Arrest of 8 Spies Reveals Berlin’s Secret Channels
Police uncover a method by which German spies transmitted U S military data from the United States to Germany via Mexico. Three alleged spies, two American born and a naturalized Swede, are held on conspiracy charges as authorities seek the head of the German information service in this country. Censoring and wireless taps are cited as insufficient to block cross-border transmissions.
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Berlin
Tunney
Barnett
Guy Scull
United States
John C. Knox
Mexico
Germany
Knox
Scull
United States Post Office
Hitchcock
Federal
Aee
Mr. Knox
Rai
Washington
Russia
Petrograd
Draft Registration Set to Enroll 10 Million Men
Federal officials prepare for a mass draft registration with about 10 million men expected to register nationwide. In New York, estimates place 824 700 registration age men with 1 068 000 in the state. Officials warn evaders will be prosecuted and urge early compliance to avoid disorder.
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
Hughes
Benson
Haniy
Prohibition
Reimer
Socialist Labor
New York
New York City
Gregory
Occu
Regista
Fortysixth Street
Third Avenue
Rebels in China Name a Dictator and Revolt Spreads
Shanghai reports General Shang-Hsun, military governor of Anhwei, arriving in Tianjin and backing a provisional government with Heu Shih-chang as dictator and Tsao-Ju-lin as Foreign Affairs minister. Peking is isolated as censorship tightens and Li Yuan-hung is portrayed as a powerless president under threat of resignation.
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China
Shanghai
Shang- Hsun
Anhwei
Tien-tsin
Heu- Shih-chang
Wang-Shih-chen
Tuan-Chi-kuei
Tuan-Chi-jui
Tsao-Julin
Ang Hua-lung
Peking
Li-Yuan-hung
Chi li
Siang-Wan-Chuan
Tien- Tsin
Chan-Soulin
U Province
Chili
Kwang-tung
Kwangsi
Yun-han
Yuan-Li-hung
Sun Yat-sen
Tang Shao-yi
Canton
South China
Yun-nan
Li Yuan-hung
Germany
Ji-Yuan-hung
Chang-Heun
Nanking
Feng-Kwo-chang
Tuan- Chi-jui
Kaiser Rebuked Enemies of Chancellor in Hotel Adlon Case
Copenhagen June 3 The Kaiser personally rebuked anti Bethmann Hollweg foes reported by the Staatsbirger Zeitung and reprinted in the Tageblatt He ordered participants at the Adlon conference to stop agitation to force the Chancellor’s retirement saying such pressure questions his political judgment The rebuke seems to have little effect on Pan Germans and conservatives.
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Copenhagen
London
Staatsbirger-Zeitung
Berlin
Tageblatt
von Bethmann Hollweg
Adlon
New Chiefs Are Veteran Leaders
A Shanghai dispatch notes no official word on a provisional Chinese government at Tientsin. The article lists veteran leaders: Hsu Shih chang, Wang Shi chen, Tuan Chi kui, Taan Ju lin, Tang tian lung, and Tang tia lung with past roles in government and finance. The Greenbrier White Sulphur Spas ad closes the item.
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Washington
Legation
Shanghai
Tientsin
China
Hsu-Shih-chang
Manshuda
Yuan Shih-Kai
Cre
Wang Shi-chen
Peking
Tuan-Chi-kuei
Manchuria
Mukden
Taan-Ju-lin
Yuan-Shih-Kai
Bank of Communication
Pentane
Tang-tiaa-lung
Paker
Auxiliary Cruiser Rams Liner in War Zone Collision
Passengers arriving at an American port from England reported a fifteen day Atlantic crossing after their liner was rammed by an auxiliary cruiser soon after departure. The collision in the submarine zone damaged the liner but the cruiser escaped unharmed. Submarines were sighted and pursued by a destroyer before diving. The liner, escorted to port, later bumped a seawall and sustained bow damage.
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England
Atlantic
Whitman signs broad West Side railroad bills amid training plans
Albany June 3 Governor Whitman signed Ottinger and Green bills related to New York City West Side contracts with New York Central and a state inquiry into surface railroad operations. He says the measures restore PSC authority, enable early progress, and support a final settlement by 1917.
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West Side
New York Times
Albany
City of New York
New York Central Railroad
Committee of Seven
New York City
Public Service Commission
First District
Senate
Assembly
City of
New York
Borough of
Manhattan
City Club
Citizens Union
German steamer sunk in mine field near Danish islands
A German steamer of about 1400 tons wandered into a mine field laid by Germany south of the Danish islands to block Baltic Sea entrances for Entente submarines. The ship was destroyed but the crew were rescued by a nearby German warship patrolling the area.
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Copenhagen
Fiine
Baltic Sea
Kronstadt Pressed to Yield or Face Outlawry
Kronstadt is to be declared morally boycotted and outlawed unless it withdraws its defiance of the Provisional Government. The government seeks a peaceful settlement, while warning that it could block the fortress and starve rebels if necessary. A Kronstadt demonstration in support of solidarity with international socialist committees drew about thirty thousand participants.
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Petrograd
London
Kronstadt
Empire
Russia
M. Tchernoff
M. Tseretelli
Posts and Telegraphs
M. Kerenaky
Reuter
Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Council
International Socialists’ Committee
Kome and Kronstadt
Kronstadt’s New Dictator Aims For Local Democracy Model
Anatole Lamanoff, a Petrograd college student, leads Kronstadt after ousting the Provisional Government. He declares Kronstadt rejects federation, seeks many local Workmen and Soldiers’ Delegates centers tied loosely by a Petrograd congress. He envisions Kronstadt as a model for Russia with decentralized rule.
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Kronstadt
London
Lamanoff
Napoleon
Rousseau
Russia
Petrograd
All Russia
Russians Intern a German Who Bore Peace Proposals
A Riga report says Lieutenant Rabenek of the 180th Regiment delivered peace proposals to Russian lines. German planes demanded his return by June 5, threatening vengeance. Russians treated him as a deserter and sent him to the Interior of Russia.
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London
Reuter
Riga
Rabenek
One Hundred and Eighty
Russia
American Root Commission Reaches Russia for Rail Aid
The American Railroad Commission led by Elihu Root arrived by sea and will reach Petrograd soon to advise Russia on rail needs. Minister Nekrasoff says the panel will have a free hand to decide required railway improvements and will study Vladivostok facilities and Siberian rail lines for locomotive and car orders.
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M. Nekrasoff
Stevens
Siberian
America
Russia
Torpedo attack reported on the Kroonland near danger zone
An American traveler relayed that two German submarines attacked the liner Kroonland on its eastward voyage near the danger zone. The ship, under Captain Thomas G. Barman, dodged torpedoes from port and starboard, two more torpedoes struck but failed to explode, and naval guns fired at the attacking submarines as the vessel zigzagged through the sea.
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Kroonland
Thomas G. Barman
British Advance Near Lens Pressed Back In Daylong Battle
British troops attacked south of the Souchez River near Lens and captured key positions including the Avion power station but were forced to retire after strong German counterattacks. German efforts near Cherisy and Ypres, air combat, and numerous prisoner captures noted as fighting raged along the Lens Arras road and surrounding sectors.
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Avion
Souchez
Chérisy
Ypres
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Associated Press
Lene
Souches River
Lens-Arras
Butte du Wariencourt
Bullecourt
Usat Town
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