British Break German Hold On Ypres Front Near Lens
British forces report fresh operations from La Bassee to south of Lens, penetrating German positions, taking prisoners and machine guns, and expanding gains on the Messines front. Siege of the Seneval district looms as Germans suffer heavy losses and retreat from key ground. Italians brace for possible Austrian offensive in Trentino while Russians face German pressure on the eastern front.
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Rupprecht
Bavaria
Ypres
Nine Anile
Messines Salient
Plamner
Storers
Mile
von Arnim
Lens
Inchief
la Bassee
Jin
Seneval
Messines
Trentino
Trentina
Triest
Gorizia
Petrograd
Council of Soldiers
Cabaret Tax Battle Delays War Revenue Plan
Washington June 10 Senate finance committee wrestles with war tax revisions after adopting a reduced auto license tax and cabaret patron levy. Estimated cabaret revenue runs 2 million to 8 million. candy tax removed. Disputes over income, excess profits and publishers' taxes persist. minority report planned. postmaster general backs postage hike.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue the
Treasury
Williams
Gore
Senate
LaFollette
Simmsons
Burleson
Senator Simmons
Spurn Proffer of Germans for Separate Pact
June 10 Petrograd reports the council of soldiers and workers denounces a wireless German message inviting Russia to a separate armistice or peace talks. It warns such a move would abandon allied unity and threaten Russia’s liberty while battles rage on multiple fronts.
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Spurn
Petrograd
Council of the Workmen's and
Germany
Russia
Ruler Envoys Message to Haig on Messines Victory
London June 10 The King George sends message to Field Marshal Haig praising the combined arm efforts that captured the Messines ridge from entrenched German positions held for two and a half years. He orders General Plumer and the Second Army to be informed of the achievement.
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London
George
Douglas Haig
Priuis
France
Belgium
Messines Ridge
Plumer
Shipping Board to Retain Eustis as Consultant
Washington June 10 General Goethals dismissed F A Eustis as assistant general manager of the emergency fleet corporation but the shipping board will retain him as a consulting engineer. Eustis conceived the plan for a vast wooden ship fleet to beat the German submarine blockade and was assigned to assist Goethals. Frank Sprague, Naval Consulting Board shipping committee chair, says Weginghouse and General Electric could power all ships built by the fleet.
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Washington
Gen. Goethals
F. A. Eustis
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Eustis
Fleet Corporation
Frank Sprague
Naval Consulting Board
Shipping Committee
Weginghouse
General Electric
Russian Council to Force Rebels in Petrograd Front
London wired report from June 10 states Russian scouts in the Carpathians northwest of Rafalovka attacked entangled trenches, capturing eleven and bayoneting others. Elsewhere on the front rifle fire occurred and a German plane was shot down near Kogoy with occupants captured.
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Petrograd
London
British Admiralty
Carpathians
Rafalovka
Atatelana
Aya
Kogoy
Relaxed bank rule allows liberty loan installments
Washington reports Comptroller Williams ruled that a bank may aid customers in purchasing liberty loan bonds by installments without triggering the ten percent capital limit. The notes paid later are evidence of sale agreements, not loans. Acting Secretary Newton added treasury employees’ pay day to June 1 to allow bond subscriptions, with calls for prompt reporting to reserve banks.
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Washington
Williams
National Bank
Puy Corporation
Treasur Newton
Treasury Department
Close Arguments In Rate Hearing
Washington June 10 Eastern railways and shippers submitted final arguments on a proposed fifteen percent freight rate increase before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Carriers argued emergency costs from fuel, supplies, equipment and Adamson law labor. shippers urged delay until a full audit of 1917 expense forecasts. Clifford Thorne for the National Shippers Conference said railroads showed higher costs but not increased revenue.
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Washington
Eastern Railways
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern
Commission
Thorne
Grant
Clifford Thorne
National Shippers Conference
Family Bible Shows James Boys Exempt From Service
Letter from Malester Okly dated June 1 reports Taraon A Haersen named chief of police from RTF. James, father of Claude, Lee and Ed, is entrenched in Jack Park mountain and resists efforts to register for military service. Bible seized shows Lee is too old and others too young. federal officers abandoned the hunt after review.
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Malester
Okly
Taraon
A. Haersen
R. TF
James
Claude
Lee
Edwin James
Jack Park Mountain
Hig Informatin
Butte Mine Disaster Traps 198 Men at North Butte
Fifty bodies recovered from Speculator and Granite Mountain properties of North Butte Mining. 148 of 412 miners remain missing as search focuses on flooded, gas-filled tunnels. Granite Mountain shaft caved. rescues halted by shifting air currents and heavy water.
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Butte
North Butte
Speculator
Granite Mountain
Daniels Fears Naval Secrets to Germany
Secretary Daniels states the navy department believes information valuable to the enemy has reached the foe. He cites careless sharing with relatives or friends as a key risk and urges stricter guarding of military information to prevent further dissemination amid a grave situation.
