Germans Attack In Massed Formation In France Front
German center gains ground between Mont Didier and Noyon while wings hold The latest reports say Germans captured Mery Belloy St Maure and pressed into Marqueglise deep five to six miles since the offensive began French losses heavy but successful defense continues Americans gain ground near Bussiares northwest of Chateau Thierry with prisoners and machine guns Italy sees increased artillery duels from Tonale to Brenta and along Piave as Austrians push raids Serbians front endures severe artillery fire London reports 348 killed and 643 wounded from German air raids May 15 to June 1 on hospitals and civilians
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Mont Didier
Noyon
Mery
Belloy
St. Maure
Marqueglise
German War Office
Novon
Bussiares
Chateau Thierry
France
Belgium
Somme
Bouzencourt
Italy
Tonale
Brenta
Piave
Vardar
House of Commons
London
Auxiliary Corps
American soldiers sail to France as 700000th force
Secretary Baker told the French Alpine Chasseurs at the Washington monument base that over 700,000 American troops have sailed overseas to aid the Allied cause, recalling Lafayette and Rochambeau. He praised French courage, noted veterans among the Chasseurs, and urged双方 moral strength guiding civilization.
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South
Middle West
Secretary of War
Baltimore
Newark
New York
Boston
M. Jusserand
High Command
Mr. Baker
France
Chasseurs
America
Tam
Lafayette
Rochambeau
Senate Debates Secret Diplomacy in War Treaty Talks
Washington June 11 Secret diplomacy versus open diplomacy dominated Senate discussion during war rule considerations. Key figures Koch, Lodge, Knox and Kellogg opposed Borah's amendment while Underwood and Cummins sought constrained debate. Debate touched limits on speeches and whether treaties should be debated with door open or closed.
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Washington
Senate
Underwood
Alabama
Borah
Idaho
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Knox
Pennsylvania
Kellogg
Minnesota
Sterling
South Dakota
Cummins
Town
Harding
Ohio
Smith
Michigan
Lodge
Sherman
Illinois
Congress
Shermian
Troop Vessel Fires 5 Shots At Submarine
An American transport fired five shots at a German submarine about 45 miles off the New Jersey coast Monday morning. The Brazilian steamer reporting the encounter said two shots were fired by the submarine navy vessel and three by the U S transport. No results could be confirmed.
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Atlantic
Jersey
United States Army
Luxuries Hit Hard in This Tax Schedule
Washington June 1 In the hearing before the house ways and means committee on war revenue legislation Professor O M W Sprague of Harvard submitted a comprehensive taxation plan proposing consumption taxes and heavy levies on war profits incomes and luxuries Recommendations include war profits 86 percent 10 to 12 cents a pound coffee 10 cents a pound tobacco 50 cents a pound beer higher rate whole wheat flour 2 or 3 per barrel hotel bills 20 percent on meals above 1 automobiles heavy sales tax gasoline 20 to 25 cents chauffeurs 10 to 50 dollars a month luxury taxes on jewelry talking machines dress goods over a price threshold sporting goods neckwear shirts over 3 shoes over 6 or 8 and a graduated tax on bank checks
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
O. M. W. Sprague
Harvard
Officer Shot Down by Mexican Patrol
Lieut. David J. Schaile of the Sixteenth United States Cavalry was killed Sunday night during an encounter with Mexican troops on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. Four members of his party were captured in Matamoros and are to be delivered to U.S. authorities. The party crossed the river to locate a drowned soldier and was fired upon in darkness. The Mexican commander called the incident a misunderstanding. Schaile’s body would be delivered soon.
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Brownsville
Texas
David J. Schaile
Sixteenth
United States Cavalry
Rio Grande
Schaile
Matamoros
United States
San Benito
Lieut. Schaile
H. J Slocum
Award Contracts For 40 Concrete Ships
The Shipping Board awarded contracts Monday to build forty 7 500 ton concrete ships in five government yards. Eight ships per yard will be built by A Bentley & Sons in Jacksonville Florida Fred J Lay & company in Mobile Alabama Schofield Engineering in San Diego California San Francis Shipbuilding in San Francisco and Liberty Shipbuilding in Wilmington North Carolina.
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Washington
Shipping Board
A. Bentley & Sons Company
Jacksonville
Fla
Fred J. Lay & Company
Mobile, Ala
Schofield Engineering Company
San Diego
Calif
San Francis Shipbuilding Company
San Francisco
Liberty Shipbuilding Company
Wilmington
N. C
Auto Coal Supply Cut Aug 1 In New Curbs
Washington report states auto coal supply for 1918 will be cut to 23 percent of 1917-18 levels beginning August 1. Fuel administration aims to reduce fuel use in non war industries amid looming winter shortage. A joint plan by fuel, food, war industries board and railroad administration is under consideration for coordinated curtailments. Director Noves notes 100 million tons more coal will be needed next year.
