Hornet Nest Stirred Up in China
June 16 dispatch reports Japan and Britain publicly distance themselves from the U S note urging rival Chinese factions to reconcile and restore order. Washington framed the move as a friendly effort but Japan resents U S note as overstepping its position. Series of misunderstandings follows with limited state department details released.
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WASHINGTON
Japan
Great Britain
China
state department
United States
France
Japanese destroyer Sakaki torpedoed in Mediterranean
An official Japanese admiralty statement says the destroyer Sakaki was torpedoed while attacking a submarine in the Mediterranean on June 11. The damaged vessel was towed to port and many crew members are believed killed or wounded.
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TORIO
Mediterranean
Sakaki
Mayor Thomp son fails to buy Liberty Bond in Chicago
June 11 report notes Chicago Mayor Thomp son did not purchase a Liberty Bond. His stance on inviting Marshal Joffre to Chicago and comments about German population drew attention. It took days to obtain a permit for bond canvassers, and reporters pressed for action with repeated silences until close of books.
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CHICAGO
Thompson
Marshal Joffre
Pro German broker sparks Liberty Bond worry in Chicago
In Chicago on June 16 a German propagandist suspected of trying to dampen Liberty Bond optimism surfaced as prices at La Salle Street brokers showed two quotes at 99 49 50 under par. The bid prompted rapid inquiries to the New York Stock Exchange but no name was found, and brokers searched for the unidentified figure responsible for the odd move.
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CHICAGO
La Salle street
New York stock exchange
kaiser
Submarine Sinks Big Japanese Steamer Tansan Maru
Boston reports the Japanese steamer Tansan Maru sailing from Boston May 9 to Manchester England was sunk by a German submarine. Captain Nichikawa and 27 Japanese crew are believed lost. The unarmed vessel, chartered by Patterson Wyse & Co, carried a general cargo valued at 1.6 million dollars. Earlier shipping chatter suggested loss, but today agents received definitive information.
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BOSTON
Manchester
England
Nichikawa
Patterson Wyside & Co
Cabinet member quits amid cabinet turmoil in Denmark
June 16 Copenhagen via London conservatives demand T Stauning quit the Danish cabinet. Premier Zaihle faces the choice between removing the conservative representative or the socialist cabinet member. Press reports hint the government may dispense with the conservative member if forced.
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COPENHAGEN
London
Zaihle
T Stauning
Three Wives Liberty Loan Too Many Io Charge
John V. Clark of Dundee faced federal charges after arrest in San Francisco. Letters mention three wives named Clark across multiple states, with alleged abductions and marriages in Galveston and Gulfport. Clark is held in Jackson Mississippi awaiting formal charges.
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John V. Clark
Dundee
Mississippi
Liberty Loan subscriptions surge past all hopes
Washington reports the Liberty Loan rush far exceeded expectations with $3,433,650,000 in subscriptions and 58 percent over allotment. By noon today officials had only rough totals from 11 of 12 reserve districts as Atlanta completed its tabulations and others continued compiling.
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WASHINGTON
Atlanta
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cleveland
San Francisco
Forty One Killed in Munitions Factory Blast
London June 16 official report states forty one people died and 130 were injured in a munitions factory explosion at Ashton-under-Lyne on Wednesday caused by a fire.
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LONDON
Ashton-under-Lyne
American gunners accounted for after Petrolite sinking
Washington reports that all crew and naval gunners of the American tank steamer Petrolite, sunk by a German submarine near Gibraltar, have been accounted for and are reported well.
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WASHINGTON
Gibraltar
Nevada Socialists Oppose War Resolution in Referendum
Nevada Socialists plan to reject the national convention's war condemnations in a statewide referendum. Nevada leaders foresee a tough fight within the American Socialist Party while voicing support for figures like Russell Spargo and Stokes who frame the conflict as a struggle between democracy and autocracy.
