Taft and Gray push world peace plan with strong navy backing
Ex President Taft and ex Judge Gray urged a league of powerful nations to preserve peace and curb war. They endorsed a two tribunal machinery with a justiciable court and a conciliation commission, arguing for enforcement by allied nations rather than a pacifist treaty.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
League of Powerful Nations
William Howard Taft
George Gray
Delaware
United States
Hellevue-Stratford
Independence Hall
Taft
A Lawrence Nowell
Harvard University
Hamilton Holt
the Independent
Oscar S. Straus
Turkey
Hague Court
Tooley Street
England
Wien
Neightber
Thia
League
Teasue
toWares
Alabama
Supreme Court
Russia
Holt
Straus
Russians Take 122 408 Prisoners in Two Weeks
The report claims 122 408 Russians captured in two weeks after German forces allegedly breached a bridgehead near Nijneff and fired after hoisting a white flag. It states over 4m prisoners were taken between the Dniester and the Pruth and notes withdrawal beyond the frontier near Czernowitz.
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Lerumen
Nijnieff
Dniester
Pruth
Czernowitz
London Times previews Galicia battle shaping WWI campaign
The London Times military correspondent argues Galicia will control months of WWI, warning Austro German advances could cripple Russian offensives this summer. He says Russia has only about one fifth of its fighting men deployed and notes Austro German aims to sever southern and northern forces.
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London
London Times
Galicia
Italy
Serbia
Germany
Kiev
Petrograd
Moscow
Russia
Russian frontiers hold in Galicia as battles rumble
Dispatch reports Russian forces retreating behind their frontiers on the Galician extreme left while German units gain on the right bank of the Danube like the Baltic provinces and Narew front fights continue with no clear results yet. Public discontent grows over optimistic military outlook.
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Gyecal
New York Times
Petrograd
London Morning Post
Galicia
Ban
Baltic
Narew
Przasnysz
Turkish artillery shells Allied positions at Ari Burnu
Turkish War Office report says on Dardanelles front artillery destroyed enemy positions for bomb throwers and machine guns opposite Ari Burnu. A Turkish aviator dropped bombs in the enemy camp.
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Constantinople
London
Dardanelles
Ari Burnu
Looting of Christian Homes in Constantinople Reported
Rome reports from The Idea Nazionale describe Constantinople in crisis with food and medicine short, typhoid feared, coal scarce, and many businesses closed. Christian houses, especially Greek, allegedly looted while authorities do little to intervene. Turkish soldiers attacked departing Christians with belongings. Twenty five Smyrna Muslims urge Talaat bey to seek separate peace with the Allies. Athens dispatch notes rising German opposition as the crisis worsens.
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NEW York Times
Rome
Idea Nazionale
Constantinople
Mussulmans
Smyrna
Talaat Bey
Strategic provocation and Russian resolve in Galicia
The author argues Germany seeks to destroy Russian forces in Galicia by large scale provocation while Russia keeps live units in the field to prolong fighting. He asserts German aims failed over two months, as Galician operations hardened Russian resolve and morale despite German tactics.
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Cracow
Lublin
Niemen Line
Germany
Galicia
Austro-German Forces Total About 2.8 Million, Russian Critics Say
Reuter report cites Russian military critics estimating 45 German and 26 Austrian army corps opposing Russia, about 2.8 million men. Galicia fronts show 14–15 German corps near Lubaczowka Wisznia, with 7 German corps possibly in the Baltic. Red cross reports a possible Austro-German westward advance on Lemberg with a northwest sweep toward Rawa.
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London
Reuter
Petrograd
Lubaczowka- Wisznia
Galicia
Baltic
The
Red
Lemberg
Rawa
Italian Advance Blocked on Isonzo Fierce Fight for Graditi
Austrian defenses along the Isonzo are strengthened with multi line trenches and mines as Italian forces push toward Goritz and Montfortin. Cadorna reports repulsed Carnia attacks, intense fighting near Monte Croce, Velione and Monte Nero with explosive projectiles used by the enemy. The War Office bulletin notes repulsed isolated Italian assaults on the Isonzo near Monfalcone and Sagrado.
