France allocates 5.6 billion francs for three months
In Paris the chamber of deputies passed a 5,600,000,000 franc war bill for government expenses from July 1. Finance Minister Ribot urged buying abroad sparingly to aid exchange and sustain morale as deputies rose in respect and gave him an ovation.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Alexandre Ribot
Finance
France
M. Ribot
Sai
Viviani
Mmany
M/ Renaudel
Smuggled Prints Out of Belgium in War Exhibit
London readers learn of a Belgian Red Cross charity war exhibition featuring rare prints smuggled from Belgium. M Jaques posed in mourning with a woman and child, traveling by horse carriage from Brussels to Hasselt, passing German guards, deserting soldier, and a Dutch frontier internment before transporting prints to England.
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London
Belgian Red Cross
Belgium
M. Jaques
Brussels
Deist
Hasselt
England
Two Indiana Politicians Indicted in Election Fraud Probe
Thomas Taggart and Mayor Joseph E. Bell of Indianapolis, along with over a hundred others, were indicted on charges related to election fraud. Bonds of 5000 were posted by Taggart and Bell as they appeared at the sheriff’s office. The indictment covers destruction and substitution of ballots, conspiracy to aid poll clerks, use of money to influence electors, padding tally sheets, and police conduct near polls.
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Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Joseph E. Bell
Indianapolis
Taggart
Bell
Sec Vicm
Japanese Billy Sunday at Tokyo revival tent
In Tokyo near the Diet a large bright bannered tent hosts a Christian revival led by Seimatsu Kimura, Moody associate, drawing curious crowds as hymns echo and locals listen to the preacher. The scene mirrors American revivals with Japanese cultural touches like kimono and wooden clogs.
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Tokio
China
Associated Press
Japan
Seimatsu Kimura
Dwight. L. ‘Moody
Births Below the Average in London as War Strains Care
London birth rates fall by about five hundred weekly versus prior years, while infant mortality rises by around two hundred per week. Official England and Wales town data attribute declines to war pressures, fewer medical staff, and social shifts such as more married women in industry and disrupted homes.
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London
England
Wales
Berlin Lights Bright Claim of World's Brightest Illumination
Berlin asserts it is today the most brilliantly lighted capital in the world. It says no other city equals its efficiency and extent of illumination, discounting darkened Paris and London as comparisons.
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Berlin
Paris
London
Twenty Four Hour War Review For The Busy Reader
A concise Europe war summary from Associated Press dispatches covers the Dniester front in Galicia between Zurawna and Haliscz with both sides claiming successes and no decisive gains. It notes Russian reinforcements, German Austrian counterattacks, French and German claims in western front artillery duels, and Italian theater actions with Cadorna eyeing an invasion of Austria via Tarvis. It also notes Germany could add eighteen army corps by July, largely landsturm and reserves, to balance Galicia losses.
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Galicia
Zurawna
Haliscz
Rohini
Fella
Cd Predil
Tarvis
Cadorna
Austria
Laibach
Udine
Paris
Piezzo
Isonza
Predil
Napoleon
Herrmann
Raibl
Tolmino-Gorizia-Triest
Perograd
London
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kovo-Popeliary
Kovno-Wirballen
Amalyao
Narew
Omulew
Orzye
Vistula
Pilicia
Coeleff
Zolkiew
Lemberg
Kamenka
Brzezany
Kozany
Martynoffstany
Bukaszowice
Rousedyvany
Huerta Heads to Exposition in San Francisco Visit
June 25 report from Kansas City says Gen Victoriano Huerta, en route with his party, told reporters he was bound for the San Francisco fair. Local informants say the group also had El Paso tickets and planned to proceed westward after the train stop.
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Kansas City
Victoriano Muerta
San Francisco
Mexico
Huerta
al Paso
Texas
el Paso
General Huerta
Here
Bread cards issued as Swiss aid reaches Luxembourg
Paris reports the first Swiss food consignment for Luxembourg amid famine fears. Bread rations were already cut to seven ounces daily, later four. Luxembourg City demanded thousands of barrels of flour and beans to prevent starvation while Britain and Germany blocked routes. France agreed to supply via Switzerland under Swiss officers guarding trains and warehouses.
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Paris
Switzerland
Luxemburg
Grand Duchy
Echternach
Luxemberg
American Committee For Relief
Belgium
Great Britain
Germany
Holland
France
Anecdotes From The Battle Line Killed The Colonel
Paris June 25 Luck in battle is the subject of many anecdotes. A regiment colonel who led in Morhange Marne and Eparges and many charges finally died when a shell struck the mess room of a quiet village rear area. His staff escaped unscathed.
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Paris
Morhange
the Marne
Eparges
Baltimore and Ohio railroad officials forecast brighter business
More than three hundred B and O railroad officials report a brighter business outlook at their annual meeting in Deer Park Maryland. They come from industrial and agricultural communities along the system's 5,000 miles of line to discuss traffic handling and the railroad's near term prospects.
War report details Allied and Central Powers actions near Arras and beyond
Paris reports indicate violent cannonading north of Souchez and Neuville with grenades east of the labyrinth, mine detonation at La Boisselle, and limited local gains west of the Argonne. Russian and Italian theater notes describe ongoing battles, with advances near Zawichost and Tarvis, assaults on Gorizia, and heavy fighting on the Dniester front amid shifting fronts and supply concerns.
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Paris
War Office
Arras
Souchez
Neuville
la Boisselle
Albert
Oise
Aisne
Quennevieres
Argonne
Vosges
Hilgenfirst
Ban-De- Sapt
Vienna
London
Halicz
Zurawna
Galicia
Dniester
Zydaczow
Chodorow
Lemberg
Rawa Ruska
Tanew
Poland
Zawichost
Ozarow
Sienna
Rohini
Gorizia
Cormons
Battle front reports from Galicia and Dniester analysis
London reports say fighting continues along the Dniester near Galicia with conflicting official claims. Russians claim a retreat by Austro German forces after reinforcement pressure, while Berlin concedes a reverse and Austrian sources say progress is made. Further north Austro German advances push into Poland as war observers weigh western front stalemate and possible German Austrian moves, with Lille and French objectives under discussion.
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London
Dniester
Galicia
Thil
Halicz
Berlin
Poland
Lille
Germany
Austria
Russian effort to hold Dniester line described in dispatches
Berlin reports from Czernowitz Bukowina say Russian forces fought four days and nights to regain ground on the Dniester and in Bessarabia. Dispatches note desperate exertions and heavy troop losses in an ongoing struggle to hold the frontline after Gen Linsingen's partial retirement south of the river.
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Berlin
London
Linsingen
Dniester
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Bessarabia
Animals on War Diet in Berlin Zoos
Berlin dispatch reports that German zoological gardens faced food shortages as a prominent Hamburg dealer recounts sustaining winter diets for animals. Bears previously fed about 300000 pounds of bread annually were placed on a war diet to conserve resources.
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Berlin
Zoological Gardens
Hamburg
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