War Aims Of U S Kaiser Plots For Peace
President Wilson in a message to the new Russian government states no annexations and no indemnities as part of a war aims plan. He emphasizes America’s duty to aid freedom, opposing German autocracy, and calls for a world league to secure lasting peace with justice.
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Wilson
Russia
United States
Francis
Petrograd
Germany
America
Berlin
Bagdad
World League For Peace
Lord Northcliffe Arrives in America for Economic War Effort
Lord Northcliffe, head of the London Times and British press owner, arrives in the United States aboard an American steamer to coordinate British commercial interests here. He is expected to work with French high commissioner Andre Tardieu and assist industrial and economic operations for Britain. In Rome, Italians renew drive against Teutons and claim Monte Ortigara and Angello pass, with 12 Austrian prisoners taken amid a dowry storm.
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United States
London Times
Andre Tardieu
Teutons
Rome
Monte Ortigara
Clu Umilce
Angello Pass
War Office
Kidnap Suspect Escapes Noose at Hands of Mob
The Keet baby kidnapping case unfolds from May theft to a found body. Lloyd Keet, fourteen months, was abducted from J Holland Keet’s home, ransom demands followed, and June 9 the infant’s body was located in an abandoned well. Prisoners captured near Springfield flee a pursuing mob, with authorities denying direct link to the crime while reports say suspects faced vigilante pressure.
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J. Holland Keet
Ozarks
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Taylor Adams
Allie
George Walker
Sam McGinnis
Claude Piersol
Adams
C. A. Clement
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Baby Keet
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Little Lloyd Keet
Stockton
Here
Webb
Claude J. Plersol
Taylor B. Adams
Seek Spy in Navy Bureau
Washington reports on June 12 state that Secretary Daniels told Senate Naval Affairs committees a spy or traitor is leaking confidential ordnance bureau data. He cited materials from Mongolia shell investigation implying access only via ordnance files and urged turning them to the secret service. Contested letters accused inspectors of incompetence and cited Detroit postmark details.
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Bureau of Ordinance
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Senate Naval Affairs Committees
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Ordnance Bureau
Secret Service
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Detrott
Pershing Arrives in London to Lead U. S. Troops Soon
General Pershing arrived in London where he and his staff were welcomed by British officials and a guard of honor as American destroyers escorted the party. He declared plans to take an active part on the Western Front and thanked officials for the warm reception. One hundred American aviators reached France, the first of the U S fighting forces to arrive. King George welcomed Pershing in a private audience praising closer Anglo American ties.
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Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Guard of Honor
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France
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Navy Flying Corps
Daniels
King George
Auto Tax Cut By Senators
Washington June 11 After adopting a new reduced federal license tax on automobiles abandoning taxation on confectionery and approving a tax on cabaret patrons the senate finance committee halted its war tax bill revision amid wide disagreements on income publishers and excess profits. The automobile schedule imposes a minimum tax of $5 with graduation upward near 1 percent of the original price and a reduction allowance for red cars up to 50 percent. The cabaret section will raise between $2 000 000 and $3 000 000.
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Senate Finance Committee
Pleasure Motors
Earthquake Devastates Salvadoras Armenia and Quesalte
In Armenia and Quesalte peque near San Salvador an earthquake killed about 40 people and injured 100. Eighty of 190 houses in San Salvador were razed and the business district burned as the water system failed. No reliable casualty count from the capital. No riots reported.
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Armenia
Quesaltepeque
San Salvador
Riots and Arrests Stir Stockford as Draft Protests Grow
In Stockford Newfoundland on June 8, companies Il and K of the Third regiment were mobilized to quell rioting by I W W and Socialists who defied the selective draft act. James Cully, an I W W organizer, urged the march to the county jail and was arrested on a treason charge.
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James Cully
LW. W
British Capture 6400 Prisoners on Belgian Front
London reports two British drives on a nine mile front between Messines and Wytschaete. The assault used more heavy guns than Arras and detonated over 1,000,000 pounds of explosives. Over 6,400 prisoners, including 132 officers, were taken as British gains held against German counter attacks near Oostraverne and Messines.
