Quiet fronts overshadow war talk as German leadership reshuffle looms
In Europe the battle lines remain quiet while a domestic storm forms around Von Kuehlmann and von Hertling as Ludendorff faces pressure to resign. The Kaiser weighs a new foreign secretary, socialist critics press for true authority, and Austria faces blame. Meanwhile London reports a successful German post capture near Vieux Berquin with troops, prisoners, and guns. Paris notes night artillery activity south of the Aisne, raids by French forces, and captured prisoners.
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Charlton
Germany
von Kuehlmann
von Hertling von Ludendorff
Kaiser
Dr. Haase
Reichstag
Austria
Vorwaerts
Berlin
von Ludendorff
London
Flanders Front
War Office
Vieux Berquin
Nieppe Forest
Paris
Aisne River
Ouvres
Vosges Mountains
Austrian Posts Destroyed in Italian Operations
Rome reports Italian forces wiped out Austro Hungarian posts at Serre Val and Col deli Rosso on Wednesday while calling the day’s actions normal. Capo Sile bridgehead expanded with 300 Austrians taken prisoner at Piave confluence. Italian detachments crossed the river, capturing several hundred prisoners and shooting down seven Austrian planes.
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Rome
Serre Val
Col Deli Rosso
War Office
Capo Sile
Piave Vecchia
Piave Neuva
Italian Attack Repulsed With Heavy Loss in Col del Rosso Sector
Vienna reports that an Italian assault in the Col del Rosso sector was beaten back with heavy losses. Prisoners were taken and Italian attempts to reach Ponte di Piave by boat failed under Austrian fire.
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Vienna
London
Col del Rosso
Austrian War Office
Ponte di Piave
Insurance Firms Cleared of Contempt in Indiana
Eighty eight insurance companies including major U S and European groups were found not guilty of contempt of court in Marion County Superior Court. Judge Clifford delivered the decision in a case arising from an injunction first issued in 1910 and modified in 1915, aimed at preventing selling combinations within Indiana.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
United States
Europe
Clifford
Marion County
Austrian Offensive Improbable Grounds for Italy Defense
Washington reports an official cable from Rome stating Austrian divisions were decimated in a recent offensive toward Italy with losses estimated around 200,000 between June 15 and 16. Italian headquarters dismiss Austrian claims of heavy Italian losses as absurd.
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Washington
Italy
Rome
Neighbor shoots farmer in feud near North Wilbraham
In North Wilbraham Massachusetts on June 27 Henry M Green a farmer and farm machinery agent was shot and killed by a neighbor named Ellis who also attempted to kill Mrs Green. Ellis was captured by Palmer police chief Crimmins after a posse besieged Ellis's house. The feud had long fueled the incident.
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North
Wilbraham
Mass
Henry M. Green
Ellis
Green
Crimmins
Palmer Police
Prosecution Threat Letters Target OLeary Family
Government agents investigate threatening letters sent to the federal prosecutors of Jeremiah A OLeary an Irish tutor and his brother John J OLeary in New York. The letters were received as officials reviewed potential threats to the case and the brothers.
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O'Leary
New York
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
John J. oOry
Food Riots in Petrograd Amid Gunfire by Bolsheviks
Food riots flare in Petrograd with Bolshevik troops firing on crowds. Grand Duke Michael leads a counter revolution in Omsk as turmoil spreads across Russia.
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Petrograd
Co Nm
Grand Duke
Michael
Omsk
Sub Treasury Report Shows Large Bank Cash Losses
New York June 27 The sub treasury reports a $750000 loss from banks on the cash net, reducing the total since Friday by $4390000. The report details ongoing bank exposure and market liquidity pressures affecting the Treasury’s cash position.
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Sub-Treasury
New York
Kuhlmann Speech Puzzles Kaiser and German Politics
London reports the Kaiser furious over Foreign Secretary von Kuhlmann’s Reichstag speech and demanding his resignation amid rising German political tension. Haase and other critics question Austria’s wartime role and Brest-Litovsk terms while socialists demand government adherence to von Kuhlmann’s approach.
