Yanks Have Huns on Anxious Seat
London reports German troops mounting a serious push against the American line in the Chaignon valley near Chateau Thierry. French headquarters note repeated German attempts to reclaim Brouesches failed. Washington casualty toll for the day reaches 120 with 15 killed in action and 17 in the Marine Corps list including 11 killed or wounded.
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London
Chagnon Valley
Chateau Thierry
Brouesches
Washington
Jone
Trine Corps
Fleven
Defeat at Chemin des Dames Cited by German Official
Berlin advices report General von Stern of Prussia saying most French troops were beaten. He claimed Crown Prince attacks at the Chemin des Dames on May 27 inflicted one of the Entente’s gravest defeats. The minister spoke during the army budget review in Reichstag yesterday.
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Amsterdam
Dome
Cleneral von Stern
Berlin
Poel
Chemin Des Dames
Entente
von Stein
Reichslag
German Official Quietly Dismisses Foch Reserve Army
Washington reports von Stein told the Teichstag the so called Foch reserve army no longer exists. Officials say the remark aims to reassure the German public whereas front line realities show the opposite, with no exhaustion of allied strength.
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Washington
von Stein
Teichstag
Foch
War Conference of Manufacturers in Atlantic City
Atlantic City July 12 gathering of eastern state and New England manufacturers met to discuss supplying military forces and winning the war. Government representatives and allied commissions spoke on labor, coal, transport, employee insurance, postwar adjustments, and uniting industry to maximize war effort.
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Atlantic City
N. J
New England
Honolulu Women Knit 1500 Sweaters for Regimental Sendoff
Honolulu volunteers under Red Cross direction worked around the clock for a week to knit 1500 sweaters for a regiment headed to France. The Red Cross supplied the wool and pledged to furnish each soldier with one sweater and two pairs of knitted socks before departure.
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Honolulu
T. H
France
Red Cross
Bibby Gilroy Wedding At Plaza In New York
The Hotel Plaza hosted the wedding of Miss Dorothy Gillroy daughter of the late Tomas F. Gilroy former mayor of New York City to Frederick A. Bibby son of Mrs. Herbert A. Bibby.
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New York
Dorothy Th Gilroy
Tomas F. Gilroy
New York City
Frederick A. Bibby
Herbert A. Bibby
Republicans Name Nine Delegates To Boise Platform
The Republican county central committee met in the county building to select nine delegates for the state platform convention in Boise on June 25. Members present included A F Caldwell W Th Witty Youns Hall Chats Th Sell Th Turner and others with proxies. Geo H Isaacs Theo Turner Dan W Church M E Hughes Wm J Mendenhall J S Glazebrook A L Bowell Joe Banks T M Edwards and Geo A Tolson named as delegates and committeemen. The group approved resolutions backing the Republican platform and pledged support to the current administration and war effort. Casey Jones was elected secretary to fill the vacancy left by G Nicholas lift.
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Republican County Central Committee
Hearmman Moe
Lace
Wen Th Coffin
Downey
Dra Neolew
Thatcher
John A. Reeder
Grace
T. M. Edwards
Metammon
Ohe Lash
Inhom
POOM
Larsen
Robin
Chamman Tinehes
Boise
Major A. FL. Caldwell
Theo Turner
Chas. TH. Sell
John Reeder
W. H. Witty
Thomas Hall
Max Cohn
W. H L. Collin
D. R. Lish
Geo. H. Isaacs
Dan W. Church
M. E. Hughes
Pocatello
Wm. J. Mendenhall
Glazebrook
Lava
A. L. Bowell
Joe Banks
Alexander
McCammon
Geo. A. Tolson
Bancroft
Washington McClellan
Republican Party
Congress
G. Nicholas Lift
R. W. (Casey) Jones
To Prevent Belching Ad Show Ady Advice
To prevent belching make a habit of eating slowly and chewing thoroughly or you may have further trouble. If you should take one of Chamberlain's Tablets immediately after supper.
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Chamberlain
Ady
Devil Dogs on Watch Over German Aces
Marines earn the nickname Teufel Hunden from German pilots for their accuracy in downing Bowie planes. They remain vigilant, always on the job, sweeping the skies behind camouflaged guns and prepared to make direct hits on any hostile air threat.
