Czechs Seize Centre of Ural Mining Region
Amsterdam June 2 Czecho Slovak troops have entered Yekaterinburg on the Asiatic side of the Urals in the centre of the Ural mining region. Heavy fighting is under way. Grand Duke Michael Mexandrovitch, brother of Nicholas II, is leading a movement in Turkestan for separation from Russia. An advance toward Yekaterinburg may have prompted Soviet action regarding Nicholas Romanoff. Crecho Slovak troops also advanced in Siberia, with reports of Irkutsk's capture under General Alexieff.
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Germans Reported Preparing for an Advance on Smolensk
LUAVON June 25 Germans am preparing to march eastward toward Smolensk reports a Moscow telegraph dispatch carried by Exchange. Foreign Minister Tchitcherin says Joffe in Berlin was told German authorities at Smolensk are concentrating large forces. A detachment on the Smolensk road attacked villages and demanded the crossing of the Dneiper. The Germans say they have orders to advance toward Smolensk, a move seen as explicable from the situation. Smolensk lies about 225 miles west of Moscow on the route to the Bolshevik capital.
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Dneiper
Allies' Consuls Protest Detention of Czecho-Slovaks
In Moscow, American Vice-Consul De Witt C. Foole joined French and Julian consuls in appealing to Bolshevik Foreign Minister Tehuteherin on behalf of detained Czecho-Slovak troops. They urged permission to move to Vlach-Vostok as originally agreed, stressing interference should end.
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Uneaten
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Vlach- Vostok
M. Tehitcherin
Czecho Slovak Movements Seen As German Backed Threat
Dispatches indicate foreign interference in Czecho Slovak movements is seen as unfriendly and tied to Germany. Moscow interview with Foreign Minister Tehitcherin followed the Entente request for ceasefire against the Czecho Slovaks. Siberian Bolsheviks oppose their movement toward Siberia, fearing ties to General Semenoff's anti Bolshevik forces.
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Associated Press
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Tehitcherin
M. Tchiteherin
Siberia
Semenoff
Ex-Czar Not Shot Says Moscow Dispatch
There is no foundation for persistent rumors that Nicholas Romanoff the former emperor has been assassinated a Moscow dispatch reports. A Copenhagen Stockholm quote cited a Russian paper saying Red Guards murdered him in Yekaterinburg where he was moved from Tobolsk. A German-sourced dispatch claimed he was moved to Moscow for safekeeping.
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London
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Tobolsk
Inetweek
Wilson Plans Mission To Russians For Eastern Front Rebuild
President Wilson aims to send a mission to Russia to secure guarantees for the Russian people while pressing military expediency without requiring their sanction. The objective is to quickly reestablish a new Eastern front by mobilizing Russian morale and providing moral guidance.
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Kerensky Likely to Press US Intervention, Says Russian Bureau
A. J. Sack of the Russian Information Bureau in Washington states that Alexander F. Kerensky plans a visit to the United States to seek Allied aid. Sack believes Kerensky will push for intervention to save Russia from Germany and rejoin the war, likely collaborating with A. I. Konovaloff, who is in Washington. He notes Kerensky would pursue general and military assistance from the Allies.
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Lansing
Chicago Air Board Now Under Scrutiny
Federal grand jury investigates graft in the local Aircraft Board operations. U S District Attorney Charles V. Clyne announced agents gathered evidence that since last fall funds flowed freely from local offices and that wealthy men’s sons with no qualifications were placed in high salary inspector roles.
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Kerensky In London on Way to U S
Former Russian premier Alexander Kerensky appeared at the British Labour Conference in London amid cheers and said the Russian people fight tyranny and will soon join the Allies. He plans to travel to Paris and then America, seeking Allied aid while avoiding Russian police pursuit.
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Wilson
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Associated Press
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Aponk
U S Mission Divides French Socialists in Paris
ARIS May 25 The American Mission to Paris divides the Socialist ranks in France as debates over war aims and talks with Germany spark splits. Albert Thomas leads the Majority, while Alexandre Varenne or Marcel Sembut gain favor with others. The Centre faction seeks party independence, and the Left defends a strict wartime stance. The mission’s call for no talks with Germany sustains unity behind the lines while provoking internal friction.
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Longuet
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Jauris
Thomas
Stockholm
Alexandre Varenne
Brest- Litovsk
Varenne
Comrates
Marcel Sembut
Renandel
L'humanité
Democratic Party
Marcel Gachin
Ernest Lafont
Longust
Presseman
Clas
Itsel
Painleve
Vivians
America
James Wilson
M. Thomas
Russian leader calls for aid and Russian front restoration
A Russian citizen urges intelligent Russians to accept American aid as disinterested assistance, rejecting the word intervention. He argues Russia remains in the war, with the front still active, only pushed back and soon to be restored by the resurrected Russians, who are recovering their lines.
