French Strike Heavy Blow Against German Forces On Eastern Front
Paris reports a strong French offensive driving back the enemy to the north bank of the Marne, with violent combats between the Aisne river and Villers-Cotterets. Americans repulse a German attack between Couresches and SteReau, while Creix Ricard and Melleoch heights are occupied by French forces and hundreds of prisoners are taken.
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PARIS
Mars
Aisne
Villers
Aigne
Villers-Cotte
ict
Laversing
Curry
Couresches
SteReau
Marne
Gocuvres
Cucuvres
Sur Pierre-Aigle
ATentdichter
Antheuil
Matsiver
Oise
Creix Ricard
Melleoch
Villers-Cotterets
Laversine
Six Children Die of Starvation in Germany Orphanage
An article in Berlin Arbiter Zeitung recounts six children starving to death in an orphanage at Zenefort Thuringia. The ransacked facility showed several skeletal children as physicians inspected the scene. Prof Franz I Ucin in Dayer ischer Zeitung warns hard weeks ahead and a wheat supply paralysis.
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PARIS
Germany
Beho de Pari
Berlin Arbiter Zeitung
Zenefort
Thuringia
Franz I. Ucin
Dayerischer Zeitung
Munnich
Government seeks local prosecution for I W W agitators
The federal government urges local prosecution of L W W agitators and other anarchistic figures rather than allowing them to depart a city. Inspector Julian of New York said he was sent to Kansas City to foster closer cooperation between police departments and federal officers in handling disloyalists. The convention discussed methods to address the I W W problem in executive session.
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KANSAS CITY
Julian
New York
International association of Police Chiefs
polie
1. W. OW
Allies Have Gas Better Than Foe in Warfare
June 13 report to the senate agriculture committee states the Allies surpass Germany in gas warfare. Carl Alsberg, chief of the bureau of chemistry, testified that the Allies possess more gas and apply it more effectively and also have more advanced gas masks for defensive warfare.
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WASHINGTON
Carl &. Alsberg
bureau of chemistry
senate agriculture committee
Independence Day to See Many Ship Launchings
June 13 Philadelphia reports Charles M. Schwab, director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, predicting at Willow Grove rally that at least seventy ships may be launched nationwide on Independence Day. He notes 40 to 45 percent of ships under EC supervision are built in the Philadelphia district.
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PHILADELPHIA
Charles M. Schwab
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Willow Grove park
Scthwab
European Arrivals To Be Searched At New York
At Atlantic port New York June 15 G12 passengers on the Nieuw Amsterdam will be subjected to the most thorough search of incoming travelers since America entered the war before they are permitted to land. British and American inspectors customs men service physicians and intelligence officers total over 150 on board the steamship.
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ATLANTIC
ner Nieuw
Amsterdam
America
Senate Debates War Rule Limit Proposal Resumed
Washington June 10 The Senate resumes debate on a proposal by Senator Underwood to limit war debate in rules. The plan would cap debate on any measure at one and a half hours unless extended by a major vote.
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WASHINGTON
senate
Underwood
Alabama
Germans Fear Torture by Americans in France Capture
June 13 report notes American artillery and Marines captured about 400 Germans in Rebeau wood northwest of Chateau Thierry. Germans attempted to flee after learning of potential torture, with machine gunners and perfect artillery barrages trapping them. Among captives were six officers, including a major and a captain, with poorly clad uniforms and bread scraps tied to their garments.
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FRANCE
Associated Press
Rebeau wood
Chateau Thierry
shad
Austria Peace Demanded by Men's Democratic League
In London a memorandum from the Austriaa Men's Democrat League calls for immediate peace negotiations in a neutral country. It demands democratization of the Ars Lrivn constitution and fast consideration of laws imposed by various nationalities in Hungary. It notes unrest among Czech and Slovak and Yugoslav groups seeking liberation from Austrian rule. The document hopes an early peace benefits Austria.
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LONDON
Austriaa Men's Democrat League
Ars
American mastery needed to win the war, says Ryan
Detroit routings report chief of aircraft production John D. Ryan told 1500 plant workers in Detroit that absolute mastery to win the war must come from America and he is confident it will. He said no other nation’s production could match U S facilities. Ryan left Detroit last night for Dayton.
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DETROVE
America
Joha D. Ryan
Ryian
United States
Ryan
Dayton
Wilson commandeers ground in Maryland and Virginia
Washington June 13. To enlarge the naval proving grounds at Indianhead Maryland and the auxiliary proving grounds across the Potomac in Virginia, President Wilson today commandeered about 2200 acres of land and placed it under the control of the Secretary of the Navy.
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WASHINGTON
naval proving grounds
Indianhead
Potomac river
Virginia
Wilson
Secretary of the Navy
Mrs Page Christens Large British Ship
Mrs Walter K Page wife of the American ambassador to Great Britain christened T M S Basle, one of Britain's largest naval ships, launched on the Tyne. The royal naval ensign and the Stars and Stripes flew from the bow as Admiral Lionel Halsey and other top naval officers attended.
