German Push Toward Paris Halts as French Hold Ground
Paris rporting from the front states the German drive toward Paris between the Marne and Ourcq rivers stalled last night while French troops maintained firm lines at the Marne sector. British gains reported in Flanders as Allied forces press counterattacks and take prisoners amid heavy fighting along the front.
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Marne
Oureq
Stoday
Chateau- Thiérry
Ourea
Flanders Salient
Mans
Ourcq
Chateau Thierry
Chateauaye
Bouresches
London
Flanders
Vieux Ai
France
Associated Press
Ares
Walient
Yeoh
Tardenois
Eyhe
Canadian Railways Seek Higher U S Rates
Washington June 3 Canadian railways asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for rate increases to match the Director General McAdoo orders on U S lines. Canadian Northern seeks to cancel Niagara Falls excursion rates and raise passenger fares to three cents a mile for trips from Minnesota and Michigan to Detroit Sault Ste Marie Duluth and routes between Vancouver BC and Pacific coast cities.
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Canadian Railways Today
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
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Canadian Northern
Niagara Falls
New York
Minnesota
Michigan
Detroit
Sault Ste Marie
Duluth
Vancouver
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
United
Emperor William Visits Front Near Chemin-Des-Dames
Amsterdam June 3. An account by Karl Rosner of the Lokal Angeiger Berlin describes Emperor William visiting the firing line. He inspected captured positions along the Chemin-Des-Dames and spoke with General von Boehm at Fort Conde during the tour.
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Amsterdam
William
Battio
Karl Rosner
Lokal Angeiger
Berlin
Chemin-Des-Dames
Fort Conde
von Boehm
South Dakota boys camp enters second week at Brookings
Brookings S D June 3 The second annual boys camp at South Dakota State College runs until June 8 with several hundred boys from counties statewide. Programs align with wartime needs featuring feeding judging and diseases of livestock poultry corn and potatoes. Gov Norbeck President Perisho C H Luge and C Larsen are among speakers. Teams will compete in judging livestock rains and root crops. daily military drill and three hours of athletics with championship baseball games on the final day.
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Brookings
Bouth Dakota State College
Peter Norbeck
E. C. Perisho
C. H. Luge
C. Larsen
War Labor Board Fight Targets Western Union
Western Union Telegraph Company declined to submit to the National War Labor Board. Union officials declare a strike will be ordered if differences with employees are not resolved. The dispute underscores wartime labor tensions impacting communications.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
National War Labor Board
Movement in Russia now favors allies
London reports a growing pro Allied movement in Russia aided by President Wilson's sympathy. A Petrograd dispatch notes Russian democracy welcomes British steps showing friendship and cites Novoe-Vedomosti's article defending Allied policy and thanking Wilson. Weather: North Dakota unsettled with cooler temps and showers Tuesday night into Tuesday.
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London
Russia
Wilson
Petrograd
Daily Express
Novoe-Vedomosti
North Dakota
Submarine threat tops New England coast reports
Washington reports an official note that American schooners were sunk off the coast by a German submarine. Boston officials deny vessels sunk near Nantucket and Narragansett Bay. Norfolk and Newport News ports closed to outgoing ships as rumors of U boat activity spread. Survivors from Edward H. Cole tell how two submarines attacked, boarded, and sank her as wrecks Jacob & Haskell and Isabella De Willey are also listed among potential losses.
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Navy Department
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America
France
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British Isles
Boston
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Bristol
Edward H. Cole
Coastwise Transportation Company
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First Naval District
Nantucket Shoals
Narragansett Bay
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New York
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Capes
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Newcomb
Ah Rue
Barnegat
Jacob & 3
D. Willey
Bis
A. H Steamship Company
Jacob M. Haskell
Haskell
Norfolk
Portland
Edward H. Cols
Red Cross Fund Over-Subscribed By 70 Million
Washington reports the American Red Cross second war relief fund totaling 188,489,201 dollars with indications of over subscription nationwide. The note thanks contributors from cities towns farms and factories, across rich and poor alike, regardless of race or creed, for supporting the war effort and mercy work.
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Red Cross
Washington
Avery
United States
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