Western Front Lull Near End. Allies Watchful
Allied capitals expect a renewed German offensive soon with observers pointing to a strike between Montdidier and Ypres. French and British actions are reported in several sectors along the Somme and Lys fronts, including advances at Senecat wood and skirmishes near Gommecourt, Mericourt, and Moyenneville with prisoner takings and raid outcomes.
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Plave
Compiegne
Aisne
Noyon- Montdidier
Montdidier
Ypres
Arras
Lys Galient
Associated Press
Paris
Amiens
Senecat Wood
Ayre River
War Office
Marne
Ourcq
Dammard
Ourcq Run
London
Gommiccourt
Mericourt
Mayonneville
Moyenneville
Rossignal Wood
Gommecourt
Ambulance units arrive in Italy amid enthusiasm
Thirty ambulance units of the United States Army arrived in Rome on Thursday, June 27, received by Deputy Romeo Gallenga-Stuart on behalf of the government and Colonel M. K. Buckley, American military attaché. The arrival sparked strong public enthusiasm.
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Associated Press
Rome
United States Army
Romeo Gallenga-Stuart
Von Kuehlmann Resigns as German Foreign Secretary
An Associated Press dispatch from Paris reports Dr. Von Kuehlmann has offered his resignation as German foreign secretary on Wednesday. A Zurich telegram says the emperor is expected to accept. A Berlin dispatch notes Count Von Hertling will visit Copenhagen and attend a key conference at the German army headquarters today.
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Associated Press
Paris
von Kuehlmann
Zurich
Journal
von Hertung
Copenhagen
Count von Hertlng
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Raiders Assault Paris In Bombing Raid Over Paris
Paris reports say German airmen struck in multiple formations during last week’s raid over the city causing extensive damage. Eleven people were killed and fourteen injured as bombs fell, with several onlookers wounded by shell fragments. Fire department chief M. Teyssiere died directing rescue efforts. President Poincare sent condolences.
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Paris
Havas
Poincare
M. Teyssiere, Owier
Sailors from Dwinsk Survive after Submarine Sinking
Reports from Atlantic coast and Shelburne N S describe 24 survivors from the steamship Dwinsk landing after a torpedo attack. The ship carried no soldiers, was under American charter, and key details on dates and locations vary as multiple boats and crews remain missing or unaccounted.
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N. S
Atlantic
Shelburne
Seal Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Dwinsk
Delaware Capes
New York
Hampton
Roads
Bermunda
Bermuda
United States
Suffrage Move Delayed as Absentees Block Senate Vote
Senate suffrage leaders postponed action on the woman suffrage resolution noting likely defeat if brought to a vote next week. Debate focused on extending draft age amid army bill deliberations, with Baker and March opposing expansion. The House approved an $8 billion bond issue without opposition.
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Senate
Congress
Army
Senator Fall
New Mexico
Senate Military Committee
Baker
General March
Fall
Cummins
Town
War Department
McCumber
North Dakota
Chamberlain
Milietary Committee
March
House
Ex czar murder confirmed in interwar dispatches
German and Paris reports confirm the assassination of Nicholas II’s heir and the death of Alexis former crown prince. Dispatches claim Alexis died in a train near Yekaterinburg after illness, while Nicholas II allegedly killed in a personal quarrel. Also claimed: Bolshevik government toppled and Grand Duke Michael proclaimed emperor.
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Russia
Amsterdam
Wolff
Yekaterinburg
Ral
Washington
DD. .C
Ukraine
Nichollas
Peruz
Jowa Grocers Ordered Under Federal Egg License
Burlington Iowa June 28 J F Deems federal food administrator for this state announced that any Iowa grocer who buys eggs must have a federal license Fourteen thousand grocers in the state are affected The administration says license compliance is to stop careless egg handling and waste and that those who fail to obey will be put out of business Grocers must candle and count all eggs bought from producers with logs out
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Iowa
J. F. Deems
Federal Food Administration
Deems
The
Food Administration
Amundsen Leaves For North Pole Mission
Roald Amundsen sails Maude from Christiania toward Tromsoe as he pursues a North Pole expedition. President Wilson cables best wishes to the explorer via Secretary Lansing before departure.
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Associated Press
Christiania
Roald Amundsen
Maude
North Pole
North
Amundsen
Tromsoe
Wilson
Lansing
Western League Heads Meet Over Player Plan
Kansas City June 28 E W Dickerson president of the Western League says all clubs will be represented at a meeting to consider a plan to obtain new players. He notes suspension before season end will not be considered as owners favor finishing the season. most clubs are expected to participate in the current campaign.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
E. W. Dickerson
Western League
Dickerson
Mutiny Crushed as 2000 Soldiers Condemned to Death
Paria June 28. Reports from the Havas Agency say outbreaks in garrisons of Gyprnos and other Hungarian cities have condemned about 2000 soldiers involved in the mutiny to death. Revolt is said to be spreading across Austria and Hungary with violent demonstrations in many cities including Pecs and Gyor, near Budapest.
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Havas
Gyprn
Eos
Hungary
Hava
Mafin
Austria
Pecs
Funfkirchen
Budapest
Gyor
Raab
LENINE AND TROTSKY IN FLIGHT DECLARES STOCKHOLM REPORT
Washington reports plans to send a commission to Russia to aid its economy and industry with personnel yet to be selected. The effort aims to assist Russia without military show, focusing on non political experts connected to industry, possibly weeks before completion. Bolsheviks in Siberia rely on released prisoners for strength, with 4,000 Magyars among 20,000 fighters, as German aid bolsters Bolshevik power and local Czech forces hold parts of the Trans-Baikalia railway.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Russia
Tir
London
Siberia
Harbin
Daily Mail
trans-Baikaria
Siberian
Tehellanbinsk
Nij-Udinsk
Alexieff
Cracow Paper Publishes Terms of Polish Convention
London dispatch reports Cracow Galicia paper The Nation's Voice publishes a secret treaty between German and Bolshevik Russia over Poland. The eight articles outline Polish policy, with vilified wording calling the document scandalous and treacherous. Details are printed, continuation noted.
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Cracow Paper
Associated Press
London
Poland
Nation's Voice
Cracow
Galicia
the Times
Milan
Proclaimed Emperor in Russia Report Sparks Berlin Dispatch
London June 28 reports confirm the Bolshevik government in Moscow has fallen with General Korniloff and German troops in support. Grand Duke Nicholas is named emperor while Kerensky and Lenine flee toward the Murman coast. Berlin dispatches cite hopes of Kerensky as the future Russian leader.
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Russia
Kerensky
Berlin
London
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Copenhagen
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Nicholas
Nikolai Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Murman Coast
Dispatch
Tages Acitung
Ita
Siberian
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Blago Vieshtchensk
Khabarovsk
Red Guard
Hans
Eixchange Telegraph Company
Werensky
Times
Petrograd
England
America
Germany
Officer shoots self in New Jersey hotel room
June 28 report says Lieutenant Alexander McClintock of Lexington Kentucky, attached to Camp Dix New Jersey, shot and killed himself in his Murray Hill Bath room. Police say the death occurred in his New York lodging after a personal crisis.
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New York
N. Y
Alexander McClintock
WA. S
Lexington
Camp Dix
N. J
Murray Hill Bath
Unsettled Weather With Thunder Showers Likely
Weather brief notes unsettled conditions tonight and Saturday with local thunder showers. Illinois forecast mentions partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with locally warm temperatures, especially in northwest and central portions.
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Jowa
Illinois
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