Norway Stays Neutral Amid German Diplomatic Tensions
A Copenhagen dispatch says Norway will remain on the fence as protests mount over a German plot to blow up Norwegian ships. Germany recalls its minister. Admiral Paul von Hintze replaces him as press reports detail a German explosive courier scheme and Norway’s backlash in Oslo and Copenhagen.
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London
Norway
Copenhagen
Germany
Christiania
Aron Rautenfels
Michaelis
Paul von Hintze
Mexico
China
Foreign Office
Aftenposten
Morgenbladet
Dagens Nyheter
Sweden
Local Hay and Grain Exchange Opposes Prohibition Amendment
The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Hay and Grain Exchange urged Senators Harding and Pomerene to defeat the confiscation provision for brewery and distillery property in the food bill. Samuel Gompers called national prohibition the greatest injustice to the country in a White House meeting with President Wilson. Labor leaders and Kansas City officials voiced opposition to measures stopping beer and light wines, while administration officials signaled cautious support.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Hay and Grain Exchange
Chamber of Commerce
Harding
Pomerene
Grain and Hay Exchange
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
E. A. Fitzgerald
Exchange
Gompers
Samuel Gompers
American Labor
Wilson
White House
American Federation of Labor
Kansas City
Organized Labor
John T. Smith
Central Labor Union
Congress
Altho
Herbert C. Hoover
Weather Summary for Ohio Valley and Surrounding States
The forecast calls for isolated thunder showers Thursday and Friday across the region. Temperatures trend near or above seasonal averages, with readings lower than Tuesday in parts of the Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys and the West Lake region. A table lists current temperatures, highs, and precip, followed by the Cincinnati record for June 27, 1917, ending at 7 p.m. meridian time, plus a comparison with the same date in the prior three years.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
Upper
Mississippi
West Lake Region
Cincinnati
German Socialists Call for War on Militarism and Autocracy
In Copenhagen June 27, comments by Philipp Scheidemann push for democratization of Germany as a path to peace. Vorwaerts argues democratization will ease tensions with democracies and curb future wars, while most opinion favors delay under Bethmann Hollweg. The Berliner Tageblatt supports reform, but pan German and anti reform factions resist substantial changes.
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Copenhagen
Wilson
Germany
Philipp Scheidemann
Stockholm
Vorwaerts
Scheidemann
Berliner Tageblatt
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Juarez Traced as Villa Forces Move Toward Border
Francisco Villa led about 1,500 men from Villa Ahumada eighty five miles south of Juarez toward the border today. Juarez residents fear a capture attempt while train service to Chihuahua City is halted. a Villa signed message inviting General Murguia to come out and fight was received in Juarez.
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EL Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Villa Ahumada
Juarez
Chihuahua City
Terrazas
Jose Carlos Murguia
Ends big coal strike in Western Canada
Calgary confirms 8000 miners in Western Canada return to work after Commissioner W H Armstrong orders immediate resumption of operations in all affected mines ending a strike that began April 1.
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Calgary
Alta
Canada
W. H. Armstrong
Potatoes Fall Dramatically in New York Market
New York on June 27 reports potatoes at four dollars a barrel, down from twelve at the peak. Rail and steamship lines dumping thousands of bushels from southern points caused the drop, with wholesalers noting a fifty cent daily fall over the past week.
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New York
Arrested at Dayton Geltreich Charged with Keller Murder
Albert Geltreich of 1626 Pleasant Street was arrested Wednesday night at the Soldiers Home Dayton C by order of Municipal Court in the Keller murder case. Detective Joseph Brink signed the warrant and will bring him to the city Thursday morning.
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Albert Geltreich
Pleasant Street
Soldiers
Dayton
William Love
Geltreich
John Keller
Dudley Street
Joseph Brink
Brink
Olympia sinks after Block Island rocks fate
EXIT HISTORIC CRAFT. The United States cruiser Olympia went on the rocks off Block Island and began flooding after the magazine bulkhead was smashed. Naval crews are removing ammunition while a wrecking company's boats work alongside.
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Block Island
R. I
Olympia
Berkman Rebuked In Court In Draft Conspiracy Trial
In New York on June 27 Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman faced questions in the U S District Court over alleged conspiracy to obstruct the draft. Judge Julius M Mayer warned Berkman to limit jury questions to relevant topics as they prepared their defense.
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New York
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
United States District Court
Julius M. Mayer
Talesmen
Berkman
Miss Goldman
Mayer
Return of Cocchi Application Signed by Whitman
Albany June 27 Governor Whitman signed and sent the Italian exile request for Alfredo Cocchi to Washington. The document was forwarded to state department authorities for action.
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Albany
N. Y
Exiatien
Italy
New York
Alfredo Cocchi
Whitman
State Department
Washington
Congress Calls For Peace With Russia Unity
The all-Russia Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers' delegates adopts a resolution urging restoration of peace at the earliest time for the success of the revolutionary republican movement. It also records opposition to a separate peace, favoring general peace instead.
