German Army Falls Back on Belgian Front Hours After Messines
British forces press the German retreat in Belgium from Warneton to Lys river areas. Haig reports progress east of Messines Wytschaete and near Bloegsteert wood as German command positions crumble. French posts repulsed German attacks in Aisne Verdun regions. Greece sees Constantine abdicated and Allied landings near Athens.
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Verdun
Greece
Enten
Constantine Abdicates. Proclamation Posted in Athens
The proclamation by former King Constantine announcing his abdication was posted in the streets of Athens. He states he is leaving Greece with the heir to the throne and leaves his son Alexander the crown, asking for calm to avoid catastrophe. The report notes German HQ reaction and a sympathy message from the emperor to Queen Sophia.
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Associated Press
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Netherlands
Cologne
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Weather Outlook Harrisburg and Eastern Pennsylvania
Thundershowers this afternoon with fair to night and Friday, cooler tonight. Winds south then west. Susquehanna and tributaries likely to fall with a 4.5 foot stage forecast for Harrisburg Friday morning. Temperatures have cooled from yesterday’s high of 83 and low 66.
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Susquehanna River
Paris Welcomes Pershing With Enthusiastic Hero’s Homecoming
Paris greets General Pershing and his staff with unprecedented crowds and spontaneous cheers. Major General Pershing’s motorcade through Paris draws hundreds of thousands, with Place de la Concorde swelled by eager onlookers and French soldiers on leave joining the greeting.
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Associated Press
Paris
General Pershing
Pershing
Place de la Concorde
London School Bombing Kills and Injures Many Children
London reports a German air raid on a schoolhouse left ninety seven dead and four hundred thirty seven wounded. Among the afflicted are sixty four children ages five to seven with limbs torn and bodies torn. teachers aided victims despite bloodshed as civilians ferried the gravely hurt to a nearby hospital.
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London
Petrograd Welcomes Root and Members of American Mission
A large delegation of Russians and Americans greeted the Root commission on arrival in Petrograd. United States Ambassador Francis presented Foreign Minister Tereschtenko and the commission was escorted to the winter palace for lodging. The group will be formally presented to the provisional government on Friday.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Root Commission
United States
Francis
Tereschtenko
Winter Palace
Entering a Prosperous Era Says Leaders Push Ahead After War
The piece argues the nation enters its most prosperous era after the war as business runs forward. Directors of the Penn Harris Hotel plan to proceed with a million dollar hotel project at Third and Walnut, signaling confidence in continued activity and rising prices.
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Third and
Walnut Streets
Liberty Loan Swings Into Last Stretch
The Liberty Bell rang at noon signaling national support for the loan. President Wilson was informed by telegraph as bells nationwide joined in a chorus urging citizens to back the drive. In Harrisburg the response followed the bell’s message and widespread public observance.
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Wilson
Harrisburg
United States Steel Donates Dividend to Harrisburg Red Cross
United States Steel sent a 1 percent special dividend to its stockholders in Harrisburg and urged that these funds be contributed to the Red Cross fund. The first dividend checks were received at Red Cross headquarters in the Board of Trade building this morning, as part of a campaign to boost local Red Cross contributions.
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Board of Trade
United States Steel
Harrisburg
Red Cross Fund
Japan Plans Broad Powers Mission to United States
Washington June 14 Japan will send a mission to the United States with broad diplomatic powers. Viscount Kikujiro Ishii will head the mission while Vice Admiral Takeshita supervises the naval section and Major General Lugano leads the army group.
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Japan
United States
Far East
China
Viscount Kikuijiro Ishii
Takeshita
Lugano
Red Cross drive leader in Harrisburg reports generous pledge
Victor Lecoq heads an intensive campaign to raise 100000 for the national Red Cross. A night shift worker from a Pipe Bending plant handed Lecoq a 7 check. He explains the dividend from his $200 Liberty Loan bonds funds his first year of first aid to Liberty. Harrisburg bought 4 million in Liberty bonds.
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Victor Lecoq
Harrisburg
Red Cross
Mr. Lecoq
Liberty Loan
Liberty
Arrest Nine Slackers
Nine young men of conscript age who could not show registration certificates were arrested in Philadelphia and turned over to federal authorities for a hearing. A majority said they enrolled on June 5 but lost or misplaced their certificates, while others claimed they were not the prescribed ages.
