O Leary Defense Tops Witness Session in U S Trial
Jeremiah O Leary testified at his brother John O Leary's United States District Court trial detailing movements after a May 7 train departure from St Louis. Lyons, the government witness, countered with claims about tickets and cash, while Col Felder pressed for John to take the stand to confirm exoneration and truth.
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Arthur L. Lyons
O'Leary
Jeremiah
John
Augustus N. Hand
United States District Court
Sinn Fein
Jeremiah Leary
Lyons
Lyon
Osbeary
St. Lois
John O'Leary
John O Leary
Church Street
Adirondacks
Jereiah
Stomey
New York American
Thomas B. Felder
Felder
John Io
Jerry
Pel
Assembly Calls New York Republicans Conference at Saratoga
Senators Wadsworth and Calder call an assembly of New York Republicans for July 18 at Saratoga Springs. Governor Whitman opposes the move, but invitations go to all party officials and prominent Republicans. Theodore Roosevelt Taft Root and Hughes are invited to address the assembly.
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the Tribune
Washington
Assembly
New York
Tast
Wadsworth
Calder
Whitman
Glynn
Saratoga Springs
House
Old Village
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Elihu Root
Charles E. Hughes
Friends
638 Lives Lost When Transport Is Sunk
Paris reports the transport Sant Anna was torpedoed and sunk in the night of May 10 11 while en route from Bizerta to Malta. Of 2150 aboard soldiers and native workers, 1512 were saved. The vessel likely refers to the big French steamer of 5418 tons built in 1910 at La Seyne.
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Paris
Sant’ Anna
Bizerta
Malta
Havas
la Seyne
Italy
Western Union Wires Seized in Rail Letter Traffic Case
Five Western Union messengers were arrested by Post Office Department officials for carrying night letter telegrams by train between New York Philadelphia Boston Washington and Baltimore. Prosecution aims at company officers, not the messengers. The practice, long standing, violated the postal monopoly on public communications by rail. The four New York and one Boston arrestees will testify before a Federal Grand Jury.
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Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
Post Office Department
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Western Union Company
Vienna Bread Riots Trigger Martial Law Urgent Aid Sought
A Zurich dispatch notes over 100 900 workers in Vienna’s Vulcan arsenal and the War schalowski plane works strike. Riots erupt in Favoritem Maargerethen Ottakring and Brigittena as Workmen’s Council demands higher bread rations. Cavalry deployed to restore order amid talk of martial law.
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London
Vulcan
Warschalowski
Vienna
Zurich
Exchange Telegraph
Favoritem
Maargerethen
Ottakring
Brigittena
Workmen's Council of
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Exchange
Amsterdam
Stockholm
Berlin
Hamburg
Cologne
Food Crisis in Austria Deepens Since War Began
Amsterdam dispatch reports that Mexican and Austrian observers arriving from Germany and Austria indicate the food troubles in the Dual Monarchy are the gravest since the war began. Continued on Page 6, Column 2.
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Austria
Amsterdam
Wilson approves Slavic Legion plan in United States
President Wilson today approved organizing and training a Slavic Legion under the War Department for volunteers not subject to the draft. The unit would serve with American Expeditionary Forces or Allied forces as directed, drawing from Slavs in the United States and Canada amid push by Slav leaders and an amendment to the army appropriation bill. Ignace Jan Paderewski had recently directed a recruitment effort of Slavs in France.
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Washington
United States
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
Canada
Ignace Jan Paderewski
France
Baylies Foe-Downed Ace Believed Alive in German Hospital
In Cantigny battle, American troops stormed German trenches with dawn assault. Baylies led Stork Squadron on patrol, engaged four enemy aircraft, was seen ablaze and diving toward the ground, with cautious hope he survives in a German hospital. He has 11 official victories and helped the squadron tally 165 downed planes.
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Frank L. Baylies
Raoul Lufbery
Baylies
New Bedford
Mass
Guynemer
Heurteux
Dorme
Fonek
Stork
Reward For U Boat Base Discovery Announced
A $1,000 reward is offered for authentic information leading to the discovery of a submarine base on this side of the Atlantic. The notice, issued by the Third Naval District commandant, was made public at 280 Broadway. Copies of the reward offer will be distributed among seafaring men to encourage a more diligent search.
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Meyer Waiss-Kirchner
Vienna
von Seydler
Vossiche Zeitung
Budapest
Amsterdam
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Hungary
Austria
Vienna Labor Council
Neue Freie Presse
Atlantic
Geran
Third Naval District
Germans Flee as U S Troops Forge Ahead Five-Eighth Mile
June 20 report says American forces attacked northwest of Château Thierry, advancing five-eighths of a mile and driving Germans from a small pocket north of Belleau Wood. Germans withdrew after artillery, leaving behind materiel. no prisoners taken. One small salient remains in Belleau Wood.
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Marne
Château Thierry
Helleau Wood
Belleau Wood
Foe Hurls 6,000 Shells in Reply to U.S. Gas Attack
The Associated Press reports from France that on June 20 the German artillery increased fire on the Toul sector after a German gas attack. An attempted German raid involved sixty men, while official statements claim a penetration at Leideprey. About six thousand shells were fired along the American front.
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Associated Press
France
Cantigny
Montdidier
Santigny
U.S
Toul
Leideprey
Cape Sile Recaptured and French Gain Near Asiago
Allied forces renewed offensives across three Italian sectors seizing four towns and taking 11 000 prisoners in total. In Asiago three mountain villages fell to French and Italian units, with Cape Sile recaptured and Piave river actions splitting Austrian forces. On the Montdidier front Americans pressed German lines at dawn near Cantigny capturing trenches and taking prisoners.
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Italy
Asiago
Bertigo
Pennar
Castalunga
Montello
Piave
Saletto
Cape Sile
Zenson
Chateau Thierry
Cantigny
Montdidier
Cape Sile Retaken As Italians Gain On Piave Marshes
Italian forces press on after the Austrian drive collapses near the Piave. The swelling river and loss of several bridges hinder enemy operations on the south bank as General Diaz’s troops press to reclaim ground on the right bank.
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Cape Sile
Piave Marshes
Arthur S. Draper
the Tribune
London
Diaz
Archduke Joseph
Warm
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N.Y
Wadsworth and Calder Ignore
America
Wilson
Favors Gonzalez
By Carter Field
Terbune Association
State Department
Costa’ Rica
Pacific
Panama
Canal
Fonseca Bay
Nicaragua
Huerta
Mexico
Federico Tinoco
Wonder
Western Union
Nenezuéld
Royal Palace
Frank Baylies
Ace
Wilbur Forrest
Special Gable
the Tribone Rasolation
Pershing
U. S
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Charles
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