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London
von Kuhlmann
Reichtag
Amsterdam
Amstrdam
Exchange Telegraph
Kaiser
von Ludendorff
Deutsche Zeitung
Pr. Haase
Reichstag
Austria
Germany
Brest- Litovsk
Dr. Haase
Turkey
Caucasus
Esthenia
Livonia
Hertling
Vorwaerts
German Socialist Party
Aoe
Michaelis
Peraps
German aviators turned guns on hospital staff in Boullenes bombing
Colonel H G Andrews, a Canadian army chaplain arriving from France, said German aviators deliberately targeted the allied hospital at Boullenes in the Amiens sector on May 29. He noted the hospital bore a red cross and a nearby unit for German wounded was not attacked, and that the hospital could accommodate 30 000 wounded month.
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Atlantic
Boullenes
Amiens
H. G. Andrews
France
Red Cross
Independent bureau to handle Russian economic aid
Washington reports that a state department led independent bureau with broad authority will shape the economic response to the Russian situation. It will manage commercial rehabilitation, arrange financial assistance, and coordinate U S and allied aid to counter German influence.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
United States
New Swindle Scheme Involving Missing Money
John Thomas of Nokomis Illinois arrived in St Louis for medical care and visited a physician whose address he cannot recall. After a stomach diagnosis he was placed to bed at the Morgan hotel. A wet cloth was used to blind him and when removed five minutes later his purse containing $42 and the physician were gone.
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St. Louis
John Thomas
Nokomis
Ill
Thomas
Morgan Hotel
Additional Bond Authorization Sails Through House Committee
Washington officials urged an $8 billion increase in bond authorizations before the House Ways and Means Committee in secret session. The proposal would lift total authorizations since the first Liberty Loan to $20 billion, with $2 billion of the latest allotment still unissued.
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Washington
Treasury Department
House
Ways and Means Committee
Victory for Child Labor Law in Senate
Washington June 27 a victory for child labor legislation was won in the senate when an effort to refer a bill by Senator Pomerene to regulate the employment of children in mills mines and quarries to the finance committee was defeated by a vote of 41 to 42. The bill aims to meet the Supreme Court objections to child labor legislation.
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Washington
Senate
Pomerene
Finance Committee
Supreme Court
Serious Electrical Accident Injures Yale Worker
Stamford report June 27 says Martin Ohlsen of Yale and Towne was seriously injured at 2:30 PM when a piping tool touched high voltage lines, nearly electrocuting him on impact. He was hospitalized after the shock.
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Stamford
Martin Ohlsen
Yale
Towne’s
Robbed in a Lonely Ride Near Sharon Pennsylvania
Sharon, June 27. G. EB. Tague of Washington DC showed kindness by inviting two strangers to ride in his car. On a lonely road they menaced him with revolvers and robbed him of all his money. Also reports include a newborn daughter to Mr. and Mrs. EB. R. Goodrich of Elizabeth New Jersey and a shipboard cook described.
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Sharon
G. EB. Tague
Washington, D. C
EB. R. Goodrich
Elizabeth, N. J
Major General Brancker Visits for Atlantic Air Project
Major-General Brancker, British Controller-General of Air Equipment, arrives in the country to discuss military air flights across the Atlantic. Born in 1877, he joined the Royal Artillery in 1896 and moved to the Royal Flying Corps in 1913. He served as Assistant Director of Military Aeronautics in 1914 and became Controller General of Equipment with the Air Council in 1918.
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Brancker
Atlantic
W. S. Brancker
Royal Artillery
Royal Flying Corps
Air Council
Sunday farm work endorsed by Indiana rural churches
Washington June 27 rural Indiana church leaders at a Purdue University conference endorsed Sunday farm labor as necessary to grow food crops and aid the fight against Germany. They argued that farm work on Sunday sustains civilization and defeats the Kaiser's threat, calling it a churchly duty in the war effort.
