Flag Day Address Frames War for Freedom and Duty
President Wilson’s June address argues for unity under the flag as nations enter the war. He denounces German aggression, defends American motives, and frames the conflict as a people’s war for freedom and self government with the United States choosing to deny peace terms that empower Berlin.
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Washington
Wilson
America
Germany
Mexico
Japan
Foreign Office
Berlin
High Seas
Europe
France
Belgium
England
United States
Russia
Plans for Complete Harmony in Warfare
Washington reports a proposal to form an international army and navy staff to coordinate Allied operations. The move, seen as essential to win the war, follows Germany’s growing influence over its allies and the centralized planning at Berlin. The plan spans multiple fronts including Italy, the Balkans, Asia Minor and Persia.
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Washington
International Army
International Navy
The
Germany
Berlin
Balkans
Asia Minor
Persia
Allied Forces to Confront France and Allies in Near Future
London reports it is probable that future operations will free German Austro-Hungarian Bulgarian and Turkish troops to focus on France Italy Britain and the United States. The note suggests a strategic shift with allied forces to be used in conjunction.
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London
France
Italy
Great Britain
United States
Attitude of wired capitals coordinates allied commands
The text notes that probability guides the wired capital units to act as a coordinated whole. It states no difficulty in France. Major General Wershing will take orders from General Petain and confer with General Haig to act per their instructions.
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Pershing
Petain
Haig
France
Wershing
London Air Raid Kills Schoolchildren and Wounds Dozens
In a London air raid ten children died and fifty were hurt when a schoolhouse was struck. German planes bombed the east end as British forces engaged fighters. hospitals report over fifty casualties with several deaths. The Earl of Derby cited total casualties rising toward four thousand.
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London
House of Lords
Earl of Derby
Sims
Essex
Registration Not a Bar to Enlistment
Chicago announces a drive urging unmarried men ages eighteen to forty to volunteer for the regular army during the war. Men twenty-one to thirty-one who have registered are encouraged to enlist, gaining a military foundation for future advancement, per Captain R. Kenney.
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Chicago
United States Army
Ir. R. Kenney
Pershing Arrives in Paris. Welcomed by French Leaders
Major General Pershing and staff reached Paris on June 15 amid a throng on the boulevards. At the station he was greeted by Marshal Joffre and Ambassador Sharp, with Paul Painlevé. The party traveled in open carriages to a hotel on the Place de Concorde set as headquarters for American officers.
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Paris
Pershing
Marshal Joffre
Ambassador Sharp
Paul Painleve
Grand Boulevard
General Pershing
Minister Painleve
Place de Concorde
Britain Sends Noteon War Aims Reply to Russia
Great Britain has sent Russia a note in reply to the latter's request for a statement of British war aims. The note is in general agreement with President Wilson's note to Russia.
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Russia
London
Great Britain
Wilson
U S Coast Guard Cutter McCullough Sunk Near Point Arguello
The U S coast guard cutter McCullough was rammed and sunk by the steamship Governor off Point Arguello near Los Angeles. The crew was rescued.
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Los Angeles
Cal
U. S. Coast Guard
McCullough
Governor
Point Arguello
Seven Die As Rail Crash Rock Oklahoma City Area
A southbound Santa Fe passenger train and a freight train collided head on five miles south of Oklahoma City. Seven people were killed and a score injured in the Wednesday wreck.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Santa Fe
Roosevelt Asks for Guard at Oyster Bay Estate
Roosevelt applies for police protection at his Oyster Bay estate asking two constables be assigned to keep off curious motorists and others encroaching on the property.
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Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Col. Roosevelt
Experimental hydroaero postal route considered by minister
Plan proposes an experimental air mail link between France and Corsica with connections at Marseilles Toulon and Ajaccio announced in Paris.
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Plan
Paris
France
Corsica
Marseilles
Toulon
Ajaccio
928 Passengers Reach U S From Bergensfjord
The Norwegian steamship Bergensfjord arrived at an Atlantic port on June 14 with 928 passengers aboard. No submarine sightings were reported during the voyage.
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U. S
United States
Europe
Bergensfjord
Defense costs top 29.78 million in army navy deficiency totals
The report lists Army and Navy spending exceeding ten million dollars in the deficiency appropriation approved by Congress. Items include ammunition, clothing, pay, transportation, subsistence, barracks, and various ordnance and support costs for both land and sea forces.
