Bulgarias Cabinet Resignation Roils European Markets
June 19 reports say the Bulgarian cabinet resignation triggered a sharp stock drop on Berlin and Frankfurt exchanges. Berlin papers claim policy remains, but unease grows from internal Bulgarian differences. Vienna warns that Austria faces a grave food crisis and a failed offensive could worsen the situation.
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London
Berlin
Frankfort
Radoslavoff
Germany
Bulgaria
Far Eastern Russians Seek Allied Siberia Intervention
In Peking on June 19 the Far Eastern Russian Committee for the salvation of the Motherland resolves to appeal through Japan for immediate Entente intervention in Siberia. Russians say an Allied army could be established there with ease, while decrying the Japanese expedition as racially and imperialistically antagonistic and recalling the Russo Japanese war.
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Peking
Russian Committee For the “Salvation of the Motherland
Japan
Siberia
Marshall in Speech Says Was Sedition
Vice President Marshall addressed the Indiana State Democratic convention in favor of Wilson and the war effort. He claimed Col Roosevelt referred to as Lady Theodora is being kept home but may influence the war by letters to a newspaper led by an alien manager. He linked the paper to Rose Pastor Stokes and other seditious writings and warned of opposition if Theodora enters Republican ranks.
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Indianapolis
Wilson
Marshall
Indiana
Theodora
Col
Roosevelt
Rose Pastor Stokes
Republican Party
Kansas City Star
Casualty Lists Released With Marine and Army Totals
Washington reports the marine casualty list includes 130 names and the Army list 144 names. Among them thirty marines were killed in action and six soldiers died.
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Washington
Army
May Declare War Upon The Turks Nation
Washington June 19 The American minister at Teheran reports that Turkish troops sacked the American hospital and seized the American and British consulates at Tabriz Persia The Spanish flag was flying over the hospital The report says the sacking occurred despite protest from the Spanish consul and could be taken as an act of war if confirmed potentially resolving the question of a U S declaration of war on Turkey.
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Washington
Teheran
Tabriz
Per
United States
Turkey
Barnquist Leads Lindberg for G O P Nomination
St Paul June 19 Gov J A A Barnquist has widened his lead over Charles A Lindberg by 50 000 for the Republican nomination for governor Senator Knute Nelson is claimed to have been renominated
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ST. Paul
J. A. A. Barnquist
Charles A. Lindberg
Knute Nelson
Fourth Liberty Drive to Begin in October Likely
Washington officials indicate the Fourth Liberty Loan will likely start in October and run for at least 36 billion dollars. The interest rate is expected to be 4 percent with denominations the same as the Third Liberty Loan.
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Washington
Treasury
Ruling Expected Soon on Work or Fight Ruling
Washington June 19 a general ruling on what constitutes useful and non useful occupation under Provost Marshal Croder’s work or fight ruling will probably be issued in a short time.
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Washington
Crowder
Americans speeding toward war effort, Bonar Law notes
London June 19 Andrew Bonar Law told the House of Commons that Allied reservists in America are part of Germanys plan to exhaust reserves before American reinforcements arrive. He said necessity enabled a movement once deemed impossible as Germans claimed the Americans would not join the conflict, yet they have entered.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
America
Alaska Sails from Seattle to Juneau with Passengers
The steamer Alaska departed Seattle at nine this morning carrying a list of Juneau bound passengers including Mrs J Gustafson G Gustafson and wife Mrs L R Duffy P B Harris James Coggins Helen Peterson and Mrs H Stearns among others.
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Seattle
Alaska
Juneau
J. Gustafson
G. Gustafson
L. R. Duffy
P. B. Herris
James Coggins
Helen Peterson
H. Stearns
South American Troops to Train in United States
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau says Washington advices confirm plans to train South American troops in the United States. The move would involve cooperation between governments and military officials, with details expected to follow.
