Austro German Offensive In Italy Faces Strong Italian Defense
News notes a massive Austro-Hungarian and German drive across Italy from Asiago to the Piave, with Italians and allies resisting at Bassano Treviso and Nervesa. Early fighting shows heavy gas shell usage and massed storming, but initial aims to penetrate to Vittorio Veneto area fail as U S forces weigh in elsewhere.
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Western
America
Italy
Hostilie
France
Asiago
Adriatic Sea
Bassano
Treviso
Monte Grappa
Feltre
Cittadella
Piave
Nervesa
Montello
Fagare
Oderza-Treviso
San Dona di Piave
Venice
Isa Oncen
LN. S. C
Paris Front News Reports Calm and Front Advances
Paris reports absolute calm on the French front and excellent news from Italy. The war office says French forces between the Oise and the Aisne improved positions north of Hautebrage this morning by a local operation. An attempted coup in the Courieres forest and another in the Vosges were repulsed. About 100 prisoners and several machine guns were captured.
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Paris
Rome
Oise
Aisne
Hautebrage
War Office
Courieres
Vosges
British raid east of Arras reports prisoners taken
London officials state a successful raid east of Arras during the night netted a few prisoners. An enemy raid near Givenchy yesterday morning was repulsed. German artillery bombarded British positions northwest of Albert for a short period with normal activity elsewhere.
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London
Arras
War Office
Givenchy
Albert
Austrian Offensive Broken Summary
Paris reports by Henri Bidou, a renowned military critic, that the Austrian offensive has broken. The timing coincides with Baron Burian's return from Berlin, suggesting Austria is marching under orders with little enthusiasm and that the offensive has failed.
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Paris
Henri Bidou
Baron Burian
Berlin
Austria
Truck Backs Down Hill and Wrecks Wall at Noroton Hill
A three ton motor truck traveling from New York to Bridgeport veered on Noroton hill and ran into a large maple tree, toppling it and demolishing 15 feet of masonry wall. The collision forced the truck onto its side, narrowly preventing a 20 foot plunge. Driver was William J. Johnson of New York. Fruit and vegetables were in the load.
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Hill
Stamford
New York
Bridgeport
William J. Johnson
Noroton Hill
Bulgarian Cabinet Resigns Prompting Sofia Crisis
London reports a Bulgarian cabinet crisis after the Jelearsan cabinet resigned. Information from Sofia indicates the government stepped down last week, with Rama Redosavon named in connection to the events.
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London
Jelearsan
Sofia
Americans Occupy Sector in France Fronts Expand
Reported from France in June describes rapid Allied progress with American units fighting northwest and east of Chateau Thierry on the Marne front and holding a sector in Alsace. Censorship delayed official publication of U S troops on Verdun Toul Lunéville and Montdidier fronts to avoid aiding the enemy.
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France
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Alsace
United States
Verdun
Toul
Luneville
Montdidier
PORK RESERVE TOPS BILlION POUNDS AS STOCKS GROW
Washington reports pork products piling up hundreds of thousands of pounds above consumption creating a reserve surpassing one billion pounds. Officials say this stock could feed allied forces for over a month and civilians for nearly two months. A plan to educate housewives to buy cheaper cuts is being considered.
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Washington
Food Administration
The
Venezuelans Held Up At Atlantic Port
Dr. Esquilla Vivas once private secretary to Venezuela’s Gomez and his family, plus two alleged secretaries, are detained to face a special board on admissibility. They arrived from a South American port anchored by disputes with Carlos Lopez Bustamanti, ex editor claiming Vivas aided pro German aims. Vivas denies any pro German mission, citing doctors orders for rest.
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Atlantic
Esquilla Vivas
Juan Vincente Gomez
Venezuela
Board of
Vivas
Carlos Lopez Bustamanti
Za Fonografa
Buslamanti
Gomez
Tenement Fire Threatens Lawrence Mass Downtown
A major blaze in Lawrence Mass threatens the tenement house section bounded by Franklin Amesbury Essex and Lowell streets near the business district. The fire began in J. J. Cronin wood and coal yards on Valley Street and spread to two large adjoining tenements. Three alarms sounded as sparks reached roofs up to a hundred yards away, with possible calls for regional assistance.
