French Suffer Heroic Front Fight South of Noyon and Montdidier
French forces under General Foch launch repeated counterblows along a 21 mile front south of Noyon and Montdidier. They retake ground from the Germans, seize heights near Courcelles and Mortemer, and push toward Mery while tanks support a central advance.
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Paris
Duke
Ernest Ore
Noyon
Montdidier
Oise
Ribourt
Dreslincourt
Ribecourt
Foch
Rubescourt
St. Hour
Lefretnecy
Courcelles
Mortemer
Mery
Belloy
Gemlis Wood
St. Maur
Amtheuil
Lodge Farm
Matz
Macherent
Bethancourt
French Gain East of Mery As Huns Launch New Dive
French forces gain east of Mery as German assaults along a fourteen mile front near Soissons Villers Cotterets Dommieres Ambleny are repulsed. Casualties total fifteen killed in action nine wounded and six with disease or undetermined status plus ten Marines killed in action and four wounded.
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Mery
Cyrus Adcox
Fayettesville
N. C
Leslie Venters
Shelmerdine
Gordon Hayes
Nicholas
Emmett
Segray
Hampton
Eddie Smith
Florala
Ala
Jed Corsine
Concord
Sam Conley
Hiawathia
Edwin Head
Needmore
Gettry Gurnicutt
Freenville
6. C
Arthur Johnson
Lakeland
Fla
Henry Kenneday
Waycross Ga
Marine Corps
Warren Hoyle
Shelby
George Murphy
Spartanburg
8. C
Crnier
Montidic Eo
Aish
Soissons
Villers
Cotterets
Dommieres
Cutry
Ambleny
Crown Prince
Montdidier-Oise
Genlis Wood
Bel Peigne
Berge Bound to Grand Jury on Murder Charge
C K Berge, a Mobile detective engaged with the government, was bound over to await the grand jury by a Bay Minette justice of the peace. He posted bond of $5500 after a preliminary hearing on a murder charge tied to the shooting of Jesse Wilson near Span Fort, who allegedly resisted a halt during a draft evasion incident.
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C. K. Berge
Mobile
Premier of Bulgaria Resigns Amid Impending Sofia Crisis
A dispatch from London reports the premier of Bulgaria has resigned and notes an imminent ministerial crisis in Sofia. The brief item also references wartime policing activity involving UCK and Lieutenant Walter Buck in connection with the coverage.
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International News Service
London
Bulgaria
Sofia
Navy dealing practical. Way with coast subs.
Washington June 12 Officials say practical methods once used to drive German submarines far from British and French coasts are now applied along the American coast to defend harbors. Naval preparations are expected to minimize losses as the belief grows that submarines have returned to home bases.
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International News Service
Washington
Great Britain
France
Swe Rt Mince Native Declares Citizenship Intent
Asay tril FILES PAPERS P. Anderson a native of Swe rt Mince declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States and foreswore allegiance to the king of Sweden.
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Asay Tril
P. Anderson
Swert Mince
United States
Sweden
Drafted Men Ordered to Navy Service
Draft boards were ordered to release men who registered on June 5 to enlist in the navy. The action targets those desiring to serve in the naval branch and follows official orders to mobilize qualified draftees.
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Navy
July cotton opens in New York market at 25.75
Spot cotton on the New York market opened with the July contract at 25.75 per cwt and was quoted at 23.39. The report notes the opening quotation for July cotton on the New York market.
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New York
Marines Take Guns and 300 Prisoners in Marne Action
In the Marne sector on June 12, Pro American forces attacked Ne leau Wood northwest of Chateau Thierry. Defending Prussian and Saxon troops were overwhelmed by marines who captured 300 prisoners and multiple weapons amid heavy shelling. American casualties were light.
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International
Marne
Henry Wales
Nelleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
Daun
Italian Raid Sinks Two Austro-Hungarian Battleships
Rome reports another daring Italian naval raid torpedoed two Austro-Hungarian battleships of the largest type and damaged an Austrian destroyer that pursued the attackers.
