German Waves Hit West Front in Violent Battle
Paris reports extreme German losses as waves attack French lines near Hurtebise and along the Chemin des Dames. Artillery ferocity peaks east of Vauxail Jon, north of Laffaux, and around Braye-en-Laonnois while British forces under Haig advance on the Scarpe front, slightly gain Loos and near Lens in the broader offensive toward Douai.
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Paris
Hurtebise
Chemin Des Dames Sec
Laon
Theent
Vauxail Jon
Laffaux
Braye-en-Laonnis
Monument
London
Haig
P de Hill
Loos
Greenland Hill
Lens
Gav- Douai
Indi
Italian gains reported as trench advance south of Jamiano
Vienna and London report that on June 6 a substantial trench area south of Jamiano was regained by Italian forces. The operation involved 171 officers and 6,500 men as part of the Italian offensive announced in today’s official s. The news highlights a significant ground gain in the ongoing campaign.
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Vienna
London
Jamiano
Frontline battles continue on Macedonian front
Sofia reports French and allied troops pushing on the Macedonian front are repulsed in ongoing combat. The war claims indicate renewed pressure and ongoing exchange of fire as operations continue.
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Anetrians
Jane
Sofia
Prisoners Registered for Service as War Calls Rise
Nineteen jail inmates registered Tuesday with Chief Jailer G E Mc Knight signaling readiness for potential mobilization. Exemptions were few, with one blind in one eye another with a dependent mother and a third claiming heart trouble. Occupations ranged from laborer to bugler, shipper to merchant seaman, with two Jamaican colored men among the registrants and several having prior U S Army service. A single alien enemy was noted, jailed for bootlegging, who used a different name on the card than at booking.
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G. E. McKnight
Mercantile Marine
United States Army
Jamaica
Downtown Returns Show City Growth and Voter Shift
Returns indicate heavy downtown registration with Executive W. M. Whitney of the Sixth district noting many downtown men may have not voted previously. The report suggests Seattle's new waterfront industries attract outside residents now living in hotels.
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W. M. Whitney
Seattle
Frisco Registration Surpasses Coastwide Estimate
Registration of conscriptable youths on the Pacific coast topped all east mates as incomplete returns came in. A card shortage and a surge to polling places overwhelmed registrars across the Coast with loggers flocking to Weed and McCloud depleting blanks, forcing loose scraps for records. Idaho Washington Oregon California and Arizona together should register 771,207 men.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Weed
McCloud
California
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Arizona
War exemptions at city registration many foreign born drivers
Nearly every garbage wagon driver claimed exemption on grounds they did not like the war. Most drivers were foreign born. At Precinct 133 many registered at J. T. Handsaker home where Mrs Handsaker served sandwiches and coffee. A registrar in Precinct 226 registered his son Rosa Bernard Piles. One young man did not claim exemption. A man in Precinct 9 claimed exemption to support his mother-in-law.
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J. T. Handsaker
Precinct
Handsaker
S. H. Piles
Rosa Bernard Piles
He Ought to Be Glad At Precinct 88
A man on Queen Anne hill insisted on filing an exemption claim citing heavy debt while the registrar urged him to be anxious to go to France. John H. Sargent, chief registrar in Precinct 87, received and signed Noel G. Sargent’s absentee registration card from the University of Chicago and completed the return certificate.
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Queen Anne Hill
France
John H. Sargent
Noel G. Sargent
University of Chicago
Riot Quelled in Petrograd as 10000 Demonstrators Clash
United Press reports in Stockholm on June 6 that about 10,000 socialists and labor groups gathered in royal square to protest the lower house premier blocking the socialist Branting from the upper house. Police and soldiers used sabers, wounding several as guards reinforced the palace and parliament. The peaceful parade escalated when barriers blocked access to the palace and buildings. stones flew and clashes occurred, but guards held the line.
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United Press
Btockholm
Royal Square
Brant
Tornado Toll Rises Across Kansas and Missouri
Tornadoes across Kansas and Missouri killed at least nine people. Near Richmond Missouri two women and a baby died, with several injured. Centralia saw three more fatalities, while a tornado tracked a 40 mile path from near Eakridge across northeastern Kansas. In Elmont and near Topeka, individuals Sherman Archer and Alonso Andrews died, with others reported dead in multiple districts.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Richmond
Centralia
Eakridge
Elmont
Kan
Sherman Archer
Alonso Andrews
Niles
Topeka
Immigrant Cousins Seek U S Defense Pledge on Cards
Fortunato Kalaper of 3825 1Tth ave in Austria and his cousin demand the Precinct 178 registrar add to their registration cards a stipulation that they will fight for the United States in defense of the country on U S soil. They say they have brothers and uncles in the Austrian army and will not fight against them.
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Fortunato Kalaper
Austria
United States
Pair Charged With Fighting Registration
Charges of sedition were filed against Clay Berild and Ed Peterson for distributing anti conscription petitions and literature. They were held on an open charge after detectives found Resist Conscription stickers and the petition opposing compulsory service. A Herald interview noted four signatures obtained at the Greenland pool room as detectives arrested them.
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Clay Berild
Union
Ed Peterson
Alki Point
Clay Allen
Humphries and
McLennan
Herald
Greenland
Fourth Ave
Pike At
Cong Reas
Baker wins out as Portland mayor in close race
Portland returns show George L. Baker with a 1,568 plurality over Will S. Daly for mayor, 24,921 to 23,264. A. L. Barbour and John M. Mann elected commissioners. three charter proposals defeated or approved amid close votes on anti-picketing, grass elevator bonds, and street use measures. Oregon approves the $6,000,000 road bond bill.
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Portland
George L. Baker
Will St. Daly
Daly
A. L. Barbour
John M Mann
Oregon
Referendum Measure Echoes Across Nations
The text notes a proposed measure in Australia facing defeat and a call for Congress to relinquish self exemption. Bernd, a Norwegian author 13 years in the U.S., claims a petition came from Chicago socialist HQ and asserts unawareness of illegality. Berild and Peterson are described as ardent socialists.
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Australia
Bernd
Chicago
Berild
Peterson
Socialiata
Convicts Riot Ends Honor System at Joliet Prison
Joliet Illinois June 6 the honor system at Joliet state prison to be abolished after yesterday's riot that caused one death and injuries to several convicts and two guards acting warden A L Bowen blamed excess liberty for the mutiny and said women posing as welfare workers wrote improper letters and visiting rules were loosened leading to the disturbance property damage from five fires was estimated at twenty thousand dollars
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Petrograd
U. S
Alee Lie
Baker
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