Sinking of Addah and Ivigtut by German submarine
London reports the Addah, a 4397 ton Elder Dempster steamer built in 1905, torpedoed without warning on June 15 and sunk after shellfire. Eight crew died as survivors were picked up later by a French steamer. Also, the 456 ton Danish Ivigtut was sunk outside the zone by artillery fire after a torpedo strike. its crew were left in boats 150 miles from land.
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London
Dempster
Addah
Copenhagen
Ivigtut
American rail advisory mission sails to aid Russia
The American commission of railroad and technical experts arrives in Japan en route to Russia. Officials greet the group and outline its aim to aid allied war efforts, emphasizing democracy and rapid support while noting initial limits on material help. The statement stresses cooperative learning and improving transport and signaling to meet wartime needs.
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Tokio
American Commission of Railroad and Technical Experts
Russia
Japan
United States
Yokohama
Post Wheeler
J. R. Geary
American Association of Japan
Baron Renne
Advisory Commission of Railroad Men
Student Officers Learn Trench War at Fort Sheridan
June 20 Fort Sheridan Illinois 2000 Illinois students dig trenches in muddy fortifications designed to train future officers. They splash through water and clay learning to drain trenches as officers guide them in this hands on exercise beneath heavy conditions.
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Fort Sheridan
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Uncle Sam
Food Control Bill Debate Narrows To Prohibition Contest
Washington June 29 The fight over government control of food and necessities centers on prohibition. Senate debate on the substitute bill called for by Lodge routes to prohibit all intoxicants except wines may be examined. Johnson Kellogg urge war needs, while Lodge warns against autocratic power and price controls. Beer and wine ruling tests public support as cloture possible, with general speeches likely before final votes on provisions.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
Lodge
Johnson
California
Kellogg
Minnesota
Hardwick
Committee
Chamberlain
Massachusetts
Ele
Summer Malady in Missouri Kills 68
Sixty eight children died from a severe summer complaint in two southeastern Missouri counties amid over 200 illnesses. Most victims were under two, with no middle aged deaths. Corners report Dunklin county enterocolitis and Scott county balacolitis as forms, linked to abnormal weather and sandy soil vaporization, flies as carriers.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
C. M. Harrison
Dunklin County
EB. R. Tate
Harrison
Tate
Scott County
First Half-Yearly Dividend Paid on English War Loan
London reports the first half-yearly dividend of two hundred million dollars on the great British victory war loan. The post office and Bank of England staff prepared warrants for 3,000,000 subscribers, dispatched from London for distribution. Authorities urge reinvestment into more war loan savings certificates.
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London
Post Office
Bank of England
Post Office Savings Banks
Budapest Marchers Demand Suffrage
Budapest dispatches report a great demonstration in Budapest demanding universal and equal suffrage. About twenty five thousand people marched through the principal streets. there was some rioting with broken windows and police had difficulty dispersing the crowds.
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London
Budapest
Illinois totals not up to mark
Illinois recruitment for the war effort falls short in Terre Haute district with 545 volunteers from 19 counties out of 1,101 quota. Douglas county leads with 41 men. Jasper county lags at six, though 36 more expected. In Peoria district 1,382 volunteers from 35 counties against 2,362 quota. McLean county Bloomington area contributes 245, 111 above requested. Placards proclaiming American troops in France appeared citywide, boosting recruiting efforts.
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Chicago
Illinois
Terre Haute
Ind
Douglas
Jasper County
Peoria
DeeWitt
Fulton
LaSalle
McLean
Bloomington
Amy
France
United States
Europe
Arm submarines with net knives
From British waters a torpedoed merchant captain describes a German submarine with a wire cutting device. A row of stout steel hawsers supports heavy circular knives, one foot diameter, spaced about a yard apart, intended to release the craft from nets.
Pershing's Expedition Lingers In France Reports Delayed
Washington reports delayed on Pershing's landing in France with first expedition. Navy signals awaiting convoy commander updates as plans to join the battle line stay guarded. Acclimation of troops to prevent sickness drives ongoing preparation across the country.
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Washington
Pershing
France
War Department
Tropics
Canadians Take Village of Avion in France
Canadian and British forces advance on Avion, reaching objectives as German trenches on the eastern side fall within hours. Allied artillery sustains pressure on Coluette and Lens-Arras road, while Canadian counter-battery work targets enemy guns east of Lens amid heavy shelling.
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France
Sundown
Avion
Reservoir Hill
Coluette
Lens-Arras
Lens
Peninsular and Oriental reports 25 lost on Mongolia
London june 29 The Peninsular and Oriental Steamship company announces that it fears three passengers and six crew members of the steamer Mongolia were killed by the mine explosion which sank the vessel off Bombay on june 2. The company says the remainder of the passengers and crew about 430 were landed safely on the coast.
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London
The
Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company
Mongolia
Bombay
James Watkins freed after police fail to seize clear speech
British labor leader James Larkin was released in New York after police charged him with using vile language against the government at a Socialist meeting. The magistrate faulted police for failing to take his address in shorthand and called their extracts disconnected and worthless.
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New York
James Larkin
Watkin
Reed Resolution Passes Senate Over News Print Costs
Washington June 20 The Senate passes Senator Reed of Missouri resolution asking the Federal Trade Commission to explain why it has not ordered news print paper manufacturers to desist from legal practices and exorbitant charges.
