Italians Regain Capo Sile Front Near Piave
London reports Italian forces retook Capo Sile and all territory between Zenson and Fossetta canal after Austro Hungarian advances. Austrians confined to ground between Fossetta and Sile canals. High fighting continues on Montello and near Sar Donà di Piave as Italian resolve strengthens. Emperor Charles discouraged by stalled assault and plans further attacks.
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LONDON
Capo Sile
Piave river
Zenson
Fosseta
Fossetta
Sile
Prermanent Workmen Riot Over Peace Demonstrations
Heavily censored private messages from Stockholm report peace demonstrations in Berlin Hamburg and Cologne. Several workmen were killed and many arrested as police and troops dispersed the crowds in these cities.
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LONDON
Fourth of July celebrated as world holiday in France
June 20 Paris reports preparations for a major French celebration of Independence Day. Maurice Damour, deputy, urges all French to join in festivities nationwide. He calls for extensive decorations with French and American flags, organized processions in Paris, and flowers before Washington's statue with the American flag raised simultaneously across France.
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PARIS
Maurice Damour
chamber of deputies
Americaun
France
Washington
Austrian General Von Kronstadt Fights, Dies After Desertion
June 2 report from Italian headquarters says Maj. Gen. von Kronstadt of Austria, deserted by his staff on Montego plateau, fought solo against Italian arditi until seriously wounded and later died in hospital. His staff fled upon encountering the enemy. the general refused surrender and continued firing.
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Associated Press
Montego
von Kronstadt
arditi
MonteHo
arditti
Italians Win Air Superiority on Piave Front
Italian and Austrian troops watched as an Italian plane forced the surrender of Austrian machine gun float crew on the Piave after Italian infantry and artillery failed to subdue it. Italians now control the air along the Piave while Austrian air activity has ceased. Prisoners report food shortages.
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Associated Press
Piave
talans
Viave
No Celebrations Prohibited in Polish Territory
Dr Drews the Prussian minister of the interior announced in the Prussia lower house that henceforth all public celebrations would be prohibited in Polish territory during the war. The step came after disturbances at the Koselusko celebrations which deeply hurt the German population.
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AMSTERDAM
Drews
Prun
Prussia
Koselusko
Irish Revolution Leaders Arrested in Australia
Melbourne reports seven Irish Republican Brotherhood ringleaders arrested as part of a plan to enroll volunteers for an armed revolt to establish an Irish republic. Washington notes the Senate approval of a 220000600 pension bill.
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MELBOURNE
Australia
Irish Republican Brotherhood
Ireland
Rheims Defense Seen Exhausting German Attack
Paris dispatches report German efforts against Rheims suffered a brutal setback and collapsed, hailed as a hopeful sign for Allied operations. French press credit French infantry and Gouraud’s colonial troops for stout defense and heavy German losses, with additional notes of prison captures and limited action elsewhere on the front. British raiders conducted multiple nighttime clashes along the line, seizing prisoners and causing German losses.
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PARIS
Rheims
Havas
Gouraud
Petit Journal
Frech
Montdidier
Oise
Olge
Chaume Wood
LONDON
U Boat Sinks British Steamer After Forcing Crew Aboard
London reports a German U-boat torpedoed and shelled a British steamer. Crew were ordered aboard, the captain held prisoner, then towed back to the ship with a prize crew. The vessel was sunk as the crew rowed away. Of 28 aboard one boat only five survived, another boat rescued in critical condition on day five by an American steamer.
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LONDON
Express Company Rate Orders Expected Soon
Washington June 20 The Interstate Commerce Commission handed down an order refusing to reopen the 10 percent rate increase request and allowing consideration of a 15 percent rise. The order was withdrawn minutes later without explanation as the commission poised to issue a decision in a few days.
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WASHINGTON
Interstate commerce commission
Telegraph Company Accused Of Violating Postal Laws
Postal inspectors arrested several Western Union agents on trains between Boston and Washington and seized suitcases of messages for telegraph transmission. The case, under postal law violation, will be presented to grand juries with telegraph officials summoned for explanation. Penalty includes fines up to 500 dollars or six months imprisonment.
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TELEGRAPH COMPANY
WASHINGTON
Western Unionelegraph Company
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltmore
Riots rock Hofburg as Vienna bread protests erupt
Report from Vienna describes rioting over bread ration cuts. Mob attacked bakeries and the premier's residence, with cavalry sent to restore order. A martial law possibility and a general strike were noted as authorities faced widespread unrest across Vienna and Neustadt.
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LONDON
Vienna
Exchange
Amsterdam
Hofburg palace
Zurich
Neustadt
Empire
newasapipers
Austria-Hungary
imediatetelp
Germany
Iungary
Draft age 18 to 45 eyed for broader draft
Washington June 20 preparedness work begins on statistics to gauge how many men aged eighteen to forty-five would be available if the draft extends to those ages. Crowder’s office will send the data to the Senate military committee drafting the bill. Baker had signaled no opposition to extending the age limit.