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Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Wilson
Food Administration
War Industries Board
Railroad Administration
Conservation Noves
Garfield
Two billions for merchant marine funding outlined
Washington reports a sundry civil bill proposing 1 761 701 000 dollars for the American merchant marine within a total direct appropriation of 2 862 752 237 dollars, with House action expected to add over 50 million. Ship programs dominate the budget, though some reductions and reallocation are noted, including new direct funding for the public information committee.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Shipping Yard Board
Shirley
Shipping Board
The
Food Administration
Fuel Administration
Coast Guard
War Industries Board
Council of National Defense
Tariff Commission
Rivers and Harbors
Alaskan Railroad
Committee On Public Information
George Creel
Pilot Killed Cadet Hurt in Florida Air Crash
Arcadia Florida June 11 Lieut Benjamin Heisland of Marietta Pennsylvania was killed and Cadet Caston also of Pennsylvania was seriously hurt when their airplane fell at Dorr Field Monday. The machine was aloft only about 100 feet.
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Arcadia
Fla
Benjamin Heisland
Marietta
Caston
Pennsylvania
Dorr Field
Haig Reports No Major British Front Action
London reports Field Marshal Haig says beyond artillery activity on both sides in the various sectors there is nothing to report from the British front. The statement comes from British headquarters in France on June 11.
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Haig
London
Field Marshal Haig
France
Marines Lost 78 Men In Recent Battles
A Marine Corps dispatch reports 78 deaths in France from the initial landing through the date of the bulletin. Wounded total 396, with 1 missing and 1 prisoner. The tally does not include the latest heavy engagements.
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Awashington
Marine Corps Headquarters
Marine Corps
France
French Bulletin reports German advances in Mont Didier area
German forces occupy several villages including Mery Belloy and St Maure in central Mont Didier Noyon sector after repeated assaults with heavy sacrifices. Germans gain footing at Marqueglise south of Bessons Sur Matz as battle continues east of Elincourt. Berlin claims 8,000 prisoners and guns in new French offensive.
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Paris
Mont Didier-Noyon
Mery, Belloy
St. Maure
War Office
Bessons-Sur-Matz
Elincourt
Estrees St. Denis
Ribencourt
Mery
Belloy
Marqueglise
Base ship for U boat off coast near Norfolk
Survivors of the American steamer Pinar Del Rio arriving from Monteo North Carolina said the submarine that sank their ship off the Virginia capes Saturday was accompanied by a mother ship, a gray 6,000 ton vessel with one funnel amidships.
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Norfolk
Monteo, N. C
Enem
Virginia Capes
Cecil Carr Green City Man Suicides in Love Troubled Death
Cecil Carr twenty year old son of Elisha Carr of Green City committed death by own action Monday around 6 AM. He shot himself through the heart with a shotgun in the barn lot after returning home in the night. The family believed a love affair caused the tragedy.
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Green City
Cecil Carr
Elisha Carr
Air Collision Kills Two in Buffalo Field
Buffalo on June 11 reports two aviators killed in an accident at the Curtis aviation field. Names Phil Rad and Robert Conner were listed among the victims. Authorities described the crash as fatal with no survivors.
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Buffalo
Phil Rad
Robert Conner
Netroit
Curtis Aviation Field
Increasing Rigor In German Prisons
Eight French soldiers who escaped from Mannheim report intensified discipline in German reprisal camps over the past three months. British troops suffer more than the French, who are treated fairly. The harsh regime supposedly follows Rhine air raids to deter further raids, with officers noting risk to allied personnel near ammunition factories.
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Geneva
Mannheim
Germany
Rhine
Enlistments Cut Illinois Registration Totals
Springfield Illinois June 1 1917 total of 42860 young men in Illinois were registered for military service listed by local boards across the state to Adjutant General Dickson. Shortfall about 50 percent due to enlistments. Of the total 36736 were white 1579 Negro and 4545 aliens.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Dickson
List Three Marines In Day's Casualties
Washington reports three Marines killed in action in Monday's casualty list. Named are Sergeant Louis S. Devine of Vallejo California Private Lee Roy Todd of Concord Georgia and Private Joe McKinley Broock of LaGrange Georgia.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Louis S. Devine
Vallejo
Calif
Lee Roy Todd
Concord
Joe McKinley Broock
Lagrange
Bloody Battle Waged for Noyon in France
June 10 battle reports heavy fighting as German forces attack near Noyon France. Courcelles changes hands repeatedly with allies holding Mont Renaud and Le Plemont. Center around Bessons Sur Matz seen as German gains. aim to reach the Oise and threaten the allied salient. About twenty German divisions spearheaded the first shock with reserves similar in number.
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France
Noyon
Courcelles
Mont Renaud
le Plemont
Bessons-Sur- Matz
Oise
French Hold Fast After First Day Of Mont Didier Battle
AP dispatch from the French front in France reports the first 24 hours of the Mont Didier Oise clash show German forces failing to break the line. French troops resist stoutly while the attackers mass for days of further fighting, with only near Recsnep forcing a temporary French retreat.
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Associated Press
France
Mont Didier
Oise
Recsnep. Sur-Matsz
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Onse
Baker
Alpine Chasseurs
David Schaile
Thiescourt Wood
Rubescont
Berlin
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