Austrians Renew Major Offense Against Italy Across Piave
Reported by Evening Standard and Havas Rome notes that about 92 Austrian divisions have been hurled into the battle, comprising roughly three fourths of the army. Austria uses all reserves with 7300 artillery pieces, aims to break Italian lines along the Piave, while Allied air losses total one and enemy aircraft losses reach forty four.
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LONDON
Evening Standard
Piave
Conegliana
Zenson bend
PARIS
Italy
Rome
Havas
Mield
Borevic
CNS y
Austria
Boroyle
Hospitals Suffer From Scarcity Of Nurses
New York City hospital leaders urged federal action to offset wartime strains on medical and nursing staff. They cited army and navy deployments, conscription, and war industry hiring as factors disrupting hospital operations nationwide.
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New York city
army
Immigration order lets Mexicans work in war industries
Washington June 18 Modifications of immigration restrictions will allow Mexican aliens to enter the United States for wartime work on farms railroads and coal mines. The program takes effect June 20 applies only to those with employment arranged. Workers must be paid current wages less 25 cents daily until 100 is accumulated, then it is withheld pending return to Mexico.
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WASHINGTON
United States
immigration division
department of labor
Mexico
Seventy Thousand Germans Killed or Prisoner in Latest Offensive
Paris reports eighty thousand Germans killed wounded or captured between Montdidier and Neyon. Captain Andrew Tardieu, who joined Premier Clemenceau at the front, told Marcel Hutin that the figure should even make Ludendorff falter as he returned to Paris.
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PARIS
Montdidier
Neyon
Andrew Tardieu
Premier Clemenceau
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
Pars
Ludendorf
U boat sunk by American submarine off Atlantic coast
A German U submarine and its crew were destroyed by an American submarine off the Virginia coast. Reported by passengers aboard an American steamship, the captor's crew described a torpedo strike followed by a massive explosion. The American sub surfaced and found no survivors.
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ATLANTIC
Virginia
Burnquist Dominates Minnesota Gubernatorial Primary
June 18 in St Paul reports Gov J A A Burnquist leading Charles Lindbergh by large margins as returns from 1686 of 114 precincts show Lindbergh around 134 802 and Burnquist at 92 147 with an estimated majority near 75 000. Judge W L Comstock wins Democratic nomination over Fred E Wheaton. Knute Nelson leads Democrats for U S Senate, with Lundin and Newton running side by side in the fifth district.
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ST. PAUL
Mann
J. A. A. Burnquist
Charles A. Lindbergh
nomi jon
isage Burmaquet
Lindbere
Burnquist
W. L. Comstock
Mankato
Fred E E. Wheaton
Minneapolis
United States
Knute Nelson
James E. Peterson
Ernest Lundin
Walter J. Newton
Rapid trip to front by Clemenceau in Paris report
Paris June 18 Premier Clemenceau left for the front at 5 oclock this morning and returned by 10 oclock to attend the cabinet meeting. St Louis June 18 Frederick M. Judson a prominent local lawyer has accepted a commission to substitute for former President Taft on the war labor board per relatives.
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PARIS
Chemenceau
ST. LOUIS
Frederick XII. Judson
William HH. ‘Taft
war shbor
Tudson
Senate approves Indian lands lease bill for war minerals
Senate passage authorizes opening about 30 million acres of Western Indian reservation lands to private mining under a royalty system. Indians would receive at least five percent of net mineral value. Lands span Nevada Arizona California Montana New Mexico Washington Wyoming and others with 30 year leases and possible 10 year extensions. An amendment prohibits land withdrawal without act of Congress.
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WASHINGTON
Ashurst
Arizona
senate
house
Lane
Interior
Nevada
California
Montana
New Mexico
Wyoming
secretary of the interior
Pittman
Nevad
congress
Woman Arrested in Kansas City Murder Case in Ruton NM
Frank J. Vanders was arrested by local officers in Ruton NM and is held as Mrs Marlie Vanders Howard, sought in Kansas City Mo for murder of Joseph Morino pawnbroker on May 24. Frank Thomas detained with Vanders. Police say suspect matches Mrs Howard. no statement yet.
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TRINIDAD
Col dune 18
Ave
Frank J. Vanders
Ruton
N. M
Marlie Howard
Kansas City
Joseph Morino
Frank Thomas
Graft Uncovered by Government Agents Elapses in New York
An army officer, unnamed, was arrested by treasury special agents in New York as part of a nationwide probe into contract graft. Officials described an elaborate system for war contracts paid via illegal contingent fees, with commissions from five to twenty percent and total sums in the millions. Agents raided hundreds of contractors’ offices and used forged influence claims to pressure manufacturers into dealings.
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NEW YORK
treasury department
WASHINGTON
department of jusree
department of justice
commission house
congress
department
commission
OLeary declares innocence in espionage charges
Jeremiah OLeary Sinn Fein leader arrived in New York in Federal custody from the West after fleeing trial. He faced treason and espionage indictments with two German subjects and four Americans named in plots aiding Germany. He pleaded not guilty and was held without bail.
