British Press: Front Moves Near Lens and Ypres
The report details renewed British operations from La Basse toward Lens and along the Arras front. Canadians raid east of Lens penetrating two miles of enemy trenches, with over 7,000 prisoners taken and 30 guns recovered. German counterattacks near Messines Wytschaete fail to regain lost ground as heavy shelling and air raids continue.
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Berlin
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Wytschaete
Leitich
Amsterdam
Flanders
Neutrals Raid On Food Here Sparks Alarm
Washington reports that European neutrals are buying large food supplies in the United States via agents in New York and southern cities. Critics in the Hoover administration demand swift passage of food control legislation to enable conservation and price reduction measures. Senators and Hoover liaise to push action next week, warning that delay will threaten Allied and American needs.
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Texas
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Congress
Kaiser Had Close Call In Attack on Ghent
Emperor William and his party narrowly escaped a bombardment at Ghent's St Peter's station as Entente airmen attacked the area. Three officers nearby were killed while the Emperor's group remained unharmed.
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Exchange
Secrets leak to Berlin triggers navy gag order
Secretary Daniels orders all naval personnel to refrain from discussing any maritime or military movements except officially. The ban targets discussions with family or friends and urges immediate reporting of any suspected leakage to authorities.
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Washington
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Navy
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Kipling war tale from Podgora and wartime features
In the Sunday Tribune to day a Rudyard Kipling feature recounts The War in the Mountains seen from Podgora amid Italian Austrian clashes. The issue also highlights Newport society aid for the war, camp pictures by Frances Fisher Byers, Danbury labor tragedy coverage, census implications, and essays by Samuel Hopkins Adams and Ida Tarbell.
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Newport Society
Frances Fisher Byers
Danbury
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Wilson decries autocracy and urges lasting postwar peace with Russia
President Wilson argues America fights for liberty and self government, rejects restoring prewar status quo, and calls for practical readjustments and a genuine partnership with Russia. He warns Germany seeks to entangle nations and stresses guarantees of justice and security.
Wilson Notes No Indemnities in Peace Plea
President Wilson's note to the Provisional Russian Government rejects restoring the status quo ante as a basis for peace. The message, aimed at the Russian public, aligns the United States with the Allies on war aims and opposes territorial aggrandizement and indemnities while endorsing free Belgium and redrawn borders to reflect national lines.
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Belgium
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Poland
Austria
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Senate plan would tax cabaret shows and more
Washington June 9 The Senate Finance Committee approved a war tax on cabaret shows taking one cent per ten cents of admission. The bill also cuts auto taxes and leaves debates over income excess profits and publishers taxes unresolved. Sugar confectionery tax was dropped.
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Senate Committee
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Gore
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Treasury
Simmons
Two American Ships In Fight with U- Boats
An American-Hawaiian liner reported a surface encounter with a German U boat in the Bay of Biscay about two days from port. The sub shelled the liner. twenty six shells were fired in return, but no confirmation of a sunk submarine was available due to haze.
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Bay of Biscay
Washington
State Department
Department of State
Peking Isolated By Revolutionists
Report from Washington indicates uncertainty about China as communication with Peking is limited to wireless. Evolutionists have isolated Peking by seceding from the provisional government in surrounding areas. Officials foresee a political, personal clash likely to end without bloodshed or lengthy delay.
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Peking
Root greeted with cheers on Siberia transit through Imkutsk
Elihu Root and the American commission to Russia arrived in Imkutsk, Siberia, en route to Petrograd. Crowds at major stations along the Trans Siberian Railroad cheered the Americans, and Root delivered speeches urging courage and hope, promising broad American sympathy for Russian democracy.
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Siberia
Elihu Root
American Commission
Russia
Petrograd
Trans Siberian Railroad
Mr. Root
America
Major W. Redmond Killed in Action in France
Major William J K Redmond member of Parliament for East Clare and brother of John Redmond died of wounds received in France on June 7 He rose to major and served with the Sixth Royal Irish Rifles A prominent nationalist figure popular in England and Ireland He was born in 1861 and was a barrister at law He was known in the United States for several visits including a recent one before the war
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William J. K. Redmond
Clare
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House of Commons
France
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Ireland
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Redmond
Royal Irish Rifles
Wexford
North Fermanagh
East Clare
Mator Ledmond
United States
Russian Council Rejects Armistice Offer of Germans
Petrograd June 9. The Council of Workmen and Soldiers says a German separate peace plan would destroy Russia and its political liberty. It notes a wireless message from the German commander in chief on the Eastern front inviting Russian forces to a separate armistice and proposes terms.
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