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Petrograd
Revolutionary Republican Movement
Russia
all-Russia Congress of Workmen’s and Soldiers
Brewers Tackle Near Beer Plan in Cincinnati Lectures
Richard Schneider of Hawtke's Brewers' School praises President Wilson to review bone dry legislation. He travels with John Trevenot F L Baumbash and P A Sunger for a three day course showing how plants can shift to non alcoholic beverages and near beer if prohibition spreads.
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Wilson
Richard Schneider
Hawtke’s
Brewers’ School and Laboratories
Milwaukee
Gibson Hotel
Congress
Schneider
Cincinnati
John Trevenot
F. L. Baumbash
P. A. Sunger
Strand
Shaw sets transcontinental destroyer record voyage
The destroyer Shaw completed a Pacific coast to Atlantic port run of about 5,858 miles in fourteen days ten hours twenty minutes. The new destroyer, keel laid February 1916, also shattered all Panama Canal passage records at five hours forty five minutes versus the prior six hours twenty minutes.
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Washington
Shaw
Pacific
Atlantic
Panama Canal
Patriotic Sunday Aids Red Cross Named By Wilson
Washington June 27 Patriotic Sunday will be observed in all Sunday schools nationwide to honor President Wilson's appeal for Red Cross relief. Wilson urges generous gifts and notes the call of the present war requires aid from every citizen, some by arms and others by support through contributions.
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RED Cross
Wilson
Washington
United States
Sunday Schools
United States of America
American Red Cross
Woodrow Wilson
Vanguard of the First American Army Lands in France
The advance guard of the United States Army has landed in France to fight alongside Allied forces. Major General Sibert commands the first forces abroad under General Pershing. The rapid overseas deployment marks a record in troop transportation and preparedness despite submarine threats.
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Europe
France
Washington
United States
Germany
Haiti
Santo Domingo
War Department
Pershing
Sibert
General Pershing
South Africa
Army General Staff
San Antonio
Atlantic
Wilson
French High Commission
U S Engineer Sibert Ties Cincinnati to World Service
Brigadier General William L. Sibert directed river and harbor work in Cincinnati from October 1914 to March 1915 and served as senior member of the Ohio Valley Flood Board. He later led coast artillery on the Pacific coast, earned congressional thanks for his China flood work, and presided in Cincinnati again as chamber of commerce speaker.
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William L. Sibert
United States
France
Cincinnati
Sibert
Ohio Valley Flood Board
Central Division
Congress
China
Red Cross
Coast Artillery
Pacific
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Juliette Paschall Roberts
Thomas P. Roberts
Pittsburg
West Point
Cornell
Engineer’s Corps
Louisville
Isthmian Canal Commission
Gatun Locks
Washington Avenue
Avondale
Undersea Outrages Kept Up
The Admiralty reports last week’s losses include twenty one British vessels over 1600 tons and seven smaller ships sunk by mines or submarines. German merchant ships were sunk by British mines or subs, including the Greek liner N Hadzikr re akos with twenty two deaths and the U S sailing vessel Galena. The Danish steamer Gunhild incurred five casualties and two Norwegian steamers were also destroyed. The Pensular and Oriental liner Mongolia hit a mine off Bombay with no casualties but loss of all mail.
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London
Admiralty
Hague
N. Hadzikyreakos
United
British Drive Preparations Hinted In German War News
German writers with War Press Bureau input suggest a new British offensive is planned but Haig’s unsettled tactics leave the target uncertain. Captain von Salzmann cites a potential Wytschaete style assault with heavy artillery and a narrow front, possibly north of Ypres.
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Copenhagen
War Press Bureau
Haig
von Salzmann
Vossische Zeitung
Wytschaete
Ypres
Jewish Homeland in Palestine Urged by Justice Brandeis
Associate Justice Louis D. Brandeis helped end a Zionist dispute by backing a resolution affirming confidence that the American Jewish Congress in September will work to secure a legally recognized Jewish homeland in Palestine. A $5,000 annual Palestine Bureau budget was approved and Hadassah reelected Miss Henrietta Szold as chairman of its Central Committee.
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Palestine
Justice Brandeis
Baltimore
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Federation of American Zionists
American Jewish Congress
Palestine Bureau
Palestine Committee
Henrietta Szold
New York
Central Committee of
Hadassah
Women’s Zionist Organization
Sleeping husband killed by wife in Maryland
In Berland Maryland on June 27 Mrs Minnie Carter tied her sleeping husband to a bed and shot him three times, killing him instantly. She fled to a neighbor and reported the tragedy saying her husband abused her and threw her out of the house. She claims the revolver was her defense and was jailed.
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Cc Berland
Minnie Carter
Drastic Day Proposal Before Senate on Prohibition Bill
Senate Agriculture Committee approves drastic amendments to prohibit manufacture of beer and distill liquors, with President power to permit wine, and expands federal control to steel, iron, petroleum, farm implements, and fertilizers. Provisions on government procurement and licensing are debated, action delayed.
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Washington
Administration
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bakers Show Readiness to Help Conservation
Bakers show readiness to help conservation efforts in Washington as of June 27 with community support and planned actions. The report notes local volunteers and organizations preparing to assist in environmental projects and preservation campaigns.
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Bakers
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