War and unrest sweep world as allied hopes rise
Reports from across the world describe a string of upheavals and wartime developments. The Italian war mission resumes travel with the prince of Udine joining in Chicago, while a mine fire in Montana leaves 36 dead and 167 missing. Confederate Veterans attend memorials in Arlington, and a Michigan cyclone claims lives and causes widespread damage.
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South
Middle West
Prince of
Udine
Washington
Chicago
North Butte
Mont
Speculator
Confederate Veterans
Sons of Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy
Arlington Cemetery
Lower
Michigan
Illinois State Penitentiary
Joliete
Atlanta
Doctor Mueller
Charleston
S. C
Liebenfels
J. R. Klattenhoff
John Robush
J. I. Case Tin Company
United States
Racine
Wis
Ignacia
Colo
Germany
Hollins N. Randolph
Federal Reserve Bank
Sixth
Colton Seed Crushers’ Association
Atlantic Beach
Liberty Loan
Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce
Leniency Period Ends for Men Aged 21 to 30 Who Failed to Register
Washington reports the leniency period ending June 11 for men ages twenty one to thirty who did not register for the army draft. Crowder urges governors to begin vigorous enforcement from June 12 and assigns quotas by state population. Local boards may consider exemptions, and lists will be posted after approval by Secretary Baker and President Wilson.
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Washington
General Crowder
Department of Justice
United States
Baker
Dra
Wilson
Crowder
Bureau of the Census
British Troops Push German Lines Near Messines
British forces in the Messines region press the Germans with renewed artillery and trench operations. Overnight attacks south and southeast of Messines yield notable gains around La Polerie farm as the front lines extend further into occupied territory.
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Belgium
North Sea
Messines
Haig
la Polerie Farm
Pershing Guests at Buckingham Palace Luncheon Visit
General Pershing and United States Ambassador Page dined with King George and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace. The king invited enlisted men in Pershing's party to tour the palace, and the group spent about two hours touring the historic rooms.
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London
General Pershing
United States
Ambassador Page
King George
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Americans Held as Prisoners of War by Germany
Germany informs the United States that seventy four American merchant sailors captured by the raider Moews are treated as prisoners of war. The U S government will provide extra food and supplies through Switzerland to ensure adequate care in the prison camp.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Moews
Accountant Honored With Bath Order For Meritorious Service
Samuel Hardman Lever, famed as an American based accountant, was honored by the king with the Order of the Bath. He serves as financial secretary to the treasury after roles as assistant financial secretary to the ministry of munitions. Born in Liverpool, Lever spent most of his life in the United States and returned to England at the outbreak of war to contribute. The munition head credited him with saving the country millions of pounds, noting his efforts were without monetary reward.
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George Buchanan
Russia
France
Great Britain
United States
Liverpool
Philadelphia
John J. Pershing
Belgium
Germany
Essex
England
Kent
London
British Isles
Haig
English Channel
Atlantic
Paris
Ireland
Lloyd George
Samuel Hardman ‘Lever
Order of the Bath
Lever
The
Treasury
Ministry of Munitions
America
Munitions Department
Golf-clad figure saves a correspondent at La Bassee
War reporters recount a German firing line at La Bassee France where a large man in golf attire intervened to shield a private named Griffith and delay the attempt to kill him. The incident is noted by W G Shepard in Everybody's Magazine with the term cricket used to describe the German sniper's action.
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la Bassee
France
Wis
Griffith
Lord Strathcona
W. G. Shepard
Everybody’s Magazine
Ike
Mr. Griffith
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Edward N. Hurley
Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr
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