British Gunners in Italy Cause Heavy Carnage
Washington dispatch reports Austrian retreat in Italy with heavy British gunfire noted on the Piave and Montello sectors. Prisoner papers claim the offensive aimed to oust Italy. Austrians promised food and booty, many casualties suspected as rivers and bridges shift during the retreat.
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Rome
Montell
Major Baracea
Dullet
Phis
Bajor Baracea
Baracenis
Adriatic
Diag
Orlando
Aalin
Drawing For Draft 10 Open In Washington
The War Department fixed June 25 as the date for the tenth draft drawing to establish the records of about 100000 men who enlisted June 3. The drawing will be at the Senate Office Building beginning at 9 am, following the method used for the ten million original registrants under the selective draft law.
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Washington
War Department
Thee Senata
New York Seeks to Avoid Liability in Rail Injury Plans
Government moves to sidestep liability in personal injury plans tied to railroads as confusion over schemes to conceal profits involves German owned firms and American corporations. Archdiocese in Milwaukee issues pastoral letter to clergy opposing prohibition propaganda. In Ithaca the Jacob Schiff endowment funds study into ventures.
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New York
Custadian of Enemy Property
Germans Bomb Hospital Behind British Front
A Canadian hospital behind the British front was bombed by German forces last night. Several people including doctors and officer patients were killed or seriously wounded.
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Ermans Bomb
Frange
Jum 25
Os Sore Joushy
United States Lumber Report Details 1917 Production Decline
Washington June 25. Lumber output in the United States reached 35.59 billion feet in MNI, about ten percent below 1916. Causes included reduced private building, labor and transport shortages, weakened demand, and disrupted distribution. Government and war emergency projects absorbed much of production. Washington Sargent Producer led with 4.58 trillion feet, Louisiana second with 4.21 trillion, Oregon third at 2.59 trillion. Southern yellow pine totaled 14.59 billion feet, 37.7 percent of the total. Douglas fir 5.585 billion feet.
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Awashington
United States
Forest Service Today
Washington
Louisiana
Oregon
Douglas UI
Storm devastates San Salvador and surrounding areas
June 25 report from San Salvador describes unprecedented tempest damage in Aacatecol ca and San Vicente. Homes wrecked and a vast area at the foot of the San Vicente volcano was buried by volcanic mud flows. Many people perished or were swept away by the floods along the Lompa river.
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San Salvador
Aacatecolca
San Vicente
Lompa
Rules for Soldiers to Vote Abroad
Washington June 35 Regulations soon will be issued by the war and navy departments. Secretaries Darker and Daniels told callers Unley that Americans in military service both abroad and at home from states with absentee voting laws may cast ballots in the congressional elections next fall.
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Washington
War and Navy Departments
Darker
Daniels
Hore
Congresa
Von Kuehlmann Blames Russia for War Causes Across Reichstag
Amsterdam dispatch reports German Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann addressing the Reichstag about war origins. He asserts Russia planned and desired the war, with France as a secondary instigator and England's policy bearing dark pages. He defends Germany’s imperial aims and outlines relations with Austria Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey amid shifting alliances.
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Russias
von Kuehlman
Reichstag
Haatse
France
England
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Rusela
Kuchimann
Jung
Berlin
Budset
Fereign
Richard von Kushimana
Germany
Austria-Hungary
von Kuehlmann
Count Crervin
Wiis
Baron Hurian
Devalian
Emsperare
Surian
Hignetmann
Termany
Austrian Hungary
Derlin
Baron Buslan
Vienna- Bulgaria
Jubarta Coo
Ratostavott
von Kuchimann
Turkey
Bulgaria
Pat Theris
Heroine of Verdun aid worker Pauline Sands Lee
Pauline Sands Lee, who just returned to America after three years with the French wounded fund, is among the few women taken to Verdun during the defense. She carried a gas mask, wore it, and later presented it to locals. Now she raises money for French wounded and plans to resume work in France this fall.
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Pauline Sands Lee
America
Inez
American Fund For
Verdun
France
British Raiders Hit Behind German Lines
London reports a series of independence air force raids behind German lines with many bombs dropped. Four raids targeted the Metz Sablons station and surrounding factories and sidings at Saarbrucken and Metz Sahlens, with one enemy aircraft destroyed and others driven out of control.
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London
Read
Ruring
Metz-Sablons
Wade
Saarbruecken
Dilliggen
Metz-Sahlens
Spanish Ship Sunk By Germans Near Gibraltar
Madrid reports June 24 that the Hoantrh sailing vessel Soaquinta, sailing from Cuba, was stopped by an enemy vessel to inspect papers and was sunk. The crew were rescued except the captain as ships were abandoned off the coast near Gibraltar. a Paris dispatch May 22 noted the Joaquinia had been abandoned.
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Madrid
Hoantrh
Soaquinta
Cuba
Watch
Gibraltar
Tparis
Joaquinia
Conference to be held in Constantinople on Caucasian issues
The report notes an imminent conference at Constantinople organized by Dr. ven Kuehtaank to address tensions within the quadruple alliance and with the Caucasian peoples, aiming to resolve questions stirring interstate frictions and hate.
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Turekey
Ven Kuehtaank
Constantinople
Allies Raid Night Operations East of Amiens
War desk reports Allied raids near Amiens in the Villers-Bretonneux Merlancourt area with prisoners and captured machine guns. British actions in Arras region yielded prisoners as well. French and Greek reports note heavy artillery and arial activity with prisoners taken in several sectors. An Austrian casualty count appears in Italian sources, while Mrs Anita Muck registers in Boston as an enemy alien.
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Charles
Italy
North Sea
Switzerland
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Flanders
Leport
Soissons
Aisie
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Cligleau Thierry
Ue Woel
Alsace
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Lunevilla
London
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Courey
Woevra
Much
Boston
Anita Muck
Earl Muck
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Graz
Styria
Austria
Predict Financial Catastrophe If Nation Goes Dry
Washington June 5. Pedatiusn argues the nation cannot afford to conde periments at all time. Hurley shipping board opposes prohibition amid hearings on Jones amendment to the emergency agricultural appropriation bill. He says the nation’s business in wartime outweighs personal liberty and warns against temporary disorganization from prohibition. He cites shipyards in Oregon and Washington and notes workmen’ s abstinence ballots as proof of support for fair play and gradual policy.
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Hurley
Shipping’ Board
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Io Hla
Faber
Fla
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Rathbridge Colhy
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Shipping Board
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Washington
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Iin
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Fallow
Milwaukeld
Smer
Sant
Ithaca, N.Y
Jacob I. Schiff
United States’ Lumber Report
Forest Service
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National War Savinge
Gernwin
NAVAL
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Naval Department Today
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Reschtag
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PATUS
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Secolo
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Allan Cavalry
Hone
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