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Lawrence
Mass
Franklin
Amesbury
Essex
Lowell
J. J. Cronin
Valley Street
U-Boats Sink Two More Near American Waters
German submarines sank two neutral ships off the Atlantic coast. The Norwegian sailing ship Kringsjae and the bark Samoa were sent down about 90 miles off the Virginia coast. The Kringsjae crew was rescued by an American warship and taken to an Atlantic port. Samoa survivors were landed at Norfolk.
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Washington
Atlantic
Kringsjae
Samoa
Norfolk
Virginia
Naval Training Base Planned at Madison Beach Hotel Property
Admiral Col by Chester and Admiral J Edwards with Commander Chester visited Madison to finalize plans for converting the Madison Beach hotel property and adjacent fields into a naval training base. About 200 Yale naval trainees and cadets from the Great Lakes region may receive intensive instruction this summer as work begins immediately toward commissioning.
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Naval Training
Madison
New Haven
Colby Chester
J. Edwards
Chester
Navy
Madison Beach
Yale Naval Training Unit
Great Lakes Region
Ordnance Appropriation Request Before Congress
Washington on June 17, an estimate of 63,285,000 dollars was presented to Congress for the purchase manufacture and test of mountain field and siege cannon. The proposal, submitted by Baker, covers the total appropriation of the ordnance program with details yet to be examined by lawmakers.
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Washington
Congress
Beker
Italian Army Predicted to Turn Austrian Piave Offensive
Washington reports American army officers predict an allied victory as Italy counterattacks along the Piave and Asiago front. Austrian forces under Conrad and Kuchbach attack a 100 mile front with gas shells but Italian defenses hold and push the invaders back at several points. The battle is ongoing with no clear outcome for days.
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Washington
Piave
Teutons
Boreobic
Rome
Conrad
Asiago
Kuchbach
Montello
Cape Sile
Bassano
Brenta
Married in Baltimore Miss Thompson Weds Lieut Wilkinson
Miss Mary Blatchley Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs T Howard Thompson of this city married Lieut Harold Wilkinson of this city in Baltimore Maryland on Saturday June 15 at 2 30 PM Rev A B Kinsolm rector of St Pauls Episcopal church The bride wore a dress and was attended by her sister Mrs Ernest A Inglis The groom was supported by William Marsall a cousin The bride is Syracuse University art graduate class of 1917 Lieutenant Wilkinson a Wesleyan graduate 1917 Phi Nu Theta member well known locally for athletics He has been at Camp Meade Maryland for several months
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Mary Blatchley Thompson
T. Howard Thompson
Harold Wilkinson
Baltimore
A. B. Kinsolm
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Ernest A. Inglis
William Marsall
Art
Syracuse University
Wilkinson
Phi Nu Theta Fraternity
Camp Meade
Maryland
Prohibition Fight Heads to Nationwide Dry During War
In Washington on June 17, prohibition advocates in the Senate pressed the final phase of their drive. The Senate Agricultural Committee opened hearings on the Jones amendment to the agricultural emergency appropriation bill, which would enable wartime prohibition. President Wilson opposes dry riders and favors a straight vote. The committee has not acted, though Friday’s meeting adopted the Jones amendment pending further action.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Agricultural Committee
Wilson
Fifty Million For Creel's Use
President Wilson urged the House Appropriations Committee chair to provide a $50,000,000 fund for the next fiscal year. He warned he would feel personally crippled if any obstacle blocked the Public Information Committee's appropriations.
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Creel
Washington
Wilson
Sherley
House Appropriations Committee
House
Committee On Public Information
Autoist Held For Manslaughter In Bridgeport
In Bridgeport police court Frank Cato lone was held on $1500 bonds for manslaughter after his automobile fatally struck eight year old Joseph Brougham yesterday. The coroner's investigation began this afternoon and continued until June 22.
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Bridgeport
Frank Catolone
Joseph Brougham
Daylight Air Raid Over London Reports Defence Action
A hostile aircraft crossed the Kentish coast this afternoon but, after being fired at, turned away to sea. Kent is on England’s southeast coast. This daylight raid was not the first by the Germans, though such incursions have been rare and spaced far apart.
