Hunger as a feared foe in Germany reports famine risk
Paris dispatch cites Echo de Paris on German starvation amid western front fighting. Orphanage neglect and child deaths in Thuringia prompt economist Heln to warn of coming supply paralysis. London reports poverty riots and German letters blaming militarists and Junkers, while Austrian democratic league calls for neutral-country negotiations and constitutional democratization as a path to peace.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Echo de Paris
Berlin
Arbotor Zeitung
Zenefort
Thuringia
Franz FE. Heln
Bayerischer Zeitung
Munich
London
Typor ‘Wireless Press
Jettern
Junkers
Austrian Men's Democratic League
Austria- Hungary
Allies Lead in the Use of Gas
Washington June 12 The allies now excel the Germans in gas warfare Carl L L Alaberg chief of the bureau of chemistry told the senate agriculture committee they have more gas at their disposal and deploy it more effectively than the Germans In defensive warfare they have more improved gas masks The senate military committee questioned officials of the gas service and the bureau of mines about U S progress in gas warfare Dr Alsbere said the allies have made wonderful progress since the war began He predicted a preventive against mustard gas soon would be found and the United States will begin producing mustard gas Mog
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Washington
B. C
Carl l L. Alaberg
Bureau of Chemistry
Senated Agriculture Committee
Senate
United States
Alsbere
Italian Navy Heroism Credits Adriatic Victory
The account from Venice describes Commander Millazo and his Italian motor boat squadron as they torpedoed two Austrian battleships amid a swarm of destroyers off the Dalmatian coast near Pand solve. The daring mission ended with one battleship destroyed and another badly damaged, as the Italian crew faced heavy fire and narrowly escaped.
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Associated Prox
Venice
Associated Press
Rlazo
Adriatic
Millazo
Pola Harbor
Dalmatia
Pand Solve
Ratello
Premunda
Oter
Levee Break Near Quincy Causes Major Flood Losses
A levee breach near Quincy Indiana released floodwaters that inundated about eight thousand acres and damaged a new pumping station and crops worth roughly half a million dollars. The break occurred at Indian Grave Joven three miles north of Quincy at 8 am. No deaths or livestock losses were reported as residents evacuated. the river began falling soon after, reducing immediate danger.
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McAusociated
Quincy
Quirvey
Chile Applauds Wilson Doctrine
In Santiago on June 13 the Mercurio editorial lauds President Wilson's message and calls it a path to peace. It notes the plan would boost American prestige on the continent and asserts Wilson will not devote millions of lives without a principle he advocates.
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Santiago
Chile
Wilyson
Editora
Mercurio
Wilson
Extended rail control period proposed to January 1 1919
The time for the president to relinquish control of railroads and transportation systems would be extended from July 1 to January 1, 1919, under a joint resolution introduced by Chairman Sims of the House Interstate Committee.
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N Associatact Press
Washington, D.C
Sims
House
War on German elements here costly to foe
Washington June 1 In the effort to crush Germanism in the United States the Volks Zeitung notes that Berlin sees a costly balance to Teutonic military successes. The German press claims most schools are closed, German associations shrinking, and Germans barred from entry after the war. It cites Hamburg America and North German Lloyd as blacklisted and predicts sale of shipyards and restrictions on German trans Atlantic trade. German estates and stocks are said to be redeployed into American war material.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Koutnlyche Volks Beltung
France
Volks Zeitung
Wilson
Clementy
America
Germany
Close Watch on Liner Revealed At Atlantic Port
June 78 Rotara reports the Nieuw Amsterdam carrying 612 passengers arrived yesterday and underwent a three hour health and customs inspection. British and American inspectors plus 360 officials boarded the liner and questioned travelers through the night. Early today 59 members of the motor corps joined the search of women passengers and their effects. Government agents' interest in passengers and cargo remained unexplained.
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Atlantic
Rotara
Nieuw Amsterdam
America
Aly
Plot Unites All Factions Against Soviet Government
A June report says a counterrevolutionary plot backed by varied Russian elements including General Savinkoff and General Dovgounn sought to sever central Russia from the Urals and starve the government into capitulation. The scheme united monarchists maximalists anarchists and others under the League for the Defense of the Father Land and Liberty.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Rusale
Savinkof
Dovguenn
Russia
Ural
League For the Defense of the Father
Land
Germany
Generaly Savinkoff
Dovguern
Rusakt
U S Army Ready for Any Test
London reports the Daily Mail correspondent with American forces in France stating the U S Army is 44 percent prepared to make greater sacrifices than the brigading of American troops with French and British. He notes regrets among troops that more trained Americans were not available and praises the Allied unity and American willingness to sacrifice. The piece argues the United States would endure even greater, dramatic sacrifices if needed, while expressing gratitude for American resolve.