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Rome
Isonzo
Cadorna
War Office
Carnia
Tyrol-Trentino-Cadore
Monte Nero
Seleme-Mazli
Koztiak
Podgora
Montforton
Monfalcone Canal
Goritz
Montfortin
Trieste
Austria
Inferno Valley
Malborgetta
Vienna
London
Monfalcone
Sagrado
Plava
Carinthian
Piocken
Tyrolean
Poutelstein
Aeroplane Menaces Rome Night Visitor Hushed
A suspicious aircraft flew over Rome and, to mislead observers, the city lights were extinguished. The Messaggero reports that enemies have an airplane near Rome kept in hiding and has already flown over the city.
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Rome
The
Messaggero
Italians Hold Trentino Front Under Constant Fire
From Chiasso on June 16 dispatches report Italian forces occupying a sixty by ten mile Trentino stretch with ongoing combat. Soldiers rope together to scale steep ledges as leaders carve steps with hatchets. Daily acts of bravery appear on both sides amid the rugged frontier fighting.
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NEW York Times
Chiasso
London Daily Chronicle
Trentino
Heroic fall warns Italian commander of hidden danger
A soldier crawled across Monte Bristallo during recent fighting and vanished into a mantrap, likely plunging thousands of feet. His death warned the Italian commander of dangerous terrain and concealed precipices in the area.
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Monte Bristallo
Italian Offensive Urged to Sustain Allied Victory
Milan dispatch reports Colonel Barone, a military critic, argues Italy must wage a strong offensive to aid Allied success and rejects rumors of a German deal to halt attacks until Italy gains territory. He notes Austrian resistance in Carnia and the Isonzo as Italy advances along the eastern frontier, claiming Italy has occupied most eastern frontier territory after four weeks of war.
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NEW York Times
Milan
London Daily News
Barone
Italy
Germany
Carnia
Isonzo
Tolmino
Gradisca
Goritz
Austria
Italians Storm Austrian Post in Cadorra Alps and More
Dispatches from Lai Bach via Geneva report Bersaglieri storming an Austrian observation post near Buchstein in the Cadorra Alps with the defender either killed or captured. Italian artillery bombs Monfalcone area while advance guards reach Komen. Rail lines damaged and Tyrolean prisoners counted. Alpine regimental officers and a major are said to have been captured near Kelerwald after shelling strong positions.
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Geneva
Paris
Laibach
Bersaglieri
Buchstein
Cadorra Alps
Monfalcone
Komen
Ternova
Gail River
Carinthia
Kelerwald
Italian Victory Report From Trentino Front
A dispatch from Chiasso via the Exchange Telegraph says Italian troops defeated Austrian forces in the eastern Trentino after Austria was reinforced by 25 000 troops. Austrian losses reached 15 000 with many killed wounded and prisoners as Italians seized guns and moved toward Trent.
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Il Progresso Italo-Americano
London
Carlo Carmerna
Chiasso
Exchange Telegraph Company
Trentino
Trent
Marconi Seeks Lieutenant Role With Telegraph Brigade
Florence June 17. William Marconi requests enrollment as Lieutenant of Engineers and assignment to duty with the telegraph brigade in Florence.
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Florence
William Marconi
Italian Priest Decorated for Bravery
Rev. Eduardo Gilardo a Roman Catholic priest and Army chaplain in Italy has been awarded a silver medal for conspicuous bravery under fire. The decoration highlights his actions during combat in Brescia on June 16.
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Brescia
Italy
Eduardo Gilardo
US Consul Protests Arrest of Italian Vice Consul
American Consul at Trieste protests to Vienna over the arrest and internment of Signor Canova, the Italian Vice Consul, in the American Consulate. The Governor of Trieste had assured respect for his liberty.
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London
Trieste
Vienna
Geneva
Daily Express
Signor Canova
Marquis Lansdowne Opens Red Cross Fund With Astor Gift
At a Mansion House meeting on Red Cross funds the Marquis of Lansdowne announced William Waldorf Astor opened the subscription list with a check for 100000 dollars.
