Arrests May Follow in War Contract Contingent Fee Plot
Washington report on a large illegal scheme to obtain government war contracts via contingent fees. Thousands of letters and contracts reviewed reveal 5 to 20 percent commissions, with millions in fees. Indictments and impending arrests accompany investigations by the Justice Department, as officials seek to curb middlemen and enforce contract law. A Battle Creek case links a contractor to an army officer, both jailed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Justice
Congress
Department
Commission
Gregory
War
Navy
Huston Thompson
Supreme Court
United States
Battle Creek
Mich
French Take 100 Hans in Local Operation
Associated Press reports in Paris that last night French forces south of the Aisne between the Oureq and Marne took 100 prisoners in patrol encounters. The operation reflects continued fighting with German forces in the area.
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Associated Press
Paris
Aisne
Oureq
Marne
Girls Eager to Get in Active War Work in Navy
Richmond girls youthshire eager to join war service news says Navy Recruiter Kiengle. Twelve have applied in ten days seeking duties as horses, clerical work and wireless service, with one applicant claiming twenty words per minute. Nurses apply to the surgeon general in Washington.
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Navy Office
Richmond
Navy
Kiengle
Naval Recruiting Station
Indianapolis
Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Til
Navy Department
Washington
Czecho Slovak revolt halts Volga traffic and grain moves
The Czecho-Slovak movement against the Bolsheviki government has cut Siberian railroad links and halted traffic on the Volga from Nijni Novgorod to Samara. Grain movement by steamer northward is stopped, oil shortages cripple river fleets, and several factories along the river are closed.
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Pres
Moscow
Sibera
Siberian
Volga
Nijii Nogorod
Syzran
Samara
Nijii Novgorod
Baku
Astrakhan
Volga River
French Play Brilliant Part on Italian Front
Paris dispatch reports Italian supreme command crediting French troops with stemming Austrian offensives. The report notes French casualties were light, four men, despite heavy fighting, and highlights feats including 163 Austrians captured by twelve grenadiers. French artillery on the Asiago plateau reportedly dominated Austrian batteries and decimated infantry in attacks.
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Associated Press
Paris
Havas
Rome
Asiago
U boat and crew said destroyed by U S ship
An Atlantic port report says a German submarine and its entire crew were destroyed by an American submarine off the Virginia coast several days earlier. Passengers aboard an American steamship claim a naval gunner on their ship hit and either sunk or disabled the submarine. No word has reached the navy.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Virginia
Virginia Cape
Washington
Navy Department
War Lecture At Fountain City By Charles A Mitchell
Charles A Mitchell will present The Great World War at the K of P hall Fountain City on Thursday evening June 20 at 8:00 o clock. The illustrated lecture uses 105 slides from battle front photographs. Admission 20 and 10 cents with proceeds to Red Cross society.
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Fountain City
Charles A. Mitchell
K. of P. Hall
Red Cross Society
Weather Report for Indiana and Wayne County
Fair tonight and Wednesday with warmer temperatures. Partly cloudy to mostly fair, moderately cool tonight. General conditions note a Saskatchewan cool wave broken and a heat wave over the central states with rising temps in the west and a warming trend after tonight.
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Wayne County
W. E. Moore
Central States
Kentucky
Austrians Launch Major Piave Battle With Heavy Forces
Paris reports a Rome release stating ninety two Austrian divisions two thirds infantry and cavalry have joined a grand Piave battle, three quarters of the Austrian army under Boroevic engaging Italians. About one million Austrians involved with vast artillery and airpower, while the effort yields limited first day gains and heavy casualties.
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Associated Presa
Paris
Italy
Rome
Havas
Boroavic
Treviso
Montebelluna
Austria
Boroevic
Piave
Uruguay Plans Loan to Allies
Washington June 18 Uruguay plans to loan to the allies in response to gold inflows from a favorable balance of trade. A formal report notes Uruguay's trade and finance have flourished despite war, and Britain France and Italy are negotiating similar credit arrangements.
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Associated Press
Washington
Uruguay
United States
England
Great Britain
Bank of Uruguay
France
Italy
Russian Soviet Ousts Revolters
The central executive committee of the Russian soviet expelled members of the Social Revolutionist Right Centre and Mensheviks. Local councils are to expel similar representatives. The purge targets those aiding international imperialism and alleged armed revolt with counterrevolutionaries in Don, Prussia, Siberia, and allied with Czecho-Slovaks and the Black Band.
