Allies Wear Down German Offensive in French Front
Allied forces report ongoing battle from Montdidier to the Oise with French left advancing toward Mery and Menlis wood and repelling German assaults near the Arcnde front. Paris notes French reserves ready to strike as German attacks fatigue. Australian troops push back the enemy north of the Somme and take prisoners as American units support counterattacks south of Montdidier. The German tally reaches ten thousand prisoners in the latest offensives with heavy losses northwest of Chateau Thierry.
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Paris
Montdidier
Oise
Mery
Menlis Wood
Arcnde
Matz
Chevrincourt
Marest-Surmatz
Soisons
Temps
Ea MP
Hanch
Somme
France
Castigny
Berlin
Chateau Thierry
British aviators destroy twenty one enemy planes on Italian front
London reports that twenty one enemy aircraft were shot down by British flyers on the Italian front. A separate London dispatch notes Germany will not issue new peace offers in its forthcoming statement.
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Germany
London
German submarine base claim on Atlantic coast denied
Reports from survivors of the steam ship Pinar del Rio claim a mother ship was present but navy officials in Washington found no confirmation. They believe raiders may have used a captured vessel and are convinced Germany has no submarine base along the Atlantic coast.
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Pinar del Rio
Navy Department
Naval
Atlantic
War Minister Claims French Army Beaten at Front
Berlin dispatches report Von Stein stating a major portion of the French army has been defeated and that the Foch reserve army no longer exists. He credits the crown prince with successful attacks on the Chemin des Dames front and notes one of the war’s gravest en tente defeats. Paris discusses a pivotal western front battle with mixed victories on the wings and an even balance.
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Berlin
Foch
Chemin Des Dames
Entente
Paris
Henry Bidou
Atlantic City bartender tied to German spy signaling
Police arrest an Atlantic City bartender suspected of aiding a German espionage ring. He is accused of swinging a curtain at a window lit by gas jets to signal submarines off Brigantine shoals and the open Atlantic, a move seen by witnesses and authorities in Philadelphia.
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Atlantic City
Brigantine Shoals
Atlantic
Bering Sea shipwreck crews rescued say fisheries bureau
Washington reports the Bureau of Fisheries believes all aboard ships struck by ice in the Bering Sea have been rescued. The Roosevelt is reported to be leaving for Akutan, the nearest oil station.
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Reau of Fisheries
Bering Sea
Roosevelt
Akutan
Cordova Proclaims Flag Day Observance Friday June 14
Cordova announces Friday June 14 as a public holiday in line with national proclamations. Citizens are urged to display the national emblem and honor drafted men with a royal send-off, per Mayor W. R. Hillery.
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United States
Alaska
Cordova
W. R. Hillery
Clairvoyant fined for predicting German victory in war scare
In San Francisco on June 12 Anna Gaets an alleged clairvoyant was fined 100 dollars and faced fifty days in jail for predicting a German victory. Five clairvoyants were charged with exploiting women by forecasting war outcomes. Others predicting Allied victories received lighter penalties from twenty dollars to fifty dollars and up to twenty-five days in jail.
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San Francisco
Anna Gaets
Alien sailors beg food at Atlantic port
June 12. Soldiers search woods near here for three sailors who appeared yesterday and asked a woman for food. They wore a strange uniform and only one spoke English. They landed in a small boat or wreckage. officials want to locate them to determine if they may be Germans.
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Atlantic Port
Here
Treaties Not To Be Discussed In Open Session
The senate disapproval of President Wilson halted debate on open session treaties. The President believed treaties should stay private until negotiations finish. Admiral Farragut loads 400 cases of salmon at Sheppard Point for Canoe Pass Packing, sailing to Valdez then to the States via Cordova.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Admiral Farragut
Sheppard Point
Canoe Pass Packing Company
Cordova
Valdez
States
German naval offensive eyed as war fleets drawn together
Dispatches from Switzerland report Germany plans a grand scale naval offensive against British and American forces. Von Tirpitz warned Germany would match Britain's fleet after continental campaigns, with American dreadnoughts integrated into the battle line under Rear Admiral Beatty.
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Washington
Switzerland
Germany
von Tirpitz
Paris
High Seas
North Sea
Beatty
Espionage Act Now Operative in United States
Washington June 12 The espionage act becomes operative enabling strict action against disloyalty or sedition as the United States joins Britain France and allies in wartime measures. Australia adopts drastic regulations targeting Sinn Fein and disaffected groups with broad powers to close clubs ban emblems and search premises.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Australia
Commonwealth
Sinn Fein
Minister of Defence
Sinn
German warning of winter war 3 not near end
German citizens warned to prepare for another winter of war. In Stuttgart, Conrad Haussmann, a progressive Reichstag member, told Berlin Tageblatt that salvation will not come from “super Prussians.” He noted Russia seeks control and Kuehlmann faces opposition from the Prussian upper house and imperial government.
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New York
Conrad Haussman
Reichstag
Stuttgart
Berlin
Kuehlman
Kuehlmann
Ships Built by U S Shipyards Outpace Submarine Losses
Washington June 12. Since German submarines began raiding the western Atlantic in May American shipyards have produced twenty one vessels for the United States Shipping Board, while submarines destroyed ten vessels, totaling more than one hundred thousand dead weight tons of ships sunk.
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Atlantic
United States Shipping Board
Presbyterian church special meeting this evening at 8
A special meeting of the Presbyterian church will be held at the church this evening at 8 o'clock. Reports from church organizations will be given and a new board of trustees elected for the coming year. All members urged to attend. Friday is Flag Day and a legal holiday. businesses will close and the Stars and Stripes will be flown from buildings.
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Presbyterian Church
Hillery
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Reuter
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Siniste
von Stein
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