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Smith Prohibition Amendment Passes Second Reading
The Smith resolution proposing a constitutional prohibition amendment advanced on second reading in a short House session with no debate. About twenty second reading bills moved forward as the first reading calendar was cleared and adjournment came after a brief half hour.
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House of Representatives
House
Red Cross Conference Opens In Harrisburg For Statewide Action
Nearly five hundred delegates from Pennsylvania Red Cross chapters gathered at the Board of Trade hall for the first get together meeting. Vance C. McCormick welcomed attendees and urged sustained, thorough organization beyond wartime urgency, citing past rapid growth and the need for continued active work through ongoing emergencies.
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Red Cross
Pennsylvania
Board of Trade
Vance C. McCormick
Mr. McCormick
Wardrobe of Princess Louise Sells at Auction in Munich
The wardrobe of Princess Louise of Belgium netted 82 000 marks at a public theater auction staged in Munich via London. The sale spanned several days and included gowns lingerie parasols and millinery from seventy two trunks. Louise, eldest daughter of King Leopold and former wife of Philip of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, has long been in the headlines for romantic and family matters.
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Saxe Coburg and
Gotha
Eighteen Die as Shell Factory Collapse Kills Workers
A Paris munitions factory beam failure caused the building to collapse. About 800 people were at work when the floor gave way, leaving eighteen dead and sixty injured at the scene. Rescue teams retrieved the injured and began investigations into the cause.
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Associated Press
Paris
Municipal Band Concert Schedule and Selections
The municipal band performs from 9 to 10 PM directed by Fred Blumenstine. March program includes Stars and Stripes Forever by Sousa Memories of the War, Patrol to Dublin Bay by Laurendeau, and solo Romance. Performers listed include Julius Cohen trombone and Earl Carroll.
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John P. Sousa
L. F. Laurendeau
Dublin Bay
Stanley Murray
C. “V. Bennett Julius Cohen
the Enourns
M. L. Lake
Letty
Earl Carroll
China U S Relations Brought to Surface by Note
Tokio June 12 Japan notes the US China policy statement expressing regret over Chinese dissension and urging tranquility. It frames China US ties as entwined with Japan seeking recognition of a special position in China and questions if the US will concede to Japan by forgoing independent action.
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Associated Press
Tokio
China
United States
Japan
Great Britain
France
Angry Bees Disrupt P R R Schedule
A swarm from four hives shipped to a western city nearly halted the Pennsylvania Railroad schedule. The bees attacked employees and trainmen before overrunning a pile of express goods. An elderly beekeeper used a milk can to drive them back to the hives.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Youth Badly Hurt After Skylight Collapse
Ernest Glaser aged 19 from 2019 Wallace street suffered a serious fall when the skylight at 412 Market street broke. He was climbing to the third floor exterior for Keystone Printery work when he slipped, striking his face and body and later taken to Harrisburg Hospital with a broken jaw and knocked out teeth.
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Ernest Glaser
Ives
Wallace Street
Market Street
Harrisburg
Keystone Printery
Explosion at Ashton Under Lyne Kills Fifty in London Telegraph
London reports a catastrophic explosion in Ashton Under Lyne killing about fifty and wounding many. Chancellor Bonar Law announced in the House of Commons that Zeppelin L-43 was destroyed over the North Sea with no survivors sighted.
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Ashton- Under-Tyne
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Ashton-Under-Tyne
Manchester
North Sea
Bonar Law
Admiralty
German Air Fleet Bombs London Port Claim
Berlin reports that a squadron of large German airplanes attacked the port of London yesterday and all planes returned unharmed per today’s official statement issued in London.
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Berlin
London
Wilson Warns Kaiser Seeks Unfair Peace On Flag Day
President Wilson warned the nation that Germany has advanced in conquest and seeks a peace intrigue to end the war while its gains are secure. He described a centralized autocratic empire spanning Europe to Asia and said German propaganda favors an early peace to justify force. The address cited U S entry into war and ongoing aggression.
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