Bonar Law analyzes blow on Italian front in Commons
London June 18 Andrew Bonar Law as chancellor of the exchequer introduced a vote of credit for 500000000 pounds and reviewed the war front. He said the Austrian offensive in Italy had failed after three days with little objective gained while British and French troops held firm and Italian resolve remained high. He noted Berlin likely initiated the offensive and urged confidence as he contrasted the western front with German aims.
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Associated Press
London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Italy
France
Berlin
Vienna
Italan
Ower
Bonar Law
Althe
Paris
Altho
Hindenburg
Poor Jerry O Leary News Drama in Treason Trial
New York June 18 Sinn Fein leader Jeremiah A O Leary facing federal indictments for treason and espionage appeared in court after capture as a fugitive from justice. Testimony described his restless mental state and flight from Oregon to Sara Washington and Reno with brother John J O Leary. Prosecution witnesses painted a complex escape plot while Jeremiah said he had six weeks rest and needed it.
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Associated Press
New York
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Sinn Fein
Sara
Wash
John J. O’leary
Jeremiah
Arthur L. Lyons
John O’leary
Sinn
James R. Speer
Jeremiah O'Leary
Harry Thaw
Tombs
St. Louis
O’leary
Portland
Ore
Liberty Bonds
O'Leary
Lyons
Thomas A. Corbett
Jerry
30 000 Prisoners Claimed By Vienna
Rome reports Vienna claims 30,000 prisoners and 120 guns taken as Austrian forces press along the Piave and Montello fronts. Italian and Allied troops counterattack, hold positions, and report heavy clashes from Fossalta to Mestre with continued river defenses and renewed openings repulsed.
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Vienna
Piave
Adriatic Sea
Montello
Zenson
Fossalta
Cape Sile
Venice
Maserada
Candela
Mestre
Austrian War Office
Weather Across States With Temperature and Conditions Update
Ohio and Indiana show partly cloudy skies with warmth on Thursday while Kentucky sees fair weather and cooler western areas. West Virginia also fair on Thursday with higher temperatures. The report lists station figures including Montreal Jacksonville Pittsburgh Chicago Omaha Denver Spokane Seattle and Cincinnati, noting a June 1 1918 record at 7 pm with temperatures and wind, rain, and sky conditions across cities.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West
West Virginia
Conspiracy Charged to Stop Competition in Refined Fats
Washington June 18. The Federal Trade Commission accuses United Rendering Company of Trenton and associates including M L Shoemaker Company Philadelphia Winald S Allen Berg Company Nathan Berg D B Martin Company F W English Consolidated Dressed Beef Company Christopher Offenhauser and Baugh & Sons of Philadelphia of conspiring to suppress competition in refining animal fats by inflating raw material prices. Shoemaker Company also allegedly used cars to shadow competitors and spy on rivals and customers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
United Rendering Company
Trenton
N. J
M. L. Shoemaker & Company, Inc
Philadelphia
Winald S. Allen
The
Berg Company
Nathan Berg
D. B. Martin Company
F. W. English
Consolidated Dressed Beef Company
Christopher Offenhauser
Baugh & Sons Company
Shoeman & Company
Government sleuths arrest lieutenant in graft hunt
Washington June 18 The government pursuit of wartime contract profiteers reached New York with the arrest of Lt James C Staley a reserve army officer on charges he took money from Traefit Raincoat Co to procure a contract The plant visit by DOJ agents led to the arrest as he allegedly received funds from Joshua Rosenthal and Louis Wener who ran the plant Staley reportedly expected more payments when contracts were secured for 50600 raincoats costing about 250000 The arrest marks the first army officer seizure under the DOJ probe into agents who secure contracts for commissions with manufacturers More arrests are anticipated as contractors cooperate in exposing the scheme
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Washington
New York
James C. Staley
Traefit Raincoat Company of
Department of Justice
Joshua Rosenthal
Louis Wener
President Wilson May Confer With Carlton on Telegraph dispute
President Wilson may summon Western Union chief Newcomb Carlton to Washington for a conference over the dispute with the Commercial Telegraphers Union. Cabinet discussed Carlton letters opposing employee affiliation and possible reconsideration by the Labor Board. The meeting also noted potential government seizure of lines if a strike occurs and debated the legal authority to do so.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Newcomb
Carlton
Western Union Telegraph Company
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
New York
Nationar Labor Board
Labor Board
Knox elected Trustee at Mt Union College
United States Senator Gerstead Knox of Pennsylvania was elected a Trustee of Mt. Union College for a three year term at Alliance Ohio on June 18.
