Piave River Battle Reverses Austrians After Floods
Vienna reports blame on weather and high Piave water for the Austrian retreat. Italian forces crossed the river, seized bridgeheads, and pressed the pursuit with estimates of large Austrian losses and about forty thousand prisoners. A new mountain drive is expected in the north as Piave defenses strengthen and the war outlook shifts.
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Associated Press
Austria
Piave
Diaz
Vienna
Baron Burian
Germany
Hapsburg Empire
Teuton
Charles
Italy
Italian Piave Pursuit Wins and Austrian Retreat Deepens
Milan's Secolo cites Austrian losses near 200000 with two thirds of enemy divisions decimated. A Turin dispatch says rout is complete and Piave carries away many Austrian dead. Italian cavalry reportedly crosses eastern Piave bank as Diaz gains morale shift and aims for decisive victory. Berlin press debates German aid from the west. Washington confirms 45000 prisoners total, with 12000 to 15000 captured in recent days. Italian rear guard surrender completes west Piave reoccupation.
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Paris
Secolo
Milan
Matin
Turin
Diaz
la Homme Libre
William
von Hindenburg
Switzerland
London
Piave
Washington
Rome
the Piave
War Office
Blandford Couple Welcome Baby Anita Ann
A daughter was born Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Blandford. The newborn has been named Anita Ann. Mr. Blandford serves as manager of the Kress store.
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Myr
M. H. Blandford
Anita Ann
Blandford
Kress
Civilians to Enter First Field Artillery Officers Camp
Civilians aged 21 to 40 with special qualifications may compete for officership at Camp Zachary Taylor near Louisville. The twelve week program will admit enlisted men and civilians, with draft-age civilians entering as privates and later seeking commissions as second lieutenants. Application forms are available at the War Department in Washington, D. C.
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Field Artillery
Louisville
Zachary Taylor
F.B. Davis
Camp Taylor
Camp Zachary Taylor
Chief of Field Artillery
War
Kaiser Throws Aside His Mask
Von Kuehlmann declares Germany will not bind herself to pledges as Kaiser faces trial of public stance and policy amid war era tensions.
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Kaiser
von. Kuehlmann
Germany
German and Austrian Leaders Vow Unbroken Alliance
Dr. Richard Von Kuehlmann told the Reichstag that Germany cannot bind itself to pledges on Belgium and seeks a free strong imperial state with overseas power. He praised Austria Hungary’s leaders Czernin and Burian, noting renewed high level talks and mutual support within the alliance. He blamed Russia for the war’s outbreak, with France and England also implicated, while outlining Germany’s aims for strength and sea power.
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Amsterdam
Richard von Kuehlmann
Reichstag
Berlin
Germany
Belgium
von Kuehlmann
Russia
France
England
Dr von Kuehlmann
Notice to Registrants for July 2 1918 Advisory Board Meeting
Notice to all registrants of June 5 1918 that the Legal Advisory Board and associates will meet in the City of Lawrence Court Room on Tuesday July 2 1918 to assist in preparing and returning questionnaires. Registrants from June 5th are urged to attend. Those seeking agricultural or industrial deferred classification must bring witnesses including land owners and neighbors for agricultural claims and the employer plus another for industrial claims.
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Legal Advisory Board
City of
Lawrence
Seventy-Seven Drafted Men to Attend Chamber Luncheon
Kansas draft notices outline July quotas and departures from Douglas county for Camp Cody and Camp Funston. Seven seven men leave July 22 to 27, with 35 to Camp Funston and nine to Fort Riley. Total state call reaches 4 600, exhausting Class One. Parade and send-off arrangements include G A R rides to the Union Pacific station and municipal band escorts.
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Douglas County
C. S. Huffman
Topeka
Crowder
Camp Funston
Fort Riley
Camp Cody
New Mexico
Chamber of Commerce
Union Pacific
Lawrence
Court House
Draft age change urged as class one would exhaust
Washington June 25. Advocates in the senate urged changing the draft age limit saying under current law class one would be exhausted by November. Senator Wadsworth of New York warned that the desertion of class one would require calling men from other groups. Senator Fajl of New Mexico argued that even with changes another half million could not be drafted without touching deferred classes.
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United States
Washington
Senate
Wadsworth
New York
Fajl
New Mexico
250 Men Reclassified by Local Draft Advisory Board
About two hundred fifty men were moved from other draft classes into Class One by the draft advisory board after a two day session. Provost Marshal General Crowder’s order prompted the change. Sam Bishop chairs the advisory board with Marshall Gorrill as clerk and H. H. Asher as treasurer. Local bar members serve as associates. The local draft board, Sheriff J. R. Woodward, George Brune, county clerk, and Dr. E. D. F. Phillips, will act on the advisory board’s recommendations this week.