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London
Kentshire
England
Chinaman Enlists in National Army from Waterbury
Waterbury reports the first Chinese man to join the National Army is Chin Don, a laundryman. He leaves next week with a pope ae for ee so Ma, smiling as he wires collar for 'eee mae before crossing.
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Waterbury
Chin Don
Pope Ae
Chin
Value of Austrian Crown Shrinking on Dutch Bourse
London reports grave riots in Vienna have caused an unprecedented drop in the Austrian crown on the Amsterdam market. Dutch bankers fear renewed trouble with Berlin as Austria seeks a term sheet for negotiations. Von Hindenburg’s influence delays decisive moves while Burian’s Berlin visit hints obedience to his stance. The Polish majority pressures Premier von Seydl, risking parliament, with a new chancellor sanctioned by Germany in doubt. The crown, once worth about 20 cents in US money, remains the monetary standard of Austria.
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London
Vienna
Amsterdam
Express
Berlin
Austria
Germany
von Hindenburg
Baron Burian
Hindenburg
von Seydler
Italy Spurned German Peace in World War I
Washington reports Premier Orlando informed the Italian chamber that Germany offered an honorable peace which Italy refused. He described Italy’s solidarity with oppressed Austrian nationalities and noted Czech Slovak battalions fighting with Italians while Roumanian and Yugoslav units seek to join Italy. An Austrian officers’ capture quote suggests a broad attack against Verona and France.
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Washington
Italy
Orlando
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Rome
Austria
Germany
Gey
France
Verona
Democrats Meeting In New Haven Seeks Committee Secretary
About 25 of 35 members of the Democratic state central committee attended a session at the Hotel Garde in New Haven. Homer S. Cummings was present and C D E FitzGerald presided. The group planned to choose a successor to Patrick B. O'Sullivan of Derby as campaign secretary, with Alexander Lynch of West Haven as the pro tem secretary candidate. members began lunch before 2 PM and expected to stay into the late afternoon.
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New Haven
Democratic State Central Committee
Garde
Homer S. Cummings
C D. E. Fitzgerald
Patrick B. O’sullivan
Derby
Alexander Lynch
West Haven
Ukrainia May Revolt Against German Rule
Stockholm dispatch to the state department reports Ukrainia on the verge of revolt against Germany. Travelers from Petrograd say the population’s resistance to German domination is rising, with residents fleeing cities in large bands to avoid murder.
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Washington
Ukrainia
Germany
Stockholm
State Department
Petrograd
Idlers Rounded Up In Bridgeport
Police rounded up about 60 workers described as huskies who only worked when feeding. They unloaded pig iron at a busy Bridgeport foundry wharf quickly as one man tried to avoid work. Sam Splotsky refused to work and was fined 100 dollars plus costs and placed on probation to take the next job offered.
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Bridgeport
Sam Splotsky
Allies Obtain 400000 Tons Swedish Shipping
London reports the United States and the entente allies have secured 400000 tons of Swedish shipping under an official agreement. The accord will regulate Swedish iron ore trade and assign duties among the allies as part of wartime coordination.
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London
United States
Entente
Sweden
Swelled Head Indicates a Contract Ended
A brief item notes a contract ending amid a phrase about a swelled head, implying a tongue in cheek take on a stalled or altered agreement and its consequence. The readable line hints at personnel or business dealings facing change or closure.
Graduation at Wesleyan Today
Wesleyan's annual commencement was held this morning in the college chapel. President Shanklin urged graduates to use their opportunities for democracy and freedom in a world crisis. Degrees awarded include Bachelors of Arts to 28 graduates and Bachelors of Science to 26. Phi Beta Kappa honors went to four, with prominent seniors recognized for special departments and a new dean and vice president announced for the university.
