Sugar ship torpedoed off Virginia coast
A sugar ship was torpedoed and sunk off the Virginia capes at 10 o clock today according to a pilot who arrived in Lewes Delaware. Gunfire was heard off Ventnor New Jersey and a destroyer sighted about 70 miles off shore. Reports say naval target range near Cape May may indicate practice shooting. New secret methods for operating German coastal raiders were discussed with Rear Admiral Cameron Winston and Admiral Henson to unify patrol efforts.
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Virginia
Jersey
Lewes
Del
Virginia Capes
Atlantic City
N. J
Ventner
Cape May
Washington
Naval Board
Cameron Winstow
Henson
Atlantic
Ground Hog Must Go in War Housing Crunch
National call to action as rent strikes surge in Brooklyn and the Bronx and Seattle reports vacant houses due to out of reach rents. War workers pay two weeks for a month, prices up from 25 to 40 50 dollars. Authorities blamed for inaction. Congress urged to act.
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Seattle
Congress
Great Britain
Uncle Sam
Blood on bayonet slogans from American front line letters
Letter from Lt Luke Zech to Justice Wright describes American soldiers in France using brutal slogans and fighting spirit. It notes harsh language toward Germans, admiration from French allies, and expectations of brutal warfare as the push approaches. The account mentions prisoners, frontline nights, and close fighting with Germans.
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France
Seattle
Luke Zech
John B. Wright
Tommy
Lieut
Zech
No Man's Land
Rescue of All Hands From Diver Attack Near Atlantic Port
June 10 report confirms 18 crew members of the S. S. Pinar De Rio were rescued after submarine attack and sinking. The captain and 17 crew reached port aboard a fruit liner after a flare was seen off the Jersey coast and the ship was destroyed by gunfire off Maryland.
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Atlantic
S. S.S. Pinar de Rio
Jersey
Maryland
Labor Starts Convention in St Paul Today
In St Paul Minnesota delegates begin the 24th convention of the American Federation of Labor with a focus on winning the war and boosting production. Opening addresses stress loyalty to the government while early talk hints at Frank Morrison facing reelection. typographical union expected to nominate secretary J W Hays.
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ST. Paul, Minn
American Union Labor
American Federation of Labor
Frank Morrison
J. W. Hays
Essential industry to be listed soon in white list
Washington June 10 publication of a list of industrial plants showing which are essential or nonessential will be imminent. The fuel administration said plants on the white list will be cited by name.
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Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Seattle to require auto drivers tests for police permits
Plans submitted by a Chamber of Commerce committee would require every auto driver in Seattle to pass extensive driving tests before a police permit is issued. Appalled by the rising accident death toll, civilian observers announced midday they will press to eliminate reckless or untrained drivers.
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Seattle
Warren
Chamber of Commerce
Soldier suicides in rooming house after love affair
June 19 report says Randy, a colored soldier from Colorado, drank carbolic acid in a rooming house on HK 25th, ending his life. Police attribute the tragedy to a love affair.
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Coma
Randy
Lewin
Colorado
Thrift Stamp a Day Keep the Hun Away
A wartime slogan urging thrift stamp purchases to fund the war effort. The message promotes daily savings to support national defense and morale. It reflects home front propaganda encouraging citizens to contribute through small, regular purchases.
President Wilson Limits Telegraphers Strike Avert
Washington June 10 The President and Secretary of Labor have averted a telegraphers strike. The National War Labor Board will meet in Chicago Wednesday to discuss mandating recognition of workers rights to organize. Seattle union members and advisory labor council officials sent a letter to Wilson hoping intervention would avoid a strike and back the unions. Sentiments followed resolutions from joint committees with possible referral to a vote on a sympathetic strike. Further word from St Paul said Secretary Mor-
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Washington
Wilson
National War Labor Board
Chicago
Altho
Seattle
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Labor Council of
Henry M. White
United States Department of Labor
Joint Committees
Central Labor Council
Austrians Mutiny Breaks Out On East Front
London dispatch reports a serious revolt among Austrian troops on the East front. The undated Kieff dispatch, relayed from Moscow, confirms the mutiny and its unfolding status.
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London
East Front
Kieff
Moscow
Refuse Uniform Prosecuted as Conscientious Objectors
Forty five drafted men tried by general court martial here for refusing to wear the army uniform were sentenced to life imprisonment. The commanding officer reduced each sentence to 25 years.
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San Antonio
Tex
Telegraph Ownership Seen Certain By Government
A speaker told the convention of the American Federation of Labor that government ownership of telegraphs is certain due to current labor difficulties.