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London
Daily Mail
Wrange
Deelras
United States
Near Million Yanks Abroad At French Front
West Point June 13 More than a million American troops will be in France in the near future, Secretary of War Baker told 137 graduates of the United States Military Academy. He said U S troops exceed seven hundred thousand have disembarked, and speculated that they will soon pass the million mark.
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West Point
France
Baler
United Stats Military Academy
Washington
United States
Turks Seek to Wipe out Greeks in Eastern Macedonia
The Greek delegation reports from Geneva that about 200 of 20,000 Greeks taken from eastern Macedonia are alive. Turkish and Bulgar forces are said to be systematically erasing Greeks in eastern Macedonia and northern provinces.
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Washington
Sbytha
Geneva
Macedonia
Turka
Bulgaoia
Athens
Germans Move Troops to Western Front Amid Withdrawal
London reports Germany plans to transfer most troops from Russia to the western front. A Novaya Zhylda dispatch of General Falkenhayn suggests decisive battles require massive force concentration. The move targets France within seven days, while German units in Ukraine shift positions pending demarcation.
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London
Germany
Trussia
Western Front
Maxim Gorky
Petrograd Novain “Lian
Vovata Ziix
Falkenhayn
Pial
Fankenhayn
Rugalan
Ukraine
Tromtshyo
Emperor ‘Haa
France
Russia
Vadulki-Zpukovia
Moscow
Military Burial for Dead Heroes
American soldiers who died of wounds from last week’s fighting near Douols ches northwest of Chateau Thierry were buried with military honors. A guard of honor included American Marines and a detach ment of republican guards. French officials and Paris officials attended the service led by Rev. John Banks with Chaplains Planagan Warning and Coakley. Interred at Sureney cemetery dedicated to the American expeditionary forces, caskets bore the American flag and wreaths from the French government and Paris city.
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Associated Prent
Paris
Dourosches
Chateau Thierry
Guard of Honor
French Republic
John
Banks
Plannagin
Warning
Coakley
Suroeney
Daylight Raid Harms Huns Alongfront and Sectors
AP dispatch from London reports a coastal daylight raid southeast of Arras causing heavy enemy losses. A trench mortar was captured and two destroyed. local operations southwest of Mery and east of Dickebusch lake yielded advances, prisoners, and improved French positions near the Ridge. Washington notes naval proving grounds expanded with 2200 acres placed under Navy control.
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London
Arras
Unos
Mery
Ouet
Dickebugeh Lake
Une
Proving
Washington, D. C
Naval
Indian Wend
Potomac River
Virginia
Wilton
The
Navy
French and American Forces Repulse German Attacks in France
Paris reports heavy fighting from the Matz to the Oise fronts south of Noyon with French counterattacks driving Germans back to the north bank of the Matz. American troops in the Bouresches Belleau Wood sector repulsed assaults, inflicting heavy losses. French and allied air action silences German gun batteries as the battle for strategic ridges and valleys continues along multiple front sectors.
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Matz
Oise
Noyon
Complemne
Une
Courceltes
Antheull
Hnes
Paris
War Office
Aisne
Villers-Cotterets
Laberse
Curry
Regine
Javersine
Cocnyres
SU E Tel Ce
Rouresches An Belleau Wood
Josves
France
Ottawa
Hecht
Aldack
Paria
Soissons
Marne
Havas
Nassalta
Dommilers
Fach
l'Homme Libre
Clemenceau
Solanons
London
Mary Valley
Reuter
Mary
Tila
Commanda
Marines Capture 400 in Fight Near Belleau Wood
AP dispatch notes about four hundred German prisoners taken by American Marines northwest of Chateaurenard amid the Belleau Wood operations. Reports describe German troops fleeing under heavy machine gun and artillery fire, with six officers among captives. Prisoners express relief and some wish to visit the United States after the war. Mention of scarce German officers and a sergeant commanding a company highlights battlefield conditions. The Marne sector shows comparative quiet.
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Ashuns
Belleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
United States
Germany
United Sttes
Marne
Weather Summary for Iowa and Illinois
Iowa forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Friday with warmer temperatures in the central and southern portions. Illinois presents fair conditions tonight and near Friday with mild daytime highs and light winds.
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Iowa
Illinois
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