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International News Service
Rome
Retail Dealers Form Perfect War Time Rules at Cawthon Hotel
The Retail Merchants Association of Mobile Alabama held a meeting at the Cawthon hotel Tuesday night to organize a new body. Jacob Reiss was named president, Wm H Monk Jr vice president, W B McAfee secretary, and Ed G Dreaper treasurer. They adopted a one day delivery rule and a set of war time regulations to limit non essential deliveries and returns and to report violations to the Alabama Council of Defense.
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Retail Dealers’ Association of M
Cawthon Hotel
Jacob Reiss
Reiss Mercantil Company
Wm. H. Monk, Jr
W. B. McAfee
Ed G. Dreaper
Mobile
Ala
Council of National Defense
Alabama National Council of Defense
Council of Defense of Alabama
Joseph C. Rich
County Council of Defense
Senate Rejects Borah Plan for Open Diplomacy
The Senate rejected the Borah amendment for open diplomacy by a 50 to 23 vote after reading a letter from President Wilson opposing the measure. The vote marks a setback for advocates of transparent international negotiations.
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Senate
Borah
Washington
Wilson
Two Men Chosen for Tuskegee Institute Training
Roscoe Mayers and Olver Bell two freedmen are named as two of three to be sent to Tuskegee Institute for special training in mechanical work by city board No. 1.
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Tuskegee
Roscoe Mayers
Olver Bell
Tuskegee Institute
Evans of Mobile Steel Co. Says 2,500 Workers Needed
W M Evans of Mobile Steel Co. estimates Mobile area needs about 2,500 workers. He cites plant demands, enforcement of work or fight laws, and shifts of labor to war related production. Industrial leaders warn existing labor gaps will persist despite crackdowns on gambling and tavern activity.
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Mobile
W. M. Evans
Mobile Steel Company
Mr. Evans
Sergeant Daves Visits City Brother of Deputy Sheriff
Sergeant W. R. Daves of Mobile’s Own, on furlough, visits his mother Mrs. B. Daves on Chamberlain avenue. Formerly manager of the Mobile Peanut and Candy Company, he is a brother of Deputy Sheriff J. Daves.
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W. R. Daves
1Hr
Mobile
B. Daves
Chamberlain Avenue
Mobile Peanut and Candy Company
J. Daves
Kaiser Generals Rush Reserves Into Big Battle
Paris dispatch reports German generals pouring reserves into continued fighting on a narrow front. German advances are halted in many sectors while French counter offensives regain ground and inflict heavy losses. More than 1,000 German troops are said to have fallen in recent counterattacks by French forces.
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Paris
Sailmaker Jack Wagner Dies After Skull Fracture
James Allen filed a report claiming a sail rigging accident at Irwin Jackson’s shop caused a fatal skull fracture. Wagner died yesterday afternoon at the Southern Infirmary after failing to regain consciousness.
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Jack Wagner
Irwin Jackson
German Raid in Aveluy Wood Repulsed
British forces repulsed a German raid in Aveluy Wood while raiding German trenches in the Boyelles sector. German artillery activity remained high near Lens as of noon.
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Aveley Wood
International News Service
London
Therans
Aveluy Wood
War Office
Boyelles
Lens
Rejected at Sevier Camp Examinations
William A Covy a 4 clerk Jacob Gitlow a peddler and Chute a postal clerk all five were rejected by board No.1 at camp 29 after military service examination. They will be assigned future status.
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William A. Covy
Jacob Gitlow
Chute
Farmer Mack Green Faces Disloyalty Probe in Escambia
Mack Green a farmer from Escambia County was charged under Section 8 with making disloyal statements and appeared before U S Commissioner J Irwin Burgett on Wednesday. He was bound over to the federal grand jury and released on a $150 bond after arrest by Deputy U S Marshal E Tunstall Jr.
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Mack Green
Farmer
Escambia County
Espia
United States Missioner
J. Irwin Burgett
United States
E. Tunstall, Jr
Austrian air losses reported amid mutiny at Pola
Rome June 12 reports Austrian forces lost about a hundred airplanes in recent months. Daily Italian marines accuse Polish mutiny at Pola, with as many as forty men implicated and one day detention recorded.
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International
Rome
Dstrian
Pola
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UCK
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Daves
James Allen
Sevier
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