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Messines
Wytschaete
Arras
Belgium
Oostraverne
Adopts Food Control Bill in House Agriculture Panel
Washington reports the house committee on agriculture adopted a food control bill with a guaranteed price for food products to be proclaimed by the president. It cuts a maximum price clause, penalizes hoarding, and adds license regulation for sale of certain commodities. The bill allows up to 150 million dollars for enforcement and retains powers to restrict use of foodstuffs in alcoholic production.
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House Committee On Agriculture
United States Officers Reach Paris
The first contingent of American officers on General Pershing's staff arrived in Paris on June 12. Col McCarthy of the quartermaster corps Col Taylor of the Engineers Col behind of the medical corps Major Druin of the general staff Captain Moore and VParges accompanied by Maj James A Logan Jr and Capt Carl Boyd met them at the station. Arrival was without formalities.
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Vparges
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Carl Boyd
Fifty-Five Texans Charged With Conspiracy Against the Draft
In Dallas a federal grand jury indicted fifty five white men, Farmers and Laborers Protective Association members, on seven counts for conspiracy against the government. W A Bergfeldt, a Haskell mail carrier, was also indicted for threatening the president as the association, recently broken up by federal officials, opposed the selective draft law.
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Samuel Gompers
United States
Germany
Chicago
Klemen Formiller
Kedzie Avenue
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Department of Justice
Joseph B. Fleming
Texas
Dallas
Tex
Farmers and Laborers’ Protective Association
W. A. Bergfeldt
Haskell
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Protective Association
Killed in Sinn Fein Riot at Dublin Meeting
Police Inspector Milla died after being fatally injured while trying to stop a meeting protesting Irish rebels' imprisonment. Two thousand people gathered opposite Liberty Hall despite a ban by Lieutenant General Mahon. Several Sinn Fein members including Count Plunkett were arrested in the probe linked to last year’s revolt.
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Sinn Feiner
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James Kenny
Hedy Kelly
Martin Welsh
Balfour Returns to London After American Voyage
Foreign Secretary Valfour arrived in London from America where he said the voyage was uneventful and the sea smooth. He praised his reception in the United States and called American affairs exemplary, noting no interest in submarines and praising the hospitality he received.
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Valfour
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World War Era Briefs Span Battles and Disasters
England spends 37 million daily on war, Bonar Law tells Commons in London. Cal S Hutsog, former Iowa sheriff, dies in auto crash. his daughter injured in Marshall County. Baron Ernst von Plener, famed German aviator, reported killed in action in Flanders. Ibapah Indians in Utah agree to conscription registration after going on warpath. Rose Hillman killed, Emma Draves injured in Minnesota car strike. Three Americans from Manchester Miller torpedoed ship land in England. Virginian reports 42 shots in sub encounter with German submarine. no damage. A German general captured in northern France reportedly by a single soldier. Sheppard resolution for nationwide prohibition approved by Senate Judiciary Committee. Wisconsin banks accused of delaying Liberty bond sales before federal investigators. Broadway theater sign masks German wireless plant. three German citizens arrested. Petrograd council reports German eastern front commander urged separate armistice. Russian army invited to talks. council condemns.
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London
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Marshall County
Iowa
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Amsterdam
Flanders
Ernst von Plener
Germany
Unita Basin
Utah
Rose Hillman
South Bend
Ind
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Detroit
Mich
Christmas Lake
Minn
John Hayes
John Morris
Farrell
Ashley
Daniels
Atlantic
Paris
Hazebrouck
France
Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington
Wisconsin
Secret Service
Wisconsin Council of Defense
Madison
Wis
Germany’s Indemnity Plan Stressed in Denver Talk
Dr Newell Dwight Hillis told a Denver audience the Entente faced a proposed German indemnity of 30 billion dollars to end the war He described a plan to keep Germanys armed forces and seize that sum from the United States as a goal behind the proposal The talk supported Liberty loan efforts and warned of German aims to mobilize forces across the seas.
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Colo
Germany
United States
Newell Dwight Hillis
British Note Backs Wilson on War Aims to Russia
London reports Great Britain has sent Russia a note replying to the request for British war aims. The communiqué is in general agreement with President Wilson's position outlined to Russia.
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