U Boat Sinks Two Norse Ships for Copper Loot
Two Norwegian steamers the Vindeggen and Henrik Lund fell to a German U boat off Cape Charles while copper ingots and wool were looted. Eighty tons of copper were transferred over two days as the crew fled in lifeboats. The Brosund Dane took 68 survivors to safety before the U boat disappeared.
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Henrik Lund
Cape Charles
Atlantic
Brosund
Val
Germany
Hove
W. Gilbert
Berger
Norway
Norfolk
New York
Philadelphia
South America
Kaltenberg
Atlhem
Balmestad
Vindeggen
Ard
Te Laan
North Atlantic
Arbury
Democrats Indorse Ford Republican for Michigan Senator
Michigan Democrats conference endorsed Henry Ford of Detroit as the party candidate for U S Senate to succeed William Alden Smith. The action follows Woodrow Wilson precedent and marks a rare cross party endorsement in state history. Primary races include former governors Warner Osborn and Truman Newberry, with John W Bailey nominated for governor.
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Mich
Henry Ford
Detroit
United States
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Democrats
Woodrow Wilson
Nelson
Minnesota
Fred M. Warner
Charles B. $. Osborn
Truman H. Newberry
Roosevelt
John W. Bailey
Battle Creek
U S and Allies Plan a Great Economic Pool
Washington June 12 pooling of all economic resources of America and its allies behind the war effort progresses. A munitions council would coordinate food and war material with Hoover and War Industries Board representatives. Plans include centralized control of supply, allocation, and production across nations to prevent duplication and meet urgent needs.
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America
United States
Munitions Council
War Industries Board
Wilson
Hoover
Europe
Stettiniux
War Making
Te Battlefront
Senate Vote Beats Open Treaty Bill 50 to 23
Senate defeated Senator Borah s open treaty amendment by 50 to 23 with 4 Democrats and 19 Republicans for it and 14 Republicans and 30 Democrats against. Debate shifts to Underwood cloture rule as final decision nears on war time debate limits and open diplomacy policy.
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Washington
Wilson
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Borah
Chamberlain
Johnson
S.D
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Vardaman
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Fall
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Gronna
Cal
Jonas
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Kellogg
Kenyon
Lenroot
McNary
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Sherman
Smith
Mich
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Townsend
Cirtis
le Folletts
Wadsworth
Watson
Underwood
Alabama
Lansing
Hitchcock
Foreign Relations Committee
Committee of the Senate
Horah
Iowa
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Hale
Maine
California
Germans Use Five Divisions Against U S Troops In Clignon Valley
Reuters dispatch from Bouresches reports German forces committed five divisions to stop the American thrust in the Clignon Valley northwest of Chateau Thierry. Fresh divisions attacked Bouresches, but Americans concealed in woods held firm, repelling assaults with machine guns and cold steel. Many enemy soldiers were killed or surrendered under heavy fire as fighting raged through the Bois de Belleau and surrounding slopes.
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Clignon
Chateau Thierry
Reuter
Bouresches
Bois de Balleau
Germans Surrender and Grenade Attack at Belleau Wood
On June 12, U S Marines gained control of Belleau Wood after a bayonet assault that overran the last machine gun stronghold. More than 400 Germans were captured in the wood and surrounding area, with sixty two machine guns and mortars taken as Allied artillery began at 3 30 am.
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Marne
Belleau Wood
Foch Beaten Stein Boasts In Reichstag Fight
Amsterdam report quotes General von Stein as declaring most of the French army defeated and the Foch reserve army gone. He praises Crown Prince attacks on the Chemin des Dames front May 27 as among war’s gravest defeats for the allies. He notes heavy Allied losses in men and material and comments on American troops’ limited impact.
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von Stein
Berlin
Foch
Chemin Des Damés
General von Stein
Foch Receives Confidence Message From Former British Soldiers
London June 12. An association of veterans called Comrades of the Great War sent General Foch a message expressing faith that he and his troops will stem the invasion and reclaim sacred French soil. Foch replied that he shared the confidence.
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London
Foch
France
Austria Declared In State Of Siege By Central News
London June 12 Practically all Austria has been declared in a state of siege by a Rome dispatch quoted in the Messenger. Only a few regions are excepted.
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United Press
London
Austria
Newa
Rome
Messegero
We Win Says Kaiser as Foe Crosses Aisne
Amsterdam dispatch reports Karl Rosner writing from the Aisne front that Kaiser Wilhelm II appeared in radiant health and received news of a German battalion crossing the Aisne. The Emperor viewed the battlefield from Camp des Romains and hailed the victory as one of the great future-building triumphs.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Lokal-Anzeiger
Karl Rosner
Emperor Williams
von Boehm
Camp Des Romains
Wihich
Aisne River
Reduced Fuel for Passenger Auto Plants Confirmed
Washington June 12 The Fuel Administrator Garfield confirms he will cap fuel for passenger car production at 25 percent of 1917-18 usage beginning August 1 despite steel availability. The limit applies only to pleasure automobiles and not to tracks or war-related vehicles or other war material commitments.
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Garfield
Washington
Sesson
Fuel Administration
Foe Massing All Available Men for Drive
Wilbur Forrest reports from the French front on June 12 as German forces press in the third day of a major offensive. French troops including black units counter attack behind tanks retaking important ground near Des Loges and Mery while artillery and machine guns slow German advances. Germans have thrown over twenty divisions into the battle and show no sign of relief, signaling a potential new phase with fresh troops and continued grim fighting.
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Wilbur Forrest
Thowan
France
Montdidier-Estrees-St. Denis
Des Loges
Mery
Germany
Stern son wins Croix de Guerre for wartime rescue deed
Anton Stern of 67 West Eighty eighth Street reports that his son, Arthur N Stern, a member of the American Ambulance Corps, has earned the Croix de Guerre after penetrating a heavy barrage and gas attack to rescue wounded on the battlefield.
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Anton Stern
West Eighty Eighth Street
Arthur N. Stern
Desperate Battle on a Seventy-Five Mile Front in France
Desperate fighting rages from Montdidier to Chateau Thierry along a seventy five mile front as Allies contest a changing line. French gains on flanks, capture of 400 prisoners and artillery near Mery, Montcourt and Bussières, plus halting German advances south of the Oise. American guns harass on the Montdidier front as Paris voices confidence despite heavy losses.
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Champagne
Oise
Montdidier
Chateau Thierry
Mery
Montcourt
Bussiares
Bessons-sur-Matz
Matz
Ribecourt
Corlepont Wood
Noyon
Soissons
Curry and
Dommiers
Amblemy
St. Pierre Aigle
United States
Henri Bidou
Paris
Blows by French Thwart Kaiser's War Machine
Special Cable: German assault between the Aisne and the Villers Cotterets forest stalls near Soissons and Compiegne as Ludendorff seeks to widen the Salient. French counterattack slows the drive and forces reconsideration amid costly losses on the Montdidier Chateau Thierry front.
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Tribune
London
Compiegne
Ludendorff
Aisne
Villert Cotterets
Soissons
Villert Gotterets
Montdideir - Chateau Thierry
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