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Congress
Washington
Army Quartermasters
Navy
Army
Bureau of
Bureau of Steam Engineer
IDG
Ie Aice Estas Teaceues Oeeta
Naval Reserve Force
Bre Parentele Bonetecs
Coast Guard
Ceee
Eeee
Army Pay Medical Corps
THC
Navy Aviation
Equip- Thome Rae Ee Dae
Army Post Sanitation
Seize Draft Evaders Convicted in Federal Courts
News wires report two men, Louis Kramer and Morris Becker, found guilty of conspiring to discourage registration under the selective draft. In Milwaukee warrants issued for six nonregistrants. A slacker suspect, Nick Luona, shot while fleeing arrest. Edward Boski, editor, arrested on anti enlistment charges. Widespread actions tied to anti conscription and draft disruption.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
New York
Louis Kramer
Morris Becker
Federal District Court
Emma Goldman
Phillip Lavine
Herman Wascow
William Herrguth
Milwaukee
Virginia
Minn
Nick Luona
Pickle
St. Paul
Edward Boski
Fairbault
U S Liner Sinks Diver In Atlantic Port Action
A U S liner the Kroonland reported sinking a German submarine after two U boats attacked the merchantman. The attack and ramming occurred as the Kroonland escaped with agile maneuvers and one blade lost. The Anglian and Sequana have also been torpedoed and sunk with significant loss of life.
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Atlantic
Wreonland
Kroonland
Boston
Leylandiner Anglian
Liverpool
Paris
Twenty Die in Brooklyn Sugar Plant Explosion
Twenty workmen were killed when a mixing building at the American Sugar Refining Company's Brooklyn plant was ripped apart by a massive blast. The disaster buried several workers under debris as walls collapsed and parts of the structure were scattered.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Brooklyn
Japan to Send Diplomatic Mission to United States
Tokyo announces a mission with broad powers for diplomatic consultation. The group is expected to depart Japan in the early July period.
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Japan
Washington
United States
Conspiracy Charges Against Lumber Dealers West of Mississippi
Federal trade board filed a formal complaint against 100 lumber dealers operating west of the Mississippi. The action charges an attempt to wreck the business of mail order lumber houses.
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Washington
Mississippi
Federal Trade Board
Socialist Bloc Wins Petrograd Council El aection
A Reuters dispatch reports preliminary returns showing the socialist bloc comprising revolutionary socialists democratic socialists and laborites winning the Petrograd council elections in London on June 15.
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London
Reuter
Socialist Bloc
Petrograd Council
Mexican patrol engagement near Ysleta reported
Fort Bliss dispatched motorized troops and a cavalry patrol to Ysleta after 25 to 40 armed Mexicans tried to ford the Rio Grande. No casualties reported. General Bell sent an investigator and Lieut. Lucas confirmed the clash before the Mexicans retreated. Villa and 350 men occupy Santa Rosalia as calls go out for rejoining forces against Chihuahua City.
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el Paso
Tex
Fort Bliss
Ysleta
Rio Grande
George Bell
John P. Lucas
Bell
Conecos River
Ojinaga
Santa Rosalia
Francisco Villa
Villa
Chihuahua City
Petrolite Tanker Sunk By German Submarine
The American steamer Petrolite of 8270 gross tons, built in Germany and registered from New York, was sunk by a German submarine. One boatload of survivors arrived, two boats remain missing, including crew members. prior attacks in 1915 had damaged the vessel but it continued.
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Washington
State Department
Bredow
Germany
New York
Mediterranean
Labor A F of L Chief Cables Support for Democracy in Russia
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, cabled James Duncan in the U.S. diplomatic mission to Russia urging defense of democracy and national independence at the Petrograd conference of socialist bodies.
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U. S. Labor
Russ
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
James Duncan
Organized Labor
United States
Russia
Petrograd
Britain Gets Additional 25 Million Loan From U S
Washington reports an extra 25 million dollars loan to Great Britain raising Britain’s total loan to 500 million and allied total to 948 million dollars as of June 16.
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Washington
Great Britain
Harvard Unit Arrives in Bordeaux En Route to Paris
A Harvard unit of the American field service arrived safely in Bordeaux from Cambridge Massachusetts and began its journey to Paris after the doublegram report. The dispatch confirms the unit’s arrival and immediate departure for the French capital.
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Harvard
France
Cambridge
Mass
American Field Service
Bordeaux
Paris
German Chimes to Be Guns in Hamburg Expropriation
Hamburg has just bid farewell to the bells of St. Nicholas and St. Peter as the city expropriates church chimes to melt them into cannon under an order seizing all bells for cannon production.
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Copenhagen
Hamburg
St. Nicholas and
St. Peters
U.S. May Seize Paper Mills Urged by Trade Board
The federal trade board urged pooling of newsprint production and imports under a government agency to distribute at a price ensuring a fair profit to manufacturers.
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Washington
Federal Trade Board
Messines Advance Declares German Retreat Strong
Major General Maurice announces the Messines offensive a great victory as German sections between the Lys and St. Yves are abandoned. British forces press east of Ploegsteert wood and gain ground near Gaspard while raiding trenches north of Bullecourt and south of Hooge. Maurice praises the success and objectives reached.
