French Repel German Attacks Near Soissons and Matz
Front reports say German counterattacks between Courcelles and north of Mery were thrown back with heavy losses. Paris notes Foch driven foe back across the Matz after a powerful French counterattack east of Soissons, while civilians evacuate Compiègne as Germans approach within gun range.
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Paris
Courcelles
Mery
War Office
Laversine
Corey
Matz
Montdidier
Antheuil
Foch
Oise
Ribecourt
Ourscamp Forest
Carlepont
Woman Stirred Labor Delegates at War Meeting
Miss Mellinda Scott, a straw hat trimmer from Chicago, addressed 2500 attendees at the American Federation of Labor reception in St Paul. She praised British Wrens and urged American women to join the war effort, noting the women’s sacrifices and urging support for troops while avoiding bad news to keep morale high. She called the war a women’s war and urged Americans to fight on until victory and right are secured.
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St. Paul, Minn
Melinda Scott
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
St. Paul
Britain
France
Miss Scott
United States
Flanders
Verdun
German U boats Threaten Atlantic Coast Again
An Atlantic Port report notes German submarines active off the Virginia coast eighteen miles out with one British steamer sunk. Sailed vessels in American ports are held back as U boats prepare another raid. Paris dispatch confirms the German front quiets with only local operations, while allies ready for a heavy new thrust.
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Atlantic
America
Virginia
Paris
Virginia Coast
British Repel Huns on Flanders Front Take Prisoners
British forces repelled a strong enemy attack northwest of Merris on the Flanders front. The action ended with the attackers driven back and a number of prisoners taken.
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Flanders
Merri
Germans Surrender to Americans Under White Flag
June 14 report from Chauteau Thierry area says fifty German troops surrendered under a white flag after attacks by American forces failed. The surrender occurred among units assailing American positions northwest of Chauteau Thierry.
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Berlin
Roys
Estrees St. Denis
Gzeneral
Chauteau Thierry
Labor leaders pledge full support for war aims
Samuel Gompers, president of the federation, telegrams President Wilson thanking him for his message on labor’s war efforts. He pledges wholehearted support to the government of the free country and to the war to establish freedom and peace between nations, ensuring rights for all peoples.
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Wilson
Samuel Gompers
Federation
Labor
Compegy
U. S. Legation Official Detained In Dallas
Investigation of a suspected plot to smuggle Russian crown jewels into the United States leads to the detention in Dallas Texas of Silliman Evans once a clerk at the American legation in Copenhagen. Authorities seek to determine what he did with a box bearing the legation seal he brought back to the United States.
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Copenhagen
Washington
Dallas
Tex
Silliman Evans
Legation
Dallas man Silliman Vans arrested in customs probe
A former attache at the American legation in Copenhagen, Silliman Vans, was arrested in Dallas by U S customs agents on a smuggling charge tied to a New York suspect named Conn. Vans and Conn were fellow travelers from Europe. The box bearing the legation seal linked to the Russian crown jewels smuggling case was removed from Eysens amid ongoing federal inquiries.
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Dallas
Tex
Silliman Vans
Legation
Copenhagen
United States Customs Service
Conn
New York
Evans
Europe
Eysens
Mexico May Join the Allies
Manuel Corpio of Yucatan, a Mexican auditor party member touring the United States, said the Mexican people are impressed with President Wilsons views and would join the Allies if they decide to take up arms as they travel to New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wison
Manuel Corplo
Yucatan
Party of
United States
New England
Louisiana Senator Guion Named to Broussard Seat
Senator Walter Guion of Louisiana, appointed by the governor to succeed the late R K F Broussard, is a Democrat and former district attorney for the southern district. He hails from a long noted Louisiana family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Guion
Louisiana
RK. F. Broussard
Southern
May Raise Draft Age To Forty-Nine In New Move
Washington reports consider extending the draft age to eighteen through forty nine. Key figures say a winter session amendment is planned to provide a broad base while exemptions for aliens and certain workers are debated. Proposals seek temporary exemptions for professional baseball players and railroad men amid draft row.
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Washington
Kaba
House Committee On Military Affairs
War Department
Congress
Baker
Department
Smith
Michigan
Committee On Foreign Relations
Great Britain
Hitchcock
Crowder
Secretary of War
McAdoo
Wilson
Wilson Urges Senate to Pass Woman Suffrage Amendment
President Wilson expressed hope that the Senate would pass the woman suffrage amendment in this session. In reply to a memorial from the French Union for Woman Suffrage he said it is his earnest hope the Senate will give an unmistakable answer by passing the amendment before the season ends.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Congress
French Union For Woman Suffrage
Senate of
United States
German raid on Calais kills eleven including four children
German aircraft bomb Calais on June 14 killing eleven, among them four children, and wounding others in the port city. The raid targets the harbor area causing damage to vessels and infrastructure.
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Port City
Laide
Calais
Americans Repel German Attacks in Belleau Wood Fight
Paris reports German assaults between Bouresches and Torey on the Marne were broken up by American forces. About 500 German prisoners taken, including a captain, with several machine guns captured as Marines press through Belleau Wood and shell the enemy from French lines.
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Paris
Montdidier
Antheuil
Mutz
Oise
Croix Ricard
Meliocq
Bouresches
Torey
Marne
Belleau Wood
Boureshhes
France
Chateau Thierry
United States
Germany
Toul
Luneville
Washington
War Department
Levee Break Near Quincy Causes Million Dollar Loss
The Indian Grave levee breached three miles north of Quincy causing about one million dollars in crop and pumping station damage. No lives or livestock were lost. Approximately a thousand acres were inundated.
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Quincy
Til
Health in Army Good in Surgeon General Report
General health conditions in army camps remain satisfactory according to the surgeon general's report released in Washington on June 14. The assessment notes stable health standards and effective camp sanitation across units.
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Army
Washington
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Soissons
Compeigne
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Villers- Cotterets
Baroness de Victorica
Marie de Victorica
God
U. S
Mexico
M’adoo
Pershing
Boumesches
Picardy
Gereman
Illinois
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