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Indiaf
Washington, D. C
Germany
Indiana
Purdue University
America
the Rural Churches of
Department of Agricultural Extension
Germans Found in Caves at Belleau Wood
At Belleau Wood near the Marne on June 27 the American army captured a hidden German position after fierce fighting. Soldiers seized machine gun nests and equipment including a sensitive non conductor telephone used as a digraph to detect American line sounds. Enemy aviators were active, and a counterattack was not developed.
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Marne
Belleau Wood
Belleau
Kerensky Speaks at London Labor Party Meeting
Pandemonium erupted as Alexander Kerensky, former Russian premier, appeared before the London labor party session. Demands for his credentials echoed while protests surrounded his address and the chairman wrestled to introduce him.
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Kerensky
London
Labor Party
Alexander Kerensky
Russia
Vote Soon on Suffrage Bill
Washington reports of a Senate push to take up the Susan B. Anthony constitutional amendment for nationwide women’s suffrage. A large gallery crowd, mainly women, packed the chamber as Poindexter and Thompson argued for the measure while opponents pressed for procedural delays and a potential filibuster. Notable moments included Rankin’s appearance in white and controversial remarks by Williams and Brandegee, with party leaders forecasting a final vote but filibuster threats dampening immediate action.
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Washington
Senate
Poindexter
West
Thompson
Kansas
Williams
Mississippi
Brandegee
Iineng
Senator Williams
Owen
Oklahoma
Braddegee
Jeanette Rankin
French Extradition Demand Granted in Godsel Case
Washington June 27 Justice Hitz of the district supreme court granted the French government’s demand for the extradition of Frank J. Godsel a former French soldier charged with obtaining money under false pretenses in supplying army trucks to his government His attorneys said they will appeal the decision
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Washington
Frank J. Godsel
Justice Hitz
District Supreme Court
Clearing House Statement and college training plans
New York reports sub-treasury debit of 281659 and exchanges 596785 with 471 balances totaling 40659557. Bryn Mawr College, with the YWCA, will open a school on July 1 to train college women for industrial supervisory roles.
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Clearing House
New York
Sub-treasury
Bryn Mawr College
Tug Comet Sinks on River Toward Coal Wo r d
The tug Comet bound for the west ward sank yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock with two empty barges from Middletown. The New York boat reached the landing this morning at 4 37 and unloaded over 400 bushels of new potatoes plus miscellaneous merchandise.
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Middletown
New York
For Forty Years in the Germ War Mindset
The Elmira Star-Gazette notes wartime rhetoric claiming Germ soldiers are drugged to fight, arguing the entire German nation has been similarly drugged for forty years, reflecting heated propaganda tone of the period.
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Elmira
War Bureau Holds First Monthly Meeting Report
The War Bureau met at 4 pm with full attendance. Committees reported on the Child Welfare campaign weighing over 2 500 infants aged 1 to 5, and the fourth of July observance was referred to the military committee with no parade bands available. Pauline Wilcox spoke on the auto emergency supply corps. The transportation committee reported thorough review of express questions and progress. Routine matters were settled and the meeting adjourned about 4 pm.
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War Bureau
N. Evan Davis
Pauline Wilcox
Auto Emergency Supply Corps
Committee On Transportation
City Briefs Look Ahead to July Fourth Plans and Changes
The open trout season ends June 30 at midnight. Water street cleanup and trap rock paving are finished and a road roller is at work. Lawyers from the advisory board scanned the city court room but no registrants appeared. Nicholas J. Hoffman of 44 Main Street and Mary E. O'Brien of South Farms obtained a marriage license. An extra New London to Middletown train departs 6:40 p.m. July 4 with stops at Saybrook Junction and Middletown. The Middletown Fife and Drum corps will lead Cromwell’s Fourth of July flag raising parade and holds a rehearsal at 7:45 p.m. The state central committeeman E. Kent Hubbard and his family left for Camden, Me, while former committeeman Daniel J. McCarthy spent the day in Hartford.
