No Change of Policy in Russia Report Says
Washington reports no shift in US policy toward Russia amid rumors of imminent military action in Siberia. An appeal from the Russian Cadet party urged an internationally controlled expedition, while Bolshevik power faces strong opposition from conservatives and the Constitutionalists. Cossacks threaten revolution if restrained by Germany, and unrest spreads across Ukraine and Asia.
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Washington
Siberia
Russia
State Department
United States
Central Committee
Cadet Party
Constitutional Democrat
Ukraine
China
Japan
Empire
Kerensky
Raine
Brest-Litovsk
French Strike Back In Oise Front Bloodied Seven Mile Break
French troops along the Mont Didier to Noyon sector strike hard at German advances. Belloy, Genlis wood, and the Courcelles Mortemer heights retaken. over a thousand prisoners and guns seized. German center driven back toward Antheuil while fighting persists southwest of Noyon with heavy casualties on both sides.
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Mont Didier
Rubescourt
St. Maur
Bessons-Surr-Matz
Oise
Belloy
Genlis Wood
Courcelles
Mortemer
Foch
Noyon
Antheuil
Machemont
Bethancourt
London
British Admiralty
British Wireless Service
Mont Didier-Noyon
Ville
Rupprecht
Americans Praised for Air Exploits on French Front
Washington dispatch recounts French army exploits of American aviators in recent operations. David E. Putnam of Brooklyn downed three enemy machines, total victories six, awarded the military cross and promoted to sergeant aviation. He remains in French unit awaiting transfer to American aviation. Lieut. Sewell credited with a German biplane victory, while aviators Stanley and Weil also recorded victories.
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Washington
France
David E. Putnam
Brooklyn
Tutnam
Lieut
Sewell
Stanley
Weil
Steamer sighted U-boat off New Jersey coast
A British steamer reported sighting a German submarine about 25 miles off the New Jersey coast. The sub was within 100 yards of the steamer but did not launch torpedoes or fire. The steamer sped toward shore and did not see the U-boat again.
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Atlantic
New Jersey
Marines Capture Belleau Wood Prisons Reported
Paris and Washington dispatches disclose American troops stormed Belleau Wood near Chateau Thierry, taking 300 prisoners and seizing machine guns and trench mortars. General Pershing’s communique notes 250 more prisoners and continued advance in the Belleau Wood area amid harassing fire on Woevre batteries.
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Paris
Belleau Wood
War Office
Pershing
Washington
Chateau-Thierry
Bouresches
Belleau
Marine corps Casualty Listissued Tuesday 10 names
Washington June 12 a Marine corps casualty list reports ten names five killed in action and five died of wounds. The KIA are Captain James Mc Coy Gunnery Sergeant James Wertz Frank Hamilton Snow Leon Wesley Hunt Robert Bateman Decatur Henry Kirshner John Meralk Collins. Died of wounds Max Krause Victor Roska Jerome Bierce.
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Washington
Marine Corps
James McCoy
Fall River
Mass
James Clair Wertz
Burnham
Frank Hamilton Snow
Anniston
Ala
Leon Wesley
Hunt
Tyre
Mich
Robert Bateman Decatur
Plainville
Ohio
Henry Kirshner
Bernardsville
John Meralk Collins
Max Krause
Berlin
Wis
Victor Joseph Roska
Charlestown
Jerome
Arthur Bierce
Spirit Lake
Idaho
Roosevelt Pays Tribute to Wood in St Louis Speech
In St Louis on June 12 Col Theodore Roosevelt delivered a patriotic address praising Maj General Leonard Wood. He urged execution for proven traitors and lamented past advice that might have kept 2,000,000 men armed at war start. He argued mercy to traitors harms loyal soldiers and criticized leniency toward treason.
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ST. Louis
Theodore Roosevelt
Leonard Wood
United States
Roosevelt
Russia
Belgian delegates press Belgium relief at AFL meeting
At St Paul on June 12 Belgian delegates Lieutenant Henri De Man and Professor Albert Van Hanke urged relief plans and praised American aid as they spoke to the annual American Federation of Labor convention. De Man warned of famine as three quarters of Belgian workers remain idle in war’s shadow while Gompers pledged steadfast Allied support and continued pressure until German forces withdraw. Socialists objected to the labor mission report during the session.
