Italians and British Make Gains on Multiple Fronts
Rome reports the Italians resumed offense capturing Austrian positions on Ponte Ortigara and taking 936 prisoners. London says British forces gained on the Arras front and four German guns were captured east of Messines. Paris notes heavy artillery fighting on the Aisne and Champagne fronts with a German bombardment near Lauffaux Mill and Mont Camillet.
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Arras
Messines
Rome
London
War Office
Paris
Aisne
Champagne
Lauffaux Mill
Mont Camillet
Indirect Fire Changes Machine Gun Use Behind Front Lines
Associated Press reports from France describe a shift to indirect fire with machine guns. British officers say training Americans at the front is essential to learn these rapid evolutions in warfare before units reach combat.
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Associated Press
France
America
United States
Food Power Is Co-equal With Man Power Says New Controller
Lord Rhondda, newly appointed food controller, declares in a London interview that food power is co equal with man power during the war. He stresses dependence on American and Canadian supply to sustain Britain and its allies and notes his prior fame as David A. Thomas the Coal King.
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London
Lord Rhondda
Great Britain
America
Europe
United States
Canada
Lord
Rhondda
England
David A. Thomas
Fine American art pottery thrives in the South and beyond
A noted ceramic chemist at an American Chemical Society meeting in New York praises premier South and regional centers for fine American art pottery. He cites New Orleans Skyland Marblehead Boston Ohio and others as sources, attributes success to American clays, and notes glaze work and low temperature firings affect color and water resistance.
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American Chemical Society
New York
Philadelphia Public Ledger
America
South
Skyland
Lofty
North Carolina
New Orleans
New York State
Boston
Marblehead
Massachusetts
Ohio
Arkansas
Arizona
New Mexico
Newcomb
Constantine Arrives in Switzerland Amid Abducations
LUGANO Switzerland June 20 Former King Constantine of Greece arrived with Swiss officials welcoming him at the frontier. German diplomats accompanied him as illness delayed his wife. A telegram from the German emperor was handed to him. He may next visit Germany to meet the emperor.
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Lugano
Switzerland
Paris
Frormer
Constantine
Greece
Germany
Bulgaria
Geneva
Balkan
Ferdinand
Venizelos
Sofia
Transportation in Russia Can Be Helped
The American Railway Commission in Petrograd plans a broader study of Russia’s railroad resources and a possible southward trip. They believe large improvements are possible despite rolling stock shortages, and traffic could rise more than threefold. Nekrasoff questions the new management principles, while M Mitinsky praises the Americans’ efforts.
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Petrograd
London
American Railway Commission
Russia
South
N. V. Nekrasoff
Communications
Associated Press
M. Mitinsky
Department of Material
Army Orders Voice Training Camp Moves and Promotions
Detailed army orders show CAPT. MARSHALL MAGRUDER of the Fourteenth Field Artillery assigned to Fort Sheridan. CAPT. HERMAN W. CRAMER moves to Fort Riley. Lt. Thomas W. Penrose and Lt. John B. Coulter from the Medical Reserve and cavalry detachments report to a Washington board for promotion examination.
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Fourteenth Field Artillery
Fort Sheridan
Reserve Corps
Herman W. Cramer
Fort Riley
Medical Reserve Corps
Thomas W. Penrose
Southern Department
John B. Coulter
Cavalry
Washington, D. C
Must Insure Men on Ships Chiefs Order War Zone Coverage
Regulations require all officers and crew on American merchant ships trading with the war zone to be insured by employers for 1500 to 5000 dollars against death maiming or capture. Policies take effect for ships leaving the United States June 26 and for ships from foreign ports July 10.
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Washington, D. C
United States
McAdoo
Two Negroes Executed in Virginia Electric Chair
Hamilton Cosvy and Robert Jones, both African Americans, were executed in the electric chair in Richmond for the murder of Policeman Thomas. The officers had nabbed them as they were stealing a ham from a Charlottesville store.
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Richmond
Hamilton Cosvy
Robert Jones
Thomas
Charlottesville
California Syrup of Figs Promises Quick Child Cold Relief
Advertises California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels for sick children and mentions a 50 cent bottle with directions for all ages. Warns against counterfeits and urges buying genuine product from California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Peace mission traveler reveals passport loss in Stockholm
Boris Reinstein of Buffalo New York part of an American trio in Stockholm for a peace mission admits leaving the United States after his passport was seized by the State Department and not returned He says he represents the Socialist Labor Party at the conference Betterments of the International and Great Northern Railway They also spent time at Galveston before the trip The report notes the valuation as a preliminary move to remove the railway from receivership.
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Stockholm
London
Boris Reinstein
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
International Peace Mission
Sweden
American State Department
Reinstein
Socialist Labor Party
International
Great Northern Railway
Galveston
State Railroad Officials Compile Valuation Additions
W E Fitzgerald auditor and R D Parker chief engineer of the Railroad Commission returned from Houston after several days gathering statistics for the proposed valuation of additions and related work during receivership and a joint effort with local authorities.
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G. N
Austin
Tex
W. E. Fitzgerald
R. D. Parker
The
Railroad Commission
Houston
Nebraska board orders probe into death of Tressie McCrossin
The state board of control in Lincoln orders an investigation into the death of 17 year old ward Tressie McCrossin who was found buried and dismembered and beheaded in an outhouse on Mary Harlan's ranch near Keeline Ned. Mrs Harlan lives with her 65 year old brother and a man named Donahue.
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Lincoln
Neb
State Board of Control
Nebraska
Tressie McCrossin
Mary Harlan
Keeline
Ned
War Recruits Reach 120 185 Across Nation
War recruiting for the regular army totals 120 185 with 1551 men enlisted nationwide on Monday. New York shows 287 recruits while Vermont lags at only one tenth of its 710 quota since April 1.
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Washington, D. C
New York Ley
Vermont
Good Roads Parade Leads Texas Delegations to Mineral Wells
Fort Worth hosts the Good roads parade as Texas Highway Commission members and autoists travel from Fort Worth to Mineral Wells for a two day state convention starting this afternoon. Bosque county sends the largest group of twenty with a band while Red Cross campaigns, per President Howard Bland of Taylor, have affected attendance.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Good Roads
New
Texas Highway Commission
Texas
Mineral Wells
Bosque County
Red Cross
Howeard Bland
Taylor
Just What She Needed Foley Kidney Pills Ad
Mrs Mary V Bunker of Milton on the Kudson New York says Foley Kidney Pills are just what she needed. The advertisement notes women often blame fatigue and headaches on being female but may suffer from kidney disorder. Sold by A M Fischer.
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Mary V. Bunker
Milton-on-the Kudson
N. Y
A. M. Fischer
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