Adm Gleaves Compliments Sea Service
Admiral Albert Gleaves praises the cruiser and transport force for a year of exacting duties. He commends officers and enlisted for loyalty and cooperation, cites fleet reactivation, ship organization, overseas efforts, and safe troop transport through submarine-infested seas. He expresses confidence in captains to meet future stresses with support from him.
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Associated Press
New York
Albert’ Gleaves
Trasport Force
Auction set for Borglum property in Georgia
The property of sculptor Gutzon Borglum, owner of Stone Mountain equipment used to carve the Confederate memorial, was advertised for public sale on June 28 in Atlanta to satisfy a $700 back salary claim by former secretary C G Baxter. The seizure follows sensational charges Borglum recently made regarding the aircraft production program.
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Atlanta
Stone Mountain
Gutzon Borglum
C. G. Baxter
Bor* Glum
South Confederacy
Y M C A Needs Told By Mott
John R. Mott told President Wilson that despite losses among Y M C A staff in France, the American Y M C A is expanding its troops support. He said one quarter of the 2,500 workers are within artillery range, huts will be built for French troops at 2,000 locations, British huts are being rebuilt, French foyers will be replaced, and by September 4,000 American workers will be needed overseas, with about 20 percent women.
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Associated Press
Washington
John R. Mott
Young Men’s Christian Association
France
Wilson
American Association
Dr. Mott
Governor's Son Dies in Dayton Home
Thomas Blair Cox, son of Governor James M. Cox, died at the family residence in Dayton after being born the previous Sunday. Governor Cox canceled two scheduled addresses, one at Columbus Public School graduation exercises and another at the Ohio State University commencement in Ada, as he returned home.
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Columbus
Thomas Blair Cox
James Cox
Dayton
Will retire Gen. Swift and shift to retired list
Washington June 18 Major General Eben Swift head of the American Military Mission in Italy will be returned to the retired list upon relief by Major General Charles G Treat newly appointed chief of the mission General Swift was retired for age after reaching his post but was kept on the active list pending successor appointment
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Associated Press
Washington
Eben Swift
Italy
Charles G. Treat
War Department
Swift
Grace Lusk Sentenced to Nineteen Years
Grace Lusk was sentenced to nineteen years at hard labor in the Wisconsin State Penitentiary at Waupun for second degree murder in the June 1917 case involving Dr. David Roberts and the death of Mrs. Mary Newman Roberts. The court condemned both defendants for targeting the home and society, noting Lusk’s intimate involvement with Roberts and her lack of right to harm Mrs. Roberts. Lusk collapsed in court as the sentence was read and was carried out unconscious.
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Associated Press
Waukesha
Wis
Grace Lusk
Mary Newman Roberts
Wisconsin
Martin Lueck
Waupun
Miss Lusk
David Roberts
Dr. Roberts
Train wreck injures thirty four soldiers at Camp McArthur
Waco Texas June 18 Thirty four soldiers were injured five probably fatally when a St Louis & Southwestern Railroad train carrying troops stationed at Camp McArthur wrecked over a wooden bridge. The engineer and two firemen were probably fatally injured. Names of the injured were withheld.
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Waco
Tex
Ac. Selby
St. Louis
Navy personnel boosted as 131,485 men approved in 1.6B naval bill
The House voted to raise Navy personnel from 87 to 131,485 as part of the 1.6 billion naval appropriation. Debate followed the defeat of a Senate amendment to create Lieutenant General for the Marine Corps commander and Major General for staff officers. Critics alleged lobbying and political motives amid Secretary Daniels’ opposition.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
House
Senate
Marine Corps
Representative Butler
Pennsylvania
Keaton
Colorado
Barnett
Daniels
Keating
France
Girl Workers Under Fire in Brooklyn Heights
New York June 18. Grand jury accuses Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company of excusable neglect in employing women and girls as young as 14 under harmful conditions. It urges immediate legislation to protect self-respecting womanhood, citing long hours, hiring of questionable characters, and harmful environments at car barns.
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Associated Press
New York
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
E Street Railway Company
Spang is dismissed for graft at Camp Travis
Washington June 18 Captain Frederick C Spang of the Quartermaster Corps is dismissed after a court martial for selling empty flour sacks to civilian dealers at Camp Travis Texas He was on duty with the camp bakery and disposed of about 20000 bags for a payoff
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Washington
Frederick C. Spang
Quartermaster Corps
Camp Travis
Tex
Spang
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