Senate considers hearings on wartime prohibition amendment
Washington June 15 The Senate agricultural committee reversed itself on a wartime prohibition proposal by Senator Jones and ordered hearings to begin next Monday. The panel kept the Randall prohibition repeal off the emergency agricultural bill and rejected it unanimously, a move that would block $6 000 000 000 in spending unless a Wilson proclamation bans beer or wine production. The committee also struck the draft age employee pay ban from the bill.
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Jones
Smith
South Carolina
Randall
Wilson
House
Department of Agriculture
O Leary Flees New York As A Bum In Espionage Case
Jeremiah A O Leary a New York lawyer and Sinn Fein figure under indictment for two German espionage and treason plots left New York for St Louis on May 7 disguised as a bum Assistant District Attorney Barnes said in the federal trial of his brother J O O Leary and Arthur Lyons. Barnes said O Leary feared being framed for the spy plot and that Madame K De Victorica would reveal all if not supplied with drugs Lyons who was named in a secret indictment was arrested in Phoenix Ariz while accompanying O Leary from St Louis as a confidential investigator.
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New York
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Sinn Fein
St. Louis
Barnes
O'Leary
J. O. O'Leary
Arthur Lyons
Jeremiah O'Leary
Madame K de Victorica
Arthur I. Lyons
Phoenix
Ariz
Department of Justice
Harnes
President Wilson Asked to Accept War Board Findings
S J Konenkamp head of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America said Wilson’s move asking telegraph officials to accept war labor board findings could avert a Western Union strike. He noted the union’s ultimatum expires at noon and expected plans proceed unless a solution emerges.
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ST. Paul, Minn
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Wilson
Telegraph
National War Labor Board
Western Union Telegraph Company
Western Union
LaFollette Republicans to Nominate Complete State Ticket
Madison Wis June 15 Lieutenant Governor F Dithmar says the La Follette Republicans will field a complete state ticket this fall after a conference with about twenty of the eighty invited LaFollette followers. The meeting was held in secret at Knights of Pythin hall with attendees reported by Attorney C Hl Crownhart. The Indiana question of endorsing the farmer and men's ticket was not discussed.
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Madison
Wis
F Dithmar
LaFollette
C. Hl. Crownhart
Knights of Pything Hall
Liat
Dithmar
Forty American prisoners of war listed by War Department
The War Department released an additional list of forty American POWs held in German camps, bringing the total to 349. The announced names include soldiers captured at Laon Chateau Salins and Gouzecourt, aviators, and crew members from ships sunk in the south Pacific and Indian oceans, with many listed by camp such as Limburg Heidelberg Tuchel Parchim Holzminden Lechfeld and Camp Wittenberg.
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South Pacific
Indian Oceans
Camp Limburg
John A. Sheehan
Hartford
Conn
Harry E. Birney
New Haven
Eugene F. Curtiss
Northfield
Albert M. Kennedy
James Moran
Dennis F. O'Connor
Waterbury
Wm. F.connor
Carl Schultz
Terryville
Laon
James Smith
Florida
Limburg
Coblenz
Heidelberg
Carlsruhe
Johan Arnold Blom
Abe
Finland
Cape of Good Hope
Matthew L Buckard
San Francisco
Adolph Colstad
Seattle
Wash
South Indian Ocean
Edward Moore
Freeport
Nova Scotia
Indian Ocean
Anton Olson
New Caledonia
Kitmar
Hitmar Richardson
Willapa
Robert D. Trudgett
Alameda
Cal
Charles Bownan
Oxlesund
Sweden
Tuchel
Darmstadt
John J. Payne
Bacon
N. Y
Rudolf M. Backus
Bridgeman
Mich
Matheus Souza
Santa Fe
Eddy Martin
Camp Wittenberg
War Department
American Ace Receives Distinguished Service Cross
First Lieut. Edward Buford Jr. of Nashville Tennessee, in an American air squadron, earned the Distinguished Service Cross. On May 22 1918 he engaged five German biplanes alone during barrage patrol near Commercy and St Mihiel, fighting in three combats over 25 minutes, shooting down one aircraft and driving others off.
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Associated Press
France
Edward Buford, Jr
Nashville
Tenn
Pershing
Commercy
St. Mihiel
Figures for June 5 Registration Given Figures for June 5
Washington reports nearly complete tallies from the provost marshal general showing 744 395 young Americans of age registered for military service on June 5. Officials note 245 465 below census estimates but more than 200 000 unregistered 21 year olds are already in the armed forces.