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Vensky
Russia
Sutherland
7000 War Workers Strike in Bridgeport
Bridgeport Connecticut on June 26 seven thousand machine workers walked out after wage demands were denied. Labor leaders expect six thousand more to join bowing to a Taft-Walsh board pledge and retroactive wage awards from May 1. Strikers spent idle time soliciting war savings stamps.
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Taft-Walsh Board
Red Cross Begins Renovation of U S Army Uniforms
The Red Cross organizes to reclaim hundreds of thousands of army uniforms as seasons change. The 220th Auxiliary at Fifty-ninth Street and Third Avenue opens the first reclamation station with Mrs. Ittleson as chair of the reclamation division.
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Reverend MacFarland Visits Clemenceau and Leaders
The Rev. Dr. Charles MacFarland, head of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, arrives in France as a guest of the government. He is introduced to Premier Clemenceau by Captain Andre Tardien and will meet President Poincaré, General Foch, and Marshal Joffre, then go to American HQ to see General Pershing.
Warned of Raider In Atlantic Lanes
The Navy Department announced a routine war warning to shipping east of 40° longitude between Cape Race and Bermuda after a German raider sighting was reported. No details were confirmed, but ships were told to stay alert while authorities checked the report. Secretary Daniels said no official notice of allied authorities’ awareness had been received.
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Enlarge Naval Stations Add 2000 Men at Pelham
Secretary Daniels announced naval expansion plans to accommodate 12,009 more trainees at Great Lakes near Chicago and 10,000 at Norfolk with 2,000 at Pelham Bay New York while enlarging Newport R. I. and other stations. The changes aim to strengthen training capacity amid ongoing buildout of naval facilities.
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U.S. to Lead Allies In Helping Russia Declares Envoy
John J. Sookine a Russian Commission member returning from Paris says Allies will coordinate aid to Russia under U S leadership and rejects a blunt intervention. He notes Russian desire for democracy and independence and stresses Allied respect for Russia's sovereignty while opposing German influence.
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U.S
Russia
Senate vote looms on 2.50 wheat minimum amid deadlock
Senator Martin of Virginia moved to direct conferees on the annual agricultural appropriation bill to abandon the Senate amendment for a government minimum guarantee of 2.50 a bushel. He said he would seek a vote tomorrow. House managers refused the amendment, causing a stalemate.
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Martin
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House
Reserve Board Urged to Police World Finances
A proposal for an international reserve board modeled on the American Federal Reserve is sent to President Wilson and Allied leaders. David Lubin, American rep in Rome, argues the body would act as an international policeman to stabilize postwar finance, regulate war bond issues, and oversee exchange rates and gold payments across Allied nations.
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International Reserve Board
American Federal Reserve Board
Wilson
David Lubin
Sacramento
Cal
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Rome
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Mr. Lubin
X. Tm International Reserve Board
Allied Nations
Federal Reserve Board
Youths to Keep U. S. Jobs in Agriculture Bill
Washington June 26 Senate agricultural sub committee votes to remove salary prohibition for Department of Agriculture employees of draft age with deferred classification. Secretary Houston says exemption sought only for absolutely necessary staff.
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Senate Agricultural Sub-Committee
Department of Agriculture
Houston
Army Enlistment Day Ad Promotes Serge Fabric and Stores
A vintage ad touts serge wool fabrics in gray blue and black for travel and dress. It urges buyers to visit Broadway stores at 13th and 34th Streets, Fourth Avenue at Broadway corners, Fifth Avenue at Warren, and 41st Street for fast color, crease resistance, and durable wear in anticipation of Army enlistment day.
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Delano Quits Reserve Board to Join Army
Washington June 26 Frederick A Delano offered his resignation from the Federal Reserve Board to accept a commission in the army engineers for railroad reconstruction and supervision in France The resignation has not yet been accepted This marks the first resignation from the board since its 1914 creation Delano ledrailroad lines before his Reserve Board tenure Born in Hong Kong he later rose to prominent railroad executive roles in Chicago and the Midwest
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Frederick A. Delano
Wilson
Federal Reserve Board
Army Engineer Corps
France
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Reserve Board
Wabash Railroad
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville
Burlington
Non-Partisan Leaguer Leads Early in North Dakota Primary
Early returns from North Dakota primaries show John Steen, endorsed by the Independent Voters Association, leading Governor Lynn J. Frazier two to one for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Rural districts were slow to report, with Frazier supporters hopeful for a comeback. In the Democratic race, S. J. Doyle held a comfortable lead over W. Wilkinson as results remained un-tabulated.
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Independent Voters’ ‘Association
Lynn J. Frazier
Frazier
S. J. Doyle
W. Wilkinson
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