US and Commission Reach Russia to Petrograd
The American Mission to Russia led by Elihu Root has arrived at a Russian port. Secretary Daniels announced the voyage's safe passage, and Root and colleagues will proceed to Petrograd as the new government struggles with disorganization and uprisings. The United States issues war aims including crushing militarism, freedom of the seas, and support for small nations and Palestine’s possible Jewish republic.
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Russia
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Daniels
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Petrograd
U. S
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State Department
Wilson
America
Anu
Belgium
Serbia
Palestine
Wireless Installations Linked to German Spy Ring in New York
Evidence that two complete high powered wireless installations assembled in New York, shipped piecemeal to Mexico for a German spy system, surfaced with the arrest of three men charged with conspiring to mail military information to Germany via Norwegian ship crews. Prisoners include Harry A. Perisst Irving Bonaparte and Axel E. Melchair, alleged to be American born, German company employee, and Swedish national.
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Mexico
United States
Germany
England
Harry A. Perisst
Irving Bonaparte
Axel E. Melchair
Sweden
Sunday Attacks Aliens with Fury at Liberty Bond Rally
New York on June 5 Billy Sunday, evangelist and liberty bond salesman, denounced opponents of conscription calling them dirty skunks and raunka, urging violence as a crowd of blue jackets cheered.
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Hell
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Senate body favors heavy tax on whisky
Washington June 5 Prohibition legislation approved by the senate finance committee as a new feature of the war tax bill. Prohibitive taxes on distillation of whisky and other spirits for beverage purposes, with a ban on imports, were agreed by a substantial majority. The plan would suspend beverage production and shift toward conservation of foodstuffs used in distilling.
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Oklshoum
Levi Cooke
Washington
American ships Dirigo Barbara and Frances M sunk
London reports that the Dirigo an American sailing ship was sunk by a German submarine after a warning attack. Only third mate John Ray drowned. The Barbara and Frances M were also sunk by gunfire but their crews were saved.
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John Ray
Admiralty
Plymouth
Barbara
Frances M
Nine Die In Illinois Coal Mine Blast
Nine men killed and two injured after a gas explosion at W. P. Read Coal and Coke No 2 mine near Tierrin. Deceased are Ira Sanders Otis Reynolds Amos Mezo Guy Vickery Roy Weathers Charles Rice John Gossage I. Good Ezra Adams. Injured, Tom Cox and W A Brewer, were seriously burned. Workers reportedly wandered into an abandoned section with gas. little damage to the mine, which employs 800. No fire followed.
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Here
Ira Sanders
Night Bossa
Otis Reynolds
Amos Mezo
Guy Vickery
Roy Weathers
Charles Rice
John Gossage
Good
Ezra Adams
Tom Cox
W. A. Brewer
Riots Over Draft Act Rock New York City
Demonstrations against selective draft act erupt in New York with Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, and other radicals leading protests. Police, soldiers, and National Guardsmen quell the crowd after clashes that injure several and arrest scores. Mothers and children linger amid the turmoil as rioters shout against registration and war.
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Hunt's Point Palace
Bronx
Alexander Berkaman
Emma Goldman
Frenay
Berkman
Free’ America
Germany
Ccning
Itussha
Home Defense Leaguers
Pollee
Ernest Greenbaum
Amma Goldman
British Win On Arras Front Reported Offense Advances In France
British forces press the Arras front with an offensive south of the Souchez river. Paris reports five heavy German attacks on the Californie and Vallelere plateaus repulsed with heavy casualties to attackers. Germans push into French positions near Froide Mont at night, while Cherisy post near the front was recaptured by British on June 5.
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Arras
Souchez
Paris
Californie
Vallelere
War Office
Champagne
Vosges
Parla
Salient
Froidmont
Salent
Cherisy
Five men killed in Cumberland mine explosion
Five men died when a massive blast ripped through No 6 mine of Canadian Collieries Dunsmuir at Cumberland near Nanaimo British Columbia on June 5. The explosion caused extensive damage and shook the town, with the mine located in the heart of Cumberland.