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ST. Paul
American Federation of Labor
Belgium
America
Henri de Man
Albert van Hanke
University of Louvain
Lieut. de Man
Germany
Samuel Gompers
Dual Monarchy Aims for Peace Despite Frontiers
Baron Rurian voiced the policy of peace by understanding as of December 1916, saying Austria Hungary seeks no annexations and four peace treaties are concluded without conquest. He warned of no fresh Quadruple Alliance offers while en tente leaders, like Premier Lloyd George, spoke as in London. Defense remains the sole option.
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Romania
Baron Rurian
Entente
Lloyd George
London
No More War Orders in Congested Zones District
Washington reports a new War Industries Board policy halts increases in war orders and plant counts in a defined district covering New England Eastern and Southern New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware and Eastern Maryland excluding Baltimore. The move aims to ease rail coal and labor strains by shifting expansion toward the Midwest and South with a gradual effect on the eastern area.
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Washington
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Baltimore
War Industries Board
Fuel and Railroad Administrations
Middle West
South
Atlantic
Vote on Borah open diplomacy plan in Senate today
In Washington on June 12 an agreement set a 1 pm Senate vote on Senator Borah of Idaho’s proposal for public consideration of treaties as an amendment to the Underwood rule to restrict wartime debates. Opposition argued open diplomacy risks secret deals. Borah pressed that open covenants reflect President Wilson’s stance.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Wilson
Hitchcock
Smith
Arizona
Foreign Relations Committee
Lewis
Illinois
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Siberia
Germany May Offer Battle On High Seas
Washington reports further evidence that Germany plans to support its land offensive this summer with sea forces against Irish and American units. An official nature of the plan is hinted as being spread, signaling a broader German strategy at sea.
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Germany
Washington
German Fleet to Attempt North Sea Duel Says Press
The Whieler Zeitung and Hamburger Post report extraordinary port activity and an interview with Von Tirpitz. He forecast German land forces pushing to Paris then turning to the seas. In Washington and allied capitals a German North Sea offensive is seen as possible and a naval clash may prompt American dreadnaughts to join the battle. Allied officials express confidence in a decisive Allied victory if fleets meet.
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Rank Ue
Switzerland
Ana
Whieler Zeitung
Hamburger Post
von Tirpitz
Paris
North Sea
Washington
Hugh Rodman
Allied Tanks Supports for Negro Troops
Allied tanks support Negro troops as they counter attack near Estrees Saint Denis and Mont Didier, recapturing the forest southwest of Marqueglise after German efforts to push a new offensive failed.
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Associated Press
France
Estrees
St. Denis
Mont Didier
Marqueglise
Acute a to pay the same p limits allied advania
Fragmentary OCR note mentions payment limits and an allied party. No clear event, date, or names provided.
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Advania
Foch's Men Hold Line As Germans Press Toward Paris
German attacks along the Oise river center south of Marqueglise stall after costly French counterattacks. Foch's forces, arrayed with men and guns near Ribecourt, prepare to contest the river crossing and block a push toward Paris amid ongoing exchanges north and southwest of Noyon. Haig's forces in Amiens advance, taking prisoners and matériel. Italy reports no major infantry fighting as artillery remains active on both sides.
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Foch
Oise
Paris
Mont Didier
Noyon
Ribecourt
Marqueglise
Aronde
French Battle Gains In Western Front Front Report
Paris June 12 The French force struck the Germans along a seven and a half mile front recapturing Belloy Genliswood and the woods between Courcelles and Mortemer Heavy losses and more than a thousand prisoners were reported as American troops captured Belleau wood taking 360 prisoners The center action saw German advances checked near Loge farm Antheuil and Chevincourt with counter attacks driving them back toward Mery
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Paris
Rubescourt
St. Maur
Belloy
Genliswood
Courcelles
War Office
Mont Didier
Oise
le Fretoy
Mortemer
Loge Farm
Antheuil
Matz
Chevincourt
Machemont
Bethancourt
Ourcq River
Belleau Wood
German report boosts prisoners taken to seventy five thousand
Berlin via London reports the German official statement showing more than 10 000 additional prisoners taken in the new offensive bringing the total captured since May 27 to about 75 000. The release notes activity and mentions ongoing operations.
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War Office
V. Eich
Soissons-Rheims
Soissons
Rheims
Chateau-Thierry
Berlin
London
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Hoffman
Thiescourt
Ribssourt
Crown Prince
Rheima
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