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General Crowder
Sam Bishop
Marshall Gorrill
H. H. Asher
Draft order drawing moved to Thursday at 9 30
Washington reports the Provost Marshal General Crowd er announced a change in plans for the selective service draw order. The drawing will occur next Thursday at 9 30 in the morning rather than Friday.
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Washington
Crowder
Five Die As Tornado Strikes Unionville Area
Five persons are reported dead and several injured when a tornado hits south of Green City Missouri late last night. Considerable property damage is also reported in the Unionville area.
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Unionville
Green City
Texas Goes Dry Ends Prohibition Efforts Statewide
Texas begins statewide prohibition at midnight with the liquor trade abolished. Saloons will close at 9:30 p.m. and not reopen. The measure marks a blanket curtailment of alcohol sales across the state.
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Texas
Austin
Germans to face poisonous smoke in hell
The statement asserts that Germans, branded as using poisonous smoke, will encounter the same fate in hell, presenting a stark, hostile vow reflecting wartime animosity and retribution rhetoric.
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Hell
Rate Cut 75 Percent for Transatlantic Messages
Cable messages may now be sent directly to France from here at 8.2 cents a word through the Postal Telegraph cable service. The old rate was 34 cents a word. A separate 8 cent rate applies for messages via London to France by post, slower but cheaper. Many Lawrence residents have already used the 8-cent rate. censorship and sender’s risk apply.
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France
Postal Telegraph
London
Lawrence
Willis Moss Sentenced to Jail for Violating Return Ban
Willis Moss fled Lawrence after a prior assault case and was given a 30 day jail term plus fines. He must leave town and not return or he will serve the sentence. Delahunty faced reckless driving charges with trial set for Friday morning.
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Willis Moss
Lawrence Willis Moss
Jesse Thornton
Moss
Thomas Delahunty
Fred Clark
Clinton
Delahunty
Early K A Grad Dies John Harper Long 77
John Harper Long died at his Evanston Illinois home. He was a noted educator and author of chemistry textbooks. Long was Northwestern University chemistry professor and KU graduate of 1877 who earned a PhD in 1879 at Tubingen. His sister Arial Long was the University’s first graduate to die.
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John Harper Long
Evanstown
Ill
Long
Northwestern University
University of Kansas
Fubingen
Germany
Arial Long
State Guardsmen urged to join Kansas units
A wartime recruitment message from Forrest Officer prompted Captain Paul A. Dinsmoor to praise Kansas State Guards attendance. Recruiting at the armory yielded fourteen enrollments from twenty applicants, with six failing physical tests. Two companies near full strength. 250 total to be raised within a week.
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South Laura
Wichita
Kansas
Overland
Branson
Perfecto
Paul A. Dinsmoor
Kansas State Guards
Forrest
Dinsmoor
Kansas National Guard
MUST LEARN FIRST AID Policeland Fire Departments
The City of Lawrence commissions police and fire departments to take a Red Cross fire aid course. Dr A W Clark, health superintendent, urged the move and the city will pay one dollar per person for instruction. Classes will be held at city hall at times least disruptive to duties.
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Red Cross
City of
Lawrence
Red Cross Society
A. W. Clark
Clark
Will Lawrence Protests Interurban Rate Increase
City Commission agrees to hold a public hearing on the Kaw Valley and Western Interurban rate rise. City Attorney W G Thiel to present citizens’ arguments before the Public Utilities Commission at a Topeka session on July 9. Mayor Kreeck opposes the increase but will back citizen protests if petitions are filed.
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Lawrence
Kaw Valley and Western Interurban Railway Company
City Commission
W. G. Thiel
Kansas
George L. Kreeck
Public Utilities Commission
Kreeck
Topeka
City of
Thiel
Public Utilities Board
City Board
State Board
Kansas City
W. W. Holyfield
Strong man announces Harley as candidate for Eleventh district
A strong man announces Tom Harley will be a candidate for the Legislature from the Eleventh District. Douglas county will likely have two lawyers in the next session, both with farm property interests. Hurley seeks the Republican nomination, a Douglas county resident for about 25 years, former county and city attorney, and last year chairman of the Four Minute Men for Lawrence. Ed T. Riling announced in the Twelfth district. Harley and Riling would be strong representatives for Douglas county, both lawyers and well connected locally.
