German Shipping Magnates See Ruin In State Control
Amsterdam dispatch reports Hamburg shipping leaders protest Reichstag visit by 165 members on plans to extend wartime controls after the war. Witthoef decries Berlin dominance over Hamburg Bremen trade. Balin warns transitional policy risks an economic war after the war, arguing free trade and self rule should prevail.
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Reichstag
Hamburg
Bremen
Prince von Bilow
Albert Balfin
Hamburg- American Steamship Line
Trust Formed to Direct German Post War Trade
Special Dispatch reports that a Hamburg syndicate named the Deutsche Ueberseesyndikat with 25,000 marks capital aims to control postwar German trade. Key backers include Warburg, Krupp, Stinnes, Siemens, and the Hamburg American Line. Alfred Schonlicht is named chief. the move draws strong opposition from shipowners and signals a major shift in international business dynamics.
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Washington
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Europe
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Hamburg
M. W. Warburg & Co
Hugo, Stinnes, Krupp
Dresden
Nordleutsche Bank
Carlowitz & Co
Siemens-Schuck
Metallgesellthatt
Alfred Schonlicht
Wits Grenstein & Koppel
Turks Take Tabriz in Northwestern Persia War Move
Turkish troops have occupied Tabriz the large Persian city near Tehran and taken both shops of Take Uramiah to protect the army wing on the Caucasian front a Turkish official statement dated June reports.
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London
Tabriz
Teheren
Persia
Take Uramiah
6450 Ton Vessel Built in 40 Days
Baltimore June 17 The steel refrigerator ship South Pole of 6450 tons was towed at the yards of the Baltimore Dry Docks and Shipbuilding Company within forty days after keel was laid. Charles M Schwab head of the Emergency Fleet Corporation was present and urged the men to keep at their work and build ships incessantly. Florence Patton of Milwaukee is sponsor for the craft.
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South Pole
Himare Drydocks and Shipbuilding Company
Sharles M. Schwab
Emergercy Fleet Corporation
Florence Patton
Milwaukee
California Wine Growers Face Bankrupt Prohibition Bill
Senator Julius Kahn warned the Senate Agriculture Committee that immediate prohibition legislation would bankrupt California wine growers and trigger losses in the millions as 10 million dollars in loans tied to this year’s crop could be wiped out amid constitutional amendment ratification talk.
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Washington
Julius Kahn
California
Senate Agriculture Committee
Fornia
Fed
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National Coal Board Creates A. R. Committee To Speed Up Production
Washington June 17. The government forms a special committee to hasten coal production for winter relief. Led by A. R., the group aims to coordinate with the Mortage Association and ensure handling of expected shortages.
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Eal
Tashington
National Coal
A. R
Pittaburs
U-Boat’s Crew In Vain Life Fight Twenty Fathoms Down
London dispatch details the destruction of a large German submarine near Zeebrugge after it hit a mine. Of forty crew, only two survived to reach surface. many died by self harm or from compressed air as they surfaced. A British trawler aided the rescue of the survivors.
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London
Zeebrugge
U. S. to Launch 63 New Ships on July 4
Philadelphia June 17 reports to the Emergency Fleet Corporation say at least sixty three ships will be launched on the Fourth of July. Charles M Schwab director general predicts such a large splash may reach the German Emperor and marks the largest one day ship launch in any country.
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Philadelphia
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Charles M. Schwab
General Wood To Train Troops At Camp Funston
General Leonard Wood will command a new division training for service in France at Camp Funston, Kansas. The War Department announced the assignment after canceling earlier orders transferring Wood to California. It remains unclear if he will accompany the division overseas or remain in training duties at the camp.
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Washington
France
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War Department
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California
Western Department
Wood
Baker
Wilson
Russia
Mexican
Ukraine Revolt Rumor Far From Germans on Eve
A Stockholm Legation said a Petrograd source reports Ukraine poised to revolt against Germany. Germans supposedly deterred from moving freely outside cities due to local hostility. Special dispatch to The Tribune from Washington dated June 17.
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Washington
Stockholm
State Department
Petrograd
Ukraine
Hope for Lasting Peace Pin on League of Nations
London dispatch reports George Barnes of the British War Cabinet urging a postwar league of nations. He argues for a preliminary Allied conference to defeat German aims, a common defensive treaty, economic measures, and pooled resources for reconstruction. He notes issues with armament reduction and private production.
