German thrust near Montdidier and Noyon threatens Paris
Washington reports seventy four names on today's casualty list including thirteen killed in action and forty six severely wounded. Officials call the German advance in France a local operation on a large scale aimed at stabilizing Picardy Aisne lines and positioning for future mass attacks toward Paris. London notes the thrust targets Compiegne as part of the Paris campaign with strategic Oise valley heights and roads to Paris emphasized.
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Washington
France
Noyon
Montdidier
Aisne
Foeh
Picardy-Aisne
Paris
Channel
London
Compiegne
Oise
Pershing reports repulse near Boureches and heavy losses
Washington reports Pershing's communique describing the repulse of a heavy enemy attack near Boureches with severe enemy losses. The fighting continues actively in the Chateau-Thierry and Picardy regions with ongoing artillery exchanges.
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Washington
Pershing
Boureches
Chateau-Thierry
Picardy
German Troops Attack British Post at Aveluy Wood
The wan office reports German troops attacked the British post at Aveluy wood north of Albert overnight. The enemy was repulsed and sustained losses as a result of the engagement.
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London
Aveluy Wood
Albert
The
Wan
Daylight Saving Fails in American Samoa
The governor, acting under naval orders, advanced the time by one hour but the change failed. South of the equator, days shortened so clocks were pushed back to standard sun time, restoring normal timing.
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Pagopago
American Samoa
Secretary of the Navy
Equator
Eclipse Draws Thousands to Pocatello Streets
J Pluvios Put Screen On Eclipse. Thousands of Pocatello residents and visitors watched the sun go dark Saturday afternoon as the eclipse passed through the city. The event happened late in the day, with totality around 6:21, though clouds limited visibility. Drivers used lights during total obscuration while observers photographed partial rays and the phenomenon drew wide attention.
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Pocatello
Corn and Oats Clicazo June Trade Note
Corn at 81.59 percent and oats listed as trade data. Rudman Gottberg successors to M L Roberta offer jewelry including wedding rings and wedding presents in their greacment. Adv.
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Rudman & Gottberg
M. L. Roberta
Adv
Rudmas & Gottberg
J. Hoberts
Real estate man Thomas McKenna killed in car accident on farbidge road
The Idaho accident near Jarbidge claimed Thomas McKenna a noted Pocatello real estate man. H R Freeland survived with injuries as the five passenger party attempted to cross a eight foot bank collapse. McKenna's body to be taken to Los Angeles for burial with his widow and extended family.
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Thomas McKenna
Pocatello
Farbidge
Twin Falls
Jarbidge
H. R. Freeland
Northwestern Investment Company
McKenna
Tom McKenna
Mr. Freeland
Big Brotherhood
Conscientious objectors receive reduced life sentences
In San Antonio on June 10, a court martial sentenced forty five conscientious objectors to life imprisonment for refusing to wear army uniforms. The commanding general later reduced the sentences to twenty five years.
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San Antonio
Queen Liliuokalani’s Honolulu home to become governor’s residence
Washington Place, the late Queen Liliuokalani’s home in Honolulu, will be transferred to the territorial government and serve as the official residence of the governor. The gesture fulfills one of the queen’s final wishes to aid the United States, with the property valued at about 75,000.
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Honolulu
Washington Place
Liliuokalani
Lilinekalani
America
Washington
Central Powers Discuss Future Alliance
In Amsterdam on June 10 a statement from Imperial Chancellor von Bismarck proposes a permanent economic and military union between Germany and Austria Hungary. The plan foresees gradual removal of customs on Dutch frontiers and includes Vienna Russia Poland Bulgaria and Turkey in the scheme.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Imperial
Chancelor
Is Organizing Nonpartisan League Useful
Lincoln Nebraska June 10 reports that Non partisan league organizers may be prosecuted under sedition law Willis F Reed attorney general for Nebraska says organizing a new political party is not a useful occupation If such work is not available a person physically able but not engaged in a useful occupation may be guilty of sedition The Nebraska supreme court may be asked to rule whether an organizer can be classed as not engaged in a useful occupation and liable to imprisonment up to 20 years in the state penitentiary In the Campbell case an organizer recently arrested the matter could reach the state’s highest court.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Willis F. Reed
State Council of Defense
Lincoln Neb
Nebraska Supreme Court
Nonpartisan League
FE. W. Campbell
League
of the Star
F. M. Holbrook
Wells Forco & Company
New York
Washington Age
D. S. Elliott
Trafic
American Express Company
J. W. Newman
Wells Fargo & Company
Chicago
E. E. Bush
T. B. Harrison
C. W. Stockton
American
Wells Fargo
Taylor
Wisconsin
Ripon Colege
Western Department
Express Is In Control Of One Body
The American Express consolidation under Director General McAdoo forms a unified express system. George C. Taylor, president, outlines a single government controlled contract, unifying 100000 workers and expanding rapid, integrated service while nontransportation activities remain with individual companies.
