All Freed in Prager Mob Case Acquitted
Edwardsville June 2 Eleven men charged with murder in the Rob ert Paul Prager lynching were acquitted after a 435 minute deliberation. The not guilty verdict sparked a cheers by relatives and friends. Defendants listed include Joseph Riegel Wesley Beaver Charles Cranmer Calvin Gilmore Richard Dukes Jr Enid Ebmore William Brockmeier Cecil Larrimore James DeMaties Frank Flannury and John L Hallsworth.
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Edwardsville
Robert Paul Prager
Joseph Riegel
Wesley Beaver
Charles Cranmer
Calvin Gilmore
Richard Dukes, Jr
Enid
Ebmore
William Brockmeier
Cecil Larremore
James de Maties
Frank Flannury
John L. Hallsworth
Gerard
Thomas Williamson
Court recess as anthem plays during jury instructions
The judge ordered a ten minute recess while the Great Lakes Naval Training Station band played the Star Spangled Banner near the courtroom. Eleven defendants were moved to a waiting room as the national anthem sounded, causing Joseph Riegel a former U S soldier to cry.
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Prager
Bemreuter
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Joseph Riegel
United States
Illinois Called to Provide 28 500 Troops for CinC Camps
Springfield June 2 Illinois is ordered to furnish 28 500 select men to move to cantonments in a five day window starting June 24. The men must be white and physically qualified for general military service from class one and will be sent to Camp Gordon Camp Grant Camp Jackson Camp Taylor and Camp Wheeler. If needed farmers may be drawn to meet quotas and 4 674 grammar school educated men are to attend eight special training schools. After June 7 further volunteers or drafts will fill the remaining quotas.
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Springfield
Illinois
Dickson
Crowder
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Camp Grant
Rockford
Camp Jackson
Columbia
D. C
Camp Taylor
Louisville
Camp Wheeler
Macon
Destroyer sinks two submarines off French coast
An American destroyer destroyed two submarines in the war zone near the French coast, reported by an arriving ship. The submarines were said to have been sent down within sight of France, about half an hour apart near an Atlantic port.
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Atlantic
France
U S Troops Vital Factor Bridges Says
Washington June 2 American troops have become a vital factor in the great battle in France and may hold the balance between defeat and victory General Bridges head of a special British military mission to the United States said here. He cited three German objectives Paris Amiens channel ports and dividing the allied armies. He warned the battle could last weeks and stressed conserving resources as ground for men. He blamed German concealment on numbers railways nearby woods and a long prepared front as aiding their plan.
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Washington
France
Bridges
United States
Paris
Amiens
Salient
Amiens Salient
Marne
Government Provides Soldiers Amusement in Camps
New York June 2 Realizing the need of wholesome entertainment for soldiers training in the national armies the government for the first time provides fines dramas in each army camp to honor and relieve the stress of training and duty.
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New York
Bombing Raid On Karlsruhe Across Rhine Reported
London reports another air raid on Karlsruhe across the Rhine by British air squadrons. The war office issued an official statement detailing aerial operations and the latest bombing activity.
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Karlsruhe
Rhine
London
War Office
Attacking Soissons as gateway to Paris
German forces widen westward drive aiming to crush the Soissons salient and reach Paris via the Marne and Oise. French resistance tightens under General Foch as German gains near Soissons are checked near Chavot and Chouy while battles along the Oise yield hundreds of French prisoners.
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Soissons
Paris
French and German War Office Reports June 2 Front Actions
Paris reports heavy German attacks along the Oise to Marne front with French countermeasures, withdrawals and local ground gains, strong defenses at Soissons Vierzy and Chouy Neuilly St Front, and continued holds at Chateau-Thierry and Fort Pompelle. Berlin confirms German offensives south of the Oise and west of Chauny driving the enemy from positions near Outs, with tank supported efforts.
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Marne
Noyon
Soissons
Paris
Oise
Chateau-Thierry
Foch
Chaudun
Chouy
Neuilly- St
Crown Prince
War Office
Aisne
Carlespont Wood
Audignicourt
Fontenoy
Vierzy
Neuilly-St
Villers Nelson
Pauroy
Priez
Monthiers
Etropilly
Dormans
Rheims
Ville- En-Tardenois
Fort Pompelle
Berlin
London
The
Chauny
Hoffman
von Francois
Fire destroys vast khaki stock at U S arsenal
The quartermaster's department reports more than 15 000 000 yards of khaki cloth for army uniforms valued at 3 000 000 dollars burned in a fire at the United States arsenal. Fifteen thousand service hats and two warehouses No 23 and No 24 were destroyed as flames swept through the site. Fire crews from the city battled the blaze, with an Austrian enemy alien detained as a suspect after an explosion near the stockade. The fire was under control by 1 o'clock and the warehouses lay ruined.
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United States Arsenal
Quincy Shippers Protest Rate Increase Move
Quincy freight bureau board resolutions urge Director McAdoo to oppose a 25 percent rail rate rise and potential double increases. They warn Quincy manufacturers face crippling costs, send copies to senators and Representative King, and seek united shippers action before Utilities Commission hearings.
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Board of Governors
Quincy Freight Bureau
Bureau
McAdoo
Quincy
Tinois
King
John J. Fisher
State Utilities Commission
L. B. Boswell
Freight Bureau
Boswell
Utilities Commission
War department theater program in 16 cantonments grows
A War Department summary notes the training camp activities commission oversees theater in 16 national army cantonments seating 2500 to 3000 and 16 national guard cantonments seating 1000 to 1200. nightly shows feature Broadway plays with reduced salaries and donated scenery. Capt H H Hughes’s A Marriage Made in Heaven debuts at Camp Lee May 16 and wins instant success.
