Wilson urges national justice in advertising clubs speech
President Wilson spoke in Philadelphia to the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World pleading that America act to uphold liberty justice and humanity and not be unjust to others. He warned of a small group seeking to control policy and urged candor truth and action aligned with national ideals.
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Philadelphia
Wilson
Independence Square
United States
Teddy
Carranza
Carrizal
Broad Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
T. Cary Graygon
Secret Service
Herbert 5. Houston
Advertising Clubs
Mayor Smith
Associated Advertising Clubs
Independence Hall
John Hancock
Walnut Street
Candoor
Washington
America
Senate Urges Wilson Explain Paris Allied Trade Pact
The Senate adopted a resolution urging President Wilson to disclose the meaning and scope of the Paris ally trade agreement. Senator Stone warned the pact could harm U S interests unless tariff measures protect domestic business. The move aims to curb possible competitive advantages arising from Allied terms after the war.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate Today
Stone
Missouri
Committee On Foreign Relations
Committee On Finance
Wilson
Senate
Paris
United States
House
Congress
France
Russia
Italy
Senatore
Allies Launch Growing Offense in West Front
British forces press the front in France with heavy bombardments and about a dozen local raids since yesterday. Units praised include the Highland Light Infantry, Australians, Lancashire Fusiliers, and Liverpool. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry fought in No Man's Land driving Germans back to trenches.
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France
London
Highland Light Infantry
Lancashire Fusiliers
Raids Intensify As British Guns Hit German Trenches
British artillery maintains heavy bombardment across trenches with raids becoming routine. Highland Light Infantry attackers near Vermeilas inflict damage while prisoners report German troops fear increasing raids and gas attacks near City de Rollencourt.
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New York
London Chronicle
Highland Light Infantry
Vermeilas
de Rollencourt
No Man's Land
Seashore Summer Time Table Takes Effect June 20
The Seashore Summer Time Table for the New Jersey Central oil rail and Sandy Hook route goes into effect June 20. Time tables are now ready for public use.
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Seashore
New Jersey Central
Sandy Hook
Russians Close In on Kolomea After Heavy Front Battles
Russian and Austrian reports indicate Kolomea in Galicia is under close pressure as Russians gain three Austrian trench lines east of the Galician rail hub. In Volhynia and Bukowina fighting continues with prisoners and matériel seized, including 221 officers and 10,285 men.
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London
Kolomea
Galicia
Kolomen
Kimpolung
Bukowina
Hungary
Vol
Liniewka
Stokhod
Dvina
Sakovitche
Seltze
Bogouschinsk Wood
Krevo
Tohartovits
Pruth
Konty
Kuty
Pulkara
Riga
Obertyinaki
Solodovnikoff
Ivanoff
East Kolomea
Casement Found Guilty of High Treason in London Court
Sir Roger Casement was found guilty of high treason in the Lord Chief Justice's Court as jury returns a verdict after a two hour summation. He faces the death penalty by hanging and maintains he dies for Ireland's freedom, delivering a prepared statement from his cell before sentence.
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Gray
Sir Roger Casement
Sir Roger
Ireland
Lord Reading
Casement
Justees
Roger
United States Presses Carranza as Mexico Crises Deepens
Washington reports the Carrizal prisoners are handed to El Paso authorities but U S policy remains aimed at defending American territory and pressuring Carranza to release soldiers and halt raids. Mediation offers surface as Washington doubts Carranza’s intent and surveys European and Mexican diplomats for a conciliatory shift.
Carranza Directs Arredondo to Meet Lansing Over Carrizal Note
Mexican Ambassador-designate Eliseo Arredondo is to confer with Secretary Lansing about the latest American note on the Carrizal affair. Mexican officials express preference for peaceful relations, while defense of sovereignty remains. General Obregon confirms troop movements and the evacuation of several border towns by American forces.
