Germans Regain Ground Near Arras in Rain of Artillery
Berlin reports gains north of Arras as French forces counter with fresh troops near Ecurie and Serre. Heavy artillery and fog hamper operations across the western front with persistent bombardments around Lorette, Toutvent Farm, and the Plateau of Lorette.
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Ypres
Manneskelisvere
Lorette
Souchier
Ecurie
Serre
Hebuterne
Paris Night Bulletin
Arras
Aix Nouilette-Ecurie
Trer
Toutvent
Ifebuterne
Rheims
Perthes-Beausejour
Duval
Havre
Terstelle
Waeleweyden
French Guards Rally In Belfort Scene Of Bravery
June 12 Belfort France report soldiers Roussel and Aubry received commendations in the brigade order for charging through night fire to the German line and hoisting a French flag with the words France over all in large letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfort
France
Roussel and
Aubry
No Cholera Epidemic Likely Declared By Pasteur Institute
Paris June 12 Dr Lesroux acting head of Pasteur Institute interviewed by The Information today said there was no danger of cholera or other epidemics from decomposing unburied bodies. He stated that microbes from decomposition pose no epidemic risk.
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New York Times
Paris
Lesroux
Tr Pasteur Institute
Deanra
Guerre Sogiale Editor Reappears After Censorship Battle
Paris reports Gustave Herve's Guerre Sogiale returns today after four censor seizures. He gains a defiant editorial titled The Gag, reclaiming the right to criticise abuses not affecting military action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Paris
Gustave Herve
Herve
Girl of 19 a German Spy in Toronto
Louiss Marksfelt a 19 year old arrested in Toronto has admitted being a German spy. She refused to name confederates and is remanded for a week with expected internment proceedings. Marksfelt claims Alsace birth and fluency in five or six languages and says she aided German reservists by using Niagara Falls to reach Buffalo.
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Toronto
Ontario
Louiss Marksfelt
Alsace
United States
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Rockefeller Relief Commission Adds Jeremiah Smith Jr to War Aid
Jeremiah Smith Jr of Boston joins the Rockefeller Foundation War Relief Commission. The body led by Wickliffe Rose and Ernest Bicknell travels to inspect war afflicted areas in Belgium Holland Poland and Serbia to advise on relief spending and relief directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah Smith, Jr
Boston
Fish, Richardson, Herrick & Neave
Liverpool
St. Louis
Europe
Ricknell
Belsium Holland
Poland
Serbia
Austria Attacks U S Munitions Policy Over Lusitania War
In Vienna the leading Neue Freie Presse denounces American arms sales to the Entente as a munitions war. The government approved piece accuses the United States of embittering Allied relations, pursuing neutrality violations, and risking peace by refusing Lusitania arbitration.
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Zurich
London
Austria
United States
Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
America
Germany
Lusitania
Gray Hails Wilsons Note on Neutral Rights at Hague Conference
Judge George Gray of Wilmington argues that American neutrality and international law demand strong action against attacks on unarmed merchant ships. He lauds President Wilson for denouncing such destruction and urges the United States to uphold the conventions of the Hague Peace Conferences in guiding neutral conduct during the war.
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Atlantic City
George Gray
Wilmington
Del
United States
International Permanent Court of Arbitration
New Jersey Far Association
Ame
America
Judge Gray
Hague
Wilson
Germany
Gray
Tudge Gray
Russian destroyer sunk in Black Sea action
Official bulletin says a Russian torpedo boat destroyer was sunk near the Bosporus during an artillery duel with Turkish cruiser Midullu, formerly Breslau. The Midullu returned to port unharmed. one officer and six men were wounded aboard the attacking destroyer.
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Constantinople
London
Black Sea
Midulla
Hreslau
Midullu
Petroghad
Breslau
Aan
Dernburg Sails Amid Cheers as He Heads to Bergen
Dr Bernhard Dernburg, unofficial German government rep, sails for Bergen with his wife amid cordial sentinents from friends. He aims to urge the Kaiser to halt torpedoing of passenger ships and says US treatment has been fair, while reporters note a double on the Bergensfjord and a security check by the State Department.
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Bernhard Dernburg
Bergen
Bergensfjord
United States
Scotland
Kirkwall
Dernburg
Washington
Fatherland
Dr. Dernburg
Jania
Dernburgs
Forty-fifth Street
Brooklyn
Ritz-Carlton
Cleveland
Germany
Wilson
New York
Sweden
State Department
No Secret German Aid Rumors Denied by Dr Moldenke
In Plainfield New Jersey on June 12 Dr Richard Moldenke a mining engineer dismissed rumors that he fortified Castle Elsinore in the Wat chung Mountains and stored ammunition for Germans. He said he owns only old firearms kept as relics and that he is a loyal American citizen though born in Germany.
