General March Says Foe Will Stop At Marne
Senate military committee heard Gen. March say Germany likely will dig in near the Marne after reaching near Paris. He cited 45 miles to Paris, a rapid advance, gas shell effectiveness, and plans to ship more American forces in June after further training. About 40 percent of those moved are non combatants.
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FOE
Marne
Washington
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Paris
War Council
Lewis
Tineis
U. S. Live Stock Reports Begin at Chicago Yard
Government collection and dissemination of livestock quotations started at the Chicago stock yards on Saturday. The move follows a government program to standardize data for market participants and aims to improve transparency in livestock pricing.
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U. S
Chicago
Americans Starve in German Prisons
An Allied war report cites a Russian prisoner who said American POWs in Tuchel camp, West Prussia, faced brutal treatment. He claimed they were hungry, penniless, stripped of clothes, and deprived of footwear while working. After liberation, they faced insult while confined in damp huts.
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France
Germany
Moscow
Tuchel
West Prussia
Ill Americans got hospital talks with Russian source
Two hospitalized Americans spoke with the Russian and through them obtained information underpinning his statement.
Paris Report Says Situation Serious Yet Improving
Paris June 2 The Blavas news agency review says the war outlook remains serious but signs are increasingly reassuring. Allies yielded ground in the early rush but held the Aisne and Oureq with vigorous counterattacks slowing the enemy advance. L Homme Libre and Clemenceau’s followers express optimism as the enemy plan to lure the Allies south and push west fails to gain traction. Clemenceau voiced strong confidence to socialist deputies.
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Paris
Blavas
Aisne
L’homme Libre
Clemenceau
Pullman Rates Rise To Two Dollars Minimum Overnight
Washington June 2 Pullman company plans a quick fare adjustment to match the new three cent per mile passenger rate. The overnight berth minimum will increase from 1.50 to 2.00 dollars while other Pullman rates remain largely unchanged.
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Washington
Pullman Company
Haywood Letters Reveal IWW Ties at Trial
Chicago June 2 unwritten I W W law forbids admitting connection after arrest emerges from correspondence between David Ingar and William D Haywood read at the 112 leaders trial for violation of the espionage act. Letters show Haywood advised restraint while urging jailed members to resist accusations and discuss strikes and riots in Ohio Pennsylvania Washington and Idaho.
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Chicago
David Ingar
William D. Haywood
Haywood
America
Ingar
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Youngstown
East Youngstown
Farrell
Washington
Idaho
Whitman County
Quimet Loses To French Golf Champ
In Brookline Massachusetts on June 2 French professional Tellier defeated Sergeant Francis Ouimet 4 and 3 in a 72 hole match. The first 34 holes were played two weeks earlier. Tellier led five up at the start of Saturday. Proceeds from the match benefited the Camp Devens athletic fund.
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Brookline
Mass
Laws Teller
Francis Quimet
Tellier
Camp Devens
Ouimet
Peoria Murder Trial Delays Hint at Jury Soon
Peoria Ill June 2 Indications at adjournment of the E A Strause murder trial were that the case would go to the jury late Tuesday afternoon. Court adjourned to 1 30 Monday when defense closing argument by Frank J Quinn is expected followed by state attorney general Mansfield. Prosecutor McNemar argued Strause’s account of the shooting aims to deceive.
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Peopta
Ill
E. A. Strause
C. E. McNemar
Frank J. Quinn
C. F. Mansfield
Attorney General's Office
Quinn
McNemar
Strause
Berne M. Mead
State Trust and Savings Bank
Germany Faces Distress Postwar Says Former Chancellor
New York June 2 German distress after the war is expected to continue after peace, says Dr Georg Michaelis former chancellor in a Bennekstein address per Cologne Gazette He notes German materialism shared responsibility for the war and speaks on postwar mood and policy.
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New York
Germany
Georg Michaelis
Benne Kinstein
Cologne
Michaelis
War Debt and Postwar Sacrifices Addressed by Dr Michaelis
Dr Michaelis warned that peace would not restore prewar living standards. He argued that materialism and debts threaten Germany, urging acceptance of continued government control and hardship after the war. He urged renouncing indemnities to avoid deeper debt-driven ruin.
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Edded
Michaelis
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