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Legal Advisory Board
City Court Room
Nicholas J. Hoffman
Main Street
Mary E. O’brien
South Farms
New London
Saybrook Junction
Middletown
Cromwell
St. John’s
State Central
E. Kent Hubbard
Camden
Daniel J. McCarthy
Hartford
Warplanes and Excuses Move Jagsbys in Town
Mrs Jagsby recalls Mr Jagsby claiming a late return due to troops marching in close formation between rail stations, a tale about a 100000 strong procession. The piece notes aircraft lifespans and motor running hours, estimating warplanes could fly about 600 hours and cars 300 hours, with 60 000 miles at 100 mph.
Stock Quotations From Richter & Company June 27
Stocks showed good demand with advances of a point or more. United States Steel common rose near a point to 110 3-8 while Bethlehem Steel B gained 1 point to 87 1-2. Mexican Petroleum advanced to 101 3-8 and Reading to 95. Central Leather moved to 72 3-4 and Distillers' Securities to 61 1-2 before profit taking and a late-day decline. Marine preferred rose to 103 7-8 as most issues eased. Government bonds and rail bonds held steady.
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New York
United States Steel Common
Bethlehem Steel B
Mexican Petroleum
Reading
Central Leather
Marine Preferred
Grain Market Report Chicago June 27 Highlights
Grain and livestock brief from Chicago shows corn closing 3 to 4 cents higher, oats up 1 to 4 cents, and provisions finishing higher. Specific settlement quotes include corn at June 146 1/4, July 146 1/2 to 5/8, August 149 1/8 to 149. Oats settle June 78 1/2, July 72 5/8, August 68 3/8 to 1/2. Park July 42.33, Sept 42.65. Lord July 25.40, Sept 25.65. Ribs July 23.35, Sept 23.90.
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Chicago
Park
Lord
They Are Some Women
A World War I era anecdote from Margaret Deland in the Woman's Home Journal recalls a service canteen scene with a rail station farewell. A boy notes French women bidding soldiers goodbye, describing their chatter and tears, concluding with the remark that they are some women.
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Margaret Deland
Woman's Home Journal
Mons
Verdun
So-called Non-Essentials
The Washington war council ponders which industries are non essential and who should lose work for the war effort. The piece contrasts Revolution era shortages and Russia under Bolshevik control, arguing fewer people deprived of livelihoods is better unless in extreme cases.
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New York World
War Council
Washington
Russia
Bolseviks
Draft completed in record time in draft lottery
Washington reports the second national draft lottery was finished in record time in the Senate office building. General Crowder opened with remarks and Secretary Baker drew the numbers while blindfolded. About 1,200 capsules were used, and delays from official photographs were avoided.
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Washington
Senate
Baker
Crowder
A Creed For Ex Germans The Honorable Carl Ballweg
The Kansas City Journal notes Carl Ballweg of Emporia Kansas spoke for foreign born citizens in a tribute published by the Gazette after his death. He valued allegiance to the Constitution and laws and his 35 years in Emporia as banker merchant and friend. He was described as loyal courageous and dependable in every hour of need.
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Kansas City Journal
Carl Ballweg
Poria
Kas
Zette
Carl Weg
Emporia
Katzenjammers In Disguise In New American Comic
A fragment from the New York Tribune notes Katzenjammers and Katzenjammer names evolving into Manigan Kids and German dialect humor. It hints at comic renaming, dialect quirks, and humorous misrendering in a panel about Dutch and German wordplay.
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New York Tribune
Hearst
New American
Katz
Hans
Fritz
Mike
Frau
Veiss
Holland
der Cheese
Herrick Named Chairman of War Camp Finance Committee
Myron T. Herrick, former Ohio governor and ambassador, appointed chairman of the National Finance Committee for War Camp Community Service. The text notes his wartime service and Paris experiences during the 1914 German advance, with references to refugee relief efforts and American aid at Boulogne.
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Myron T. Herrick
Nor
Ohio
National Finance Committee
Nor Herrick
Paris
Bologne
Tance
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