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New York Times
Plainfield
N. J
Castle Elsinore
Watchung Mountains
Germany
Richard Moldenke
North Plainfield
Moldenke
Greeks acclaim Venizelos in London dispatch
The Athens correspondent reports demonstrations tied to the June 4 election renewed Saturday night. A crowd praised M Venizelos as the ex-Premier’s party is viewed as certain to triumph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Athens
Reuter’s Telegram Company
M. Venigelos
Battle on the Dniester Pushed by German Austrian Forces
A wartime bulletin reports Stanislau evacuated without combat, Austrian and German forces repelling Russian attacks near Podlougie and Otynia, with 1100 prisoners captured during a counterattack on the 9th. German lines claim Russian losses and gains near Czernelica and Niezwiska.
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Stanislau
Podlougie
Otynia
Emden Men Report for Duty Under Souchon After Iran Expedition
A Berlin Tageblatt dispatch recounts the Emden survivors arriving in Asia Minor and reporting to Admiral Souchon in Constantinople. Lieutenant Captain von Mucke leads 44 men and 4 officers back to duty as crowds cheer, Turkish officials applaud, and German Turkish allies observe the ceremony with bands and banners.
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Emden
Constantinople
Berliner ‘Tageblatt
Emil Ludwig
Europe
Asia Minor
Adana
Tarsus
Bosanti
Konia
Eskishehir
Haidar- Pasha
von Mucke
Navy
Admiral Souchon
Bex
The
Souchon
Bosporus
Seragzlio
Enver Pasha
Talaat Bey
Freiherr von Wandenheim
Marshal von der Goltz Pasha
Bronsart von Schellendorf
Capt
von Muchke
Stamboul
Galata
Isyzantium
Anxious to Serve Britain West Indian Able Volunteers
Jamaica reports strong interest among West Indians in joining a British offer to send a West Indian contingent. The Star and Herald notes 60,000 West Indians in Central America and a Jamaica opinion that canal workers would make capable sappers and miners. One man bought 1100 copies to spread the news.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Star and Herald
Panama
England
West
Central America
Panama Canal
Baron Ernst von Saalfeld Falls in Battle
Berlin dispatch reports Baron Ernst von Saalfeld aged 19, son of Prince Ernst of Saxe Meiningen, by his morganatic wife, Baroness von Saalfeld, killed in action. His name appears in the latest casualty lists.
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Baron Ernst von Saalfeld
Berlin
London
Prince Ernst of
Saxe-Meiningen
Baroness von Saalfeld
Fifteen Thousand New Testaments Sent to Russian Front
Fifteen thousand New Testaments forwarded to the Russian front in the name of the Russian heir apparent for soldiers by American Sunday school children through the American World's Sunday School Association. The shipment was reported from Petrograd via London on June 12.
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Berlin
London
German War Office
Dubysa
Zoginje
Betingula
Przasnysz
Rawka
Bolimow
Sochaczew
Petrograd
American World's Sunday School Association
Cardinals Balked Von Buelow Intrigue in Papal Affairs
A Observer dispatch reports Prince von Bollow sought to sway Pope Benedict XV to aid Prussia. Benedict, informed by Mgr Scapinelli of Archduke Ferdinand’s murder intrigues, rejected the proposals. The Pope ordered Nuncios to report fully and American Cardinals Parker and Gibbons opposed German influence.
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NEW York Times
London
The
Observer
Prince von Bollow
Koroe
Prussia
Benedict XV
Mgr
Scapinelli
Archduke Ferdinand
von Bilow
Barbarossa
Rome
Italy
Parley
Gibbons
America
Warneford Award Note Describes Zeppelin Destruction
The official note explains Lt. R. A. J. Warneford, the British aviator, attacked a Zeppelin over Segue. He dived to sixty meters, caused the airship to explode with bombs, landed after his plane rolled, and repaired a damaged fuel reservoir before resuming combat under fire. He stayed on the ground thirty five minutes.
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Paris
Legion of Honor
R. A. J. Warneford
Tlieutenant Warneford
Segue
Warneford
Baldwin Locomotive Works Wins $6 Million Russian Order
The Baldwin Locomotive Works received a Russian Government cable order for 20 locomotives to be delivered by year end. Valued around six million dollars, the deal is among the largest for the company and will keep plants in Philadelphia and Eddystone busy for months. President Allen B. Johnson confirmed the order as Allies' bookings with Baldwin exceed twenty million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Baldwin Company
Eddystone
Allen B. Johnson
England Pays For Cotton in Quick Settlements
London June 12 The Foreign Office reports quick settlements on cotton cargoes stopped by British authorities. An advance of 10 percent is paid to proven claimants. Fifty nine thousand pounds already paid, with hoped for further 100 thousand pounds by next Monday or Tuesday. One claim paid in full. Claimants asked to provide ownership documents. government seeks immediate settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Foreign Office
Italians Win Trent Towns In Renewed Alpine Offensive
Italian troops repulsed Austrian forces after a nighttime ambush and frontal assault near Trent. Bersaglieri and Alpine troops delivered a coordinated volley and charge as Colonel De Rossi and his officers led despite heavy losses. The defense halted the Austrian advance with several mules and gun crews lost over a precipice. King Victor Emmanuel awarded medals to the heroic commander who refused removal from line.
