Italians Hold Asiago Front in Major Italian War Front Fight
Rome reports a fierce battle on the Italian front with Austria trying to break Italian lines across a ten mile front. Italians reclaim positions on Asiago, Asolone, and Solarola while pressuring crossing Austrians. 3,000 Italians captured as air superiority and prisoner tallies rise.
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French Front Reports Renewed Artillery Actions
Paris wires say June 15 sees fresh artillery fighting near Hangard wood amid ongoing shelling at Villers Cotterets and Chateau Thierry. Allied air forces claim daily success over four major German zones as raids push deeper behind enemy lines. Paris reports June 17 notes French improvements north and northwest of Haute Braye.
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Kaiser Sees Clash of Civilizations in Speech
In Amsterdam on June 18 Emperor William at the German headquarters said freedom, honor, and morality must prevail against Anglo-Saxon values tied to Mammon. He argued that Anglo-Saxons intend to enslave other peoples and that the outcome cannot be decided by days or weeks.
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Berlin escape attempt and Bethmann Hollweg paralysis notes
Four Berlin residents fled yesterday in two aeroplanes. One landed in Denmark, the other was shot down in the Baltic by a German guardship. A prominent professor decries Fatherland conditions. Former chancellor Bethmann Hollweg, born 1856, has paralysis. He led Germany as chancellor for eight years and faced war era pressures from Pan-Germans to Socialists. His failure to secure peace and breaches of promises are noted.
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Fourth Liberty Loan Planned for October
Secretary McAdoo announced the next Liberty loan will be issued in October. The plan includes $6,000,000,000 in certificates of indebtedness and $2,000,000,000 in tax certificates.
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War Dispatch Reports Prisoner Capture and Troop Movements
Oise and the Aisne today report 100 prisoners taken. Washington June 15 Major General Marsh says troop shipments will continue at full ship capacity. Eight hundred thousand includes all branches of the service.
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Aisne
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Submarine warfare and wartime events reported abroad
Reports from June 15 to June 21 detail Allied and neutral maritime incidents including the British steamship Author surviving an all day chase by a German sub off the Virginia capes, an American steamer escaping a floating mine and a German sub, and an American submarine sinking a German submarine off Virginia. London censorship notes Berlin riots, bread riots in Vienna, and allied air plans. Washington notes Allied air crossing plans and a call for 8,976 registrants to begin training in July.
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Alaska homesteads bill clears Senate to go to president
The House bill to facilitate patents to homesteads in Alaska passed the Senate and goes to the President for approval. The wireless telegraph station at McGrath is back in commission after the local office received a high sign last Monday.
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Greene promoted and reassigned to Philippines command
Camp Lewis Washington June 20 Col Greene is restored to the regular army as brigadier general and given command in the Philippines. Maj Gen John F Morrison takes command of the Department of the West. Charles Smith and Hans Galmark are patients at Reed hospital.
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Reed Hospital
Estate seized under alien property law at Busch estate
St. Louis reports the government has taken over the entire estate of Mrs Lilly Anheuser Busch widow of Adolphus Busch under the alien property law. The Red Cross needs your support.
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Adolphus Busch
Charley Ross Ice Bound at Sea
Last Wednesday the M. & M. bank received a message dated At Sea Aboard SS Victoria from Chas. Ross the bank's president stating the vessel was ice bound. The message came via Nome. Peter Weiss who has lived in our midst for years started for the Great Outside last Tuesday night.
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Senate backs bill to restore 30 million acres of western Indian lands
The Senate passed a measure restoring 30,000,000 acres of western Indian reservation land to the public domain. Charles Strandberg moved his Flat City cabin from the paystreak to the upper end of Gold street.
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