Italian Victory Over Austrian Escape Across Piave
Italian forces crushed Austrian withdrawals along the Piave with heavy machine gun and artillery fire. Estimates put Austrian losses above 200000 as retreating troops tangled with rivers, wreckage, and disorganized columns. The Montello crossing and Nervesa saw immense casualties, with reports of hundreds of bodies on riverbanks and in the current. Venice greeted the triumph as news reached the city.
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Senate Military Committee Opposes Draft Age Change
Washington June 26 The Senate Military Committee decided to oppose any legislation to change draft age limits after Baker and March opposed revision and said a new army program would be submitted within sixty to ninety days. Hitchcock estimated 3 800 000 in Class One by August and about 1 450 000 in France. Johnson proposed 20 to 40 age range. The committee plans to implement work or fight rules and deny immediate changes while awaiting the enlarged army program.
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Jaker
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Laatter
Military Committee
McCumber
North Dakota
Military
Benator Falls
Kerensky Arrives in London Amid Russia Intervention Talks
London reports Alexander Kerensky, former Russian provisional premier, has arrived in the city on his way to the United States. The visit, linked to Allied plans to assist Russia against Germany, drew cheers at a labor conference where Kerensky urged Russian democracy to join the fight for freedom. Authorities offer no clear view of his exact role or objectives.
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Er -States
Alexander Kerjynsky
America
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New York
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Russa
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Burnquist Nominated by 487?99 Votes in Minnesota Primary
Complete official figures show Governor Burnquist renominated on the Republican ticket over Lindbergh by a large margin. In Minnesota, Whi te, for the Democratic nomination, won by 629 votes. U S Senator Knute Nelson was renominated over Peter-man by 140,48. Baron von Seydl er declined to form a new cabinet in Austria after Emperor Charles reviewed the food situation in Vienna.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
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Knute Nelson
James A. Péterman
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Charles
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Vienna
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Herr Bahnhaun
British Tap German Lines Get Prisoners
In France on Tuesday June 25, British forces raided German lines near Arras, taking twenty-one men with one officer and ten machine guns. A raiding party recovered all prisoners while heavy bombardments targeted British trenches at odd hours and German gunners reported large quantities of gas in forward areas. The Ypres region saw nightly bells during the night.
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Belgium Receives Additional U.S. Credit in June
Washington reports Belgium was granted a further loan of 2 250 000 dollars, raising total U S credits to 122 809 000 and aggregate credits to 5 973 690 000 dollars for the period.
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Belgium
United States
Mount
No Further News of Washington Report June 26
Minister Caldwell at Teheran informs the state department on June 24 that he cannot obtain further details on the reported seizure of the American consul and looting of an American person by Turkish troops at Tabriz, Persia.
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State Department
Tabriz
Persia
Delano Offered Resignation From Federal Reserve Board
Washington June 26 Frederick A Delano offered President Wilson his resignation as a member of the federal reserve board to accept a commission in the army engineering corps to handle railroad reconstruction and management work in France the resignation had not been accepted
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Federal Reeerve Board
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France
Americans Capture 216 Germans in French Front Action
American troops push northwest of Chateau-Thierry in a notable engagement described as brilliant by the French. Some 216 Germans, including a captain, are reported taken prisoner as allies push to clear a wood near Baljeau Wood. The war department notes the 32nd Division is in Germany in France on June 18.
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Almee
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Wisconsin
45 Carloads of Sheep in Michigan State
Reports from Marquette Michigan state 45 carloads of sheep arrived from Idaho totaling about 12 000 head grazing in southern Marquette and northeastern Dickinson counties along with one carload of camping outfits and one carload of horses for herding. Ten expert sheep herders accompanied the shipment.
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Cloverland
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U S Troops Gain in Belleau Wood in Night Attack
Paris June 26 American troops carried out a brilliant assault near Belleau Wood capturing 150 prisoners including a captain according to the war office. French raids in Mailly Raineval Meloy Vinly and Mont Carillet yielded prisoners and machine guns. High boots praised as practical for Big Bend terrain over cavalry riding boots.
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Oise
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Clignon
Chateau-Thierry
Mont Carillet
Rheims
Marte
Ter
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Big Bend
Ee Nae
Petain
124 525 More Men Are Called in an Order by Crowder
Article reports a large mobilization with 124 525 men called in an order attributed to Crowder. It notes July calls and prior civilian life contingents, detailing a total figure of RAT,087 during July and mentioning reentry and retraining plans amid the wartime draft context.
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Gévars
Basis for peace not to be discussed
Amsterdam June 36 There will be no further discussion of President Wilsons four principles of a basis for peace by Count von Hertling the German chancellor This announcement came in a debate after a speech Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann said proposals for a league of nations after the war are not favored by Count von Hertling who warned such a league could trouble Germany
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Count. von Mertling
Germany
Exhibition golf match fundraiser stumbles on card check
Minneapolis officials detained Cheries "Chick" Evans on arrival for a Red Cross exhibition golf match after he could not show a draft clarification card. He waited two hours before clearance and participation in the event.
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Chick” Evans
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