British resume Lens drive in Arras sector gains
Sir Douglas Haig rejects Hindenburg’s verdict that the spring offensive is over. British forces push on southwest of Lens and in the Cherisy area while repulsing German counterattacks. Raids occur in Ypres bend as the conflict expands on multiple fronts with measured gains and heavy losses reported.
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Douglas Haig
France
Hindenburg
Lens
Couchez
Cherisy
Teuton
Ypres
Leon
Paris
Servian Scientist Pins U boat Menace End on US Action
Michael Pupin, a Servian scientist, asserts the United States is ending the U boat menace through decisive moves. He cites new ocean patrols and industrial mobilization as the turning point shaping Allied victory prospects.
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United States
Kronstadt May Be Put Out of Russia
In Petrograd on June 4 the Minister of Justice Pereveizoff warned Kronstadt it faces moral boycott and exile from the empire unless its defiant stance toward the provisional government ends. He noted negotiations with local extremists, a near-lynching of himself, and support from the Petrograd council of deputies for swift action to quell independence declarations.
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Petrograd
Kronstadt
Empire
Pereveizeff
Council of Ministers
Indictments Over Butter and Egg Price Boosts Hit Chicago Firms
Sixteen individuals and firms linked to the Chicago Butter and Egg board face Sherman Act charges over price increases. The investigation, led by U S District Attorney Charles F. Clyne, targets prominent board members and South Water Street dealers. The probe will continue under a Friday resolution requiring butter and eggs to move on track or be warehoused. The board disputes price drops but says action calms unrest over futures trading.
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United States
Charles F. Clyne
Chicago Butter and Egg Board
South Water Street
Butter and Egg Board
Ruth Law Aids Bond Sales Tour Across Midwest
Ruth Law aviatress will fly a Liberty loan campaign starting from Cleveland. She will drop paper bombs over cities in the middle west and southwest urging subscription to the war fund. The route includes northern Ohio, the Missouri valley, Oklahoma oil fields, and ends from St. Louis to Chicago.
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Washington
Ruth Law
Aviatress
Liberty Loan
Cleveland
Miss Law
Middle West
Southwest
War Fund
McAdoo
Ohio
Missouri Valley
Oklahoma Oil Field
St. Louis
Chicago
Russians Defeat Turks in Sakiz Region Heights Taken
Russian troops win a battle with the Turks in the Sakiz region on the Mesopotamian frontier, seizing three strategic heights. The war office also reports repulsion of a Kurdish attack southeast of Erzingan in Armenia.
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Petrograd
Sakiz
Mesopotamian
War Office
Alsn
Erzingan
Armenia
Rowe Nominated for Assistant Secretary of Treasury
Rowe of Philadelphia was nominated by President Wilson to be assistant secretary of the treasury.
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Rowe
Treasury
Washington
Philadelphia
Wilson
Wilson Believes US Aims Include Free Seas and Disarmament
President Wilson drafts a public statement for Russia, describing US aims in the war. Elihu Root travels to Petrograd with plenipotentiary powers to negotiate with the Russian government. The plan emphasizes cracking militarism, freedom of seas, and protection of small nations.
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Petrograd
Washington
Ussia
Elihu Root
Navy
Mids
Trova
Root
United States
Russia
Wilson
America
State Department
Preas
Peace Commission
House committee seeks to repeal Mexican immigrant section
Washington June 4. The house committee on naturalization and immigration moves to repeal the law section allowing Mexican laborers to enter the United States in protest of Secretary of Labor Wilsons action.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
Wilson
House Committee On
Leak in Office Lets Out State Secrets
San Francisco authorities report a leak at the Post Office building where government secrets reached outside sources. U S district attorney John W. Preston admitted the breach and is pursuing the case.
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San Francisco
Cal
John W. Preston
United States
William Marconi Wireless Inventor Here With Italy War Mission
Italian wireless pioneer Guglielmo Marconi arrived with a war mission, touring cities and meeting officials as Italy seeks rapid communications advances for the front. Marconi plans demonstrations of radio apparatus and demonstrations to support military efforts.
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Italy
Nine Dead and Two Injured in Mine Explosion Near Herrin
A gas explosion at No. 2 mine of the W. Pp Rend Coal and Coke Co. north of Herrin, Illinois, kills nine workers and injures two. The deceased include Ira Sanders and Otis Reynolds. the injured are Tom Cox and W A Brewer, both badly burned. The mine employs about 600 men and minimal structural damage occurred.
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W. Pp. Rend Coal and Coke Company
Here
Ira Sanders
Otis Reynolds
Amos Meza
Guy Vickery
Roy Weathers
Charles Rice
John Gos Sage
I. S. Good
Ezra Adams
Tom Cox
W. A. Lrewer
M Adoo Launches East to Boost Liberty Bond Drive
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo begins a seven day tour across nine cities to rally support for the liberty bonds. He travels from Washington to New York with a Carnegie Hall speech and will visit Boston Detroit St Louis New Orleans Birmingham Louisville Cincinnati and Pittsburgh before returning June 18, two days before bond subscriptions close. W P G Harding governor of the Federal Reserve Board accompanies him.
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Washington
McAdoo
New York
Lberty Loan Committee
New Orleans
Birmingham
Louisville
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Liberty Loan
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Anthrax Inoculation Plan Suspected In Hawaii Herd
In Honolulu authorities report twenty six cattle deaths in two days from anthrax. Territoral veterinarian Dr Victor Norgaard says the herd was inoculated deliberately. Dr Donald Currie confirms and suspects a plot to curb Hawaii food supply. Federal agents seek two men seen near the herd.
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Honolulu
Victor Norgaard
Donald Currie
El Universal Urges US Ambassador Clarify Mexico Attitude
Mexican paper El Universal calls on United States Ambassador Fletcher to state Washington’s position toward Mexico. The editorial accuses the United States of treating Mexico as an enemy despite its neutral stance and cites the embargo on arms as evidence of hostility.
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Mexico City
el Universal
United States
Fletcher
Mexico
Washington
Arras
Slacker draft fears east as law tightens on registration
Militant pacifists and other draft objectors face prison and immediate conscription as officials warn that exemption rules apply only to those who enlist. Attorney General emphasizes no substitute imprisonment for registration and that evaders will be registered and liable for service.
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United States Department OF Justice
Chicago
Hinton ¢. Clabaugh
Upted States Bureau of Investigation
Clabaugh
Leavenworth
Washington
Gregory
Army
Department
Bomb drops hit Belgian towns in World War II action
London reports HErit aircraft dropped many tons of bombs on Zeebrugge Bruges and nearby towns in Belgium in an official war department statement.
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London
Herit
Tend
Zeebrugge
Bruges
Drilley War Department
Baseball Results From Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis
Baseball results show Cincinnati defeating Boston 5 to 6 with late scoring, Chicago edging Brooklyn 5 to 4, and St Louis falling to New York 17 to 36 as pitchers Cadore Miller Sallee and McCarty toil in uneven games with several runs accruing in the final innings.
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Boston
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Gowdy
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Wingo
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R. H. Brooklyn
Cadore
Miller
Douglas A.‘ . Hott
St. Louis
New York
Sallee and McCarty
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