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H. Hallstrom
American Express Company
McAdoo
Mr. Hallstrom
American Railroad Express Company
George C. Taylor
American Express
Express
Tutuila Island Government Finances and Improvements
Pago Pago reports Tutuila finances show a zero debt position with a cash balance over 21000 as of April 30 and small sums in the hospital fund. Improvements include road work a new school building and a nurse home funded by the navy with lands purchased for the facilities.
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Pago Pago
American Samoa
Tutuila
Customs
United States Navy
Germans Try to Straighten Lines in World War I Battle
London and Paris reports describe German offensives along a Montdidier to Noyon front with heavy fighting, German gains in the center, and French American counterattacks on Brussais and the Marne. A Krupp Essen smallpox outbreak is linked to under feeding and unsanitary conditions. vaccination is compulsory.
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London
Germany
Krupp
Essen
Montdidier
Oise
Noyon
Rossons Sur Matz
Mareuil
Paris
Berlin
Gury
Amiens
Chemin Des Dames
War Office
Aveluy Wood
Brussaires
Marne
Stand Solid for Freedom Says Gompers
In St Paul on June 10 President Samuel Gompers told the American Federation of Labor convention that peace will come only with the overthrow of the German military machine. He urged untiring war material production and said workers in war production are part of the fighting force, warning against strikes unless justified for those risking their lives in France.
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St. Paul
United States
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
France
Dr. Dickinson Resigns to Join Army War Service
At St John’s Episcopal church Rev John Hallowell Dickinson announced his resignation as rector to pursue war work. He may serve as a chaplain through church or the YMCA war service, pending call. He has long aided Red Cross relief, charity distribution, and fraternal groups and is valued for his eloquence and leadership. He expects to go to Pocatello for two weeks more before entering service.
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St. John’s Episcopal Church
John Hallowell Dickinson
Dickinson
Red Cross
Elks
Elkdom
Pythian
Harmonius
Pocatello
Church
Army
Navy
Salmon Steamer Sinks on Bristol Bay Run
Washington June 10 The first Seattle to Salmon Canneries run of the year was blocked by late ice and the steamer Tacoma sank. The ice steamer Roosevelt has been sent to aid the Tacoma passengers and crew.
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Washington
Seattle
Bristol Bay
Tacoma
Department of Commercce
Roosevelt
Paper Sack Wins Exemption for Inventor in Britain
London June 10 A manager of a British textile engineering firm received six months exemption from army service after revealing he invented a paper sack for potatoes. The hearing noted Germany had produced paper sacks for years.
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London
Germany
Promise of Huns Was a Nil Quantity
Secretary Lansing at Union College condemns German pledges as worthless. He cites the Sussex vow and Bernstorff seeking advance notice to renew submarine warfare, arguing that German peace promises cannot align with Prussianism and enduring peace.
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Schenectady
Berlin
United States
Taft declares new eastern front against Germany
Newark Delaware June 10 William H Taft says at Delaware College commencement that the United States must go into Russia and make an eastern front. He blames Germany for the eastern front loss and argues no task is too great for the United States.
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Newark
Del
Russia
William H. Taft
Delware College
Germany
United States
Butte Father Whips Son Over War Savings Purchase
In Butte Montana a 14 year old says his father whipped him for spending 8 dollars on war savings stamps. The boy asserts the father forbade buying a Liberty bond saying he wanted to see America defeated and would aid Germany if possible. The youth earned night messenger wages after day school and withdrew funds from the bank to buy stamps.
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Butte
Mont
Department of Justice
America
Germany
Vein Rights in Silver Claim Upheld by Supreme Court
Washington June 10 The supreme court sustains a holder of a silver claim having the right to follow indefinitely in opposite directions a vein where the Apex lies within that claim. The ruling affects important western mining operations and clarifies mineral rights.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U-Boat League Shifts to Submarine Relief Funds
The German U-Boat League, a propaganda group similar to the Navy League, now raises relief funds for submarine crews and dependents. It notes distribution of $250,000 in the last year.
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Amsterdam
U-boat League
Navy League
Sunk Pinar Del Rio Crew Reaches Safety After Rescue
Captain J Mackinzie and sixteen crew members of the American steamship Pinar Del Rio, missing since the ship was sunk by a German submarine off the Maryland coast, arrived in New York aboard a Norwegian steamer rescued from a small boat about seventy miles off the New Jersey coast.
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New York
J. Mackinzie
Pinar del Rio
Maryland
New Jersey
Advice on Preventing Belching with Cham berlain's Tablets
A short ad advises making belching prevention a habit by slow chewing and regular eating patterns. It recommends taking one Cham berlain's Tablet after supper if symptoms occur, suggesting relief from indigestion or belching.
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Chamberlain
Ady
Vassar Women in War Work Symposium At Commencement
A symposium of Vassar alumnae described their roles in the nation’s wartime effort during the commencement program in Poughkeepsie New York. In five minute talks about a score of alumnae explained their contributions to the win the war campaign as the day’s events continued toward tomorrow’s graduation exercises.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vassar
Vassar College
Lame Back Remedies Advised in 19th Century Ad
An old advertisement advocates treating a lame back with Chanhere Liniment applied twice daily to the back muscles around the pain seat, urging thorough application for relief.
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