U S Insists On Answer From Turkey
The State Department asked Sweden to press Turkey through the Swedish minister at Constantinople regarding reports that an American hospital at Tabriz was sacked and the American Consulate seized. Officials warned the Turkish actions could trigger a warlike crisis and noted Spain’s delay on a related inquiry.
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Washington
State Department
Constantinople
Tabriz
Persia
United States
Stockholm
Foreign Office
Turkey
Teheran
Th Spans Ray
Ottoman Empire
Tureg
Doctor Thought Dead Is in a German Prison
Washington reports that Dr J Breckinridge Bayne a Washington physician captive since September is alive in a German prison camp A March 15 letter postmarked Bucharest reached his mother His wife Olga Roosevelt whom he married in 1911 remains noted despite the long separation and scarce news from the front lines with Bayne's role with the British Red Cross.
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Washington
J. Breckinridge Bayne
Bucharest
Bayne
Red Cross
Haden
Rumatia
Stafe
Overseas Soldiers May Cast Ballots
War and Navy departments will issue regulations allowing Americans in military service to vote in Congressional elections next fall if their states permit absentee voting. Ballots may be cast overseas or at home as long as military operations and training are not disrupted. Nebraska officials urged inclusion of 48,000 Nebraskans in the service under the state’s absentee voting law.
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Washington
War and Navy Departments
Baker
Daniels
Tleir
Army
Navy
War Department
Hitchcock
Ne-Fass
Senate Foreignations Committee
Nevile
Tha
Arthur Mullen
Nebr
Tommy
Lansdowne
Haig
Germany
Great Britain
America
Italian War Front Shifts After Piave Victory
The article notes a cautious Italian advance after the Piave victory, with Boroevic regrouping, and Italian forces pressing the Grappa and Asiago sectors. It compares the Civil War Gettysburg outcome, cites Austrian overclaims on prisoner counts, and suggests a strategic shift toward a broader offensive as Diaz contemplates a counterstroke.
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Piave
Diaz
Italy
The
Boroevic
Livenza
Tagliamento
Gettysburg
Meade
Lee
Maryland
Potomac
Virginia
Lincoln
Mount Grappa
Asiago
Montello
Allies Ready To Halt German Drive With American Entry
The piece argues Germany cannot win without a strong autumn push but warns the Allies, especially American units, will soon outnumber and outmaneuver the Hun. It praises British organization, Tommies morale, and air support while urging rapid American integration and brigading with British and French forces to prepare for a 1919 war halt with millions in France.
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America
France
Amiens
Arras
Bethune
Ypres
Nieuport
Uth
Channel
Paris
Belloc views Piave retreat as delaying Austrian strength
In a London dispatch dated June 25, observers note the Piave retreat north of Musile succeeded with limited captured forces around Nervesa and Fa gare. While 4,000 stragglers or wounded are reported, evidence of larger captures is unclear. The piece stresses the retreat may blunt Austrian offensive power and warns against overestimating a decisive Allied victory or predicting Austrian civil repercussions.
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Aasoclali
London
Piave
Musile
Nervesa
Fagare
Ask French to Join In German Boycott
Paris June 25. French seamen urged to join British mariners in a boycott of Germany. A letter to Matin by Joseph Havelock Wilson cites a telegram to President Poincaré vowing to punish the Boche. Germans excluded from crews and goods banned as retaliation for the assassination of 15,000 noncombatant seamen.
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Paris
Havas
Germany
Matin
Joseph Havelock Wilson
Great Britain
Poincaré
Wilson
Paris Eager to Name A Street for Wilson
Paris councillors race to honor President Wilson by naming a street after him with Rue Royale favored as an enachronism and direct access to Place de la Concorde. The proposal sits with the council committee as rivals in each ward push for the distinction.
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Paris
Wilson
Engineer Held on Manslaughter Charge After Circus Train Disaster
Hammond Ind June 26 Alonzo Sargent engineer of the train blamed for the Gary circus train wreck was arrested on manslaughter charges. At the inquest he was called as a witness but declined to testify on counsel’s advice.
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Hammond
Ind
Alonzo Sargent
Gary
Sargent
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