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London
Red Cross Funds
Marquis of Lansdowne
William Waldorf Astor
German Detain Swedish Steamer Torsten
A Swedish steamer Torsten of 1,075 tons traveling from Gothenburg to England was captured by a German auxiliary cruiser off Vinga Island on Wednesday morning. The vessel, which carried no contraband, was towed southward likely to Swinemunde.
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London
Reuter
Gothenburg
England
Vinga
Swinemunde
King Albert Sees Indian Gymkhana Behind the Lines
King Albert of Belgium attends a free Indian gymkhana display near the British front in Northern France. Indian riders thrill French crowds with horsemanship as German artillery pounds The Labyrinth works. French peasants, Indian officers, and British troops share a rare moment of light amid war.
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Frederick Palmer
France
H King Albert
Manny
Arabian Nights
Flanders
New England
Niagara Falls
Broadway
Kansas
India
Home
Durbar
Delhi
British Empire
Harvard Man Killed by Gas in France
Lawrence Brokenshire Jr a Harvard junior who enlisted with the Twelfth Canadian Regiment last fall died in France from gas effects. A cablegram to college officials announced his death stating he died from gas exposure while serving at the front.
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Cambridge
Mass
France
Lawrence Brokenshire, Jr
Harvard
Twelfth Canadian Regiment
French Try Incineration to Bury War Dead
Paris reports a military experiment to dispose of corpses quickly by tar coating and fire. Dr. Lucien Dumont led a commission that filled trenches with tar-soaked coffins, covered them, and burned them for five hours, leaving only ashes and no odor, suggesting battlefield incineration without special apparatus.
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NEW York Times
Paris
le Temps
Lucien Dumont
Poincaré Urges Munition Makers to Speed Victory
President Poincaré spoke to munitions workers at Tarbes Toulouse St Chamond Le Creusot and other sites declaring victory will come from moral force backed by material strength. He praised troop and citizen resolve and urged faster gun and munition production with national encouragement for all who aid the effort.
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Paris
Poincaré
Tarves
Toulouse
St. Chamond
le Creusot
M. Poincaré
Vessels Cleared for War Zone From Baltimore
The Falkland Norwegian sails for Aalborg with grain while The Brantford British heads to Leith carrying a grain cargo. Both ships departed Baltimore today in the wartime cargo run.
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Baltimore
Falkland
Aalborg
Brantford
Leith
Collision sinks French torpedo boat in Baltic incident
French torpedo boat No. 381 sank after a collision with the British steamer Ameya Sin near Cherbourg.Crew of the warship were rescued by torpedo boat No. 337. Torpedo boat No. 321, launched in 1907, had a 97 ton displacement and 26 knots speed.
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Cherbourg
Paris
Ameya Sin
Serbian Typhus Triumph Described by Kirbysmith
Dr Reynold Kirby Smith of Sewanee Tenn arrived from Europe and reported that typhus in Serbia was largely under control due to sanitation efforts. He recalled Belgrade hospital conditions with 1500 patients and four doctors and noted prisoners, deaths, and the American Red Cross Sanitary Commission work under Dr Strong of Harvard.
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Reynold Kirby-Smith
Sewanee
Tenn
American Red Cross
Lau
France
Belgrade
Edward Ryan
Europe
Nirby-Smith
Donnellys
Brooklyn
Ir Magruder
Washington
Pau
Kirby-Smith
Serbia
Ryan
Butler
Kirby- Smith
Zatar
Whitby- Smith
American Red Cross Sanitary Commission
Strong
Harvard
Japan Protests to China Over Anti Japanese Movement
Tokyo reports a formal protest to China over an anti Japanese movement in the republic. Chinese discontent with Japan after negotiations and It was noted that boycotts of Japanese goods followed. Earlier dispatches mention British and Russian volunteers dispersing an anti Japanese mob at Hankow.
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Tokio
Japan
China
Republic
Inina
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