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London
Lys
St. Yves
Ploegsteert Wood
Messines
Gaspard
Bullecourt
Hooge
F. B. Maurice
War Office
War Tax Bill Cut by Senate Committee
The Senate Finance Committee trimmed the war tax on athletic goods patent medicines perfumes and cosmetics from 5 to 2 percent reducing revenue by more than 9 million dollars. Distilled spirits malt liquors wines and soft drinks taxes were kept near the House draft totaling about 166 million dollars. The panel also endorsed Gore amendments to tax cereals used in beverage production and to ban imports of such beverages.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Gore
Oklahoma
Allies seize Athens as Constantine abdicates and departs
Entente forces land at Piraeus and Castella with troops advancing on Athens. Former king Constantine sails from Greece on a British warship after announcing his abdication to his people. German headquarters report painful impact of the abdication and sympathy from the emperor and Queen Sophia.
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Piraeus
Castella
Phalerum Bay
Constantine
Greece
Alexander
The
Hague
Cologne
Sophia
Army names four cantonment sites approved
The War Department announced approval of four National Army cantonment sites completing a 16 site plan. The locations are Rockford Illinois Yaphank New York South Haven Michigan Annapolis Junction Maryland and Petersburg Virginia.
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War Office
Illinois Town
Washington
War Department
National Army
Rockford
Yaphank
South Haven
L. IL
Annapolis Junction
Petersburg
Newspapers Faith Retained by 99 Percent Says Committee
Washington reports the committee on public information states that ninety nine percent of U S newspapers keep faith while one percent undo the work of others.
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Washington
United States
Committee On Public Information
Brussels official jailed for year as Stockholm reports
The chief magistrate of Brussels is sentenced to a years imprisonment and M Jaegmann a city councilman in charge of educational affairs is sentenced to a month imprisonment.
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Brussels
Stockholm
M. Jaegmann
Case School Drops German in Wartime Curriculum
Cleveland June 14 German language instruction is abandoned for the war period at Case School of Applied Science except for chemistry students. French will be substituted by the faculty to replace German.
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Germany
Austria-Hungary
Cleveland, O
Case School of Applied Science
Italian to Name High Commissioner to the United States
The Italian government will appoint a high commissioner to the United States. The role mirrors the function of France’s Andre Tardieu as a liaison and representative.
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U. S
Rome
United States
Andre Tardieu
Iowa Guard Prepares for War Strength With Ambulance Units
Adjutant General Guy E. Logan pushes Iowa national guard to full war strength adding six battalions heightening totals to 6,621 officers and men. Battery E field artillery, two ambulance companies, two field hospitals and two engineer outfits are forming across Des Moines Cedar Rapids Iowa City Council Bluffs Sioux City Waterloo and Clinton.
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Des Moines
Guy E. Logan
Iowa National Guard
Iowa City
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Davenport
Iowa
Council Bluffs
D. F. Steck
Ottumwa
Iowa Guard
Sioux City
Waterloo
Adel Man Heads Bankers as Des Moines Hosts Meeting
B M Leach of Adel was unanimously elected president of the Iowa Bankers Association to succeed Geo S Parker of Sioux City. Parley Sheldon of Ames was named vice president and Frank D Ball of Preston was elected treasurer. O F Fryer withdrew and supported Ball’s election. A war resolution pledged the association’s resources to the United States and urged bankers to redouble their efforts for the country.
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Des Moines
B. M. Leach
Adel
Iowa ‘Bankers’ Association
Geo. S. Parker
Sioux City
Parley Sheldon
Ames
Frank D. Ball
Iowa State Savings Bank
Preston
O. F. Fryer
Fairfield
Ball
War Resolution Committee
Foster
Guthrie Center
Iowa Bankers’ Association
United States
Arrest in St. Charles for Selective Service Failure
Arthur Smull, a farmer five miles north of St. Charles, was arrested by US Deputy Marshal Vanderbilt for failing to register for selective service. Smull contends he is under 21.
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St. Charles
Arthur Smull
United States
Vanderbilt
Smull
Four Drown in Des Moines River Tragedy
Four people drowned in the Des Moines River just south of the Inter-Urban bridge. George G. Campbell a Des Moines National Bank teller O J H Phelps a press seer employed by the Western Newspaper Union and their wives were in a boat when a splash and cries were heard by a guard on the bridge as darkness and a swollen stream hid the victims.
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Des Moines
George G. Campbell
Des Moines National Bank
O. J H. Phelps
Western Newspaper Union
Flag Day Observed by Elks in Atlantic City
Flag Day was observed by the Elks of Atlantic. A parade of national guard troops G A R veterans and Elk members led to a patriotic program at the Elks home. More than six hundred attended filling the hall and hundreds were turned away. Music flag drills by schoolgirls and Elk tributes to the colors highlighted the event.
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Atlantic
Elks
National Guard
Elk Lodge
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