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Commission On
War Department
National Army
National Guard
H. H. Hughes
Camp Lee
Cantonments
United States
Referendum to settle Carmen's strike in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 2 employees of the Cedar Rapids and Marion City railway company will not strike as planned. Officials and company representatives reached an agreement to settle by referendum endorsing a fare raise to yield six percent return on investment plus six cent per hour wage increase. City council to appoint a committee to study service at cost plan and, after reporting, will introduce ordinances for first and second readings before the referendum to the people under the city commission plan.
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Carmen
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway Company
Commission
Germans Fail River Marne Crossing With Strong French Resistance
German attempts to cross the Marne in France were repelled by vigorous defense. French and British forces facing the assault numbered about one fifth of the Allied army. German artillery operated from river heights but did not breach the lines. The French and British conducted a skillful, gradual retirement while the attack continued.
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Associated Press
France
River
Marne
Herrin Postmaster Acquitted by Jury
Alonzo Boren former Herrin postmaster was acquitted in federal court of embezzling 15000 from a registered mail package from the Third National Bank of Herrin. The package disappeared February 14 and involved a March loss figure.
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East ST. Louis
Alonzo Boren
Herrin
Third National Bank of
Arrest spy who has lists of oil tankers
New York June 2 Agents of the military intelligence service brought here from Croton New York a German named Hanz Lentz a former employee of the Standard Oil company in whose possession they said were found papers taken from the files of the company on which were listed all the Standard Oil ships with those that have been torpedoed checked off.
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New York
Military Intelligence Service
Croton
N. Y
Hanz Lentz
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Bombing Raid Reports Heavy Luftwaffe Losses
A RAF patrol reports diverting action with 31 tons of bombs dropped on targets behind enemy lines at Metz Sablons Bruges canal and rail hubs. Twenty German planes were destroyed and six driven down out of control. One German plane shot down by AA fire. one Allied aircraft missing. Night raids add 16 tons on Metz Sablons rail junctions and Bruges docks with all night bombers returning. One German light bomber set ablaze behind lines.
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Metz-Sablons
Bruges
Zeebruges-Bruges
Karthaus
Thionville
Ninety Million Dollar Government Loans to Railroads
Washington reports May loans and advances to railroads totaled 90 614 000 dollars raising four month federal aid to 124 314 000. Payments were largely demand loans at six percent with major recipients including Pennsylvania Illinois Central St Paul Baltimore and Ohio Erie Denver and Rio Grande and Ann Arbor. Of the total advanced 109 514 000 came from the revolving fund and 14 800 000 from surplus railroad funds.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Pennsylvania
Illinois Central
St. Paul
Baltimore and Ohio
Erie
Denver and
Rio Grande
Ann Arbor
Railroad
Ship Stewards And Cooks Given Raise
Washington June 2 Flat increases of 20 a month to all chief stewards and chief cooks and 15 a month to all other members of the steward's department on Atlantic and Gulf vessels are announced by the Shipping Board. The new wage scale is retroactive to May 4. Work done between 8 pm and 6 am will be paid at overtime rates of 50 cents an hour for chief stewards and chief cooks and 40 cents an hour for all others except the work of regular night men.
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Washington
Atlantic
Allied lines hold near Rheims as German attack stalls
In the northwest the German drive aims at widening a narrow Marne salient while Rheims remains in Allied hands. American troops are already in the battle area ready to intervene, and Italian front reports indicate a large Austrian offensive may open soon as Italy holds strong war materiel readiness.
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Teves
Chateau-Thierry
Gerrens
Rheims
Marne
Bormans-Rheims
Paris
Lkely
Italy
Railroad April earnings rise aiding 1918 lines
Washington June 2 Railroad earnings in April rose considerably to about 50 million dollars, IPC reports show. Net operating income for 149 first class roads reached 67.036 million, with more roads expected to push total to 80 million. Four months end April expenses near 140 million, down from 282.090 million year ago due to January traffic demoralization. Eastern roads earned 21.55 million versus 23.454 million in April 1917. Western 28.915 million vs 31.034 million. Southern 11.569 million vs 9.881 million.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Western Roads
Southern Roads
Fairbanks Relapses. Former VP Loses Ground, Doctors Say
INDIANAPOLIS June 2 Charles W Fairbanks former vice president has suffered a relapse and according to physicians has lost ground.
Allied forces push toward Marne and Verneuil line
Haig reports in France that British and Allied troops advance along the Ourcy river front from Chaudun Vierry and Blanzy toward the Marne, seizing prisoners and enemy planes. In May combined captures reach 1,158 with 29 officers. local artillery actions persist.
Bear Trap For American Scout Trophy Found
Paris June 2 German barbarity described as a man trap like a bear trap found in No Man's Land by Corporal Leonardo Manser and Sergeant Victor L. Vaupel, United States engineers. They report discovering the device during a May 24 scouting party in No Man's Land, three feet long with jaws 18 inches wide and two inch teeth. The trap, chained to stakes, was in the Paris YMCA and will be shipped to America as a trophy.
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Paris
No Man's Land
Jeonardo Manser
Victor L. Vaupel
United States Engineers
Manser
Vaupel
Man’s Land
Paris Y. M. C. A
America
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