War News Roundup From Western Front To Black Sea
Western Front reports Canadians routing Teutons near Lens as German munition plants suffer blasts. Russia pledges renewed aid to the allies and forms storming battalions. British defend Belgian positions while John D Archbald sinks under U boat attack. Russian Black Sea sailors revolt, and eastern fronts hint at a major Russian offensive. An American freighter gun crew sinks a submarine as leaflets warn fraternizing troops.
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Armed American steamer sinks German submarine report
Washington reports a second armed American steamer sinks a German submarine as Congress opens debate on the Lever food control bill. Tax receipts for the year approach 345 million dollars. Secretary Daniels warns of oil and coal shortages, while Russia’s ambassador says Russians oppose a separate peace. Latin America likely to align with the United States. National Guard drafting may shift to Aug 5 to preserve officer ranks. Englewood tops Red Cross fund list with over five times its allotment. Flint and San José also high.
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New York City
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Flint
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San José
Calif
Chicago Streetcar Workers Win 3-Cent Wage Increase
Western reports show Chicago surface and elevated street car line workers granted a 3 cent per hour wage rise. Laguna District to Agriculture cites a forecast of a huge cotton crop in Mexico and claims pink boll weevil extermination in the district. Oregon plans a memorial audi- torium.
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Oregon
Oregon pioneers mark site of first provisional government
A commemorative cairn near the Willamette River marks where 53 pioneers declared for American rule on May 2, 1843 and formed Oregon Territory’s first provisional government. Meanwhile miners in the Butte district face closures as strikes by the Metal Mine Workers Union and Electricians Union gain support from other trades unions, per a mining executive.
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Electricians’ Union
Kilbane Ready For Army Service In War Time
Sport notes report featherweight champion Johnny Kilbane ready to join the U S Army if drafted. Henry Pross of Pueblo signs for military service on July Fourth in Walsenburg. Ty Cobb leads batting race over Tris Speaker with .368 average as unofficial figures show Detroit ahead by twenty five points.
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United States Army
Henry Pross
Pueblo
Walsenburg
Jim Callahan
Pirates
Pikes Peak Fair and Racing Association
el Paso
Ty Cobb
Tris Speaker
Speaker
International tensions and uprisings reported in wartime era
Gen Chang Hsun rules as admiral arrives at Brazilian port. Commissions visit Moscow while Austria plots cabinet. Berlin workers strike for food and shorter hours. Mexican rebel Marcelo Caraveo seeks amnesty and surrender. Salazar offers to surrender in Pearce Son Chihuahua. Sweden population 5,757,566 in 1916 per statistics. Hunger riots surface in Stettin with troops deployed. Finland seeks independence from Russia per Social Democratic congress. Alfredo Cocchi watched in Bologna prison after Ruth Cruger murder. Japanese diet plans 3 million yen army arsenal in Korea. Archduke Maxmillian betrothed to Princess Francoise. Explosion at Bloenek munitions factory kills or injures nearly 1,000.
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Russia
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Berlin
Marcelo Caraveo
Vienna
Maxmillian
Charles
Francoise
Conrad Hohenlohe- Schillingsfuerst
Triest
Bloenek
War Fund Passes Milestone as Red Cross Subscriptions Climb
News notes record Red Cross subscriptions surpassing $77,338,000 of $100,000,000 as of Saturday night. The Danish steamship Orion, 1,848 tons gross, was sunk by a German submarine June 4 in the North Sea. Brig. Gen. George C. Squier urges young men to enroll in the flying service. The President calls for 70,000 men aged 18 to 40 to enlist June 25–30 to fill regular army ranks. Rear Admiral William N. Potter, U S N, retired, dies of apoplexy at 67 in Whitehall New York. American imports in May reach a record $281,000,000 with exports at $551,000,000, up $21,000,000 from April. Women mobilized for war under national government leadership. An American Pacific fleet squadron with Admiral Caperton arrives in Brazilian waters to assume patrol duties against German raiders.
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Orion
North Sea
George C. Squier
William N. Potter
Whitehall
N. Y
Caperton
Ways of Summer Boarders Make Comical Farmer Remarks
The piece describes summer boarders who stay weeks in the country, amusing farmers with jokes about cows pigs and horses. Farmers record these quips for sale to comic weeklies, earning a tidy sum and a fond memory of country eating.
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