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London
League of Nations
Europe
George Barnes
Dartford
League
Germany
Barnes
Australia’s Premier Hughes vows no faltering in war
London reports quote Commonwealth Prime Minister William M. Hughes saying Australia has paid the price of liberty and will endure to the end. He stresses control of New Guinea and nearby islands by Australia or a friendly power and alignment with a Pacific Monroe Doctrine policy.
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London
Australia
William M. Hughes
New Guinea
Hughes
Urges Public to Take Gen. Wood Off Shelf
Hartford June 17 George Wharton Pepper of Philadelphia urged the public to restore General Leonard Wood to active service. He accused the administration of shelving Wood and warned that denying him command undermines American democracy unless Congress and leaders recognize his worth and the nation demands his services in wartime.
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George Wharton Pepper
Philadelphia
Trinity College
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Congress
Washington
Berlin
U S to Buy Forest Lands Purchase of 64 672 Acres Meets With Approval
The National Forest Reservation Commission approved the purchase of 64 672 acres for national forests in the White Mountains Southern Appalachians and Arkansas. The largest tract, 31 667 acres in Polk County Tennessee, was bought at 6 dollars per acre and includes over 20 000 000 feet of merchantable timber. In New Hampshire's White Mountains 2 756 acres in Grafton and Coos counties were approved at 10 80 dollars per acre, valued for spruce timber.
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White Mountains
Appalachians
Arkansas
National Forest Reservation Commission
Forest Service Today
Polk County
Tennessee
Grafton
Coos
New Hampshire
Private J. W. Guyton Receives Croix de Guerre
General Pershing announces Private Joseph W. Guyton as the first American soldier killed on German soil near the Vosges. His next of kin is Mrs. Agnes Winona Guyton of Ewart Michigan. The Croix de Guerre confirms his status as the first American casualty on German soil.
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Washington
Joseph W. Guyton
General Pershing
War Department
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Vosges
Agnes Winona Guyton
Ewart, Mich
J. W. Guyton
Senate Approves Buchanan Statue Erection in Public Park
Washington June 17 The Senate approved by 51 to 11 a House resolution authorizing the erection in a public park of a statue of James Buchanan. Opponents challenged the loyalty of the former president during the debate.
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Buchanan
Washington
House
James Buchanan
Enright presides at launching of new mine sweeper Robin
Police Commissioner Enright spoke at the launching of the Robin, the third Todd Shipyards mine sweeper, at Twenty third Street Brooklyn. The Robin is part of a navy fleet to patrol Atlantic and North Sea lanes, as 44 sweepers are contracted for government delivery this year. The vessel, 189 feet long and 87 feet beam with 1100 deadweight tons, marks ongoing shipyard progress with one vessel keel laid as soon as another leaves the ways.
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Twenty-third Street
Brooklyn
Atlantic
North Sea
Enright
Todd Corporation
National conservatory urged by Jacob Hayman in hearing
Jacob Hayman of New York urged the establishment of a national conservatory of music and art to be supported by the government during a hearing before the House Education Committee in Washington on June 17.
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Washington
National Conservatory of Music and Art
Jacob Hayman
New York
House Education Committee
Germans Press to Break Russian Trade Pact Provisions
Moscow June 5 Special interest centers on talks between the Soviet economic delegation returning from Berlin and a German delegation chosen to set terms for resuming trade under Brest-Litovsk. Russian officials fear Germany will seek denationalization of banks and industries and end the government monopoly on export and import trade.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Berlin
Brest-Litovsk
Germany
N. Larin
Economic Congress
Brest-Litovak
M. Lomov
Count von Mirbach
Russia
Kaiser Pictured by Rosner as Samaritan
Emperor William is depicted by Karl Rosner as a good Samaritan after two British soldiers were found unconscious on Mont Hiver on May 28. The Kaiser called a medical attendant, had brandy administered, guided bandaging, and arranged hospital transfer, then returned to supper with thoughts of the act.
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Amsterdam
William
Karl Rosner
Lokal Anzeiger
Germany’s wounded to be treated with Christian compassion, envoy says
The monarch’s envoy tells British soldiers that once the enemy is defeated, mercy and aid must be provided using all available resources. He asserts a beaten foe is no longer an enemy for Britain and affirms continued humane treatment of the wounded to allow reconciliation after the war ends.
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Hungary Seizes Crops and Controls Flour Mills
Amsterdam reports Hungary has ordered requisition of all new crops and placed all flour mills under government supervision, per a Budapest source. The move signals strict wartime economic control and centralized distribution of food staples.
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Budapest
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