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NEW YORK
Jeremiah OLeary
Sinn Femn
Washington state
West
O'Leary
Germany
United States
Exans Detained For Failing To Register
San Antonio Texas June 18 eight thousand draft age men were detained by department of justice agents and local police for lacking registration cards. Those held were brought to police headquarters and questioned with 53 men detained on charges of failing to register.
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SAN ANTONIO
Tex
department of justice
Austrian Army Harsh Offensives Amid Piave Front
June 1 dispatch reports Austrian forces pressing the Piave front with massed troops and severe action. Italian troops resist as civilians found at work under shellfire, while prisoners recount Emperor Charles encouraging sacrifice, glory, and spoils. Soldiers sing as they march toward front lines.
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Piave
Mrs Busch Held At Key West On Immigration Hold
Washington June 1 Mrs Adolphus Busch of St Louis returning from Germany is held temporarily at Key West Florida for examination by immigration authorities and the department of justice. She is chief owner of the brewing company and other properties ordered taken over yesterday by the alien property custodian. Officials say deportation is not contemplated and a release in a day or two is expected.
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WASHINGTON
Adolphus Busch
St. Laws
Germany
Key West
Fla
department of justice
great brewery
Busch
Buseh
expeetiou
eet
Heroic Deed of U S Officer Wins Him Cross of Legion
Lieutenant John T. Bissell of Pittsburgh earns a recommendation for the French Legion of Honor for gallantry at Chateau Thierry. He led a party June 2 to man guns behind cover, saving his men under heavy shellfire as German forces attacked. He exposed himself to enemy fire to cover a retreat and helped destroy a critical bridge.
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U. S
TUE MARNE
Associated Press
John ‘T. Bissel
Pittsburg
Legion of Honor
Chateau Thierry
Chateau
Hissel
Lohmache sunuers
Chineteau -Thierry
Two Americans Change Names Over German Roots in Toronto
Toronto June 18 Harry Albert Stangler and Charlie Schlager American citizens obtained court orders changing their names to Stanley and Tang respectively. Both men said their family names of German origin caused them to be treated with reproach. It was announced in connection with these and similar cases that the authority of Canadian courts to decree new names for Americans had been questioned.
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TORONTO
Harry Albert Stangler
Charlie Schlager
Stanley
tang
Cate Hero Escapes With Wounded Soldiers And Children
A cable from Paris to the Young Men's Christian Association describes Rev Karl S. Cate, a former rector, driving five wounded American soldiers and a group of French children to safety as German forces overran a Western front area. He emptied his truck to shelter the wounded and children, then drove forty eight hours without sleep to reach safety.
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NEW YORK
Karl S. Cate
Christian Association
association
war ‘warl council
Paris
Cate
All Saints Episcopal church, Province
Death sentence for Ben Coughran in Arkansas case
In Little Rock on June 18, Ben Coughran leader of the Working Class Union was sentenced to death by a circuit court jury in Mena Arkansas after evidence linked him to the killing of Deputy Sheriff Charles Aickeland during a posse pursuit of draft resisters on April 15. Coughlan changed from not guilty to guilty.
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LITTLE ROCK
Ark
Ben C. Coughran
Mena
Coughran
Charles Aickeland
Caughlan
Enemy Guns Active Along Ancre Valley
German artillery along the Ancre south of Albert and west of Serre was more active than usual last night, according to a war office statement issued today in London.
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LONDON
Ancre
Albert
Serre
war office
French Capture 100 Prisoners South of the Aisne
Paris June 11 The official announcement reports the French captured 100 prisoners south of the Aisne in a focal operation. Additional patrol engagements between the Ourcq and the Marne yielded more captures.
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RIVER AISNE
PARIS
rAsne
Oured
Marne
Carlton Writes To Wilson Over Western Union Labor Rift
New York June 18 In reply to President Wilson urging Western Union to accept the national war labor board ruling Newcomb Carlton president of Western Union reiterates opposition to joining the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America He cites two possible settlements compulsory arbitration or employee organization under company terms He notes a plan to strike during the war would be waived and protests against laying aside safeguards for effective telegraph service
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NEW YORK
Wilson
Western Union Telegraph Company
national war labor board
Telegraphers Union
Newcomb Carlton
Commercial ,Telegraphers’ Union of America
Carlton
labor board
Cloudburst Swamps Rochester Causing Heavy Damage
Special to the Gazette Rochester reports a cloudburst that washed out roadbeds on the Nevada Short Line between Rochester and Oreana. Upper Rochester buildings were wrecked or shifted by mud floods. Lower Rochester’s Jones saloon suffered doors torn off and mud fill. A seven year old boy was cut and bruised after being swept by floodwater. many chickens were carried away on logs and in coops.
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the
ROCHESTER
Nevada Short Line railroad
here
Oreana
Upper
Lower
Ausdrat
Jones’ saloon
camp wa
Brundidge
American Activity Spoils German Program
A June 10 Berliner Tageblatt quote reports a German general saying American military activity embarrasses German strategy and writers by not aligning with Germany’s plan to influence opinion at home.
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WASHINGTON
state department
Berliner Tageblate
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