American gun crew claims sinking of U-boat during Atlantic voyage
From an American Atlantic port report dated June 22 1918 Garland line steamer commander Jease Foster of Baltimore says his ship left Liverpool June 2 and engaged two submarines. After a gun battle and evasive maneuvers the U-boat was hit and submerged as 19 shells fired.
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Atlantic
Jease Foster
Baltimore
Garland Line
Aid
England
Sireleas
Liverpool
Pedo
Cunner
Secretary of the Navy
Austrian premier Henry Olam-Martinic Resigns in Cabinet Crisis
Amsterdam dispatch reports Count Henry Olam-Martinic, premier of the Austrian cabinet, who recently resigned, failing to reconstruct the ministry. He has asked King Charles to invite another to form a cabinet.
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Amsterdam
Henry Olam-Martinic
Vienna
Charles
Romanian mission arrives in America at Pacific Port
A Romanian mission arrives at a Pacific port in June. Kasalle Stoica and Gazalie Lucaci represent Metza. Count Stoica is said to hold a rank in the Russian army. The group aims to visit Washington to promote Romanian army recruitment, reportedly numbering 400000 men.
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Pacific
United States
Kasalle
Draft Resisters Arrested in Major roundup
Authorities announced that 65 men indicted for alleged seditious conspiracy against the selective draft law have been arrested. Among those taken into custody were a prominent Farmers' and Laborers' party leader and other figures linked to anti draft activity.
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Ae Tas
Uae
Shteedeenl
Ant
Olay
Agaimet
le i Stans
Belgian
Sale of Russian antiques prompts ire in Gorky
Petrograd reports a large American advertisement claiming $20,000,000 will be spent in Russia on antiques including paintings and porcelain. The notice notes government restrictions and questions the plan amid concern in Gorky.
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Gorky
Archduke Saga from Amsterdam and Vienna links
Fragmentary text mentions Archduke, Amsterdam, Vienna bar, and a reference to a brother of a duke or archduke. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
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Archduke
Amsterdam
Johm
Vienna
Tinos Nestueret
Werner
Russian Front Leaflet Warns Fraternizers Fight Back
Petrograd reports on a leaflets drop along the front claiming Germans acknowledge a long rest allowed troop transfer to the western front. The notice warns fraternizers will be fired upon as German forces vow to continue fighting the English and French.
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Petrograd
Senate to Probe Price of Coal
Washington June 23 The Senate interstate commerce committee decided to probe production prices and transportation of coal steel copper and other basic materials for wartime control. Coal will be the first subject with congressional debate on extending government supervision to related raw materials and transport.
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Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Newlands
Senate
House
Sons of
Sion
Wilson
Cannon
Scott
Iowa
Lever
Washington, D. C
Johnson
South Dakota
Hoover
Ee Ae
Cummins
Daniels
Denmain
Shipping Board
Poisoned Candy Allegations Stir New York Methodists
The Rev. FE M Byssche told a Methodist meeting in New York that Germans manufactured poisoned candy and ordered its distribution by soldiers in northern France and Belgium. He claimed to have seen the candy and its effects on children amid reports of fatalities and desecrated cemeteries.
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New York
FE. M. Byssche
France
Belgium
Japs Offer to Aid Russ Army Reform
Copenhagen dispatch notes Finnish papers report Japan has offered support to Russia in democratic reforms and army reorganization. Japan expressed a wish that Russia resume a place in the ranks of the combatants.
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Copenhagen
Japan
Ruesin
Government Eyes Private Delivery for All Stores
E L Howe of the National Dry Goods association says Postmaster General Burleson proposes the government take over delivery for retail dry goods nationwide during the war. Trials in several cities show feasibility and the plan aims to cut waste and costs with two daily deliveries and parcel post rate mailings.
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Post Office Department of the
United States
E. L. Howe
National Dry Goods Association
Washington
Burleson
Howe
National Retail Dry Association
Commercial Economy Board
Council of National Defense
Post Office Department
Navy to Clean Up Newport at Once
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt arrived in Newport Rhode Island and pledged a cleanup after officials disputed conditions. He criticized officials for denying disrepute and reported empty large homes while Navy recruits stay in hastily built housing amid alleged prostitution and liquor peddling.
