Open diplomacy stance fuels Senate treaty debate
President Wilson clarifies his January pledge for open diplomacy, distinguishing public disclosure after ratification from open executive talks. Senate votes down an Idaho senator’s amendment demanding treaty publication, while Wilson favors publicity only after negotiations conclude to avoid embarrassing negotiations, as Foreign Relations Committee letters circulate.
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Wilson
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Borah
Idaho
Watt
Laising
Hitchcock
foreign relations committee
penge
Tioralh
Underwood
Alabama
Battle reports as French and Americans halt German advance
French cannon and machine guns plague German divisions south of Aisne and near Montdidier. Allied counterattacks in France reclaim territory and take over 1000 prisoners as fighting rages along the Aronde, Matz, and Marne fronts with notable action around Domfront and Lel Turn to Page Two.
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Lege
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Italians Torpedo Big Austrian Battleship Near Dalmatian Coast
Rome June 12 Two Italian torpedo boats attacked two Austrian battleships and ten destroyers near the Dalmatian coast. Two torpedoes struck a battleship and another hit the second. One Italian destroyer pursuing the ships was damaged. The Italian vessels returned safely to base.
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ROME
Thaly
Gallantry Decorations For Americans In France
American soldiers on the Toul front were awarded the French War Cross for gallantry in various actions. Citations and medals were presented by a French general, as each recipient was congratulated by the American commander in the sector.
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FRANCE
Associated Press
Heroes of France Hold Le Plemont Until They Die
An Associated Press dispatch recalls a detachment of dismounted cavalry on the height of Le Plemont resisting encirclement from Sunday dawn to Monday noon. Despite repeated ferocious assaults, the isolation endured and a lone message cried Doomed as the hour of doom neared.
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German minister claims French defeated as war ministers speeches
Prussian war minister General von Stein told the Reichstag that a large portion of the French army was beaten and that the Moen reserve army no longer exists He praised Crown Prince’s gains on the Chemin des Toames front May 27 and said Entente losses were heavy including vast war materiel and ammunition stored behind lines captured by German forces
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AMSTERDAM
von Stein
reichstag
Berlin
Chemin des Toames
All Caught in Ice Believed Rescued in Behring Sea
Washington reports the Bureau of Fisheries believes all on icebound ships in Behring Sea have been saved. The Roosevelt, a fisheries steamer, was en route to Akutan after rescuing passengers in Bristol Bay. Officials think survivors were transferred to other ships or taken to Bristol Bay canneries.
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Bureau of Fisheries
Behring ‘Sea
Roosevelt
Akutan
Bristol Bay
Arizona sheriff wounded in France in signal corps action
Bisbee Ariz June 12 Capt Harry J S Wheeler former Cochise county sheriff in France with the signal corps has been wounded slightly in action according to information received here today He led deputies who conducted the Bisbee deportation of last July 12 when 1186 striking copper miners and their sympathizers were deported to Columbus New Mexico
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signal corps
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Columbus
N. ML
Allies Reserve Forces In Hand Of Foch Despite Claims
A Washington dispatch reports that German claims of a depleted Foch reserve army are disputed by officials. The Versailles plan for a pooled mobile force was never finished due to the German offensive, and General Foch now directs all Allied armies as supreme commander. The article notes the Allied and American forces have not yet launched a major counteroffensive, but confidence remains that the Allied position can halt the German advance without heavy depletion of Allied reserves.
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Nod
Pace Two 2 AMERICAN TROOPS GOING ACROSS RAPIDLY
Houston June 12 The fingw of troops from this country to Europe is at the rate of a quarter of a million a month and nothing etn stat ic The Kaiser with his Uponts is not secure Lieut Gen Thomas Bridges British high commissioner to the United States says Gen Foch has the situation well in hand and can hold the Germans We have today 200000 American troops brigaded with British and French soldiers and the intimate association will influence the nations future
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HOUSTON
Texas
Europe
Thomas . Bridges
United States
Foch
May Decide Victory French Expert Sees in Battle
Paris June 12 Today may decide which side holds victory says Henri Bidou military critic. He notes the battle forms as each wing gains then loses ground and French defense steadies while Germans must rely on reserves. Marcel Hutin cites prisoners saying German attack aimed at Compiegne with guard cavalry under von Schocler, but Germans show fatigue except on their left.