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Washington
Provost Marshal
Census Bureau
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Amy
Iowa
Urges Consumption Tax On All Sales
E L Howe of New York urged exemption of pre war profits from special taxation and installment payments of war profit taxes while Frederick C Durant of Philadelphia urged a 1 percent or higher consumption tax on gross sales. He projected two billion dollars in revenue. Representative Crisp of Georgia signaled a push to bring all federal and state officials under the new tax law except the President and Supreme Court justices.
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Washington
E. L. Howe
New York
National Retail Dry Goods Association
House
Ways and Means Committee
Frederick C. Durant
Philadelphia
Crisp
Georgia
Supreme Court
Five U S Aviation Bombing Planes Reported Action
General Pershing described a June 13 bombing expedition by five U S Army aircraft. Eighty bombs were dropped, a warehouse at the station was struck, poor visibility limited confirmation of other effects, and three German pursuit planes attacked. all U S planes returned safely.
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Washington
Pershing
Erea
Nike
Corman
Nation Short Of Men Industry Board Says
Washington June 15 Heads of federal employment service from all States at the national war labor conference were told that war industries lack men and that labor must be directed to its best use. Nathan A Smyth outlined plans to recruit unskilled labor. the service will take over after July 15 with an agent in every county and township to support four hundred branch offices. Industrial boards of employers and employees will participate in the process.
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Washington
Federal Employment Service
National War Labor Conference
Department of Labor
Nathan A. Smyth
Telegram confirms reprieve for murderer Dennis Anderson
A Chicago telegram confirms Governor Frank O. Lowden granted a 30 day reprieve to Dennis Anderson, condemned for murder. Sheriff John E. Trager was relieved as preparations for the execution continued until the telegram arrived to permit the sister’s graduation.
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Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
Dennis Anderson
John E. Trager
Anderson
Despondent Patient Fatally Shoots Paris Surgeon Pozzi
Maurice Manchu, a revenue official, killed Professor Samuel Pozzi, famed surgeon and former senator, firing three shots at Pozzi’s office and then killing himself. Pozzi died at a Paris hospital two hours later. The Mavas Agency notes Pozzi treated Manchu in 1917 and Manchu had long claimed the operation failed to restore his health.
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Paris
Samuel Pozi
Maurice Manchu
Manchu
Pozzi
Mavas
Resignation of Woman's Division Chief at Labor Dept
Washington reports the resignation of Mrs Hilda Hulhouser Richards of Ohio as head of the women's division of the federal employment service. The department of labor has not named a successor.
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Washington
Hilda Hulhouser Richards
Ohio
Woman's Division
Federal Employment Service
Department of Labor
Check foe in battle for Noyon
Allied forces report only small local actions along the front near Mont Didier Noyon as German plans to push from Compiegne toward Paris are checked. German offensive strength wanes after fierce losses to French veterans under General Foch. Allies remain confident they can halt further German breakthroughs.
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Associated Press
France
Mont Didier- Noyonu
Compiegne
Paris
Foch
O’Brien Falls Two Thousand Feet Bruised
Lieut Pat O’Brien of Momence Illinois and later with the British Royal Flying Corps survived a battle with four German planes and was captured then escaped, wandering two months through enemy territory to Holland. He fell two thousand feet in a nose dive at Kelly Field with a broken nose but no internal injuries. he was kept for observation in Houston.
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San Antonio
Pat O’brien
Momence
Ills
Royal Flying Corps
Holland
United States
Kelly Field
O'Brien
Houston
Coal Shortage Seen Worsening This Winter
In St Paul on June 15 representatives of the United Mine Workers and AFL delegates discussed a likely deeper coal shortage this coming winter. The session debated funding the war via taxation, urged Congress to aid New England coal, and criticized the fuel administration for last winter’s shortages while railroads bore blame for supply delays.
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ST. Paul
Minn
United Mine Workers’ Union of America
American Federation of Labor
Federation
New England
Congress
National Fuel Administration
Joseph PD. Cannon
New York
Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Mine Workers’ Union
W. Green
Bombs Dropped On Zeebrugge Mole And French Area
London says nine tons of bombs were dropped on Zeebrugge mole and targets in Armentieres Comines and the French battle area. Ten hostile aircraft were destroyed and two driven down. a German balloon was shot down in flames. Five British planes were lost.