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United States
Paris
Clemenceau
Washington
South America
Naval Patrol for Alaska Is Now Effective
The naval patrol of Alaska waters starts at once with the patrol ship Explorer and Sub Chaser 31 due to arrive in Juneau this afternoon to begin patrols in Alaskan waters Rear Admiral R A Coontz commandant of the 16th Naval District says the patrol was made possible by the Coast and Geodetic Survey turning the Patterson and Ex continued on page seven
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Naval
Alaska Waters
Explorer
Juneau
Alaskan
R. &. Coontz
16Th Naval District
Princess Alice
Coontz
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Patterson
Army Officer Arrested in New York Contract Scandal
Washington June 19 James C Staley a Reserve Army officer was arrested in New York on charges of taking money from Traefit Raincoat Company for a contract he promised to secure Federal agents probe contracting agencies paying commissions for contracts in manufacturing firms denotes a widening corruption investigation
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Washington
James C. Staley
New York
Traefit
First Prosecution For Evasion Of Income Tax
San Francisco June 19 Charges filed against Sigmund and Joseph Kerschberg presidents of the Sun Tent and Awning Company for making fraudulent returns mark the citys first prosecution for income tax evasion.
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San Francisco
Sigmund
Joseph Kerschberg
Sun Tent and Awning Company
Federal Trade Commission fixes price on sheet newsprint
Washington reports the Federal Trade Commission in cooperation with American and Canadian manufacturers set a maximum price for sheet newspaper at 3.50 dollars per hundred pounds in carload lots and 3.6214 dollars in smaller lots. The price of roll paper used by large dailies remains unfixed and is typically 25 to 60 cents cheaper per 100 pounds than sheet paper.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Alaska homesteads may be patented soon
Senate passes House bill enabling patenting of homestead entries in isolated Alaska sections. The measure, drafted by Delegate Charles A. Sulzer, would authorize free surveys for homestead entries and is now awaiting the President's signature.
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Alaska
Washington
Senate
Charles A. Sulzer
Senate to vote on woman suffrage amendment next week
Washington June 19 the Senate suffrage committee will ask for a vote on the amendment after the House passed it proposing to submit the amendments to the states for ratification. The expected test in the Senate would come Thursday of next week.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Suffrage Committee
House
Railway Unions to Present Modified Wages Program
Washington June 19 heads of the Brotherhood of Railway Unions are expected to present soon a modified program to Secretary McAdoo on wages.
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Washington
The
Brotherhood of Railway Unions
McAdoo On Wases
Tides Tomorrow at JUSE Show Low High Times
Section on tidal readings lists tomorrow's low water at 4.21 a.m. withLi feet, high water at 10.36 a.m. at 19 feet, and low water at 4.14 p.m. with -4.9 feet, high water at 10.11 p.m. at 14.8 feet.
British air supremacy grows as raids destroy enemy planes
London report June 19 states British forces destroyed 25 German aeroplanes and drove three out of control, dropping twenty tons of bombs on railway stations and munition dumps. Eleven enemy machines were destroyed last Sunday with nine driven out of control while ten Allied planes were lost. Military men claim Allied air superiority is continually increasing with more American planes joining from the United States.
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London
United States
Spoiled Meat Rejected for Navy Use in Navy Ships
New York June 10 Hundreds of thousands of pounds of meat intended for American battleships furnished by Wilson and Company of Chicago have been rejected for poor condition. Captain C. S. Williams testified at the Federal Trade Board investigation into charges of bad meat furnished the Navy.
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New York
Wilson & Company of
Chicago
C. S. Williams
Feedral Trade Board
Navy
Additional Men to Be Added to National Army
Preliminary reports indicate over 250000 will be added to class one as a result of re classification by local exemption boards recently ordered by the Government.
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National Army
Washington
Sharpshooters to serve abroad among Marines
Sharpshooters in Washington announce that going forward only sharpshooters will be sent for overseas Marine service.
