Austrians Check at Piave Front Amid Large Italian Drive
Reports from London and Rome say Austrians were checked along the Piave and Brenta as Hungarian pressure remains strong on the Italian front. British officials express satisfaction with British forces and note limited gains for the Austrians in the new German model offensive.
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Italy
Lower
Piave
Brenta
Somme
Aisne
London
Ottawa
Rome
Reuter
Austrian Offensive Seizes Capo Silo and 12000 Prisoners
Paris reports French forces gained ground north and northeast of Hautebraye in local actions. An official statement notes 100 prisoners and several machine guns captured. The Austro-Hungarian tally states 12,000 Italian and allied prisoners taken as the northern front offensive expands.
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Vienna
London
Austroos
Sys
Capo Silo
Piave
Sandona di Piave
Paris
Hautebraye
Oise
Aisne
Italians Face Massive Battle On Front In Rome Dispatch
An official Rome dispatch dated last midnight says the Italian front will see gigantic fighting as Austrians try a great pincer movement to break Italian defenses. The battle is expected to last several days before a decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rome
Repulse of Local Attacks in Weuvre and Chateau Thierry
General Pershing reports successful repulses against local enemy attacks in the Weuvre and Chateau Thierry region. The communiqué confirms hostile actions were driven back with no details of casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weuvre
Chateau Thierry
Pershing
Corn and oats prices in Chicago market
The Chicago market reports corn at 1.45 3/4 dollars and oats at 7 1/4 cents per bushel for June 17.
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Chicago
Body found in brush near McCammon
Sheriff Mabey investigated a decomposed unidentified man found Friday afternoon by Clar ence McDaniel a boy herding cattle one mile from the railroad east of McCammon. The body was wrapped in a blanket and buried near town with clues including Salt Lake papers and two gold crowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mabey
McCammon
Blaser
Clarence McDaniel
Harris
Mabey
Salt Lake
The Limit Club joins to buy War Savings Stamps
The Following Citizens Firms or Associations join the Ban nock County Limit Club agreeing to purchase War Savings Stamps to the amount of one thousand dollars each. The window runs through December 31, 2018 and stamps already owned are included. If bought in June the $1000 stamps cost $834 with $1000 repaid by January 1, 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannock County
W. S
United States
Honor Roll listing local bankers and supporters in War Savings drive
The list names bankers and residents from Pocatello including Jesse Budge A O Hinckley J T Young and others as part of the War Savings Stamps appeal. The notice lists multiple names with their Pocatello ties and notes the Drive committee members.
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The
Limit Club
Jesse Budge
A. 0. Hinckley
J. T. Young
Wm. McCary
8. L. Reece
E. J. Morrill
D. R. Pingree
Proposed Teton Branch Considered
Washington June 17 Judge R S Lovett director of capital expenditures US railroad administration assured Congressman Addison T Smith that careful consideration is being given to building a ten mile spur from the Teton branch near Driggs Idaho to coal fields in the western Teton valley to provide southern Idaho with ample coal for fuel and commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
R. S. Lovett
United States Railroad Administration
Addison T. Smith
Teton
Oregon
Kimberly Boy Appointed Midshipman at Naval Academy
Representative Smith appoints Murr Edward Arnold of Kimberly Idaho as midshipman at the United States Naval Academy subject to an entrance exam next spring. If appointed he earns $600 annually and free tuition with a commission as ensign upon graduation.
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Washington
Smith
Murr Edward Arnold
Kimberly
Idaho
United States Naval Academy
Arnold
United States Navy
Red Cross Receives Calf and Pets for Fund Drive
In El Paso on June 17 a Red Cross committee holds a donated calf from a woman in Anthony New Mexico. The calf remains unsold at a local barn while pigeons dogs and rabbits also were donated and sold to raise funds during the drive.
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el Paso
Tex
Red Cross Committee
Anthony
N. M
Red Cross
No American Combat Troops Remain in Italy
Washington reports no American combatant troops are in Italy currently. Only observing missions remain, as Baker announced on June 17.
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Washington
Italy
Baker
Draft age extension proposal gains Senate support
Washington reports Chamberlain of Oregon, chair of the senate military committee, backed Crowder's plan to extend the army draft to men aged eighteen to forty five during hearings on the twelve billion dollar army appropriation bill. He argued many men over thirty are not doing anything and should be drafted.