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Arredondo
Lansing
Carrizal
New
You Times
Mexico City
Eliseo Arredondo
Washington
Mexico
Sefior Aguilar
United States
General Obregon
Andreas Garcia
el Paso
Bell
Garcia
General Trevino
San Buenaventura
Las Cruces
Namiquipa
Santa Clara
Chihuahua
Trevino
Boys of 71st Defy Southwest Heat
Seventh Guardsmen hike a mile en route and some are sent to hospital aboard a car as the group endures heat during a day in the Southwest region.
Draft Bill Sent to the President on National Guard Service
The Senate adopted the conference report on Hay resolution authorizing drafting National Guard into Federal service. The measure goes to President Wilson for signature. Provisions granting monthly aid to families were removed, and a relief bill proposing 2 million dollars for dependent families was introduced in the House.
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Washington
Senate
National Guard
Wilson
United States
Guard
Hay
Military Affairs Committee
House
Secretary of War
District of Columbia
John D. Brockman
Baker
Grendie B. Young
Brockmann
Jed
Two NY Privates Drown in Gasconade River
Robert Daly and Louis Reita of Brooklyn privates in Company H Fourteenth New York Regiment drowned in the Gasconade River at Jerome Missouri as reported by Colonel J H Foote. The bodies were not recovered after several hours of search before the troop train departed. Jerome, a junction in Southwest Missouri, halted the train for a swim incident.
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New York Times
Springfield
Robert Daly
Louis Reita
Brooklyn
Fourteenth
New York Regiment
Gasconade
Jerome
J. H. Foote
Missouri
Seventy first Regiment Troop Train Reaches St Louis
The Seventy first Regiment troop train halted in St Louis after a dusty ride from Terre Haute. Heat triggered officers to hose down men in the yards while traffic paused. Lack of promised tourist sleepers sparked complaints, and Mrs Kammer of the Red Cross donated 1,200 lunch boxes as the regiment pressed on toward its southern swing.
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New York Times
Seventy-First Regiment
ST. Louis
New York
Beekman
Terre Haute
Ind
Colonel Bates
St. Louia
Vo. Kammer
St. Louis Society
St. Louis Red Cross
Go to Canada This Summer by Train
Travel ad states a sleeping car service to the Highlands of Ontario from New York. The train departs nightly at a specified time and arrives at Muskoka Wharf the next afternoon via the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
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Canada
Highlands
Ontario
New York
Muskoka Wharf
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Adrt
No Quarter at Carrizal Loot Sparks Trooper Clash
Trevino's men wrangled over gold and clothing seized from troopers as the Carrizal incident intensified. Troops reported losses of money and uniforms amid the chaotic confrontation.
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Trevino
Scout Sticks to His Story In Latest Version
The scout maintains his account in a revised statement, insisting the earlier claim that opponents were bluffing was not repeated. He stands by his core narrative while offering adjustments to prior wording.
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Scout
Bandits Attack Texas Bridge Fended Off by Guards
Bandits attacked the bridge over the Medine River at McDona Texas about twenty miles southwest of San Antonio. U.S. soldiers routed the raiders, who fled into the darkness. Two Americans were wounded and taken to Fort Sam Houston base hospital. one bandit was captured. The attack occurred about 150 miles from the border.
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San Antonio
Texas
Medine River
McDona
United States
Fort Sam Houston
CarizaI Prisoners Return From Carrizal Battle Border Ceremony
At El Paso border, twenty three Black troopers and one white scout returned to the United States after the Carrizal clash. General Bell and staff greeted the prisoners as Lem Spillsbury recounted his account differing from troopers. Officials listed Mexican casualties as 42 killed and 39 wounded. Mexicans provided no count.
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New York Times
EL Paso
Texas
International Bridge
Carranza
Carrisal
United States
Freedom
Lem Spillsbury
Chihuahua City
Jaurez
George Bell
Fort Bliss
Carrizal
Mexicana
Francisco Gonzales
Juarez
Andres Garcia
General Bell
General Gonzales
Tenth Cavalry
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