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B.C
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Cumberland
Italy’s Offensive Costs Austria 300,000 Men
Rome reports Italy’s great offensive has cost Austria 300,000 men killed wounded and missing as of June 2. Italians consolidate lines and fortify while repelling counterattacks. Semi official estimates detail losses from May 19 to May 29 including 60,000 troops wiped out between Auzza and Frigido and three Austrian regiments near Allingortmont and Vodice Massif. Austrian losses May 14 to 29 around 85,000 with 100 cannons captured or destroyed. The Giornale Ultula says Emperor Charles may declare Trieste autonomous as a free city with amnesties.
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Frigido
Allingortmont
Vodice
Massif
Giornale Ultulla
Charles
Trieste
Hamburg
Bremen
Pirates of Food Threaten War Time Supply
Senator James Hamilton Lewis told an Irish Fellowship Club luncheon that President Wilson could seize food and fuel monopolized for profit and distribute them through government agencies. He warned against hunger of soldiers and citizens, saying violators would be hanged or shot.
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Chicago
Wilson
America
James Hamilton Lewis
Irish Fellowship Club
Sherman
Congress
May Insure U S Soldiers
Washington reports plans to insure $4,000 for each American soldier and sailor with free government life insurance during the war and disability coverage. No pension arrangements will be discussed this week by the council of national defense. A commerce department report urges legislation before troops go to France. The defense council had earlier referred the issue to commerce for study.
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Council of National Defense
Conscription Law Upheld by Court
Kansas City Mo June 1 Judge Daniel Bird denied an injunction to bar state officials from enforcing draft registration next Tuesday He ruled the draft law valid and that the court lacked jurisdiction to block its enforcement Petitioners Thomas Sullivan and Raymond Moore were urged to seek first enlistment rather than evade registration Attorney J D Showalter planned to seek appeal in Jefferson City and pursue mandamus actions to halt enforcement He called the selective draft army law the most equitable and efficient in U S history and said state officials could be used by Congress to advance war measures in times of war
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Raymond Mooroe
J. D. Showalter
Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Missouri
Hird
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U. S
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Secret Service
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Ohio
Ammon Hennesy
Harry E. Townsley
Cecil W. Bailey
Chicago
Federal
Clyne
Prisoner Falls to Death In Burr Oak Raid
Chicago June 4 Samuel Harris proprietor of the Burr Oak Inn died at Passavant hospital from injuries after attempting to lower himself down a rope from a window of the criminal court building during a raid that captured 80 prisoners. The death follows the first in an investigation into charges the Burr Oak Inn harbors a criminal operation and links to disappearances. Burials blanks and other seized documents were found for deeds tied to the village. Mrs Adolphus Busch bought 500000 Liberty loan bonds in St Louis. Italian troops in Albania occupy four villages Cerdoba Velisest Ozoja and Cafa according to Rome war office.
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Burr Oak Inn
Hoyne
Passavant Hospital
Criminal Court
Burr Oak
Rome
Albania
Cerdoba
Velisest
Ozoja
Cafa
War Office
Messenger Robbed of 6800 by Two Bandits
George Meyer of Stockmen's Trust and Savings bank of Chicago was held up and robbed of 6800 by two bandits. The item notes other varied war era incidents and events from the period.
May British losses and gains reported in war news
The May tally shows British casualties totaling 114,018 with 1,152 officers and 25,838 other ranks killed. Wounded include 3,762 officers and 75,718 men. Missing reach 6,420 officers and 7,248 men. Britain also reports capturing 8,412 Germans in France, and exchanges on bombardment of Ostend Zeebrugge and Bruges. Also notes war tax changes to coffee tea sugar and cocoa. removal of certain wartime duties.
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France
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Bruges
British War Department
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