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College Chapel
Shanklin
Benjamin H. Bissell
Meriden
Lahman V. H. Bower
Milwaukee
Wis
Lester R. Bradbury
Bridgeport
Joseph V. Dempsey
Middletown
Herbert B. Finnegan
South Manchester
Gerald M. Gantz
New York
N Y
Emanuall Gebauer
Henderson
John G.glenn
Tyrone
C. R. Hall
Rochester
N. Y
F. D. Harris
Coleridge W. Hart
Peekskill
Edwin Roy Holden
Packettstown
N. di
William A. Moore
Brattleboro
Russell E.purnell
Charles W. Riley
Burnside
Percy C. Rogers
Gloucester
Mass
William A. Shanklin, Jr
Lynn H. Swith
Bingampton
Kenneth P. Stevens
Danbury
Everett F. Strong
Natick
Robert W. Brooks
Wallingford
Chuan Chao
Tsun Hua
China
Ping-Yen Chu
Chang Sha
Paul F. Craig
Springfield
LeGrand W. Curtis
Red Hook
P. F. Eckstorm
Brewer
Richard Eliott
Comanche
William D. Holman
William J. Hurley
Portland
Reese P. Jones
Utica
Wilson B. Langley
Schenectady
Niel MacDonald, Jr
John A. MacQuinn
Worcester
Steven A. Norton
Mt. Hermon
Arthur W. Phillips
Albion
Lester I. Pitt
H. Dart Porter
New Rochelle
Gordon B. Randall
Melrose
Erland M. Standish
Wethersfield
Frank H. Wener
Charles M. Winchester, Jr
Albany
Robert B. Sharpe
Greenwich
Benjaman H. Bissell
P. F. Eckstrom
Frank D. Harris
Farm Hill
Lahman
W. H. Bower
Bing- Yen Chu
Paul F. Eckstrom
Emanuel L. Gebauer
Stephen A. Norton
Russell T. Purnell
Lynn H. Smith
Erland M
Standish
F. M. Clark
Mehran K. Thomas
Tsuan Hua
Frank W. Nicholson
Wesleyan University
Nicholson
Gerge M. Dutcher
Martin A. Knapp
Washington, D. C
Abram W. Harris
Three Oleo Makers Charged With Fraud
In New York on June 17 three Rhode Island businessmen from Vermont Manufacturing pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to defraud the government by coloring oleomargarine. Named are Frank W. Tillinghast Leonard L Barber and Samuel A Fenner. They allegedly cheated the tax by 10 cents a pound on a $1.2 million sum, facing up to two years’ imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. civil action for recovery also anticipated.
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Rhode Island
Judge Hand
Federal District Court
Vermont Manufacturing Company
Federal Grand
Frank W. Tillinghast
Leonard L. Barber
Samuel A. Fenner
Delaney Nicoll
United States
E. Paul Yaffelie
Kahn Opposes War Time Prohibition Hearings
Washington June 17 Representative Julius Kahn warned that enacting bone dry prohibition for wartime would wreck California wine making valued at 200 million dollars. He spoke to the Senate agriculture committee as hearings opened on the Jones amendment. John J. Kernery of Boston urged the committee not to back the amendment, calling the conservation argument camouflage and claiming it would throw thousands out of work.
The Folly of Prophecy and Napoleon’s Era
The text cites Chateaubriand declaring prophecy folly as time reverses predictions. It says Napoleon closed the era of the past and war could never again engross humanity, arguing his scale surpassed future attempts. It notes Chateaubriand’s “Never again” being within about 90 years.
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Chateaupriand
Napoleon
Janus
Chateaubriand
High School Notes Include War Savings Mail Drive
Pupils with fourth and fifth period free today addressed envelopes for the War Saving committee, tallying in the hundreds. The examination schedule lists Tuesday at 9 o clock for Latin and physical geography, and Tuesday at 10 50 for review math and current literature. Speaking of incubator remarks, to end on a curious note.
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War Saving Committee
Labor Centralization Plan Aims to Control U S Labor
Report from Waterbury details a national plan to centralize employment through the United States Employment Service. Starting July 15, employers with 100 or more workers must hire exclusively through the service. Washington will set quotas for essential industries and may cut fuel and transport to delinquent employers.