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U. S
Red Cross Rest Station and Canteen Abroad
Letters from New York Red Cross agents in France describe railroad rest stations for American troops. Soldiers relax in homey, well equipped facilities with showers, meals, and letters home, aided by American volunteers including Mrs. Belmont Tiffany. The stations aim to provide warmth, cleanliness, and color amid war fatigue.
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New York
France
Red Cross
Belmont Tiffany
Tiffany
Signal Corps
Bell Telephone
Agigo
Whale
Enamel Paint and Dormitory Life in a Boys' School
A vivid sketch describes dormitories with bright rooms beds fires and electric lights. Canteen meals milk and desserts attract students while shower baths dormitory visitors and infirmary activity illustrate daily life and health concerns.
Germans Hold Third Day In Western Battle As French Counterattack
German efforts to break French lines between Montdidier and the Oise were checked on the third day of the western front struggle. French counterattacks gained ground while Americans in the Montdidier sector prepared to aid. German raids on Cantigny were repulsed and German aviators used disguises against U.S. troops.
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Montdider
Oise
Soissons
Montdidier
Compigne Forest
Cantigzay
Austrian Battleship Destroyed in Italian Torpedo Attack
Venice June 11 an Italian torpedo attack on the Austrian naval division near Dalmatian Island left one dreadnought destroyed and another damaged according to a communication by the Italian navy chief of staff on Monday.
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Venice
Dalmatian
President Interprets Open Diplomacy Claim
President Wilson explained that open diplomacy refers to publishing treaties after ratification not to senate discussions of treaties. He clarified his January statement to Congress as part of the Star Borah controversy over public examination of treaties.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
Senate
Edinburgh Wedding of Miss Margaret Grant and Lt Arthur Bisset
The marriage occurred in Edinburgh as Miss Margaret Grant daughter of the Hon McCullum Grant and Lt Arthur Le Touche Bisset of the Royal Navy wed today in Scotland.
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Edinburgh
Scot
Margaret Grant
McCullum Grant
Nova Scotia
Arthur le Touche Bisset
Royal Navy
Extension Time Asked for Short Line Takeover
Washington June 12 Director McAdoo asks Congress to extend the takeover deadline for short line railroads to January 1 1919. The existing law fixes July 1 next. Denver Colorado June 12 Five hundred skilled workers returned to work after a three month strike. A compromise mediator Judge Maeser approved may raise local wages if the railroad administration increases wages for those crafts on railroads.
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Washington
McAdoo
Congress
Denver
Colo
Maeser
Railroad
Railroad budget expands tracks and freight facilities
Washington reports the railroad administration will pursue a liberal policy to construct new switch tracks, industrial sidings, shop buildings and freight stations at terminals while cutting expenditures for new passenger depots and office buildings not contributing immediately to war demands.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Germany not to frame new peace offer in war aims statement
Berlin newspapers quoted by an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam report that Germany does not intend to make any fresh peace offer in its forthcoming war aims statement. The dispatch notes the stance is to be presented in London on June 12.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Amsterdam
French Repel Attacks Frontline Paris Front July Front
Paris reports nightly battles along the Montdidier line near the river Qise with French gains at Mery and Genlis woods. Germans press on the Arcnde front around St Maur Loge farm Antheuil but fail to breach the Matz river south bank near Chevrincourt and Marest sur Matz. Further south between Soissons and the Marne, German forces attack from the Aisne region, with fierce combat between the river and Villers Co tert forest and around Dommiers Cutry and South Amblony.
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Paris
Montdidier
Qise
War Office
Mery
Genlis Wood
Arcnde
St. Maur
Loge Farm
Antheuil
Matz
Chevrincourt
Marest Sur Matz
Aisne
Soissons
Marne
Villers-Cotert Forest
Dommiers
Cutry
South Amblony
Jefferson estate native sanctuary planned for wildfowl
New Orleans reports owners Lawrence Jones and J Lyle Bayliss of Lexington Kentucky will develop the 10000 acre Jefferson island property once known as Bob Acres into a wildfowl sanctuary. A dam will reestablish a cypress swamp and a large heronry is proposed while Lake Peignen near the property may become a wild waterfowl refuge with shooting prohibited after adjoining landowners petition the Louisiana Conservation Commission.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Louisiana Conservation Commission
Lake
Peignen
Lake Piegnen
The
Conservation Commission
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Bibby-Gilroy
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Associated Press
Batle
No Man’s Land
Montdidier Front
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Ype
Quik
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