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Washingtoon
Reed
Missouri
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Cocchi Called Insane But Admits Guilt In Ruth Cruger Case
In Bologna on June 29 Alfredo Cocchi, accused of slaying Ruth Cruger, said he feels morally acquitted yet is ready to face legal penalties. Friends fear the electric chair and a fund is being raised to challenge extradition. Italy’s nerve specialist Prof. Augusta Murri questions Cocchi’s mental state while records show past instability and anarchistic leanings before his emigration to the U.S.
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Bologna
Italy
Alfredo Cocchi
Ruth Cruger
Occhi
Cocchi
Augusta Murri
America
United States
Brazil Reverses Neutrality Edicts in War
Rio de Janeiro June 29 Brazil revoked its neutrality edicts in the war between the Entente and Germany. Congress authorized the shift in May and Foreign Minister Nilo Pecanha noted Brazil can no longer remain indifferent as the United States enters the conflict and Germany mistreats Brazil. Dispatches indicate entente powers may receive port visits without neutral time limits.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Germany
Congress
United States
Nilo Pecanha
Republic
Jacksonville Man Wounds 2 Officers
In Jacksonville II on June 29 Deputy Sheriff Howard Wannamaker and Police Officer Frank Baker were shot and wounded by Frank Price during an attempted arrest at his home for disturbing the peace. Price, drunk and threatening his family, fired from a second story window. Baker was struck in the left leg and chest while Wannamaker suffered wounds to the face and right breast. Price was captured. his father was arrested for urging resistance.
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Jacksonville
Howard Wanunamaker
Frank Baker
Frank Price
Price
Wannamaker
Baker
Floating Plattsburgh plan for merchant marine
New York June 20 The National Marine League of the United States proposes a floating Plattsburgh to train officers and 10 000 seamen and 40 000 able seamen for the American merchant marine to counter the German submarine threat. The group calls for a national nautical training school system with state quotas and a $100 000 fund to equip ships and establish school ships in each state.
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New York
Plattsburgh
National Marine League of the United States
League
Yale
Plan to Rename Army Units by Number and Branch
The War Department approved a plan to standardize unit names across regulars national guard and national army by number and service with state identifications in parentheses for local use. Regulars keep current names. National Guard and National Army units will be renumbered sequentially from the end of regular regiments.
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National Guard
National Army
War Department
First Infantry
First Cavalry
National Army Regiment Could Be Called the “Two Hundred and Fifth Infantry
W. Va
Sixty-Fifth Field Artillery
Minn
Sixty-Sixth Infantry
Indiana
Tenth Engineers
New York
Baker
McCain
Bliss
Watson
American Fli er Wounded and Survives Paris Escape
Corporal James Norman Hall of the LaFayette flying squadron was wounded in a duel with German planes over the front. He was shot through the lung and struck in the forehead but managed to land his plane in French lines at Soissons. He was hospitalized and doctors hold hope for recovery. Hall, son of Mrs. A Hall of Colfax Iowa, is noted as a daring member of the squadron.
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Paris
James Norman Hall
LaFayette Flying Squadron
Hal
Hall
Soissons
LaFayette Squadron
A. Hall
Colfax
Iowa
Brazil Enters World War Then Reinforces Ties With Allies
Brazil abandons neutrality in the war against Germany, aligning morally with the United States and the Entente. In France, Canadians from Nova Scotia to British Columbia push a two mile front south of Lens, capturing first German lines before Avion and Leaville, advancing to within one mile of Lens center. Belgian and French fronts see heavy bombardments by German forces, with trench incursions at St Georges and continued actions along the Western Front. In Russia, fighting remains stubborn in Galicia as operations continue and momentum shifts elsewhere.
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Brazil
United States
Germany
Lens
Dominion
Department of Pas de Calais
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Manitoba
British Columbia
Gennan
Avion
Leayvelle
Fifth Grenadier Guards
Sehich
France
Belgium
Asa
St. Georges
Galicia
Senate weighs bonds to fund war bills in 192?
Washington reports the senate finance committee, in revising the war tax bill now at 1.449 billion, considers a 500 million bond issue. Expected rate on war excess profits likely 16 percent. Simmons says total may still miss next year’s war costs by 300 million or more. Exemptions and protests arise over excess profits and drawback repeal affecting manufacturers and sugar refiners. Earl D. Bapst warns drawbacks support export opportunities and ally obligations.
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Washington
House
Senate Finance Committee
Stone
Simmons
Earl D. Bapst
American Sugar Refining Company
United States
Missouri targets 938 more for army quota drive
St Louis daily report shows 338 enlistments in Missouri since last Saturday toward a 6586 recruit goal for the regular army. St Louis contributed 88 with 14 awaiting medical exams as recruiters push to finish by week’s end. Since April 1 Missouri has enlisted 5986. nationwide drive labeled Army Recruiting Week, though local officers call it Presidents Week. Maj Goode notes 52 rejections since Saturday and 6 held may pass.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Wilson
Maj. Goode
Holos School Act Unconstitutional in Illinois Circuit Court
In Springfield Vit, Judge Norman L. Jones of Carollton ruled the Holos School Act invalid. This decision concerned the validity of a Williamsville high school district organized under the act of 1911, finding the validation bill insufficiently drafted under state constitution. The court held that amendments to the general school law must present a rewritten act to be constitutional.
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Springfield
Vit
Pune
General Assembly
Wedate Township
Norman L. Jones
Carrollton
Jones
Williamsville
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Insane
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NAVY
National Marine League
Soissons Hospital
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