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Savoy
Bersaglieri
Tolmino
de Rossi
Nexrotto
War Office
Victor Emmanuel
Italian Front Reports Early Isonzo Actions Near Monfalcone
War Office bulletin notes isolated clashes on the Isonzo River with Italians gaining a footing on the eastern bank at Monfalcone and Capo Retto. Austrian forces repel ascents near Monte Paralda and abandon Fort Pozzachio on the Guzzi Plateau after heavy fortification.
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Vienna
War Office
Isonzo
Monfalcone
Karfreit
Caporetto
Plava
Monte Paralda
Monteplano
Cortina da d’ Ampezzo
Fiera di Primiero
Borge
Venice Bomb Attacks Wake Italian Lace Importer
Gennaro Sferra of 308 Fifth Avenue arriving from Genoa on the Dante Alighieri reports he was asleep in a Grand Canal hotel when Austrian air raids began over Venice. A bomb fell into the Grand Canal nearby.
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Gennaro Sferra
Fifth Avenue
Genoa
Dante Alighieri
Grand Canal
Venice
British Censors Handle Enormous 400 in Cable Branch Alone
Memorandum on British censorship, presented to Parliament, details the two main censorship departments the Press Bureau and the Sonnetse of private and commercial communications. It describes cable and postal censorship scope, daily telegrams, and the system for fast transmission and scrutiny of war related material.
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George
Great Britain
Army Council
War Office
Admiralty
Service Institute
Whitewall
Stanley Flockmaster
London
Post Office
Central Telegraph Office
United Kingdom
Susr
Theritish Expeditionary Force
England
Air attack hits Bari and nearby towns on Adriatic coast
The official report states two enemy planes dropped bombs on Bari breakwater then on Polignano where a woman died and finally on Monopoli. Bari is a major Apulian seaport near Italy’s heel with about 72 000 people. Polignano and Monopoli lie 26 and 27 miles southeast respectively.
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Rome
Paris
Bari
Polignano
Monopoli
Apulia
Italy
Adriatic
Austrian Front Breached by Lax Austrian Troops
Rome reports an Austrian general circulated a confidential note admitting a large part of the front was broken due to soldiers’ laxity. The circular notes failures by a detachment on a plateau and Alpine assault by enemy troops aided by night, fog, and rain, with strict court martial as punishment. General Rohr signed the order.
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Rome
Rohr
Financiers Seek War Says Staats Zeitung Writer
Herman Ridder cites a Staats Zeitung report claiming the President aims to keep the U.S. from war but warns of a hidden Wall Street effort to push the United States toward conflict. The piece argues that Allied financing relies on U.S. government credit and the temporary suspension of diplomatic ties with Germany.
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Herman Ridder
Staats- Zeitung
Bryan
Washington
United States
Germany
Wall Street
Europe
South Africa
Canada
England
McAdoo
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
Lloyd George Announces Release of War Workers for Factory Shift
In Bristol on June 12 Prime Minister David Lloyd George, then Minister of Munitions, disclosed that Lord Kitchener ordered certain British trench workers released to return to England and rejoin factories needing labour.
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London
David Lloyd George
Bristol
Lord Kitchener
England
Submarine Threats Debated By U S Naval Officers
Navy experts analyze Captain Hersing's U 51 voyage and assess feasibility of Atlantic submarine operation. They argue German boats need bases, oil, and tenders, while U S subs defend coasts and Caribbean bases, with future fleet efficiency improving within a year.
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New York Times
Washington
Otto Hersing
Wilhelmshaven
Dardanelles
Arman
Sol
Germany
Hlersing
Atlantic
Great Britain
America
England
Halifax
Bermuda
New York
United States
Navy Department
Grant
Hersing
Great Hiritain
Caribbean
Panama
Europe
Ile
World War Insurance Ban Strikes U S Travelers
Major U S insurers the Mutual Life Equitable and New York Life deny life insurance to travelers heading to Europe or joining fighting forces. President Charles A Peabody says policies do not cover death from war and premiums may be refunded if death occurs from war risk. Willam A Day and Seymour M Ballard confirm no plans to issue such coverage.
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Europe
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York Life Insurance Company
Atlantic
Charles A. Peabody
The
Willam A. Day
Seymour M. Ballard
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