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Washington
Austrians Press On At Piave In Italy War Front
On June 19 Austrians renew attacks to break Italian resistance along the Piave while defensive lines hold. Allies report Austrian gains across the river still uncertain amid a 30 mile front from Asiago to Piave and mixed results against Italian positions.
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Piave
Asiago
Prisoner claims differ from actual wartime counts
Berlin advices report large numbers of prisoners including civilian workers, but actual POWs may be far fewer than German reports indicate. Vienna bulletin says Austrians captured 30,000 prisoners and 120 guns as rain attacks renew along the Bretna river and British assaults south of Asiga fail.
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Vienna
Bretna
Asiga
Austrians attacked Italian front. French hold Line
Havas reports massed Austrian attacks on the Italian front were broken by French defense. Austrian prisoners and material were taken. Rome notes a pincher movement not closing on Italy with the same precision as last fall. Allies repulse Austrians from Asiago to Piave with heavy losses.
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Paris
Havas
Rome
Italy
Piave
Venitia
Alps
Asiago
University Regents Demand Resignations Over War Allegations
Lincoln Nebraska June 19 The board of Regents at the University of Nebraska demand the resignation of E B Hoyt C E Persinger and C W A Luckey after charges by the State Council of Defense that they lacked aggressive Americanism in their attitude toward the war.
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Lincoln, Neb
Board of Regents
University of Nebraska
E. B. Hoyt
C. E. Persinger
C. W. A. Luckey
State Council of Defense
Hoarded Flour Seized to be Sold by Court
In Seattle on June 19 officers seized several thousand pounds of hoarded flour and the court will conduct a sale of the stock.
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Seattle
Stock Quotations From New York Flourish
June 19 report shows Alaska Gold closing at 1 percent, American Zinc at 19 percent, Butte and Superior at 23 percent, China at 38 percent, Ray at 23 percent, and Jah Copper at 78 percent.
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New York
Alaska
Butte & Superior
China
Ray
New German Offensive Indications On West Front
London June 19 reports suggest signs of a new German offensive on the West front with Rheims as the immediate objective. An attack began along a 14 mile front while Allied artillery activity increases along the Western line and in Flanders. Local raids are reported from most sectors.
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Rheims
London
Flanders
German bombardment hurled at Rheims front near Virgny Lamopollo
An official bulletin reports a violent night bombardment and a German attack about 14 miles long on the Rheims front between Virgny and Lamopollo. French forces resist with apparent success while Rheims is hemmed in on three sides and French colonial troops are said to defend the city amid expected German efforts to retake it.
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Paris
Rheims
Virgny
Lamopollo
Ainse
Shipyards Could Suffer If Beer Is Cut Off
Bainbridge Colby of the Federal Shipping Board warned the House Agricultural Committee that immediate total prohibition would reduce American shipyard output by 25 percent by depriving workers of beer. He argued beer is essential to sustaining labor productivity in shipyards.
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Washington
Bainbridge Colby
Federal Shipping Board
House Agricultural Committee
Stefansson to stay at Fort Yukon for health
Arctic explorer Vilhalmur Stefansson informs the Navy Department he will remain at Fort Yukon for the summer due to health reasons. His ship the Polar Bear will come south from the Arctic Ocean when ice conditions permit.
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Ottawa
Vilhalmur Stefansson
Navy Department
Fort Yukon
Arctic Ocean
Steamers Bound North and Sailings Planned
Mail information indicates Jefferson due tomorrow morning. Humboldt due Saturday with no mail. Alaska sailed from Seattle this morning. Spokane and Admiral Farragut scheduled to sail from Seattle Friday. City of Seattle set to sail next Tuesday. Princess Alice due south bound Friday morning. Alameda expected southbound Friday.
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Jefferson
Humboldt
Alaska
Seattle
Spokane
Admiral Farragut
City of Seattle
Princess Alice
Alameda
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Zurich
Vienna Zeitung
Sia
Barnquist
Lindeberg
Admiral Coontz
Wilson Packing Company of
Piave River
ARE
Stefansson
Yukon River
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