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LONDON
Walter K. Page
Great Britain
T. M.S. Basle
Tyne
royal naval
Lionel Halsey
Three Germans Dead in Americans Raid
Washington report says a patrol entered German trenches on June 1 and killed three enemies with no American casualties. The event follows Pershing dispatches noting the engagement near Pleardy. Secretary Baker told graduates at West Point that over a million Americans will be in service in France soon.
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WASHINGTON
WEST POINT
NJV
Baker
France
Sinking of British Ship Off England Draws Dutch Report
An Amsterdam report summarized in the Cologne Zeitung alleges British naval forces including a monitor with a captive balloon circled the hospital ship Kenmpin Regentes near the disaster site. It claims Britain alone could be blamed for straining Dutch British relations.
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AMSTERDAM
Cologne
Great Britain
monitor
Holland
Germany
Germany breaking his word in Russia move claims
London June 13. A Russian wireless dispatch says German forces in the Ukraine began a new eastward movement on June 1. Foreign Minister Schitschkin instructed the German ambassador Josie in Berlin to protest, alleging a 100 versts wide advance south of Moscow and violation of a previously agreed demarcation line. Germany is urged to retire to old positions.
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LONDON
Ukraine
Schitcherin
Josie
Berlin
Valutki-Zpukovn station
Moscow
Service flag use may be restricted by Congress
Washington June 13. Government restriction against improper use of the service flag and badges, now used to designate relatives or employees in military service, proposed in a bill introduced by Representative MacArthur of Oregon.
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WASHINGTON
MacArthur
Oregon
Bolsheviks to Send Minister to United States
A Copenhagen dispatch in the Daily Mail reports Bolshevik authorities plan to appoint M Borovsky Odovsky as Bolshevik minister to the United States. The envoy is currently in Berlin, it is said, and will proceed to Washington.
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BOLSHEVIKS
AMERICA
LONDON
Copenhagen
Says & Daily Mail
M. Borovsky- Odovsky
Sweden
Washington
United States
Berlin
Solonel's Doctor Made Head Of Medics
Dr Alexander Lambert of New York was elected president of the American Medical Association in Chicago. Other officers include W M Wishard Judd Richard son Baldy and Pusey. Lambert served as Colonel Roosevelt's physician until last fall when he went abroad.
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CHICAGO
Alexander Lambert
New York
American Medical Association
Jos
Admiral Wy Co Braisted
map
W. M. Wishard
Indianapoli
David Starr Judd
Rochester
Minn
G. W. Richardson
Washington
BD. C
John M. Baldy
Philadelph
ader RR
Crag
treas
William Allen Pusey
Chigo
house of delegates
ILubert Work
FPuchio
Cole Lambert
Roosevelt
Lambert
Banks to Help Develop Foreign Trade
New York June 13 An Asiatic Banking Corporation formed by American financial institutions will handle international and foreign banking across China the United States possessions and Siberia with Guaranty Trust Company as promoter. Main office in New York agency in San Francisco branch in Shang Zhai and future branches planned in Hankow Peiping Tien Tsin Harbin and Vladivostok. Incorporators include Guaranty Trust Company The Mercantile Bank of the Americas Anglo London and Paris Bank of San Francisco First National Bank of Portland National Bank of Commerce of Seattle.
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NEW YORK
Asiatic _ Banking Corporation
American financial i
Guaranty Trust Company
China
United States
Siberian
San Francisco
Shang Zhai
Hankow
PeFin
Tien Tsin
Harbin
Vladivostok
Farastern
Guaranty ‘Trust Company
Mercantile Bank of iheaAmericas
Anglo-London and Paris bank of
first National bank of Portland
Gre
National Bank of Commerce of
Seattle
Time limit on railroad control extended in House move
Washington June 13 The period for the President to relinquish control of railroads and transportation systems would be extended from July 1 to January 1 1919 under a joint resolution introduced by Chairman Sims of the Interstate Commerce Committee.
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WASHINGTON
Sims
house Interstate commerce committee
Counter-Revolution Plot Backed in Russia Seen
A semi official statement today reports a counter-revolutionary plot against the Soviet government backed by diverse Russian elements. The plan aimed to starve the government by trapping Russia from the Ural region and united monarchists maximalists and anti Soviet factions under a national platform. Cossack troops and ex officers are said to be on standby in the East as investigations reveal widening factional alignments.
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romney
MOSCOW
Associated Press
Russia
Gen
Savinkott
Dovguern
Ural
tite
League for the Defense of
Father
Germany
partes
East
Compromise plan on Prohibition collapses in bitterness
The dry and wet factions abort a proposed agreement to unify action against Prohibition. A letter to the state council of defense will report that unity cannot be achieved without arousing bitterness or political battle. S. W. Belford cites regret and says negotiations are abandoned, with future cooperation possible only if nonpartisan goals can be reached.
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prohibition organization
wets
state council of defense
state council
S. W. Belford
Eight American Soldiers Buried With Honors in Paris
Eight American soldiers who died of wounds from Bouresches last week were buried with military honors in Paris. A guard of honor included American marines and a detachment of republican guards, with representatives of the French Republic and the city of Paris in attendance. The ceremony took place at a cemetery dedicated to the American expeditionary forces.
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PARIS
Bouresches
guard of honor
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