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NAVY
Newport
R. I
Franklin Roosevelt
Beacham
Roosevelt
Daniels
General at 28 he won promotion by service
London June 22 The war has seen rapid promotions and B C Freyburg 25 has been gazetted temporary brigadier general Born in New Zealand Freyburg was twice wounded at Gallipoli where he won the Distinguished Service Order for swimming ashore in the Gulf of Fures and was mentioned in dispatches He won the Victoria Cross leading the naval brigade at Beaucourt last November and was wounded four times in that battle and injured at Antwerp
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London
B. C. Freyburg
New Zealand
Freyburg
Gallipoli
Gulf of Fares
Beaucourt
Antwerp
Venizelos Departs Saloniki for Athens in Uncertain Times
June reports say Venizelos left Saloniki and arrived at Kernatos en route to Athens as Greece faces royal instability. A Swiss dispatch notes Constantine the recently dethroned monarch traveled by pedal train amid guarded stations and sympathetic reception in Geneva.
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Tuas
Switzerland
Constantine
Greer
National Guard Engineers to Prepare Campsites
Washington in June the sixteenth National Guard engineers will be activated to lay out and prepare camp sites for the national army levy. The guard will be called out to support mobilization efforts.
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Washington
Nat Guard
Ye National Ar
Mall Guard
Strikers Restore Rail Link Between Petrograd and Moscow
In Petrograd on June 2 workers resumed work on the first section of the night path connecting Petrograd and Moscow. The laborers reported progress with renewed effort after disruptions, aiming to restore service soon.
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Petrograd
Nico
Moscow
Princess Radziwill and American War Worker Alliance
An American princess and a Russian war worker, along with a noble husband, are featured in a page note highlighting wartime ties among aristocracy and labor. The piece names Princess Radziwill and Dorothy Deacon among those connected to the relief effort.
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Hesbend
Meet
Princess Radziwill
Dorothy Deacon
Slovenia
Russia
U S Doctors And Nurses Reach Front In France
American doctors nurses and enlisted men have taken over six base hospitals near the front in the Messines sector. Units organized by the American Red Cross bring medical staff from civil life into regular army service with British hospital staffs adapting to newer duties.
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Messines
Bome
American Red Cross
United States Pope Hospitals
United States Reserve
Geeplas
Pretended Delegates Deceive Germany in Stockholm Conference
Copenhagen reports detail a Nordic dispatch describing three so called American socialist delegates Boris Reinstein Davidovitch and Dr Max Goldfarb arriving in Stockholm to attend an international socialist race conference. German papers republish Reinstein’s claim that Wilson’s war declaration served Wall Street capitalists and aimed to block Russia peace moves. A Budapest telegram cites Russian socialist leader Teheidse announcing Petrograd’s call for Workmen and Soldiers delegates to Stockholm for June 28 to July 1, marking the first direct belligerent communication.
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Tiermamy
Stockhurm
Sweden
Boris Reinsein
Buffalo
N. Y
Max Goldfarb
New York Forward
Davidovitch
Howest
Stockholm
Reinstein
Wilson
Wal Street
Wall Street
Budape
C. Teheidse
Petrograd Council of Workmen's and
Delecates
British Ship Finds No German Prisoners
Washington June 22 reports of a British steamer arriving with prisoners from a German raider were declared baseless by navy officials after telephone verification with naval officers at the arrival port. No prisoners were found aboard the vessel.
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Atlantic
Navy
Italian Prince in New York Receives Warm Welcome
The royal Italian invasion headed by the Prince of Udine arrived in New York with a large public reception. Reported turnout by New York’s Italian community surpassed expectations as the prince made a rare public appearance despite health issues.
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New York
Udine
Italy
Victor Emmanuel I
British Raids Precede Lille Smash in WWI Front
British raids along the Belgian and French front precede a renewed Allied push toward Lille as German pressure on Trentino and the Italian front intensifies. Paris reports extreme artillery activity east of Vauxailion, with fighting in Champagne and around Mont Camillet and Blond.
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Cadorna
Trentino
Vauxailion
Laon
Paris
Braye-En-Laonnois
Dermman
Champagne
Mont Camillet
Blond
Teton Height
France
Belgium
Arras
Messines
Tine
Trent
Draft regulations to be made July 1 announced
Washington announced that after war registration returns from Wyoming and Kentucky the national final enrollment reached 649,938. Provost Marshal General Crowder said draft regulations will be ready for publication July 1, two months before the first call to the colors. Details of exemption board machinery were not disclosed.