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Daniels
Germany
Washington
Navy Department
Department
Mager
German Prisoners Listed At 7000 In Ypres Action
London June 10 The tally of German prisoners captured in the Ypres action now exceeds 7000. British forces have maintained the pace against German positions and are consolidating the ground gained.
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London
Ypres
Quake Kills 40 in Two Suburbs Armenia Quezaltepeque
A powerful June earthquake near San Salvador killed about 40 people and wounded 100 in Armenia and Quezaltepeque while destruction spread through San Salvador. Many houses and the business district burned, with Santa Tecla and other towns heavily damaged. Shocks persisted for hours, as floods and ash from the Jabali volcano added to the disaster. Relief funds were being raised in Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
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LA Libertad
Salvador
Armenia
Quezaltepeque
San Salvador
Santa Tecla
Jabali
San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Salvadorean
la Liberta
Costa Rica
Totals for Army Will Fall Short
Washington dispatch reports 26 states plus the District of Columbia show 4,716,768 registrations for war service. Census estimates imply the final total may near nine million instead of 10.284 million. White registrations total 50,458, colored 634,000, alien 277,057, enemy alien 45,018. Exemptions reach 2,508,624 and many already serve in the army. Officials caution figures are approximate and delays in mail registrations affect tabulation.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Ute Chiefs on Warpath Reported Threats from Reservation
Urgent notes from Purango Colorado indicate Ute chiefs Polk and Peasy with their followers have begun signaling threats and obstructions. Reports state the group is well armed and alert, raising security concerns for nearby communities and authorities.
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Warpath
Purango
Colo
Tine
Polk
Peasy
Mob Pursuit Follows Keet Baby Case Into Missouri Hills
Springfield dispatches report a county prosecutor confirming the Keet baby identification and ordering the seven abductors removed to safety as a mob pursues by motor car. Sheriff Webb leads the group through Humansville toward Clinton with reports of captivity near Caplingers Mill and fears of lynching.
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Springfield
J. J. Gideon
Humansville
Here
Clinton
Jefferson City
Missouri Penitentiary
Caplingers Mill
Stockton
Posse
Keet
Ozarks
Boliver
Osceola
Nevada
Body Found In Old Well In Missouri Abduction Case
In Springfield Missouri on June 10 the body of 14 month old Baby Keet, missing son of banker J Holland Reet, was found in an old well at Crenshaw farm near the city believed headquarters for an alleged abduction ring. Parents identified the body, mob fears prompted officials to rush out of the city, seven suspects held, and the baby had been stolen May 30 while the nurse cared for the child at home. The case links to plans to abduct C A Clement, a wealthy jeweler and St Louis munitions maker. The body was wrapped in a woman's underskirt and decomposed.
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Springfield
Keet
J. Holland Reet
Crenshaw Farm
C. A. Clement
Hero
St. Louis
Bude
Kronstadt Demands Custody For Czar In Prison
In Petrograd on June 10 a Helsingfors telegram reports two battleships and a cruiser at Kronstadt resolved to imprison former Emperor Nicholas Romanoff there under guard of loyal troops until trial. Bolshevik calls for his punishment spread, with leaflets and proclamations urging trial. Sailors warned force if demands are rejected.
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Petrograd
London
Helsingfors
Vinland
Nicholas
Kronstadt
Nicholas Romanoff
Nicholai Lenine
Siberian
Republic
Gangut
Diana
Sarazay
Warranted Riot Suspects Charged Over Draft Registration
Rockford June 10 More than 100 warrants charging conspiracy to violate the selective draft law were sworn out against men who refused to register last Tuesday. Charles F Clyne US district attorney announced after a conference with local authorities. He said further charges would follow when arrests occur. The men are said to be Industrial Workers of the World members. Arraignment of 135 prisoners in Rockford Belvidere and Freeport led to bonds from 6400 to 25000. Cases were continued ten days and the men returned to jail.
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Rockford
Charles F. Clyne
Chicago
United States
Industrial Workers of the World
Mer. Cline
Belvidere
Freeport
Imen
Ruth Law Drops Bombs Over Kansas City Tour
Miss Ruth Law flew over Kansas City on Saturday dropping liber ty loan flyers to thousands watch ers. After reaching about six thousand feet she circled the city and landed at Gwope park Mise am. She wore army insignia and visited the City club luncheon and a reception at the Athenaeum, a leading women’s organization.
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Miss Ruth Law
Kansas City
Ruth Law
Liberty Loan
Gwope Park
Mise Am
Pie Army
Amy Poe
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Army
Goethals
Russian Council
Family Bible
James Boys
Butte, Mont
Keet Baby
Paul O'Day
Webb
Cedar County
Missouri
O'Day
Polk County
Bolivar
Ozark
Clainte Piersol
Gels
Butt
Czar
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