Lloyd George calls for drastic service act to back Allies
London reports Premier Lloyd George urging rapid military service to meet a critical emergency. He notes American troops will join but must be prepared to replace and brigades with Allied forces, under an understanding with President Wilson to send a large force to France, stressing the need to preserve strength and prestige at the vital moment.
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London
Lloyd George
Wilson
France
Lightning hits Virginia mine, 29 entombed in cave-in
A blue earth tremor and a strike of lightning triggered a massive explosion at the D. R. Hanna company silver mine in Virginia Minnesota. Thirty tons of dynamite and black powder detonated, collapsing three mine levels and entombing 29 workers. Only one body has been recovered. three men were found alive but unconscious, and several others communicate from air pockets. Rescuers, led by Supt. Hendrickson, faced dangerous conditions as they worked to reach those trapped.
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Virginia
Minn
D. R. Hanna Company
A&he
Supt
Hendrickson
Interurban wreck near Urbana Illinois claims life
At Urbana Illinois on June 28 a special car of the Lakekee and Urbana traction line collided with a regular car one and a half miles north of town. Otto Jenson of Rantoul died en route to a hospital. A J Bogan the special car motorman was seriously injured. Dozens of Rantoul Masons and aviators from Chanute Field were aboard the crowded car. an inquest is planned.
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Urbana
Rantoul
Nkakee and
Urbana Traction Company
Chanute Field
Otto Jenson
A. J. Bogan
Paris Bulletin Says No Infantry Action
Paris June 25 The war office announced there was no infantry activity. Fire was intermittent on war positions between the Oise and the Eastern Theater June 26 The artillery activity of the enemy was spirited in the Mayadag sector.
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Paris
War Office
Oise
Eastern Theater
Mayadag
Martial law anticipated in Austria Hungary amid food crisis
Paris dispatches report that due to severe food shortages in Austria-Hungary, martial law is expected to be proclaimed across the empire. The warning comes as authorities scramble to secure supplies and maintain order during the crisis.
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Paris
Havas
J&wiss
Austria-Hungary
Martial Aw
Russian Czar Killed Report Confirms Assassin Death
Paris dispatch from Kiev dated June 28 reports the assassination of former Emperor Nicholas of Russia by Bolshevik troops during their retreat from Yekaterinburg. The Kiev message, first seen in Basel and relayed by Havas, cites earlier rumors spreading via Copenhagen Stockholm and Moscow. Swedish dispatches note no foundation for the claim. Washington confirms a Stockholm source stating the report needed confirmation per Soviets.
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Paris
Kiev
Nicholas of
Russia
Yekaterinburg
Basil
Switzerland
Havas
Nicholas
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Vjia
Tobolsk
Moscow
Washington
Nicholas Romanoff
State Department
Discloses Scheme of Engineer Corps in Wartime
Major General William M. Black outlined the army engineer corps wartime organization at the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in Atlantic City on June 28. He reported a force of 8,000 commissioned officers and 200,000 enlisted personnel with new units in France including sapper, searchlight, sound ranging and railway regiments, pontoon trains, gas and flame regiments, forestry units, mapping and supply regiments, railway transportation and camouflage battalions, and numerous truck and depot detachments.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Army Engineer Corps
Wm. M. Black
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Black
France
Issues School Call For Three States
Washington June 28 A school call for 685 draft registrants has been issued by Provost Marshal General Crowder targeting New York Texas and Iowa. New York will send 100 qualified for general military service to Lehigh University South Bethlehem Pennsylvania and 185 for limited service to Oswego board of education Oswego New York entrainments set for July 15. Texas will send 100 for limited service to University of Texas Austin on July 18 and 300 for general service to University of Texas Austin on July 25.
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Washington
Crowder
New York
Texas
Towa
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Oswego Board of Education
Oswego
N. Y
University of Texas
Austin
Town
Attack on German Factories and Air Drome
A London dispatch reports a June 26 27 air ministry communique detailing raids on Ludwigshafen chemical works Saarbrucken rail sidings and Bolchen airdrome. Bombs struck an active furnace at Saarbrucken sets included two hangars and one aircraft damaged on Bolchen airfield.
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London
Air Ministry
Udwigshafen
Saarabrucken
Bolchen
Saarbrucken
Bolshen
Ten Congressmen To Visit Battle Front
Washington report says a group of ten Congressmen will travel to the European battle fronts in July and August. Among them are Representatives Caraway and Tillman of Alabama Elston of California Young of North Dakota Thompson and Chandler of Oklahoma and Sweet and Dowell of Iowa. They plan to leave next week.
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Washington
Caraway
Tillman
Alabama
Elston
California
Young
North Dakota
Thompson and Chandler
Oklahoma
Sweet and
Dowell
Iowa
Next Blow Will Fall in France
World attention centers on France and Flanders as German attack forecasts rise after Lloyd George and Lloyd George hints. Artillery duels widen from Flanders to the Marne with gas shells. Germans press Belleau Wood loss while Americans augment forces on the Piave quiet front. Baker announces U S troops to join Pershing's expeditionary forces in Italy soon.
