Fifth Sector of Line in Allied Push Report
Allied defensive success slows German offensive south of the Ailette as American and French troops hold positions near Chateau Thierry and along the Marne. Berlin offers no new advances while heavy artillery shells the Aisne Ourcq and Rheims sectors and four American sectors prepare for continued engagement.
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Associated Press
Ailette
Berlin
Retz
Villers-Cotterets
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Failure to Hold Train Causes Wreck in Vermont Tunnel
A collision on the Central Vermont line between a local passenger train from Cambridge to Burlington and a work engine in a tunnel near Winooski killed five and injured several others. Seven were hospitalized. none of the dead were passengers. The crash stemmed from orders errors that should have held the passenger train until the work engine passed north.
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Associated Press
Burlington
Central Vermont
Winooski
Cambridge
Unsettled Weather Across Harrisburg Region Tonight
Weather bulletin reports light showers in New York and Pennsylvania with slow Susquehanna River fall. Harrisburg area expected 4.0 feet stage Thursday morning as temperatures rise to around 82 during the day and 58 at night.
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Harrisburg
Perature
Penlvania
Susquehanna River
New York
Pennsylvania
Carolina
U- Boats Still Lurk Off American Coast
Reports say German undersea raiders sunk ten vessels near New Jersey and Maryland, with new targets further south. Survivors include Winfield Sides of Middletown, a Marine recruit, aboard the torpedoed Carolina. A destroyer saved the Radioleine 65 miles off Maryland.
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American
W. Scott Sides
Middletown
Winfield Sides
Carolina
Atlantic
Young Sides
Porto Rico
Marine Corps
Washington
Maryland
Navy Department
New Jersey
Submarine Commanders Stand Firm Against Wireless Requests
New York reports 250 Carolina survivors describe a German U boat warning not to use wireless and a captain who ordered chief operator Edwin Vogel to quit his key. Vogel defied briefly before Barbour ordered cessation to save lives. 156 passengers and 94 crew survived with 10 unaccounted. Coastwise salvage details place the sinking fifty miles off the Delaware Capes.
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Associated Press
New York
Germany
American Atlantic
Carolina
Delaware Capes
Edwin W. Vogel
New York City
Vogel
Cape May
Brooklyn Navy Yard
T. R. D. Barbour
Barbour
No Record So Damning and Damnable about Germany's War Profit Plot
A harsh denunciation of German leadership and business elites cooperating with Kaiser Wilhelm II to wage war for personal gain. The piece accuses industrialists of moral depravity, cites atrocities in Belgium and France, and calls for punishment of Germany and its manufacturers. It frames the conflict as a moral catastrophe and warns against peace with Germany.
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Germany
Belgium
France
Hell
Harrisburg Rotary discusses traffic speed limits
Harrisburg Rotary Club debated speed limits at Beaufort Farms with Park Commissioner E Z Gross urging opinion on city council regulations. Members favored enforcing state 25 mph where safe and lower limits in congested areas, stressing enforcement over new ordinances.
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Harrisburg
Gross
Youths of 21 Register for Army Service
Harrisburg and Dauphin county youths aged 21 since June 5 last year began registering for the National Army draft. By 10 30 this morning 164 men were registered at city boards and 257 at county boards. Officials estimate a final total of about 1 250 registrants, 525 in the city and 725 in the county, to replenish depleted ranks. Local and state officials await the results to gauge yearly majorities filling gaps from earlier drafts.
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Harrisburg
Dauphin County
National Army
Man Hurrying for “Special” Car Loses Leg in Collision
Charles B. Romig of 630 Camp Street is hospitalized with a crushed leg, scalp wounds, and shock after failing to see an approaching car while rushing to reach a “special” bound for Steelton at Fourth and Market Streets. He rushed between two moving cars and the leg was run over, requiring amputation.
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Charles B. Romig
Camp Street
Harrisburg
Fourth
Market Streets
Romig
Steelton
Dives
Pomeroy
Stewart's Corner
Market Street
Hohenzollerns accuses of global blackmail for wealth
The piece recounts 1912 13 German plans to finance a world war with help from leading businessmen including August Thyssen. Thyssen's public confession is highlighted as a stark claim of German perfidy and militarist pursuit, aligning with Otto H Kahns warning that Germany sold its soul for prosperity.
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Hohenzollerns
Germany
Herr Thyssen
August Thyssen
America
Otto H. Kahn
pamphlet argues Hohenzollerns used business appeal for war plans
The writer contends the German rulers sought commercial support for war by presenting plans as a business proposition to the business community. He implies many business leaders were asked to back the war effort.