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Washington, D. C
Wyoming
Kentucky
Crowder
Kansas Wheat Crop Prospects Improved
Topeka Kansas June 22 A forecast from the state board of agriculture sets winter wheat production at 42 000 000 bushels in Kansas this year up 2 000 000 from May estimates Oats yield may reach 70 054 709 bushels surpassing 1888 by 16 000 000 and 1916 by 41 000 000 Barley may reach 16 000 000 bushels This year is the smallest wheat crop since 1556.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Belgians' Mission Receives Warm Senate Welcome
The Belgian mission was received in the Senate chamber with a great demonstration in Washington on June 2. Daron Moncheur, head of the mission, delivered an address thanking the United States for aid and sympathy, eliciting frequent applause. Senators were introduced to mission members afterward.
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Washington
Senate
Daron Moncheur
Hegium
America
Bond sales pass $3 billion mark in Liberty loan
Washington June 23 subscriptions to the Liberty loan rise beyond the 3 billion level with officials reporting total subscriptions exceeding 4 billion as buyers rush to participate in the government financing drive.
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Liberty Loan
Toll of the Plunger Sinks French Merchantmen in Week
Paris reports five French merchant ships of 1000 tons each sunk by submarines or mines in the week ending June 17. Five more merchantmen were unsuccessfully attacked. Elsewhere the Danish steamship Orion of 1848 tons was sunk by a German submarine on June 4 in the North Sea. its crew saved. The Cedrick, a Norwegian steamer, reportedly sank with the captain and 12 missing.
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Fem Thay
New York
Orion
North Sea
London
Cedrick
Copenhagen
Silent Pickets Barred After White House Rioting
Washington police end two days of rioting by barring picketing at the White House Major Pullen orders strict action and bars banners. Protesters Lucy Burna and Catherine Morey arrested for blocking traffic and unlawful assembly before being released on own recognizance.
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White House
Pullen
Caffe
Grant
Alice Paul
Elime Frail
Color of the Cause
Mise
Lucy Burna
New Br
Catherine Morey
Poston
Waukesha Teacher Kills Lover's Wife Then Attempts Suicide
Grace Lusk, a Waukesha high school teacher, shot and killed Mrs. Roberts wife of Dr. David Roberts and then wounded herself. Doctors say she probably will recover. Lusk expressed remorse and claimed she loved Dr. Roberts, sending a letter blaming Mrs. Roberts and justifying the act as part of a love triangle.
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Waukesha
Wis
Grace Lusk
Roberts
David Roberts
McKay
Miss Lusk
Roberta
Czar to Face Public Trial for Plot Against Peace
London reports former Emperor Nicholas II of Russia will be tried publicly for alleged plots to undermine peace. Labor MPs William James Thorne and James O Grady cited Kerensky as confirming the decision, with incriminating statements to be produced at the trial.
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London
Nicholas
William James Thorne
James O'Grady
Labor
Russia
Labor Party
M. Kerensky
Kerenaky
Russ Faction Calls for Dissolution of All Councils
Petrograd June 22 A resolution by a stately soldiers and workmen congress calls for the dissolution of the duma and the council of the empire. The plan cites that early revolution members used their position to become a center of power and privilege.
Hunger riots reported in Stettin as troops quell unrest
Stettin, Germany, reports hunger riots mainly by women and children. Troops were called out to quell the disturbance and travelers say food shortages drive protests. Copenhagen notes Germany envisions submarine victory with 1000 plus U boats despite losses. London reports no relief from submarine losses and cites arming merchant ships and faster shipbuilding as ally efforts.
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Malmo
Sweden
Stettin
Germany
Government eyes steel price caps to curb wartime costs
Washington reports officials push for uniform steel and iron pricing to guarantee producers a fair profit while government fleets may secure steel at low rates. The plan urges iron and steel manufacturers and ore producers to set a standard price, with possible government commandeering if they refuse. The move aims to prevent shortages and keep farm and defense needs supplied.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Socom
Duncan
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Old U S Bond Issues Yield Points on Offers
New York June 22. First bond call on the stock exchange shows sharp declines in bid prices for old United States bonds. Registered and coupons 34 of 4 1 4 percent basket fell, with loans of 10 4 bid. Pan Am bonds at 32 bid dropped 3 points, registered and coupon 4 0 85 at 10 4 bid down a point. No actual transactions at these prices. Heavy redemptions since Liberty loan inception blamed on sales to fund new issues.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Peices
United States
Liberty Loan
Elelew Ig
Iaue
Allied blockade lifted on Greek ports
Washington reports the allied blockade of Crete ports was lifted. A cable from Minister Droppers in Athens states the allies are satisfied with the Crete situation and see no further need for reprisals or belligerent measures. cordial cooperation among powers ensures Creek wind and the new Greek king.
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Washington
Crecco
Atute Department
Athens
PTC
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