Italian Check New Hun Drive
Rome report says Austria has launched its largest offensive of the campaign with a massive artillery barrage aimed at crossing the Piave near Treviso. Italian counterattacks and heavy fire forced the Austrians to retreat from river gains, while Conrad von Hoetzendorff directs with new strength and the Italian high command remains calm and confident.
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Rome
Kaijser
Piave
Treviso
Preganziol
Corriere Della Sara
Austria
Trentino
Astico
Brenta
Frenzella
Valstagna
Conrad von Hoetzendorff
Paris Enthusiastic as American Soldiers Parade
Paris crowds greeted arriving American troops with flowers and cheers as their motor convoys rolled through the city on their way to the front. The Saturday night celebration showed the high admiration of Parisians for the overseas soldiers.
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Paris
German Troops reportedly rout Bolshevik Steel Guards near Taganrog
Telegram from Kiev cites General Knoerzer to General Elchhorn that about 10,000 Bolshevik Steel Guards, led by Czech officers, were nearly wiped out by German forces west of Taganrog, a Russian port on the north shore of the Sea of Azov.
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Amsterdam
Knoerzer
Elchhorn
Ukraine
Kiev
Taganrog
Sea
Agov
Disloyal Editor Arrested in Espionage Case Flight
Jeremiah A. O'Leary, a fugitive from justice since the eve of his trial date on espionage related charges, was arrested at Sin Wael and is en route to New York to face federal custody.
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New York
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Hull
Ater
Sin, Wael
Bopp's Property Attached in Oakland Detention Case
Bopp's property in Oakland attached by federal authorities to collect a 10 000 lien while he serves a two year term in McNeil Island Washington for violation of American neutrality.
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Bopp
Oakland
Ciile
Prout Bopp
German Court of
San Francisco
Federal
McNeil Tshund
Wash
Siaturdiy
Stere
Hopp
Allies Gain Expanded Credit To Britain And Belgium
The Treasury on June 16 extended credits of 8175,004,000 to Great Britain and 50,000,000 to Belgium. This raised total Allied credits to 800,004,090,000 with further support to Italy and Belgium totaling 121,000,000.
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Great Britain
Food Hoarder Punished in DC Supreme Court
Dr. Princie S. Nash, former naval medical director, was fined 31000 in the District of Columbia supreme court after entering a plea of nolo contendere to unlawfully hoarding foodstuffs.
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Washington
Princie S. Nash
Medient
Navy
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Wilson Urges Telegraph Firms to Accept War Labor Board
President Wilson declares it is imperative that telegraph companies and employees honor the national war labor board decisions. He cites unions rights, grievance procedures, and board arbitration as essential to national interests during the war.
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Washington
Wilson
National War Labor Board
Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
War Labor Board
Telegraph
President Urges World Suffrage in Wilson Message
President Wilson on June 13 urged global political freedom and urged Congress to pass the Susan B. Anthony suffrage amendment this session. He cited women’s wartime service and stated that nations must admit women to suffrage for true democratic reconstruction. He pressed the Senate to act before adjournment.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
England
France
Belgium
Italy
Portugal
Carrie Chapman Catt
Senate
Susan B. Anthony
America
Senate of the
United States
Draft Regulation Changes End Exemptions for Marriage
General Crowder announces drastic draft amendments effective immediately. New rules reclassify marriaged men under the selective draft law and remove marriage as an exemption except for those aged since June 5, 1917 who married before January 15, 1918. Dependency claims allowed for children born or unborn before June 0, 1918.
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General Crowder
Washington
Congress
Draft Registrants May Enter Marines Washington
Men of the 1018 class of draft registrants may enlist in the navy and marine corps, according to a ruling dated June 10 by Provost Marshal General Crowder.
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Marines
Washington
Navy
Snoring Corps
Crowder
German Offensive Halted Near Paris Amid Uncertain Plans
London reports the German drive toward Paris paused after heavy losses at Montdidier Noyon and Soissons Villers Cotterets. Allies halted the thrust within days, while German reserves remain behind the lines and speculation grows on the main objective and timing. General Foch forces are described as strong and ready to respond.
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London
Paris
Montdidier-Noyon
Soissons-Villers Cotterets
Noyon
Soissons
Villers- Cotterets
Montidier
Aisne
France
Channel
Foch
Bryan Predicts Prohibition Victory Across States
William Jennings Bryan spoke in Springfield at a rally of Aditi Saloon league workers saying he believes enough states will ratify the federal prohibition amendment within the coming year to ban intoxicating liquor from the homes.
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Springfield
Ills
William Jennings Bryan
Aditi Saloon League Workers
Army to reach three million by August first under war draft
Provost Marshal General Crowder told the senate military committee that about 3,000,000 men will be under arms by August 1. He said extending draft age limits may be necessary if current call rates persist, with 1.547 million of 2.428 million in Class 1 already called and 400,000 more from June 5 registrants plus 200,000 via questionnaire reclassification.
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Washington
Senate
General Crowder
Crowder
France
Maryland
Ku Klux Klan Grows Across Southern States
Reports from Texas to Florida describe the Ku Klux Klan expanding in hundreds of communities. The group uses warnings, tar and feathers, and lash as punishment, with death as an extreme penalty. thus labor slackers among Black workers face swift discipline.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ku Klux Klan
Mrs Busch Declares Loyalty to United States
Mrs Adolphus Busch arriving from Berlin via Spain issued a statement through attorney Henry D Hawes confirming loyalty to the United States. She says she is American born and has long wanted to return since America's entry into the war.
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Busch
Havana
Adolphus Busch
Berlin
Spain
Henry D. Hawes
United States
Americas
Germans Raid Yank Positions in Nivray Scene
About six hundred German shock troops attacked American first line positions at Nivray in the Toul sector early Sunday morning. Some attackers entered Nivray but were driven out. at other points the Germans were badly beaten by U S forces in France.
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Yank’s
France
Nivray
Toul
Xnivray
Anti-Soviet Plotters Busy in Moscow Arrests
Moscow reports say the Soviet government has made multiple arrests in an anti-Soviet plot inquiry. Among those detained are M. Kishkin once minister of public welfare in the Kerensky cabinet and M. Mulyontowtek who served as minister of Justice in the Kerensky cabinet.
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Moscow
M. Kishkin
Kerensky
M. Mulyontowltek
Kerenaky
Austrians Demand Peace Amid Expected Grave Events
Fabra agency dispatch from Madrid cites reliable sources claiming Austria faces imminent grave events as the population insists on peace at any price.
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London
Fabra Agency
Madrid
Austria
Montana Town Almost Wiped Out by Fire
White Sulphur Springs reports Two Dot, near the Chicago Milwaukee and Saint Paul line, nearly razed by a Sunday fire. Loss is estimated at 150000 dollars.
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Montana
White Sulphur Springs
Monte
Chicago, Milwaukee & &J. Paul
Here
Ruinoa Sunk by German Fire Off Virginia Coast
A Norwegian bark Ruinoa sailing from Bucens Alpes was sunk Friday near ninety miles off the Virginia coast by shell fire from a German submarine. Rescue efforts followed as reports come in from Washington.
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Washington
Ruinoa
Virginia
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Uncle Sam
Germany
Teutons
Lieut
Alonzo M. Seymour
Peekskill, N
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