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Associated Press
London
Centre
Russian Republic
Counter Revolutionaries
Don
Generala Kaledines
Korniloff
Prass
Dutoff
Siberia
Semeneff
Horvath
Kolichak
Black Band
Three German Women Registering to Sign Papers at Homes
Eighty eight alien women took papers to their homes to complete registration at police headquarters. Superintendent McNally said only three women had finished registration, with home completion chosen due to questions best answered there. Chief Gorman declined to release names to avoid embarassment.
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Police
McNally
Gorman
Wayne County Boy Wounded in France in War Action
Earl Walterman 16, son of Mrs. Anna Walterman Clark of Cambridge City, was wounded in France by shrapnel in his right hand while with the first expeditionary forces under General Pershing. He was sent to a convalescent hospital after more than a year in France, and his mother learned of the injury after she worried over a letter he wrote. He is believed to be the first Wayne county boy wounded in action.
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Earl Walterman
Anna Walterman Clark
North Sixth Street
France
Cambridge City
Young Walterman
Wayne County
Richmond
General Pershing
National Guards Fight in Alsace Declared by War Department
The War Department announced that the 32nd Division National Guards is now fighting in Alsace in German territory. The 22nd Division, made up of Michigan and Wisconsin troops, left the country under Major General William G. Hand, who trained it at Camp MacArthur in Texas.
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Washington
War Department
32Nd Division
National Guards
Alsace
Michigan
Wisconsin
Contry
William G. Hand
Camp MacArthur
Texas
Britain Reports Daily Expenditure At 6.84 Million Pounds
London June 18 Andrew Bonar Law chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the House of Commons that Britain’s daily average expenditure during the current financial quarter stood at 6.84 million pounds sterling. The vote of credit under discussion totaled 509 million pounds.
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UN Associated Presss
London
Great Britain
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Richmond Proclaims Patrotic Fourth of July Observance 1918
Mayor Zimmerman urges citizens of Richmond Indiana to back Wayne County Defense Council plans for a city wide Fourth of July parade and pageant. Fraternal civic and military groups plus foreign born residents will participate reflecting united war spirit with floats from local manufacturers and businesses. Blooming patriotism urged for a long awaited celebration.
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United States
National Council of Defense
Indiana State Council of Defense
Wayne County Counci of Defense
Wayne County
Richmond
W. W. Zimmerman
Gas Rangers To Convey City Men To Wayne Farms
Smith Ross 71 signs government pledge to aid farmers and harvest crops. He will work seven days and extend as able, while three Richmond pastors volunteer their services. Gas Rangers to supply transportation to farms as part of a patriotic drive supported by the United States Public Service Reserve and county agents.
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Wayne Farms
Smith Ross
South Ninth Street
Palladium
Ross
Carl W. Ulman
United States Public Service Reserve
Mr. Ullman
America
Richmond
Raymond Isley
J. S. Hill
Reid Memorial Church
R. L. Semans
First Methodist Church
E. B. Davin
Second Presbyterian Church
Commercial Club
Ullman
Working Reserve Committee
Gasoline Rangers
State Militia Company
Rangers
Civil service exam for clerk in departmental service
A civil service examination for a clerk in departmental service qualified in modern languages will be held Wednesday at the post office.
Kaiser Sees War as Clash of World Views in Peace Era
Associated Press dispatch from Amsterdam reports Emperor William’s anniversary speech asserting war is a struggle between German and Anglo Saxon worldviews. He praised Hindenburg and Ludendorff, urged unity of people and army, and stressed preparation in peace for the coming conflict.
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Kaiser
Associated
Willie
Great Britain
von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Ludendorf
Bitter fighting continues along Piave and front holds firm
Italian and allied forces repel heavy Austrian assaults along the Piave front with massive artillery fire inflicting severe losses. While Austrians gain minor ground near Cape Sile and Montello, the main line remains intact from the Adriatic to the Asiago plateau as Rome and Paris report successful Austrian setbacks and continued Allied counterattacks. Prisoner totals rise to 12,000 as reorganized Austrian units attempt new advances. Front activity also includes limited German raids in Picardy Flanders and fresh American casualties near Chateau Thiery in France.
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Associated Press
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Asiago
Piave
Montello
Upper
Zenson Loop
Case Sile
Cape Sile
Paive
Brenia
Austria
Italan
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Fossalia
Vienna
the Piave
Charles
Trentino
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Trentine
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