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Diaz
France
Flanders
Lloyd George
David Lloyd Geoge
House of Commons
Paris
Channel
Bekleau
Marne
Armentieres
River Lys
Givenchy
Robecq
Oise
Aisne
Villers-Couterets
Belleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
Piave
Baker
Pershing
Roosevelt agrees to speak at Saratoga meeting
Roosevelts acceptance for the July 18 Republicans gathering in Saratoga is confirmed. He and Taft will address the appeal to patriotism and urge accelerating the war, aligning with the Republican position. Wadsworth and Calder are cited as organizers.
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Oyster Bay
N.Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Saratoga
United States
Wadsworth and
Calder
Taft
New York
Republican Party
Mr. Taft
Suffrage Put Off In Senate After Debate
Washington June 28 Efforts to bring the house resolution for submitting the Susan B Anthony equal suffrage amendment to a vote in the senate failed after three hours of debate The resolution was withdrawn and the fight will be renewed next week Senators Reed and Jones led criticism while the army bill and other appropriations loomed. National and English suffrage leaders attended, with Alice Paul and Emiline Pankhurst among observers and Emiline criticizing President Wilson for not pressing the amendment.
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Washington
House
Senate
Reed
Missouri
James
Jones
Senate Woman Suffrage Committee
Emiline Pankhurst
Alice Paul
National Women's Party
Wilson
Russia Rejects Brest-Litovsk Treaty, Kerensky Says
London date report notes former Russian premier Alexander Kerensky addressing a labor conference. He declares the Russian people will never recognize the Brest-Litovsk treaty and laments German insults while Russia bleeds. His platform appearance turns anti-Kerensky sentiment into a strong ovation from the labor congress.
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London
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Alexander F. Kerensky
M. Kerensky
Labor Congress
No Change in Front Says Berlin Bulletin
Berlin bulletin reports no change in the front with active fighting north of the Scarpe and on the Somme, west of Soissons and north west of Rheims. Observers sight the Rheims cathedral as artillery activity increases along the front between the Aisne and the Marne. Meuse bank reconnaissances succeed north of St Mihiel and five enemy bombers are shot down.
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Berlin
London
General Headquarters
Scarpe
Somme
Soissons
Rheims
Aisne
Marne
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Karlsruhe
Offenberg
Lorraine
Paris
Sabotage Claim Echoes From I W W Leaders Trial
In Chicago on June 28 1920 views of 101 I W W leaders on trial for seditious conspiracy show sabotage has taken root in the army and that Congress government and courts are controlled by Wall Street James P Thompson an I W W lecturer and defendant finished his testimony after three days on the stand stating money interests rule the social system and all branches of government
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Chicago
Ill
Congress
Wall Street
James P. Thompson
Cadet Aviator Thomas Anderson Killed in Fall
In Fort Worth Texas on June 28 Thomas Anderson a 20 year old cadet aviator from Dallas fell 5000 feet at Carruthers field Benbrook and was instantly killed. He was alone and the cause of the accident is not known.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Thomas Anderson
Dallas
Carruthers Field
Benbrook
First Draft Lottery Sets 246 as Opening Number
Washington June 28 Nearly eight hundred thousand young men born in 1920 who registered June 6 learned their draft class order in a second national lottery at the senate office building. Only 1200 numbered slips were drawn, recording in serial order the addition to the Hat of Additions. Secretary Baker drew 246, with General March and others following as officials drew numbers until the 1200th was recorded.
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Washington
Senate
Baker
March
Chamberlain
Warren
Senate Miliary Committee
Dent
Representative Kahn
California
House Military Committee
Billy” Wellborn
Refusal to Accept Senate Navy Bill Amendments
Washington June 28 The House again refused to accept Senate amendments to the naval appropriation bill. The amendments would create the rank of lieutenant general for the Marine Corps commandant and major general for corps staff officers, fund bonuses for navy yard workers, and transfer Marine staff to the line with presidential promotion. The measure was sent back to conference. Chairman Padgett offered a compromise delaying Barnett’s promotion to lieutenant general, but the House rejected it. He defended Barnett and praised the Marine Corps as the nation’s finest fighting force under his leadership.
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Washington
House
Senate
Marine Corps
Padgett
Naval Committee
Barnett
Names of four American soldiers held at Darmstadt
Washington June 23 Names of four additional American soldiers held prisoners at Camp Darmstadt Germany are announced by the war department. They are Corporal Royal J Laccarciere 55 Grove street Meriden Connecticut and Privates Chester D Gravat Ocean Grove New Jersey Clifford N Markle 538 Edgewood avenue New Haven Connecticut and Elijah Collins Warwick Rhode Island.