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Socialist party
St Louis
America
Germany
international Socialist movement
American Socialist party
Socialists of
Nevada de
America'party
Charles Edward Russell
John Spargo
J G. Phelps Stokes
Alton Benson
Socialst
Copper Market Shows No Change Over Week In New York
New York June 16 no material change in copper market during the past week. Scarcity of offerings for delivery this side of August marked, but demand was comparatively quiet. Spot and nearby electrolytic priced nominal at 8.23 to 8.34 cents, with third quarter and later deliveries named between 8.29 and 8.34 cents.
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NEW YORK
Sinking German Subfleet Sparks Rescue Controversy
London June 16 an admiralty communication rebuts a German wireless charge about British failing to rescue more of the S-20 crew after the torpedo boat was sunk by a British squadron off Ostend on June 5. The message says rescue halted when seven Germans were saved, with three enemy planes overhead and a torpedo tube still trained on the rescuing ship, noting further risks made more rescues impossible for humanity.
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LONDON
admiralty
Ostend
Battle Front Tensions Rise as Haig Presses Hindenburg
The report notes British forces skirmishing along much of the northern French line with Haig signaling a probable major spring offensive. Berlin concedes retreats in several sectors while German resistance weakens, suggesting von Hindenburg plans another strategic withdrawal ahead of a potential decisive push.
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Associated Press
France
Arras
Messines
Field Marshal Haig
Berlin
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Belgian Mission Arrives in U S Port Led by Baron Moncheur
Belgiums official mission to the United States arrived at an Atlantic port led by Baron Moncheur, head of the Belgian foreign office political bureau at Havre. The commission includes Gen Laclercq, Hector Carrier, Maj Osterreth, Count d Ursel and Jean D Mertens. Moncheurs wife is American, daughter of Gen Powell Clayton, a former US minister to Mexico.
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Belgium
United States
Baron Moncheur
foreign office
Havre
Gen Laclercq
Hector Carrier
Maj Osterreth
Count d'Ursel
Jean D. Mertens Baron Moncheur
Powell Clayton
Mexico
Emma Goldman and Berkman Clash With Police at City Hall Park
In New York on June 16, Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were jailed in the Tombs as a federal grand jury mulls charges they conspired against the draft. A crowd gathered near City Hall Park to protest the military census, and police struggled to disperse the demonstrators. Several people were hurt, including a sergeant, and an attempted rescue of three arrested women failed.
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NEW YORK
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
Tombs
federal grand jury
City Hall park
Grace Casette awarded Legion of Honor in Paris
Grace Casette of Chicago, artist, receives Legion of Honor for hospital work in France. She devised devices for difficult fracture treatment. In Pendleton, moving pictures will document U S Forest Service efforts to trap and destroy predatory animals, shown nationwide to instruct farmers.
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PARIS
Grace Casette
Chicago
Legion of Honor
PENDLETON
United States forest service
olders
E F Avenll
Germany May Offer Peace to Russia Through Swiss
Stockholm reports that Germany has made a peace offer to Russia via Swiss federal council member Hoffmann. The telegram dated June 6 from Berne says Germany will not pursue offensives while a Russia settlement seems possible and seeks an entente on Poland, Lithuania and Courland. It also calls for restitution of occupied provinces and return of Austrian-claimed territories.
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STOCKHOLM
London
The
Social Demokraten
Germany
Russia
federal council
E. Odier
Petrograd
Berne
Switzerland
Poland
Lithuania
Courland
Austria
Fleishackers to Decide on Water Plan in Reno Question
Reno water issue nears a formal proposal as the Fleishacker interests plan to finance buying the present system. Extensive surveys have been conducted in Dog Valley and along Turnpike roads as officials anticipate a citywide decision.
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Reno
Fleishackers
Reno Traction Company
Reno Power, Light & Water Company
Treishacker
Dog valley
May reconsider tax on profits of newspapers
Washington June 16 the senate finance committee revising the war tax bill may reconsider its action to impose a five percent levy on net profits of newspapers and magazines. A motion to reconsider offered by Senator Penrose is pending but cannot be taken up before Monday as the committee adjourned. Committee members say the profits tax was chosen because publishers opposed a postage increase pleading tax our profits but not put us out of business.
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WASHINGTON
senate finance committee
decitime
Penrose
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