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Henri Bidou
Ile
Bidou
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
Compiegne
von Schocler
Comalesne
British transport Ausonia torpedoed and sunk near British coast
June 12 report says the Cunard transport Ausonia was torpedoed by a German submarine hundreds of miles from the British coast while westward bound. Ninety crewmen were saved as search for forty more continues. Ausonia built in 1907 at Newcastle. Captain Fr. Capper commanded.
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Ausonia
Cunard Steamship Company
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FR. Capper
Newcastle
England
Mill Ordered Closed by Authorities in Kennewick
Spokane June 12. The Kennewick Grain Milling Company plant at Kennewick Wash will stay shut until further notice under orders of state food administrator Charles Hebberd. The mill, with a 100 barrel daily capacity, halted after manager A E Kenner admitted selling 25 barrels of flour last winter to a restaurant proprietor. Federal authorities seized 76 sacks of flour, and the restaurant has been ordered closed for two weeks.
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Kennewick Grein & Malling, Company
Kennewick
Charles Hebberd
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Hebberd
food administration
BIVO
Mexican visitors laud Wilson speech in Boston tour
Manuel Carpio of Yucatan and Mexican editors touring the United States say the Mexican people are impressed with President Wilson on international affairs. They expect to report back with a changed view of conditions in the United States after meeting Wilson in Washington and hearing his remarks last Friday.
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Senor Cupio
Mexico
Ray T. Baker to wed Mrs Alfred Vanderbilt this afternoon
Ray T. Baker, director of the mint in Washington, will marry Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt this afternoon at the Lennox Massachusetts home of her father Capt. Isaac Emerson. The Gazette had announced the ceremony. Photos show Mrs Vanderbilt with her two children and Baker on the California coast.
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Ray T. Baker
mint
Washington, D. C
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Railroad Mian of Note Dies at Age 60
Elencious Smith an attorney and railroad man died suddenly in Los Angeles at sixty. Formerly based in St. Louis he served as counsel for the Chicago Burlington & Quincy and other lines. He helped build the Panama railway and railways in Central America. Surviving are a sister Mrs Ophelia Smith Richards and a sister-in-law Mrs Robert Smith both of Denver.
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy isroad
Panama
Central America
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Robert Smith
Denver
German Group Disbands as Washington Opposes Loyalist Germans
The National Patriotic Council of Americans of German Origin announced it had gone out of existence, saying Washington opposed any loyalist group for Germans other than Friends of German Democracy. Offshore near Ocean City Maryland, residents heard sharp firing about twenty miles at sea, with reports of a large cargo ship attacked by a smaller craft and the attacker escaping toward the Delaware breakwater.
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NEW YORK
National Patriotic Council of Americans
Washington
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Delaware
No Fresh Peace Offer From Germany Just Now
London reports Berlin newspapers dispute a telegraphic dispatch from Amsterdam noting Germany does not intend to offer new peace terms. The June 12 item cites steady wartime stance and delays in any fresh proposals.
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LONDON
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Berlin
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Amslerdam
Air program of America to surprise foe at front
London dispatch says American air effort in France is rapidly growing with large production, multiple flying schools, repair shops, and supply centers. The Times correspondent notes extensive air service depots six miles by one and a half miles, where construction and assembly of American planes will soon advance.
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Special Session Planned Friday by Governor Boyle
A special session of the legislature will be called Friday by Gov. Boyle. The state council of defense will meet to approve the plan, with the legislature to convene June 24 for about a week if the call is made. The wets and drys endorsed ratifying the constitutional prohibition with enforcement starting January 1, 1920, amid steady public comment and general approval.
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Belford
Conference Held Amid Abitionists Tone Turn to Page Two
Fragmentary note indicates a conference with abolitionists, with the appeal or discussion continuing on the next page. Details are unreadable beyond the fragmentary reference to the event and its participants.
New Head Elected by Shipbuilding Firm in Philadelphia
The William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company held a special meeting to accept the resignation of Harry Muir as president. Succession elected Mr Hand, who resigned shortly after, citing personal desire to be relieved of arduous duties after lifelong association with the firm.
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