British Front Quiet Haig's Report Says Front Quiet
London reports a quiet British front with no new major events beyond nightly artillery exchanges and patrol encounters near Boyelles. Casualties were inflicted on the enemy during the night, but no further details were provided.
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British Front Quiet Haig
London
Boyelles
Snow disrupts German harvest with frost and rain
LONDON June 28 reports heavy snow from one to three inches in several parts of Germany and frost harming fruit trees. Berlin and Hamburg endure four days of uninterrupted rain, aiding but delaying weather relief.
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Germany
London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Hamburg
Medical Officer Prisoner from Washington Captured
Captain E. J. Prosper of the medical reserve corps attached to the British expeditionary forces is reported as a prisoner of war in Germany. He formerly lived at 2307 Frankford Ave. Philadelphia.
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Washington
E. J. Prosper
Medical Reserve Corps
Germany
Frankford Ave
Philadelphia
Regiment of U. S. Troops Goes to Italy
Washington June 28 A regiment of troops in General Pershing s expeditionary forces has been ordered to Italy likely as an advance guard for broader American, British and Allied forces on the Italian front Secretary Baker said Pershing was instructed to select a French bound regiment for immediate service in Italy It will be replaced by an American regiment to fill the division it leaves The move signals anticipated augmentation of American forces in Italy and shows plans for potential independence of the Italian expedition contingent from Pershing s forces.
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Washington
Gen. Pershing
Italy
Baker
Pershing
France
United States
Italian Expedition Be Made Entirely Independent of Gen. Pershing
Fech
Final vote on draft age extension hoped in Senate
Washington June 28 Debates on the Fall amendment to the twelve billion dollar army appropriation bill to extend the draft ages to 20 and 40 continued in the Senate. A vote was not reached but leaders hoped to dispose of the amendment and pass the bill today. Senator Fall predicted futility while others questioned the balance between military needs and civilian populations.
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Washington
Senate
Fall
Cummins
Town
Various Plans for U S Aid to Russia
Washington reports outline several proposals for American aid to Russia to rejoin the war. Plans call for seeds and agricultural tools plus forces to safeguard supplies, contingent on allied approval and Russian consent in affected districts. President Wilson weighs options, possibly sending a special mission or Kerensky visit for detailed information.
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Washington
Russia
Wilson
Kerensky
United States
Kaiser Furious Over Von Kuehlmann Speech
London report says the German emperor sent Count Von Hertling a furious telegram regarding Dr. Von Kuehlmanns speech. The Amsterdam dispatch to Central News notes the heated reaction from Berlin.
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London
Amsterdam
Count von Hertling
Dr. von Kuehlmann
Chicago Man Released in Prisoner Exchange
Charles W. Jackson a Chicago resident and British subject employed by a Chicago firm was taken prisoner by the Germans in 1916 from the steamship Koningen Regentes. He was held until January and arrived at an Atlantic port on a French steamer, released in a prisoner exchange.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Charles W. Jackson
Prohibition Move Advances in Senate War Measure
Washington June 28 The senate awaits a bitter battle as a national prohibition amendment is added to a 11 million dollar emergency agricultural appropriation bill. The Norris plan tightens liquor controls effective June 30 1919 and would halt beer production three months after passage. Prohibition leaders predict victory while opponents stress the constitutional amendment must still win state support.
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Washington
Senate
Norris
Nebraska
Jones
Senate Agricultural Committee
Shephard
Texas
Bond-Bel Drafted by House For Liberty Bonds Boost
Washington June 28 The house ways and means committee drafted a new bond bill authorizing eight billion dollars of Liberty Bonds in addition to prior issues. The measure includes a four billion dollar outstanding authorization with an October issue and a possible second issue. It would also raise allied loans from five to seven billion dollars and estimate July to September advances at about five hundred six million monthly.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
McAdoo
Governor Frazier Wins Over Steen In Primary Race
Fargo North Dakota June 28 The nomination of Gov Lynn J Frazier Hooper non partisan league candidate over John Steen Rugby endorsed by the Independent Voters association in the Republican gubernatorial race in the primaries held Wednesday is conceded by Steen supporters by a majority of more than 5000 votes With 695 of 1878 precincts missing returns show Frazier 28454 Steen 26568 Democratic nomination figures give S J Doyle a lead over G W Wilkinson supported by the league
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Fargo
Lynn J. Frazier
Hooper
John Steen
Rugby
Independent Voters’ Association
Steen
Prazier
S. J. Doyle
G. W. Wilkinson
League
Bruges Docks Target of British Airmen
An official communication reports seven German aircraft shot down by British airmen on June 26 with two more forced down. Two British planes are missing. Improved weather aided more reconnaissance and photography. Bombers dropped 1444 tons on Bruges docks and enemy targets while night flights unleashed 16 tons with no losses.
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London
Bruges
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Engineer Corps
Battle Front
West
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Kuehlmann
Kaiser
Frazier
Bruges Docks
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