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Waterbury
United States
R. W. Budd
United States Employment Service
Department of Labor
Washington
Secretary of Labor
W. B. Wilson
Louis F. Post
John B. Dinsmore
The
Psi Upsilon Celebrates 75th Anniversary at Wesleyan
Psi Upsilon, second oldest Wesleyan fraternity, marked its seventy fifth anniversary with exercises at the chapter house. The article notes its 1843 founding and ties to Union College, citing notable Middletown members including D. Ward Northrop, J Francis Calef, M Eugene Culver, and several professors and doctors.
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Psi Upsilon Fraternity
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan
Phi Nu Theta Fraternity
Psi Upsilon
Union College
Middletown
D. Ward Northrop
Thomas M. Waller
J. Francis Calef
M. Eugene Culver
Oscar Kumas
William J. James
Caleb T. Winchester
Karl P. Harrington
John E. Loveland
William E. Mead
Albert Mann, Jr
Frank. K. Hallock
Cromwell
Leroy A. Howland
Stock Quotations The Time To Craft Flavor Is Time Well Spent
A brief note on the mental cost and value of patience in food flavor development, emphasizing that investing time in preparing meals yields richer taste. The statement frames flavor as a result of deliberate technique and quality ingredients.
General Wood Renamed to Camp Funston Command
Washington on June 17 reports that orders revoking General Leonard A. Wood from the San Francisco department were issued. Wood is to remain in command at Camp Funston Kansas with new substitute orders issued by Secretary of War Baker amid protests from supporters and Wood himself. An official statement says the reassignment came at the request of Adjutant General.
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Washington
Leonard A. Wood
Department of San Francisco
Camp Funston
Riley
Kan
Baker
Wood
Obituary for Susan Elizabeth Farrow of 195 Court Street
Susan Elizabeth Farrow widow of William Farrow died at home at 4 o’clock in the morning, aged 80 years 11 months 7 days. Born in No England to John III Kirkmeor and Eliza Mathews, she lived 33 years in the United States. Survived by sons William John George of the city and Joseph Farrow of Chi, a daughter Mrs Charles Ji of Middletown, 15 grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and a brother in England. Funeral from son George Farrow’s home 543 Highs at 4 pm Wednesday, interment in Indian Cemetery, Rev Dr PF F officiating.
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Farrow
Susan Elizabeth Farrow
William Farrow
Court Street
England
John III
Kirkmeor
Scotland
Eliza Mathews
Northampton
United Sta
William Jow
Merit Episcopal Church
London
Eng
Funeral for Cromwell Weaver Frank Michalski at St. John’s
Frank Michalski died at Cromwell at 2 30 am from an illness. A weaver at Russell Manufacturing Co he was 35 years seven months and leaves a wife four children one brother in Brooklyn and three sisters. The funeral will start from his late home at 8 30 am and proceed to St Ji church in Cromwell for a high mass. Interment will be in St John’s cemetery in this city.
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Cromwell
Russell Manufacturing Co
Brooklyn
City
St. Ji Church
St. John’s Torm
Miss Regena Smith Dies at 49 in Litchfield Burial Planned
Miss Regena Smith died here Sunday at age 49 years, months and 17 days. Undertaker W. J. Cow Sons carted her remains to Litchfield. Funeral arrangements set for Tuesday at 8:30 AM Mass at St. church, burial in St. Anthony's cemetery. Her brother Stephen Smith resides on a street in Litchfield.
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Regena Smith
Litchfield
W. J. Cow Sons
Stephen Smith
St. Church
St. Anthony’s
Death of Charles H Birdsey at nine months old
Charles H Birdsey, infant son of Mr and Mrs Charles A Birdsey, died Sunday of pneumonia at 32 Catherine Street Meriden aged nine months and 23 days. Funeral was held this afternoon and burial followed in the Heart Cemetery family plot.
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Charlies H. Birdsey
Charles H
Charles A. Birdsey
Catherine
Heart Cemetery
Meriden
Local Observances Mixed With Vague Instructions
Fragmentary note mentions a light vehicle lamps at 8:53 and a flag day for an event tied to the Battle of Bunker Hill with unclear dates. Residents are urged to take care of pennies, with stray phrases about Massachusetts and self-care.
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Bunker
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