Kronstadt Sailors Reach Petrograd to Demand Council Resignations
Kronstadt garrison sailors arrived in Petrograd announcing ships would sail to Kronstadt and bring men for demonstrations. They demand a new selection of the Council of Workmen and Soldiers' delegates and ask for former Emperor Nicholas to be handed over. They express discontent with War Minister Kerensky and the provisional government over abolition of the death penalty.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Aden
Kronstadt
Council of Workmen's
Nicholas
Kerensky
Bavarian Crown Prince Speech Praises East Prussian Division
Speech published by Lokal Anzeiger quotes the Bavarian Crown Prince praising the 85th East Prussian division for halting a British assault on the Arras front. He asserts renewed British failure, attributing delays to losses, submarine actions, and ammunition supplies. He pledges holdout and victory.
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Presa
Amsterdam
London
Lokal Anzeiger
Arras
England
Illness Delays Italian War Mission Trip
The Italian war mission tour through the south and middle west is postponed due to illness. Prince Udine has a slight fever and William Marconi has a chronic illness, causing them to skip the southern leg with plans to join later in Chicago or New York.
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Washington, D. C
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Middle West
Prince Udine
William Marconi
Marconi
Chicago
New York
Attorney General Warns on Draft Registration Evasion
Washington June a final warning against evasion of the draft registration was issued by Attorney General Gregory. He said a few men may refuse to register in each community but no force will be used to enforce the law. The department will prosecute evaders and cards from men abroad need not reach their precinct registrar this June.
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Washington
Gregory
Ohio braces for youth registration by order of state
State officials announced Ohio is prepared for the registration of men aged 21 to 31 tomorrow. The plan aims to speed collection of county returns to Columbus, with two anti conscription figures watched for possible future arrests. Telephones and telegraph lines will stay open as counties report, to send totals to the Provost Marshal General and President Wilson. Colonel Hubert J. Turney led the registration headquarters and voiced confidence in Ohio’s lead.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Tomor
Cincinnati
Mexican pirates loot U S ship Arcas off Tehuantepec
The American fishing schooner Arcas was boarded by Mexican gunboat crews near Tehuantepec on May 31 and looted of clothing gear and a medicine chest. Captain B A McDonald reported the incident to federal port officials, noting the steamer carried no flag and the Mexicans claimed to be Carranza soldiers lacking clothing or pay.
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Associated Prom To the Banner
Galveston
Tex
Arcas
Tehuantepec
Mexico
A. McDonald
The
Carranza
McDonald
Thrift And Liberty Loan Bonds Campaign Emphasized
A nationwide thrift drive promotes saving through Liberty Loan Bonds of 1917. The notes offer safety and tax free interest equivalent to 5 or 6 percent, with easy conversion to cash and the added civic value of backing the war effort. The program targets farmers, producers, and students, urging prudent saving and national support.
Two Percent Advertising Tax Favored by City Committee
Washington discussion on war era taxation for publishers led the committee to adopt a resolution proposing a 2 percent tax on advertising receipts. The vote was nearly unanimous with one dissenter, and the decision remains tentative awaiting final approval amid an estimated $15 million revenue. Newspapers with annual advertising receipts under $2,010 would be exempt.
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Simmons
Life sacrifice counts little with Germans on front
The Associated Press reports that German forces show willingness to sacrifice large numbers to hold the western front. French lines near Aisne and Champagne endure ceaseless counterattacks, with a sanguinary repulse at Vauclere and a last night push near Froidmont farm. British front actions are limited but persistent, Haig’s men repelling German opposition as Lens vicinity fighting subsides.
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Ty Associated Press
Aisne
Champagne
Vauclere
Froidmont Farm
Paris
Lens
Haig
Mine Explosion Kills Five Men in Cumberland Mine
Five survey party members were killed instantly when an explosion ripped Mine No. 0 at Canadian Collieries in Cumberland British Columbia. The blast damaged the mine and shook the town, with cause still unknown.
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Nanaimo
British Columbia
Jane
Cumberland
B. C
Draft plans lay out 625000 to be drafted
Washington plans for a new army draft call for 625000 men for immediate service from the 10,000,000 expected to register tomorrow. Crowder told the Senate committee exemptions will reduce the number. all exemptions to be personal and processed individually. Draftees would start training by September 1 with selection beginning two weeks after registration to speed exemption work.
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Associated Press
the Banner
Washington
War Department
General Crowder
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Crowder
Norwegian Vessels Sunk in May Totaling 49 Ships
London report from the Norwegian legation states that 49 Norwegian steamships with a gross tonnage of 75,397 were sunk in May, resulting in the loss of 25 lives.
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Associated Press
the Banner
London
Air raid on Bruges reported by war office
London reports from the Dunkirk commander that a bombing attack on Bruges docks and canals last night achieved good results. The war office issued the statement this morning about the Bruges raid.
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Associated Press
London
Bruges
War Office
Dunkirk
Sunday Schools of Ohio to Be Loyal to Us Meeting
Sunday schools in Ohio plan a patriotic sequence for their state convention in Marion, with songs The Star Spangled Banner and Onward Christian Soldiers and a costly Harvard-style hospitality plan for 1,200 delegates over three days. The event, chaired by well known author BO Excell, faces high living costs and may shift lodging and breakfast expenses during the gathering.
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Bunnery Marion
Oho
Arthi T. Arnold
Arnold
Tt Fay
Marion
Harvard
Editing Motion Pictures From The Projection Room
A discussion explains how film editing is directed by producers and directors, then executed in the cutting room by cutters. A phonograph dictating system speeds work, allowing the director to set edits in the projection room and have records sent to the cutting room for efficiency and cost savings.
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Teem
Imam
Submarine Base and Its Undersea Repair Station
A submarine base is a shore service facility for undersea boats, combining repair and supply. It includes a storehouse for parts, fuel tanks, and a mother ship for emergency on site repairs, with dynamos to charge batteries, or a rother ship used as a floating base when no shore station is feasible.
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Wyeth
Stearmen
Rother
Not Melodiously Gifted Foxpest Quip Cracks Up Washington Star
A Washington Star quip cites Senator Sorghum and a line about loving a song to lampoon political grandstanding. The brief joke hinges on chorus participation and affection, underscoring the satire of empty patriotism.
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Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
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