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WASHINGTON
Crowder
senate military committee
Baker
Gen. Crowder
claus
More Bread and Butter Demanded by Danes Protest
In Copenhagen on a June day protesters mainly women gathered near the parliament bearing banners demanding more bread and butter. A deputation met the home secretary who affirmed he could not grant a larger butter allowance.
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COPENHAGEN
Denmark
Rise of bread price reported from Germany and Hoover visit
Amsterdam reports the Berlin Vorwaerts declares bread will cost five pfennigs a pound, promising landowners a billion marks surplus profits and predicting higher milk butter and beef costs. In London, the food minister says Herbert Hoover will visit England in a few weeks as the American food administrator tours Europe.
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AMSTERDAM
Berlin
LONDON
Herbert C. Hoover
England
Farmers Aim for Victory as Houston Praises Harvests
Secretary of Agriculture Houston told the Iowa Bankers Association in Dubuque that rising food stocks reflect farmers' war effort and urged urban residents to ensure plentiful harvests are not wasted amid labor shortages. He asserted there is no turning back and emphasized law and peace as future guarantees.
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DUBUQUE
Houston
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Strike at Curtiss plant in Buffalo halts work
At the Curtiss Airplane and Motor Corporation main plant in Buffalo New York a strike began at ten o clock with about five hundred machinists walking out union leaders said others at nearby plants would join at noon James H Keplerley the companys general manager met a worker committee this morning The walkout follows a meeting of five hundred machinists demanding an eight hour day equal pay to navy yard workers reinstatement of men allegedly discharged last month during federal intervention
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BUFFALO
Curtiss Aire plane and Motor Corporation
Tive
JamesH. Keperley
tew
navy yards
New Unsinkable Ship Building in America
Washington June 20 contracts for ten of the vessels have been let by the French government to an American firm. The design is the work of a Frenchman and embodies principles heretofore unknown.
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WASHINGTON
America
U-boat sightings near Sandy Hook and South Carolina
An American steamer from a Central American port reports sighting a German submarine about 180 to 200 miles south of Sandy Hook at 4 p m yesterday, the first such north of Jersey coast attacks since May. A Gulf Port vessel also reports a subsurface encounter off South Carolina, the raider diving as the steamer sped away after wireless alerts.
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ATLANTIC
Sandy Trook
Jersey
South Carolina
GULF
Inevitable Defeat for Austria Is Aimed at Italy
Paris reports that Italian and Franco British forces are seen by the French press as closing in on Austrian defeat. A Rome dispatch notes a double Italian triumph with Adriatic naval action and the halt of Austrian advances. German leaders were said to favor an Austrian offensive against Italy, with Emperor Charles aligned to that view.
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PARIS
Havas
Rome
Adriatic
Echo de Paris
von Hindenburg
Conrad von Hocxendorf
Charles
Italy
Britain to have cabinet to control home affairs
London June 20 Chancellor Bonar Law announced in the House of Commons that a committee on home affairs would be created to deal with questions needing cross department cooperation. Earl Curzon said the panel would include senior home department members and meet weekly, with larger policy referred to the war cabinet. Critics noted government extravagance, but Bonar Law defended wartime economies and control of commodities.
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LONDON
Bonar
Law
house
of commons
Earl Curzon
of lords
Bonar Law
home secretary
house of commons
Cloudburst Floods Goldfield Flats and Blocks
June 20 Tonopah report details a cloudburst three miles north of Goldfield flooding the flat toward Klondike. Two and a quarter inches of rain fell in half an hour, with two feet of water on outskirts. Train No. 23 was canceled as its engine could not exit the roundhouse, and the Klondike bridge washed out. Goldfield suffered blackout with insulators stripped between Alkali and town. brief outages elsewhere. Train No. 24 arrived from Reno but doubled back to replace No. 23.
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TONOPAH
Goldfield
Klondike
Reno
Gorarfala
U Boats Face Tough War as German Analyst Warns
In Berlin a naval critic The Berliner Tageblatt via Rotterdam reports Capt Persius admits Uboat warfare faces stronger Allied defenses. He notes enemies will defend themselves against tonnage needs long term and that underestimating enemy resources has been a repeated error since the war began.
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LONDON
Persius
Berliner Tageblatt
Rotterdam
Telegraph
Lack Sea Fleet Wanted by Turkey Geneva June 20
The officiar journal Tanine of Constantinople claims the entire Russian naval and mercantile fleet in the Black Sea should be turned over to Turkey. It lists Turkish naval units lost in the war and argues that after Austria Germany and Bulgaria gained Russian booty, the Black Sea fleet should belong to Turkey.
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GENEVA
Tanine
Constantinople
Russia
black Sea
Turkey
Austria
Germany
Bulgaria
Rumania
Russian
Turke
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