Attempt on Charles of Austria Stirs European Tensions
Reports from Amsterdam claim an attempted attack on Emperor Charles of Austria, unconfirmed by authorities. Vienna faces rioting and large scale strikes as workers protest food shortages and ministers resign. Hungarian premier cites industrial strikes and police clashes. Vienna regiments patrol city amid heightened security.
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Amsterdam
Tie Mfo
Emperor Charles of
Aus+tria
Paria
Switzerland
Austria-Hongary
Vie
Vienna
Vienna Neud Frelo Presse
Copenhagen
Zeluing
Ivereigo
Basel
Havas
Alexander Wekerla
Hungarian Chamber of Deputies
Planta
Wekerlo
Karolyl
Independent Party
Times
Mie
Hague
Citer
Austrian
Germany
Hungary
Austria
Americans Improve Position on Front
Associated Press Leased Wire from Washington reports General Pershing's communique for yesterday showing improvement of American positions northwest of Chateau Thierry. Heavy artillery fighting continues in the Woerve Vosges and Chateau Thierry region.
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Cassociated Press
Washington, D. C
Iowa to Call 18 000 Men for Draft in County Quota
Des Moines reports Adjutant General announces that 17 820 men are ordered to Camp Gordon and Camp Pike over five days starting July 22. Iowa’s Class 1 is expected to be exhausted. Muscatine County may provide fewer than 240 men, with county quotas determined by the adjutant general.
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Iowa
Logan
Camp Gordon
Camp Pike
Ark
Des Moines
Adjutant General's Office
Muscatine County
Theenti
B.C. Nichols
Muscatie County
Washington
SemenofF Army Efforts Fail in Eastern Siberia Conflict
Reports from Manchuria indicate General Semenoff’s eastward push vs Bolsheviks collapsed without a decisive clash. Surrounded by superior forces, he retreats into Manchuria while Chinese authorities demand disarmament and surrender of arms. Released German and Austrian prisoners are aiding Bolshevik lines. Orloff forces hesitate to advance. Western observers note Bolshevik gains and ongoing skirmishes near Grodokova with Kalmakoff’s forces forced to retreat.
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Associated Prevs
Harbin
Associated Preas
Semonoff
Bolsheivik
Siberia
Manchuria
Somenoff
Semenoff
Orloff
Kalmakoff
Grodokova
Kulmakott
Weather forecast for Illinois and Towanda area
Fair tonight and Sunday with rising temperatures. Illinois forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Sunday with slightly warmer temperatures in the north and west portions.
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Towa
Illinois
Nine Hundred Thousand In Oversea Army Reports
Associated Press dispatch from Washington on June 22 notes nine hundred thousand American troops have been shipped overseas, five months ahead of plan. General March speaks of Cantigny and Chateau-Thierry actions, unity of command under Foch, and formations including the 12,000 marine brigade led by Brigadier General James G. Harbord.
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Washington, D. C
General March
United States
France
March
Allies of Staff
March Eard
National Guard
National Army
Cuntlspy
Amurlean
Uvision
Robert J. Bullard
Cantigny
Marek
Stat
Wilson
Foch
Iinvan
Italy
Chateau Therry
Maret
James G. Harboard
Pershing
Attacks on Piave Front Debated and Daylight Actions
Cavalry and artillery units aid Italian efforts to hold Montello and push Austrians back toward the Piave. Allied aviators, with American support, intercept Austrian air activity and disrupt supply lines as Italian forces bombard bridges and suppress river ferries. Reports indicate the battle on the Piave is slowing with Austrian attempts concentrated in the mountains.
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Montello
Ttalians
Montelro
Ttalian
Tuly
Associated Press
Plave
Montelle
Italy
Assaociated
Thwaits
Hospital Sreelors
Rome
Orlando
British raids report on Flanders and Montdidier sector
London dispatch says raids by British troops east of Anions and in the Flanders front caused casualties and prisoners. In the Belloy Montdidier area German raiders were repulsed and French forces captured an enemy post near Bl Maur with casualties and prisoners reported.
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London
Anions
Flanders Front
War Office
Villers-Bretonneux
Strazeelo
Paris
Belloy
Montdidier
Alsace
Bl. Maur
Mass prisoners to guard Rhine
Allied prisoners, officers and men, are being moved to guard the Rhine and frontier towns as German advances widen. An Alsatian paper cites an air raid on Thionville, Germany, that killed prisoners and wounded six.
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Associated Press
Géneva
Rhine
Zausanne Gazette
Thionville
Germany
Transfer of Former Russian Ruler Reported in Moscow Move
AP dispatch from Berne reports that the former emperor Nicholas II and the former empress with a daughter were moved from Tabotsk to Yekaterinburg and then to Moscow due to unrest among peasants and monarchists near Tabotsk. The transfers follow earlier confinement since August.
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Berne
Switzerland
Nicholas
Moscow
Yekaternburg
Zeetung Am Miring
Berlin
Rom Tabotsk
Imest August
Yekaterinburg
Tobalsk
Questionnaires to Registrants for Class of 1918 to Start
Washington D C June 22 Drgft executives directed by Provost Marshal General Crowder to begin June 25 for three days the mailing of questionnaires to registrants of the class of 1918 About 26 percent of registrants on each board will receive forms daily Boards were instructed to delay until after classification perhaps in July The question of affectives is noted Also rumors claim Germans placed long range cannon to bombard Paris.
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Washington, D. C
Drgft
General Crowder
Paris Hearing on War Policy Spurs Gun Debate
Paris reports that Premier Clemenconu and undersecretary Leon A. Broml of the war office faced a lengthy Senate army committee hearing on national defense policy. The session touched on armament needs and security measures as lawmakers pressed for clarity.
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Paris
Clemenconu
Leon A. Broml
War Office
Senate Army Committees
Tragic Circus Train Wreck Near Hammond Leaves Dozens Dead
A wreck of the Carl Hagenbeck and Wallace circus trains near Hammond Indiana killed about 75 and left around 200 injured. The second section’s sleeping cars were struck by an empty troop train and set ablaze. Fire, chaos, and a long search for the missing fireman and engineer followed as doctors police and firefighters fought the flames.
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Carl Hagenbeck
Wallace Cireng
America
Secon
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Hammond
Ind
Police
Tre
Mammond
Shoyua
Fireman in Train Wreck Goes Insane in Wreck Report
In Hammond Indiana and Chicago Illinois reports say a fireman named G Hraune of Michigan City Indiana was temporarily insane from shock after a Michigan Central wreck. The engineer Sargent of Jackson Michigan, with Deputy Green, was injured and in custody. the train crash injured and killed several, with survivors listed among Bloomington Cincinnati Baraboo and other towns. Authorities did not release full details or names of the crew as investigations continued.
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Arthur Derrick
Uri¢kton
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Cincinnati
Most
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Baraboo
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Rooney
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Donovan
Robert Ellis
Aurieliefs
Jeunia Codd
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