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Hohenzollerns
Rose Show Opens at Harrisburg Y M C A For Roses
Harrisburg amateur rose growers prepare for the first annual rose show to be held at the Y M C A on Friday and Saturday. Only amateur exhibitors compete. nurserymen and their staff are barred. Admission will be charged, entries promising a large display with many Killarneys Paul Negrons and rambler roses meticulously cared for by growers.
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Harrisburg
Woman's Advisory Board
Central Y. M. C. A
W. P. Starkey
Front
Kelker
Markham Here With Lee to Confer With Lesser Rail Heads
A group of high railroad officials including C. H. Markham and Elisha Lee inspected the Lebanon Valley branch and Rutherford yards of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway. They were met by Thomas B. Kennedy and J. H. Tonga and then departed for West Virginia.
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Markham
Lee
Railroad Administration
Lebanon Valley
Rutherford Yards
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
C. H. Markham
Elisha Lee
Pennsylvania Railroad
A. W. Thompson
Baltimore and Ohio
H. A. Lane
C. H. Ewing
F. M. Falck
Philadelphia and Reading
Door to France Must Be Kept Open Says Daniels
Secretary Daniels affirmed the United States will keep open the flow of men and munitions to France despite the submarine raid. He said the Navy’s great duty is to carry Americans to the battlefront and guard food supplies for the co bel ligerents, and that the road will remain open.
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France
Daniels
Associated Press
Washington
Atlantic
American
Mystery of Kelker fountain repair solution revealed
The Kelker memorial fountain on South Front Street has been moved to I B Dickinson’s yards for reconstruction of faulty plumbing authorized by Park Superintendent E Z Gross. Dickinson says delays stem from supply shortages and scarce skilled labor, but the fountain will return to operation at the old site.
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Kelker Memorial
South Front Street
I. B. Dickinson
E. Z. Gross
Not One Mystic Shriner Pinched For Speeding
Imperial Council session for North America held a motor run from Philadelphia to Atlantic City with Zembo and Lu Lu Temple participants. W. C. Munch won a $50 Liberty Bond. no arrests or accidents occurred. average time 3 hours 26 minutes 42 seconds. George R. Wright and Ww. L. Ferguson placed second and third with sterling silver prizes.
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Imperial Council
Ancient Order
Nobles of
Mystic Shrine
North America
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Zembo Temple Rollickers
Harrisburg
Lu Lu Temple Club
W. C. Munch
Ww. L._ Ferguson
George R. Wright
Smuggling Plot Aims to Import Ex Czar Jewels
New York June 5 claim by U S customs indicates an alleged plot to import crown jewels of the Romanoff dynasty valued at $2,000,000. Officials say the plan was uncovered and details are under investigation.
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New York
America
United States Customs
American Bayonets Tame Huns in Heavy Frontline Fight
American troops in France drove Germans from Veuilly wood near Chateau Thierry in a bayonet assault. French and American units fought side by side clearing German positions, with light American losses. Machine gun battalions and gunners held the line at Chateau Thierry and along the Marne, earning praise for marksmanship and steadiness under heavy fire.
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Associated Press
France
Chateau Thierry
Veuilly Wood
Veuilly-la-Poterie
Marne
Jaulgonne
London
Chateau Thiserry
Reuter
Cantigny
Amiens
U. S
HUN DRIVE IS NOW CHECKED
Paris reports a Havas News Agency summary noting a slackening of enemy action after a March offensive. The May German effort halted on the ninth day, the enemy unable to cross the Marne or reach a highway to Paris.
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Associated Press
Paris
Havas
Marne
Hun Birdmen Flee Yankees In Air Combat
On the Luneville front an American patrol clashed with a group of seventeen Germans, three killed. An enemy concrete observation post was destroyed. German guns and airships were active as American artillery shelled behind the lines. Several German planes crossed into American air space and were driven off after exchanges with American aviators.
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Associated Press
France
Luneville Front
Luneville
Sixty Men Placed at Work Under Armed Guard
Sixty men transported to the ordnance depot at Middletown from the east side of New York were put to work under an armed guard after nine attempted to quit upon arrival. They will be compelled to work until their transportation costs are repaid, and if they refuse will be turned over to United States authorities by Major W. D. Gray in charge.
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Ordnance
Middletown
New York
United States
W. D. Gray
Strawberries Abundant as Season Peaks in Markets
Strawberry supplies are plentiful this morning signaling peak season. Growers report heavy harvests with markets selling fruit in great abundance at an average price of 12 cents per box.
Ash collections under gentlemen's agreement far from perfect
Residents report no ash pickups for over a month despite city spending over 12000 in three months for cleanup. Calls to the ash and garbage bureau were reportedly ignored as commissioners plan a citywide tour to investigate the situation tomorrow afternoon.
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the Telegraph
Bureau of
Ash Bureau
Sixteenth and
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