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Tom Harley
Douglas County
Tom Hurley
Hurley
University School of Law
Haseen
Four Minute Men
Lawrence
Cummings
Harley
Ed. T. Riling
Vinland Station Robbery Under Investigation
The Santa Fe railway station at Vinland was entered and robbed late Sunday night. Sheriff’s office has not yet reported the amount taken. A special Santa Fe officer is assigned to the case.
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Vinland
Santa Fe Railway
Sheriff’s Office
Santa Fe
Weather Forecast and Temperatures Report
Kansas forecast shows fair tonight and Wednesday with warmer conditions in the northwest and north central regions. Temperatures at 3 PM today around 90.5 degrees.
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Kansas
University soldiers form company band at Kansas University
Student soldiers at Kansas University form a company band under J. M. McCanles with H W Boltz of the Lawrence Y M C A handling recreation and Sunday entertainment. The first band practice was held in Fraser chapel. Officers arriving include Capt B F Rice and Lieuts Foltz Means Allen and Brown with two more lieutenants expected.
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W. E. Downing
Ted
Fraser Chapel
J. M. McCanles
Fraser’chapel
Lawrence
Quarrantine
Allen
B. F. Rice
Thomas G. Foltz
George W. Means
Judson
Charles Brown
Chief Labor Troubles in the Day Territory
Washington June 25 shipping board chairman Hurley rejecting absolute prohibition before the senate agricultural committee. Banks warn of financial catastrophe. War needs may override dry policy. Secretary Daniels supports prohibition in navy. labor groups oppose it, fearing discord.
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Washington
Hurley
Shipping Board
Senate Agricultural Committee
Percy H. Johnson
Chemical National
Bank of
Prohibition
Food Administration
Daniels
Navy
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Fountains to be repaired at Central and South parks
Mayor Geo L Kreeck announced repairs ordered for the Central and South park fountains. Both have been out of use since last winter. Central park fountain burst by freezing. South park feed pipes rot under ground. Fountains to be restored to operation at an early date.
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City Park
Geo. L. Kreeck
Central
South‘parks
Central Park
South Park
Be Military Meeting at Chamber Dinner in Douglas County
The Chamber of Commerce luncheon will be military in nature with 77 drafted men of Douglas County as guests. The event, moved from Thursday to Friday, features Brigadier General Wilder S Metcalf Captain B F Rice Chancellor Frank Strong and Theodore Gardner representing the G A R as speakers.
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Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County
Wilder S. Metcalf
B.F. Rice
University Training School
Frank Strong
Theodore Gardner
City approves $100000 water system improvements
Lawrence city commission moves to replace all mains under four inches with four inch lines, add sixteen miles of mains, and install meters on every service. A main across the Kaw River bridge will be repaired for North Lawrence, and an additional well is planned. Black and Weatch of Ki-City to draft plans and cost estimates for PUC approval and bond funding.
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Commission
Cleland
W. F.reinisch
Tenth Street
Mississippi Street
Clelgefl
Kaw River
North Lawrence
Ask Public Utilities
Lawrence
Black and Weatch
Ki - City
City Commission
Kansas Public Utilities Commission
War Savings Stamps drive urged by county clerks
W S S drive reports must be made early as clerks of rural school districts pledge to support the campaign. I C Stevenson, chairman of the Council of Defense, says quotas for districts reflect the year’s total, not new subscriptions. Harvest conflicts limit some volunteers, but most will contribute. Meetings will be held at district schools or homes, with J A West offering his house in District 81. Subscriptions should be brought to 1320 Haskell Avenue. A full report will be sent to P W Goebel in Kansas City, and results must be telephoned to Mr Stevenson by Saturday noon.
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Council of Defense
Mr. Stevenson
Lawrence
Rey
J. A. West
Haskell Avenue
Local families spend weekend with Edgar and Melvin kin
Mrs Robi Edgar, Mrs Austin Mayfield and daughters Dorothy and Maud, and Mrs Fred McKenna with son Dean visited Mrs W K Edgar and Mrs D M Melvin for the weekend, sharing time with these relatives.
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Robi. Edgar
Austin Mayfield
Dorothy
Maud
Fred McKenna
Dean
Fred
W. K. Edgar
D. M. Melvin
Shale Couple Spends Day in Kansas City
Mr and Mrs W F Shale were in Kansas City for a day trip spending the afternoon there and returning home in the evening.
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W. F. Shale
Kansas City
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von Keuhlmann
Count Czernin
von Kuehlman
Say
Aires
K. A. Grad
Capt. Dinsmoor
National Guard
R. R
Lerae
Wnaicgevceists “90
Lawrence Citizens
Hur
Shipping Boards
Ing
Wes
Maylay
North Lawrence Main
Mains
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