World War Chronicle Blends War News and Trade Talk
German forces slow advance along the Montdidier Noyon front at heavy cost while the French hold wings. Pershing directs Cantigny capture as Allied lines strengthen. British seaplanes and subs clash off the Dutch coast. Oise crossings yield prisoners. U S shipping to reach 25 million tons by 1920. Russia faces political shifts. Jap Herron suit. U S war cost forecast at 24 million dollars next year.
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Montdidier-Noyon
Montdidier
Noyon
Paris
Pershing
Cantigny
War Council
Senate
Sempigny
Salient
Oise
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
War News Highlights From Europe and Atlantic
Surgeon General Gorgas says seventy five to eighty percent of wounded American soldiers may return to battle. A mother ship for raiding U boats is found off the Atlantic coast. An American transport engaged and routed a submarine. American women in France’s war service perform well yet suffer overlong hours. Senator Hoke Smith says U S is winning the air war with superior planes. May 31 week ends with 184 American wounded or ill returning home. Roosevelt claims navy warned of submarines and that sinking boats lacked wireless.
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Gorgas
Atlantic
France
Europe
Hoke Smith
Aircraft Investigating Committee
America
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Navy
Washington War Era Briefs Reflect Coal Shortage and Policy Actions
The report notes a 60 million ton coal shortage projected for the coming year borne by nonessential goods makers, auto production cut to 25 percent of last year, and a $1,761,701,000 merchant marine appropriation. Baker says Woods’s case not closed, military reasons cited. Postal zone tax changes face friction in Ways and Means. Military Affairs touts progress in air power. Navy notes sinking of Pinar del Rio by a German submarine off Maryland. McAdoo directed to report on stockyards and railroad terminals control and possible removals of railroad executives. Treasury reports broad money stock at 6.615 trillion dollars as of June 1.
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Garfield
House
Baker
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Woods
Ways and Means
Military Affairs Committee
Washington
Navy Department
Maryland
McAdoo
Senate
Railroad Administration
Treasury Department
Sports Roundup Highlights From 1914 And Early Baseball News
The National Trotting Association aids railroad efforts to ship horses for events. J S Joel refused 125000 for Black Jester winner of 1914 St Leger. Babe Ruth hits mostly for extra bases this season. Johren wins Suburban Handicap at Belmont Park before 25000. Michigan wins Western Conference track title. Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Conference to keep athletics this year. Ross Young impresses at bat and in right field. Harry Gasper retires after 16 years with a St. Joseph victory over Joplin. Cardinals benefit from returning star players during furloughs and show strong catching duo of Mike Gonzales and Frank Snyder.
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National Trotting Association
Railroad
J. S. Joel
Black Jester
Babe Ruth
H. P. Whitney
Johren
Belmont Park
New York
Michigan
Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Ross Young
Harry Gasper
Cincinnati
St. Joseph
Joplin
Cruise
Cardinals
Ike Joe Jackson
Mike Gonzales
Frank Snyder
Delegates pledge AFL to win the war program in St Paul
Delegates at the thirty-eighth AFL convention in St Paul pledged their unions to support the national war effort. A San Antonio court martial sentenced 45 men to life for refusing to wear uniforms, later reduced to 25 years by Brig. Gen. O Neill. German alien women face arrest or probable internment for failure to register June 17 26 per Attorney General Gregory. William H Wadhams returns from the front with a message from Americans urging completion of the job. Secretary Lansing tells Union College graduates Von Bernstorff knew Germany would not honor U boat pledges and planned to destroy ship machinery in American harbors. Veteran flyer Philip Rader and Robert Connor die after a 2000 foot plane wing failure in Buffalo.
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St. Paul
San Antonio
O'Neill
United States
Gregory
William H. Wadhams
New York
Lansing
Union College
von Bernstorff
Germany
Philip Rader
Flyer
Robert Connor
Buffalo
German plan seeks permanent Mittel Europe union
The German chancellor proposes a permanent political and economic union with Germany and Austria Hungary aiming to remove duties and frontiers. Austrians in Italy push troops and guns as a war readjustment. Dowling from Connaught Rangers lands on Irish coast from a U boat. Parliament panel backs a 2 billion dollar seizure purchase of British Isles distilleries and breweries. The French Academy may elect Wilson Mercier and Salandra. gas and electricity rule changes spark UK unease. British press flag US forces as turning the Western Front, Pershing's troops rising to lead.
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von Payer
Germany
Mittel-Europa
British Isles
French Academy of Sciences
Wilson
Cardinal Mercier
Signor Salandra
Italy
England
London
Marne
Jaulgonne
Chateau-Thierry
United States
News Review Of The Past Week
Edward W. Pickard surveys Allied war progress from the Marne to the Versailles conference. He notes American, British, and French efforts halting German drives, U boats off New Jersey, Allied air fears, and food and coal shortages shaping U.S. policy. He cites Poland, Czechs, and Jugoslavs as peace aims, and reports mass American registration drives and mobilization orders.
Amazing dual life of Gertrude Garcia revealed
The 23 year old Mexican heritaged man known as Gertrude Garcia masqueraded as a woman in San Francisco El Paso and beyond deceiving department stores and many lovers. Immigration inspector B M Marl failed to be fooled at El Paso border and Garcia along with two admirers were sent back.
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el Paso
Tex
Gertrude” Garcia
San Francisco
Gertrude
B. M. Marnell
International Bridge
Juarez
Maria” Garcia
Garcia
Ught
Genobeba Garcia
Zacatecas
Mex
United States
Immigration Service
Aean
Rufke
San Diego
Sparrow Hawk Captures Canary on Kearny Street
A Chinese woman and her three children released a canary on a San Francisco street. The cage door opened at Commercial Street, the canary fluttered to a wire, pedestrians coaxed it down, but a sparrow hawk swooped in and seized the bird, flying off down Commercial Street.
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San Francisco
Kearny Street
Commercial Street
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