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Washington
Crowder
Eigteen
Chamberlain
Oregon
Senate Military Committee
O'Leary Captured in Northwest En Route to New York
Jeremiah O'Leary president of the American Truth Society, who vanished from New York before his trial on sedition charges, is being escorted back to New York after a government capture near Sara Washington fifteen miles north of Portland Oregon. The covert arrest surprised Sara residents.
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Portland
Ore
Jeremiah O'Leary
American Truth Society
New York
Sara, Wash
Here
Sara
French Cross Awarded to Yankee Private Guyton
Washington reports Private W. J. Guyton received the French cross of war as the first American soldier killed on German soil. Guyton, of the American force operating in Vosges, was cited by Pershing.
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Washington
W. J. Guyton
Pershing
Guyton
Vosges
Ukraine on eve of revolt against Germany report from Stockholm
A Stockholm dispatch to the state department quotes Petrograd saying Ukraine is on the verge of revolt against Germany. The message notes unrest across Ukraine as World War I tensions intensify.
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Washington
State Department
Stockholm
Petrograd
Ukraine
Germany
Resignation Accepted in Bulgaria Cabinet Crisis
Sofia reports Premier Radoslavoff has tendered the cabinet resignation and King Ferdinand has accepted. Ministers are asked to hold portfolios pending a new cabinet formation.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Radoslavoff
Ferdinand
U-Boat Base Rumors Stir Venezuelan Coastal News
An Atlantic Port report describes documents suggesting German intrigues and possible submarine bases on the Venezuela coast. Dr. Carlos Busalamanti claims to carry papers for Washington, recounts German threats, and notes a government agent among passengers aboard a Central American vessel.
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Atlantic
Venezuela
Washington
Carlos Lopez Busalamanti
Venezuelan
Busalamanti
United States
Caracas
Esquilla Vivas
Vivas
Adalia
Dolores
Gomez
Carolina
San Juan
Ponce
Carolina News
Reindeer Association Formed to Protect Herds
In Name Alaska on June 17 Eskimo reindeer herders of northwestern Alaska form the Reindeer Men's Association to systemize deer care. A board of directors will be chosen by head herders with government teachers aiding the organization effort.
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Name
Alaska
Reindeer Men’s Association
Draft Authority Would Allow Calling All Draft Age Men
Washington June 17 The military sub committee backing the appropriation bill voted for a provision enabling the president to call all men of draft age who can be trained and equipped. The move broadens authority in a bid to strengthen military readiness.
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Washington
House
Italian Front Holds Piave as Austrians Fail Counterattack
Austrian forces that crossed the Piave river were driven back in intense fighting along the front. Italian premier Vittorio Orlando said tenacious resistance and counterattacks kept the Austro-Hungarian offensive from achieving its aims, with Italians reporting high morale and strong artillery fire repelling advances.
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Associated Press
Piave River
Piave
Monte Monchin
Brenta
Rome
Vittorio Orlando
Montello
Sandona di Piave
Mrs Busch Returns to U S After Berlin Trip
Mrs Adolphus Busch arrives in Havana from Berlin via Spain and says she supports the United States. She says passports blocked until Secretary Lansing helped. Germany seized Rhine estate as alien property. She plans to sail to Key West, then to Pasadena, Washington, and St Louis.
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Havana
Cuba
Adolphus Busch
Berlin
Spain
Harry D. Hawes
United States
America
Busch
Lansing
Germany
Rhine
Key West
Buseh
Pasadena
Washington
St. Louis
Broke Up Plans
An American in France article notes plans were broken in June with events continuing on Page Two.
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France
Weekly US casualty list shows 770th tally in WWI
Washington reports 770 casualties for the week ending Sunday. Of 39 total, 6 killed in action, 7 died of wounds or disease, 25 wounded, 1 missing. The broader weekly tally totals 8085 since American troops landed. Deaths 3192, wounded 4547, missing 346. Lieutenant Whitney W. Stark among names.
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Washington
France
War Department
Germany
Tuscania
Moldavia
America
England
Army
Whitney W. Stark
Brooklyn
N. Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Limit Club
Bannock National Bank
Pocatello
Jesse R
Budge
R. J. Cruse
BE. J. Merrill
J. M. Ingersoll
WM. M’carty
Barney M'’ ON
L. Reece
A A. Miltenberger
Poca
N. G. Franklin
Thos
F. Terrell
B. Thomas Morris
H. Smith Woolley
Teton Branch
Kimberly Boy
General Wood
Camp Funston
Wood
Western Department
Camp Fu
O’leary
Yankee
Bulgar
Tour
Brewer
Casualty
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