associated Press
Washington
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Williamsport
Altoona
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Baltimore
War Industries Board
Fuel and Railroad Administrations
Atlantic
Ree AM
AMGUS
Yinther
Allegheny Mountains
Hampton Roads
Revision Council rejects Bonnet Rouge treason appeals
Paris June 11 The Council of Revision refused appeals of seven men convicted of treason tied to the Bonnet Rouge German propaganda case. Duval, director of the paper, was condemned to death with six others given two to ten years. This followed the earlier Bolo Pasha case. Caillaux awaits trial.
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Associated Press
Paris
Council of Revision
Bonnet Rouge
M. Duval
France
Bolo Pasha
Joseph Caillaux
Burian Reaffirms Peace by Understanding Policy
Baron Burian the Austro Hungarian Foreign Minister in an Az Est interview reiterates the policy of peace by understanding. He says the dual monarchy seeks no annexations and notes four peace treaties concluded, none of them implying conquest. He argues Romanian actions and frontier protection, dismissing worries about subjugation and calls for firm defense if entente leaders persist in harsh rhetoric.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Amsterdam
Baron Burian
Az Est
Romania
Carpathian
of George
London
German Navy on the Move in High Seas Offensive Doubt
A Swiss‑based Allied dispatch reports Germany plans a grand naval offensive to back its land push, with orders to keep the fleet ready and high‑ranking officers recalled. German press cites Tirpitz and Kieler Zeitung on accelerating activity as a North Sea showdown with Britain looms. U.S. and Allied forces await the clash.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Switzerland
Kieler Zeitung
Hamburger Post
von Tirpitz
Paris
North Sea
Gleaves
Tennessee Convicts Escape in Thrilling Train Heist
Three convicts escaped from the Tennessee State prison by boarding a passing train and forcing the engineer to depart at gunpoint. They rode a mile out, hijacked a car after robbing $70, fled, abandoned the auto, crossed a field, and then hijacked a farmer's buggy after firing on him.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Profiteering Probe Seen In Washington Lease Deal
A House report cites a wartime real estate deal in Washington where government leased buildings were subleased to an amusement company for 4000 dollars yearly and then subleased back to the government at 14000 dollars yearly, illustrating alleged profiteering.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Today
Court Nolles Charges Against Councilman Collapse
In Youngstown Ohio on June 11 Judge J D Barnes threw out detective Cross testimony in the jitney bribery case against City Councilman Harry Hogue after not dealing directly with him. Prosecutor Hurley nolled the indictment and it was dismissed, though charges may proceed against four other councilmen.
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Associated Press
Youngstown, O
Harry Hogue
J. D. Barnes
Sidney
W. W. Cross
J. P. Hurley
Hogue
Ausonia Sunk Westward in German Submarine Attack
The British transport Ausonia of the Cunard line was torpedoed and sunk several hundred miles from the British coast while moving westward. Ninety crew members were rescued, with forty reported missing. The 1907 steel four masted ship measured 450 feet 6 inches by 54 feet 2 inches and was built at Newcastle. Captain R Capper commanded the vessel.
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Associated Press
New York
Ausonia
Cunard Steamship Company
Capper
Newcastle
England
Belgian delegates address AFL convention in St Paul
At the AFL annual convention in St Paul Lieut de Mun of Belgium and Prof. van Heke urged U.S. aid as Belgium faces starvation while three quarters of a million Belgian workers refuse German war work. Samuel Gompers pledged continued pressure to defeat German forces. Socialists pressed the Labor Mission report. Four Garment Workers' Union members abstained during the rising vote.
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ST. Paul, Minn
American Federation of Labor
Belgium
America
Henrie de Mun
Albert van Heke
University of Louvain
de Mun
Germany
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Garment Workers’ Union
Secretary of War Baker to address West Point graduates
West Point N Y June 11 Secretary of War Baker could not attend the review but will speak to the graduating class tomorrow morning and review the cadets Major General Payton C March reviewed the cadets in his absence A reception followed at the superintendent s quarters One hundred and thirty seven cadets make up the class of 1919 graduating ahead of schedule
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Associated Press
West Point
N. Y
Baker
United States Military Academy
Payton C. March
Academy
Alumni Association
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