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Rison
American Federation of Labor
Allies Not Ready for Negotiations Until U S Army Arrives
C C Lyon reports from the Somme front that peace remains distant as the battle rages. He notes the German military party dominates, America strengthens the Allies, and a crushing victory awaits only after one to two million American bayonets join the line. He argues negotiations await a decisive Allied push with greater American numbers.
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Germany
America
Russia
Rumania
Yankees Repulse Fresh German Attack in Marne District
General Pershing reported repulse of a new German assault northwest of Chateau Thierry. The enemy attacked near Bouresches after artillery prep and machine gun fire but suffered heavy losses. Artillery fighting was lively in Picardy and the Marne showed decreased activity.
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Washington
Chateau Thierry
Picardy
Marne
Prepare for Long War Warns Sazzallo at Conference
Dr Henry Suzzallo president of the University of Washington and head of the state defense council told county chairmen of war savings committees at a Soldiers and Sailors club meeting that the United States must prepare for a three or four year war He praised the national war savings program as the greatest education in economy and urged economy in business and the home Wilson proclaimed War Savings Day calling citizens to pledge amounts at their voting places Daniel Kelleher state director and W S Peachy spoke on efficient selling Kelleher recently returned from a war savings conference in New York Washington D C and Virginia
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United States
Henry Sazzallo
University of Washington
State Council of Defense
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Club
National War Savings Program
Suzzallo
Wilson
Daniel Kelleher
W. S. Peachy
Kelleher
Conference of the Nations War Savings Committee
New York
Washington
D. C
Virginia
Bolsheviks Nearing Doom in Russia Dispatch From Stockholm
United Press correspondent reports in Stockholm that the Bolsheviks face collapse as counter revolutionary forces gain strength in Moscow and Petrograd. Skoropadsky in Ukraine, Mannerheim in Finland, and Krassneff in the Don region are cited as restoring old regimes. Baltic provinces occupied, Pskoff and Minsk under Austro German influence, with Turks and Germans advancing toward Caucasus and heart of Russia.
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Stockholm
Russia
Moscow
Petrograd
Ukraine
Skoropadsky
Mannerheim
Finland
Krassneff
Don
Ing
Caucasus
Tiflis
Mirbach
Germany
Roosevelt Slightly Ill in St Louis Speech Set for Tonight
St Louis June 10 Col Roosevelt was slightly indisposed and remained in his room today. He suffered a slight erysipelas attack but his speech tonight was not canceled. Portland During swift river rescue Emmett L Allen drowned in the Clackamas river Leonard Bayless saved the girl from drowning.
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ST. Louis
Col. Roosevelt
Portland
Emmett L. Allen
Clackamas
Leonard Bayless
Young men 21 may enlist in navy under new ruling
Washington June 10. Under a ruling by the provost marshal general registrants aged 21 may voluntarily enlist in the navy or marine corps after securing permission from their local board.
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Washington
Navy
Marine Corps
Plan to Circle Paris and the Montdidier Front
June 16 report from Paris and London describes a German encirclement plan aiming at Paris from Montdidier to Chateau Thierry. British and French forces resist as Germans commit ten divisions, suffer heavy losses, and struggle to breach Allied lines before America’s full entry.
German Drive Near Montdidier Stalls Against French Resistance
Paris June 10 German offensive between Montdidier and Oyon slowed as French resistance checked advances. The center and allied left gained about a mile from initial three mile penetration. American and French troops pushed north west of Chateau-Thierry seizing 260 prisoners and 30 machine guns. Courcelles-Ehadelles changed hands several times. Ville area near Noyon yielded 600 prisoners. New German forces reached near Cuvilly and Rea sons-Sur-Matz wood with other advances four miles south of Laggnsy.
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Montdidier-Noyon
Paris
Avre
Montdidier
Chateau Th
Chateau Thierry
von Huber
America
Oyon
Chateau-Thierry
Courcelles-Ehadelles
Ville
Noyon
Cuvilly
Reasons-Sur-Matz Wood
Bellinglise Chateau
Lagsigny
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Brooklyn
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Paul
Frank Mor
C. C. Lyon
the Star
Pershing
General Pershing
Somme
Sazzallo
Joe Shapien
Trotsky
BY Joseph Shaplen
United Press
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Brest, Litovsk
Teddy
Teutons
J. L. MacPherson
Admiralty
House of Commons
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Caterpillar
Greenbelly
Ballard
King County
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Inspector Galbraith
Kaiser Wilhelm
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