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London
War Office
Zeebrugge
Armentieres
Comines
All Day Fight With German U-Boat Raider
A British steamship captain recounts an all day battle with a German submarine off the Virginia coast. The raider chased the ship seventy miles from the Virginia capes then broke off, fearing coast patrol. The Keemun escaped unscathed after a long gun duel with limited effects.
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Atlantic
Virginia
George Aitken
Virginia Capes
Aitken
Keemun
McCormick Opens Senate Campaign in Sterling Then Tour
Medill McCormick announces the start of his Republican bid for the U.S. Senate with a Sterling address to Spanish American War veterans. He will tour Illinois for two weeks, speaking daily except Sundays, stressing his war background and avoiding many political speeches.
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Chicago
Medill McCormick
United States
Sterling
McCormick
Princeton
Bureau
Spring Valley
Granville
Henry
Lacon
Wyoming
Toulon
Kewanee
Cambridge
Geneseo
Moline
Rock Island
Aledo
Bushnell
Macomb
Carthage
Quincy
House
Senate
Washington
Forest Fire Rages as I W W Workers Are Called Away
In Blynn Washington a forest fire started July 14, 1917 near a government reserve used for ship and airplane timber. I W W agents recalled 80 of 140 firefighters during a trial of 110 I W W members. Witness Dayton Beveridge led the remaining loyal fighters while lumber manager George H Webb urged keeping crews. hotel keeper J F Delaney testified agents visited and said they would call off the men.
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Chicago
Blynn
Wash
Government Forest Reserve
Landis
Dayton Beveridge
George H. Webb
J. F. Delaney
Military Training Before Youths Vote
The American Medical Association urged compulsory military training for all young men before voting at its annual convention in Chicago. New draft examination standards were presented by Lieut. J. S. Faseby Smith and Major Hubert Work in Washington.
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Chicago
The
American Medical Association
J. S. Faseby Smith
Crowder
Washington
Hubert Work
Five Planes Attack German Base Near Front Front in France
American bombing squadrons raided the Domgey Baroncourt railway northwest of Briey dropping many bombs. Five planes reported direct hits and all American aviators returned safely after heavy anti-aircraft fire and engagement with German Albatross planes. A second raid followed behind German lines with all planes returning safely. A total of 79 bombs were dropped on Conans railway station and adjoining buildings.
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France
Domgey-Baroncourt
Briey
Conans
German Drive On Paris Is Checked
German attempts to reach Paris during the offensive appear halted with heavy losses at Mont Didier Noyon and Soissons Villers Cotterets. Local actions dominate the sixth day as forces reel south of the Aisne while Foch armies regain strength and air units harry German positions.
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Paris
Mont Didier-Noyon
Soissons-Villers Cotterets
Noyon
Soissons
Villers Cotterets Forest
No infantry fighting on front. artillery active in Hangard wood
Paris reports no infantry actions Friday on the battle front while artillery engaged in Hangard wood south of the Aisne and between Villers Cotterets and Chateau Thierry. American troops hold the line near Chateau Thierry as air power claims several German planes and balloons.
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Paris
Hangard Wood
Aisne
Villers Cotterets
Chateau Thierry
Villers-Cotterets
British report on Bailleul patrols prisoners
The official British communication notes that in the sector north of Bailleul French patrols brought in a few prisoners during the night. There is nothing further to report.
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Tondon
Sec
North
Bailleul
Germans Annoyed by Loss of Belleau Wood
A patrol of 50 Germans among attackers northwest of Chateau Thierry surrendered under a flag of truce. The correspondent notes Germans upset at losing Belleau Wood as skies pounded Bouresches and Belleau Wood, with local counterattacks failing and many dead wounded and prisoners left behind. French and American commands cooperate, with French units under American divisional command.
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London
Chateau Thierry
Daily Mail
France
Belleau Wood
Bourechee
Belleau_ wood
Bouresches
Aemy
Bussiares
Bal
Leau Wood
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Colors
U. S. Army Bulletin
Nation Short Of Men _ Industry Board
O’brien
Zeebrugge Mole
McOrmick
Neyon
Mont Didier
Channel
Haig
Arras
Scarpe
Marne
Uiea
Berlin
Voormezeele
Vierstraat
Ypres
Vierstaat
Kemmel
Courcelies
Mery
Matz
Oise
von Boehm
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